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Editions & platforms
| Edition | Platform | Differences & notes |
|---|---|---|
| Premium Adventure / Enhanced Edition | PC | Start as an Additional Adventure. A standalone short story with its own jobs; not the Hearts of Stone auction. |
Glover: 2,000-orens debt plus 1,000 interest or combat
A Debt
Visit Glover first. He initially demands 2,000 orens, then adds 1,000 interest on your return. Keep 3,000 total for the ordinary peaceful payment route.
Income sources
Use the eight completable quests, poker, fistfights and trading. A Sponsor and Herbs for a Deity are trading notices; boards do not start ordinary monster contracts.
Conclusion
Finish optional goals first. Then pay 3,000 total or refuse and fight Glover’s men and the cellar wyverns; with suitable allies, also check the intimidation option. Then collect Dandelion at the prison.
How it differs from the main campaign
Progress revolves around raising money rather than unlocking the campaign’s five chapters. Sword styles, meditation and inventory follow The Witcher 1; formulae or money from an arbitrary campaign save are not treated as a universal account balance.
All eight completable quests and two trading notices
| Quest / target | Start / requirement | Action | Result / deadline |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Debt | Visit Glover after the prison opening. | Initially gather 2,000 orens. Glover then demands 1,000 interest: pay 3,000 total OR fight his men and the cellar wyverns. | Then collect Dandelion; finish side goals before final payment/combat. Recruited allies can unlock an additional intimidation option. |
| The Band of Brethren | Hargis Gunn after the first Glover visit. | Outdrink Griffarin, beat Gruzil at fists and Navik at poker, then defeat Gunn with swords. Activate the magic stone at the cemetery chapel’s place of power. | Three wraiths and chest with Uroboros amulet/Vodon stone; alternatively sell the stone to Lorethiel for 500, skipping its treasure route. |
| A Mysterious Treasure | Drevin in the slums. | Bring buttermilk from Gruzil/Exhibits for the warehouse key. Aard the warehouse wayfarer stone three times. | Three wraiths; chest with Tipperath sephirah, diamond dust and over 100 orens. |
| Superstitions | Ask Milka about her worries at the Hairy Bear. | Bring a turquoise ring from the guarded merchant house or Everden’s mage-cane exchange; use her key and defeat two wraiths. | Lara Dorren pendant and over 250 orens in the house. Bypass dogs with pot roast or fight them. |
| Exhibits | Everden in his house. | Deliver all five artifacts: Lara Dorren pendant, mage’s cane, Tipperath sephirah, traveler’s diary and Uroboros amulet. | Each gives 50 orens and an exchange item; all five add 400. Sources/exchange order below. |
| The Dice Are Cast | Milka at the inn. | Win all gambling money from Milka, Orel and Gunn, rather than just one game each. Revisit Milka, then clean out all three wealthy burghers in the unlocked den. | Milka provides the den key and perfume formula; afterward the rewards are gambling winnings. |
| Fists of Gold | Green-named fistfighters at the Hairy Bear. | Beat Fist Fighter (25), Experienced Fighter (50), Gruzil (75); ask Griffarin and visit Ralf Duben’s prison at night for Lizard (75), Wrymouth (150), Rivian (225). | Numbers are stakes/entry fees; throwing the final fight frees the Rivian. No separate completion item. |
| Open Sesame! | Ask Navik or Everden about the cemetery. | Navik → Everden → Gunn’s storeroom; hear Nirka and ask injured Lorethiel for the key. | Opens the cemetery for monsters/herbs and band treasure. Try early; if Nirka blocks the doorway, reload an earlier save. |
| A Sponsor | Everden; monster-part trading. | Use his offer as a repeatable income source. | Trading notice without a reliably documented green completion state; not a missing monster contract. |
| Herbs for a Deity | Nirka at Melitele’s temple. | Sell the requested herbs; exchange food for mistletoe at the altar. | Trading notice; prison/inn boards advertise income sources rather than starting standard contracts. |
Exhibits: complete exchange and acquisition matrix
| Artifact | Source | Everden pays | Next use |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mage’s Cane | Beat Navik at dice poker. | 50 orens + turquoise ring. | Ring opens Superstitions without fighting at the merchant house. |
| Lara Dorren Pendant | Haunted house in Superstitions. | 50 orens + buttermilk. | Buttermilk opens Drevin’s warehouse-key route. |
| Tipperath Sephirah | Drevin’s warehouse portal, three Aard casts. | 50 orens + bryonia book. | Defeat the portal wraiths and loot the chest first. |
| Traveler’s Diary | Outdrink Sergeant Orel at the inn. | 50 orens + fleder book. | Orel also supplies the sewer key. |
| Uroboros Amulet | Band of Brethren’s cemetery portal. | 50 orens + delicious pot roast. | All five add 400 orens; do not finish Glover first. |
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Unlocks & rewards
Rittersporns Freiheit
Pay Glover 2,000 orens for A Debt.
The Witcher: Side Effects
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.
Sources & editorial date
Independently written game guidance. The following sources support quest routes, mechanics and edition notes. Editorial date: 22 October 2026.
- Side Effects overview ↗www.gamebanshee.com
- A Debt — payment/combat/conditional support ↗witcher.fandom.com
- A Sponsor ↗witcher.fandom.com
- Herbs for a Deity ↗witcher-games.fandom.com
- Modulstatus ↗witcher.fandom.com
- A Mysterious Treasure ↗www.gamebanshee.com
- Exhibits ↗www.gamebanshee.com
- Fists of Gold ↗www.gamebanshee.com
- Superstitions ↗www.gamebanshee.com
- The Band of Brethren ↗www.gamebanshee.com
- The Dice Are Cast ↗www.gamebanshee.com
- Open Sesame ↗www.gamebanshee.com
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