The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt guide: quests, choices & locations

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Editions & platforms

Edition	Platform	Differences & notes
Classic / Complete Edition	PC, PS4, Xbox One, Switch	Complete Edition bundles the base game, Hearts of Stone, Blood and Wine and the original free DLCs. Check the store package before installing.
Next-gen / 4.x	PC, PS5, Xbox Series X\|S; Updates auch für ältere Fassungen	Additional quest and convenience changes; visual effects and some features vary by platform.
Remastered (2026)	PC, PS5, Xbox Series X\|S, Nintendo Switch 2	Officially available since 29 September 2026. Existing story routes provide this guide’s route basis; do not transfer numerical 4.x build values without checking.

A reliable start and a useful play order

Suggested order: White Orchard → Velen → Novigrad → Skellige → Kaer Morhen/finale → Hearts of Stone → Blood and Wine. This is guidance rather than a mandatory sequence: levels, quest colors and your preferred story determine detours. Keep separate saves before The Isle of Mists, Reason of State and expansion finales.

Read noticeboards early, unlock craftsmen, repair sword damage and use the bestiary. Most talents must be placed into active slots before they work. Matching mutagen colors beside red, blue or green talents strengthen a build.

Talent slots, colored mutagens and the classic build principles described here refer to the 2015/4.x releases. Remastered 2026 revises the ability system; its new numerical details and additional secrets have not yet been fully checked here. Quest and acquisition routes are an editorial carryover from the classic game, not a complete new Remastered atlas.

Prologue and White Orchard

Story details & possible consequences

Kaer Morhen / Lilac and Gooseberries
Use the tutorial to learn parries, dodges, signs and bombs. After the ghoul fight, follow Vesemir to the inn and gather leads on Yennefer.
The Beast of White Orchard
Visit the Nilfgaardian garrison, hunter and Tomira. Gather buckthorn underwater and investigate the griffin; ground it with the crossbow and dodge to its sides.
Before the inn finale
Check On Death’s Bed, Twisted Firestarter, Missing in Action, A Frying Pan, Spick and Span and Devil by the Well. Fight the last quest’s noonwraith inside Yrden.
Imperial Audience
At Vizima accurately simulate Witcher 2 choices if you are not importing a save. Letho’s survival determines an additional Velen encounter.

Velen: the Baron, Keira and the Crones

Story details & possible consequences

The Nilfgaardian Connection → Bloody Baron
Search Hendrik’s house in Heatherton and reach Crow’s Perch. Family Matters and Ciri’s Story open the search for Anna and Tamara.
Family Matters / A Princess in Distress
Follow clues in the house, meet the pellar and retrieve Princess the goat. Choose between fighting the botchling and the lubberkin ritual; use Axii to calm it during the ritual.
Hunting a Witch → Wandering in the Dark
Find Keira near Midcopse. Follow swallow symbols in the elven ruins, leave freezing bubbles and interrupt Nithral’s healing phase. Keep the Eye of Nehaleni for illusions.
Ladies of the Wood / The Whispering Hillock
Reach the bog through the book and the orphans. The tree spirit is a consequential choice: freeing it endangers Downwarren and Anna, while killing it does not save the children. No option saves everyone.
Return to Crookback Bog
Follow the Baron after finishing his search. Anna’s outcome depends on the spirit route and, if transformed, the correct curse object; save before returning.

Novigrad: finding Dandelion

Story details & possible consequences

Pyres of Novigrad → Novigrad Dreaming
Follow Triss’s trail from Hierarch Square through beggars/thieves to the Putrid Grove. Corinne Tilly’s dream investigation leads toward Dandelion.
Broken Flowers / Get Junior / Count Reuven’s Treasure
Visit Dandelion’s acquaintances, speak with Zoltan and investigate Dijkstra and Whoreson Junior. Coordinate Triss’s undercover plan; fighting can change which information you obtain.
The Play’s the Thing → A Poet Under Pressure
Find Dudu through the performance, then carry out Zoltan’s rescue plan. Finish the Ciri flashback.
Triss / Zoltan / political side chain
Before the Isle of Mists, check A Matter of Life and Death, Now or Never, A Dangerous Game, An Eye for an Eye, Redania’s Most Wanted and A Deadly Plot. The political quests can unlock Reason of State later.

Skellige: Yen, clan politics and the final lead

Story details & possible consequences

Destination: Skellige
Find a captain in Novigrad, pay for passage and search the wreck’s shore after the shipwreck. Then visit Kaer Trolde and Yennefer.
The King Is Dead — Long Live the King
Cooperate with Yen at the wake and investigate Ermion’s laboratory. This offers an optional romantic opportunity but is not the final commitment decision.
Echoes of the Past / Missing Persons / Nameless
Use the mask in the devastated forest, investigate Lofoten and reach Freya’s Garden. The Morkvarg side story can be pursued alongside it.
The Last Wish
Complete Yennefer’s request before departing for Kaer Morhen. Your declaration after the djinn fight decides the lasting Yen romance.
Possession / The Lord of Undvik / King’s Gambit
Help Cerys and Hjalmar. After the attack at the feast, choose the investigation you support; this determines Skellige’s ruler.

Kaer Morhen and the finale: return points

Story details & possible consequences

Ugly Baby → The Isle of Mists
Take Uma to Kaer Morhen and help with Disturbance, To Bait a Forktail and The Final Trial. Recruit allies through Brothers in Arms. Before the Isle of Mists, heed the warning and review unfinished romance/alliance quests.
Battle of Kaer Morhen → Blood on the Battlefield
Prepare the defenses, use your allies and support Ciri afterwards. The following conversations influence her ending.
Bald Mountain → Final Preparations
Fight Imlerith and complete Geralt’s and Ciri’s tasks. In Novigrad finish Blindingly Obvious, The Great Escape, Payback and Through Time and Space.
Battle Preparations → On Thin Ice → Tedd Deireadh
Investigate the Sunstone and Avallac’h’s laboratory in Skellige, free Fringilla and accompany Ciri. Use brief counterattacks against Caranthir and Eredin; after the final battle your choices determine the ending quest.

Ciri’s ending and the political outcome

Story details & possible consequences

For a consistently supportive route: choose a snowball fight instead of drinking after Kaer Morhen; refuse payment if visiting Emhyr; let Ciri meet the Lodge alone; let her vent in Avallac’h’s laboratory; and make time for Skjall’s grave. The payment choice only applies if you visit Emhyr together. Following all of these avoids relying on a narrow minimum score.

Reason of State requires the earlier assassination preparations among other prerequisites. In Blindingly Obvious do not violently incapacitate Dijkstra; cooperate using the information you obtained instead. Then follow the invitation to the final conspiracy.

Outcome	Decisive route
Ciri as a witcher	Support her; do not take her to Emhyr, or reach a political outcome without a Nilfgaardian victory.
Ciri as empress	Support her, visit Emhyr and enable Nilfgaard’s victory. This requires removing Radovid and protecting Roche/Thaler/Ves from Dijkstra in Reason of State.
Ciri does not return	Too many discouraging choices lead to the grim ending; no late potion or armor set repairs those dialogue decisions.
Radovid / Dijkstra / Emhyr	Without the assassination chain Radovid stays in power. After completing it, intervening against Dijkstra determines the postwar order.

Triss and Yennefer: the commitment decisions

Story details & possible consequences

Route	What to do
Triss — preparation	Join A Matter of Life and Death in Novigrad. At the Vegelbud ball use the romantic garden scene and kiss her.
Triss — commitment	Help the mages in Now or Never. At the harbor ask Triss to stay and explicitly say “I love you.” She initially appears to leave anyway; wait for the scene to finish.
Yennefer	Complete The Last Wish in Skellige before Ugly Baby. After the djinn, say you still love her. The scene at Ermion’s laboratory does not replace this decision.
Commit to both	Declaring lasting love to both triggers It Takes Three to Tango later and loses both committed relationships. Separate saves let you experience each route.

Other romances and encounter locations

Story details & possible consequences

Person	Where?	Requirement
Keira Metz	Velen, hut near Midcopse	After Wandering in the Dark accept the invitation → A Towerful of Mice → A Favor for a Friend. Accept the romantic invitation at dinner. Later, in For the Advancement of Learning, peacefully send her to Kaer Morhen if you want her to survive.
Jutta an Dimun	Faroe, hill east of Harviken	Start Iron Maiden, complete her proof task if required and defeat her in a fair sword duel. Avoid signs/bombs; afterwards accept her evening invitation.
Madame Sasha	Novigrad, Passiflora	Enter High Stakes with a strong Gwent deck and the entry money. After the theft investigate with Sasha, help recover the money and accept dinner. Winning tournament matches remains separately important for the cards.
Shani	Hearts of Stone, wedding quest	After Dead Man’s Party stay for A Midnight Clear, read the clues about Shani’s preferences and bring a suitable gift such as rowan berries.
Syanna	Blood and Wine, fairy-tale land	Choose Syanna’s route in The Night of Long Fangs, then accept her invitation after the cloud giant in Beyond Hill and Dale…. Reconciling the sisters later requires additional choices.
Courtesans	Passiflora; Crippled Kate’s; Belles of Beauclair	Optional paid encounters in Novigrad and Toussaint. The listed one-off encounters do not commit Geralt to a third main partner.

Important side chains by region

Region	Quests	Start / pitfall
Velen	Keira chain; Ghosts of the Past; A Greedy God; Wild at Heart; The Fall of the House of Reardon; Forefathers’ Eve	Visit Keira after the ruins; speak with Dolores in Lindenvale for Reardon. Letho appears only with the appropriate Witcher 2 world state. Prepare for werewolves using the bestiary and suitable oils.
Novigrad / Oxenfurt	Cabaret → Carnal Sins; Of Swords and Dumplings; A Dangerous Game; Following the Thread; The Volunteer; The Nobleman Statuette; The Soldier Statuette	Hattori unlocks the master blacksmith, Zoltan the card hunt. Take statuettes to Triss while she is available. Hear out the suspect in Carnal Sins or the true killer may escape.
Skellige	The Cave of Dreams; The Phantom of Eldberg; In Wolf’s Clothing; The Nithing; The Tower Outta Nowheres; Shock Therapy	Arinbjorn’s contract can lead to the Cave of Dreams; finish it before the coronation sequence. For Morkvarg pay attention to the curse details and cursed fang.
Kaer Morhen	The Bastion; Berengar’s Blade; Greenhouse Effect; The Witchers’ Forge	Explore the valley during Ugly Baby, using witcher senses and Keira’s lamp at haunted sites. Some interiors require the relevant document.

Witcher schools: routes to basic diagrams

Set / piece	Travel target	How to find it
Griffin — four armor pieces	Velen, Dragonslayer’s Grotto northwest of Downwarren	Cross the tomb to the ekimmara; all four diagrams are together. Prepare Yrden/Specter Oil for wraiths and Vampire Oil for the ekimmara.
Griffin — steel sword	Hindhold, upper tower	Climb up and inspect the chest and George’s notes.
Griffin — silver sword	Lornruk, coastal tower	Use the underwater entrance beneath the approach, climb up and open the upper chest.
Feline — four armor pieces	Beneath Novigrad’s Temple Isle	Take the cliff path to the illusion cave and open it with the Eye of Nehaleni. Solve the statue puzzle and recover the submerged key; defeat and loot Mad Kiyan in the laboratory.
Feline — weapons	Drahim Castle / Est Tayiar / Flying Stag	Steel in Drahim’s basement, silver behind an Aard wall in Est Tayiar, crossbow in the Flying Stag wreck off Novigrad’s west coast.
Ursine — four armor pieces	An Skellig, Tuirseach ruins near Yngvar’s Fang	Descend into the dungeon, operate the cell lever, clear the enemies and reach the chest. The Kaer Trolde armorer sells the hunt maps.
Wolven — four armor pieces	Old signal tower south of Kaer Morhen	Read the notes, collect the missing crystal outside the tower and activate the portal with Aard. Collect the diagrams in the cave beneath the tower.
Wolven — swords	Bastion / ruined watchtower in Kaer Morhen valley	Steel in the Bastion, silver in the ruined watchtower. Kaer Morhen unlocks through the main story.
Forgotten Wolven	Velen, Devil’s Pit	Start In the Eternal Fire’s Shadow with the priest, read Reinald’s notes and finish the mine. Basic diagrams come from the quest ending, with later diagrams found through its follow-up hunt.

Upgrades, craftsmen and gear tiers

The standard schools progress through enhanced, superior and mastercrafted to grandmaster in Blood and Wine. Hunt maps provide marked follow-up quests; buying one is helpful but is not always required to open a freely accessible diagram chest. Upgrades often consume the previous gear tier, so keep your witcher equipment.

Unlock Hattori in Novigrad through Of Swords and Dumplings for mastercrafted swords. Unlock Yoana/Fergus at Crow’s Perch through Master Armorers and the tool trip to Undvik for mastercrafted armor. Lazare Lafargue in Beauclair handles grandmaster gear.

Griffin supports signs, Feline fast sword attacks, Ursine durable Quen builds and Wolven flexible hybrids. Compare resistances, stamina recovery and active set bonuses rather than just the largest armor number. Balance values differ between Classic, 4.x and Remastered; this guide does not promise one universally best build.

Every regular witcher-school tier: map sellers and follow-up hunts

These merchant and quest maps supplement the complete piece-by-piece atlas below. Buy and read maps to add scavenger-hunt markers; accessible diagrams can also be found directly. Keep basic and preceding gear for upgrade recipes.

School / tier	Hunt parts	Exact starting point
Griffin: enhanced	Upgrade Diagrams — Parts 1 + 2	Edwin Greloff’s first AND second maps from Midcopse’s armorer.
Griffin: superior	Part 3	Third map from the armorer in Novigrad’s Hierarch Square.
Griffin: mastercrafted	Part 4	Fourth map from Hattori in Novigrad; finish his crafting quest.
Feline: enhanced	Upgrade Diagrams — Parts 1 + 2	Adalbert Kermith’s first map from the merchant and second from the blacksmith in Blackbough.
Feline: superior	Part 3	Third map from the Crow’s Perch quartermaster.
Feline: mastercrafted	Part 4	Fourth map from the Lindenvale blacksmith.
Ursine: enhanced	Upgrade Diagrams — Parts 1 + 2	Ibrahim Savi’s first and second maps from the armorer on the approach to Kaer Trolde keep.
Ursine: superior	Part 3	Ibrahim Savi’s third map from the same armorer.
Ursine: mastercrafted	Part 4	Ibrahim Savi’s fourth map from the same armorer.
Wolven: enhanced	Upgrade Diagrams — Parts 1 + 2	Well-preserved Hieronymus notes from Hattori; slightly torn notes from Lindenvale’s blacksmith.
Wolven: superior	Parts 3 + 4	Damp moldy notes from Kaer Trolde’s armorer; heavily faded notes from Novigrad’s armorer.
Wolven: mastercrafted	Parts 5 + 6	Worn-out faded notes from Hattori; parchment notes from Kaer Trolde’s armorer.
All four: grandmaster	Blood and Wine / Lafargue	Visit Beauclair and start the relevant grandmaster hunt. See the Blood and Wine guide for named stops.
Manticore	Blood and Wine only	Its own grandmaster hunt without a normal basic/enhanced/superior chain; see the expansion guide.
Viper	White Orchard / Hearts of Stone	Early swords and missable venomous versions have different sources; there is no invented regular grandmaster Viper tier.
Forgotten Wolven	In the Eternal Fire’s Shadow → follow-up hunt	There are no standard enhanced/superior tiers: after the basic diagrams, follow Reinald’s notes and Kaer Morhen for mastercrafted/grandmaster diagrams.

Potions, oils, bombs and finding formulae

Craft potions and bombs once from the required ingredients; meditation then replenishes their charges using suitable strong alcohol. Enhanced and superior recipes often require the previous tier. White Honey removes toxicity AND active potion effects. Decoctions require mutagens and occupy long-lasting toxicity.

Formulae come from merchants and chests; many alchemy loot finds vary and do not have one universal fixed chest location. Check Tomira in White Orchard, the pellar near Blackbough, the herbalist east of Oxenfurt and Gremist at Gedyneith. Unlock Gremist’s full service through Practicum in Advanced Alchemy.

Preparation	Purpose / acquisition
Swallow / White Raffard’s	Healing over time / quick emergency healing. Leave enough toxicity capacity in difficult fights.
Thunderbolt / Tawny Owl	Attack power / stamina regeneration. Match the combination to your actual build before bosses.
Cat / Killer Whale	Dark caves / longer dives. Use the crossbow underwater; sword combat is unavailable there.
Golden Oriole / Black Blood	Poison encounters / vampires and necrophages. Check superior-tier effects and the enemy category in the tooltip.
White Gull	Alchemy base: check herbalists for the formula. Brew from an empty bottle, Redanian Herbal, Cherry Cordial, Mandrake Cordial and Arenaria; buy the drinks from innkeepers.
Moon Dust / Northern Wind / Samum	Transformations and specters / freezing / blinding. Read the bestiary; use a suitable bomb to destroy monster nests.

Swords, chests and maps: useful individual targets

Target	Where to start	Approach
Early Viper sword diagrams	White Orchard: Amavet ruins and cemetery crypt	Steel at the bandit ruins, silver with the witcher in the crypt. Do not confuse these with Hearts of Stone’s venomous versions.
Aerondight / Iris / Viper Venomous	Blood and Wine / Hearts of Stone	The separate expansion guides identify the sources and one-time windows. These swords are not random rewards in every high-level chest.
Gwent collection	Vegelbud ball / Passiflora / Zoltan	Win all three matches at the ball. Win High Stakes outright; choose cards rather than money after A Dangerous Game. A Miraculous Guide to Gwent tracks remaining regional totals.
Hidden treasures	Letters, bodies and keys	Actually read documents, then follow the marked search. Dive at wrecks and use witcher senses; red enemy levels suggest returning later.

Editions, expansions and confirmed news

The original platforms were PC, PS4 and Xbox One; Switch followed with the Complete Edition, and PS5/Xbox Series with the updated release. The 4.x line includes In the Eternal Fire’s Shadow. Different graphics options do not create a different core story.

Official status on 22 October 2026: The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt — Remastered released on 29 September 2026 for PC, PS5, Xbox Series X|S and Nintendo Switch 2. Songs of the Past is announced as a new paid expansion for 2027. No invented quests or item locations are presented as a walkthrough of that unreleased story.

All 16 original free DLCs: what they contain

Pack	Access / function
Temerian Armor Set	Check the White Orchard merchant for the armor.
Beard and Hairstyle Set	Select at a barber; not an additional story act.
Contract: Missing Miners	Skellige contract in the Blandare area.
Alternative Look for Yennefer	Alternative appearance in game settings.
Nilfgaardian Armor Set	Check the Crow’s Perch quartermaster.
Elite Crossbow Set	Additional merchant crossbows; not a new skill tree.
Fool’s Gold	Visit Lurtch in Velen.
Ballad Heroes’ Neutral Gwent Card Set	Alternative card artwork, not a new full campaign.
Scavenger Hunt: Wolf School Gear	Kaer Morhen diagrams; see the acquisition table.
Alternative Look for Triss	Alternative appearance in settings.
Contract: Skellige’s Most Wanted	Check the noticeboard at Fyresdal.
Skellige Armor Set	Check the Kaer Trolde armorer.
Alternative Look for Ciri	Alternative appearance in settings.
Where the Cat and Wolf Play…	Follow the Honorton contract through noticeboards.
New Finisher Animations	Additional finishing animations.
New Game+	Use a completed main-game save for a new run.

Witcher contracts: White Orchard and Velen

Quest / objective	Start & travel	Route, result & missable conditions
Contract: Devil by the Well	White Orchard: Odolan / notice board.	Search the deserted village and diary, dive for the bracelet, then burn the body and binding. Use Yrden against the noonwraith; return its trophy to Odolan.
Contract: Shrieker	Crow’s Perch: Chet; cave south of the castle.	Question witnesses and follow blood. Bomb the upper cave shelf to flush out the shrieker, follow outside and kill the cockatrice. Claim payment or let Chet keep it for the orphan.
Contract: Jenny o’ the Woods	Midcopse: elder Bolko.	Inspect the field, knife and grave; read the letter. Bolko reveals the meeting place: burn the binding objects after dark and fight the nightwraith with Yrden.
Contract: The Merry Widow	Lindenvale: gravedigger.	Search the cemetery, follow the scent to the hut and collect skulls. Bait the chapel, kill the grave hag at night and return to the gravedigger.
Contract: Missing Brother	Inn at the Crossroads: Bruno; abandoned mine.	Search the arachas mine, help survivors and destroy eggs. Kill Harrisi; return later if the spider is red-level. Report the findings to Bruno.
Contract: Patrol Gone Missing	Nilfgaardian Army Group Center: quartermaster Eggebracht.	Track the patrol and venom to a wyvern. After killing it, follow the additional blood trail into the cave to discover the executions; confront or report to the quartermaster.
Contract: Mysterious Tracks	Lindenvale: board and hunter.	Follow large tracks to the cave, find its upper entrance and inspect the dead fiend. Prepare the quest bait from the listed ingredients, bait marked spots and kill the chort Howler.
Contract: Swamp Thing	Downwarren: board; Leslav in the marsh.	Investigate unnatural fog and tracks; use the Eye of Nehaleni for the concealed cave entrance. Kill Ignis Fatuus. Choose immediate payment or agree to return later for more.
Contract: The Mystery of the Byways Murders	Oreton: notice; Byways village.	Clear ghouls and question villagers. Follow blood and scent to the locked cellar, obtain the key and kill the ekimmara Sarasti. Check both the villagers and original contract giver for payment.
Contract: Phantom of the Trade Route	Benek: refugee; wagon on the trade road.	Track the wagon to survivors in a cave. Destroy both wyvern nests above, defeat the royal wyvern, take its trophy and return to Benek.
Contract: Woodland Beast	Pontar Border Post: captain.	Investigate the transport and locate the elves. Surrendering weapons permits a meeting with Vernossiel. Kill or spare them; the captain wants useful information before granting a pass and payment.
Contract: The Griffin from the Highlands	Crow’s Perch: after retrieving Yoana’s Undvik tools.	Track and kill the archgriffin in the hills. Keep the acid gland for Yoana and deliver the trophy to the quartermaster; this payment is separate from Master Armorers.

Witcher contracts: Novigrad and Oxenfurt

Quest / objective	Start & travel	Route, result & missable conditions
Contract: Lord of the Wood	Cunny of the Goose: Brean Hotsch.	Question loggers and inspect their wagon; bodies and claw marks identify a leshen. Destroy its totem, kill Kernun and return with the trophy.
Contract: The White Lady	Far Corners: Helma and notice board.	Track four victims across the field and tower cellar. Ask Helma about the dead woman, obtain her dagger and burn it at the field fire; use Yrden against the noonwraith.
Contract: The Oxenfurt Drunk	Oxenfurt: board; Nikolas Friedman at the docks.	Inspect morgue bodies and question the witness. Drink at the Alchemy and walk the streets at night as bait; follow Gael to his house after the ambush and kill the katakan.
Contract: The Creature from Oxenfurt Forest	Oxenfurt: board; Hans of Cidaris at the woodland camp.	Examine the attack site and blood; follow ravens to the nest. Return at night if Opinicus is absent. Kill the archgriffin and show Hans the trophy.
Contract: The Apiarian Phantom	Yantra board / Honeyfill Meadworks.	Inspect Meiersdorf’s hives and frost. Recover the trail along the pond, obtain entry to the unfinished house and chase down the Wild Hunt hound.
Contract: Doors Slamming Shut	Novigrad: Kurt Dysart at the Kingfisher.	Visit Moldavie Residence. Inspect the basement mechanism and journal, remove the barrier and fight the earth elemental Therazane; use Quen and short attack windows.
Contract: An Elusive Thief	Hierarch Square: merchant Sylvester Amello.	Follow tracks, letter and scent to a doppler. Win the chase, then kill him or order him out of Novigrad. Sparing him does not provide a doppler mutagen.
Contract: Deadly Delights	Harborside board; temple guard by the fish market.	Follow bodies and two-legged hoofprints to Crippled Kate’s. Reach Salma using the rooftop or a key; kill or spare her. Only killing can provide her succubus mutagen.

Witcher contracts: Skellige and the free DLC quests

Quest / objective	Start & travel	Route, result & missable conditions
Contract: Muire D’yaeblen	Kaer Trolde Harbor: Bjorg.	Question witnesses, follow drowners to their cave and inspect Abaya’s lair. Make and equip Drowner Pheromones, wait in hiding and kill the water hag.
Contract: The Phantom of Eldberg	Arinbjorn: Jorund in the inn.	Visit the lighthouse and investigate Mikkjal and the curse. Hold off the Penitent until Mikkjal lights the beacon, then kill it. Returning before King’s Gambit opens the prison follow-up.
Contract: Missing Son	Rannvaig: Odhen.	Search Boxholm and fight Morvudd. Follow his blood after he flees; identify the son by his yellow tunic, kill the fiend and report to Odhen.
Contract: Dragon	Fyresdal: Vagn.	Inspect the victims: absent burns disprove the dragon theory. Lead Mia the sheep as bait to the forktail and kill it. Your explanation changes Vagn’s response.
Contract: Strange Beast	Larvik: Thorleif.	Question survivors and inspect the ambush. Track nekkers through the gas-filled cave; kill the lesser nekkers to summon pack leader Hagubman, then return the trophy.
Contract: Here Comes the Groom	Svorlag: Kevan; Britt at the shore.	Inspect the siren cave and scales, then reach dead Nils beyond the far exit. Kill the ekhidna Melusine and report to Kevan and Britt.
In the Heart of the Woods	Fayrlund: Sven and Harald / Kaer Trolde board.	Inspect woodland evidence. Harald’s ritual requires five wolf hearts; Sven’s route removes the marked person, destroys totems and kills the ancient leshen. Only the kill route grants the corresponding monster achievement.
Contract: Missing Miners	Free DLC: Blandare board; Miners’ Camp.	Follow tracks and bones to Wham-a-Wham’s cave. Hear his account of the intruders, then kill or spare him; Gjarr’s payment and the trophy differ.
Contract: Skellige’s Most Wanted	Free DLC: Fyresdal board.	Investigate the ambush, rolling boulder and trapped cave. Attend the meeting at night; cite monsters you actually spared to separate the other conspirators from the hostile werewolf.
Contract: The Beast of Honorton	Free DLC: Oreton or Crow’s Perch board.	Reach Honorton between Claywich and Boatmakers’ Hut and kill the alghouls. The contract immediately becomes Where the Cat and Wolf Play… rather than a normal paid hunt.

White Orchard: side quests before departure

Quest / objective	Start & travel	Route, result & missable conditions
Missing in Action	Dune Vildenvert at the Ransacked Village; White Orchard board.	Meet Dune at the battlefield, search shields and bodies with his dog and find Bastien in the hut. Decide about the wounded Nilfgaardian. Finish before leaving with Vesemir.
Twisted Firestarter	Blacksmith Willis beside the burned forge.	Track the arsonist from the house to injured Napp. Accept his bribe or bring him to Willis; handing him over results in Nilfgaardian punishment, not a harmless warning.
A Frying Pan, Spick and Span	Old woman outside the locked riverside hut west of the village.	Use Aard on the door, inspect the hut and corpse, collect the pan and return it. Burned papers explain why its soot was needed.
On Death’s Bed	Herbalist Tomira; ask about Lena.	Brew Swallow and give it to Tomira or decline treatment. The potion does not guarantee a healthy recovery; a later meeting at the Nilfgaardian camp reveals consequences. Decide before ending the prologue.
Precious Cargo	Supposed merchant beside the road to the Nilfgaardian garrison.	Inspect the wagon in the swamp and recover the small box. Arrows contradict his story: confront him, win the mounted chase and decide about custody, freedom and medicine.
Faithful Friend	Only during the empress epilogue in White Orchard.	After leaving the inn, follow the runaway horse and return it to its former soldier owner. This opportunity does not occur in the other Ciri endings.

Velen: Keira, the Baron and major consequences

Quest / objective	Start & travel	Route, result & missable conditions
Ciri’s Room	Crow’s Perch, after the Baron’s first Ciri story.	Inspect Ciri’s room, examine the spinning top and book and ask Gretka about the toy. The clues supplement the Baron investigation.
Magic Lamp	With Keira at the end of Wandering in the Dark.	Agree to help before leaving the ruins. Light the four braziers, counted from the left, in order 3–2–4–1, open the chamber and recover the lamp.
An Invitation from Keira Metz	Keira’s hut east of Midcopse after the elven ruins.	Visit Keira and receive the magic lamp and xenovox for the curse investigation. This opens A Towerful of Mice.
A Towerful of Mice	Fyke Isle; Keira’s request.	Use the lamp on ghosts in the tower and hidden laboratory. Check Annabelle’s account: taking her bones to Graham releases her; bringing Graham himself to the tower breaks the curse at the cost of his life.
A Favor for a Friend	Keira after A Towerful of Mice.	Follow wagon tracks, recover supplies and return them. Dinner and the optional romance lead to the next quest; sex is not required.
For the Advancement of Learning	Fyke Isle after Keira’s dinner.	Meet Keira with Alexander’s notes. Peacefully send her to Kaer Morhen to save her as an ally. Sending her to Radovid leads to her later death; aggressive demands can cause a lethal fight.
Forefathers’ Eve	Pellar after A Towerful of Mice; Fyke Isle stone circle at night.	Protect the rite from monsters. Opposing the witch hunters continues the ritual with Ambros’ ghost: find his body in the marsh, burn it and return to the pellar.
The Whispering Hillock	Ancient Oak; the Crones’ request from Downwarren.	In normal story order, destroying the spirit leaves the orphans to die while Anna survives mentally broken. Freeing it saves the orphans but destroys Downwarren and triggers Anna’s punishment. Early release has different flags and is not a guaranteed save-everyone trick.
Return to Crookback Bog	Baron after Family Matters; meet in Downwarren.	Follow the Baron and hunters into the bog and kill the fiend. If Anna is cursed, choose the doll with the violet hollyhock; even the correct release cannot prevent her death on this branch. The Baron’s fate follows.
A Final Kindness	Triss during Final Preparations if Keira went to Radovid.	Help retrieve Keira’s body from the execution site. This is a conditional consequence of failing to protect her, not another way to save her.

Velen: villages, missing people and local jobs

Quest / objective	Start & travel	Route, result & missable conditions
Wild at Heart	Blackbough: Niellen via the missing-wife notice.	Investigate Hanna’s trail and Margrit’s bribe; confront the werewolf beneath the isolated hut at night. Hear Margrit’s confession and decide whether Niellen kills her; his own fate is still lethal.
The Fall of the House of Reardon	Dolores in Lindenvale.	Clear Reardon Manor and use Dolores’ chest key. The cellar and blocked niche explain Humbert’s death. If Letho lives, traps replace the ordinary monster encounter.
Ghosts of the Past	Reardon Manor, only if Letho survived in imported/simulated choices.	Avoid traps, accompany Letho and do not rush to avenge his staged death. After the reveal invite him to Kaer Morhen; immediately attacking the bounty hunters can ruin his plan.
Funeral Pyres	Eternal Fire priest west of Mulbrydale.	Use the supplied oil and Igni on three corpse piles. Hear survivor Titus, confront the priest about murder, then choose a bribe or combat.
Thou Shalt Not Pass	Guards at the Pontar bridge or Oxenfurt.	Show a pass: the Baron’s safe conduct, Woodland Beast intelligence or Fake Papers provide different options. Swimming permits exploration but does not automatically complete the guard objective.
Fake Papers	Shady merchant at the Border Post.	Buy a forged pass; Axii or keeping Albin alive in Bitter Harvest lowers the price. If Albin dies, his discount is lost and the merchant may refuse to cooperate.
Bitter Harvest	Albin Hart on the battlefield near the Border Post.	Protect looters through several necrophage waves. Intercept attackers before they reach Albin; his survival secures the merchant’s discount.
Defender of the Faith	Woman between Crow’s Perch and Blackbough.	Repair three damaged shrines and confront the vandals at the last site. Letting their destruction continue fails the repair objective.
Last Rites	After Defender of the Faith: bridge north of Blackbough at night.	Deliver the old woman’s ring to her husband’s grave. If she does not spawn, move away before meditating and returning; later ask her relative about her.
A Greedy God	Allgod altar south of Benek; Dagmar and Preben.	Use the Eye of Nehaleni on the cellar illusion and find the sylvan. Kill him or negotiate smaller offerings; then reveal the truth or leave the peasants’ faith intact.
A Dog’s Life	Road to Drudge; dog attacked by wolves.	Save the dog and follow it home. Defeat bandits and search the keyed hiding place; if the dog dies first, the encounter is lost.
The Truth is in the Stars	Benek: old sage.	Bring food, then collect dragonsroot in the marked ghoul cave. Return it to the sage; the prophecy does not unlock another main quest.
Of Dairy and Darkness	Aeramas’ Manor / artifact merchant by Hierarch Square.	Buy the mage’s figurine, activate the manor portal and cross the cheese maze. Use subsequent portals and crystals, remove the illusion and collect the cheese blade and chest.
Love’s Cruel Snares	Liberated settlement south of Condyle; grieving young woman.	Return after liberation, track her fiancé into the woods and inspect the body; bring her the news.
Blood Ties	Nilfgaardian mother outside the army camp.	Question the quartermaster about her son; Axii, payment or gratitude from Patrol Gone Missing yields information. Inspect the execution site and give the mother the truth or a gentler account.
Hazardous Goods	Gert Borel beneath an overturned wagon in Velen.	Free him and burn the plague bodies. Watch for a later road encounter: his illness can trigger another request. This is a multi-stage chance encounter.
Spooked Mare	Peasant southeast of Oxenfurt.	Follow hoofprints to the Scoia’tael camp. Recover the mare through dialogue or payment and lead it back; returning the wrong horse changes the conclusion.
Empty Coop	Yanina’s hut east of Novigrad.	Follow apparent wolf tracks across the stream to war orphans. Tell Yanina and encourage a caring solution rather than hunting imaginary monsters.
Witcher Wannabe	Lindenvale several days after The Merry Widow.	Find the supposed witcher in the cemetery. Kill the ghoul, expose the fraud and choose his punishment with the elder.
Fools’ Gold	Free DLC: Lurtch village.	Investigate Yontek and the unusual pigs; follow a pig to the hidden temple, return the gold and herd the cursed villagers there. Do not randomly slaughter pigs.
Where the Cat and Wolf Play…	Honorton after The Beast of Honorton.	Inspect bodies and the leshen head, find Millie’s doll and calm her. Track Gaetan and kill or spare him. Take Millie to her aunt before traveling far away for his stash.
Take What You Want	Only if Gaetan was spared.	Visit the marked bandit hideout, defeat its occupants and loot Gaetan’s chest. Finish Millie’s escort first so distance does not fail it.

Novigrad: complete the companion, romance and political chains

Story details & possible consequences

Quest / objective	Start & travel	Route, result & missable conditions
The Gangs of Novigrad	Cleaver after the bathhouse in Get Junior.	Meet his dwarves before visiting the arena and casino and raid both together. Clearing them alone first prevents the full cooperative result, although Get Junior remains completable.
Honor Among Thieves	Free Rico upstairs in Junior’s casino.	Visit the King of Beggars in Putrid Grove and report Rico’s rescue for a separate follow-up reward.
A Matter of Life and Death	Triss’ hideout after the witch-hunter section of Count Reuven’s Treasure.	Buy masks and suitable clothes, attend the Vegelbud ball and extract Albert. Beat all three gwent opponents before moving on; the garden kiss opens Triss’ romance.
Now or Never	Triss after the ball; evacuation of Novigrad’s mages.	Optionally rescue Anisse and Berthold, defeat the sewer katakan and secure the harbor. After the earlier kiss, ask her to stay and declare love for a relationship; wait through her apparent departure.
A Deadly Plot	Dijkstra after Now or Never; Passiflora.	Meet Roche and Dijkstra, track the cobbler’s wagon at the Border Post, follow shoes to the troll cave and rescue Thaler. Dialogue can spare the trolls; this prepares Reason of State.
An Eye for an Eye	Roche’s Temerian hideout after Get Junior.	Meet Roche at Hanged Man’s Tree and ride to Mulbrydale. Protect Ves from soldiers immediately; her survival matters for later allies and the assassination chain. Then decide the last soldier’s fate.
Redania’s Most Wanted	Radovid after A Favor for Radovid; Est Tayiar.	Navigate Philippa’s ruins using portal energy and Aard crystals, defeat the fire elemental and recover the crystal. Triss or Yen can examine it; report to Radovid even if withholding evidence.
Reason of State	After the three conspiracy prerequisites; peacefully share information with Dijkstra in Blindingly Obvious.	Finish before On Thin Ice. Lure Radovid from his ship using Philippa’s bait and defeat the guards. Then protect Roche/Thaler/Ves from Dijkstra for Nilfgaard’s victory, or let Dijkstra establish his own state.
Cabaret	Dandelion at Rosemary and Thyme after A Poet Under Pressure.	Borrow a stage prop, perform the staged robbery, choose décor and arrange Polly and posters. Pay Rautlec or win his race; completing the refurbishment opens Carnal Sins.
Carnal Sins	Immediately after Cabaret; news about Priscilla.	Investigate the hospital, autopsy and both crime scenes. Question Nathaniel before attacking or the real killer Hubert remains undiscovered. Then confront Hubert in his warehouse and revisit Priscilla.
A Dangerous Game	Zoltan outside the tavern after Dandelion’s rescue.	Recover Isengrim, Fringilla and Natalis through Zed, Caesar and Ravik, then chase Duke. Choose cards instead of money. Safely finish before recruiting Zoltan for Kaer Morhen.
Following the Thread	Monster in the Bits notice; Lambert at the ekimmara.	Complete Flesh for Sale on Faroe BEFORE talking to Lambert at Seven Cats Inn. Then pursue Vienne, Hammond and Lund’s trail, confront Karadin in Novigrad and kill or spare him. Finish before collecting Uma.
Black Pearl	Nidas by the Golden Sturgeon, then western Ard Skellig.	Travel to the meeting below the lighthouse, search oysters for a black pearl and immediately protect Nidas from drowners. Hear his family’s story at the later Novigrad meeting.
Of Swords and Dumplings	Hattori’s dumpling shop in Novigrad.	Attend the nighttime supplier negotiation, hire Sukrus after the ambush and mark Ernst’s warehouse goods. Defeat the attack and return for Hattori’s finished blade; he becomes a usable master swordsmith.
Fencing Lessons	Rosa var Attre after fencing in Broken Flowers.	Return to the villa next day, train at the bridge and follow Rosa when she disappears. Resolve the local confrontation; she is not another Geralt romance.
The Nobleman Statuette	Buy the jade figurine from the artifact merchant near Hierarch Square.	Have Triss inspect it before Now or Never. If she has left, revisit immediately after Blindingly Obvious during Final Preparations, before later Lodge/Avallac’h objectives close the opportunity.
The Soldier Statuette	Jade figurine in Caesar’s house during A Dangerous Game.	Show the figurine to Triss and assist decompression. Safest before Now or Never; a later opportunity after Blindingly Obvious remains tied to the Final Preparations cutoff.

Novigrad: houses, secrets and street jobs

Quest / objective	Start & travel	Route, result & missable conditions
Message from an Old Friend	Hodgson’s bookshop at Hierarch Square.	Find the red book upstairs with Witcher Senses, read My Manifesto and open the letter hidden inside.
Haunted House	Only if Sarah stayed in Novigrad Dreaming; later Hierarch Square notice.	Return to the haunted house and discover Sarah’s new arrangement with Corinne. Evicting Sarah earlier produces a different later reunion.
A Tome Entombed	Novigrad sewers by Duke’s escape route / Tretogor Gate tower.	Break the wall with Aard and help Professor Vairmont open the sarcophagus. Leave the vampire sleeping or disturb him again and fight; this is not a missing main-story book.
Little Red	Yantra: Bertram before dusk.	Wait for dusk. Hear Little Red and hand over Bertram or defend the village; her combat form is a werewolf. Leaving after promising help can fail the defense.
Warehouse of Woe	Guard beside two arguing warehouse owners near the docks.	Kill the warehouse nekker and inspect the broken cage and tracks. Report the evidence and decide whom to accuse.
Novigrad, Closed City	After Menge: Lussi at the Temple Isle bridge, or Walter/Fritz.	Find all three fugitives and their keys; search Fritz’s house up to the attic. The three keys open their shared chest. This differs from Closed City II.
Novigrad, Closed City II	Bandits call to Geralt in Novigrad.	Follow blood and sewer scent to a wounded witch hunter. Aid the bandits’ revenge or protect him; this encounter does not involve part I’s three-key chest.
Novigrad Hospitality	Gascoigne and Victor at a roadside campfire outside the city.	Drinking leads to theft. Follow tracks to Yantra in the morning, confront the bards and recover your equipment, then choose any additional punishment.
Hey, You Wanna Look at my Stuff?	Halfling merchant in northern Novigrad.	Cover for him when hunters arrive. Track him with Witcher Senses and find his hiding place; betraying him prevents this trading route.
Hidden Messages of the Nilfgaardian Kind	Several days after Never Trust Children: wall cache west of Triss’ house.	Observe the drop, inspect the loose brick and read the note. Find the second message near Crippled Kate’s, then use its key and final clue to locate the smugglers’ chest.
The Dwarven Document Dilemma	Rostan Muggs near Tretogor Gate / southeastern city.	Track the theft to Gerd, hear his account and recover the documents through dialogue, Axii or a fistfight. Return them to Muggs.
Out On Your Arse!	Golden Sturgeon: innkeeper outside.	Remove the Skelligers through intimidation, Axii or fighting, then report to the innkeeper.
The Flame of Hatred	Preacher at Hierarch Square.	Challenge his anti-nonhuman preaching or ignore it. This short encounter is not a notice-board job.
A Feast for Crows	Corpse in a Novigrad alley; follow crows and Witcher Senses.	Follow the key and trail to the dwarves. Share the treasure or claim it yourself; the decision and possible fight resolve this short exploration quest.
The Taxman Cometh	Oxenfurt market; Walthemor Mitty when carrying substantial funds.	Answer about shells, cow hides and looted houses. Answers determine a tax notice or honesty diploma; do not assume payment is mandatory before speaking.

Skellige: crown, prison and Yennefer

Quest / objective	Start & travel	Route, result & missable conditions
Possession	Crach after Bran’s wake; Cerys on Spikeroog.	Search Udalryk’s old house, help Cerys and retrieve Brokvar downstairs. After diving, trick the hym or fight it directly. For Cerys’ deception, trust her plan through the oven moment.
The Lord of Undvik	Crach; travel from Kaer Trolde to Undvik.	Investigate ship, camp and tracks. Rescue Folan from trolls, find Hjalmar and release Vigi before waking the giant by avoiding snow. Then kill the ice giant.
King’s Gambit	After both Possession and The Lord of Undvik at Kaer Trolde.	Survive the berserker attack. Follow Cerys for the evidence investigation and her crown, or Hjalmar for his outcome. Refusing help advances Svanrige. Complete the prison/Dreams chain first.
Coronation	After King’s Gambit; sacred oak on Hindarsfjall.	Travel with Crach or attend independently. The crowned ruler reflects earlier assistance, not a new selection during the ceremony.
Stranger in a Strange Land	Arinbjorn after Phantom of Eldberg and BEFORE King’s Gambit.	The inn fight and Jorund’s death lead to Kaer Muire prison. Use the guard, Axii or Simun’s assistance to reach Lugos; his request points to the Cave of Dreams.
The Cave of Dreams	Blueboy Lugos by his southeastern Ard Skellig boat; before King’s Gambit.	Start through Lugos’ task or directly at the boat. Lead companions through hallucinations, defeat their fears and complete Geralt’s final nightmare. Blueboy becomes unavailable after King’s Gambit.
An Unpaid Debt	Only if Simun Brambling helped with prison; later Kaer Trolde Harbor.	Hear his demand and decide whether to assist at the meeting. The fight sides depend on this choice; without his prison help this quest does not start.
The Last Wish	Yennefer after The Calm Before the Storm in Larvik.	Search wrecks together, retrieve diving clues and defeat the djinn aboard the mountain wreck. Then affirm or end your love. Finish BEFORE collecting Uma at Crow’s Perch.

Skellige: major island side quests

Quest / objective	Start & travel	Route, result & missable conditions
The Nithing	Lothar near Rannvaig / notice board.	Inspect the curse pole and scarf, then track scent to Jonna. Consult Lothar and either reverse the curse using her name or require separation.
In Wolf’s Clothing	Larvik board / Freya’s Garden.	Open the sluice to the underwater cave, retrieve the key and Morkvarg’s journal. Make Einar explain the fang before using it to lift the curse. Alternatively feed Morkvarg his own flesh. In human form, ask about treasure before punishing him.
The Family Blade	Kaer Trolde Harbor board: stolen Kuliu.	Search bandit camps and letters along the trail to Whale Graveyard. Return Kuliu to Olaf rather than treating the quest blade as saleable loot.
A Hallowed Horn	Holmstein board / bandit camp north of Arinbjorn.	Search the thieves and camp chest, retrieve Holger’s horn and return it to Mathios at the village.
The Price of Honor	Timmon in Harviken on Faroe.	Search the Hindarsfjall coast and wreck, read evidence on bodies and retrieve the underwater dowry chest. Tell Timmon what happened to his brothers and fiancée.
Iron Maiden	Jutta on the hill east of Harviken.	Complete her proof if requested, then duel fairly with a steel sword: no Signs, bombs or potions. Winning permits an evening invitation; breaking the rules ruins the honorable route.
Flesh for Sale	Trottheim gate on Faroe BEFORE Lambert’s Seven Cats conversation.	Pose as the Nilfgaardian buyer or confront the pirates, free the captives and inspect the chief’s chest. Continue Following the Thread afterward to preserve this quest.
Finders Keepers	Small isle off northeastern Ard Skellig.	Kill pirates looting the wreck and inspect clan goods. Look for their rightful owner at Svorlag’s merchant before choosing to keep or return them.
Free Spirit	Save Ivar from the attacker on Snidhall Isle.	Bring five books: Change Your Life (Bits loan shark), Religion and Life (Crow’s Perch trader), Cult of Freya (Electors’ Square priest), Virtuous Vegga (Gildorf artifacts merchant), Tristianna and Isador (Lindenvale merchant).
The Tower Outta Nowheres	Villagers in Urialla Harbor, An Skellig.	Enter the tower portal, kill the golem and speak to Sigo. Get the library key in the flooded laboratory, retrieve Gottfried’s book, protect the mage during the final fight and return to the village.
Master of the Arena	Lydrik at Hov’s arena on Spikeroog.	Deliberately lose to Ulle so the eternally defeated ghost finally wins. Report to the guards and return for your share after the arena resumes business.
Practicum in Advanced Alchemy	Gremist near Gedyneith.	Find pimpernel, protect Fritjof’s ritual and distill spirit at the abandoned distillery: load mash, light the fire and operate levers according to the note. Deliver supplies and return next day.
Shock Therapy	Druid near the Gedyneith signpost.	Wait for Egill’s routines: Aard the pot while he sleeps, disturb the hornet nest while he prays and extinguish his fire while he warms up. Repeating one trick is insufficient; collect the Iorveth card.
The Sad Tale of the Grossbart Brothers	Djenge Frett in Blandare.	Reach the southern grotto, support the bounty hunter against all three brothers and speak to him after combat.
The Path of Warriors	Gunnar northwest of Urialla on An Skellig.	Climb Yngvar’s Fang for the first token, then complete the underwater cave route for the second. Return both to Gunnar; plan stamina and breath rather than a straight-line shortcut.
For Fame and Glory	Two warriors at the old mine on Hindarsfjall.	Enter together and protect both from ghouls. If both die before completion, the successful escort outcome is lost.
Armed Assault	House on southeastern Rannvaig’s edge.	Kill the three raiders outside, speak to the resident and collect payment. Help immediately instead of traveling away after triggering the attack.
Worthy of Trust	Supposed merchant begging at Kaer Trolde Harbor.	Lend 150 crowns and recognize the fraud on the southern road next day. Giving another chance permits a third meeting in Fyresdal and repayment; attacking changes the chain.

Kaer Morhen and cross-region crafting quests

Quest / objective	Start & travel	Route, result & missable conditions
The Bastion	Old Bastion west of the keep; Keira’s lamp required.	Kill wraiths, view lamp scenes and find the boy’s remains atop the tower. Bury them below and defeat the final apparitions.
Monster Slayer	Dead drowners along the southeastern lakeshore.	Inspect wounds and follow more carcasses to the troll lair. Defeat the responsible troll and inspect cave loot.
Greenhouse Effect	Weather anomaly in the southeastern valley.	Reveal the hidden letter using Nehaleni’s Eye. Charge two obelisks with Igni and one with Aard, kill the chort and return after at least two days for the herb garden.
The Witchers’ Forge	Monstrum volume 2 at the foot of Yennefer’s tower.	Read the book and visit the iron mine. Solve the earth-elemental and book/altar puzzle, defeat the fire elemental and remove the illusory wall; search the loot areas.
Berengar’s Blade	Berengar’s notes in a chest inside the keep.	Ask Vesemir before the battle if possible, visit the marked lakeside cave and kill its chort. Recover the diagram; the optional conversation is not another main campaign.
Master Armorers	Fergus and Yoana at Crow’s Perch.	Retrieve tools from Clan Tordarroch’s forge on Undvik. Get archgriffin acid for Yoana, support her armor test and return later. Deliver the contract trophy separately to the quartermaster.

Velen: unmarked encounters and ambushes

Quest / objective	Start & travel	Route, result & missable conditions
Lynch Mob	Gallows at Hanged Man’s Alley west of Blackbough.	Intervene immediately against the lynching and save the Nilfgaardian deserter; waiting too long lets him die.
At the Mercy of Strangers	Riverbank west of Mulbrydale.	Kill drowners and free or abandon John Verdun. Meet the freed man again at a refugee camp: confront his banditry or accept payment.
Caravan Attack	Road northwest of Marauders’ Bridge.	Save Anselm and Griswold from attackers. About a week later Anselm becomes a merchant at Crow’s Perch; dead merchants cannot be rescued afterward.
Deadly Crossing	Three roadblocks: Troll Bridge, bridge north of Lindenvale, woods west of Dragonslayer’s Grotto.	Pay, use Axii or fight at Troll Bridge and lower it. After soldiers leave the Lindenvale bridge, looters offer Mourner for sale; the woodland group attacks immediately.
Death by Fire	Burning hut west of Codgers’ Quarry.	Immediately break the door with Aard to free the elf. Kill the bandits; she points out her stash in the stump behind the house.
Harassing a Troll	Riverside camp northwest of Inn at the Crossroads.	Kill the attacking nekkers and speak with Boris the troll. The peaceful troll is not the target to kill.
Highway Robbery	Road between Crow’s Perch and Boatmakers’ Hut.	The supposedly helpless merchant sets an ambush. Defeat the bandits and accomplice; this does not open a longer rescue chain.
Highwayman’s Cache	Bridge east of Boatmakers’ Hut.	Frighten off or defeat three bandits. Inspect footprints toward their fire and recover the hidden cache beneath the bridge.
Looters	Woodland path east of Heatherton, northeast of Wolven Glade.	Approach the armed looters expecting both riders and footmen. Other similarly named encounters are separate groups, not a new story branch.
Man’s Best Friend	Ruined hut northwest of Mulbrydale.	Kill the wild dog and immediately speak to the girl at the door. Give the children food or 25 crowns; finish the encounter when you discover it.
Face Me If You Dare!	Ronvid near Crow’s Perch; later southeast of Tretogor Gate and in Silverton.	Win the first two duels until he yields. At the third meeting with his helpers, Axii with Delusion 2 can spare everyone; ordinary combat is lethal.
The Volunteer	White Eagle Fort on the Pontar west of Oxenfurt.	Speak with Trollololo instead of automatically attacking. Buy paint from the Oxenfurt merchant and paint the eagle yourself or let the troll do it.

Novigrad: street events without a notice-board start

Quest / objective	Start & travel	Route, result & missable conditions
A Barnful of Trouble	Carsten village southwest of the Vegelbud Residence.	Speak to the peasants outside the barn, kill the ghouls inside and report back outside.
A Walk on the Waterfront	Eastern Novigrad docks: Ginter de Lavirac.	Escort Ginter through three groups of thugs and keep him alive. Back him at the final deal if you want him to survive; siding with the dealers gets him killed.
Drunken Rabble	Outside Novigrad’s Golden Sturgeon.	Give 25 crowns, use Axii with Delusion 1 or refuse twice and win the fistfight.
Karmic Justice	Farcorners alley north of the dye pits.	Three elves threaten a human over fisstech. Intervene and protect him in combat or stand aside; the accusation is not conclusively proven.
Racists of Novigrad	Two incidents north of Portside Gate and near the dye pits northeast of Tretogor Gate.	Defend the threatened elf woman on the street. Help the male elves in the later incident by fighting their attackers; record both encounters separately.
Rough Neighborhood	Oxenfurt at night after Contract: The Oxenfurt Drunk.	Rescue Dora from thugs and escort her home. Finish the escort rather than leaving after the first fight.
Strangers in the Night	Nighttime campfire in the Novigrad countryside.	Hear out Manfred and Theophile Maria Rosco. The introductions become an espionage confrontation; take a side or fight them.
Strumpet in Distress	Southern Novigrad docks.	Speak to the woman and customer: the scene is consensual roleplay. Geralt can leave or intervene using Axii; it does not open a romance.
Suspicious Shakedown	After Pyres of Novigrad, house north of Rosemary and Thyme.	Speak to the extorted merchant and drive off the thugs using Axii or combat. Passing by does not create a later notice-board quest.
Witch Hunter Raids	Farcorners: Remi Villeroy’s door after Pyres of Novigrad.	Follow the witch hunters into the house immediately and defend the couple. Keep the threatened residents alive during the fight.
Never Trust Children — Novigrad	Child north of Triss’s hideout.	Follow the plea for help and survive the ambush or send the child away. Complete the event when activated; it can precede Hidden Messages of the Nilfgaardian Connection.

Skellige and Kaer Morhen: small encounters

Quest / objective	Start & travel	Route, result & missable conditions
A Bard’s Beloved	Cave east-northeast of the Palisade signpost.	Hear the frightened bard and enter deeper. His supposed beloved is a water hag; defeat her.
Abandoned Sawmill	Sawmill southwest of Gedyneith and northeast of Blandare.	Inspect the abandoned buildings, bodies and notes with Witcher Senses. Kill the leshen responsible for the workers’ disappearance.
Brave Fools Die Young	Two fishermen beside the large statue on Ard Skellig.	Examine the injury and give the man celandine. A toxic witcher potion is not appropriate treatment for the fisherman.
Crime and Punishment	Northern Ard Skellig coast east of Ancient Crypt.	Kill harpies and free or abandon the chained Yorg. Children in Rogne can later supply the other side of his punishment.
Hard Times	Road south of Miners’ Camp: wrecked cart.	Kill the cyclops, follow tracks to the dead woman and take her letter to Yanne the Kaer Trolde smith. Explain the truth so he does not mistake Geralt for a thief.
Peace Disturbed	Crypt between Rogne and Kaer Trolde Harbor.	Speak to two women at the entrance, kill the wraiths in the lower chambers and return to the women.
Taken as a Lass	Pirate attack on Ard Skellig’s coast or Kurisu at Freya’s temple.	Save her brother from pirates, search their ship and find Kurisu on Hindarsfjall. She has already escaped; there is no second kidnapping to trigger.
The Four Faces of Hemdall	Shrine northwest of Trottheim on Faroe.	Support the pilgrim being barred from entry, defeat his attackers and escort him to the shrine.
Woe Is Me	Palisade south of Blandare / northeast of Fyresdal; approach from the west.	The plea for help is an ambush. Defeat the peasant and two accomplices; approaching from the other direction may not trigger it.
The Trail of Echoes	Cave at the end of the northwestern path from Kaer Morhen.	Clear the monsters and inspect the old witcher laboratory equipment with Witcher Senses. Discovering the laboratory completes this short quest.

Gwent: collection and tournament quest chains

Quest / objective	Start & travel	Route, result & missable conditions
Collect ’Em All	Aldert Geert in White Orchard’s inn.	Win once against each playable merchant, buy all sale cards and complete the card quests below. A Miraculous Guide to Gwent tracks missing regions; expansion cards are not required for this base-game quest.
Gwent: Playing Innkeeps	After Vizima: Stjepan at The Alchemy, Oxenfurt.	Stjepan gives Yennefer; Inn at the Crossroads innkeep gives Menno Coehoorn; Olivier at the Kingfisher gives Tibor Eggebracht. If Olivier dies, retrieve his card from the room beside the counter.
Gwent: Velen Players	Crow’s Perch / Midcopse board or challenge the Baron.	Baron gives Dijkstra; Oreton boatwright gives Letho; Benek sage gives Weavess; Midcopse’s Haddy gives Vernon Roche and the completion leader. Retrieve the Baron’s card from his office if missed.
Gwent: Big City Players	Vivaldi’s bank, Hierarch Square.	Vivaldi gives Vesemir; Passiflora’s Marquise Serenity gives Morvran Voorhis; bathhouse Dijkstra gives Esterad Thyssen; Scoia’tael merchant south of Novigrad gives Ciri and the Francesca completion leader. Play Dijkstra before his possible death.
Gwent: Old Pals	Zoltan at Rosemary and Thyme after Broken Flowers.	Zoltan gives Eithné; Roche at the partisan hideout gives Saesenthessis; Lambert after Following the Thread or during No Place Like Home gives Triss. Thaler becomes available after A Deadly Plot.
Gwent: Playing Thaler	Thaler after A Deadly Plot, later at Seven Cats Inn.	Beat Thaler for the Geralt card. This journal quest appears only if Old Pals was already finished; otherwise the same match belongs to Old Pals.
Gwent: Skellige Style	Kaer Trolde Harbor board; Ermion after Echoes of the Past.	Ermion gives Leshen; Crach gives Draug; Gremist after his practicum gives Mysterious Elf; harbor Sjusta gives Yaevinn; Kaer Muire Lugos gives Katakan. Play Lugos before The Sunstone; completion gives Emhyr: White Flame.
High Stakes	Passiflora: strong deck and 1,000 crowns entry.	Save before entry. Beat Bernard, Sasha, Finneas and Tybalt for four missable leaders. Help Sasha investigate the theft: balcony trail, scent, warehouse scaffold entry, defeat Bernard. Dinner permits the optional romance.

Gwent: cards that cannot wait until after the finale

Story details & possible consequences

At the Vegelbud masquerade in A Matter of Life and Death, beat all three opponents before continuing into the garden: Dandelion, Milva and Vampire: Bruxa. Choose Isengrim, John Natalis and Fringilla Vigo as the reward for A Dangerous Game. Shock Therapy awards Iorveth. Their quest routes appear in the regional sections.

Beat the Vizima courtyard nobleman for Foltest: The Siegemaster. Buy White Orchard inn cards early; replacement merchant Bram can carry their sale stock later. Check Hanged Man’s Tree for the Zoltan card if you missed Geert’s introduction. The card book separates regional cards from ordinary-player cards: an exhausted random pool produces no further new cards.

Every regional race and fistfighting championship

Quest / objective	Start & travel	Route, result & missable conditions
Races: Crow’s Perch	Radko at the start southwest of Crow’s Perch; read the board.	Beat Stuttering Matt, Iron-Arse Hans and Black Bogdan. The same nighttime course has obstacles; rewards are saddle, bags and blinders. Block rivals while recovering stamina instead of cutting checkpoints.
Race: The Great Erasmus Vegelbud Memorial Derby	Invitation on the herald’s table, Hierarch Square.	Win three Vegelbud Residence races, each costing 100 crowns. Read Cleaver’s letter, visit his headquarters and win the illegal race; save before it. Carnal Sins temporarily pauses the derby.
The Heroes’ Pursuits: Fayrlund	Race master at Fayrlund, Ard Skellig.	Win this qualifying race through its marked checkpoints. It counts toward Svana’s final even if the umbrella quest is not yet in the journal.
The Heroes’ Pursuits: Kaer Trolde	Race master near Kaer Trolde.	Win the qualifier against both riders. Retry losses and improve saddle stamina before the final.
The Heroes’ Pursuits: Fyresdal	Race master near Fyresdal.	Win the third qualifier; all three Ard Skellig wins are needed for the Hindarsfjall final.
The Heroes’ Pursuits: For the Goddess’ Glory!	Svana at Larvik’s western gate or its board.	Return to Hindarsfjall after three qualifiers and beat Astrid the Vipress to Freya’s Garden. Victory awards the Zerrikanian saddle.
Fists of Fury: Velen	Crow’s Perch board or any bookie.	Beat Fishgulper in Lindenvale, Smithy at the Crossroads and Jonah in Blackbough, then the Crow’s Perch sergeant. If you throw Fishgulper’s fight to help his family, win the rematch afterward.
Fists of Fury: Novigrad	Hierarch Square board.	Beat Golden Sturgeon’s Georgius Georg, Archibald O’Neill and Iron Mortimer, then Farcorners champion Durden the Tailor. Throwing Georg’s first fight still requires winning the real rematch.
Fists of Fury: Skellige	Kaer Trolde board.	Beat harbor Valgard, Harviken’s Einar and Grim west of Arinbjorn. Then fight Olaf at the An Skellig arena: dodge the bear and use brief attacks rather than expecting human counters.
Fists of Fury: Champion of Champions	After all three championships: Hov on Spikeroog.	First complete Master of the Arena by deliberately letting Ulle win. Then defeat the living troll champion in the fistfight; consumables work in this special bout.

Main quest detail: prologue and Velen

Story details & possible consequences

Quest / objective	Start & travel	Route, result & missable conditions
Kaer Morhen	New game: Geralt’s dream.	Find the bedroom key using Witcher Senses, meet Vesemir and take Ciri through movement and combat training. The tutorial does not decide later endings.
Lilac and Gooseberries	After the dream: road to White Orchard.	Kill ghouls, follow Vesemir and save Bram. Ask about Yennefer at the inn; the Nilfgaardian commander in the northwestern garrison knows her trail.
The Beast of White Orchard	White Orchard garrison commander.	Ask Tomira about buckthorn and Mislav about soldiers; inspect the griffin nest and gather buckthorn underwater. Set bait with Vesemir, ground the griffin with the crossbow and report to the commander.
The Incident at White Orchard	Vesemir at the inn after the griffin.	Finish local side quests before departing. Survive the unavoidable tavern attack and travel to Vizima with Yennefer.
Imperial Audience	Imperial palace, Vizima.	With W2 save simulation, establish whether Letho survived. Dress, follow the chamberlain, speak with Emhyr and Yennefer and reclaim your gear; play courtyard Gwent before leaving.
In Ciri’s Footsteps	After the audience: Velen world map.	Follow the simultaneous Velen, Novigrad and Skellige leads. A useful level order is Velen, Novigrad, Skellige; all three must be completed before Uma.
The Nilfgaardian Connection	Inn at the Crossroads → Heatherton.	Avoid fighting the Baron’s men for easier castle entry. Search Hendrik’s body for a key, find the house trapdoor and open the cellar’s secret compartment: Baron and witch are the next leads.
Bloody Baron	Crow’s Perch after Hendrik’s notes.	Enter normally if you avoided the tavern bloodshed; otherwise ask a villager and use the underground well entrance. Hear the Baron and play the first Ciri flashback.
Ciri’s Story: The King of the Wolves	The Baron’s first account.	As Ciri, save Gretka from wolves, inspect the body and gather ingredients for the automatic oil. Defeat the werewolf with quick dodges and lead Gretka onward.
Family Matters	Baron after the first flashback.	Inspect family rooms and talisman; visit the pellar and retrieve his goat. Rescue the burning stable. Kill the botchling for a blood ritual or calm it with Axii and bury it as a lubberkin; trails lead to the fisherman. Visit Tamara in Oxenfurt, find Anna through Ladies of the Wood and report.
A Princess in Distress	Pellar during Family Matters.	Equip the quest bell. Follow goat tracks and bleating, clear wolves and the bear, then lure Princess home with short bell rings.
Ciri’s Story: The Race	The Baron’s account during Family Matters.	Win Ciri’s race to the tower, spending stamina on straights. A loss can mark this flashback failed but does not block the main campaign.
Hunting a Witch	Midcopse after Hendrik’s notes.	Ask villagers for directions, visit the northeastern hut and activate the skull. Enter the portal to Keira; she identifies the elven mage’s hideout.
Wandering in the Dark	Join Keira at the elven ruin south of Midcopse.	Follow swallow symbols and find Kelpie horse markings underwater; defeat the golem. Stay inside the protective bubble while defending portals. During Nithral’s healing, kill his hounds first. Receive the illusion eye and accept Magic Lamp before leaving.
Ladies of the Wood	Read Keira’s book; shrine at the bog’s southern edge.	Follow the candy trail to the orphans, play hide-and-seek and find Johnny. Recover his voice from the raven nest; Gran and the Crones send you to Downwarren and Whispering Hillock. Report Anna’s identity to the Baron afterward.
Ciri’s Story: Fleeing the Bog	The Crones’ final account.	Escape along the bog route as Ciri. Bypass enemies where possible; her controls do not provide Geralt’s potion and sign setup.
Ciri’s Story: Out of the Shadows	Baron after finding Anna.	Fight the basilisk on the ground, then climb the rock ledges to the tower and save the Baron. After returning, discuss Uma and the Novigrad lead.

Main quest detail: Novigrad

Story details & possible consequences

Quest / objective	Start & travel	Route, result & missable conditions
Pyres of Novigrad	Triss’s house near Hierarch Square.	Search her home; question beggars or follow a thief to Putrid Grove. Speak to the King of Beggars and Triss, set warehouse traps and drive out rats, then defeat the mercenaries.
Novigrad Dreaming	Corinne Tilly in the supposedly haunted house.	Inspect the doll, drawings and cradle. Let Sarah stay or drive her away with purchased burdock, then consult Corinne at the Golden Sturgeon. Sarah’s outcome determines Haunted House.
Broken Flowers	Rosemary and Thyme: Zoltan and Dandelion’s planner.	Visit Vespula, Elihal, Marabella, Molly and Rosa; Edna and Rosa can be confused at the var Attres’. Report to Zoltan and hear Priscilla’s evening Kingfisher performance. Rosa offers Fencing Lessons.
Get Junior	Priscilla → bathhouse.	Repel the bathhouse attack and investigate Junior’s house, casino and arena. Rescue casino prisoner Rico for Honor Among Thieves. Roche’s partisan camp leads to the Redanian contact and Junior’s Oxenfurt hideout. Kill or spare Junior; Dudu takes over his business only if Junior dies.
Count Reuven’s Treasure	Dijkstra at the bathhouse, parallel to Get Junior.	Use Pop’s Mold Antidote in the sewers; inspect bomb fragments and Henckel’s house. Pose as Triss’s captor at the outpost. Ask Menge about Dijkstra’s treasure before Dandelion; intervening early loses that information. The alternative route interrogates a spy through the dead-drop lead.
Ciri’s Story: Visiting Junior	Junior’s forced account.	Climb ladder and scaffolding to the roof, drop to the balcony and rescue Dudu. Use Blink against the approaching men and escape the building.
A Favor for Radovid	Guards after leaving Junior’s hideout.	Speak with Radovid aboard his ship. The request to find Philippa opens Redania’s Most Wanted regardless of Geralt’s enthusiasm.
The Play’s the Thing	Priscilla after investigating Dandelion’s disappearance.	Write the play, ask Irina for the stage and hire ushers and the Puffins. Deliver the witcher-themed lines as Geralt; choosing comedy avoids a religious riot. Dudu reveals himself after the performance.
A Poet Under Pressure	Zoltan’s ambush after recruiting Dudu.	Wait for the prisoner convoy, pursue the rider and track him to the hut. Enter through the cellar and rescue Dandelion; his return opens Cabaret.
Ciri’s Story: Breakneck Speed	Dandelion’s account after rescue.	Pass the gate, mount another horse and ride to Temple Isle. Dismount and kill the temple guards; Ciri’s teleport ends this Novigrad lead.

Main quest detail: Skellige, Uma and allies

Story details & possible consequences

Quest / objective	Start & travel	Route, result & missable conditions
Destination: Skellige	Novigrad: Wolverstone at the Golden Sturgeon.	Pay 1,000 crowns for passage. Survive the pirates; on the Skellige beach loot the captain’s body behind the wreck to recover the fare. Attend the Kaer Trolde funeral.
The King Is Dead — Long Live the King	Yennefer at Kaer Trolde’s castle gate.	Collect formal clothes from Yen’s room, attend the wake and search Ermion’s rooms. Place the mead cup in the statue, defeat the earth elemental and escape with Yen. A kiss permits the optional scene; The Last Wish decides the lasting relationship.
Echoes of the Past	Yennefer at the druids’ camp / ruined forest.	Fight foglets and use the Uroboros mask at marked places. Follow the visions to the body; Ermion identifies Lofoten as the next lead.
Missing Persons	Yennefer in Lofoten, Hindarsfjall.	Question survivors about Ciri and Craven and travel to Freya’s Garden. The garden also opens In Wolf’s Clothing.
Nameless	Freya’s Garden after Missing Persons.	Follow blood from the sacred tree. Use water channels and sluices to bypass the locked area, jump into the well and retrieve Skjall’s body from the cave. Yennefer’s necromancy triggers the flashback.
The Calm Before the Storm	Skjall’s account at the end of Nameless.	As Ciri, speak to Astrid at the bathhouse and meet Skjall at the stable. Repel the Wild Hunt and ride to Drowned Dead Rock. Skjall’s kiss is optional and does not affect Geralt’s romances.
A Mysterious Passenger	Only if Uma’s whereabouts remain unknown.	Ask Donar about the creature from Skjall’s boat: it was sold toward Novigrad. Knowing Uma through the Baron makes this extra information route unnecessary.
Ugly Baby	After all three Ciri leads: Crow’s Perch stablemaster.	Finish The Last Wish and Following the Thread before collecting Uma. Take him through Vizima to Kaer Morhen and complete preparations with Yen, Lambert and Eskel.
Disturbance	Yennefer in Kaer Morhen’s tower.	Equip the potestaquisitor and track the disturbance downstairs: dimeritium bombs among the crates interfere with the megascope. Vesemir helps remove them; report to Yen.
The Final Trial	Lambert in the keep’s courtyard.	Cross the lake by boat, pass the cyclops and cave and climb to the Circle of Elements. Negotiate with trolls and temporarily surrender swords or fight; charge the phylactery and return.
To Bait a Forktail…	Eskel’s tracks outside Kaer Morhen.	Follow tracks and goat scent to the bait. Fight the forktail, track its blood into the cave and collect spinal fluid; racing Eskel home is optional.
No Place Like Home	Keep, after the three preparations.	Attend supper and the conversation. Win Lambert’s Gwent card before moving on; locate Eskel with Witcher Senses during the drinking night. Going to bed early skips optional antics.
Va Fail, Elaine	Yennefer’s ritual after Vesemir returns.	Collect table ingredients and prepare the Trial of the Grasses. Follow Yen’s potion instructions, then keep her talking through the ritual. Uma is revealed as Avallac’h and identifies Ciri’s island.
Brothers in Arms: Velen	Before entering the Isle of Mists.	Complete Keira’s Fyke Isle chain and send her to Kaer Morhen during For the Advancement of Learning. Death or sending her to Radovid prevents her attendance.
Brothers in Arms: Novigrad	Before Isle of Mists: Novigrad friends.	Speak to Zoltan and Triss; recruit Roche and Ves after An Eye for an Eye. Dijkstra can provide supplies with treasure information but does not fight. A living Letho joins if invited during Ghosts of the Past.
Brothers in Arms: Skellige	Before Isle of Mists: Kaer Trolde and druids.	Ask Ermion and recruit Hjalmar after Undvik. Rescued Folan and Vigi accompany him. Cerys and Crach do not attend personally; Crach gives Winter’s Blade.
Brothers in Arms: Nilfgaard	Emhyr at Vizima palace before Isle of Mists.	Request military help. Emhyr’s command condition is incompatible, so Geralt cannot recruit a Nilfgaardian army. The visit closes the request rather than testing a hidden diplomacy score.
The Isle of Mists	Boat to Skellige’s marked mist entrance.	Save manually before the warning and finish vulnerable companion quests. Follow the firefly, find the hut and seek Ivo, Ferenc and Gaspard; escort sleepy Gaspard back. Finding Ciri starts the battle without a free-travel break.

Main quest detail: battle, preparations and ending

Story details & possible consequences

Quest / objective	Start & travel	Route, result & missable conditions
The Battle of Kaer Morhen	Automatically after Isle of Mists.	Choose potions or traps and wall repair or armory. Close forest portals with dimeritium bombs/Yrden, rescue allies as Ciri and close inner gates. Without Keira, rescue Lambert yourself promptly; Vesemir’s death is scripted.
Blood on the Battlefield	After Vesemir’s funeral.	Cheer Ciri with a snowball fight rather than drinking. Travel directly to Velen for the witcher ending; visit Emhyr first and refuse payment for the empress prerequisites. Both decisions influence Ciri’s confidence.
Bald Mountain	Ciri at Bald Mountain, Velen.	Reach Imlerith’s feast through Thecla and her coin trial. Ciri fights the Crones; Geralt fights Imlerith. Dodge individual teleports and punish his exhausted attack; loot the body for the Magic Acorn, worth two ability points if eaten.
Final Preparations	Rosemary and Thyme / Chameleon after Bald Mountain.	Complete Ciri’s Payback, Yen’s Great Escape, Triss’s Blindingly Obvious and Avallac’h’s Through Time and Space. Let Ciri face the Lodge alone to support her confidence; finish remaining side quests and Reason of State before sailing.
Through Time and Space	Avallac’h at Dandelion’s tavern.	Follow the portals through sand crabs, red poison gas and an underwater passage. Cross the frozen village between shelters and fires to the lighthouse. Show Ge’els the truth about Auberon.
Blindingly Obvious	Triss → Dijkstra’s bathhouse.	Chase owl-shaped Philippa through the sewers. Talk past Bart and calm Philippa. Offer Dijkstra information and negotiate at the exit; using force prevents Reason of State.
Payback	Ciri during Final Preparations.	Visit Junior/Dudu with Ciri, thank Bea and meet the performers. Horse racing or horse theft changes these scenes but is not one of the central confidence decisions governing Ciri’s survival.
The Great Escape	Yennefer; escapee at Crippled Kate’s.	Question the escapee, enter Oxenfurt prison through the well/sewers, get keys from guards and free Margarita. Yen extracts her; optional Zoltan support can depend on the city situation.
It Takes Three to Tango	Only after declaring love to BOTH Triss and Yennefer.	Bring wine to the Kingfisher invitation. The supposed shared romance ends with both leaving Geralt. Declare love to only one of them for a lasting relationship.
Battle Preparations	Ship to Skellige after Final Preparations.	Complete The Sunstone, Veni Vidi Vigo and Child of the Elder Blood. Repair equipment and save before giving Avallac’h the final signal; bosses then lead into the epilogue.
The Sunstone	Find Ermion; his location varies with the ruler.	Survive the Lugos confrontation and get leads from harbor contacts or the pearl diver. Search the elven tomb with Philippa and turn its three mirrors. Finish Lugos’s Gwent match before this quest stage.
Veni Vidi Vigo	Emhyr’s fleet off Skellige.	Swim underwater at night to avoid spotlights and climb the flagship’s anchor chain. Give Emhyr the letter; Fringilla is released and teleports back.
Child of the Elder Blood	Avallac’h’s Skellige laboratory with Yen and Ciri.	Fight the golem, inspect the family tree and rooms and hear the elf woman. Let Ciri vent by wrecking the lab and agree to visit Skjall’s grave. Both are supportive decisions.
Skjall’s Grave	Agree at the end of Child of the Elder Blood.	Travel with Ciri to Hindarsfjall, recover Skjall’s body from the pit and bury him. Confront villagers without an extra battle; refusing the visit costs confidence.
On Thin Ice	Tell Avallac’h preparations are complete.	Reach Caranthir as Ciri; as Geralt sidestep his frost missiles. Advance across ships to Eredin, dodge his portals and area attacks and retaliate after his attack chains.
Tedd Deireadh, the Final Age	Immediately after Eredin with Yennefer.	Ride through the chaos to the ruined tower and stay inside Yen’s protective bubble. Ciri chooses to face the White Frost; earlier confidence choices determine the later outcome.
Something Ends, Something Begins	Automatic epilogue after the tower.	Witcher: mislead Emhyr, collect Zireael from the smith and meet Ciri in White Orchard. Empress: final outing and farewell. Loss ending: seek the surviving Crone in the bog. Politics and Geralt’s relationship reflect earlier decisions.

Additional quests: Reinald and the foreign castaway

Quest / objective	Start & travel	Route, result & missable conditions
In the Eternal Fire’s Shadow	Priest at Devil’s Pit, Velen; version 4.x, level 15.	Clear bandits and open the mine. Follow Reinald’s letters, testament and wolf markings while ignoring the misleading voice. Keep the philter, Aard Reinald free and defeat him and the red miasmal. Defend the young priest’s innocence and doing good without the Church for the peaceful conclusion.
From a Land Far, Far Away	Body on the isle east of Redgill, Ard Skellig.	Read the diary, dive for the chest and follow the second ship to Velen. Find the foreign woman and child near Ursten. The foreign warrior offers a conflicting kidnapping story; choose a side rather than treating either claim as proven.

White Orchard: all three general treasure hunts

Quest / objective	Start & travel	Route, result & missable conditions
Dirty Funds	Camp northeast of the mill; wolves.	Read the scrawled notes in a chest, visit the main deserter camp and loot its large tent chest.
Deserter Gold	Small camp near the mill; crate with spy’s notes.	Read the notes, visit the abandoned mill hut and search its cellar stash. Shares space with Temerian Valuables; the loot may already have been taken.
Temerian Valuables	Bridge southwest of White Orchard cemetery.	Kill drowners, take the corpse’s key and open the underwater chest for military orders. Read them; the mill hut’s cellar contains the final chest.

Velen and Novigrad: general treasure quests

Quest / objective	Start & travel	Route, result & missable conditions
A Costly Mistake	Shore bodies west of Hanged Man’s Alley.	Read the smuggler’s note, clear drowners and dive for the final chest at the half-sunken ship.
A Plea Ignored	Peninsula south of Condyle, body at the burned house.	Kill the grave hag, read the crumpled letter and open the chest inside the burned house.
An Unfortunate Turn of Events	Lovers’ Landing south of Devil’s Pit.	Read the dead ferryman’s unsent letter, search the river, kill drowners and loot the underwater cargo.
Battlefield Loot	Across the water south of Eternal Fire Chapel; body beside a dog.	Take notes and key, follow blood, smash barrels and open the concealed chest.
Blood Gold	Shelter northwest of White Eagle Fort.	Take the bloodstained document and key from the table-side body. Follow blood north to the chest hidden behind barrels.
Don’t Play with the Gods	Elven ruins north of Byways; body at the stairs.	Kill wraiths, read the letter and take its key, then open the chest beside the fallen statue above.
Dowry	Jeanette’s body on the bank north of White Eagle Fort.	Read the letter, defeat the guarding basilisk and use Witcher Senses to locate the nearby chest.
Hidden from the World	Deserter camp east of Marauders’ Bridge.	Kill bandits, read the letter and search south across the path for the hidden chest.
Lost Goods	Body north of Ferry Station.	Read the Nilfgaardian notes, fight the nearby shoreline drowners and recover the goods chest.
Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire	Burned Mowshurst village.	Kill ghouls, break the cellar door and take notes/key from the body on the bed. Find the outdoor haystack chest using Witcher Senses.
Queen Zuleyka’s Treasure	Pirate camp at Coast of Wrecks, western Velen.	Read notes on the sleeping mat. Swim to the marked wreck, use the underwater crossbow against drowners and loot the ship’s chest.
Sunken Chest	Small isle south of Fyke Isle.	Read blood-smeared notes on the shoreline body. Dive east among the sunken ruins, clear enemies and open the final chest.
Sunken Treasure	Shore northwest of Hanged Man’s Alley.	Take and read the water-damaged letter. Swim north into the search area and open the riverbed chest.
The Dead Have No Defense	Waterside deserter camp south of Duén Hen.	Kill the bandits and read the marauder’s notes; use Witcher Senses to find the chest inside the camp.
The Things Men Do for Coin…	Small isle west of Border Post.	Loot the body for letter and key. Track footprints south to the corpse heap, kill nekkers and open the small cylindrical container.
Tough Luck	Wrecked wagon southeast of Devil’s Pit / northeast of Fireburst Harbor.	Kill the foglet, read the letter and search the other bodies for a key. Unlock the wagon chest.
Coast of Wrecks	Three islets south of Widows’ Grotto, west of Ursten.	Read the letter in a wreck chest. Recover four cargos: underwater below it, deeper in the ravine, on the southern island and by another wreck on that same island. All four count, not merely the letter chest.

Skellige: all 13 general treasure hunts

Quest / objective	Start & travel	Route, result & missable conditions
Family Fortune	House at Ruined Inn south of Fyresdal.	Kill sirens, read the house-chest letter and boat to the southern shipwreck. Dive for the final chest.
Freya Be Praised!	Dead merchant beside a wagon southeast of Blandare.	Read the merchant’s notes, head south to the water and defeat mucknixers. Dive for the offshore chest.
Hidden in the Depths	Beach cave southwest of Harviken, Faroe.	Kill endregas, take letter/key from the seated body and swim the flooded tunnels. Defeat the venomous arachas and open the deep cave chest.
Inheritance	Body north of the Boxholm signpost.	Read the old yellowed letter and search the ruined roadside houses; the final chest lies in rubble.
Ironsides’ Treasure	Isle southeast of Ard Skellig’s Grotto; skeleton beside an overturned boat.	Read the treasure notes, swim east and clear sirens. Recover the chest from the middle of the seabed search area.
Nilfgaardian Treasure	Boat wreck on An Skellig’s southeastern shore.	Kill sirens and read the corpse’s cargo list. Dive southeast to the sunken boat and loot its chest.
Not Only Eagles Dare	Ulula’s Needle, Spikeroog.	Kill mucknixers and take note/key from the body by the boulder. Dive southeast, clear sirens and open the final chest.
Pearls of the Coast	Pirate isle south of Eldberg Lighthouse.	Read the letter in the sack by the campfire. Swim east and find the seabed chest.
Precious Haul	Beach wreck by Tor Gvalch’ca, Undvik.	Read traveler’s notes on the shipboard corpse, clear sirens and dive for the marked chest.
Ruins, Hidden Treasure, You Know…	Dorve Ruins, Undvik: skeleton left of the village entrance.	Unfold the map, kill the wraith and reach the tower. Clear sirens, climb the ladder and unlock the chest using the old key.
Shortcut	Boat on the northern bank of Undvik’s mountain lake.	Defeat bandits and read the boat’s paper. Dive a little south to the lake bed; the chest contains Bloed Aedd.
Unlucky’s Treasure	Archgriffin nest on Snidhall Isle; very high monster level.	Kill the griffin and loot notes and skull key from the nest body. Find the locked chest north of the nest.
X Marks the Spot	Unmarked hut east of the lake southeast of Blandare.	Loot skeleton for map/key; fight or leave the wraith. Find the waterfall southeast of Fayrlund and interact twice with its base chest: unlock, then loot.

Further unmarked encounters: Oxenfurt and Skellige

Quest / objective	Start & travel	Route, result & missable conditions
A Warm Welcome	Road southwest of Wheat Fields beside the riverboat.	Help refugees against Redanians through negotiation, Axii/payment or combat. A rescued refugee mentions a tomb near Downwarren; hearing it before the Griffin hunt permits extra dialogue.
The Most Truest of Basilisks	Northeast of Oxenfurt’s Novigrad Gate, southwest of Herbalist’s Hut; 7 a.m.–6 p.m.	Challenge the showman’s false basilisk claim. The exposed wyvern breaks free: kill and loot it. Complete the event on first discovery.
The Price of Passage	After the Oxenfurt Drunk drinking stage: harbor-to-market arch.	Extortionists demand 50 crowns; payment allows a later 100-crown demand at Novigrad Gate. Refusal summons their honest superior. Resolve the later eastern-gate meeting with Axii, payment or fists; steel makes it lethal.
Never Trust Children — Skellige	Road between Arinbjorn and Sund.	Follow the child’s story about an injured father or find the waiting men directly. Defeat the ambush; complete on discovery because leaving can permanently remove the proximity event.
Call of the Wild	Forest east-southeast of Arinbjorn at night.	Kill the white wolves and the ulfhedinn that appears only at night. Ordinary wolves may respawn; the defeated werewolf does not.
Farting Trolls	Unmarked cave north of Holmstein’s Port, west of the Axii Place of Power.	Find three talking trolls inside. Combat resolution requires defeating all three; the boat-side chest contains the enhanced Ursine boots diagram.
Siren’s Call	Road west of Sund / east of Arinbjorn.	Save the shepherd and sheep from sirens and speak to him. Days later he and his brother thank Geralt again in central Arinbjorn.
Yustianna Disturbed	Yustianna’s Grotto, northern Ard Skellig; right-hand passage.	Four bandits demand 150 crowns; payment or Delusion 2 returns Geralt outside. Fight to loot the main chamber, then use Nehaleni’s Eye for the hidden area. The left illusion passage bypasses the conversation.

How to complete the quest list sensibly

English quest names are search keys; the adjacent routes are fully localized. Main quests, subquests, events and treasure hunts are named separately. Completing one branch can exclude another reward: every ending, both death choices and both B&W finale areas cannot all be green in one save. Save manually before branches and inspect alternatives separately.

Regional order: finish White Orchard side quests before departing with Vesemir; do Baron/Keira and then Velen villages; Novigrad’s Dandelion, Triss, Zoltan and political prerequisites; Skellige island aid and Gwent; collect Uma after Yen/Lambert chains. Finish vulnerable companion quests before Isle of Mists. Resolve unmarked events on discovery. Read treasure letters in inventory before looting final chests.

The base game has 33 general treasure hunts; Hearts of Stone adds nine and Blood and Wine 15. School-diagram scavenger hunts are in the gear atlas. Dead Man’s Chest is cut content with surviving journal text, not a normally unlockable quest. Random camps, isolated conversations and unnamed loot chests do not automatically create additional journal quests.

Alchemy catalog: editions, shopping and random loot

The tables cover 182 named database recipe definitions, including quest formulas and two explicitly marked cut pheromone formulas. This does not promise 182 normally collectible manuscripts. In classic 1.32/4.x saves, Bear and Nekker pheromones are data remnants; merely appearing in a Remastered database does not establish a new normal acquisition route.

Quantities are per initial craft. A missing quantity means one; upgrades consume the previous bottle. Learn the formula and craft the preceding tier first. Meditation refills brewed potions, bombs and decoctions using strong alcohol; crafted oils do not repeatedly consume ingredients. Clearance/Restoration potions and quest mixtures are separate.

Shopping codes: H = Otto Bamber at Herbalist’s Hut northeast of Oxenfurt; P = halfling herbalist in Novigrad’s Portside Gate/Lacehalls area; G = Gremist by the pond north of Gedyneith, after Practicum in Advanced Alchemy; Y = Yolar in the cave at Gedyneith’s druid grove; K = Keira near Midcopse while her shop remains available; R = Rannvaig herbalist; T = Tomira east of White Orchard’s Sawmill; C = Kaer Trolde Harbor herbalist; N = Eternal Fire alchemist/priest in Electors’ Square on Novigrad’s Temple Isle.

“Random manuscript” means genuine randomized recipe loot from eligible containers, not a fixed formula inside every chest. A named merchant is a documented shopping route. Learned formulas may disappear from shop lists. Check the alchemy menu’s hidden already-crafted and missing-ingredient filters. Historical merchant inventories were cross-checked against current database entries; if installed Remastered 5.x values differ, use that edition’s actual recipe screen.

Sources for this section

Potions: every standard tier and special brews

Canonical English ingredient names are retained for reliable lookup. Use the ingredient directory for gathering and merchant routes. Every named upgrade tier requires its own formula.

Recipe	Ingredients per craft	Formula route / shop code
Black Blood	1× Dwarven spirit, 2× Sewant mushrooms, 4× Ghoul's blood	Y
Blizzard	1× Dwarven spirit, 5× White myrtle petals, 1× Golem's heart	G / P / Y
Cat	1× Dwarven spirit, 4× Berbercane fruit, 2× Water essence	Starting formula
Drowner pheromones	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Drowner brain, 1× Sewant mushrooms, 1× Puffball	Muire D’yaeblen / C
Enhanced Black Blood	1× Alcohest, 1× Black Blood, 1× Hellebore petals, 5× Sewant mushrooms, 5× Ghoul's blood	P
Enhanced Blizzard	1× Alcohest, 1× Blizzard, 1× Celandine, 5× White myrtle petals, 1× Golem's heart	G / H / P / Y
Enhanced Cat	1× Alcohest, 1× Cat, 5× Berbercane fruit, 1× Cortinarius, 3× Water essence	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Enhanced Full Moon	1× Alcohest, 1× Full Moon, 2× Crow's eye, 5× Wolfsbane, 2× Dark Essence	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Enhanced Golden Oriole	1× Alcohest, 1× Golden Oriole, 6× Blowball, 1× Celandine, 2× Light Essence	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Enhanced Maribor Forest	1× Alcohest, 1× Maribor Forest, 5× Berbercane fruit, 1× Crow's eye, 2× Drowner tongue	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Enhanced Petri's Philter	1× Alcohest, 1× Petri's Philter, 6× Arenaria, 1× Buckthorn, 2× Specter Dust	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Enhanced Swallow	1× Alcohest, 1× Swallow, 6× Celandine, 4× White myrtle petals, 5× Drowner brain	H / P / Y
Enhanced Tawny Owl	1× Alcohest, 1× Tawny Owl, 4× Verbena, 2× Wolfsbane, 1× Arachas venom	H / P / Y
Enhanced Thunderbolt	1× Alcohest, 1× Thunderbolt, 2× Cortinarius, 1× Fool's parsley leaves, 2× Endrega embryo	P
Enhanced White Honey	1× Alcohest, 1× White Honey, 2× Honeysuckle, 1× White myrtle petals	H / P / Y
Enhanced White Raffard's Decoction	1× Alcohest, 1× White Raffard's Decoction, 4× Ribleaf, 1× Bryonia, 5× Nekker heart	H / P / Y
Full Moon	1× Dwarven spirit, 2× Wolfsbane, 1× Dark Essence	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Golden Oriole	1× Dwarven spirit, 4× Blowball, 1× Light Essence	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Killer Whale	2× Dwarven spirit, 5× Balisse fruit, 6× Buckthorn, 5× Drowner tongue	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Maribor Forest	1× Dwarven spirit, 3× Berbercane fruit, 1× Alghoul bone marrow, 4× Drowner tongue	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Petri's Philter	1× Dwarven spirit, 5× Arenaria, 1× Specter Dust	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Superior Black Blood	1× White Gull, 1× Enhanced Black Blood, 5× Hellebore petals, 5× Sewant mushrooms, 1× Han fiber, 1× Nostrix, 1× Rebis	G / Y
Superior Blizzard	1× White Gull, 1× Enhanced Blizzard, 4× Celandine, 4× White myrtle petals, 1× Sewant mushrooms, 1× Buckthorn, 1× Rebis	G / Y
Superior Cat	1× White Gull, 1× Enhanced Cat, 4× Berbercane fruit, 4× Cortinarius, 1× Lemmingbrush, 1× Allspice, 1× Aether	G / H / Y
Superior Full Moon	1× White Gull, 1× Enhanced Full Moon, 1× Mistletoe, 1× Verbena, 4× Crow's eye, 4× Wolfsbane, 1× Quebrith	G / Y
Superior Golden Oriole	1× White Gull, 1× Enhanced Golden Oriole, 4× Blowball, 4× Celandine, 1× Han fiber, 1× Ranogrin, 1× Quebrith	G / Y
Superior Maribor Forest	1× White Gull, 1× Enhanced Maribor Forest, 4× Berbercane fruit, 4× Crow's eye, 1× Hellebore petals, 1× Ribleaf, 1× Vermilion	G / Y
Superior Petri's Philter	1× White Gull, 1× Enhanced Petri's Philter, 4× Arenaria, 4× Buckthorn, 1× Longrube, 1× Ranogrin, 1× Rubedo	G / Y
Superior Swallow	1× White Gull, 1× Enhanced Swallow, 6× Berbercane fruit, 6× White myrtle petals, 4× Celandine, 4× Crow's eye, 2× Vitriol	G / Y
Superior Tawny Owl	1× White Gull, 1× Enhanced Tawny Owl, 4× Verbena, 4× Wolfsbane, 1× Fool's parsley leaves, 1× Mandrake root, 1× Sewant mushrooms	G / Y
Superior Thunderbolt	1× White Gull, 1× Enhanced Thunderbolt, 4× Cortinarius, 4× Fool's parsley leaves, 1× Verbena, 1× Bryonia, 1× Quebrith	G / Y
Superior White Honey	1× White Gull, 1× Enhanced White Honey, 4× Honeysuckle, 4× White myrtle petals, 1× Balisse fruit, 1× Hellebore petals, 1× Vitriol	G / Y
Superior White Raffard's Decoction	1× White Gull, 1× Enhanced White Raffard's Decoction, 4× Ribleaf, 4× Bryonia, 1× Pringrape, 1× Bison grass, 1× Vermilion	Y
Swallow	1× Dwarven spirit, 5× Celandine, 1× Drowner brain	Starting formula
Tawny Owl	1× Dwarven spirit, 2× Verbena, 1× Arachas venom	Starting formula
Thunderbolt	1× Dwarven spirit, 2× Cortinarius, 1× Endrega embryo	H / Y
White Honey	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Honeysuckle	Starting formula
White Raffard's Decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 2× Ribleaf, 4× Nekker heart	H / Y
Reinald's Philter	1× Dwarven spirit, 4× Celandine, 1× Reinald's Secret Ingredient	In the Eternal Fire’s Shadow: collect Reinald’s secret ingredient in Devil’s Pit.

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Oils: all twelve families and three tiers

Canonical English ingredient names are retained for reliable lookup. Use the ingredient directory for gathering and merchant routes. Every named upgrade tier requires its own formula.

Recipe	Ingredients per craft	Formula route / shop code
Beast oil	1× Dog tallow, 2× Wolf's liver	K / N / R
Cursed oil	1× Dog tallow, 4× Wolfsbane	K / R
Draconid oil	1× Dog tallow, 4× Ergot seeds	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Elementa oil	1× Dog tallow, 4× Puffball	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Enhanced Hanged Man's Venom	1× Bear fat, 1× Hanged Man's Venom, 1× Han fiber, 1× Nekker eye, 1× Fool's parsley leaves, 1× Arenaria, 1× Mandrake root	G
Enhanced beast oil	5× Bear fat, 1× Beast oil, 1× Bear hide, 1× Celandine, 1× Puffball, 1× Bison grass	G
Enhanced cursed oil	1× Bear fat, 1× Cursed oil, 1× Ekimmara hide, 1× Puffball, 1× Wolfsbane, 1× Balisse fruit, 1× Wolf's liver	G
Enhanced draconid oil	1× Bear fat, 1× Draconid oil, 1× Cockatrice stomach, 1× Nekker warrior's liver, 1× Lemmingbrush, 1× Arenaria, 1× Bryonia	G
Enhanced elementa oil	1× Bear fat, 1× Elementa oil, 1× Lemmingbrush, 1× Puffball, 1× Allspice, 1× Honeysuckle, 1× Buckthorn	G
Enhanced hybrid oil	1× Bear fat, 1× Hybrid oil, 1× Erynia eye, 1× Ginatia petals, 1× White myrtle petals, 1× Hornwort, 1× Bryonia	G
Enhanced insectoid oil	1× Bear fat, 1× Insectoid oil, 1× Endrega heart, 1× Puffball, 1× Ranogrin, 1× Hornwort, 1× Honeysuckle	G
Enhanced necrophage oil	4× Bear fat, 1× Necrophage oil, 1× Rotfiend blood, 1× Blowball, 1× Arenaria, 1× Pringrape, 1× Cortinarius	G
Enhanced ogroid oil	2× Bear fat, 1× Ogroid oil, 1× Cave troll liver, 1× Longrube, 1× Ranogrin, 1× Ginatia petals, 1× Ribleaf	G
Enhanced relict oil	1× Bear fat, 1× Relict oil, 1× Water hag tooth, 1× Cave troll liver, 1× Beggartick blossoms, 1× Hop umbels, 1× Green mold	G
Enhanced specter oil	1× Bear fat, 1× Specter oil, 1× Essence of wraith, 1× Arenaria, 1× Mistletoe, 1× Wolf's liver	G
Enhanced vampire oil	2× Bear fat, 1× Vampire oil, 1× Fifth Essence, 1× Wine Stone, 1× Cortinarius, 1× Wolfsbane, 1× Ribleaf	G
Hanged Man's Venom	1× Dog tallow, 4× Arenaria	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Hybrid oil	1× Dog tallow, 4× White myrtle petals	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Insectoid oil	1× Dog tallow, 4× Ranogrin	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Necrophage oil	1× Dog tallow, 4× Blowball	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Ogroid oil	1× Bear fat, 4× Ginatia petals	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Relict oil	1× Dog tallow, 5× Mistletoe	R
Specter oil	1× Bear fat, 4× Arenaria	K / R
Superior Hanged Man's Venom	1× Alchemy paste, 1× Enhanced Hanged Man's Venom, 1× Bloodmoss, 1× Devourer's blood, 1× Fool's parsley leaves, 1× Green mold, 1× Quebrith	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Superior beast oil	1× Alchemy paste, 1× Enhanced beast oil, 1× Cockatrice stomach, 1× Celandine, 1× Puffball, 1× Bison grass, 1× Rubedo	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Superior cursed oil	1× Alchemy paste, 1× Enhanced cursed oil, 1× Ekimmara hide, 1× Cave troll liver, 1× Wolfsbane, 1× Mistletoe, 1× Rubedo	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Superior draconid oil	1× Alchemy paste, 1× Enhanced draconid oil, 1× Cockatrice stomach, 1× Nekker warrior's liver, 1× Nostrix, 1× Bryonia, 1× Albedo	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Superior elementa oil	1× Alchemy paste, 1× Enhanced elementa oil, 1× Nostrix, 1× Essence of wraith, 1× Allspice, 1× Honeysuckle, 1× Albedo	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Superior hybrid oil	1× Alchemy paste, 1× Enhanced hybrid oil, 1× Erynia eye, 1× Ginatia petals, 1× White myrtle petals, 1× Bison grass, 1× Albedo	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Superior insectoid oil	1× Alchemy paste, 1× Enhanced insectoid oil, 1× Endrega heart, 1× Puffball, 1× Hornwort, 1× Bloodmoss, 1× Hydragenum	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Superior necrophage oil	5× Alchemy paste, 1× Enhanced necrophage oil, 1× Devourer's blood, 1× Beggartick blossoms, 1× Arenaria, 1× Pringrape, 1× Hydragenum	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Superior ogroid oil	2× Alchemy paste, 1× Enhanced ogroid oil, 1× Cave troll liver, 1× Arenaria, 1× Ranogrin, 1× Ribleaf, 1× Aether	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Superior relict oil	4× Alchemy paste, 1× Enhanced relict oil, 1× Devourer's blood, 1× Hop umbels, 1× Beggartick blossoms, 1× Green mold, 1× Nigredo	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Superior specter oil	1× Alchemy paste, 1× Enhanced specter oil, 1× Essence of wraith, 1× Longrube, 1× Mistletoe, 1× Ergot seeds, 1× Rebis	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Superior vampire oil	2× Alchemy paste, 1× Enhanced vampire oil, 1× Fifth Essence, 1× Wine Stone, 1× Cortinarius, 1× Wolfsbane, 1× Vermilion	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Vampire oil	2× Dog tallow, 4× Ducal Water	K / R

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Bombs: all eight families and three tiers

Canonical English ingredient names are retained for reliable lookup. Use the ingredient directory for gathering and merchant routes. Every named upgrade tier requires its own formula.

Recipe	Ingredients per craft	Formula route / shop code
Dancing Star	1× Saltpeter, 2× Sulfur	H
Devil's Puffball	1× Saltpeter, 2× Sewant mushrooms	H
Dimeritium bomb	5× Saltpeter, 2× Optima mater	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Dragon's Dream	1× Saltpeter, 2× Phosphorus	H
Enhanced Dancing Star	1× Stammelford's Dust, 1× Dancing Star, 1× Phosphorus, 1× Sulfur, 1× Sewant mushrooms, 1× Hellebore petals, 1× Nostrix	N / P
Enhanced Devil's Puffball	1× Stammelford's Dust, 1× Devil's Puffball, 1× Calcium equum, 1× Endrega heart, 1× Sewant mushrooms, 1× Ginatia petals, 1× Green mold	P
Enhanced Dragon's Dream	1× Stammelford's Dust, 1× Dragon's Dream, 1× Phosphorus, 1× Optima mater, 1× Mistletoe, 1× Allspice, 1× Bryonia	P
Enhanced Grapeshot	1× Stammelford's Dust, 1× Grapeshot, 1× Calcium equum, 1× Blowball, 1× Crow's eye, 1× Longrube	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Enhanced Moon Dust	1× Stammelford's Dust, 1× Moon Dust, 1× Quicksilver solution, 1× Sulfur, 1× Hop umbels, 1× Blowball, 1× Honeysuckle	P
Enhanced Northern Wind	1× Stammelford's Dust, 1× Northern Wind, 2× Ducal Water, 1× Powdered pearl, 1× Fool's parsley leaves, 1× Verbena, 2× Allspice	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Enhanced Samum	1× Stammelford's Dust, 1× Samum, 1× Phosphorus, 1× Foglet teeth, 1× Celandine, 1× Blowball	H / P
Enhanced dimeritium bomb	1× Stammelford's Dust, 1× Dimeritium bomb, 1× Optima mater, 1× Powdered pearl, 1× Blowball, 1× Ginatia petals, 1× Bloodmoss	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Grapeshot	2× Saltpeter, 2× Calcium equum	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Moon Dust	1× Saltpeter, 2× Quicksilver solution	H
Northern Wind	1× Saltpeter, 1× Ducal Water, 1× Powdered pearl, 2× Allspice	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Samum	1× Saltpeter, 2× Celandine	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Superior Dancing Star	1× Alchemists' powder, 1× Enhanced Dancing Star, 2× Phosphorus, 2× Sulfur, 2× Sewant mushrooms, 2× Nostrix, 1× Nigredo	G / Y
Superior Devil's Puffball	1× Alchemists' powder, 1× Enhanced Devil's Puffball, 2× Calcium equum, 2× Endrega heart, 2× Sewant mushrooms, 2× Ginatia petals, 1× Rebis	G / Y
Superior Dragon's Dream	1× Alchemists' powder, 1× Enhanced Dragon's Dream, 2× Phosphorus, 2× Optima mater, 2× Allspice, 2× Bryonia, 1× Aether	G / Y
Superior Grapeshot	1× Alchemists' powder, 1× Enhanced Grapeshot, 2× Calcium equum, 2× Sulfur, 2× Longrube, 2× Hop umbels, 1× Nigredo	G / Y
Superior Moon Dust	1× Alchemists' powder, 1× Enhanced Moon Dust, 2× Quicksilver solution, 2× Sulfur, 2× Hop umbels, 2× Blowball, 1× Nigredo	G / Y
Superior Northern Wind	1× Saltpeter, 1× Enhanced Northern Wind, 3× Ducal Water, 2× Powdered pearl, 2× Verbena, 3× Allspice, 1× Quebrith	Random manuscript; no guaranteed merchant in this table
Superior Samum	1× Alchemists' powder, 1× Enhanced Samum, 2× Phosphorus, 2× Foglet teeth, 2× Celandine, 2× Hellebore petals, 1× Aether	G / Y
Superior dimeritium bomb	1× Alchemists' powder, 1× Enhanced Dimeritium bomb, 2× Optima mater, 2× Powdered pearl, 2× Puffball, 2× Bloodmoss, 1× Nigredo	G / Y

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Alchemical substances: all nine recipes

Canonical English ingredient names are retained for reliable lookup. Use the ingredient directory for gathering and merchant routes. Every named upgrade tier requires its own formula.

Recipe	Ingredients per craft	Formula route / shop code
Aether	1× White Gull, 1× Verbena, 1× Ergot seeds, 1× Han fiber, 1× Puffball, 1× Longrube	G
Hydragenum	1× White Gull, 1× Verbena, 1× Ergot seeds, 1× Ranogrin, 1× Green mold, 1× Nostrix	G
Nigredo	1× White Gull, 1× Crow's eye, 1× Han fiber, 1× Hellebore petals, 1× Hornwort, 1× Balisse fruit	G
Quebrith	1× White Gull, 1× Verbena, 1× Puffball, 1× Longrube, 1× Nostrix, 1× Pringrape	G / K
Rebis	1× White Gull, 1× Verbena, 1× Ergot seeds, 1× Allspice, 1× Mistletoe, 1× Ranogrin	G
Rubedo	1× White Gull, 1× Crow's eye, 1× Han fiber, 1× Mistletoe, 1× Puffball, 1× Green mold	G
Vermilion	1× White Gull, 1× Verbena, 1× Ergot seeds, 1× Han fiber, 1× Beggartick blossoms, 1× Bryonia	G
Vitriol	1× White Gull, 1× Bloodmoss, 1× Allspice, 1× Ranogrin, 1× Hellebore petals, 1× Hornwort	G
Albedo	1× White Gull, 1× Crow's eye, 1× Allspice, 1× Mistletoe, 1× Beggartick blossoms, 1× Pringrape	G / N

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Alcohol bases: Dwarven spirit, Alcohest and White Gull

Canonical English ingredient names are retained for reliable lookup. Use the ingredient directory for gathering and merchant routes. Every named upgrade tier requires its own formula.

Recipe	Ingredients per craft	Formula route / shop code
Alcohest	1× Empty bottle, 1× Cherry cordial, 1× Nilfgaardian lemon, 1× Balisse fruit	C / G / H / P / R / T
Dwarven spirit	1× Empty bottle, 2× Mahakaman spirit, 1× White myrtle petals	G / R
White Gull	1× Empty bottle, 1× Redanian herbal, 1× Cherry cordial, 1× Mandrake cordial, 1× Arenaria	C / G / H / P / R / T

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Data-only archive: Bear and Nekker pheromones

Definition	Stored recipe	Availability
Bear pheromones	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Berbercane fruit, 1× Ergot seeds, 1× Hellebore petals	Cut in unmodded classic play; no verified normal Remastered acquisition route.
Nekker pheromones	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Green mold, 1× Drowner brain, 1× Lemmingbrush	Cut in unmodded classic play; no verified normal Remastered acquisition route.

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Decoctions: all 28 recipes and targeted mutagen routes

Yolar sells decoction formulas; books and random loot offer alternatives. Mutagen drops can vary. Save before one-off contract monsters. Decoction monster mutagens differ from ordinary colored ability mutagens. Learning a formula does not craft the decoction.

Decoction	Ingredients per craft	Formula and mutagen
Alghoul decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 5× Lesser red mutagen, 1× Alghoul bone marrow, 1× Buckthorn	Y; Alghoul bone marrow from alghouls; five lesser red mutagens, not a dedicated alghoul mutagen.
Ancient leshen decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Ancient leshen mutagen, 1× Mandrake root, 1× Ginatia petals, 1× Honeysuckle	Y; In the Heart of the Woods, Fayrlund: follow Sven and kill the ancient leshen. Harald’s peaceful route yields no mutagen.
Arachas decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Arachas mutagen, 1× White myrtle petals	Y; Harrisi in Missing Brother, from Inn at the Crossroads’ board; regular arachas are also eligible.
Archgriffin decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Archgriffin mutagen, 1× Ribleaf, 1× Blowball	Y; Opinicus in The Creature from Oxenfurt Forest, or the archgriffin in Master Armorers.
Basilisk decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Basilisk mutagen, 1× Blowball, 1× Fool's parsley leaves, 1× Beggartick blossoms	Y; Basilisks, including the guarded-treasure area around Velen’s Bald Mountain.
Chort decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Chort mutagen, 1× Puffball, 1× Cortinarius	Y; Howler in Mysterious Tracks, from Lindenvale’s contract; inspect its mutagen loot.
Cockatrice decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Cockatrice mutagen, 1× Crow's eye	Y; Shrieker contract from Crow’s Perch: drive the cockatrice out of its cave and kill it.
Doppler decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Doppler mutagen, 1× Han fiber, 1× Longrube	Y; An Elusive Thief, Novigrad: kill the doppler. Sparing him removes the classic playthrough’s only doppler-mutagen opportunity.
Earth elemental decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Earth elemental mutagen, 1× Balisse fruit, 1× Pringrape	Y; Earth elementals, including the Iron Mine southwest of Kaer Morhen; a golem is not the same species.
Ekhidna decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Ekhidna mutagen, 1× Ribleaf, 1× Berbercane fruit	Y; Melusine in Here Comes the Groom, from Svorlag’s board on Spikeroog.
Ekimmara decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Ekimmara mutagen, 1× White myrtle petals, 1× Mandrake root	Y; Ekimmara in Dragonslayer’s Grotto; other limited opportunities in Following the Thread and The Mystery of the Byways Murders.
Fiend decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Fiend mutagen, 1× Hellebore petals, 1× Fool's parsley leaves, 1× Arenaria	Y; Morvudd in Missing Son, from Rannvaig’s board; regular fiends also qualify.
Foglet decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Foglet mutagen, 1× Fool's parsley leaves, 1× Blowball	Y; Ignis Fatuus in Swamp Thing, south of Crookback Bog’s orphanage.
Forktail decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Forktail mutagen, 1× Lemmingbrush, 1× Bryonia	Y; The forktail in To Bait a Forktail near Kaer Morhen, or wild forktails.
Grave hag decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Grave hag mutagen, 1× Longrube, 1× Cortinarius	Y; Mourntart in The Merry Widow, from Lindenvale’s contract.
Griffin decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Griffin mutagen, 1× Oil, 1× Bryonia, 1× Wolf's liver	Y; Royal griffin in The Beast of White Orchard; loot the carcass before leaving.
Katakan decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Katakan mutagen, 1× Verbena, 1× Arenaria	Y; Gael in The Oxenfurt Drunk, or the sewer katakan during Now or Never.
Leshen decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Leshen mutagen, 1× Lemmingbrush, 1× Pringrape	Y; Kernun in Lord of the Wood, from Cunny of the Goose south of Novigrad.
Nekker warrior decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Nekker warrior mutagen, 1× Fool's parsley leaves, 1× Ranogrin	Y; Nekker warriors among nekker groups, including Strange Beast near Larvik. Ordinary nekker eyes are a different ingredient.
Nightwraith decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Nightwraith mutagen, 1× Mistletoe, 1× Sewant mushrooms	Y; Jenny o’ the Woods, from Midcopse’s board.
Noonwraith decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Noonwraith mutagen, 1× Ginatia petals, 1× Ergot seeds	Y; Devil by the Well, White Orchard: complete the well ritual and loot the noonwraith.
Reliever's decoction	5× Dwarven spirit, 4× Lesser red mutagen, 4× Lesser green mutagen, 4× Lesser blue mutagen, 1× Essence of wraith	Y; No dedicated monster mutagen: four lesser mutagens of each color plus essence of wraith.
Succubus decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Succubus mutagen, 1× Green mold, 1× Allspice	Y; Kill Salma in Deadly Delights or the succubus in Practicum in Advanced Alchemy. Sparing both permanently blocks this mutagen.
Troll decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Troll mutagen, 1× Crow's eye, 1× Honeysuckle	Y; Hostile rock trolls, such as the three in the cave north of Holmstein’s Port. Friendly named trolls need not be killed.
Water hag decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Water hag mutagen, 1× Berbercane fruit	Y; Abaya in Muire D’yaeblen, from Kaer Trolde Harbor’s board.
Werewolf decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Werewolf mutagen, 1× Beggartick blossoms, 1× Hop umbels	Y; Niellen in Wild at Heart, from Blackbough’s contract; loot the werewolf.
Wraith decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Wraith mutagen, 1× Blowball, 1× Nostrix	Y; Ordinary wraiths at cemeteries and ruins; use Yrden to make them corporeal.
Wyvern decoction	1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Wyvern mutagen, 1× Lemmingbrush, 1× Celandine	Y; Royal wyvern in Phantom of the Trade Route in eastern Velen, or regular wyverns.

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Quest alchemy: genuine formulas and one-off ingredients

Quest mixture	Ingredients	Exact context
The Decoctions of the Grasses	1× Forktail spinal fluid, 1× Manticore poison gland, 1× Albino bruxa tongue, 1× Bryonia, 1× Ribleaf, 1× Mandrake root	Va Fail, Elaine: Yennefer provides the recipe and rare quest organs at Kaer Morhen. Craft in quest alchemy; these organs are not ordinary farmable monster drops.
Chort lure	1× Fiend dung, 2× Crow's eye	Mysterious Tracks: collect fiend dung at the investigated site, mix with crow’s eye and spread the lure around the cave.
Pops' mold antidote	4× White myrtle petals, 1× Celandine, 1× Hellebore petals	Count Reuven’s Treasure: Dijkstra provides formula and bottle before the poisonous sewer. Do not assume the learned quest formula transfers into New Game Plus.

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Purchased special potions: separate from standard recipes

Item	Acquisition	Limit
Potion of Clearance	1,000 crowns; sellers include Keira while available, Gremist/Yolar and the Gildorf merchant in Novigrad.	Refunds assigned ability points; no craftable formula or meditation refill.
Wolven Hour	Classic patch 1.08 compensation: a one-use bottle added to existing inventories.	Temporarily lowers classic equipment requirements by two levels for an hour; no craftable general-purpose potion. Not a verified new 5.x pickup.

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Diagram atlas: crafting, order and editions

Each table row identifies a separate diagram, or a finished weapon explicitly labeled as such. Check every named piece in shared chests. Classic witcher gear progresses piece by piece: basic → enhanced → superior → mastercrafted → grandmaster. Keep the preceding item; owning the diagram alone is insufficient. Treasure maps add markers but are not required to loot the containers directly.

Unlock master blacksmith Hattori in Novigrad through Of Swords and Dumplings, and master armorer Yoana at Crow’s Perch through Master Armorers. Grandmaster Lazare Lafargue works north of Metinna Gate in Beauclair and crafts swords too. Grandmaster gear requires Blood and Wine. Install the Wolf School free DLC on older separate installations.

Listed requirements describe a normal 4.x playthrough: Griffin 11/18/26/34/40, Feline 17/23/29/34/40, Ursine 20/25/30/34/40, Wolven 14/21/29/34/40. Remastered 5.x and mods may rebalance values; distinguish routes from the installed recipe screen. New Game Plus places Legendary variants at the same sites with higher requirements. Regular gear does not simply upgrade into Legendary gear. Feline/Ursine crossbows require level 29 and have neither a five-tier upgrade chain nor a separate Legendary NG+ chain.

The Eye of Nehaleni comes from Wandering in the Dark and removes the specified illusions. Diagrams become crafting knowledge rather than ordinary items to sell. Grandmaster Wolven ingredient requirements differ between historical recipe versions; inspect the installed recipe to see whether the mastercrafted predecessor is required.

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Basic Griffin: every diagram

Piece	Requirement	Location and access
Griffin armor	11 (4.x)	Dragonslayer’s Grotto northwest of Downwarren: Aard wall and poison passage, defeat ekimmara, chest behind candle table.
Griffin gauntlets	11 (4.x)	Dragonslayer’s Grotto northwest of Downwarren: Aard wall and poison passage, defeat ekimmara, chest behind candle table.
Griffin trousers	11 (4.x)	Dragonslayer’s Grotto northwest of Downwarren: Aard wall and poison passage, defeat ekimmara, chest behind candle table.
Griffin boots	11 (4.x)	Dragonslayer’s Grotto northwest of Downwarren: Aard wall and poison passage, defeat ekimmara, chest behind candle table.
Griffin steel sword	11 (4.x)	Hindhold: climb the tower, enter the small room on the left and search the remains/chest.
Griffin silver sword	11 (4.x)	Lornruk lighthouse: dive through underwater tunnel, climb inside; chest on upper wooden platform.

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Enhanced Griffin: every diagram

Piece	Requirement	Location and access
Griffin armor	18 (4.x)	White Eagle Fort west of Oxenfurt Harbor: chest by Trollololo’s camp; no need to kill him.
Griffin gauntlets	18 (4.x)	Frischlow, southern Velen: Aard the rocks by the fire site, chest on the right inside.
Griffin trousers	18 (4.x)	Burned Ruins east of Crow’s Perch: beneath the charred timber/debris.
Griffin boots	18 (4.x)	Ruins north of Inn at the Crossroads: guarded chest within the old walls.
Griffin steel sword	18 (4.x)	Coastal bandit camp west of Midcopse: chest in the waterside building.
Griffin silver sword	18 (4.x)	Cave southeast of Crookback Bog’s orphanage: chest by the body at the far end.

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Enhanced Griffin diagram routes ↗

Superior Griffin: every diagram

Piece	Requirement	Location and access
Griffin armor	26 (4.x)	Ard Skellig’s northeast coast near Giant’s Toes: clear bandit camp, shared chest by the fire.
Griffin gauntlets	26 (4.x)	Ard Skellig’s northeast coast near Giant’s Toes: clear bandit camp, shared chest by the fire.
Griffin trousers	26 (4.x)	Ard Skellig’s northeast coast near Giant’s Toes: clear bandit camp, shared chest by the fire.
Griffin boots	26 (4.x)	Ard Skellig’s northeast coast near Giant’s Toes: clear bandit camp, shared chest by the fire.
Griffin steel sword	26 (4.x)	An Skellig west of Yngvar’s Fang: behind the large cliffside boulder at the road’s end.
Griffin silver sword	26 (4.x)	Cave near Elverum Lighthouse, southeast Ard Skellig: follow the right-hand passage to the chest.

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Superior Griffin diagram routes ↗

Mastercrafted Griffin: every diagram

Piece	Requirement	Location and access
Griffin armor	34 (4.x)	Ruins northeast of Druid’s Camp toward Redgill: a cyclops guards the shared chest.
Griffin gauntlets	34 (4.x)	Ruins northeast of Druid’s Camp toward Redgill: a cyclops guards the shared chest.
Griffin trousers	34 (4.x)	Ruins northeast of Druid’s Camp toward Redgill: a cyclops guards the shared chest.
Griffin boots	34 (4.x)	Ruins northeast of Druid’s Camp toward Redgill: a cyclops guards the shared chest.
Griffin steel sword	34 (4.x)	East of Boxholm: climb the ledge above the ruins, chest against the mountainside.
Griffin silver sword	34 (4.x)	East of Fornhala: chest at the ruined tower’s base.

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Mastercrafted Griffin diagram routes ↗

Basic Feline: every diagram

Piece	Requirement	Location and access
Feline armor	17 (4.x)	Cave beneath Novigrad’s Temple Isle: Eye of Nehaleni, face statues inward, dive for laboratory key. Defeat Kiyan behind laboratory door; loot body.
Feline gauntlets	17 (4.x)	Cave beneath Novigrad’s Temple Isle: Eye of Nehaleni, face statues inward, dive for laboratory key. Defeat Kiyan behind laboratory door; loot body.
Feline trousers	17 (4.x)	Cave beneath Novigrad’s Temple Isle: Eye of Nehaleni, face statues inward, dive for laboratory key. Defeat Kiyan behind laboratory door; loot body.
Feline boots	17 (4.x)	Cave beneath Novigrad’s Temple Isle: Eye of Nehaleni, face statues inward, dive for laboratory key. Defeat Kiyan behind laboratory door; loot body.
Feline steel sword	17 (4.x)	Drahim Castle south of Novigrad: break wooden door with Aard, chest in cellar.
Feline silver sword	17 (4.x)	Est Tayiar northeast of Oxenfurt: Aard the weak wall on the ruins’ right side.
Feline crossbow	29 (4.x)	Flying Stag wreck on island southwest of Novigrad/west of Drahim: chest inside wreck; no upgrade chain.

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Basic Feline diagram routes ↗

Enhanced Feline: every diagram

Piece	Requirement	Location and access
Feline armor	23 (4.x)	Aeramas’ Abandoned Manor: upper floor, chest beside bookcase.
Feline gauntlets	23 (4.x)	Codgers’ Quarry: mine’s far end, beneath wooden stairs.
Feline trousers	23 (4.x)	Oxenfurt: house cellar down to sewers; use loose brick on right wall, secret chamber.
Feline boots	23 (4.x)	Large cave east of Toderas, Phantom of the Trade Route: right wall near entrance.
Feline steel sword	23 (4.x)	Cave southwest of Toderas, Fools’ Gold: left bend beside bear carcass.
Feline silver sword	23 (4.x)	Novigrad near Oxenfurt Gate: climb ledge and ladder, chest in upper room.

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Enhanced Feline diagram routes ↗

Superior Feline: every diagram

Piece	Requirement	Location and access
Feline armor	29 (4.x)	Southwest of Dragonslayer’s Grotto: chest against ruined wall, guarded by earth elemental.
Feline gauntlets	29 (4.x)	Southwest of Dragonslayer’s Grotto: chest against ruined wall, guarded by earth elemental.
Feline trousers	29 (4.x)	Southwest of Dragonslayer’s Grotto: chest against ruined wall, guarded by earth elemental.
Feline boots	29 (4.x)	Southwest of Dragonslayer’s Grotto: chest against ruined wall, guarded by earth elemental.
Feline steel sword	29 (4.x)	Monster den northeast of Novigrad: golem cave, chest beside the boat at the back.
Feline silver sword	29 (4.x)	Ursten cave south of Novigrad: climb right ledge and Aard the stalagmites.

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Superior Feline diagram routes ↗

Mastercrafted Feline: every diagram

Piece	Requirement	Location and access
Feline armor	34 (4.x)	Faroe south of Trottheim: swim into coastal cave; loot behind stalagmites and the two statues.
Feline gauntlets	34 (4.x)	Faroe south of Trottheim: swim into coastal cave; loot behind stalagmites and the two statues.
Feline trousers	34 (4.x)	Faroe south of Trottheim: swim into coastal cave; loot behind stalagmites and the two statues.
Feline boots	34 (4.x)	Faroe south of Trottheim: swim into coastal cave; loot behind stalagmites and the two statues.
Feline steel sword	34 (4.x)	Kaer Gelen, Ard Skellig: halfway up stairs, enter broken bars to reach chest.
Feline silver sword	34 (4.x)	Faroe east of Harviken: Aard cave walls, right-hand chest at the end.

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Mastercrafted Feline diagram routes ↗

Basic Ursine: every diagram

Piece	Requirement	Location and access
Ursine armor	20 (4.x)	An Skellig at Yngvar’s Fang: prison lever, cell passage, climb into throne room; shared chest.
Ursine gauntlets	20 (4.x)	An Skellig at Yngvar’s Fang: prison lever, cell passage, climb into throne room; shared chest.
Ursine trousers	20 (4.x)	An Skellig at Yngvar’s Fang: prison lever, cell passage, climb into throne room; shared chest.
Ursine boots	20 (4.x)	An Skellig at Yngvar’s Fang: prison lever, cell passage, climb into throne room; shared chest.
Ursine steel sword	20 (4.x)	Ruined Inn southeast of Fyresdal: descend into burnt inn’s cellar.
Ursine silver sword	20 (4.x)	Fort Etnir, northeast Ard Skellig: remains/chest near gargoyles.
Ursine crossbow	29 (4.x)	Spikeroog south of Svorlag: siren cave’s rear ledge and skeleton; no upgrade chain.

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Enhanced Ursine: every diagram

Piece	Requirement	Location and access
Ursine armor	25 (4.x)	Grotto in southeast Ard Skellig: behind the Grossbart brothers’ cave camp.
Ursine gauntlets	25 (4.x)	Ruined tower north of Miners’ Camp/northwest of Rogne: chest below upright bridge remains.
Ursine boots	25 (4.x)	Cave north of Holmstein’s Port/southeast of Arinbjorn: three rock trolls, chest at rear.
Ursine trousers	25 (4.x)	Small island northeast of Undvik by Marlin Coast: enter its southern cave, chest inside.
Ursine steel sword	25 (4.x)	Kaer Almhult: eastern courtyard stairs up to tower’s second level.
Ursine silver sword	25 (4.x)	Ruined fort north of Gedyneith: alghoul cave’s rearmost chest.

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Enhanced Ursine diagram routes ↗

Superior Ursine: every diagram

Piece	Requirement	Location and access
Ursine armor	30 (4.x)	Cave northwest of Hanged Man’s Tree: north entrance, left by broken scaffolding to metal chest.
Ursine gauntlets	30 (4.x)	Cave northwest of Hanged Man’s Tree: north entrance, left by broken scaffolding to metal chest.
Ursine trousers	30 (4.x)	Cave northwest of Hanged Man’s Tree: north entrance, left by broken scaffolding to metal chest.
Ursine boots	30 (4.x)	Cave northwest of Hanged Man’s Tree: north entrance, left by broken scaffolding to metal chest.
Ursine steel sword	30 (4.x)	Ruined Tower northeast of Crookback orphanage: eastern wall corner, earth-elemental guarded chest.
Ursine silver sword	30 (4.x)	Swamp Thing cave southwest of orphanage: box behind boulder beside corpse.

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Superior Ursine diagram routes ↗

Mastercrafted Ursine: every diagram

Piece	Requirement	Location and access
Ursine armor	34 (4.x)	Destroyed Bastion east of Bald Mountain: shared chest by grindstone; cyclops nearby.
Ursine gauntlets	34 (4.x)	Destroyed Bastion east of Bald Mountain: shared chest by grindstone; cyclops nearby.
Ursine trousers	34 (4.x)	Destroyed Bastion east of Bald Mountain: shared chest by grindstone; cyclops nearby.
Ursine boots	34 (4.x)	Destroyed Bastion east of Bald Mountain: shared chest by grindstone; cyclops nearby.
Ursine steel sword	34 (4.x)	Cave behind Pellar’s hut northwest of Blackbough: chest at cave’s end.
Ursine silver sword	34 (4.x)	Small island northwest of Road to Bald Mountain/northeast of Olena’s Grove: chest beside drowner nest.

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Mastercrafted Ursine diagram routes ↗

Basic Wolven: every diagram

Piece	Requirement	Location and access
Wolven armor	14 (4.x)	Signal Tower south of Kaer Morhen: retrieve exterior ledge crystal, charge both with Aard; portal to cave corpse.
Wolven gauntlets	14 (4.x)	Signal Tower south of Kaer Morhen: retrieve exterior ledge crystal, charge both with Aard; portal to cave corpse.
Wolven trousers	14 (4.x)	Signal Tower south of Kaer Morhen: retrieve exterior ledge crystal, charge both with Aard; portal to cave corpse.
Wolven boots	14 (4.x)	Signal Tower south of Kaer Morhen: retrieve exterior ledge crystal, charge both with Aard; portal to cave corpse.
Wolven steel sword	14 (4.x)	Bastion west of Kaer Morhen: Varin’s remains by burnt hut among wraiths.
Wolven silver sword	14 (4.x)	Ruined Watchtower north of Kaer Morhen: skeleton among tower remains.

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Enhanced Wolven: every diagram

Piece	Requirement	Location and access
Wolven armor	21 (4.x)	Velen: dive east of small island southwest of Fyke Isle.
Wolven gauntlets	21 (4.x)	Forktail cave south of Kaer Morhen: right passage, climb left ledge; left chest behind vegetation.
Wolven trousers	21 (4.x)	Kaer Morhen: shallow water northeast of Lakeside Hut near rock-troll cave area.
Wolven boots	21 (4.x)	Grotto northeast of Toderas: turn right, then left tunnel and left wall.
Wolven steel sword	21 (4.x)	Ruined Watchtower, Kaer Morhen: nearer of two chests on exterior ledge.
Wolven silver sword	21 (4.x)	Crow’s Perch: descend Baron’s garden well; lower left by stalagmites.

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Superior Wolven: every diagram

Piece	Requirement	Location and access
Wolven armor	29 (4.x)	Wooden fort southwest of Fyresdal: wall chest beside southeast wooden tower.
Wolven gauntlets	29 (4.x)	Iron Mine southwest of Kaer Morhen: earth-elemental cave, rear chest.
Wolven trousers	29 (4.x)	Trial of the Grasses cave north of Bastion: side area by second nekker/devourer group.
Wolven boots	29 (4.x)	Chort cave east of Kaer Morhen: keep right to rock at rear.
Wolven steel sword	29 (4.x)	Western Hindarsfjall: ruined tower by ice troll, drop through floor, left chest in poison.
Wolven silver sword	29 (4.x)	Barrow southeast of Arinbjorn: west stone-arch entrance, left box beside barrel.

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Mastercrafted Wolven: every diagram

Piece	Requirement	Location and access
Wolven armor	34 (4.x)	Ruins east of Byways/west of Fyke Isle: search old well depression.
Wolven gauntlets	34 (4.x)	Ruins south of Rannvaig/east of Fayrlund: castle wall in Missing Son’s Morvudd area.
Wolven boots	34 (4.x)	Dorve Ruins, Undvik: search tower’s south side.
Wolven trousers	34 (4.x)	Old Watchtower, Spikeroog: northwest arch wall beside signpost.
Wolven steel sword	34 (4.x)	Sunken wreck on Velen’s west coast: dive beneath central wooden stairs.
Wolven silver sword	34 (4.x)	Hideout south of Kimbolt Way between Ancient Oak/House of Respite: corpse key by fiend unlocks door.

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Basic Forgotten Wolven: every diagram

Piece	Requirement	Location and access
Forgotten Wolven armor	20 (4.x)	Complete In the Eternal Fire’s Shadow at Devil’s Pit: Reinald grants all six basic diagrams regardless of priest outcome.
Forgotten Wolven gauntlets	20 (4.x)	Complete In the Eternal Fire’s Shadow at Devil’s Pit: Reinald grants all six basic diagrams regardless of priest outcome.
Forgotten Wolven trousers	20 (4.x)	Complete In the Eternal Fire’s Shadow at Devil’s Pit: Reinald grants all six basic diagrams regardless of priest outcome.
Forgotten Wolven boots	20 (4.x)	Complete In the Eternal Fire’s Shadow at Devil’s Pit: Reinald grants all six basic diagrams regardless of priest outcome.
Forgotten Wolven steel sword	20 (4.x)	Complete In the Eternal Fire’s Shadow at Devil’s Pit: Reinald grants all six basic diagrams regardless of priest outcome.
Forgotten Wolven silver sword	20 (4.x)	Complete In the Eternal Fire’s Shadow at Devil’s Pit: Reinald grants all six basic diagrams regardless of priest outcome.

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Mastercrafted Forgotten Wolven: every diagram

Piece	Requirement	Location and access
Forgotten Wolven armor	34 (4.x)	Kaer Morhen main hall: left stairs to upper bookcase corner; read Osmund’s notes and Vesemir’s note to learn both advanced diagram sets.
Forgotten Wolven gauntlets	34 (4.x)	Kaer Morhen main hall: left stairs to upper bookcase corner; read Osmund’s notes and Vesemir’s note to learn both advanced diagram sets.
Forgotten Wolven trousers	34 (4.x)	Kaer Morhen main hall: left stairs to upper bookcase corner; read Osmund’s notes and Vesemir’s note to learn both advanced diagram sets.
Forgotten Wolven boots	34 (4.x)	Kaer Morhen main hall: left stairs to upper bookcase corner; read Osmund’s notes and Vesemir’s note to learn both advanced diagram sets.
Forgotten Wolven steel sword	34 (4.x)	Kaer Morhen main hall: left stairs to upper bookcase corner; read Osmund’s notes and Vesemir’s note to learn both advanced diagram sets.
Forgotten Wolven silver sword	34 (4.x)	Kaer Morhen main hall: left stairs to upper bookcase corner; read Osmund’s notes and Vesemir’s note to learn both advanced diagram sets.

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Basic Viper: every diagram

Piece	Requirement	Location and access
Viper steel sword	2 (4.x)	Amavet Fortress ruins in White Orchard: climb bandit-camp tower, loot chest.
Viper silver sword	1 (4.x)	White Orchard cemetery: wraith, Aard crypt door; remains inside crypt.

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Basic Viper diagram routes ↗

Actual schools and absent upgrade tiers

School	Actual extent
Griffin, Feline, Ursine, Wolven	30 pieces each across five tiers; only Feline and Ursine add one crossbow each.
Forgotten Wolven	18 pieces: basic, mastercrafted, grandmaster. Added in 4.0; no enhanced/superior intermediate tiers.
Manticore	Six grandmaster pieces directly; no basic, enhanced, superior or mastercrafted chains. NG+ changes the appearance.
Viper	Two White Orchard swords; Hearts of Stone adds four venomous armor diagrams, one steel-sword diagram and one finished silver sword. No full five-tier chain.

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Socket upgrades: 30 runestones and 15 Sign glyphs

Sizes are separate items and crafting recipes. Regular stones use lesser ones; greater stones use regular stones of the same family. Check quantities and blank bases in the crafting menu; upgrading components can cost less than buying finished stones. A socket bonus is not a runeword.

Family	All three sizes	Bonus family	Acquisition
Chernobog	Lesser / regular / greater	Attack power	G: finished stones and diagrams; craft at a blacksmith.
Dazhbog	Lesser / regular / greater	Burning	G: finished stones and diagrams; craft at a blacksmith.
Devana	Lesser / regular / greater	Bleeding	G: finished stones and diagrams; craft at a blacksmith.
Morana	Lesser / regular / greater	Poison	G: finished stones and diagrams; craft at a blacksmith.
Perun	Lesser / regular / greater	Adrenaline gain	G: finished stones and diagrams; craft at a blacksmith.
Stribog	Lesser / regular / greater	Stagger	G: finished stones and diagrams; craft at a blacksmith.
Svarog	Lesser / regular / greater	Armor piercing	G: finished stones and diagrams; craft at a blacksmith.
Triglav	Lesser / regular / greater	Stun	G: finished stones and diagrams; craft at a blacksmith.
Veles	Lesser / regular / greater	Sign intensity	G: finished stones and diagrams; craft at a blacksmith.
Zoria	Lesser / regular / greater	Freeze	G: finished stones and diagrams; craft at a blacksmith.
Aard glyph	Lesser / regular / greater	Aard intensity	G: finished glyphs and diagrams; craft at a craftsman.
Axii glyph	Lesser / regular / greater	Axii intensity	G: finished glyphs and diagrams; craft at a craftsman.
Igni glyph	Lesser / regular / greater	Igni intensity	G: finished glyphs and diagrams; craft at a craftsman.
Quen glyph	Lesser / regular / greater	Quen intensity	G: finished glyphs and diagrams; craft at a craftsman.
Yrden glyph	Lesser / regular / greater	Yrden intensity	G: finished glyphs and diagrams; craft at a craftsman.

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Ingredient directory: Herbs and garden plants

This directory resolves all 209 distinct ingredient names in the recipe catalog. Allow merchants to restock; one listed item does not imply an unlimited stack. Monster parts are eligible carcass drops, not guaranteed from every individual kill.

Exact inventory name	Acquisition / processing
Allspice	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Arenaria	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Balisse fruit	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Beggartick blossoms	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Berbercane fruit	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Bison grass	Buy from White Orchard’s roadside-shrine herbalist or Otto Bamber northeast of Oxenfurt.
Bloodmoss	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Blowball	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Blue lotus flower	Corvo Bianco’s restored herb garden, Blood and Wine.
Bryonia	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Buckthorn	Gather underwater, including White Orchard’s river; Tomira’s prologue clue leads there.
Celandine	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Cortinarius	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Crow's eye	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Ergot seeds	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Fool's parsley leaves	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Ginatia petals	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Green mold	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Han fiber	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Hellebore petals	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Honeysuckle	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Hop umbels	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Hornwort	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Lemmingbrush	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Longrube	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Mandrake root	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Mistletoe	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Nazairi basil	Corvo Bianco’s restored herb garden, Blood and Wine.
Nostrix	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Pringrape	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Puffball	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Ranogrin	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Ribleaf	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Sewant mushrooms	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Verbena	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
White myrtle petals	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.
Winter cherry	Corvo Bianco’s restored herb garden, Blood and Wine.
Wolfsbane	G: buy at Gedyneith’s druid grove, or gather wild plants.

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Ingredient directory: Monster parts and mutagens

This directory resolves all 209 distinct ingredient names in the recipe catalog. Allow merchants to restock; one listed item does not imply an unlimited stack. Monster parts are eligible carcass drops, not guaranteed from every individual kill.

Exact inventory name	Acquisition / processing
Alghoul bone marrow	Alghouls, including Velen cemeteries/monster camps.
Ancient leshen mutagen	In the Heart of the Woods, Fayrlund: follow Sven and kill the ancient leshen. Harald’s peaceful route yields no mutagen.
Arachas mutagen	Harrisi in Missing Brother, from Inn at the Crossroads’ board; regular arachas are also eligible.
Arachas venom	Arachas; Harrisi in Missing Brother is a targeted opportunity.
Archgriffin mutagen	Opinicus in The Creature from Oxenfurt Forest, or the archgriffin in Master Armorers.
Basilisk mutagen	Basilisks, including the guarded-treasure area around Velen’s Bald Mountain.
Bear hide	Loot bears; used here only by the cut Bear-pheromone formula.
Cave troll liver	Hostile cave trolls, including the three north of Holmstein’s Port.
Chort mutagen	Howler in Mysterious Tracks, from Lindenvale’s contract; inspect its mutagen loot.
Cockatrice mutagen	Shrieker contract from Crow’s Perch: drive the cockatrice out of its cave and kill it.
Cockatrice stomach	Cockatrices; Shrieker in Velen is a targeted opportunity.
Dark Essence	Nightwraiths, such as Jenny o’ the Woods near Midcopse.
Devourer's blood	Loot devourers; rotfiend blood is a different ingredient.
Doppler mutagen	An Elusive Thief, Novigrad: kill the doppler. Sparing him removes the classic playthrough’s only doppler-mutagen opportunity.
Drowner brain	Drowners along White Orchard’s river, Velen’s banks and Skellige coasts.
Drowner tongue	Loot drowners along rivers/coasts; Witcher Senses locate carcasses.
Earth elemental mutagen	Earth elementals, including the Iron Mine southwest of Kaer Morhen; a golem is not the same species.
Ekhidna mutagen	Melusine in Here Comes the Groom, from Svorlag’s board on Spikeroog.
Ekimmara hide	Ekimmaras: Dragonslayer’s Grotto, Following the Thread, Byways Murders. Limited encounters.
Ekimmara mutagen	Ekimmara in Dragonslayer’s Grotto; other limited opportunities in Following the Thread and The Mystery of the Byways Murders.
Endrega embryo	Endregas in Velen’s woods; loot workers and other endrega types.
Endrega heart	Endregas; check Velen’s wooded nests.
Erynia eye	Erynias, including Vikk Watchtower and Skellige harpy groups.
Essence of wraith	Wraiths at White Orchard cemetery and ruins; random monster drop.
Fiend mutagen	Morvudd in Missing Son, from Rannvaig’s board; regular fiends also qualify.
Foglet mutagen	Ignis Fatuus in Swamp Thing, south of Crookback Bog’s orphanage.
Foglet teeth	Foglets in Velen’s swamps; Swamp Thing supplies a named encounter.
Forktail mutagen	The forktail in To Bait a Forktail near Kaer Morhen, or wild forktails.
Ghoul's blood	Ghouls at White Orchard and Velen battlefields/cemeteries.
Golem's heart	Golems, including Wandering in the Dark; loot before leaving the ruin.
Grave hag mutagen	Mourntart in The Merry Widow, from Lindenvale’s contract.
Griffin mutagen	Royal griffin in The Beast of White Orchard; loot the carcass before leaving.
Katakan mutagen	Gael in The Oxenfurt Drunk, or the sewer katakan during Now or Never.
Leshen mutagen	Kernun in Lord of the Wood, from Cunny of the Goose south of Novigrad.
Lesser blue mutagen	Colored mutagens from monster loot; combine three lower sizes of the same color in alchemy. Blood and Wine adds color conversion.
Lesser green mutagen	Colored mutagens from monster loot; combine three lower sizes of the same color in alchemy. Blood and Wine adds color conversion.
Lesser red mutagen	Colored mutagens from monster loot; combine three lower sizes of the same color in alchemy. Blood and Wine adds color conversion.
Light Essence	Noonwraiths, including Devil by the Well in White Orchard.
Nekker eye	Nekker groups and nests in Velen/Skellige.
Nekker heart	Nekker groups and nests in Velen/Skellige.
Nekker warrior mutagen	Nekker warriors among nekker groups, including Strange Beast near Larvik. Ordinary nekker eyes are a different ingredient.
Nekker warrior's liver	Nekker warriors, not merely ordinary nekkers; Strange Beast near Larvik is one route.
Nightwraith mutagen	Jenny o’ the Woods, from Midcopse’s board.
Noonwraith mutagen	Devil by the Well, White Orchard: complete the well ritual and loot the noonwraith.
Rotfiend blood	Rotfiends in Velen; stand back for death explosion, then loot carcass.
Specter Dust	Wraiths and specters around ruins/cemeteries.
Succubus mutagen	Kill Salma in Deadly Delights or the succubus in Practicum in Advanced Alchemy. Sparing both permanently blocks this mutagen.
Troll mutagen	Hostile rock trolls, such as the three in the cave north of Holmstein’s Port. Friendly named trolls need not be killed.
Water essence	Water hags at marsh/coastal banks; Abaya in Muire D’yaeblen is a targeted opportunity.
Water hag mutagen	Abaya in Muire D’yaeblen, from Kaer Trolde Harbor’s board.
Water hag tooth	Water hags, including Abaya near Kaer Trolde Harbor.
Werewolf mutagen	Niellen in Wild at Heart, from Blackbough’s contract; loot the werewolf.
Wolf's liver	Wolves and wargs in White Orchard/Velen woods; loot carcasses.
Wraith mutagen	Ordinary wraiths at cemeteries and ruins; use Yrden to make them corporeal.
Wyvern mutagen	Royal wyvern in Phantom of the Trade Route in eastern Velen, or regular wyverns.

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Ingredient directory: Purchased ingredients, alcohol and raw materials

This directory resolves all 209 distinct ingredient names in the recipe catalog. Allow merchants to restock; one listed item does not imply an unlimited stack. Monster parts are eligible carcass drops, not guaranteed from every individual kill.

Exact inventory name	Acquisition / processing
Alchemists' powder	G: buy alchemy stock; also eligible container loot.
Alchemy paste	G: buy alchemy stock; also eligible container loot.
Ashes	Container loot and dismantling sources; not a craftable alchemical substance.
Bear fat	G: buy alchemy stock; also eligible container loot.
Blueberries	Food merchants/innkeepers and food containers; keep for blue dye.
Calcium equum	G: buy alchemy stock; also eligible container loot.
Cherry cordial	Buy from Seven Cats Inn’s innkeeper east of Novigrad; essential White Gull ingredient.
Coal	Craftsmen and coal/crafting containers; inspect dismantling menu.
Dog tallow	G: buy alchemy stock; also eligible container loot.
Ducal Water	G: buy alchemy stock; also eligible container loot.
Dye solution	Beauclair Perfumery and dye merchants; base for all twelve dyes.
Empty bottle	Buy bottles from herbalists/inns or loot containers.
Fifth Essence	G: buy alchemy stock; also eligible container loot.
Grapes	Toussaint food/wine merchants and food containers.
Mahakaman spirit	Buy at Seven Cats Inn or loot alcohol containers.
Mandrake cordial	Buy from Seven Cats Inn’s innkeeper east of Novigrad; mandrake root is different.
Nilfgaardian lemon	Buy at Seven Cats Inn or loot alcohol containers.
Oil	Cooking oil from innkeepers/general merchants, not one of the twelve sword oils.
Optima mater	G: buy alchemy stock; also eligible container loot.
Phosphorus	G: buy alchemy stock; also eligible container loot.
Powdered pearl	G: buy alchemy stock; also eligible container loot.
Quicksilver solution	G: buy alchemy stock; also eligible container loot.
Raspberries	Food merchants/innkeepers and food containers; used for pink dye.
Redanian herbal	Buy at Seven Cats Inn; many other innkeepers also stock it.
Saltpeter	G: buy alchemy stock; also eligible container loot.
Stammelford's Dust	G: buy alchemy stock; also eligible container loot.
Sulfur	G: buy alchemy stock; also eligible container loot.
Wine Stone	G: buy alchemy stock; also eligible container loot.

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Ingredient directory: Crafted intermediates and previous tiers

This directory resolves all 209 distinct ingredient names in the recipe catalog. Allow merchants to restock; one listed item does not imply an unlimited stack. Monster parts are eligible carcass drops, not guaranteed from every individual kill.

Exact inventory name	Acquisition / processing
Aether	Craft: 1× White Gull, 1× Verbena, 1× Ergot seeds, 1× Han fiber, 1× Puffball, 1× Longrube. See formula catalog.
Albedo	Craft: 1× White Gull, 1× Crow's eye, 1× Allspice, 1× Mistletoe, 1× Beggartick blossoms, 1× Pringrape. See formula catalog.
Alcohest	Craft: 1× Empty bottle, 1× Cherry cordial, 1× Nilfgaardian lemon, 1× Balisse fruit. See formula catalog.
Beast oil	Craft: 1× Dog tallow, 2× Wolf's liver. See formula catalog.
Black Blood	Craft: 1× Dwarven spirit, 2× Sewant mushrooms, 4× Ghoul's blood. See formula catalog.
Blizzard	Craft: 1× Dwarven spirit, 5× White myrtle petals, 1× Golem's heart. See formula catalog.
Blue mutagen	Craft: 3× Lesser blue mutagen. See formula catalog.
Cat	Craft: 1× Dwarven spirit, 4× Berbercane fruit, 2× Water essence. See formula catalog.
Cursed oil	Craft: 1× Dog tallow, 4× Wolfsbane. See formula catalog.
Dancing Star	Craft: 1× Saltpeter, 2× Sulfur. See formula catalog.
Devil's Puffball	Craft: 1× Saltpeter, 2× Sewant mushrooms. See formula catalog.
Dimeritium bomb	Craft: 5× Saltpeter, 2× Optima mater. See formula catalog.
Draconid oil	Craft: 1× Dog tallow, 4× Ergot seeds. See formula catalog.
Dragon's Dream	Craft: 1× Saltpeter, 2× Phosphorus. See formula catalog.
Dwarven spirit	Craft: 1× Empty bottle, 2× Mahakaman spirit, 1× White myrtle petals. See formula catalog.
Elementa oil	Craft: 1× Dog tallow, 4× Puffball. See formula catalog.
Enhanced Black Blood	Craft: 1× Alcohest, 1× Black Blood, 1× Hellebore petals, 5× Sewant mushrooms, 5× Ghoul's blood. See formula catalog.
Enhanced Blizzard	Craft: 1× Alcohest, 1× Blizzard, 1× Celandine, 5× White myrtle petals, 1× Golem's heart. See formula catalog.
Enhanced Cat	Craft: 1× Alcohest, 1× Cat, 5× Berbercane fruit, 1× Cortinarius, 3× Water essence. See formula catalog.
Enhanced Dancing Star	Craft: 1× Stammelford's Dust, 1× Dancing Star, 1× Phosphorus, 1× Sulfur, 1× Sewant mushrooms, 1× Hellebore petals, 1× Nostrix. See formula catalog.
Enhanced Devil's Puffball	Craft: 1× Stammelford's Dust, 1× Devil's Puffball, 1× Calcium equum, 1× Endrega heart, 1× Sewant mushrooms, 1× Ginatia petals, 1× Green mold. See formula catalog.
Enhanced Dimeritium bomb	Craft: 1× Stammelford's Dust, 1× Dimeritium bomb, 1× Optima mater, 1× Powdered pearl, 1× Blowball, 1× Ginatia petals, 1× Bloodmoss. See formula catalog.
Enhanced Dragon's Dream	Craft: 1× Stammelford's Dust, 1× Dragon's Dream, 1× Phosphorus, 1× Optima mater, 1× Mistletoe, 1× Allspice, 1× Bryonia. See formula catalog.
Enhanced Full Moon	Craft: 1× Alcohest, 1× Full Moon, 2× Crow's eye, 5× Wolfsbane, 2× Dark Essence. See formula catalog.
Enhanced Golden Oriole	Craft: 1× Alcohest, 1× Golden Oriole, 6× Blowball, 1× Celandine, 2× Light Essence. See formula catalog.
Enhanced Grapeshot	Craft: 1× Stammelford's Dust, 1× Grapeshot, 1× Calcium equum, 1× Blowball, 1× Crow's eye, 1× Longrube. See formula catalog.
Enhanced Hanged Man's Venom	Craft: 1× Bear fat, 1× Hanged Man's Venom, 1× Han fiber, 1× Nekker eye, 1× Fool's parsley leaves, 1× Arenaria, 1× Mandrake root. See formula catalog.
Enhanced Maribor Forest	Craft: 1× Alcohest, 1× Maribor Forest, 5× Berbercane fruit, 1× Crow's eye, 2× Drowner tongue. See formula catalog.
Enhanced Moon Dust	Craft: 1× Stammelford's Dust, 1× Moon Dust, 1× Quicksilver solution, 1× Sulfur, 1× Hop umbels, 1× Blowball, 1× Honeysuckle. See formula catalog.
Enhanced Northern Wind	Craft: 1× Stammelford's Dust, 1× Northern Wind, 2× Ducal Water, 1× Powdered pearl, 1× Fool's parsley leaves, 1× Verbena, 2× Allspice. See formula catalog.
Enhanced Petri's Philter	Craft: 1× Alcohest, 1× Petri's Philter, 6× Arenaria, 1× Buckthorn, 2× Specter Dust. See formula catalog.
Enhanced Samum	Craft: 1× Stammelford's Dust, 1× Samum, 1× Phosphorus, 1× Foglet teeth, 1× Celandine, 1× Blowball. See formula catalog.
Enhanced Swallow	Craft: 1× Alcohest, 1× Swallow, 6× Celandine, 4× White myrtle petals, 5× Drowner brain. See formula catalog.
Enhanced Tawny Owl	Craft: 1× Alcohest, 1× Tawny Owl, 4× Verbena, 2× Wolfsbane, 1× Arachas venom. See formula catalog.
Enhanced Thunderbolt	Craft: 1× Alcohest, 1× Thunderbolt, 2× Cortinarius, 1× Fool's parsley leaves, 2× Endrega embryo. See formula catalog.
Enhanced White Honey	Craft: 1× Alcohest, 1× White Honey, 2× Honeysuckle, 1× White myrtle petals. See formula catalog.
Enhanced White Raffard's Decoction	Craft: 1× Alcohest, 1× White Raffard's Decoction, 4× Ribleaf, 1× Bryonia, 5× Nekker heart. See formula catalog.
Enhanced beast oil	Craft: 5× Bear fat, 1× Beast oil, 1× Bear hide, 1× Celandine, 1× Puffball, 1× Bison grass. See formula catalog.
Enhanced cursed oil	Craft: 1× Bear fat, 1× Cursed oil, 1× Ekimmara hide, 1× Puffball, 1× Wolfsbane, 1× Balisse fruit, 1× Wolf's liver. See formula catalog.
Enhanced draconid oil	Craft: 1× Bear fat, 1× Draconid oil, 1× Cockatrice stomach, 1× Nekker warrior's liver, 1× Lemmingbrush, 1× Arenaria, 1× Bryonia. See formula catalog.
Enhanced elementa oil	Craft: 1× Bear fat, 1× Elementa oil, 1× Lemmingbrush, 1× Puffball, 1× Allspice, 1× Honeysuckle, 1× Buckthorn. See formula catalog.
Enhanced hybrid oil	Craft: 1× Bear fat, 1× Hybrid oil, 1× Erynia eye, 1× Ginatia petals, 1× White myrtle petals, 1× Hornwort, 1× Bryonia. See formula catalog.
Enhanced insectoid oil	Craft: 1× Bear fat, 1× Insectoid oil, 1× Endrega heart, 1× Puffball, 1× Ranogrin, 1× Hornwort, 1× Honeysuckle. See formula catalog.
Enhanced necrophage oil	Craft: 4× Bear fat, 1× Necrophage oil, 1× Rotfiend blood, 1× Blowball, 1× Arenaria, 1× Pringrape, 1× Cortinarius. See formula catalog.
Enhanced ogroid oil	Craft: 2× Bear fat, 1× Ogroid oil, 1× Cave troll liver, 1× Longrube, 1× Ranogrin, 1× Ginatia petals, 1× Ribleaf. See formula catalog.
Enhanced relict oil	Craft: 1× Bear fat, 1× Relict oil, 1× Water hag tooth, 1× Cave troll liver, 1× Beggartick blossoms, 1× Hop umbels, 1× Green mold. See formula catalog.
Enhanced specter oil	Craft: 1× Bear fat, 1× Specter oil, 1× Essence of wraith, 1× Arenaria, 1× Mistletoe, 1× Wolf's liver. See formula catalog.
Enhanced vampire oil	Craft: 2× Bear fat, 1× Vampire oil, 1× Fifth Essence, 1× Wine Stone, 1× Cortinarius, 1× Wolfsbane, 1× Ribleaf. See formula catalog.
Full Moon	Craft: 1× Dwarven spirit, 2× Wolfsbane, 1× Dark Essence. See formula catalog.
Golden Oriole	Craft: 1× Dwarven spirit, 4× Blowball, 1× Light Essence. See formula catalog.
Grapeshot	Craft: 2× Saltpeter, 2× Calcium equum. See formula catalog.
Greater blue mutagen	Craft: 3× Blue mutagen. See formula catalog.
Greater green mutagen	Craft: 3× Green mutagen. See formula catalog.
Greater red mutagen	Craft: 3× Red mutagen. See formula catalog.
Green mutagen	Craft: 3× Lesser green mutagen. See formula catalog.
Hanged Man's Venom	Craft: 1× Dog tallow, 4× Arenaria. See formula catalog.
Hybrid oil	Craft: 1× Dog tallow, 4× White myrtle petals. See formula catalog.
Hydragenum	Craft: 1× White Gull, 1× Verbena, 1× Ergot seeds, 1× Ranogrin, 1× Green mold, 1× Nostrix. See formula catalog.
Insectoid oil	Craft: 1× Dog tallow, 4× Ranogrin. See formula catalog.
Maribor Forest	Craft: 1× Dwarven spirit, 3× Berbercane fruit, 1× Alghoul bone marrow, 4× Drowner tongue. See formula catalog.
Moon Dust	Craft: 1× Saltpeter, 2× Quicksilver solution. See formula catalog.
Necrophage oil	Craft: 1× Dog tallow, 4× Blowball. See formula catalog.
Nigredo	Craft: 1× White Gull, 1× Crow's eye, 1× Han fiber, 1× Hellebore petals, 1× Hornwort, 1× Balisse fruit. See formula catalog.
Northern Wind	Craft: 1× Saltpeter, 1× Ducal Water, 1× Powdered pearl, 2× Allspice. See formula catalog.
Ogroid oil	Craft: 1× Bear fat, 4× Ginatia petals. See formula catalog.
Petri's Philter	Craft: 1× Dwarven spirit, 5× Arenaria, 1× Specter Dust. See formula catalog.
Quebrith	Craft: 1× White Gull, 1× Verbena, 1× Puffball, 1× Longrube, 1× Nostrix, 1× Pringrape. See formula catalog.
Rebis	Craft: 1× White Gull, 1× Verbena, 1× Ergot seeds, 1× Allspice, 1× Mistletoe, 1× Ranogrin. See formula catalog.
Red mutagen	Craft: 3× Lesser red mutagen. See formula catalog.
Relict oil	Craft: 1× Dog tallow, 5× Mistletoe. See formula catalog.
Rubedo	Craft: 1× White Gull, 1× Crow's eye, 1× Han fiber, 1× Mistletoe, 1× Puffball, 1× Green mold. See formula catalog.
Samum	Craft: 1× Saltpeter, 2× Celandine. See formula catalog.
Specter oil	Craft: 1× Bear fat, 4× Arenaria. See formula catalog.
Swallow	Craft: 1× Dwarven spirit, 5× Celandine, 1× Drowner brain. See formula catalog.
Tawny Owl	Craft: 1× Dwarven spirit, 2× Verbena, 1× Arachas venom. See formula catalog.
Thunderbolt	Craft: 1× Dwarven spirit, 2× Cortinarius, 1× Endrega embryo. See formula catalog.
Vampire oil	Craft: 2× Dog tallow, 4× Ducal Water. See formula catalog.
Vermilion	Craft: 1× White Gull, 1× Verbena, 1× Ergot seeds, 1× Han fiber, 1× Beggartick blossoms, 1× Bryonia. See formula catalog.
Vitriol	Craft: 1× White Gull, 1× Bloodmoss, 1× Allspice, 1× Ranogrin, 1× Hellebore petals, 1× Hornwort. See formula catalog.
White Gull	Craft: 1× Empty bottle, 1× Redanian herbal, 1× Cherry cordial, 1× Mandrake cordial, 1× Arenaria. See formula catalog.
White Honey	Craft: 1× Dwarven spirit, 1× Honeysuckle. See formula catalog.
White Raffard's Decoction	Craft: 1× Dwarven spirit, 2× Ribleaf, 4× Nekker heart. See formula catalog.

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Ingredient directory: One-off quest ingredients

This directory resolves all 209 distinct ingredient names in the recipe catalog. Allow merchants to restock; one listed item does not imply an unlimited stack. Monster parts are eligible carcass drops, not guaranteed from every individual kill.

Exact inventory name	Acquisition / processing
Albino bruxa tongue	Va Fail, Elaine: Yennefer’s quest supplies at Kaer Morhen.
Fiend dung	Mysterious Tracks: collect dung at the investigated fiend track.
Forktail spinal fluid	Va Fail, Elaine: Yennefer’s quest supplies, not a normal forktail mutagen.
Fresh human blood	The Tufo Monster: examine Jean-Luc’s corpse in the cave.
Manticore poison gland	Va Fail, Elaine: Yennefer’s quest supplies; no wild Velen manticore required.
Reinald's Secret Ingredient	In the Eternal Fire’s Shadow: collect Reinald’s note/ingredient in Devil’s Pit mine.

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Named signature weapons: fixed rewards and windows

Patch 4.0 gave the quest Blade from the Bits and Winter’s Blade scaling damage and an additional socket. Do not apply 1.32 values to 4.x. A same-name ordinary loot sword may behave differently. A relic name alone proves neither a unique quest effect nor a fixed location.

Item	Location, action and condition
Blade from the Bits	Hattori, Novigrad: complete Of Swords and Dumplings, wait his forging interval and collect reward. Distinguish quest version from ordinary same-name loot.
Winter’s Blade	Ask Crach at Kaer Trolde for help during Brothers in Arms: Skellige; accept his personal blade.
Hjalmar’s steel sword	King’s Gambit before the feast massacre: accept Hjalmar’s wager, beat the Vildkaarl and speak to Hjalmar.
Fate	King’s Gambit: finish Crach’s initial conversation after the feast fight and accept the silver sword.
Death From Above	King’s Gambit: help Cerys or Hjalmar investigate and resolve the conspiracy; collect Crach’s final crossbow reward.
The Emmentaler	Of Dairy and Darkness: buy Aeramas’ artifacts near St. Gregory’s Bridge, explore his estate east of Oxenfurt; loot final chamber beyond fire barrier.
Teigr	Where the Cat and Wolf Play, Honorton: kill/loot Gaetan, or spare him and follow Take What You Want to his stash east of Oreton.
Tor’haerne – Berengar version	Kaer Morhen: read Berengar’s Notes in outer keep, enter eastern chort cave near lake; bag in southeast alcove. Separate from Wolven-boots chest.
Pang of Conscience	Old Signal Tower south of Kaer Morhen: loot scaffolding skeleton with apology letter. No respawn/money exploit is assumed.
Witcher’s steel sword – E3 2014 variant	From 4.01, buy from the “Top notch swords!” armorer at Novigrad’s Hierarch Square; distinct from Geralt’s starting sword.
Witcher’s silver sword – E3 2014 variant	From 4.01, buy from the same Novigrad armorer; these two shop blades have no scavenger-hunt upgrade tiers.
Superior Dol Blathanna sword	Buy the finished blade from the Scoia’tael merchant in the woodland camp outside Novigrad.

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Free equipment DLCs: all 21 set pieces

Enable the separately installed free DLCs in classic editions; Complete Edition includes them. These are finished purchases, not scavenger-hunt diagrams. Later higher-level shop versions do not form five witcher-school tiers.

Item	Location, action and condition
Temerian armor	Buy from Bram in White Orchard village.
Temerian gauntlets	Buy from Bram in White Orchard village.
Temerian trousers	Buy from Bram in White Orchard village.
Temerian boots	Buy from Bram in White Orchard village.
Temerian saddle	Buy from Bram in White Orchard village.
Temerian horse blinders	Buy from Bram in White Orchard village.
Temerian saddlebags	Buy from Bram in White Orchard village.
Nilfgaardian armor	Buy from quartermaster in Crow’s Perch upper stronghold.
Nilfgaardian gauntlets	Buy from quartermaster in Crow’s Perch upper stronghold.
Nilfgaardian trousers	Buy from quartermaster in Crow’s Perch upper stronghold.
Nilfgaardian boots	Buy from quartermaster in Crow’s Perch upper stronghold.
Nilfgaardian saddle	Buy from quartermaster in Crow’s Perch upper stronghold.
Nilfgaardian horse blinders	Buy from quartermaster in Crow’s Perch upper stronghold.
Nilfgaardian saddlebags	Buy from quartermaster in Crow’s Perch upper stronghold.
Undvik armor	Buy from armorer on Kaer Trolde keep’s terrace beyond the bridge.
Undvik gauntlets	Buy from armorer on Kaer Trolde keep’s terrace beyond the bridge.
Undvik trousers	Buy from armorer on Kaer Trolde keep’s terrace beyond the bridge.
Undvik boots	Buy from armorer on Kaer Trolde keep’s terrace beyond the bridge.
Undvik saddle	Buy from armorer on Kaer Trolde keep’s terrace beyond the bridge.
Undvik horse blinders	Buy from armorer on Kaer Trolde keep’s terrace beyond the bridge.
Undvik saddlebags	Buy from armorer on Kaer Trolde keep’s terrace beyond the bridge.

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Crossbows: starter and every named acquisition route

Several additional level/quality variants are simply named Crossbow and appear in shops/random loot. Identical display names need not mean identical item IDs. The catalog separates all named special routes without inventing a fixed chest for every ordinary random quality roll.

Item	Location, action and condition
Crossbow – Vesemirs Anfangswaffe	The Beast of White Orchard: Vesemir hands it over before griffin fight. Quick-fire at flyers, aim underwater.
Feline crossbow	Flying Stag wreck west of Drahim: diagram, then craft at qualified smith. See Feline basic-tier atlas.
Ursine crossbow	Siren cave south of Svorlag: diagram on rear skeleton, then craft. See Ursine basic-tier atlas.
Nilfgaardian crossbow	Elite Crossbow Set DLC: buy from Crow’s Perch quartermaster.
Skellige crossbow	Elite Crossbow Set DLC: buy from Kaer Trolde citadel blacksmith, distinct from Undvik’s armorer.
Elven crossbow	Elite Crossbow Set DLC: buy from Gildorf merchant, Novigrad.
Death From Above	Crach’s final reward after investigating with Cerys/Hjalmar in King’s Gambit.
Ofieri crossbow	Hearts of Stone, Borsodi vault: pillar-side chest before leaving.
Toussaint crossbow	Blood and Wine: buy from Tourney Grounds blacksmith, among others; Master/Magic variants have distinct stats.
Geralt of Rivia’s crossbow	Blood and Wine: enter as Geralt, win The Warble of a Smitten Knight’s shooting contest.
Ravix of Fourhorn’s crossbow	Alternatively register as Ravix and win that shooting contest.

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Bonus equipment: legacy and new MY REWARDS sets

MR: connect the game to your CD PROJEKT RED account, redeem MY REWARDS and follow Yennefer’s inventory letter to Royal Palace Vizima. Scarlet Crest belongs to Remastered. Cyberpunk ownership unlocks the mask and haircut. A new save may require another login.

Item	Location, action and condition
Thousand Flowers armor	MR: Vizima chest.
Thousand Flowers gauntlets	MR: Vizima chest.
Thousand Flowers trousers	MR: Vizima chest.
Thousand Flowers boots	MR: Vizima chest.
White Tiger of the West armor	MR: Vizima chest.
White Tiger of the West gauntlets	MR: Vizima chest.
White Tiger of the West trousers	MR: Vizima chest.
White Tiger of the West boots	MR: Vizima chest.
Scarlet Crest armor	MR: Vizima chest.
Scarlet Crest gauntlets	MR: Vizima chest.
Scarlet Crest trousers	MR: Vizima chest.
Scarlet Crest boots	MR: Vizima chest.
Sword of a Thousand Flowers	MR: Vizima chest.
White Widow of the Valley of Flowers	MR: Vizima chest.
Nine-Tailed Vixen steel sword	MR: Vizima chest.
Nine-Tailed Vixen silver sword	MR: Vizima chest.
Wolf Mask – Cyberpunk ownership reward	Register both games to the same CD PROJEKT RED account for ownership reward; redeem, then open Vizima chest.
Rabble-rouser hairstyle	Redeem Cyberpunk ownership reward; then select at any barber. Not an armor diagram.

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Remastered 5.x: Reforge and redesigned skill tree

Reforge changes appearance only: visit Yoana for armor or Hattori for weapons after their master-craftsman quests. Inventory equipment or diagrams unlock appearances; Blood and Wine dyes carry over. Equipped-item stats remain intact.

The redesigned tree gives each skill three ranks and requires prerequisite skills. The upgrade resets ability points and rebalances values. Do not treat unchanged 1.32/4.x slot builds as tested 5.x builds.

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Official Remastered gameplay and Reforge changes, 28 September 2026 ↗

Timed campaign: Fire Horse set through 27 October 2026

Campaign 29 September–27 October 2026; Remastered only. Link Twitch/CD PROJEKT RED, watch a Drops-enabled Witcher 3 stream and claim in Twitch Inventory. If linking afterward, do so within seven days of claiming. Follow Yennefer’s in-game letter to Royal Palace Vizima. Simultaneous streams do not speed progress.

Reward	Cumulative eligible watch time
Fire Horse Saddlebags	30 minutes
Fire Horse Mask	60 minutes
Fire Horse Armor	90 minutes

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Official Fire Horse campaign and claiming FAQ ↗

One-off ability item: Magic acorn

Item	Location, action and condition
Magic acorn	Bald Mountain: after defeating Imlerith, return to summit corpse and loot. Eating grants two ability points; giving it to villagers forfeits them.

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Gwent: plan the collection and missable cards

These tables track named card types; duplicate copies and alternate artwork do not create new named types. English card names provide a consistent search alias in both languages. These cards are separate from the standalone online GWENT game.

Collect ’Em All concerns the base-game collection. Expansion cards, generated units such as Hemdall and expired account rewards are separate targets. Historical lists count 195, 199 or 250 copies under different patch and duplicate rules; this guide counter tracks its named targets only.

Ordinary opponents pay a random available pool card on their first defeat. Winning again does not award another first-win card. No specific blacksmith can therefore be promised to hold a particular random card. A Miraculous Guide to Gwent, obtained from its merchant or tutorial, helps identify regions still missing cards.

Save separately before A Matter of Life and Death, A Dangerous Game and High Stakes. Play all three ball matches, choose cards over money from Zoltan and win every High Stakes match. Finish outstanding card chains before the Isle of Mists.

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Gwent cards: Neutral cards

Card name	Acquisition / location	Content
Decoy	Three fixed shop copies: Elsa or later Bram in White Orchard; Crow’s Perch quartermaster; Seven Cats innkeeper.	Base game
Commander’s Horn	Buy: Velen: Crossroads innkeeper. Buy: Novigrad: Serenity at Passiflora. Buy: Oxenfurt: Stjepan at the Alchemy inn.	Base game
Scorch	Buy: Cunny of the Goose innkeeper, south of Novigrad. Buy: Kaer Trolde harbour: Jonas at the New Port inn. Buy: An Skellig: Urialla Harbour innkeeper.	Base game
Cow/Bovine Defense Force	Climb to the barn loft in Brunwich and pick up Cow; the defence-force unit is produced during play.	Hearts of Stone
Mysterious Elf	Beat Gremist at Gedyneith after completing his alchemy apprenticeship.	Base game
Gaunter O’Dimm	Beat Hilbert at Borsodi’s auction; later buy a replacement from the circus trader near Carsten.	Hearts of Stone
Dandelion	Win all three Vegelbud-ball matches during A Matter of Life and Death.	Base game
Gaunter O’Dimm: Darkness	Buy three fixed copies: one from the Ofieri trader at Upper Mill and two from the elven circus trader near Carsten.	Hearts of Stone
Emiel Regis Rohellec Terzieff	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Zoltan Chivay	Beat scholar Aldert Geert in White Orchard; if missed, search beneath Hanged Man’s Tree in Velen.	Base game
Olgierd von Everec	Win a game against Shani at her Oxenfurt clinic.	Hearts of Stone
Vesemir	Gwent win or chain reward: Vivaldi at his Hierarch Square bank.	Base game
Villentretenmerth	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Triss Merigold	Gwent win or chain reward: Lambert at the Nowhere inn or Kaer Morhen.	Base game
Yennefer of Vengerberg	Gwent win or chain reward: Oxenfurt: Stjepan at the Alchemy inn..	Base game
Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon	Big City Players: beat the final Scoia’tael merchant in the woods southwest of Novigrad.	Base game
Geralt of Rivia	Challenge Thaler after rescuing him in A Deadly Plot; later find him at Seven Cats.	Base game
Clear Weather	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before. Already in the starting collection; check the deck editor.	Base game
Torrential Rain	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before. Already in the starting collection; check the deck editor.	Base game
Impenetrable Fog	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before. Already in the starting collection; check the deck editor.	Base game
Biting Frost	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before. Already in the starting collection; check the deck editor.	Base game

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Gwent cards: Northern Realms

Card name	Acquisition / location	Content
Kaedweni Siege Expert	All three copies are already in the starting collection; check the deck editor.	Base game
Redanian Foot Soldier	Already in the starting collection; check the deck editor.	Base game
Poor F--king Infantry	Buy: Midcopse merchant. Buy: Lindenvale merchant. Already in the starting collection; check the deck editor.	Base game
Thaler	Buy: Ard Skellig: Arinbjorn innkeeper.	Base game
Yarpen Zigrin	Already in the starting collection; check the deck editor.	Base game
Blue Stripes Commando	Buy three copies: Elsa or later Bram in White Orchard; Crow’s Perch quartermaster; Midcopse merchant.	Base game
Sheldon Skaggs	Already in the starting collection; check the deck editor.	Base game
Sabrina Glevissig	Already in the starting collection; check the deck editor.	Base game
Sigismund Dijkstra	Gwent win or chain reward: Bloody Baron at Crow’s Perch; search his office after he leaves.	Base game
Dun Banner Medic	Already in the starting collection; check the deck editor.	Base game
Crinfrid Reavers Dragon Hunter	Buy: Claywich: release the trader from the bandit cage east of town; allow him to return. Buy: Midcopse merchant. Buy: White Orchard: Elsa, then Bram outside the village after she leaves.	Base game
Prince Stennis	Already in the starting collection; check the deck editor.	Base game
Síle de Tansarville	Already in the starting collection; check the deck editor.	Base game
Keira Metz	Already in the starting collection; check the deck editor.	Base game
Siegfried of Denesle	Already in the starting collection; check the deck editor.	Base game
Ves	Already in the starting collection; check the deck editor.	Base game
Siege Tower	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Ballista	Already in the starting collection; check the deck editor.	Base game
Trebuchet	Already in the starting collection; check the deck editor.	Base game
Dethmold	Already in the starting collection; check the deck editor.	Base game
Catapult	Buy: Novigrad: Serenity at Passiflora. Alternative: Elven circus trader near Carsten; Hearts of Stone required. Buy: White Orchard: Elsa, then Bram outside the village after she leaves.	Base game
Philippa Eilhart	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Esterad Thyssen	Gwent win or chain reward: Dijkstra at the bathhouse.	Base game
John Natalis	A Dangerous Game: Ravvy at the Golden Sturgeon; take cards instead of money at the end.	Base game
Vernon Roche	Gwent win or chain reward: Haddy in Midcopse.	Base game
Foltest: Son of Medell	Buy: Elven circus trader near Carsten; Hearts of Stone required.	Hearts of Stone
Foltest: The Steel-Forged	High Stakes: defeat Bernard Tulle.	Base game
Foltest: The Siegemaster	Beat the Nilfgaardian nobleman in Vizima palace courtyard.	Base game
Foltest: Lord Commander of the North	Buy: White Orchard: Elsa, then Bram outside the village after she leaves.	Base game
Foltest: King of Temeria	Already in the starting collection; check the deck editor.	Base game

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Gwent cards: Nilfgaard

Card name	Acquisition / location	Content
Impera Brigade Guard	Buy: Seven Cats innkeeper, southeast of Novigrad. Buy: Cunny of the Goose innkeeper, south of Novigrad. Buy: Velen: Crossroads innkeeper. Buy: Crow’s Perch: village trader.	Base game
Puttkammer	Buy: Claywich: release the trader from the bandit cage east of town; allow him to return.	Base game
Rotten Mangonel	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Stefan Skellen	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Heavy Zerrikanian Fire Scorpion	Buy: Lindenvale merchant.	Base game
Black Infantry Archer	Buy: Claywich: release the trader from the bandit cage east of town; allow him to return. Buy: Lindenvale merchant.	Base game
Tibor Eggebracht	Gwent win or chain reward: Novigrad: Olivier at the Kingfisher; search the back room if he died..	Base game
Young Emissary	Buy: Seven Cats innkeeper, southeast of Novigrad. Buy: Cunny of the Goose innkeeper, south of Novigrad.	Base game
Zerrikanian Fire Scorpion	Buy: Crow’s Perch: village trader.	Base game
Renuald aep Matsen	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Siege Engineer	Buy: Velen: Crossroads innkeeper.	Base game
Cahir Mawr Dyffryn aep Ceallach	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Fringilla Vigo	A Dangerous Game: Caesar Bilzen’s secret room; select cards as the final reward.	Base game
Assire var Anahid	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Shilard Fitz-Oesterlen	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Emhyr var Emreis: Invader of the North	Buy: Elven circus trader near Carsten; Hearts of Stone required.	Hearts of Stone
Emhyr var Emreis: The Relentless	High Stakes: defeat Sasha.	Base game
Emhyr var Emreis: The White Flame	Gwent win or chain reward: completion of Skellige Style after Lugos.	Base game
Emhyr var Emreis: Emperor of Nilfgaard	Buy: Velen: Crossroads innkeeper.	Base game
Emhyr var Emreis: His Imperial Majesty	Already in the starting collection; check the deck editor.	Base game
Menno Coehorn	Gwent win or chain reward: Velen: Crossroads innkeeper..	Base game
Vattier de Rideaux	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Morvran Voorhis	Gwent win or chain reward: Serenity at Passiflora.	Base game
Letho of Gulet	Gwent win or chain reward: boatwright in Oreton.	Base game
Albrich	Buy: Crow’s Perch: village trader.	Base game
Cynthia	Buy: Crow’s Perch: upper-bailey quartermaster.	Base game
Morteisen	Buy: Midcopse merchant.	Base game
Rainfarn	Buy: Lindenvale merchant.	Base game
Sweers	Buy: Claywich: release the trader from the bandit cage east of town; allow him to return.	Base game
Vanhemar	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Nausicaa Cavalry Rider	Buy: Crow’s Perch: upper-bailey quartermaster. Buy: Velen: Crossroads innkeeper. Buy: Crow’s Perch: village trader.	Base game
Etolian Auxiliary Archers	Buy: Claywich: release the trader from the bandit cage east of town; allow him to return. Buy: Lindenvale merchant.	Base game
Siege Technician	Buy: Novigrad docks: Golden Sturgeon innkeeper. Alternative: Elven circus trader near Carsten; Hearts of Stone required.	Base game
Vreemde	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game

Sources for this section

Gwent cards: Monsters

Card name	Acquisition / location	Content
Eredin: King of the Wild Hunt	Already in the starting collection; check the deck editor.	Base game
Eredin: Commander of the Red Riders	Buy: Kaer Trolde harbour: Jonas at the New Port inn.	Base game
Eredin: Destroyer of Worlds	Gwent win or chain reward: completion of the Velen Players chain after Haddy.	Base game
Eredin: Bringer of Death	High Stakes: defeat Tybalt in the final tournament match.	Base game
Eredin Bréacc Glas: The Treacherous	Buy: Ofieri trader at Upper Mill, northeast of Novigrad.	Hearts of Stone
Ghoul	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before. Buy: Faroe: Harviken innkeeper.	Base game
Nekker	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before. Buy: Faroe: Harviken innkeeper. Loot Hammond after the fight in Following the Thread.	Base game
Wyvern	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Foglet	Buy: Spikeroog: Svorlag innkeeper.	Base game
Celaeno Harpy	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Gargoyle	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Cockatrice	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Harpy	Buy: Faroe: Harviken innkeeper.	Base game
Endrega	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Vampire: Bruxa	Win the Vegelbud-ball tournament; a Toussaint garden copy does not undo a failed base-game collection quest.	Base game
Vampire: Garkain	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Vampire: Fleder	Buy: Faroe: Harviken innkeeper.	Base game
Vampire: Ekimmara	Buy: Spikeroog: Svorlag innkeeper.	Base game
Arachas	Buy: Spikeroog: Svorlag innkeeper. Buy: An Skellig: Urialla Harbour innkeeper. Buy: Ard Skellig: Arinbjorn innkeeper.	Base game
Botchling	Buy: Kaer Trolde harbour: Jonas at the New Port inn.	Base game
Vampire: Katakan	Gwent win or chain reward: Lugos at Kaer Muire; play before the late main story.	Base game
Grave Hag	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Ice Giant	Buy: Spikeroog: Svorlag innkeeper.	Base game
Frightener	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Werewolf	Buy: An Skellig: Urialla Harbour innkeeper.	Base game
Griffin	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Plague Maiden	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Forktail	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Crone: Whispess	Buy: Ard Skellig: Arinbjorn innkeeper.	Base game
Crone: Weavess	Gwent win or chain reward: old sage in Benek.	Base game
Crone: Brewess	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Arachas Behemoth	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Fire Elemental	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Fiend	Buy: Ard Skellig: Arinbjorn innkeeper.	Base game
Draug	Gwent win or chain reward: Crach an Craite at Kaer Trolde; follow the quest chain.	Base game
Imlerith	Random first-win reward from ordinary opponents; not a guaranteed starter card.	Base game
Leshen	Gwent win or chain reward: Ermion at Gedyneith.	Base game
Toad	Hearts of Stone: defeat Olgierd von Everec at Gwent.	Hearts of Stone
Earth Elemental	Buy: Kaer Trolde harbour: Jonas at the New Port inn.	Base game
Kayran	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game

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Gwent cards: Scoia’tael

Card name	Acquisition / location	Content
Havekar Healer	Buy: Novigrad: Olivier at the Kingfisher; search the back room if he died. Alternative: Elven circus trader near Carsten; Hearts of Stone required. Buy: Cunny of the Goose innkeeper, south of Novigrad. Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Riordain	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Elven Skirmisher	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before. Buy: An Skellig: Urialla Harbour innkeeper.	Base game
Toruviel	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Dwarven Skirmisher	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before. Buy: Oxenfurt: Stjepan at the Alchemy inn.	Base game
Ciaran aep Easnillien	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Dol Blathanna Archer	Buy: Novigrad: Serenity at Passiflora. Alternative: Elven circus trader near Carsten; Hearts of Stone required.	Base game
Vrihedd Brigade Recruit	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Mahakaman Defender	Buy: Novigrad: Olivier at the Kingfisher; search the back room if he died. Alternative: Elven circus trader near Carsten; Hearts of Stone required. Buy: Novigrad docks: Golden Sturgeon innkeeper. Alternative: Elven circus trader near Carsten; Hearts of Stone required. Buy: Novigrad: Serenity at Passiflora. Alternative: Elven circus trader near Carsten; Hearts of Stone required. Buy: Oxenfurt: Stjepan at the Alchemy inn. Buy: Seven Cats innkeeper, southeast of Novigrad.	Base game
Vrihedd Brigade Veteran	Buy: Novigrad: Olivier at the Kingfisher; search the back room if he died. Alternative: Elven circus trader near Carsten; Hearts of Stone required. Buy: Oxenfurt: Stjepan at the Alchemy inn.	Base game
Havekar Smuggler	Buy: Novigrad: Olivier at the Kingfisher; search the back room if he died. Alternative: Elven circus trader near Carsten; Hearts of Stone required. Buy: Seven Cats innkeeper, southeast of Novigrad. Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Dol Blathanna Scout	Buy: Novigrad docks: Golden Sturgeon innkeeper. Alternative: Elven circus trader near Carsten; Hearts of Stone required. Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Barclay Els	Buy: Novigrad docks: Golden Sturgeon innkeeper. Alternative: Elven circus trader near Carsten; Hearts of Stone required.	Base game
Yaevinn	Gwent win or chain reward: Sjusta, the tailor at Kaer Trolde harbour.	Base game
Filavandrel aen Fidhail	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Ida Emean aep Sivney	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Dennis Cranmer	Random pool: first victory against an ordinary opponent you have not beaten before.	Base game
Schirru	Beat the elven circus trader near Carsten.	Hearts of Stone
Milva	Vegelbud ball: complete the tournament before leaving the estate.	Base game
Iorveth	Complete Shock Therapy near Gedyneith and report back to its druid.	Base game
Isengrim Faoiltiarna	A Dangerous Game: Zed’s house; choose the cards when settling with Zoltan.	Base game
Saesenthessis	Gwent win or chain reward: Vernon Roche at the Temerian partisan hideout.	Base game
Eithné	Gwent win or chain reward: Zoltan at the Rosemary and Thyme.	Base game
Francesca Findabair: Hope of the Aen Seidhe	Buy: Ofieri trader at Upper Mill, northeast of Novigrad.	Hearts of Stone
Francesca Findabair: Queen of Dol Blathanna	High Stakes: defeat Finneas and survive the fight afterwards.	Base game
Francesca Findabair: The Beautiful	Gwent win or chain reward: completion of Big City Players at the forest merchant.	Base game
Francesca Findabair: Daisy of the Valley	Buy: Cunny of the Goose innkeeper, south of Novigrad.	Base game
Francesca Findabair: Pureblood Elf	Already in the starting collection; check the deck editor.	Base game

Sources for this section

Count Monnier’s Skellige starter deck

After the first Gwent game in Toussaint, follow the quest marker to Count Monnier at the Pheasantry. He supplies the starting collection and marks the remaining opponents. These names belong to that collection; extra copies come from the collection and marked wins. Kambi/Hemdall and Berserker transformations are grouped as linked card mechanics.

Berserker/Vildkaarl
Birna Bran
Blueboy Lugos
Clan An Craite Warrior
Clan Brokvar Archer
Clan Drummond Shield Maiden
Clan Heymaey Skald
Clan Tordarroch Armorsmith
Crach an Craite
Donar an Hindar
Hjalmar
Holger Blackhand
Light Longship
Madman Lugos
Mardroeme
Svanrige
Udalryk
War Longship
Young Berserker/Young Vildkaarl

Sources for this section

Gamepressure – Skellige deck and all nineteen named opponents ↗

Skellige deck: all nineteen named opponents

Tick each opponent after the first victory; these cards have fixed opponents.

Card	Opponent and location
Clan Drummond Shield Maiden	Cockatrice Inn: innkeeper
Clan Brokvar Archer	Castel Ravello vineyard: herbalist
Cerys	Flovive: Barrel and Bung innkeeper
Clan Drummond Shield Maiden	Francollarts: quartermaster/armorer
Ermion	Francollarts: innkeeper
Skellige Storm	Tourney grounds: barber
War Longship	Tourney grounds: innkeeper
Young Berserker/Young Vildkaarl	Tourney grounds: blacksmith
Skellige Storm	Tourney grounds: quartermaster
Mardroeme	Beauclair, San Sebastian: brothel madam
Skellige Storm	Beauclair, San Sebastian: butcher
Light Longship	Beauclair: market-square merchant
Olaf	Beauclair, east of market: Adder and Jewels innkeeper
Mardroeme	Beauclair, east of market: herbalist
Clan Dimun Pirate	Beauclair, east of market: Dupont & Sons trader
Kambi/Hemdall	Beauclair, central market: armorer
Draig Bon-Dhu	Beauclair, west of market: Pheasantry innkeeper
King Bran	Beauclair, west of market: ducal camerlengo; also the tournament route
Young Berserker/Young Vildkaarl	Beauclair, west of market: tailor Pierre

Sources for this section

Gamepressure – Skellige deck and all nineteen named opponents ↗

Roach: expired account reward

The mobile GWENT promotion ended on 31 December 2023. Players who redeemed it in time can retrieve the Roach card in Vizima palace using the same account. It is not a guaranteed ordinary pickup for a newly created account today, so it is excluded from mandatory collection ticks.

Sources for this section

CD PROJEKT RED – My Rewards and expired mobile GWENT promotion ↗

Gwent: a travel route for the random pool

Use these regional first-win opponents alongside the fixed card quests. Buy all offered cards first, then select the Gwent dialogue. Once the pool is exhausted, ordinary victories pay normal rewards only; further pool wins are unnecessary.

Region	Opponent route
Velen	Blackbough: blacksmith and merchant; Crow’s Perch: Fergus and Yoana; Lindenvale: blacksmith.
Oxenfurt	Mulbrydale: blacksmith. Oxenfurt: blacksmith, armorer, merchant and herbalist; Stjepan additionally has a fixed quest prize.
Novigrad – Norden / Tore	Electors’ Square: priest; Oxenfurt Gate: alchemist; north of Hierarch Square: blacksmith; Glory Gate: merchant.
Novigrad – Markt / Hafen	Hierarch Square: bookseller; fish market: blacksmith and fish seller; across the canal to the south: dwarven herbalist; Crippled Kate’s: madam; Elihal in the southeast quarter.
An Skellig	Urialla Harbour: blacksmith, armorer and innkeeper. Also buy the innkeeper’s cards.
Hindarsfjall	Larvik: blacksmith, armorer, innkeeper and merchant by the inn.
Faroe / Spikeroog	Harviken: blacksmith and innkeeper; Svorlag: northern blacksmith, waterfront merchant and innkeeper. Buy the innkeepers’ monster cards too.
Ard Skellig – Norden	Kaer Trolde: blacksmith, armorer, herbalist and Jonas at the New Port. Blandare: merchant. Fixed Skellige Style opponents are separate prizes.
Ard Skellig – Süden	Arinbjorn: blacksmith and innkeeper; Fayrlund: blacksmith and merchant; Fyresdal: blacksmith and merchant; Kaer Muire: blacksmith and armorer; Holmstein’s Port: merchant. Visit before the late Kaer Muire story.

Sources for this section

GIGA – regional Gwent sellers and players ↗

Regional location maps: chests, herbs and question marks

These external maps supplement the named quest and equipment tables with ordinary containers, herbs and unnamed world markers. Open the region, then enable the relevant category. The circuits below are a planning suggestion; access depends on quest state, edition and terrain.

A map marker does not guarantee a particular random chest item. Marker counts can include multiple objectives in one quest and repeated materials, so they do not measure story completion. External sites use their own features and progress storage.

Region	Search and travel plan
White Orchard ↗	Woesong Bridge → Sawmill → garrison. Collect Places of Power and witcher diagrams before leaving.
Velen & Novigrad ↗	Group quests and gear by area; use the Containers filter for ordinary loot containers.
Skellige ↗	Plan island by island; combine offshore smugglers’ caches with boat journeys. Chest contents can vary.
Kaer Morhen ↗	Once the valley is unlocked, explore the keep, Bastion, mines and caves; check the relevant Wolf-school tier.
Isle of Mists ↗	Save separately before sailing. Story-locked locations are not freely repeatable loot routes.
Toussaint ↗	Use separate circuits for Beauclair, vineyards and outer ruins; combine grandmaster crafting with quests.

Sources for this section

Unlocks & rewards

Kaer Morhen

Reach the main quest Ugly Baby.

Meisterschwerter / Meisterrüstung

Complete Hattori’s and Yoana’s respective crafting quests.

New Game+

Finish the main story and select a suitable completed save for a new run.

A separate restart; NG+ runs cannot simply be stacked indefinitely.

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Your checklist

Ticks are saved on this device for each game and carry over when you change language. The counter measures guide tasks and does not alter your game save.

Search the tasksUnfinished tasks only

Sources & editorial date

Independently written game guidance. The following sources support quest routes, mechanics and edition notes. Editorial date: 22 October 2026.

Hauptquestverzeichnis ↗witcher.fandom.com
Nebenquestverzeichnis ↗witcher-games.fandom.com
Weißgartenkarte ↗guides4gamers.com
Triss – Now or Never ↗witcher.fandom.com
Entscheidungen ↗witcher.fandom.com
Enden ↗www.pcgamer.com
Romanzenüberblick ↗www.pushsquare.com
Jutta / Iron Maiden ↗witcher.fandom.com
Sasha / High Stakes ↗witcher.fandom.com
Keira-Auftragskette ↗www.gamerguides.com
Greifenschemata ↗www.gamebanshee.com
Katzenschemata ↗primagames.com
Bärenschemata ↗witcher.stream
Wolf School all tiers and map vendors ↗www.gamebanshee.com
Vergessener Wolf / Reinald ↗witcher.fandom.com
Potion component catalog ↗vulkk.com
White Gull – Händlerdaten ↗witcher3.th.gl
Gwent-Sammelauftrag ↗witcher.fandom.com
Remastered-Veröffentlichung (29.09.2026) ↗www.cdprojekt.com
Songs of the Past / Plattformen ↗www.cdprojekt.com
16 kostenlose DLCs ↗www.thewitcher.com
Gratis-DLC-Pakete und Einstieg ↗www.gamestar.de
Shanis Variante ↗witcher.fandom.com
Greifen-Karten und Upgrade-Teile ↗witcher.stream
Katzen-Kartenhändler ↗guides4gamers.com
Ibrahim Savis vier Karten ↗primagames.com
Hieronymus-Notizen und sechs Upgrades ↗guides4gamers.com
Vergessene Wolfsschule ↗witcher.fandom.com
Contract: Devil by the Well ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: Shrieker ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: Jenny o’ the Woods ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: The Merry Widow ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: Missing Brother ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: Patrol Gone Missing ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: Mysterious Tracks ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: Swamp Thing ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: The Mystery of the Byways Murders ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: Phantom of the Trade Route ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: Woodland Beast ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: The Griffin from the Highlands ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: Lord of the Wood ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: The White Lady ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: The Oxenfurt Drunk ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: The Creature from Oxenfurt Forest ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: The Apiarian Phantom ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: Doors Slamming Shut ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: An Elusive Thief ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: Deadly Delights ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: Muire D’yaeblen ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: The Phantom of Eldberg ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: Missing Son ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: Dragon ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: Strange Beast ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: Here Comes the Groom ↗guides4gamers.com
In the Heart of the Woods ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: Missing Miners ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: Skellige’s Most Wanted ↗guides4gamers.com
Contract: The Beast of Honorton ↗guides4gamers.com
Missing in Action ↗guides4gamers.com
Twisted Firestarter ↗guides4gamers.com
A Frying Pan, Spick and Span ↗guides4gamers.com
On Death’s Bed ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Precious Cargo ↗guides4gamers.com
Faithful Friend ↗guides4gamers.com
Ciri’s Room ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Magic Lamp ↗guides4gamers.com
An Invitation from Keira Metz ↗guides4gamers.com
A Towerful of Mice ↗guides4gamers.com
A Favor for a Friend ↗guides4gamers.com
For the Advancement of Learning ↗guides4gamers.com
Forefathers’ Eve ↗guides4gamers.com
The Whispering Hillock ↗guides4gamers.com
Return to Crookback Bog ↗guides4gamers.com
A Final Kindness ↗guides4gamers.com
Wild at Heart ↗guides4gamers.com
The Fall of the House of Reardon ↗guides4gamers.com
Ghosts of the Past ↗guides4gamers.com
Funeral Pyres ↗guides4gamers.com
Thou Shalt Not Pass ↗guides4gamers.com
Fake Papers ↗guides4gamers.com
Bitter Harvest ↗guides4gamers.com
Defender of the Faith ↗guides4gamers.com
Last Rites ↗guides4gamers.com
A Greedy God ↗guides4gamers.com
A Dog’s Life ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
The Truth is in the Stars ↗guides4gamers.com
Of Dairy and Darkness ↗guides4gamers.com
Love’s Cruel Snares ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Blood Ties ↗guides4gamers.com
Hazardous Goods ↗guides4gamers.com
Spooked Mare ↗guides4gamers.com
Empty Coop ↗guides4gamers.com
Witcher Wannabe ↗guides4gamers.com
Fools’ Gold ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Where the Cat and Wolf Play… ↗guides4gamers.com
Take What You Want ↗guides4gamers.com
The Gangs of Novigrad ↗guides4gamers.com
Honor Among Thieves ↗guides4gamers.com
A Matter of Life and Death ↗guides4gamers.com
Now or Never ↗guides4gamers.com
A Deadly Plot ↗guides4gamers.com
An Eye for an Eye ↗guides4gamers.com
Redania’s Most Wanted ↗guides4gamers.com
Reason of State ↗guides4gamers.com
Cabaret ↗guides4gamers.com
Carnal Sins ↗guides4gamers.com
A Dangerous Game ↗guides4gamers.com
Following the Thread ↗guides4gamers.com
Black Pearl ↗guides4gamers.com
Of Swords and Dumplings ↗guides4gamers.com
Fencing Lessons ↗guides4gamers.com
The Nobleman Statuette ↗witcher.fandom.com
The Soldier Statuette ↗www.gamebanshee.com
Message from an Old Friend ↗guides4gamers.com
Haunted House ↗guides4gamers.com
A Tome Entombed ↗guides4gamers.com
Little Red ↗guides4gamers.com
Warehouse of Woe ↗guides4gamers.com
Novigrad, Closed City ↗guides4gamers.com
Novigrad, Closed City II ↗guides4gamers.com
Novigrad Hospitality ↗guides4gamers.com
Hey, You Wanna Look at my Stuff? ↗guides4gamers.com
Hidden Messages of the Nilfgaardian Kind ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
The Dwarven Document Dilemma ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Out On Your Arse! ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
The Flame of Hatred ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
A Feast for Crows ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
The Taxman Cometh ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Possession ↗guides4gamers.com
The Lord of Undvik ↗guides4gamers.com
King’s Gambit ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Coronation ↗guides4gamers.com
Stranger in a Strange Land ↗guides4gamers.com
The Cave of Dreams ↗guides4gamers.com
An Unpaid Debt ↗guides4gamers.com
The Last Wish ↗guides4gamers.com
The Nithing ↗guides4gamers.com
In Wolf’s Clothing ↗guides4gamers.com
The Family Blade ↗guides4gamers.com
A Hallowed Horn ↗guides4gamers.com
The Price of Honor ↗guides4gamers.com
Iron Maiden ↗guides4gamers.com
Flesh for Sale ↗guides4gamers.com
Finders Keepers ↗guides4gamers.com
Free Spirit ↗guides4gamers.com
The Tower Outta Nowheres ↗guides4gamers.com
Master of the Arena ↗guides4gamers.com
Practicum in Advanced Alchemy ↗guides4gamers.com
Shock Therapy ↗guides4gamers.com
The Sad Tale of the Grossbart Brothers ↗guides4gamers.com
The Path of Warriors ↗guides4gamers.com
For Fame and Glory ↗guides4gamers.com
Armed Assault ↗guides4gamers.com
Worthy of Trust ↗guides4gamers.com
The Bastion ↗guides4gamers.com
Monster Slayer ↗guides4gamers.com
Greenhouse Effect ↗guides4gamers.com
The Witchers’ Forge ↗guides4gamers.com
Berengar’s Blade ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Master Armorers ↗guides4gamers.com
Lynch Mob ↗guides4gamers.com
At the Mercy of Strangers ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Caravan Attack ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Deadly Crossing ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Death by Fire ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Harassing a Troll ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Highway Robbery ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Highwayman’s Cache ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Looters ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Man’s Best Friend ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Face Me If You Dare! ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
The Volunteer ↗guides4gamers.com
A Barnful of Trouble ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
A Walk on the Waterfront ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Drunken Rabble ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Karmic Justice ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Racists of Novigrad ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Rough Neighborhood ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Strangers in the Night ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Strumpet in Distress ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Suspicious Shakedown ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Witch Hunter Raids ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Never Trust Children — Novigrad ↗witcher.fandom.com
A Bard’s Beloved ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Abandoned Sawmill ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Brave Fools Die Young ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Crime and Punishment ↗witcher-games.fandom.com
Hard Times ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Peace Disturbed ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Taken as a Lass ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
The Four Faces of Hemdall ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Woe Is Me ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
The Trail of Echoes ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Collect ’Em All ↗guides4gamers.com
Gwent: Playing Innkeeps ↗guides4gamers.com
Gwent: Velen Players ↗guides4gamers.com
Gwent: Big City Players ↗guides4gamers.com
Gwent: Old Pals ↗guides4gamers.com
Gwent: Playing Thaler ↗guides4gamers.com
Gwent: Skellige Style ↗guides4gamers.com
High Stakes ↗guides4gamers.com
Races: Crow’s Perch ↗guides4gamers.com
Race: The Great Erasmus Vegelbud Memorial Derby ↗guides4gamers.com
The Heroes’ Pursuits: Fayrlund ↗guides4gamers.com
The Heroes’ Pursuits: Kaer Trolde ↗guides4gamers.com
The Heroes’ Pursuits: Fyresdal ↗guides4gamers.com
The Heroes’ Pursuits: For the Goddess’ Glory! ↗guides4gamers.com
Fists of Fury: Velen ↗guides4gamers.com
Fists of Fury: Novigrad ↗guides4gamers.com
Fists of Fury: Skellige ↗guides4gamers.com
Fists of Fury: Champion of Champions ↗guides4gamers.com
Kaer Morhen ↗guides4gamers.com
Lilac and Gooseberries ↗guides4gamers.com
The Beast of White Orchard ↗guides4gamers.com
The Incident at White Orchard ↗guides4gamers.com
Imperial Audience ↗guides4gamers.com
In Ciri’s Footsteps ↗guides4gamers.com
The Nilfgaardian Connection ↗guides4gamers.com
Bloody Baron ↗guides4gamers.com
Ciri’s Story: The King of the Wolves ↗guides4gamers.com
Family Matters ↗guides4gamers.com
A Princess in Distress ↗guides4gamers.com
Ciri’s Story: The Race ↗guides4gamers.com
Hunting a Witch ↗guides4gamers.com
Wandering in the Dark ↗guides4gamers.com
Ladies of the Wood ↗guides4gamers.com
Ciri’s Story: Fleeing the Bog ↗guides4gamers.com
Ciri’s Story: Out of the Shadows ↗guides4gamers.com
Pyres of Novigrad ↗guides4gamers.com
Novigrad Dreaming ↗guides4gamers.com
Broken Flowers ↗guides4gamers.com
Get Junior ↗guides4gamers.com
Count Reuven’s Treasure ↗guides4gamers.com
Ciri’s Story: Visiting Junior ↗guides4gamers.com
A Favor for Radovid ↗guides4gamers.com
The Play’s the Thing ↗guides4gamers.com
A Poet Under Pressure ↗guides4gamers.com
Ciri’s Story: Breakneck Speed ↗guides4gamers.com
Destination: Skellige ↗guides4gamers.com
The King Is Dead — Long Live the King ↗guides4gamers.com
Echoes of the Past ↗guides4gamers.com
Missing Persons ↗guides4gamers.com
Nameless ↗guides4gamers.com
The Calm Before the Storm ↗guides4gamers.com
A Mysterious Passenger ↗guides4gamers.com
Ugly Baby ↗guides4gamers.com
Disturbance ↗guides4gamers.com
The Final Trial ↗guides4gamers.com
To Bait a Forktail… ↗guides4gamers.com
No Place Like Home ↗guides4gamers.com
Va Fail, Elaine ↗guides4gamers.com
Brothers in Arms: Velen ↗guides4gamers.com
Brothers in Arms: Novigrad ↗guides4gamers.com
Brothers in Arms: Skellige ↗guides4gamers.com
Brothers in Arms: Nilfgaard ↗guides4gamers.com
The Isle of Mists ↗guides4gamers.com
The Battle of Kaer Morhen ↗guides4gamers.com
Blood on the Battlefield ↗guides4gamers.com
Bald Mountain ↗guides4gamers.com
Final Preparations ↗guides4gamers.com
Through Time and Space ↗guides4gamers.com
Blindingly Obvious ↗guides4gamers.com
Payback ↗guides4gamers.com
The Great Escape ↗guides4gamers.com
It Takes Three to Tango ↗guides4gamers.com
Battle Preparations ↗guides4gamers.com
The Sunstone ↗guides4gamers.com
Veni Vidi Vigo ↗guides4gamers.com
Child of the Elder Blood ↗guides4gamers.com
Skjall’s Grave ↗guides4gamers.com
On Thin Ice ↗guides4gamers.com
Tedd Deireadh, the Final Age ↗guides4gamers.com
Something Ends, Something Begins ↗guides4gamers.com
In the Eternal Fire’s Shadow ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
From a Land Far, Far Away ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Dirty Funds ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Deserter Gold ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Temerian Valuables ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
A Costly Mistake ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
A Plea Ignored ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
An Unfortunate Turn of Events ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Battlefield Loot ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Blood Gold ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Don’t Play with the Gods ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Dowry ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Hidden from the World ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Lost Goods ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Queen Zuleyka’s Treasure ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Sunken Chest ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Sunken Treasure ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
The Dead Have No Defense ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
The Things Men Do for Coin… ↗www.gamebanshee.com
Tough Luck ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Coast of Wrecks ↗witcher.fandom.com
Family Fortune ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Freya Be Praised! ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Hidden in the Depths ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Inheritance ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Ironsides’ Treasure ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Nilfgaardian Treasure ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Not Only Eagles Dare ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Pearls of the Coast ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Precious Haul ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Ruins, Hidden Treasure, You Know… ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Shortcut ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Unlucky’s Treasure ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
X Marks the Spot ↗witcher.fandom.com
A Warm Welcome ↗witcher.fandom.com
The Most Truest of Basilisks ↗witcher.fandom.com
The Price of Passage ↗witcher.fandom.com
Call of the Wild ↗witcher.fandom.com
Farting Trolls ↗witcher.fandom.com
Siren’s Call ↗witchersaga.com
Yustianna Disturbed ↗witcher.fandom.com
Cut content: Dead Mans Chest ↗www.witcher.tools
Elsa and Bram shared card stock ↗witcher.fandom.com
Prima Complete Edition: documented merchant inventories ↗primagames.com
Gremist inventory and ingredient stock ↗witcher3.th.gl
Cut Nekker pheromones: availability distinction ↗witcher.fandom.com
Items: cut Ursine pheromones ↗thewitcher3.wiki.fextralife.com
Manuscript page: Black Blood ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Blizzard ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Cat ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Drowner pheromones ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced Black Blood ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced Blizzard ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced Cat ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced Full Moon ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced Golden Oriole ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced Maribor Forest ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced Petri's Philter ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced Swallow ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced Tawny Owl ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced Thunderbolt ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced White Honey ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced White Raffard's Decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Full Moon ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Golden Oriole ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Killer Whale ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Maribor Forest ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Petri's Philter ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior Black Blood ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior Blizzard ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior Cat ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior Full Moon ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior Golden Oriole ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior Maribor Forest ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior Petri's Philter ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior Swallow ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior Tawny Owl ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior Thunderbolt ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior White Honey ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior White Raffard's Decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Swallow ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Tawny Owl ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Thunderbolt ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: White Honey ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: White Raffard's Decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Reinald's Philter ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Beast oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Cursed oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Draconid oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Elementa oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced Hanged Man's Venom ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced beast oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced cursed oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced draconid oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced elementa oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced hybrid oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced insectoid oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced necrophage oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced ogroid oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced relict oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced specter oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced vampire oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Hanged Man's Venom ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Hybrid oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Insectoid oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Necrophage oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Ogroid oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Relict oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Specter oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior Hanged Man's Venom ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior beast oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior cursed oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior draconid oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior elementa oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior hybrid oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior insectoid oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior necrophage oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior ogroid oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior relict oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior specter oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior vampire oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Vampire oil ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Dancing Star ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Devil's Puffball ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Dimeritium bomb ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Dragon's Dream ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced Dancing Star ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced Devil's Puffball ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced Dragon's Dream ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced Grapeshot ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced Moon Dust ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced Northern Wind ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced Samum ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Enhanced dimeritium bomb ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Grapeshot ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Moon Dust ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Northern Wind ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Samum ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior Dancing Star ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior Devil's Puffball ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior Dragon's Dream ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior Grapeshot ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior Moon Dust ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior Northern Wind ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior Samum ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Superior dimeritium bomb ↗nukesdragons.com
Formula: Aether ↗nukesdragons.com
Formula: Hydragenum ↗nukesdragons.com
Formula: Nigredo ↗nukesdragons.com
Formula: Quebrith ↗nukesdragons.com
Formula: Rebis ↗nukesdragons.com
Formula: Rubedo ↗nukesdragons.com
Formula: Vermilion ↗nukesdragons.com
Formula: Vitriol ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Albedo ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Alcohest ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Dwarven spirit ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: White Gull ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Bear pheromones ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Nekker pheromones ↗nukesdragons.com
Cut Nekker formula ↗witcher.fandom.com
Torn-out page: Alghoul decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Torn-out page: Ancient leshen decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Torn-out page: Arachas decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Torn-out page: Archgriffin decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Torn-out page: Basilisk decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Torn-out page: Chort decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Torn-out page: Cockatrice decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Torn-out page: Doppler decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Torn-out page: Earth elemental decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Torn-out page: Ekhidna decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Torn-out page: Ekimmara decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Torn-out page: Fiend decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Torn-out page: Foglet decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Torn-out page: Forktail decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Torn-out page: Grave hag decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Torn-out page: Griffin decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Torn-out page: Katakan decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Torn-out page: Leshen decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Torn-out page: Nekker warrior decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Torn-out page: Nightwraith decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Torn-out page: Noonwraith decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Torn-out page: Reliever's decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Torn-out page: Succubus decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Torn-out page: Troll decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Torn-out page: Water hag decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Torn-out page: Werewolf decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Torn-out page: Wraith decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Torn-out page: Wyvern decoction ↗nukesdragons.com
Decoction effects and monster routes ↗vulkk.com
Decoction acquisition and randomized manuscripts ↗www.neoseeker.com
Formula: The Decoctions of the Grasses ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Chort lure ↗nukesdragons.com
Manuscript page: Pops' mold antidote ↗nukesdragons.com
Va Fail, Elaine ↗www.gamebanshee.com
Count Reuven’s Treasure ↗www.gamebanshee.com
Witcher Seasonings ↗www.witcher.tools
Tufo contract ↗primagames.com
Potion of Clearance merchants ↗xgamerss.com
Patch 1.08 compensation potion ↗gameinformer.com
Master crafting ↗www.gamebanshee.com
Hattori master crafting ↗www.gamebanshee.com
Basic Griffin diagram routes ↗vulkk.com
Enhanced Griffin diagram routes ↗vulkk.com
Superior Griffin diagram routes ↗vulkk.com
Mastercrafted Griffin diagram routes ↗vulkk.com
Basic Feline diagram routes ↗witcherhour.com
Enhanced Feline diagram routes ↗vulkk.com
Superior Feline diagram routes ↗vulkk.com
Mastercrafted Feline diagram routes ↗vulkk.com
Basic Ursine diagram routes ↗vulkk.com
Ursine routes cross-check ↗witcherhour.com
Enhanced Ursine diagram routes ↗vulkk.com
Superior Ursine diagram routes ↗vulkk.com
Mastercrafted Ursine diagram routes ↗vulkk.com
Basic Wolven diagram routes ↗vulkk.com
Enhanced Wolven diagram routes ↗vulkk.com
Superior Wolven diagram routes ↗vulkk.com
Mastercrafted Wolven diagram routes ↗vulkk.com
Basic Forgotten Wolven diagram routes ↗wiki.eso-ui.com
Forgotten Wolf quest rewards ↗www.witcher.tools
Basic Viper diagram routes ↗vulkk.com
Manticore set ↗vulkk.com
Forgotten Wolf three tiers ↗witcher.stream
Complete socket-upgrade families ↗nukesdragons.com
Allspice ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Arenaria ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Balisse fruit ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Beggartick blossoms ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Berbercane fruit ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Bloodmoss ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Blowball ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Bryonia ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Celandine ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Cortinarius ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Crow's eye ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Ergot seeds ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Fool's parsley leaves ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Ginatia petals ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Green mold ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Han fiber ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Hellebore petals ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Honeysuckle ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Hop umbels ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Hornwort ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Lemmingbrush ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Longrube ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Mandrake root ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Mistletoe ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Nostrix ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Pringrape ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Puffball ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Ranogrin ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Ribleaf ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Sewant mushrooms ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Verbena ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
White myrtle petals ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Wolfsbane ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Seven Cats Inn alcohol stock ↗www.witcher.tools
Alchemists' powder ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Alchemy paste ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Bear fat ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Calcium equum ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Ducal Water ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Fifth Essence ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Optima mater ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Phosphorus ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Powdered pearl ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Quicksilver solution ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Saltpeter ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Stammelford's Dust ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Sulfur ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
Wine Stone ingredient record ↗witcher3.th.gl
King’s Gambit weapon rewards ↗www.witcher.tools
Winter’s Blade ↗witcher.fandom.com
Emmentaler quest ↗witcher.fandom.com
Teigr ↗witcher.fandom.com
Tor’haerne bag and separate boots chest ↗www.gamebanshee.com
Pang of Conscience ↗witcher.fandom.com
E3 sword pair, 4.01 ↗www.pushsquare.com
Scoia’tael vendor sword ↗witcher-games.fandom.com
Temerian DLC set merchant ↗witcher-games.fandom.com
Nilfgaardian DLC set merchant ↗witcher.fandom.com
Undvik merchant and pieces ↗www.gosunoob.com
Official guide: additional equipment ↗primagames.com
Elite DLC crossbow sellers ↗witcher.fandom.com
Ofieri vault crossbow ↗www.gry-online.pl
Toussaint crossbow merchant ↗www.witcher.tools
Tournament crossbow alternatives ↗www.gamerguides.com
Official MY REWARDS and Cyberpunk ownership bonuses ↗www.thewitcher.com
Legacy reward chest and named swords ↗progameguides.com
Official Remastered gameplay and Reforge changes, 28 September 2026 ↗www.thewitcher.com
Official Fire Horse campaign and claiming FAQ ↗www.thewitcher.com
Magic acorn consumption ↗witcher.fandom.com
Bald Mountain acorn route ↗www.gamerguides.com
Gwent Cards – card and acquisition checklist, with historical duplicate caveats ↗gwentcards.com
Gwent Checklist – named card acquisition index ↗gwentchecklist.com
Gamepressure – Skellige deck and all nineteen named opponents ↗www.gamepressure.com
GIGA – regional Gwent sellers and players ↗www.giga.de
CD PROJEKT RED – My Rewards and expired mobile GWENT promotion ↗www.thewitcher.com
Gamer Guides – White Orchard interactive location map ↗www.gamerguides.com
Gamer Guides – Velen & Novigrad interactive location map ↗www.gamerguides.com
Gamer Guides – Skellige interactive location map ↗www.gamerguides.com
Gamer Guides – Kaer Morhen interactive location map ↗www.gamerguides.com
Gamer Guides – Isle of Mists interactive location map ↗www.gamerguides.com
Gamer Guides – Toussaint interactive location map ↗www.gamerguides.com

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Editions & platforms

A reliable start and a useful play order

Prologue and White Orchard

Kaer Morhen / Lilac and Gooseberries

The Beast of White Orchard

Before the inn finale

Imperial Audience

Velen: the Baron, Keira and the Crones

The Nilfgaardian Connection → Bloody Baron

Family Matters / A Princess in Distress

Hunting a Witch → Wandering in the Dark

Ladies of the Wood / The Whispering Hillock

Return to Crookback Bog

Novigrad: finding Dandelion

Pyres of Novigrad → Novigrad Dreaming

Broken Flowers / Get Junior / Count Reuven’s Treasure

The Play’s the Thing → A Poet Under Pressure

Triss / Zoltan / political side chain

Skellige: Yen, clan politics and the final lead

Destination: Skellige

The King Is Dead — Long Live the King

Echoes of the Past / Missing Persons / Nameless

The Last Wish

Possession / The Lord of Undvik / King’s Gambit

Kaer Morhen and the finale: return points

Ugly Baby → The Isle of Mists

Battle of Kaer Morhen → Blood on the Battlefield

Bald Mountain → Final Preparations

Battle Preparations → On Thin Ice → Tedd Deireadh

Ciri’s ending and the political outcome

Triss and Yennefer: the commitment decisions

Other romances and encounter locations

Important side chains by region

Witcher schools: routes to basic diagrams

Upgrades, craftsmen and gear tiers

Every regular witcher-school tier: map sellers and follow-up hunts

Potions, oils, bombs and finding formulae

Swords, chests and maps: useful individual targets

Editions, expansions and confirmed news

All 16 original free DLCs: what they contain

Witcher contracts: White Orchard and Velen

Witcher contracts: Novigrad and Oxenfurt

Witcher contracts: Skellige and the free DLC quests

White Orchard: side quests before departure

Velen: Keira, the Baron and major consequences

Velen: villages, missing people and local jobs

Novigrad: complete the companion, romance and political chains

Novigrad: houses, secrets and street jobs

Skellige: crown, prison and Yennefer

Skellige: major island side quests

Kaer Morhen and cross-region crafting quests

Velen: unmarked encounters and ambushes

Novigrad: street events without a notice-board start

Skellige and Kaer Morhen: small encounters

Gwent: collection and tournament quest chains

Gwent: cards that cannot wait until after the finale

Every regional race and fistfighting championship

Main quest detail: prologue and Velen

Main quest detail: Novigrad

Main quest detail: Skellige, Uma and allies

Main quest detail: battle, preparations and ending

Additional quests: Reinald and the foreign castaway

White Orchard: all three general treasure hunts

Velen and Novigrad: general treasure quests

Skellige: all 13 general treasure hunts

Further unmarked encounters: Oxenfurt and Skellige

How to complete the quest list sensibly

Alchemy catalog: editions, shopping and random loot

Potions: every standard tier and special brews

Oils: all twelve families and three tiers

Bombs: all eight families and three tiers

Alchemical substances: all nine recipes

Alcohol bases: Dwarven spirit, Alcohest and White Gull

Data-only archive: Bear and Nekker pheromones

Decoctions: all 28 recipes and targeted mutagen routes

Quest alchemy: genuine formulas and one-off ingredients

Purchased special potions: separate from standard recipes

Diagram atlas: crafting, order and editions

Basic Griffin: every diagram

Enhanced Griffin: every diagram