The Gangs of Novigrad Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Quest
Suggested level: 9
Group: Secondary Quests
Location: Novigrad
You will receive this quest when you visit the bathhouse during the Get Junior quest. Cleaver, who wants to solve the problem with Whoreson Junior by using force, will offer you to join him and look for Junior in his way.
When Geralt entered the Novigrad bathhouse, he happened to walk in on a meeting of the heads of the city's criminal underworld. Becoming an unwitting participant in their conversation, he learned of the conflict between the triumvirate made up of the King of Beggars, Sigi Reuven and Carlo "Cleaver" Varese on the one hand, and Whoreson Junior and the unknown powers backing him on the other. Cleaver in particular wanted Whoreson gone and offered Geralt help in finding and gettin to the bastard, which suited Geralt's interests. They say hands aplenty make for light work, and Geralt had every reason to believe this applied to gang warfare as much as it did to cleaning a barn, so he graciously accepted the gangster's offer.
Related points of interest
Cleaver's Headquarters Velen / Novigrad
Whoreson Junior's Casino Velen / Novigrad
Whoreson Junior's Arena Velen / Novigrad
Quest stages of The Gangs of Novigrad
1. Talk to Cleaver. / Think over Cleaver's offer to help you find Whoreson Junior.
You will find Cleaver in his quarters to the west of Hierarch Square. You will get there from the south side.
Cleaver will suggest you search the casino and arena run by Junior together with his men. You should accept his offer before you visit these two places on your own, otherwise the quest will end in failure.
2. Meet Cleaver's dwarves outside the casino. / Destroy Whoreson Junior's casino.
Head to the casino and talk to Cleaver's men waiting for you outside. Let them know when you're ready and then proceed together to the casino. Kill all the Whoreson's thugs in the casino.
3. Meet Cleaver's dwarves outside the arena. / Destroy Whoreson Junior's arena.
Likewise, do the same with the arena.
4. Talk to Cleaver.
Go back to Cleaver and talk to him. As a reward for your help, you will receive 300 crowns from him (150 crowns for each location).
Geralt did not find Whoreson during his search with Cleaver's men, but do not think his time was wasted. The witcher smashed his way through a fair number of public mingling spaces and slaughtered a great many armed men of diverse social backgrounds, gaining in the doing a unique look at the complications of daily life in the Novigrad underworld. Enriched with this knowledge, Geralt continued his search for Whoreson alone.