Yep, me too, up close and personal. I forget to pay attention to the medallion though.

That's the problem with bigger monitors these days, you don't pay attention to half the screen

Er, I think it may be because my eyes are glued on Geralt.

Now there's a blatant admission for you !!!!

I know, I know, so predictable and shallow.

Drac, this time through the game I really tried to go with the Order. But when I got to that clearing, and met up with them, and Siegfried whined about the thorn in his foot or whatever, I just couldn't do it. For the first time though, I stayed neutral and let the squirrels battle it out without me.

I am in need of advice. I can't finish the detective quest until I am able to get the body from the caretaker of the graveyard. He asked me to do the dog tallow quest and of course I am not going to kill the dogs. I found Raymonds body in the crypt and told the caretaker about it. I have never had the dialogue tree about the body being sent for the autopsy by caretaker of graveyard.

I went to the hospital and talked to Shani and she said meet her at the hospital. I was late getting there at 1:00 am but Maggie said it didn't matter even if the quest was days later. However I did not find Shani at the hospital she was at home sleeping and did not give me the dialogue tree of the autopsy.

I returned again to the caretaker in the graveyard in the morning and still he does not give me any new options.

I have read where people are asked for booze by him. Yet that option hasn't come up. I proved everyone innocent and know who Raymond really is.

When I partied I broke the quest and had to go back to a save game again.

I want to finish the autopsy quest for more experience points. Please will someone tell me what to do that I must be missing something because I haven't been able to get the body. I looked in all the rooms at the hospital and I did hear the dying words of the prisoner saying the alchemist's name and the alchemist I proved innocent.

Please tell me does anyone have any idea what I am missing not to be able to get the prisoner body options from graveyard caretaker?

I know the quest is broken of I go to Raymond and tell him I botched the autopsy and lie about it. I don't want to break the quest.

Thanks in advance
Sherryah

Sherryah, Shani won't be at the hospital for the autopsy until the Geralt tells the gravedigger to bring the body to the hospital.

Have you exhausted every possible conversation with the grave digger possible, even if you've heard them before?

Can you initiate dialogue with him and then give him alcohol using the the present icon?

I know it took me awhile to get that one to trigger, but I don't really know exactly what did trigger it.

Have you talked to absolutely eveyone you can?

There is a book I bought from someone--maybe the Antiquarian--about anatomy. Have you bought and read that book?

Not just the anatomy one, but the zarkanian (?) insect book too, since that will allow Geralt to pinpoint you know who as the culprit.
Since everyone does stuff in different order, hard to tell you what will trigger the autopsy - I have wondered that since the first time I played and knew it was supposed to happen. For me this last time, what triggered it finally was talking to Vincent and Ramsmeat (and maybe Thaler telling him I found out he was innocent). Have you done that?
If you've done all those things and are still not getting a trigger, come back and we'll put our heads together trying to figure out what hasn't been done yet, okay?

Sherryah-

The gravedigger wants a bottle of Dwarven liquor, at least it did it for me. You are doing real good.

maggie

Don't know what else to add - all of the above, Sherryah! The Dwarven liquor has also done it for me.

I did give the guy the dwarven liquor too, but it didn't trigger until I did the other. But of course, if you've done the other, that might be what you need. Did that make sense at all?

Of course not! But the bad thing is - I understand it perfectly!

Good thing!

I bought the dwarven liquor from the waitress at the Hairy Bell. You need to have a bottle in your inventory to trigger the correct dialogue.

Hope this helps.

At first I made the mistake of meditating and making potions before I went to the cemetary - which used up the dwarvern liquor - felt such a fool when I spoke to the Grave Digger.

I've done that so many times, Alice! You'd think I'd remember to put that stuff into storage with the innkeeper, but noooo.... not me!

Thanks for all your suggestions how to get the graveyard keeper to give me option to get the body. I have done all your suggestions and even gave the dwarven liquor without the option of him asking me. Yet all he did was get drunk and did not give me new options.

I bought and read both books, the insect one and the forensic book. Still no new options.

I have seen the body of raymond and already told him so. I was going to go back into the crypt and redo it again but the graveyard keeper doesn't give me the option anymore to get the keys again. I have clicked on all the old options and the only thing that I have not done is the dog tallow quest.

Anymore suggestions? I really didn't want to lose the experience points and break the quest but if someone doesn't have another way for me to hear the option to get the body so I can do the autopsy I am really stuck.

I also went back to the gardener and asked all the options and even fed him and yet he did not give me any new options.

I went back to Vincent and he did not give me any new options or offer to pay me to clear out the undead in the graveyard. The graveyard keeper said maybe he would offer payment and yet he does not.

Thanks in advance for all your help
Sherryah

I only have one suggestion. Have you gone back to Raymond and asked all the questions? Even though Raymond is dead, the guy that killed him is still there as his imposter.

Just checked again and it appears that you don't have to do both the grave diggers quest and the autopsy. I've never skipped the autopsy before but this walkthrough shows that you can continue the game without doing the autopsy. I don't think that your experience points suffers or you lose anything in the game by doing it without.

Is there a possibility that there's something else unfinished? You've collected all the runes (except for one) for the swamp?

Do I have to collect all the runes except for the swamp to finish the autopsy? Your right I don't have them all.

Oldman,thanks for letting me know if I don't figure this out my experince will not suffer much. I have returned to the fake Raymond and he asks me if I did the autopsy. I lie and say I messed it up, and he is not happy, and says he has to think of another plan and to come back. Words to that effect.

One more question I can't find the lumberjack camp where is it in the swamp? I opened everything up I think on the top of the map.

thanks again for all your help

hugs from Ireland
Sherryah

Sherryah, the runes don't really have anything to do with the autopsy.

The lumberjacks can be found here.

I know I didn't have all the runes when I did the autopsy this time, so I don't think that's the trigger. Not sure if this is important, but have you gone back to the hospital to talk to Shani? I seem to remember getting a book on how to do autopsies too.

Does, this walkthrough from GameBanshee help?

GameBanshee Walkthrough

I know, but I can't guess what Sherryah hasn't done that might affect the other quest not triggering, and with all that interaction getting the runes maybe it would happen.

Sherryah, if I missed you answering this, sorry - when you click on that quest in your list, and click on the map to point your way, what is it pointing to?

Here's another really helpful walkthrough, just click the links on the left of the page from this link. Great maps on this site. gamepressure

Sorry Oldman, I just noticed your edit. So maybe if you find that body first you don't necessarily get the trigger for the autopsy?

Thanks again but nothing I have done has triggered the autopsy. perhaps I shouldn't have found the body first is that the problem? I did tell the graveyard keeper about it and so he knows but never offered the body to me.

I did return to Shani and she first of all said autopsy is illegal and Geralt convinced her to do it for him. Words to that effect. Thats when I went to the graveyard and into the crypt and found true Raymond.

Oh well the fake Raymond says to come back later because he is mad because I lied and said I did the autopsy and messed it up. I am assuming he will still want to meet in the mage tower.

Thanks Nickie for another place for a walkthrough. I am checking it out now. I just found the dead messenger on Wyvern Island and killed all wyverns to get to look at the body. That sword was a beauty but I is the blue metorite sword better? It says it does 30 damage. Can I sell the ring or is it part of another mystery quest?

Big hugs to all from Ireland
Sherryah

EDIT............................
WOW! Thanks Nickie the website you recommended for walkthroughs is fantastic. Beautiful map also. This is easier to understand than another I was using. Thanks Oldman also because I don't think I can get the autopsy dialogue since I found the body first. If anyone else found the body first and still got body of Raymond from graveyard keeper please let me know. For now I am not worrying about it anymore.

Good for you vanquishing the wyverns!!!! I think that ring is part of a minor quest - someone asks you to find the guy and retrieve the ring. It's one of those things where you may or may not run into the quest giver, and doesn't have anything to do with the main story line.
Can't recall about the swords, sorry. I didn't really see a big change in them until chapter four, even when I had put meteorites on it. But someone else may have had a different experience. Just make sure that whatever you use doesn't say not for Witchers.
I think it's smart of you to just move on in the game if it allows you to do so. Sometimes quests don't trigger at all, or certain scenes, because of what you have already done up to that point (not a glitch).
Glad you liked the walkthrough and those maps - one map was really helpful to me in a later chapter in the swamps.


This thread is getting bulky now to bring up, so I'm going to close it and start a new Witcher thread.