Of Swords and Dumplings Walkthrough

This is a guide to the quest titled Of Swords and Dumplings from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Read on to learn locations, rewards, best choices, best outcomes, as well as useful tips and strategy for completing this quest.

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Of Swords and Dumplings Location and Rewards

Basic Information

Quest Number	-
Region	Novigrad
Quest Location	Aeramas' Abandoned Manor
Previous Quest	-
Next Quest	-

Rewards

Gold Reward	None
Exp Reward	None
Item Reward	Blade from the Bits x 1

How to Unlock Of Swords and Dumplings

You can get this quest by entering Hattori's shop in Novigrad and speaking with him.

Is Of Swords and Dumplings Missable or Failable?

You cannot miss or fail this quest even if you finish all the main quests of the game.

	Objectives
1	Go to Hattori's house and speak with him.
2	Meet Hattori at the docks during the night.
3	Follow Hattori to negotiate with Tinboy.
4	Defeat Cleaver's henchmen and escape the ambush.
5	Go to Hattori's shop and speak with him.
6	Go to the Golden Sturgeon, defeat Sukrus in a fist fight and speak with him.
7	Convince the merchant to pay Sukrus. (You need Level 3 Delusion equipped for this option.)Destroy the barrels of mead and defeat the bandits.
8	Go back to Sukrus and speak with him.
9	Go to Hattori's shop and speak with him.
11	Speak with Sukrus and meet him and his men in front of van Hoorn's warehouse at night.
12	Speak with the dwarf guarding the warehouse and enter the warehouse after.
13	Use your Witcher Senses and mark the chests that smell of ammonia.
14	Go out of the warehouse and defeat van Hoorn and his men.
15	Speak with Hattori and get the sword he promised you.

Choices

Objective 7 Choice: Deal with the Merchant

During this conversation you have two options given to you by Sukrus on how to deal with the merchant. You can convince the merchant by using Axii (You need Level 3 Delusion equipped to use this option) on him to make him pay his debt or you can exit the conversation and destroy the mead barrels on his ship.

Objective 12 Choice: Dwarf Guard

In this conversation, you are free to choose any option when speaking to the dwarf. Picking any option will always get you into the warehouse. In order to use the Axii option, you need to have Level 3 Delusion equipped.

Of Swords and Dumplings Tips and Strategies

Questing Tips

Hattori's House Location

You can find Hattori's house in Novigrad if you fast travel to Glory Gate and turn left at the road after crossing the bridge to Novigrad.

Blade from the Bits

After you defeat van Hoorn and speak with Hattori again, you can ask him about the sword he promised you and he will answer that you will have to wait a few days before getting it.

NOTE: You can immediately get the sword he promised you after meditating for one whole day in the game.

Combat Strategies

Humans and Nonhumans

Coat your Steel Sword with Hanged Man's Venom to deal bonus damage to them.
Cast crowd control skills like the Aard Sign and Axii Sign to give yourself an opening to attack them.
In the battle where you fight Cleaver's henchmen, you need to defeat the dwarves while protecting Hattori.

Humans and Nonhumans Weaknesses and Loot

Of Swords and Dumplings is somewhat worth doing

This quest gives you somewhat useful benefits when you complete it. It is up to you to decide whether the things you gain from this quest will benefit you greatly.

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-	Flesh for Sale	Trottheim	12
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-	Farting Trolls		-
-	Brave Fools Die Young		-
-	Races: Crow's Perch	Crossroads west of Crow's Perch	N/A
-	An Unpaid Debt		15
-	Witch Hunter Raids		N/A
-	Warehouse of Woe		13
-	The Witcher's Forge		30
-	Return to Crookback Bog	Crookback Bog	9
-	The Bastion		23
-	Berengar's Blade		27
-	King's Gambit	Kaer Trolde	18
-	Take What You Want	North of Keira Metz's hut	25
-	The Last Wish	Hindersfjall	15
-	The Fall of the House of Reardon	Reardon Manor	6
-	Possession	Svorlag	17
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-	Where the Cat and Wolf Play...	HonortonOreton	25
-	Wild at Heart	BlackboughIsolated Shack	7
-	Witcher Wannabe	Lindenvale	10
-	A Barnful of Trouble	Carsten	11
-	A Dangerous Game	Rosemary and Thyme	12
-	A Deadly Plot	Near Border PostNorth of Hanged Mans Tree	14
-	A Feast for Crows	The Bits	20
-	A Final Kindness	Hierarch Square	26
-	A Matter of Life and Death	The BitsTriss' hideoutElihal's workshopVegelbud Residence	12
-	A Tome Entombed	Novigrad sewers	13
-	A Walk on the Waterfront	Harborside	12
-	A Warm Welcome	Road southwest of Wheat Fields	N/A
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-	Cabaret	Rosemary and Thyme	14
-	Carnal Sins	Vilmerius HospitalCrippled Kate'sVegelbud ResidenceNovigrad Docks	16
-	Drunken Rabble	In front of The Golden Sturgeon	N/A
-	Empty Coop	Hut between Honeyfill Meadworks and Dancing Windmill	N/A
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-	Gwent Quest: Big City Players	Sigismund's BathhousePassifloraForest outside Novigrad	N/A
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-	Finders Keepers	Small island north of Giants' ToesSvorlag	24
-	Brothers In Arms: Velen	Velen	22
-	Fists of Fury: Skellige	The New PortArinbjornHarvikenNortheast of Urialla Harbor	30
-	Brothers In Arms: Novigrad	Novigrad	22
-	High Stakes	Passiflora	26
-	Brothers In Arms: Skellige	Skellige	22
-	Honor Among Thieves	whor*son Junior's CasinoPutrid Grove	9
-	Brothers In Arms: Nilfgaard	Royal Palace	22
-	For Fame and Glory	West of Larvik	15
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-	Hard Times	Road between Miners' Camp and BlandareKaer Trolde	21
-	Iron Maiden	Hill east of Harviken	19
-	Master of the Arena	Hov	14
-	Peace Disturbed	Cave southeast of Kaer Trolde Harbor and southwest of Rogne	25
-	Shock Therapy	Gedyneith	24
-	Karmic Justice	Between Tretogor Gate and Southern Gate	N/A
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-	The Lord of Undvik	Kaer TroldeUndvik	17
-	The Path of Warriors	Trail to Yngvar's FangYngvar's Fang	16
-	Little Red	Yantra	15
-	Message from an Old Friend	Books and Scrolls	N/A
-	Novigrad Hospitality	Roadside between Yantra and Sarrasin Grange	8
-	The Sad Tale of the Grossbart Brothers	BlandareGrotto	26
-	Woe is Me	Palisade	N/A
-	Worthy of Trust	Kaer Trolde HarborNorth of CrossroadsFyresdal	N/A
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-	Novigrad, Closed City (II)	Northwest of Hierarch Square	N/A
-	Monster Slayer	Lakeside Hut	26
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-	Out On Your Arse!	Hattori's homeThe Golden Sturgeon	14
-	Race: The Great Erasmus Vegelbud Memorial Derby	Crippled Kate's	N/A
-	Racists of Novigrad	Vegelbud Residence	N/A
-	Reason of State	Road north of Portside GateDye pits northeast of Tretogor Gate	30
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-	Spooked Mare	Just north of Shani's ClinicSoutheast of Western Gate	12
-	Strangers in the Night	Hut north-northwest of Crossroads signpost	N/A
-	The Nithing	Rannvaig	14
-	Strumpet in Distress	Between Eternal Fire Chapel and Vegelbud Residence	N/A
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-	An Invitation from Keira Metz	Keira Metz's hut	6
-	Bitter Harvest	Battlefield south-southeast of the Border Post	9
-	Blood Ties	Nilfgaardian Army Group 'Center' Camp	12
-	Caravan Attack	Northwest of Marauders' Bridge	N/A
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-	Face Me if You Dare!	South of Crow's PerchSoutheast of Tretogor GateNorthwest of The Golden Sturgeon	N/A
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-	Fists of Fury: Velen	Inn at the CrossroadsBlackboughCrow's PerchLindenvale	11
-	At the Mercy of Strangers	West of Mulbrydale	N/A
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-	Fools' Gold	Lurtch	6
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-	Gwent Quest: Velen Players	BenekMidcopseOretonCrow's Perch	N/A
-	Harassing a Troll	Far north and west of Inn at the Crossroads	N/A
-	Hazardous Goods	Northwest of LurtchBetween Reardon Manor and Benek	4
-	Highway Robbery	Between Crow's Perch and Boatmakers' Hut	N/A
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-	Last Rites	Blackbough	9
-	Yustianna Disturbed		-
-	The Tower Outta Nowheres		30
-	The Price of Honor		14
-	The Heroes' Pursuits: Fyresdal		-
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-	Taken as a Lass		25
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-	Siren's Call		-
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-	In Wolf's Clothing		15

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Of Swords and Dumplings Location and Rewards

Basic Information

Rewards

How to Unlock Of Swords and Dumplings

Is Of Swords and Dumplings Missable or Failable?