Toussaint Prison

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The area in the order you play it. Tick things off as you go: they tick off in the checklists below too.

1. 1

   Awakening in the Courtyard

   When you arrive in Toussaint Prison during "Burlap is the New Stripe" after Syanna dies, you wake up in the prison yard and speak with Handsome Jacques. Before continuing, activate your Witcher Senses on the stone wall directly behind where Handsome Jacques stands to locate a loose brick concealing a hidden hollow masonry compartment. Search this hollow to recover the Notes found in the Toussaint prison, which immediately begins the side quest "The Perks of Being a Jailbird."

   A hollow masonry compartment hidden in the prison yard wall that can be detected using Witcher Senses, granting a hidden note that triggers the secondary quest "The Perks of Being a Jailbird".Notes found in the Toussaint prison: On the brick wall immediately adjacent to where Handsome Jacques was standing in the courtyardMissable because: Leaving through the prison gates and finishing Burlap is the New Stripe Don't miss

   Tip: You can play an optional game of Gwent for bread with a fellow prisoner after your initial conversation in the yard.

   Watch out: Both the hidden wall compartment and the note inside are permanently missable if you trigger the laundry duty or leave the prison without looting them.

2. 2

   Gathering the Tools

   Walk over to the gallows positioned in the prison yard to find a cart filled with corpses parked directly beneath it. Search this body cart to retrieve the Hammer and Chisel needed for the prisoner's task. Return to the wall compartment by the initial starting spot, deposit the tools inside the hollow space, and ensure the stash is filled before proceeding to any prison labor.

   Hammer and Chisel: In the prison yard beneath the gallows/scaffold foundations, hidden inside a dead-body wagon

   Watch out: The Hammer and Chisel must be collected and placed into the loose brick cavity before entering the laundry room, or the side quest and its reward become permanently lost.

3. 3

   Laundry Basement Brawl

   Head downstairs into the prison laundry cellar to fulfill your chores by gathering dirty clothes and a bar of soap. Once you begin washing laundry, hostile prisoners attack you, forcing a bare-fist brawl where washboards and poles are used as makeshift weapons.

   Watch out: Entering the laundry room locks out the loose brick cavity and its starting note if you neglected to search the wall beforehand.

4. 4

   Execution and Liberation

   Watch the events unfold as a full week passes, culminating in a cutscene at the courtyard execution grounds where an inmate is beheaded. Afterward, revisit the loose brick wall stash to collect your reward, the Prison Poster decoration, now left inside the hollow compartment. Then meet with Captain Damien de la Tour and Dandelion, who arrives to secure your pardon and arrange your departure.

   Prison Poster (Trophy/Decoration): Inside the loose brick cacheHow: Wait seven days after stashing the hammer and chisel (by meditating for 7 days or advancing through the story time-skip) and loot itMissable because: Speaking to Damien/exiting and finishing Burlap is the New Stripe Don't miss

   Watch out: The Prison Poster is permanently missable and cannot be obtained if you leave through the prison gate without retrieving it from the hollow brick.

5. 5

   Reclaiming Gear at the Gatehouse

   Follow your escort through the guard tower gatehouse toward the exit. In the passageway between the inner and outer gates, open Geralt's Equipment Chest to repossess all of your confiscated weapons, armor, and gear. Step through the final gate to leave the prison grounds behind and conclude your incarceration.

   Watch out: You must loot this chest to advance past the outer gates, but the physical container can never be reached again once you exit the prison.

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