How to complete The Cult’s Recipe in Gothic Remake

Completing The Cult’s Recipe in Gothic Remake is one of the necessary steps in impressing Diego enough to get you a recommendation to join the Old Camp. In this quest, Dexter asks you to head all the way to the Swamp Camp and steal Cor Kalom’s recipe for creating mystical hallucinogens.

The trickiest part of this quest is actually getting to the Swamp Camp, since it’s a dangerous route filled with enemies who’ll kill you in one hit thanks to your lack of armor. So, here’s how to get there safely, find the recipe, and even lockpick the chest containing it.

How to get to the Swamp Camp in Gothic Remake

After Dexter tasks you with stealing Cor Kalom’s recipe, you’ll have to find a way to the Swamp Camp. Before you do, though, make sure you have a couple of lockpicks—you can buy these from Mordrag in the same market area as Dexter if you head east past the fire pit towards the arena and look for him to your left, sitting on a bench in front of a shack. I’d also recommend grabbing a map of the Colony.

Now, you’ll want to speak to Baal Parvez, the cultist with the face tattoos in the market area by Dexter, since he’ll offer to escort you to the Swamp Camp and it’s a dangerous journey. Follow and let him fight the harder enemies, though make sure you’re close enough to get some XP. When you arrive in the camp, tell the Templars at the entrance you want to join, then head inside and ask Lester to show you to “Cor Kalom’s Laboratory”.

How to lockpick Cor Kalom’s chest in Gothic Remake

The video above picks up where Lester drops you off. Head up the spiral staircase to the top to find the laboratory and Cor Kalom. His recipe is in the locked chest in the same room as the lab. The video shows how to pick the lock, and for some reason, Cor Kalom and his assistant don’t really seem to mind. It doesn’t matter too much if you’re planning to join the Old Camp anyway, which if you’re doing this quest, you are.

Grab the Old Recipe, then follow the route that you and Baal Parvez took to get back to the Old Camp—if you can’t remember, use your colony map by pressing M. Make sure to stick to the path and keep running to avoid enemies. Give Dexter the recipe and he’ll agree to put in a good word with Diego.