Imperial Audience

Guide to The Witcher 4's Imperial Audience quest. Learn how to set your world state by answering questions about The Witcher 2, choose your attire, and interact with key characters.

Following the scene showing our escape from White Orchard, Geralt will find himself in the city of Vizima. After a short conversation, a man will enter and ask some questions.

This fellow is interviewing you about previous events choices that you could have made during The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings (or allowing you to import your choices without a save file for PS4/Xbox One players). He is in fact is setting your world state for you. The questions include the following:

• Did you Kill Aryan or Spare his life during the siege?
• Did you team up with Vernon Roche or Iorveth?
• Did you save Triss or help Iorveth/Vernon Roche?
• Did you warn Sile or let her die?
• Did you kill Letho, or let him live?

Following the interview, you'll need to listen to the chamberlain and follow his instructions. Pick a set of clothes (or all of them) and then enter the menu, scroll to the inventory and equip a set of boots, a shirt and some pants.

Once dressed, speak with the chamberlain and after a brief bit of bowing practice he will walk off. Follow him from the chamber and through the hallway until a scene plays during which you can decide to:

• Bow to the Emperor
• Not bow to the Emperor

As far as I can tell, neither choice has any effect on the game other than a few pieces of dialogue.

Following the scene, the Chamberlain will lead you to Yennefer who will fill you in on what she knows and update your objectives.

After the scene, we'll need to leave. In the room adjacent to Yennefer's, you can speak to Ambassador var Attre who will fill you in on a bit of back story as to what is happening in the grander scheme of things if you are interested in the world, its setting and a bit of sexy backstory. When you are ready, exit the door to retrieve your belongings.

In the courtyard here there is a Nilfgaardian Nobleman sitting on a bench who you can play at Gwent – he's pretty tough though, so it will take a lot of practice or a better deck to beat him – keep him in mind and be sure to come back and challenge him when you get the chance!

Follow the objective marker to the exit to use fast travel to leave the city and travel to Hang Man's Tree in Velen to complete the quest.