In the early hours of GreedFall: The Dying WorldYou will unlock one of the first side quests. The Renewal Council influences you to find a stolen item – a gift to your village from the Bridge Alliance.
There are many paths you can take to get the item back, but if you play your cards right, you can also uncover a much larger conspiracy at play. Here are the steps you can take to influence the Renewal Council.
Meeting the captain of the guard
To get the quest, you have to Bridge Make your way to the Alliance Fort. The main story takes you there soon enough, but you can find it in the east of the map.
Once you make it past the guards (who will let you in as part of the main story, so skip ahead to those questlines if you're running into any issues), you'll be directed to talk to their captain. Once you finish your first conversation with him, he will mention how a gift for your village was stolen.
This influences the Council of Renewal side-quest, instructing you to explore the crime scene.
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Warehouse research
The gift was kept in a warehouse outside the captain's quarters. Talk to the guard stationed outside, and he'll let you in.
to find clues, Go into tracking mode and interact with the glowing spheres. In doing so, you'll find that a special device was used to break in, and you can take what you've learned back to the captain.
Don't worry if you're a loot goblin – you can take as much as you want from the warehouse, and it doesn't count as theft.
The captain will direct you to the Fort Intendant, who will pass on what you have learned. He will tell you that The last person to remove the break-in item is the head woodsmanLeads you to a suspect.
Confront the Woodsman
You'll find the Woodsman just outside the fort. As expected, he won't come clean out of the gate and will deny anything to do with theft. From here, you have several different approaches you can take:
- Pass a Diplomacy check to encourage him to accept.
- Attack the Woodsman and his men, loot the key from his body.
- Leave him and check his work area, the nearby warehouse.
Looking for the lost gift
Whichever path you take, you must now go to the warehouse to find the stolen item. It's not difficult, and simply involves switching back to tracking mode, and identifying a hidden path through the bookshelf backwards.
Depending on your previous actions, you have several options here.
Getting the Woodsman to accept
If the Woodsman accepts, use the key to open the chest. Be sure to examine the note nearby which reveals the Woodsman is a spy working on behalf of Thalem to undermine the positive relationship between the natives and the Bridge Alliance.
Take what you learned to the captain, and then take the gift to its recipient. You can say as little or as much as you want.
Killing the Woodsman
If you kill the Woodsman, you'll loot the key you need. Open the chest, and follow the same steps as above, take your findings to the captain, and return the gift to the village.
Leave the Woodsman alone while you investigate
If the Woodsman is alive, you have two options:
- Lock the chest, and take the item. From here, you can complete the search as usual, or You can confront the Woodsman and tell him that you uncovered his plot. This allows for a peaceful alternative, where the Woodsman leaves off.
- If you fail a lockpicking skill check, you are not allowed to try again. Instead, go to the captain and tell him about the letter you found nearby. He will accompany you to face the Woodsman, and a fight will ensue. Once the Woodsman is defeated, return to the chest and follow the same steps as above.
If you take that last option, the captain may forget that he was present in the fight, and will be disappointed that you killed the Woodsman. Don't worry, it's just a bug, and there are no negative reactions to it.
Delivering gifts
Whichever path you took, you can now return to your village and give gifts. This is for Minan, who can be found in his quarters.
When you give the gift, you can either tell him what happened and whether or not you informed the guard about the plot. If you are honest in everything, you gain acceptance with Bridge Alliance but lose something with Thalem.
Bridge Alliance approval is pretty hard to come by in the early hours, so it's not a bad reward.
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