Taverne zur Faulen Weide
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The Rotten Willow Tavern is a tavern placed within a named world-map zone and one of the destinations Verren suggests after Old Contract. This article covers its documented traders and conversations, road connections and official background. Its position is generated with the world, so consult your own save when travelling.
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Location and travel
The tavern is generated within its own named zone. Coordinates on the sample map are not a fixed destination for every save. The map link shows the instance documented here; use revealed areas and roads in your game to find it.
Verified road connections lead towards Charcoal Burners' Camp and Oaken Glade. They identify neighbouring routes, rather than promising identical turns, distances or encounters in every save.
People and services
The three documented characters below are linked to the tavern. The location notes come from character and scene associations; story progress or schedules may affect who is present. Buying categories describe their trading setup, not their stock for sale, and individual items remain subject to other buying conditions.
| Character | Occupation | Documented location | Confirmed services | Examples of accepted categories |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| One-Eyed Wigmar | Innkeeper | Tavern ground floor | Trading, Contract conversations, Rumours | Alcohol, Armor, Food, Jewelry, Medicine, Scrolls, Tools, Valuables, Weapon |
| l'Owcrey | Occultist | Tavern grounds and ground floor | Trading | Armor, Jewelry, Scrolls, Weapon |
| Gavrin | Drug Dealer | Tavern ground floor | Trading | Alcohol, Jewelry, Medicine, Valuables |
Trading and contracts
Use the trading tool to select the Rotten Willow Tavern and a character when comparing prices. Check buying and selling separately: matching categories do not imply matching offers. Contract objectives depend on the contracts available in your save; the location name does not imply a fixed dungeon or reward.
Connection to Old Contract
At the conclusion of Old Contract, Verren starts the onward objective Caravan's Journey: the Rotten Willow and reveals the Rotten Willow area. Its journal objective is: Visit the Rotten Willow for More Contracts. Visiting the tavern belongs to this later journey and is not a prerequisite for negotiating with Knud in Mannshire.
Both the normal negotiation and lost-contract repayment route can lead to this onward conversation. See Old Contract for their conditions and costs; services offered by other tavern characters are not automatic rewards for that quest.
Special events
These documented settlement situations, location quests and quest follow-ups apply here. Regular candidates are not guaranteed on each visit; quests follow their own prerequisites and locations. Open an article for entry conditions, effects and ending.
| Event | How it occurs | What changes |
|---|---|---|
| Flohmarkt | Regular candidate | Flea Market is a timed situation at Rotten Willow. Visiting junk dealers accompany increases to the valuables buying-price term, trade favorability and stock generation, offering a reason to return and inspect trading opportunities. |
| Blüte | Regular candidate | Bloom is a timed settlement situation from the regular rotation. It changes plant growth and herb buying prices, and refreshes growth in the settlement’s owning area when it starts. |
| Brunftzeit | Regular candidate | Rut is a timed settlement situation from the regular rotation. It changes wilderness activity and creature spawn counts, and refreshes global animal and monster locations when it starts. |
| Wettbewerb | Regular candidate | Competition is a timed settlement situation from the regular rotation. It changes contract availability, deadlines, reputation calculation and selected trade terms, and processes qualifying existing dungeon contracts on activation. |
| Okkultes Consilium | Regular candidate | Occult Consilium is a timed regular situation in the Rotten Willow rotation. It changes Crypt and Catacombs contract reputation and ingredient buying prices, and changes the related dialogue scene. |
| Banditentreffen | Regular candidate | Outlaw Gathering is a timed regular situation in the Rotten Willow rotation. It changes wilderness activity, ambush chance and trade terms; there is no evidence that it grants kill reputation like Reinforcements. |
| Gefährliche Straßen | Possible contract aftermath | Dangerous Roads is a negative settlement situation caused by eligible Bastion contract aftermaths. It changes trading and wilderness generation and can lead to supply problems. Resolving the linked dungeon contract allows a situation update to remove it; it has no fixed-day expiry. |
| Seuche | Possible contract aftermath | Pestilence is a negative settlement situation that can follow an unresolved Catacombs contract. It affects sick beasts, gathered food, village residents, and medicine trading, and can lead to delivery problems. Its ending path requires the same dungeon connection to be cleared. |
| Albträume | Possible contract aftermath | Nightmares is a negative settlement situation that can follow an unresolved Crypt contract. It rewrites sleep settlement in the affected area, withholds Vigor, and changes alcohol trading. Its ending path requires the same dungeon connection to be cleared. |
| Verspätete Lieferungen | Economic consequence of a negative situation | Delayed Deliveries is the first economic deterioration stage that a negative settlement situation can cause. It changes trading conditions and merchant fund generation, may worsen further, and can be cleared by resolving its parent situation. |
| Gestörte Logistik | Economic consequence of a negative situation | Disrupted Logistics is stage 2 of economic deterioration caused by a negative main situation. It further changes trading, stock generation, and merchant fund generation. It is replaced or cleared only by further deterioration or removal of the linked negative parent. |
| Versorgungsengpass | Economic consequence of a negative situation | Supplies Shortage is the third and final economic deterioration stage caused by a negative main situation. It further changes trading, stock generation, and merchant fund generation. A situation update clears it after the linked negative parent is removed. |
| Der Glaube stirbt zuletzt | Story events and consequences | A Matter of Faith is a quest from l'Owcrey at the Rotten Willow Tavern. Investigate the Roadside Chapel, then travel to the Theosopher's Refuge to retrieve the Tabula of Aeons, and decide whether to report directly or help Father Origen complete the ritual. The route changes the reward, reputation and chapel ending. |
| Gwynnels Antworten | Quest follow-up: conditional stock | After completion, some merchants can restock specific caravan materials when the upgrade prerequisites, character race and restock conditions are met. |
| Von der Wiege bis ins Grab | Story events and consequences | From the Cradle to the Grave is a task from l'Owcrey at Rotten Willow Tavern: retrieve the Bone Cradle from the Burial Cave and investigate Venemist. Defeat the Manticore directly or use the clues to prepare the Essence of Deliverance and lift the curse. Combat, delivery and recovery choices affect rewards and later interactions. |
Official background
The Rotten Willow is frequented by people who aren't welcome anywhere else: thieves, brigands, deserters, and other rabble. Although the tavern's location isn't exactly well-known, it's not much of a secret either. Apparently, the Magistrate's officials get a cut of its profits, turning a blind eye to the existence of this crime den in return.