Use the following trick to store items that you do not want to carry in your inventory. Enter the Inn in Skellige and go to a corner in the room. Drop all your items at once and will appear as a bag on the floor. You can return to retrieve them whenever desired. To add something else to the pile, pick up the bag, and then drop it again after it has the additional item.
There will be times when you find yourself in a tough spot were the likelihood is you will end up dying if you carry on. When you are in this situation you are better of placing a Yrden on the floor to slow the enemies and then running away as fast as possible. At least this way you can return for a second attempt when you are at full health.
Go to the Devil's Pit area of Velen. After entering the camp, use the stairs to throw people into the pit. Lure to the edge of the stairs, then cast Aard to knock them down. Kill any enemies armed with the two-handed weapons, as they cannot be tossed easily. After the camp has been cleared of enemies, fast travel out of the area then return to the Devil's Pit fast travel point to respawn them. Spending 3 points in the first Aard upgrade, Far-Reaching Aard, may be useful as it will the spells range by three yards.
A kill may not always count as a head shot, even if you fire at the enemy point blank in the face. Humans, dwarfs and elves will count as valid targets. Killing drowners will not count. You can damage your target with other weapons, but the killing blow must be a headshot with a crossbow bolt. A successful headshot is indicated by the screen shaking at the moment of death, with yellow text on the left side confirming a critical hit was made. Consider farming kills at the Devil's Pit in Velen. Lure enemies to the gate. They will not move past the gate if you do not get too close. Then, begin shooting them. To stop the enemy from moving around use the Axii sign then fire a free aim kill shot. After killing all the enemies, fast travel to another location, then return to respawn more targets.
For the Axii Sign to turn an opponent against another, the Tier 2 Axii Skill "Puppet" is required. The first level will temporarily turn a target into an ally and give them a 60% damage boost, which can be upgraded two more times to 60%. Find a group of enemies and weaken all but the strongest one. Then, use Axii on that strong enemy.
Note: This only works in v1.1 and earlier versions. Before crossing the Woesong Bridge to leave the town of Midcopse, jump over the fence to enter a grass pasture with some cows. Kill all the cows at that location. Consider using fire magic instead of your sword to not have to chase them. Then, meditate for over two hours where you killed them by pausing game play, selecting "Meditation", and advancing the time by two hours. This will force the cows to respawn. Kill the cows again and repeat the process to accumulate a large amount of cow hides, as well as meat for healing. When satisfied, find the merchant near the road next to the cow pasture. Talk to the merchant, then select the "Other" tab from his shop's inventory to find the "Cow Hide" option to sell all of your hides to him. Repeat the process as many times as desired.
Use the following trick to earn about 1,000 Crowns per minute. Purchase all the Shells and Sea Shells from the merchant at Hierarch Square in Novigrad. Talk to him afterwards and repeat the process until you have as many Shells and Sea Shells you can afford or carry. Visit the armorer found next to the merchant. Dismantle the Shells to get Pearls. Sell the Pearls to the armorer until he runs out of money. Meditate for five days to allow the armorer time to get more Crowns. Sell him more Pearls and repeat the process. Note: This can only be done during the day, when merchants are present. It costs 8 Crowns to dismantle a Shell, which results in a Pearl that can be sold for 109 Crowns.
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- Can Quit Anytime I Want (35 points)
| - Be under the influence of seven potions or decoctions at the same time.
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- Curator of Nightmares (35 points)
| - Recreate all of Iris' nightmares in the Painted World.
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- I Wore Ofieri Before It Was Cool (50 points)
| - Collect all available Ofieri armor and horse gear, and at least one Ofieri sword.
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- I'm Not Kissing That (35 points)
| - Kill the prince cursed into a toad.
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| - Win a round of gwent with a total strength of at least 187.
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- Let the Good Times Roll! (35 points)
| - Participate in all the activities at the wedding.
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- Pacta Sunt Servanda (35 points)
| - Finish the "Hearts of Stone" expansion.
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- Rad Steez, Bro! (35 points)
| - Slide downhill uninterrupted for at least 10 seconds.
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- Return to Sender (35 points)
| - Kill 3 opponents with their own arrows.
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| - Buy all the items put on the block at the Borsodis' Auction House.
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- When It's Many Against One... (50 points)
| - Provoke all Iris von Everec's Nightmares into fighting you at the same time and defeat them.
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- Wild Rose Dethorned (35 points)
| - Defeat all the fallen knights and loot their campsites.
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Purchase and equip the indicated item to Roach to gain the corresponding effect.
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| - Costs 400. Increases total Stamina by 80.
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| - Costs 325. Increases total Stamina by 65.
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| - Costs 225. Increases total Stamina by 45.
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| - Costs 125. Increases total Stamina by 25.
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| - Costs 100. Decreases Panic speed by 20.
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- Mastercrafted Cavalry Saddle
| - Costs 375. Increases total Stamina by 75.
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- Mastercrafted Racing Saddle
| - Costs 275. Increases total Stamina by 55.
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| - Costs 175. Increases total Stamina by 35.
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| - Costs 125. Decreases Panic speed by 40.
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| - Costs 200. Increases total Stamina by 40.
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| - Costs 175. Increases weight-carrying capacity by 70.
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| - Costs 100. Increases weight-carrying capacity by 30.
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| - Costs 100. Increases total Stamina by 20.
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| - Costs 350. Increases total Stamina by 70.
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| - Costs 250. Increases total Stamina by 50.
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| - Costs 150. Increases total Stamina by 30.
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| - Costs 150. Decreases Panic speed by 60.
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| - Costs 350. Increases weight-carrying capacity by 100.
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| - Costs 300. Increases total Stamina by 60.
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You can track a quest in your quest log if you find yourself lost, there you will see a yellow circle on the map where you need to go.
Make sure you read up on the monsters so you learn about their weaknesses so you can then apply the oil coatings to your sword to exploit said weaknesses.
Complete the "Family Matters" quest, then enter the Bloody Baron's Castle. Reach the basement via the central staircase to encounter two guards having a conversation. Listen closely to hear them reenacting the "Gimp" scene from Pulp Fiction.
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- A Friend in Need (15 points)
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| - Play three hero cards in one round of gwent and win the match.
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- Armed and Dangerous (30 points)
| - Find and equip all the elements of one set of witcher gear.
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- Ashes to Ashes (15 points)
| - Complete the contract on Therazane.
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- Assassin of Kings (15 points)
| - Take part in the assassination of King Radovid.
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| - Collect the formulae for 6 different bomb types.
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| - Read 30 books, journals or other documents.
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| - Complete all fistfighting quests in Velen, Skellige and Novigrad.
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| - Defeat Olaf, the Skellige champion of unarmed combat.
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- Butcher of Blaviken (30 points)
| - Kill at least 5 opponents in under 10 seconds.
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- Can't Touch This! (15 points)
| - Kill 5 foes in a fight without taking damage (except for Toxicity) and without using the Quen Sign.
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- Card Collector (15 points)
| - Acquire all gwent cards available in the base version of the game.
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| - Acquire all the Abilities in one tree.
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- Environmentally Unfriendly (15 points)
| - Kill 50 opponents using the environment (e.g. swamp gas, insects or objects).
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| - Kill 2 monsters you have a contract on without using Signs, potions, mutagens, oils or bombs.
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- Family Counselor (15 points)
| - Find the baron's wife and daughter.
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- Fast and Furious (15 points)
| - Win all the horse races in the game.
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- Fearless Vampire Slayer (15 points)
| - Complete the contract on Sarasti.
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- Fiend or Foe? (15 points)
| - Complete the contract on Morvudd.
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- Fire in the Hole (15 points)
| - Destroy 10 monster nests using bombs.
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- Fist of the South Star (15 points)
| - Defeat an opponent in a fistfight without taking any damage.
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- Friends With Benefits (15 points)
| - Complete the subplot involving Keira Metz.
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| - Bring all possible allies to Kaer Morhen for the battle against the Hunt.
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- Geralt and Friends (15 points)
| - Win a round of gwent using only neutral cards.
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- Geralt: The Professional (15 points)
| - Complete all witcher contracts.
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| - Discover 100 fast travel points.
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| - Defeat Tybalt and win the gwent tournament held at the Passiflora.
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- Humpty Dumpty (15 points)
| - Kill 10 opponents by knocking them off somewhere high with the Aard Sign.
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- Kaer Morhen Trained (15 points)
| - Perform 10 effective counterattacks in a row without getting hit or parrying.
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| - Complete the subplot about choosing Skellige's ruler.
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| - Learn 12 potion formulae.
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- Lilac and Gooseberries (15 points)
| - Find Yennefer of Vengerberg.
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- Master Marksman (15 points)
| - Kill 50 human and nonhuman opponents by striking them in the head with a crossbow bolt.
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| - Reach character development level 35.
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| - Help Yennefer extract information from Skjall's body.
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| - Make an opponent suffer from bleeding, poisoning and burning simultaneously. Do this 10 times.
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- Passed the Trial (15 points)
| - Finish the game on any difficulty.
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| - Destroy all monster nests in the Velen / Novigrad region, or in Skellige.
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- Power Overwhelming (15 points)
| - Have all possible Place of Power bonuses active at the same time.
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- Ran the Gauntlet (30 points)
| - Finish the game on the "Blood and Broken Bones!" or "Death March!" difficulty levels.
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| - Complete the contract on the shrieker.
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- Something More (15 points)
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- That Is the Evilest Thing (15 points)
| - Ignite the gas produced by a Dragon's Dream bomb using a burning opponent. Do this 10 times.
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- The Doppler Effect (15 points)
| - Resolve the doppler problem in Novigrad.
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- The Enemy of My Enemy (15 points)
| - Use the Axii Sign to force one opponent to kill another. Do this 20 times.
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- The King is Dead (30 points)
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- Triple Threat (15 points)
| - Kill 3 opponents in one fight using 3 different methods (swords, bombs, crossbow, Signs, etc.).
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- Walked the Path (65 points)
| - Finish the game on the "Death March!" difficulty level.
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- What Was That? (15 points)
| - Attack, counter, cast a Sign and throw a bomb (in any order) in under 4 seconds.
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- Woodland Spirit (15 points)
| - Complete the contract on the Woodland Spirit.
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