The Drunken Lizard Pub

i ran into an little problem that i´m not able to solve-maybe somebody can help. -- spoilers following--
I initially entered port kudaad by activating the lever in the gatehouse-using an invisible potion to pass the guard.After that i could walk out of the city through the open gate to explore the surroundings and reach the coast.to enter the city i used quick-travel.meanwhile i found an citizen writ in the forest.
but now the gate is always closed and i cant pass the gate to reach the coast.I cant leave on feet and i also cant enter if i come from everdale-even with my citizen-writ.Nobody seems to care about that piece of paper.I tried to open the gate using the lever (without invisible potion-since i got the citizen writ i thought they let me in) but the guards attack me anyway.I tried to speak to the guards but they grouchy as ever. i always got to walk all the way from everdale to reach the surroundings of the city.
what did i do wrong and how can i open that gate again ? any ideas?

hakbart wrote:i ran into an little problem that i´m not able to solve-maybe somebody can help. -- spoilers following--
I initially entered port kudaad by activating the lever in the gatehouse-using an invisible potion to pass the guard.After that i could walk out of the city through the open gate to explore the surroundings and reach the coast.to enter the city i used quick-travel.meanwhile i found an citizen writ in the forest.
but now the gate is always closed and i cant pass the gate to reach the coast.I cant leave on feet and i also cant enter if i come from everdale-even with my citizen-writ.Nobody seems to care about that piece of paper.I tried to open the gate using the lever (without invisible potion-since i got the citizen writ i thought they let me in) but the guards attack me anyway.I tried to speak to the guards but they grouchy as ever. i always got to walk all the way from everdale to reach the surroundings of the city.
what did i do wrong and how can i open that gate again ? any ideas?

Showing the guards your Citizen's Writ toggles the gate, so if you opened it yourself with invisibility, they'll close it. You'll have to go invisible again to reopen it (or kill all the guards). The Writ does have a second use in the game beyond Port K, and there is no alternate route in for that second place, so hang on to it (or one of the other 3 Writs in the game).

okay! thank you a lot !! i see - i entered illegally in the first place and now they don´t want to let me officially in - or out ... anyway it would be nice to have the option to show them the writ even after entering illegally.It doesn´t make much sense because i´m running around in their town anyway.... this stubborn bureaucrats !:D for sure i hang on that paper for later - thanks for the head up !
if i open the gate now with invisibility-cheat will it stay open or will they close it again after a while ? I think it would spare me a lot of running if i could use that gate to exit the city...

It'll stay open. There is a way into Port K without going through the front gate in the first place. My first time through the game, that's how I got into town. Then I showed the guards my Writ from inside and they let me out.

okay! all went fine with an invisible potion - door open and the way to the coast clear! meanwhile i got 3 citizen writs- no guard will ever stand in my way again!! going to see if i find that secret passage anyway.

To add to what Kreador said about the other (secret) way in:


HINT:
it's not what you're probably thinking. It's a very circuitous way that takes an awful a lot of walking.

For a better hint:

SEMI-SPOILER HINT:
Take a look at the natural barriers around you, for example.

GREATER-SPOILER HINT:
Make your starting point Everdale.

SPOILER HINT:
Regarding Port Kuudad: think "waste disposal".


Hope I've detracted enough from the game.