Kayran - lost the Iron Frame

[Unecessary Umlauts]

So I had an iron frame to make Kayran bombs, but I dimly remember selling my junk a few days ago. I've tried every shopkeeper I can find and I can't find an iron frame to buy or a recipe to make one. It's not in my stash at the inn.
Go back to a previous save? Erm, the game was really slowing down and crashing so I have been deleting my saves and just keeping the last 4-5. No iron frame in any of them.

This is one of the last quests I have for that chapter, and I don't want to restart since it would mean starting the game over from scratch. Does anyone have any ideas? Can you kill/defeat the Kayran without the bombs?

[Mr. Crispin]

You don't need to use the trap. Just use Yrden.

[max.strauss]

Originally posted by Unecessary Umlauts:

Can you kill/defeat the Kayran without the bombs?

Which bomb?*** The frame is used to build a Kayran-trap.

But you don't need bombs and this special trap, although it's very, very useful - not as trap, but as signpost.

I'm pretty sure that you can solve the Kayran problem with your own hands - even without trap. Watch this video thoroughly; it demonstrates the easiest way to handle the Kayran - by far:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BsXdXAx2aSk

DL: easy.

You need almost nothing - no potions, oils, no armor, no dodging/rolling - the cheapest silversword will do the job.

If you want to play it on a higher DL then follow this path:

Now you have to watch exactly where Geralt should cast Yrden. This one is with Kayran-trap, so you will find no sign posts:

On any other level you should be aware of these facts:

* You are confronted with three QTEs instead of one.
* No tentacle is able to hurt Geralt if you use Quen. So start with Quen and refresh it after a tentacle hits Geralt.

Here's the ballet on "dark", but it's almost the same for any other DL but "easy".( Well: On dark mistakes are deadly.)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BB_O-3sbBQs

*** The bomb that Geralt uses at the end of the fight is a rabbit out of the hat - ah, out of his underpants.

[max.strauss]

Originally posted by Unecessary Umlauts:

So I had an iron frame to make Kayran bombs, but I dimly remember selling my junk a few days ago. I've tried every shopkeeper I can find and I can't find an iron frame to buy or a recipe to make one.

Btw.: It should be pretty much impossible to loose the iron frame. Have a look at your quest inventory (Symbol: Shield + !). Can you find it? Then visit Cedric.

[ART]

"—Используй знак! Поймай его ирденом!
—Спускайся и сама его лови!"
©Шеала и Геральт. The Witcher 2

[Unecessary Umlauts]

max, I do not have the iron frame in my inventory and I double and triple checked every vendor except the one I had busted for selling drugged up potions near the inn (I didn't sell it to him).
But the good thing is I did beat the Kayran without any bombs/traps, just Yrden sign and my silver sword. So a big Thank You to everyone for your advice and help!

I also beat Letho with no traps (you don't have a lot of time to set them while he's wailing on you and casting spells at you). I also used Yrden for that and it slowed him enough to get 5-6 hits in. Although it took me a long time because he likes to throw those blue fireballs at you, I eventually wore him down enough that he ran out (and apparently kidnapped Triss ).