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Gothic 3 Hints

A plague of bandits in the coastal region.

  • 1 of 11: To get this mission, finish "Cyrus needs booze" and then talk to Cyrus about bandit hunting.
  • 2 of 11: He wants to accompany you to the cave hideout of the bandit Ortega and his men.
  • 3 of 11: Whether you want to take Cyrus along or not, go to Ardea when you're ready to start looking for Ortega's hideout.
  • 4 of 11: From Ardea, go to the circle of standing stones to the NW where Chris the hunter is camped out. (See Ardea's "Kill the shy deer" mission for more details about Chris.)
  • 5 of 11: From Chris' camp, go SW a short ways to find a small camp with three treasure chests in it. There'll also probably be several wolves roaming around.
  • 6 of 11: From that camp, go straight west to find the bandit-guarded entrance to Ortega's cave hideout.
  • 7 of 11: If you're by yourself, use standard shoot-and-retreat tactics to finish off the bandit guards, then go inside the cave and repeat with the bandits in the starting areas.
  • 8 of 11: It's best to do that to partially clear out the cave, then go and get Cyrus. (Or bring Cyrus and have him wait just outside the cave so you can lead bandits back to him a few at a time.)
  • 9 of 11: Either way, you'll get 1000 XP, 10 Cape Dun rep points, and one Orc rep point when you kill Ortega.
  • 10 of 11: After you finish off all the bandits and loot their cave, report Ortega's death to Cyrus to get 250 XP.
  • 11 of 11: Also talk to Bufford to get 500 gold and 250 XP for finishing off Ortega's gang.