This adventure is divided into five separate large sections:
Prologue (6 Quests)
Main Quests: 5. Secondary Quests: 1
After a vivid dream of your past times at Kaer Morhen with a young Ciri, you begin an introductory romp through the lands of White Orchard, where a griffin must be killed prior to a meeting with Emperor Emreis in Vizima.
Act I: Search for the Child of the Elder Blood (32 Quests)
Act I: Velen (No Man’s Land) (14 Quests)
Main Quests: 12. Secondary Quests: 2
Act I: Novigrad (12 Quests)
Main Quests: 10. Secondary Quests: 2
Act I: Skellige (7 Quests)
Main Quests: 6. Secondary Quests: 1
This is a large-scale search across three immense areas, in order to find out what happened to Geralt’s adopted daughter Ciri. The adventures take place in war-torn Velen (also known as No Man’s Land), the sprawling city of Novigrad, and the windswept archipelago of Skellige. Quests within these areas can be completed in any order you like. For example, you can finish some (or all) of the Main Quests in Novigrad, then sail to Skellige, and then return to Velen. The way the quests are presented in this guide (Velen, then Novigrad, then Skellige) represent the optimal paths.
Act I: Optional Quests (21 Quests)
Act I: Velen (No Man’s Land) (7 Quests)
Act I: Novigrad (9 Quests)
Act I: Skellige (5 Quests)
In addition to the mandatory Main Quests that must be completed during Act I, there are a number of optional, Secondary Quests, which always involve a specific character. These are included here (and presented by territory), as the choices you make during these quests (including not completing them at all) always have an influence on the later Acts of the Main Quest. You are advised to check these, and complete them.
Act II: The Great Battle (13 Quests)
Main Quests: 9. Secondary Quests: 4
This offers advice based on your previous exploits, as you muster additional forces for the forthcoming battle in Kaer Morhen with the forces of the Wild Hunt. Though there are some Secondary Quests, they all relate to bolstering your allies for the battle to come. The aftermath of the attack is also presented, too.
Act III: The Final Age (15 Quests)
Main Quests: 13. Secondary Quests: 2. Optional Quest: 1
After an optional Secondary Quest which has huge implications, the final set of Main Quests are shown, as Geralt’s path comes to a close, and the decisions you made throughout the adventure come back to help (or haunt) you.