Clear the outpost near Eerie Knoll, enter its main building and follow the cellar passage beyond the interior fork. Defeat the guards around the stock, then interact with the barrels. Choosing to collect still completes the destruction and gives three Vials of Human Blood according to Gamer Guides and Neoseeker.

Get past the outer gate

Seeing Red selected in the journal, with the guard-clearing objective. Time markers on other entries are not this quest’s cost.
Seeing Red selected in the journal, with the guard-clearing objective. Time markers on other entries are not this quest’s cost. · All Things How / Rebel Wolves
  1. Find the outpost south of Maragir and confirm Seeing Red in the journal. Published directions disagree about its exact bearing from Eerie Knoll Shrine, so use the quest identity rather than an unsupported compass direction.
  2. If the outside gate is locked, NightlyGamingBinge describes climbing the broken stone wall to its right and entering through the fence gap; it also mentions a rear entrance. Clear the camp, then enter the main building. This workaround concerns the outer perimeter, not a hidden key for the basement.
The building doorway with Seeing Red’s cellar-investigation objective on the HUD; this is not the outer fence gap.
The building doorway with Seeing Red’s cellar-investigation objective on the HUD; this is not the outer fence gap. · All Things How / Rebel Wolves

Follow the fork and collect optional notes

  1. At the interior fork, inspect the right wall for Ambrus’s Blood Network. Neoseeker describes an optional room to the left containing Recipe for Minor Vrakhiri Attunement in a floor-level box, as well as the Report about Excavations. Search that room if you want these items before committing to the stock.
  2. Return to the fork and take the forward passage through the gate to the guarded cellar. The detailed routes do not name a mandatory key here. Do not confuse that inner passage with the locked gate you bypassed outside.

Fight the guards and choose the stock option

  1. Clear the soldiers in the stock room. Neoseeker advises watching the side-of-screen red attack warnings while barrels obstruct your view. It also places Instructions from Codrin and Recipe for Minor Powder of Sharp Mind on the larger enemy; these pickups are separate from finishing the stock objective.
  2. Interact with the barrels after combat. Destroying the stock completes the activity; collecting also removes the stock and supplies three Vials of Human Blood. Check the inventory notification if you chose collection, then check that Seeing Red is completed in the journal.

Completion checks and time cost

If the journal still asks you to defeat guards, search the camp and lower room for survivors. If it asks you to destroy stock, return to the barrels and complete their interaction. Looting soldiers or reading documents does not substitute for that final action.

Gamer Guides, PowerPyx and NightlyGamingBinge list three time segments, while ATH’s roundup says one. Plan for three and read your in-game confirmation. A screenshot of ordinary equipment is not proof of a guaranteed named reward, and this guide does not promise fixed armor stats.

For the other cellars, use Uninvited and Trouble Brewing. The alchemist conversation belongs to Trouble Brewing, not this camp.