I cant figure out how to get to the back alley. I checked every door. It just says you need to find another way to the back alley. Anyone know?

Btw, loving this game so far. Quite difficult but fun.

Look for the group of citizens being held outside, intimidated by the guards (not the ones you can save, the other ones). Next to them you should see an alley boarded up with boards that can be destroyed with Aard - a tooltip will even pop up if you have them enabled.

Thank you so much. I never thought spells was needed to break objects. Aka I would have been stuck for A LONG TIME. Already spent two hours trying to figure that out hahah.

Witcher signs are much more useful this time. You'll have the opportunity to use Aard to extinguish lights for sneaky purposes, and Axii as a "Jedi mind trick" in dialogues!