Quick Dragon's Dogma question

[ReservoirAngel]

I'm kind of bamboozled on an early quest here. Not the quest itself, but I'll explain. In spoilers, just in case. Probably doesn't need them given it's spoilers for stuff early in the game, but I once got chewed out for writing about the plot of Fable 2 without spoilers about more than a year after the game came out, so I'm playing it safe.

Really, if you've played the game up to Gran Soren, you're safe.

Spoiler

After you cut off the head of the Hydra that attacks the encampment, you get approached by some dude from Cassardis with a quest to find a girl named Quina in Witchwood. Quest name is "Lost and Found", for reference.

I know that at some point after you get to Gran Soren that quest randomly cancels itself. My question is... is there a specific thing you need to do that cancels it, or is simply going to Gran Soren enough to cancel it?

Because I really want to do this quest but the bandits on the way to Witchwood just kick the shit out of me, mostly because I'm a flimsy-arse Mage, my pawns are all fucking morons with no survival instinct and I swear one of those fucking bandits is immune to magic because nothing I throw at him seems to make a scratch (plus he can kill me with a long-reaching melee attack in like 2 hits so fuck him).

I just don't see a way of doing this quest without the experience and equipment you gain from getting to and shopping in Gran Soren, but I'm not sure what to avoid doing so the quest doesn't cancel itself.

captcha: 'sweet dreams'...

...are made of this
who am I do disagree?
I travel the world
and the seven seas,
everybody's looking for something!

 

[RedEyesBlackGamer]

I was able to go into Gran Soren without it cancelling. I don't know what exactly cancels it, but going into Gran Soren doesn't. Sorry, that's all I got.

 

[Tallim]

Quest is actually really easy, there isn't much that I would count as "dangerous" along the route even at low levels. You can shortcut a lot of it anyway if you have a class with double jump.

Completing the quest "A Matter Of Myrmidons" cancels the quest.

 

[ChaosMine]

Completing the quest "A Matter Of Myrmidons" cancels the quest.

Should be the quest "Lure of the Abyss" to cancel the "Lost and Found" quest.

 

[kyogen]

It's the pawn guild stuff. Quina's Witchwood errand is pretty quick, and Mercedes will wait at the waycastle for you even if you spend another night at one of the inns in order to avoid traipsing through the mountains in the dark. You might want to think about just getting it over with first.

 

[Zhukov]

Ah, you've run into those bandits guys with the shields.

You can kill them with a melee character. Use lots of offensive abilities.

The entrance to the wood isn't far past them. So if you can't kill the bandits you could always try running past them. And past the other group behind them. And the pack of wolves. And the second pack of wolves. And the other bandits.

 

[gigastar]

Sidequests are ordered into stages according to the main quest line. "Lost and Found" is in the first stage in reference to the main story, and finishing "Off with its Head" moves you on to the second stage of the story. Once you move on, you cant finish quests from the previous stage.

See this for more info-
http://dragonsdogma.wikia.com/wiki/Side_Quest_Progression