As part of your initiation quest doneigad Greedfall: The Dying Worldyou will have to investigate a sneaky and dangerous disease that is ravaging your village. This is an interesting quest that quickly introduces you to the differences between the natives of Teer Fradee and the foreigners who come to exploit the island's natural resources.
There are several objectives and steps to complete in this quest, with multiple ways to complete each task. There is an insignificant element of risk involved, so we will guide you through the entire quest and help you complete it without any problems.
Updated March 10, 2026: We've updated this article to provide details on how to stealthily complete the quest (or not!) and reflect all the odds introduced with the 1.0 release of the game.
How to complete the new evil
After you finish the combat tutorial and learn your tasks, you can start A New Evil in earnest. To start, you have to go talk to Toflanwhich you can find at the northern end of Vigeshvar, your home village.
Talk to Toflan and ask him for it information about the sick. After the prompt, talk to the patients about each option – you'll get some clues on how to proceed, specifically the location hunting ground which patients attended.
It's a good idea to pick up The Missing Scales quest before leaving the village talk to Armal in the Visitor's House – you will be able to complete this quest at the same time as this one.
How to research a fishing spot
To reach the peninsula you learned about, leave the village to the south and then head easttowards the quest marker (make sure you're following the quest in the journal menu to make this marker stand out).
Along the way, you'll learn about stealth through a pop-up window. You have a secondary objective avoiding combat with any of the land's native beasts, so crouch and sneak through the red bushes to easily avoid them if you want to go after this sub-objective. It's not necessary, though you'll get an achievement at the end of the prologue if you manage it.
When you reach the Fishing Spot that is marked large search area on your mapyou will be taught about the game Tracking mode.
Here are two places to explore to continue your quest:
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The spots of bile and vomiting on the ground north of the center of the fishing spot.
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The dead fish on the ground by the river.
When you are challenged, you will be able to examine the pile of bile on the ground with a survival skill test. Don't worry if this fails – you can still manually find the objective of this stage of the quest.
However, success will bring some footprints It seems that you can track in track mode, which makes it easier to follow the trail.
Head north of the Fishing Spottry to check survival as you go until you end up facing west. The last place you need to go for this quest is directly northwest of the magnifying glass icon on the map.
There are some Lewolans – either fight or sneak past them and examine the dead lewolan in the north.
How to check mine
Your party deduces this from the conversation about lewolan the mine needs to be explored. It's just a short distance north – head there now.
You enter a conversation with two miners automatically. During this chat passing the Diplomacy check it will automatically give you the information you need to enter the mine peacefully. If you don't want to risk failure, you can simply 'Ask Nilan to be quiet” get the same information without worry.
If you agree with Nilan, you will be forced to fight four minerswhich can be a tricky fight based on your tactics – they like to constantly attack even downed characters and keep them out of the fight.
This method will force you infiltrate mines through stealth or attack them.
Examine the cart next to the miners to get a mud sample to use later.
After learning the name of Ganimet, you can head further north and apply for a job as a dog handling instructor at the mine entrancewhich gives you access to the mine.
Head all the way north to the entrance of your own mine and you will meet with Mine manager in a cutscene.
In the interview, you will learn about theft that the natives of the island are blamed. Accept the offer to help with the investigation after the challenge.
How to get into the mine if you fought the miners
If the previous part led you to violence or failed diplomacy, don't worry! You can still get to the mineit just takes a little extra work.
Since you won't be able to talk your way into the mine job, you'll have to find another way in. Look from the main entrance road going left – this will take you to an alternate route into the mine that completely bypasses the front door.
Here you have two options: secrecy or power. Along this path, you can try to sneak past the guards, avoid detection, and slip into the mine undetected. Alternatively, you can fight your way through, though be warned – it's a tougher fight than the one with the miners outside, and there's very little reward for it other than access to the mine itself.
As you make your way through this alternate route, you'll have to interact with the lever to lower the bridgewhich allows you to reach the mine. Once inside, the quest continues just like the peace path described above.
How to clear your people's names
After the conversation, follow the mine manager and you will automatically enter the warehouse. Enter tracking mode here and examine all that shines – bow, lock on the ground, tracks in the back of the warehouse and birch leaves.
You can try it pick the lock on the chest here and loot its contents – if you don't, it won't affect your reputation or your relationship with the miners.
When prompted, leave the warehouse and report your findings to the leader of the miners. This will give you a piece of experience, a key to the mines and three pickaxes.
AND Pick may be a better weapon than your starting weapon if you are a melee fighter. Compare the stats between your current weapon and one of the pickaxes.
Return to the mine entrance and use the key to unlock the door. You can try a Mechanics check for some extra experience, but it's not necessary.
How to save the miners
After you've made a little progress in the mine, you'll be alerted to some imprisoned minerswhich gives you a new task – to free them. The miners are trapped behind debris on a slope that is too steep to climb, so you'll have to walk all the way through the mine.
The path down is linear, one-way. Along the way you can explore the ore veins to get some crafting materials and explore to find some loot chests.
When you encounter a miner who is threatening the natives, passing a Diplomacy check will end the conversation relatively peacefully and give you some experience. If you fail, you will have to put the miner down.
The eastern edge of the route through the mine eventually it will have a fork – if you take the path to the right instead of continuing it will lead to Last yearfrom the Missing Scales task.
You'll eventually reach the end of the path, which has the other end of the trapped miners' mine section and a limited portion belonging to the Bridge Alliance. you will need explosives break through the wall and free the miners, but they can only be found in a limited area.
Trying to take out the Bridge Alliance soldiers is a very difficult feat. Simply sneak in, open the chest on the lower level of the campus and steal Dynamiteand then run out of the restricted area to immediately end the inevitable fight with soldiers.
You get a reputation hit with Bridge Alliance if you get caught, but in the long run you may find it insignificant.
With Dynamite you can destroy the debris blocking your way to the trapped miners. Make sure you stand out of range of the explosion.
Talk to the miners and then explode the second rubble wall free them once and for all. When you do, you can leave the mine and talk to the mine manager to resign from your jobwhich will give you a dash of gold.
How to analyze samples
You will need to head to colonial fortress analyze the samples you collected which are located on the eastern side of the Lake District.
Talk to the fort captain in his office, which you can find by the quest markers, and talk to him about possibly poisoned items from the mine. He directs you to the fortress medic who is helpful in the same room.
If you are meeting Captain Fort for the first time, you will also pick up Influence in the Restoration Council search.
Talk to the Fort Doctor when you can leave the conversation with the captain and ask her for it analyze samples for you. Wait to complete the analysis and then ask her for treatment after the challenge. You will get Treatment for Quicksilver Poisoning. All that's left is to close the mine and deliver the cure.
How to turn off mine
There are several ways to close a mine:
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You can talk to the miners outside the minenear the fast travel point. Telling them about your discoveries scares them and makes them stop working in the mine.
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You can also try to solve Mine manager.
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You can too work with Furkan to forge a document ordering the closure of the mine. To do this, you must steal a seal from a restricted area in Captain Fort's building, which is easy accessible from the back.
For the purposes of this search, either method will work.
How to treat the sick
Once you know the source of the disease and get the Quicksilver Treatment, simple return to the village and talk to Toflan. You give him the medicine and complete the task.
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