Where to Find Every Gwent Card in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Contracts and Treasure Hunts are fun ways to pass the time playing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, but collecting all of the Gwent cards is the toughest activity in the game. Only the most dedicated players will achieve 100 percent completion in Gwent Quest: Collect ‘em All, which involves winning and buying Gwent cards throughout the Northern Kingdoms. 

In this feature, we list all 199 Gwent cards in The Witcher 3, along with info on how to find them and what each card means. If you need help playing the game, these Gwent tips will help you beat even the toughest opponents, and to gain a bigger edge, see the most powerful cards in the game. 

Below, you will see all of the Gwent cards, divided into the following decks: Neutral, Northern Realms, Nilfgaard, Scoi’tael and Monsters.  In addition, each table contains valuable intel for each card, split into different categories.   

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Card

This is the card’s name. Simple as that. 

Card Range

This tells you where a unit card will appear on the Gwent board after playing it. A card may wind up at close, long or siege ranges. 

These special cards do not possess a range: 

• (Weather) Biting Frost brings all cards within melee range to 1.
• (Weather) Impenetrable Fog brings the power of cards within long range to 1.
• (Weather) Torrential Rain puts the power of cards within siege range to 1.
• (Weather) Clear Weather eliminates all weather effects from the Gwent board.
• Scorch destroys cards in play with a 7 power rating.
• Use a Decoy card to put a played card back into the player’s hand. A decoy will take its place.
• Play Commander’s Horn and it will double cards within a specific Range. The effect only works for the person who uses it.

Card Value

This represents a card’s overall power. If a card has 10 points at close range, then you get 10 points from this position. Unit cards have power, while Weather and Special Gwent cards do not.  

Card Abilities

Certain Gwent cards possess cool abilities, which we detail below. 

• Morale Boost: This adds +1 to units in a single row, except for this played card.
• Scorch – Close Combat: This card will destroy your opponent’s Close Combat units, but only if the combined strength of this person’s cards is 10 or higher. 
• Spy: Put this card on the Gwent board and you will draw two cards from your deck.
• Hero: This card will be impervious to abilities and special effects. 
• Tight Bond: Put this card right next to a card with the same name to receive double the power! 
• Medic: Put this card on the board, then pick a card from the discarded pile and use it immediately. This does not apply to Special or Heroes cards. 
• Agile: Put the card into Ranged Combat or Close Combat rows. 
• Muster: Play cards with the same name right away. 

Leader Cards

These are among the most powerful Gwent cards in The Witcher 3, and you only have one at a time. In fact, there are four unique versions of each Leader card. 

Leaders in the Northern Realms (King Foltest)

• The Steel-Forged: This will take down the enemy’s most powerful Siege unit(s) if the total strength of this character’s Siege units is 10 or higher. 
• The Siegemaster: This doubles the power of your Siege units, so long as a Commander’s Horn is present in the row. 
• Lord Commander of the North: Clears weather effects from Biting Frost, Torrential Rain or Impenetrable Fog cards that are currently in play. 
• King of Temeria: Choose one Impenetrable Fog card from your deck and play it right away. 

Leaders in Nilfgaard (Emyhr)

• The Relentless: Choose a card from the other player’s discarded pile.
• The White Flame Dancing on the Graves of His Foes: This cancels an opponent’s Leader Ability. 
• The Emperor of Nilfgaard: This lets you see 3 random cards in the other person’s hand. 
• His Imperial Majesty: Select a Torrential Rain card from your deck and use it right away. 

Leaders in Scoia’tael (Francesca)

• Queen of Dol Blathanna: Take down a player’s toughest Close Combat unit(s) if the total strength of his or her Close Combat unit is 10 or higher. 
• The Beautiful: Double the strength of your Ranged Combat units unless a Commander’s Horn is in the same row on the Gwent board. 
• Daisy of the Valley: Pull an additional card at the start of the battle. 
• Pureblood Elf: Choose one Biting Frost card from your deck and play it immediately. 

Leaders of Monsters (Eredin) 

• Destroyer of Worlds: Restores one card from your discarded pile to your current hand. 
• Bringer of Death: Discards 2 cards and then draws 1 card of your choosing from your deck. 
• King of the Wild hunt: Doubles the strength of your Close Combat units unless a Commander’s Horn is in the same row. 
• Commander of the Red Riders: Choose a weather card from your deck and use it immediately.

Miscellaneous Facts About Gwent

• Price: The number of crowns you’ll need to pay in order to buy the desired card.
• Base Deck: You start off with this card in your Gwent deck.
• Purchase: You will need to purchase this Gwent card from an innkeeper, shop owner or merchant.
• Secondary Quest: You will acquire this card after beating a specific side quest in the game, either as a reward or prize for winning a Gwent tournament.
• Gwent Quest: You will need to win this card from someone. Pay close attention to the quest objectives and make sure to complete these in order.
• Unique Cards: Only one type of this card is available in the game. Do not finish the quests without obtaining the cards! If you complete a quest without challenging that player, or if he dies, you’re out of luck unless you go back to an earlier save file.  
• Explore villages to find new Gwent players. They usually hang out in taverns and inns.

Neutral Gwent Deck (31 Cards Total)

Northern Realms Gwent Deck (37 Cards Total)

Nilfgaard Gwent Deck (38 Cards Total)

Scoia’tael Gwent Deck (37 Cards Total)

Monsters Gwent Deck (40 Cards)

Leaders (16 Cards Total)

Northern Realms

Nilfgaard

Scoia’tael

Monsters

Hopefully, you’ll now be able to find every Gwent card in The Witcher 3.