The following table details all the available Achievements (Xbox One and PC) and Trophies (PS4) that are available, including both Expansions, and the best course of action for completing them.
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MAIN ADVENTURE |
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QUEST-RELATED (15) |
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Lilac and Gooseberries | Find Yennefer of Vengerberg. | Complete Main Quest: Lilac and Gooseberries. | YES | Bronze | 15 |
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A Friend in Need | Find and free Dandelion. | Complete Main Quest: A Poet Under Pressure. | YES | Bronze | 15 |
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Necromancer | Help Yennefer extract information from a dead man’s body. | Complete Main Quest: Nameless. | YES | Bronze | 15 |
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Family Counselor | Find the Baron’s family (complete the storyline of Velen in Act I). | Complete Main Quest: Family Matters. | YES | Bronze | 15 |
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Something More | Find Ciri. | Complete Main Quest: The Isle of Mists. | YES | Bronze | 15 |
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Xenonaut | Visit Tir ná Lia and convince Ge’els to betray Eredin. | Complete Main Quest: Through Time and Space. | YES | Bronze | 15 |
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The King is Dead | Defeat Eredin. | Complete Main Quest: On Thin Ice. | YES | Silver | 30 |
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Passed the Trial | Finish the game on any difficulty. | Finish the game on Easy (Just the Story!) difficulty or higher. | NO | Bronze | 15 |
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Ran the Gauntlet | Finish the game on the “Blood and Broken Bones!” or “Death March!” difficulty levels. | Finish the game on Normal (Blood and Broken Bones!) difficulty or higher. | NO | Silver | 30 |
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Walked the Path | Finish the game on the “Death March!” difficulty level. | Finish the game on Hard (Death March!) difficulty. | NO | Gold | 65 |
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Geralt: The Professional | Complete all Witcher Contracts. | Complete all the Contracts in Velen, Novigrad, and Skellige, beginning on page 504. | NO | Bronze | 15 |
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Kingmaker | Complete the subplot about choosing Skellige’s new ruler. | Complete the Clan an Craite Quests, beginning on page 226. This reward occurs after Secondary Quest: Coronation is completed. | YES | Bronze | 15 |
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Assassin of Kings | Take part in the assassination of King Radovid. | Complete Secondary Quest: Reason of State. | YES | Bronze | 15 |
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Friends With Benefits | Complete Keira Metz storyline (optional storyline). | Complete all of Keira Metz’s Quests, beginning on page 171. This reward occurs after Secondary Quest: For the Advancement of Learning is completed. | YES | Bronze | 15 |
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Full Crew | Bring all possible allies to Kaer Morhen for the battle against the Wild Hunt. | Consult Secondary Quest: Brothers in Arms. | YES | Bronze | 15 |
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GAMEPLAY-RELATED (15) |
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The Enemy of My Enemy | Use the Axii Sign to force one opponent to kill another. Do this 20 times. | Use the Axii Puppet ability (Sign) to force one opponent to kill another. Do this 20 times. This obviously occurs during fights with groups of enemies, such as Drowners, Nekkers, Ghouls, or humans. When left with two enemies, bring one of their Vitality down to a low level, then use the Axii Puppet on another foe; he’ll quickly dispose of the weakened enemy. | NO | Bronze | 15 |
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Humpty Dumpty | Kill 10 opponents by knocking them off somewhere high with the Aard Sign. | Kill 10 opponents by knocking them off somewhere high with the Aard Sign. Coax enemies to fight by cliffs, beckoning them up, and then pushing them to their doom! | NO | Bronze | 15 |
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Environmentally Unfriendly | Kill 50 opponents using the environment (examples include swamp gas, insects, or objects). | Kill 50 opponents using the environment: Ignite swamp gas. Blow up explosive barrels. Use Aard on wild bee-hives when a foe is near. Remember to badly wound the foe first, so the environmental attack kills them. It’s easiest to return to areas where environmental effects appear frequently, such as Crookback Bog swamp. | NO | Bronze | 15 |
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Kaer Morhen Trained | Make 10 successful counterattacks in a row without getting hit or parrying. | Perform 10 effective counterattacks in a row without getting hit or parrying. Choose foes that are easy to parry, such as human Bandits. | NO | Bronze | 15 |
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Can’t Touch This! | Kill 5 opponents during one combat encounter without taking any damage (except toxicity) and without using Quen sign. | Weaker group fights with Nekkers, Ghouls, humans, or Drowners is encouraged. Learn how to use dodge/roll/counter techniques to aid you. Select slower enemies (or slow them down with Yrden). Also, throwing bombs may help to reduce enemy count quickly, as you close from a distance. | NO | Bronze | 15 |
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That Is the Evilest Thing… | Ignite the gas produced by a Dragon’s Dream bomb using a burning opponent. Do this 10 times. | This is achieved using Igni. Apply burning to the enemy with any Igni Sign attack, and once they are on fire, throw Dragon’s Dream at them. | NO | Bronze | 15 |
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Mutant | Fill all mutagen slots. | Get to character Level 28 to unlock all the Mutagen slots in the Character Menu, then place any Mutagen in each of the four Mutagen slots. | NO | Bronze | 15 |
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Dendrologist | Acquire all the Abilities in one tree. | Choose your favorite Ability Tree from the Character Menu, and unlock all 20 abilities in it. Check the Training chapter for more information on abilities; you should be creating a Character Archetype focused on Combat, Signs, or Alchemy. Or, you can use a Potion of Clearance, then quickly obtain all 20 abilities to Level 1, and “reset” afterwards with a second Potion of Clearance. | NO | Bronze | 15 |
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Butcher of Blaviken | Kill 5 enemies in under 10 seconds. | Choose weaker foes and gradually decrease their Vitality, but don’t kill them. Then finish all of them off quickly, and ideally all at once; using area-effect attacks like bombs, or marsh gas and Igni. | NO | Silver | 30 |
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Triple Threat | Kill 3 opponents in one fight using 3 different methods (examples include swords, bombs, crossbow, Signs). | Firstly, find a group of enemies to slay, such as those found in a Bandit Camp. Try to leave three badly-wounded foes remaining; then drop one with a crossbow bolt, one with Igni, and the last with your sword. Or a combination of any of those strikes, or others you deem easier to pull off. | YES | Bronze | 15 |
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Brawler | Defeat Olaf, the Skellige champion of unarmed combat. | Defeat Olaf, the Skellige champion of unarmed combat. This is the last fight of Fists of Fury: Skellige. | NO | Silver | 30 |
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Overkill | Make an opponent suffer from bleeding, poisoning, and burning simultaneously. Do this 10 times. | This involves coating your sword with any poison, then attacking and quickly using Igni. A good choice of weapon is the Feline sword as it already has a chance to cause bleeding. Up your chances by purchasing Crippling Strikes (adds to the bleeding chance), Pyromaniac (adds to the burning chance), and Poisoned Blades (adds to the poisoning chance). | NO | Silver | 30 |
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Master Marksman | Kill 50 human and nonhuman opponents by striking them in the head with a crossbow bolt. | Remember you can aim automatically or manually. Humans, elves, dwarves, and halflings are all fair game! Try to whittle down their health using other combat techniques first, then finish them off with the crossbow. Use bombs, Axii, or Yrden to slow or stop foes in their tracks, so your aiming is easier. | NO | Bronze | 15 |
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What Was That? | Attack, counter, cast a Sign, and throw a bomb (in any order) in under 4 seconds. | Attack, counter, cast a Sign and throw a bomb (in any order) in under 4 seconds. Practice, ideally on human or low-level monster opponents. | YES | Bronze | 15 |
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Even Odds | Kill 2 monsters you have a Contract on without using Signs, potions, Mutagens, oils, or bombs. | Read through the Contract quests section of this guide, and choose the foes that seem weakest to you (Contract: The Merry Widow; a Grave Hag, and Contract: Muire D’yaeblen; a Water Hag). Remember you can use more than just your swords on enemies guarding the Contract beast you must slay). | NO | Silver | 30 |
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EXPLORATION-RELATED (10) |
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Card Collector | Acquire all Gwent cards available in the base version of the game. | Complete Gwent Quest: Collect ’em All!. | NO | Bronze | 15 |
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Gwent Master | Defeat Tybalt and win the Gwent tournament held at the Passiflora. | Complete Secondary Quest: High Stakes. | NO | Bronze | 15 |
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Let’s Cook! | Learn 12 potion formulae. | Collect 12 potion formulae (from merchants or by looting random chests). | NO | Bronze | 15 |
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Bombardier | Collect the formulae for 6 different bomb types. | Collect six bomb formulae (from merchants or by looting random chests). | NO | Bronze | 15 |
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Bookworm | Read 30 books, journals, or other documents. | Simply gather these as you search locations throughout your adventure, and check them in your inventory! Visit Marcus T.K. Hodgson to start your book collecting (the Books and Scrolls merchant in Hierarch Square, Novigrad). | NO | Bronze | 15 |
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Armed and Dangerous | Find and equip all the elements of one set of Witcher Gear. | Complete one of the Scavenger Hunts (Viper, Griffin, Cat, and Bear Schools), which are detailed starting on page 577. | NO | Silver | 30 |
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Power Overwhelming | Have all possible Place of Power bonuses active at the same time. | Each Place of Power is related to one of the five Signs (Aard, Igni, Yrden, Quen, and Axii). You need all five active at once; attempt this in White Orchard, where five Places of Power are close together, and you can quickly Fast-Travel to nearby Signposts to speed this up. Check the Places of Power Appendix on page 744. | NO | Bronze | 15 |
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Brawl Master | Complete all fistfighting quests in Velen, Skellige, and Novigrad. | Complete Fists of Fury: Velen (page 496): Fists of Fury: Novigrad (page 497). Fists of Fury: Skellige (page 498): Fists of Fury: Champion of Champions (page 499). | NO | Bronze | 15 |
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Fast and Furious | Win all horse and boat races in the game. | Complete Races: Crow’s Perch (page 500): Race: The Great Erasmus Vegelbud Memorial Derby (page 501): The Heroes’ Pursuits: Fayrlund, Fyresdal, Kaer Trolde, and For the Goddess’ Glory! (page 503). | NO | Bronze | 15 |
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Globetrotter | Discover 100 Fast-Travel points. | This is self-explanatory; consult this guide’s Atlas for locations of every Signpot, and discover each so they appear in your in-game map. This does not include Harbors (water Fast-Travel points). | NO | Bronze | 15 |
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CHARACTER-RELATED (5) |
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Munchkin | Reach character development Level 35. | Simply continue to accrue experience points by completing quests and other activities. Consult the Level chart on page 60 of the Training for the amount of experience points needed. | NO | Gold | 65 |
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Fire in the Hole | Destroy 10 Monster Nests with bombs. | Every Monster Nest is pinpointed throughout this guide’s Atlas. Simply look for any Monster Nest icon near you, and bring a good selection of bombs! | NO | Bronze | 15 |
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Fist of the South Star | Beat an opponent in fist fighting without taking damage (excluding toxicity damage). | Fists of Fury Quest information begins on page 496. Choose the least-competent opponent (in Velen) so the fight goes your way most easily. | NO | Bronze | 15 |
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Geralt and Friends | Win a round of Gwent using only Neutral cards. | You don’t need to win the match to receive this reward; only the round in which you play only Neutral cards. So use all your Neutral cards so you can win the round, even if that means lowering the chances of winning the match. Remember your opponent is more likely to let you win the second round if they already won the first round. Take advantage of this! | NO | Bronze | 15 |
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All-In | Play three hero cards in one round of Gwent and win the match. | Be sure to forfeit if you begin with fewer than three heroes in your hand, so you have the tools to accomplish this reward. To up the chances of receiving Heroes in your deck, build a deck with all the Hero cards you have. Avoid putting special cards into your deck, and only place enough non-hero creature cards to make your deck valid. | NO | Bronze | 15 |
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COMBAT-RELATED (7) |
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Shrieker | Complete the Contract on the Shrieker. | Complete Contract: Shrieker. | YES | Bronze | 15 |
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Fearless Vampire Slayer | Complete the Contract on Sarasti. | Complete Contract: The Mystery of the Byway Murders. | YES | Bronze | 15 |
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Woodland Spirit | Complete the Contract on the Woodland Spirit. | Complete Secondary Quest: In the Heart of the Woods. | YES | Bronze | 15 |
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Fiend or Foe? | Complete the Contract on Morvudd. | Complete Contract: Missing Son. | YES | Bronze | 15 |
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Ashes to Ashes | Complete the Contract on Therazane. | Complete Contract: Doors Slamming Shut. | YES | Bronze | 15 |
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The Doppler Effect | Solve the Doppler problem in Novigrad. | Complete Contract: An Elusive Thief. | YES | Bronze | 15 |
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Pest Control | Destroy all Monster Nests in the Velen/Novigrad region, or in Skellige. | Check the guide Atlas for the location of all Nests, and don’t forget to bring bombs! Skellige has fewer Nests (four on Ard Skellig, one on An Skellig), but they are harder to find and reach. | NO | Bronze | 30 |
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TOTAL (52) |
19 YES/ 33 NO |
43 Bronze/ 7 Silver/ 2 Gold |
1000 |
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QUEST-RELATED (6) |
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I’m Not Kissing That | Kill the prince cursed into a toad. | Kill the Toad Prince during Hearts of Stone: Main Quest: Evil’s Soft First Touches. | YES | Bronze | 35 |
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Let the Good Times Roll! | Participate in all the activities at the wedding. | There are ten activities to participate in, and all are referenced during Hearts of Stone: Main Quest: Dead Man’s Party. | YES | Bronze | 35 |
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Shopaholic | Buy all the items put on the block at the Borsodi’s Auction House. | There are three items in question, and are all referenced during Hearts of Stone: Main Quest: Open Sesame (Part 1). | YES | Bronze | 35 |
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Curator of Nightmares | Recreate all of Iris’ nightmares in the Painted World. | There are eight nightmares to recreate, and all are referenced during Hearts of Stone: Main Quest: Scenes from a Marriage. | YES | Bronze | 35 |
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When It’s Many Against One… | Provoke all Iris von Everec’s Nightmares into fighting you at the same time and defeat them. | Complete Hearts of Stone: Main Quest: Scenes from a Marriage. | YES | Bronze | 50 |
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Pacta Sunt Servanda | Finish the “Hearts of Stone” expansion. | Complete Hearts of Stone: Main Quest: Whatever a Man Soweth…. | YES | Bronze | 35 |
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OTHER (7) |
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Can Quit Anytime I Want | Be under the influence of seven potions or decoctions at the same time. | Purchase the Acquired Tolerance ability in the Alchemy Tree. | NO | Bronze | 35 |
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Return to Sender | Kill 3 opponents with their own arrows. | Purchase the Arrow Deflection ability in the Combat Tree. | NO | Bronze | 35 |
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Wild Rose Dethorned | Defeat all the fallen knights and loot their campsites. | Consult the Atlas chapter, Gustfields territory. | NO | Bronze | 35 |
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I Wore Ofieri Before It Was Cool | Collect all available Ofieri armor and horse gear, and at least one Ofieri sword. | Visit the Ofieri merchant at Upper Mill (Gustfields). Complete Race: Swift as the Western Winds (page 503) for the horse saddle. Complete Secondary Quest: From Ofier’s Distant Shores (page 562) for the four armor diagrams. Purchase the horse blinders, saddlebags, sword (or the sword diagram) and crossbow diagram from this Ofieri merchant. Have the Master Armorer and Master Blacksmith (Yoana and Hattori, or the Runewright) craft any diagrams. | NO | Bronze | 50 |
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Killed it | Win a round of Gwent with a total strength of at least 187. | Consult the Gwent chapter (starting on page 92) for tactics. Use Spies to gain additional cards. Use cards with multipliers, such as Tight Bond cards, Commander’s Horn, and Muster cards. Focus delivering all your high-value cards in one round (you only need win the round, not the match). Be sure to keep adding cards even if your opponent passes. | NO | Bronze | 50 |
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Moo-rderer | Kill 20 cows. | The village of Blandare (Ard Skellig) or Martin Feuille’s Farmstead (Gustfields) has a good number of cows to slaughter. Beware of the Bovine Defense Force (a Chort that appears if you slay too many cows at once). | YES | Bronze | 35 |
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Rad Steez, Bro! | Slide downhill uninterrupted for at least 10 seconds. | The mountain slope below Distillery (Ard Skellig), or the hill slope close to the Temple of Lilvani (northeast of Benek) are both good choices. | YES | Bronze | 35 |
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TOTAL (13) |
8 YES/ 5 NO |
10 Bronze/ 3 Silver |
500 |
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QUEST-RELATED (9) |
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The Witcher’sGone South | Travel to the Duchy of Toussaint. | No quest needs to be active, though Main Quest: Envoys, Wineboys. | NO | Bronze | 35 |
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Last Action Hero | Be decorated with the Order of Vitis Vinifera. | Complete Main Quest: Pomp and Strange Circumstance. | NO | Bronze | 35 |
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Kling of the Clink | Serve time in Toussaint. | Complete Main Quest: Burlap is the New Stripe. | NO | Bronze | 35 |
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A Knight to Remember | Obtain a flawless victory in all the competitions during the knights’ tourney. | Finish all three tournament trials (marksmanship, racing, combat, battle with Sir Gregoire) with perfect scores. Consult Secondary Quest: The Warble of the Smitten Knight for more information. | NO | Bronze | 35 |
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Embodiment of the Five Virtues | Be given Aerondight by the Lady of the Lake. | Complete Secondary Quest: There Can Be Only One. | NO | Bronze | 35 |
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Playing House | Use all available options for developing Corvo Bianco. | Complete Secondary Quest: No Place Like Home, and completely develop and upgrade Corvo Bianco. | NO | Bronze | 35 |
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Turned Every Stone | Find all grandmaster diagrams for each Witcher school. | Complete all five Scavenger Hunts: Grandmaster Feline. | NO | Bronze | 50 |
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I Have a Gwent Problem | Collect all the cards in the Skellige deck. | Complete Gwent Quest: Never Fear, Skellige’s Here. | NO | Bronze | 50 |
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The Grapes of Wrath Stomped | Help unite the warring vineyards and have a wine named in your honor. | Complete Secondary Quest: Wine Wars. | YES | Bronze | 35 |
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Dressed to Kill | Unlock the bonus for equipping all the Witcher Gear elements from one School. | Wear a complete set of Grandmaster Witcher gear from the Feline, Griffin, Wolven, Ursine, or Manticore schools; consult the Blood and Wine Scavenger Hunts (starting on page 604) for more details. | NO | Bronze | 35 |
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Weapon “W” | Develop a mutation. | Complete Secondary Quest: Turn and Face the Strange. | NO | Bronze | 35 |
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Hasta la Vista™ | Kill a frozen opponent with a crossbow bolt. | This is easily achieved by Using a Northern Wind bomb (preferably against a human foe), then shooting any that are frozen, using a crossbow. | YES | Bronze | 50 |
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David and Golyat | Kill Golyat with a crossbow bolt to his eye. | During Main Quest: Envoys, Wineboys. | YES | Bronze | 35 |
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TOTAL (13) |
3 YES / 10 NO |
13 Bronze |
500 |
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GRAND TOTAL: 78 |
37 YES/ 41 NO |
66 Bronze/ 10 Silver/ 2 Gold |
2000 |
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