The Gwentlefolk Or Novigrad

NOVIGRAD CITY: THE BITS

Innkeep at The Nowhere Inn

Ready for a game? The Innkeep over at the Nowhere Inn will challenge you to a hand or two.

Lambert the Witcher at The Nowhere Inn

Prior to the conclusion of Secondary Quest: Following the Thread, visit Lambert and attempt to win his card. To heighten your chances, start the quest first, continuing it until there’s an objective to meet him. Challenge him to a game of Gwent. If Lambert is indisposed, try checking his bedside chest in Kaer Morhen for the card.

The Loan Shark’s Shop in The Bits

As well as purchasing a strange book, you can also claim a random Gwent card from this seedy fellow.

The Merchant of The Bits

What would you say to some Gwent? Say “yes,” and thrash this downtrodden fellow for a random card.

NOVIGRAD CITY: GILDORF

Marquise Serenity at Passiflora

Your old friend Marquise Serenity is more than happy to sell you four cards to bolster your deck. She is an exceptional Gwent player, though she can’t be challenged during Gwent Quest: Big City Players until you’ve beaten Vimme Vivaldi. This Vendor’s cards are only for sale if you didn’t purchase them from The Elven Merchant of the Traveling Circus Camp (Carsten).

Bernard Tulle the Gwent Player

Bernard the Halfling is your first serious opponent to beat during this quest, inside the Passiflora. He’s a most gracious loser.

Madame Sasha the Gwent Player

Should you beat Bernard Tulle during this quest, your next opponent is the comely Madame Sasha. Face her as part of the Passiflora tournament.

Finneas the Gwent Player

A more pompous opponent has yet to be met; beat Madame Sasha to face him as part of the tournament, and give him another reason to hate mutants.

Count Tybalt the Gwent Player

Your final opponent in this quest, assuming you beat Finneas, then play a mean game of cards against Count Tybalt himself. Win for more than just bragging rights.

The Merchant of Gildorf Square

Though this fellow has two strange figurines to sell you (Secondary Quests: Dairy of Darkness, the Nobleman Statuette, and the Soldier Statuette), he has no cards to part with, except the random one you take from him after challenging him to a round of Gwent.

Sigismund Dijkstra, at the Bathhouse

Sigismund Dijkstra, one of Novigrad’s “big four” criminal masterminds, and this cunning extends to Gwent. Find him inside his bathhouse, or during quests you interact with him. Challenge him to Gwent and claim his unique card. He is only available to play during Gwent Quest: Big City Players once you’ve beaten Vimme Vivaldi and Marquise Serenity. Is Dijkstar indisposed? Then the Scoai’Tael Trader (in the woods west of Farcorners) has this card.

NOVIGRAD CITY: TEMPLE ISLE

Priest of the Eternal Fire

After some slight subterfuge with a priest who is also secretly selling herbs, you can challenge him to a game. Come for alchemy formulas and crafting diagrams. Stay for the Gwent.

NOVIGRAD CITY: SILVERTON (AND NORTH HARBORSIDE)

The Food Merchant of Silverton

Journey deep into Silverton, to the main gathering market, and enter the shopkeeper’s store via the door to the northwest. Inside, claim your card after a ferocious bout of Gwent.

The Amateur Blacksmith of Silverton

Head into Silverton, and make a stop at the sweaty fellow banging his hammer on an anvil. A game of cards is available here.

The Fish Merchant of Silverton

After inspecting his baubles, you can challenge this fishy fellow to a game of Gwent.

The Innkeep of The Golden Sturgeon

Not only does this innkeep play a mean round of Gwent for a random card, but he sells four cards too. They are only for sale if you didn’t purchase them from The Elven Merchant of the Traveling Circus Camp (Carsten); this is one of two places to buy them.

NOVIGRAD CITY: HIERARCH SQUARE (CITY CENTER)

The Herb Merchant of Fish Market Square

This chap looks like a Gwent aficionado, though he’s not always at his herb stall (meditate or come back later). Win a random card from him.

The Blacksmith of Fish Market Square

There’s not only sturgeon for sale in this whiffy part of town; a journeyman blacksmith is banging his anvil here too. Challenge him to a Gwent match.

Vimme Vivaldi the Dwarven Banker of Hierarch Square

The diminutive dwarf is a big-league player. Aside from swapping currency or pleading for a loan, you can challenge him to a Gwent game and secure the Vesemir card.

Marcus Thaddeus Knut Hodgson the Bookseller

After Hodgson recognizes you (and Secondary Quest: Message from an Old Friend begins), speak to this purveyor of verbose prose and win a card.

Olivier the Innkeep at The Kingfisher Inn

Olivier the innkeep has four Gwent cards he can part with, if the price is right. Buy them as soon as you can, as Olivier becomes embrolled in helping Triss during Secondary Quest: Now or Never. He’s also a keen Gwent player challenge him once you’ve beaten Stjepan over at the Alchemy Inn (in Oxenfurt). If Olivier isn’t about any more, find his unique card on the desk in his back room. This Vendor’s cards are only for sale if you didn’t purchase them from The Elven Merchant of the Traveling Circus Camp (Carsten).

The Merchant at Tretogor Gate

Standing outside some rolled-up rugs, there’s meager pickings from this merchant, so obtain a Gwent card from him instead.

NOVIGRAD CITY: HARBOR SIDE AND GLORY LANE

The Madame of Crippled Kate’s

If you aren’t interested in the knocking shop services, you can always ask the Madame for a quickie. A quickie game of Gwent, that is.

The Alchemist Merchant of Lacehalls

Meet the merchant just inside the King of Beggar’s domain (knock to get in, assuming you’ve met the King already). He has a card waiting for you if you can better him.

The Halfling Herbalist of Glory Lane

Tucked in to the left of Kluhg’s store is a small shop with an equally diminuative shopkeeper; a Halfling herbalist with an excellent selection of goods, and a single Gwent card if you better him in a game.

Zoltan Chivay

Your old dwarven friend and reprobate Zoltan Chivay is usually hanging around the Rosemary and Thyme, and is always up for a game of Gwent. Challenge him in any quests where you have a bit of time to kill, too.

There are also three unique cards associated with Zoltan, and these can be found during Secondary Quest: A Dangerous Game:

The Isengrim Faoiltiama card is found in Zed’s house (east-west thoroughfare in Glory Lane, north of Glory Gate) during the quest, or given as an optional reward by Zoltan at the end of the quest.

The John Natalis card is is either won from a man named Ravvy in the Golden Sturgeon Inn during the quest, or given as an optional reward by Zoltan at the end of the quest.

The Fringilla Vigo card is either found snooping around upstairs in Caesar Blizen’s house (south edge of Hierarch Square) during the quest, or given as an optional reward by Zoltan at the end of the quest.

NOVIGRAD CITY: FARCORNERS

Elihal the Garment Trader of Farcorners

The elven charmer has more than the finest tailored attire about his person; play a game of Gwent and win another random card.

NOVIGRAD: GRASSY KNOLL TERRITORY (WEST)

Scoia’Tael Trader of Novigrad Forest

A band of roving Scoia’Tael live in the forest east of Portside Gate, and you saved their merchant leader in the dim and distant past. Aside from a fine supply of glyphs and diagrams, the trader is the ultimate Gwent player in Gwent Quest: Big City Players. Win the Cirilla card from him (as well as the Francesca card for completing the quest), but only after beating Vimme Vivaldi, Marquise Serenity, and Sigismund Dijkstra. If Sigismund Dijsktra is indisposed, face the trader to win the Esterad Thyssen card instead.

NOVIGRAD: GRASSY KNOLL TERRITORY (EAST)

The Innkeeper at Cunny of the Goose

Head inside the questionably-named lakeside drinking establishment, and challenge the innkeep to a game of Gwent. He isn’t one of the Innkeepers you need to challenge in the Gwent Quest: Playing Innkeeps, so expect a random card if you beat him. You’re here to buy cards too.

NOVIGRAD: GUSTFIELDS TERRITORY (CENTER)

The Alchemist at the Chapel

Pretending to be an apothecary trader, this alchemist is on the look out for Eternal Fire zealots. After convincing him he’s safe, feel free to play a round of Gwent for his card.

The Innkeep at Seven Cats Inn

Aside from a choice tipple and succulent meats, the Innkeep at the Seven Cats Inn has five different Gwent cards for purchase, as well as a random card if you best her at a game.

Thaler the Erstwhile Shoe Peddler

Once you’ve finished Secondary Quest: A Deadly Plot, find Thaler in the trolls’ cave during A Deadly Plot and rescue him. You can play Gwent at the quest conclusion (either by talking to him, or waiting for him to move to the Seven Cats Inn or Nowhere Inn. Is Thaler indisposed? Then consider this card to be out of your reach.

The Gwent Players of Vegelbud Estate

There are three unique Gwent cards to be won, but only during Secondary Quest: A Matter of Life and Death. Visit the Vegelbud Estate with Triss Merigold and, during the masquerade ball, look for the Gwent table. This is your only opportunity to gather these cards:

Defeat the first player; the reckless Margrave Vladimir de Cret to win the Milva card.

Defeat the first player, then Count Gomo Seeling to win the Vampire: Bruxa card.

Defeat the first and second players, and then the impressive Sir Marius Florin to win the Dandelion card.

The Elven Merchant of the Traveling Circus Camp

Someone almost obsessed about Gwent as you are is the elven merchant sitting near the fire-eater at the elven circus camp where you recruit Eveline during Hearts of Stone: Main Quest: Breaking and Entering. Make sure you visit him, as the first four listed cards are brand new, while the rest are duplicates to add to your collection. Challenge him to Gwent for his unique card. The cards marked “*” are only for sale if you didn’t purchase them from Madame Serenity, the Innkeep at the Golden Sturgeon, or Olivier the Innkeep at The Kingfisher Inn (all in Novigrad City); this is one of two places to buy them.

NOVIGRAD: GUSTFIELDS TERRITORY (SOUTH)

Vernon Roche the Temerian Partisan

Northeast of Oxenfurt in the rocky gorge where the Temerians hide and plan revenge for their slaughter, you can find your old friend Vernon Roche. You must have beaten Zoltan Chivay first, before Vernon can be asked for a game.

The Halfling Herbalist in his Hut

The Halfling with a passion for innovative gardening methods also fills his time with the hobby of Gwent. Challenge him for a random card.

NOVIGRAD: GUSTFIELDS TERRITORY (NORTHWEST)

The Cow in the Barn

Ideally during Hearts of Stone: Main Quest: Dead Man’s Party, climb the ladder into the upper loft of the main barn building of Brunwich, and use your Witcher Senses to find a stray card lying on the wooden palettes near the barrels and sacks.

A Small Game of Gwent

During Hearts of Stone: Main Quest: Dead Man’s Party, one of the activities you can undertake (as Vlodimir) is challenging a group of halflings to a round of Gwent. The loser forfeits some cash and gains donkey’s ears. Win, and receive crowns, but no card.

The Ofieri Merchant of Upper Mill

On the east side of Miller’s Lake in the far northeast corner of Gustfields is an old mill (one of two in the vicinity). Look for the Signpost, speak to the Ofieri Merchant (whom you can start Race: A Swift as the Western Winds or Secondary Quest: From Ofier’s Distant Shores). You’re here for Gwent cards. Three of them.

NOVIGRAD: SECOND CITY OF OXENFURT

The Merchant of Oxenfurt

Seek out the merchant selling to the wealthy townsfolk of Oxenfurt. Aside from the paint you can purchase for a troll in need, you can also challenge the trader to a quick game of Gwent.

The Journeyman Armorer of Oxenfurt

This armorer has a host of wares to sell, and can tinker for you, but he’s also here to provide an opportunity to win a hand of Gwent.

Stjepan the Innkeep, at the Alchemy Inn

While visiting Oxenfurt, be sure to head into the main watering hole and chat to the barkeep; a Gwent fan named Stjepan. Although he has cards to sell, the real prize is winning his Yennefer of Vengerberg card from him, to start the Gwent Quest: Playing Innkeeps. Olivier at the Kingfisher Inn in Novigrad is next!

The Journeyman Blacksmith of Oxenfurt

Toiling over a hot anvil can be stressful; so this fellow likes to unwind with a quick game of Gwent. Oblige him for a random card, but only if you win!

Hilbert the Auction Bidder

When you visit the Borsodi Auction House in Oxenfurt for the first time during Hearts of Stone: Main Quest: Open Sesame (Part 1), spend time before the auction starts introducing yourself to Vimme Vivaldi’s friends. One is a keen Gwent player named Hilbert who asks for a game. This is your only opportunity to win his card.

Shani the Physician

Ideally after Hearts of Stone: Secondary Quest: A Midnight Clear has been completed, feel free to visit Shani back at her clinic in Oxenfurt, and play a round of Gwent with her. If she departs before you have a chance for a game, look for the card on an upstairs table.

Olgierd von Everec, the Tortured Soul

Optimally after Hearts of Stone: Secondary Quest: A Midnight Clear has been completed, visit Olgierd von Everec at the Alchemy Inn, and after other conversations, settle down for a bout of Gwent with the fellow. If Olgierd is indisposed, you can claim the card on a bar table inside the Alchemy Inn.