The Witcher quests

This page is a finding aid which lists all quests in The Witcher first by Chapter, and then alphabetically. Simply click on the appropriate Chapter icon above to get to the section you need. Each quest will only appear in the Chapter where it originally appeared, even if the quest persists through more than one Chapter. To see a quest walkthrough, click on the quest name.

Prologue

	Quest	Location	Given by	Quests or Conditions Required to Unlock
2	A Potion for Triss	Kaer Morhen	Vesemir	Defending Kaer Morhen
2	Berengar's Secret	Kaer Morhen	Vesemir	A Potion for Triss Defending Kaer Morhen
1	Defending Kaer Morhen	Kaer Morhen	Vesemir	This is basically the tutorial section.
2	Fistfight (quest)	Kaer Morhen	Eskel	A Potion for Triss Defending Kaer Morhen
1	Witchers' Secrets	Kaer Morhen	Vesemir	A Potion for Triss Defending Kaer Morhen

Chapter I

	Quest	Location	Given by	Quests or Conditions Required to Unlock
2	A Game of Dice	Outskirts	No one	This quest is initiated by finding a starter box of dice.
1	Buried Memories	Outskirts	Mikul	Geralt must have the Eternal Fire signet ring.
2	Dead Hand of the Past	Outskirts	Declan Leuvaarden	After meeting Declan at the Inn.
2	Dice Poker: The Novice	Outskirts	Zoltan	A Game of Dice
2	Hot Potato	Outskirts	Haren Brogg	Strangers in the Night
3	King of the Crypt	Outskirts	Ozzrel	Killing Ozzrel initiates this quest, the Royal huntsman tells Geralt about him but that does not initiate the quest.
1	Of Monsters and Men	Outskirts	No one	This quest is initiated upon Geralt's arrival in the Outskirts.
2	Racists	Outskirts	No one	This quest is initiated when Geralt's first walks into the fishing village, the area near Haren Brogg's place.
2	She's No Early Bird	Outskirts	Vesna	Geralt must first speak with Vesna at the Inn, as long as he does not speak with her, the quest will not spawn.
1	Strangers in the Night	Outskirts	Haren Brogg	Geralt must have the Eternal Fire signet ring.
4	The Barghest Contract	Outskirts	Notice board	Geralt must either read the notice on the notice board outside the Inn, or speak with Abigail and ask about the notice.
4	The Drowner Contract	Outskirts	Notice board	Geralt must either read the notice on the notice board outside the Inn, or speak with the Reverend and ask about the church offering a reward for drowners.
4	The Ghoul Contract (1)	Outskirts	Notice board	Geralt must read the notice on the notice board outside the Inn, speaking with Kalkstein will only get him redirected to the notice board.
3	The Monster of the Lake	Outskirts	Nadir	Killing Nadir initiates this quest, the Royal huntsman tells Geralt about him but that does not initiate the quest.
1	The Salamander's Tail	Outskirts	Shani	Geralt receives this quest after speaking with Shani but must complete Buried Memories, Strangers in the Night and The Secret Garden to make any progress through it.
1	The Secret Garden	Outskirts	Odo	Geralt must have the Eternal Fire signet ring.
2	Wanted	Vizima	Notice board	This quest is initiated when Geralt finds an arrest warrant for the Professor on the notice board outside the Inn in the Outskirts.

Chapter II

	Quest	Location	Given by	Quests or Conditions Required to Unlock
2	A Ghost Story	Temple Quarter	a random thug	Prison Break This is an optional quest. The thug is in a house facing the warehouse in the slums of the Temple Quarter.
2	A Gravedigger's Gratitude	Temple Quarter	Gravedigger	Prison Break Anatomy of a Crime
2	A Long Way from Home	Swamp	Yaren Bolt	Prison Break City Guard signet ring or to have fought the cockatrice with Siegfried rather than alone or to bribe the guard.
2	A Lost Lamb	Swamp	Vaska	Prison Break City Guard signet ring or to have fought the cockatrice with Siegfried rather than alone or to bribe the guard. Clay Pits
2	A Most Uncommon Wine	Temple Quarter	Conrad	Prison Break
1	A Mysterious Tower	Temple Quarter / Swamp	Kalkstein	Prison Break City Guard signet ring or to have fought the cockatrice with Siegfried rather than alone or to bribe the guard.
2	A Pilgrimage	Swamp	Gramps	Prison Break City Guard signet ring or to have fought the cockatrice with Siegfried rather than alone or to bribe the guard.
2	A Restless Ghost	Temple Quarter	Hildegard Zollstock	Prison Break This is an optional quest. Hildegard stands outside the gates of the cemetery in the Temple Quarter everyday between 12:00 and 13:00.
1	Anatomy of a Crime	Temple Quarter	Raymond Maarloeve	Prison Break
3	Bloodthirsty Vegetation	Temple Quarter / Swamp	Coccacidium	Killing the archespore initiates this quest, Vincent tells Geralt about the plant but that does not initiate the quest. Prison Break City Guard signet ring or to have fought the cockatrice with Siegfried rather than alone or to bribe the guard.
1	Clay Pits	Swamp	Vaska	Prison Break City Guard signet ring or to have fought the cockatrice with Siegfried rather than alone or to bribe the guard.
2	Dice Poker: The Professional	Temple Quarter	Zoltan	Dice Poker: The Novice Prison Break
2	Finders Keepers	Temple Quarter	Con artist	This is an optional quest. The con artist is standing outside the entrance to the sewers, he can be found early in the mornings (before 09:00). Prison Break
2	Flowers and Gold	Swamp	Yaren Bolt	Geralt must speak either with the ferryman, who tells him to see Yaren, or directly to Yaren. Prison Break City Guard signet ring or to have fought the cockatrice with Siegfried rather than alone or to bribe the guard.
2	Force Recon	Temple Quarter	Siegfried or Yaevinn	Prison Break City Guard signet ring or to have fought the cockatrice with Siegfried rather than alone or to bribe the guard.
2	Memory of a Blade	Dungeon	Vincent Meis	Basically this quest begins when Geralt receives a confiscated witcher's silver sword to fight the cockatrice in the sewers to secure his freedom from the dungeon. Prison Break begins more or less simultaneously with this quest.
1	Monoliths	Swamp / Temple Quarter	Kalkstein	Prison Break A Mysterious Tower City Guard signet ring or to have fought the cockatrice with Siegfried rather than alone or to bribe the guard.
2	Old Friend of Mine	Temple Quarter	Shani	Prison Break
1	Prison Break	Temple Quarter	Vincent Meis	This quest is initiated at the beginning of Chapter II, when Geralt finds himself in the Dungeon and must find a way out.
2	Safe Haven	Temple Quarter	Zoltan	Prison Break City Guard signet ring or to have fought the cockatrice with Siegfried rather than alone or to bribe the guard.
2	Suspect: Kalkstein	Temple Quarter	Geralt	Prison Break Geralt is listed as giving this quest as he comes up with it himself.
2	Suspect: Leuvaarden	Temple Quarter	Raymond Maarloeve	Prison Break Raymond is listed as giving this quest as Geralt does not initially seem to suspect Leuvaarden, only after Raymond insists does he check him out.
2	Suspect: Ramsmeat	Temple Quarter	Raymond Maarloeve	Prison Break Raymond is listed as giving this quest as Geralt does not initially seem to suspect Ramsmeat, only after Raymond insists does he check him out.
2	Suspect: Thaler	Temple Quarter	Geralt	Prison Break Geralt is listed as giving this quest as he comes up with it himself after speaking to the mysterious man.
2	Suspect: Vincent Meis	Temple Quarter	Geralt	Prison Break Geralt is listed as giving this quest as he comes up with it himself after being attacked by Salamandra in the sewers.
2	Suspect: Vivaldi	Temple Quarter	Yaevinn	Prison Break Yaevinn is listed as giving this quest it is initiated when he gives Geralt the letter to Vivaldi.
4	The Alghoul Contract	Temple Quarter	Notice board	Prison Break City Guard signet ring or to have fought the cockatrice with Siegfried rather than alone (if Geralt has to go to the swamp for the alghoul marrow).
3	The Beast of the Sewers	Sewers	Vincent Meis	This quest is more or less simultaneous with Prison Break. Prison Break
2	The Cannibal	Swamp	No one	Prison Break City Guard signet ring or to have fought the cockatrice with Siegfried rather than alone or to bribe the guard. This quest is initiated when and if Geralt visits Gramps' hut in the Swamp and notices chewed human bones.
1	The Crown Witness	Temple Quarter	Raymond Maarloeve	Prison Break
4	The Dogcatcher of Vizima	Temple Quarter	Notice board	Prison Break
4	The Drowned Dead Contract	Temple Quarter / Swamp	Notice board	Prison Break City Guard signet ring or to have fought the cockatrice with Siegfried rather than alone or to bribe the guard.
4	The Echinops Contract	Temple Quarter / Swamp	Notice board	Prison Break City Guard signet ring or to have fought the cockatrice with Siegfried rather than alone or to bribe the guard.
2	The Rat	Temple Quarter	Coleman	Prison Break
1	The Sentry	Swamp / Temple Quarter	Vaska	Prison Break A Mysterious Tower City Guard signet ring or to have fought the cockatrice with Siegfried rather than alone or to bribe the guard.
4	The Wolf Contract	Temple Quarter / Swamp	Notice board	Prison Break City Guard signet ring or to have fought the cockatrice with Siegfried rather than alone or to bribe the guard.
1	Vizima Confidential	Temple Quarter	Raymond Maarloeve	Prison Break
2	What Lies Beneath	Temple Quarter		Prison Break
2	Working Girls	Temple Quarter	Carmen	Prison Break
2	Worth its Weight in Gold	Swamp / Temple Quarter	Yaevinn	Prison Break City Guard signet ring or to have fought the cockatrice with Siegfried rather than alone or to bribe the guard.
	The Cultists' Crypt	Sewers	note found on a body	Not an official quest. When you find the body of the knight Eric, there is a note describing the location of the Lionhead Spider cultists's lair and a key to get in.

Chapter III

	Quest	Location	Given by	Quests or Conditions Required to Unlock
1	A Posh Reception	Trade Quarter	Triss	Just making it to Chapter III initiates this quest.
2	All the King's Men	Trade Quarter	Triss	Just making it to Chapter III initiates this quest.
2	Beauty and the Beast	Swamp / Temple Quarter / Trade Quarter	Carmen	Speaking with Carmen at the ferry landing in the Swamp initiates this quest.
2	Blue Eyes	Trade Quarter	Patrick de Weyze	Speaking with the knight at the New Narakort Inn initiates this quest.
2	Dandelion's Lute	Trade Quarter	Dandelion	Geralt must win a drinking contest with Dandelion to get the details for this quest.
2	Dice Poker: The Sharper	Trade Quarter	Zoltan	Geralt must have played and beaten four professional level dice poker players.
1	Diplomacy and Hunting	Druids' grove / Swamp cave / Lumberjacks' glade	Vaska or the Hierophant	Reaping Time
2	Echoes of Yesterday	Druids' grove / Trade Quarter sewers	Yaevinn	Speaking with Yaevinn in the Druids' grove and asking him for work initiates this quest. Six Feet Under must be completed first if you want to complete both quests.
1	Following the Thread	Trade Quarter	Jethro or Leuvaarden	Speaking with Leuvaarden at the end of the Posh Reception and accepting to help him is one way to initiate this quest. Speaking to Jethro before the Posh Reception is another way.
1	Gold Rush	Trade Quarter	small boy / Velerad	A Posh Reception
2	Identity	Trade Quarter	Triss	Just making it to Chapter III initiates this quest.
1	Lock and Key	Trade Quarter	Declan Leuvaarden	A Posh Reception
2	Medic in Distress	Temple Quarter	Nurse at St. Lebioda's	Just speaking with the distressed nurse outside Saint Lebioda's Hospital is sufficient to initiate this quest. Nurse may not appear until you obtain Following the Thread quest
1	Reaping Time	Swamp	Leuvaarden or Vaska	Speaking with Leuvaarden at the end of the Posh Reception and accepting to help him begins this quest. Speaking to Vaska in the Swamp also initiates this quest.
2	Six Feet Under	Cloister / Cemetery crypt	Siegfried	Speaking with Siegfried at his post outside the Cloister is sufficient to initiate this quest. Must be completed before Echoes of Yesterday if you want to complete both quests.
4	The Archespore Contract	Trade Quarter / Swamp	Notice board	Just making it to Chapter III and reading the notice board initiates this quest.
4	The Cockatrice Contract	Trade Quarter / Swamp cave	Notice board	Just making it to Chapter III and reading the notice board initiates this quest.
4	The Fleder Contract	Trade Quarter	Notice board	Just making it to Chapter III and reading the notice board initiates this quest.
4	The Ghoul Contract (2)	Trade Quarter / Cemetery	Notice board	Just making it to Chapter III and reading the notice board initiates this quest.
4	The Graveir Contract	Trade Quarter / Cemetery	Notice board	Just making it to Chapter III and reading the notice board initiates this quest.
4	The Kikimore Contract	Trade Quarter / Swamp	Notice board	Just making it to Chapter III and reading the notice board initiates this quest.
3	The Predatory Wyvern	Trade Quarter / Wyvern Island	Moa	Killing Moa initiates this quest, the Royal huntsman tells Geralt about her but that does not initiate the quest.
2	The Ring	Dike / Swamp	Desperate merchant on the Dike	Speaking to the Desperate Merchant who is walking around on the Vizima dike is sufficient to initiate this quest.
1	The Source	Trade Quarter / Temple Quarter	Triss	Just making it to Chapter III initiates this quest.
1	The Unforgiven	Trade Quarter	Declan Leuvaarden	Lock and Key
1	The Viziman Connection	Trade Quarter / Sewers	Jethro	Following the Thread
4	The Wyvern Contract	Trade Quarter / Wyvern Island	Notice board	Just making it to Chapter III and reading the notice board initiates this quest.
3	White Fang	Trade Quarter / Swamp	Voref	Killing Voref initiates this quest, the Royal huntsman tells Geralt about him but that does not initiate the quest.
2	Won't Hurt a Bit	Trade Quarter	Zahin Schmartz	Speaking with the dentist initiates this quest.

Chapter IV

	Quest	Location	Given by	Quests or Conditions Required to Unlock
1	Alvin (quest)	Murky Waters	Dandelion	Geralt meets Dandelion just outside the village of Murky Waters. Dandelion gives him the low-down on Alvin and the quest is begun.
1	Armor (quest)	Murky Waters / Swamp cemetery	Berengar	Geralt meets Berengar just outside the village of Murky Waters. Berengar mentions a legendary suit of armour, Raven's Armour.
2	Daily Bread	Murky Waters	Toruviel	Speaking with Toruviel and asking if he can help initiates this quest.
1	Free Elves	Murky Waters	White Rayla	Ripples
2	Hunting the Wild Hunt	Fields	Hermit	Speaking with the hermit and asking if he needs the services of a witcher initiates this quest.
2	Old Habits Die Hard	Lakeside / Murky Waters / Black Tern Island	Naiad	Simply speaking with the Naiad initiates this quest.
1	Ripples	Murky Waters	Friendly vodyan priest / Fisher King	Simply speaking with the friendly vodyan priest initiates this quest.
2	Small Problems	Murky Waters / Crypt in the fields	Mason Harn	Simply speaking with Mason Harn initiates this quest.
2	Temptation	Murky Waters	Blacksmith's wife	Speaking with the blacksmith's wife initiates this quest. Leaving her house initiates the possible alternative path.
4	The Alp Contract	Murky Waters	Notice board	Just being in Murky Waters and reading the notice board initiates this quest.
3	The Ancient Cemetaur	Murky Waters	Ureus	Killing Ureus initiates this quest, Tobias Hoffman tells Geralt about him but that does not initiate the quest.
4	The Basilisk Contract	Murky Waters	Notice board	Just being in Murky Waters and reading the notice board initiates this quest.
4	The Devourer Contract	Murky Waters	Notice board	Just being in Murky Waters and reading the notice board initiates this quest.
4	The Giant Centipede Contract	Murky Waters	Notice board	Just being in Murky Waters and reading the notice board initiates this quest.
1	The Heat of the Day	Murky Waters	Alina or Dandelion	Speaking with Dandelion alerts Geralt to the fact that Alvin is in Murky Waters, speaking with Alina sets things in motion.
2	The Paths of Destiny	Murky Waters	Berengar / Friendly vodyan priest	Speaking with the friendly Vodyan priest alerts Geralt to the fact that another witcher is in town. Finding Berengar in the crypt sets this quest in motion.
4	The Royal Wyvern Contract	Murky Waters	Notice board	Just being in Murky Waters and reading the notice board initiates this quest.
3	The Vodyan Priest	Murky Waters	Teyu	Killing Teyu initiates this quest, Tobias Hoffman tells Geralt about him but that does not initiate the quest.

Chapter V

	Quest	Location	Given by	Quests or Conditions Required to Unlock
2	A Gnomish Device	Swamp cemetery	Dwarven blacksmith	Having chosen the Scoia'tael path.
2	A Magic Formula	Swamp cemetery	Kalkstein	Having chosen the Neutral path.
3	Bloodwing	Swamp cemetery	Vesper	Killing Vesper intiates this quest, the Royal huntsman tells Geralt about him but that does not initiate the quest.
	Dice Poker: The Legend	Foltest's castle	King Foltest	This is not actually a quest, it is the last phase of the quest A Game of Dice and seems independent of previous Dice quests (on one occasion I did not complete the sharper quest, but was still able to do this part of the quest).
1	Her Highness the Striga	Striga's crypt	King Foltest	The King himself gives Geralt his quest after the cut scene when he first enters Old Vizima.
1	Hope Burns Bright	Swamp cemetery	Zoltan	Having chosen the Scoia'tael path.
2	Mud and Velvet	Swamp cemetery	Antoinette	Speaking with Antoinette at King Foltest's castle.
2	Saint Gregory's Litany	Swamp cemetery	Order armorer	Having chosen the Order path.
1	Sweet Revenge	Swamp cemetery	Geralt	Basically Geralt decides he must continue and defeat Salamandra... no one really asks him to do this.
4	The Bloedzuiger Contract	Swamp cemetery	Notice board	This quest is initiated by reading the notice board in Old Vizima, particularly tricky if you take the Witcher / neutral path!
4	The Bruxa Contract	Old Vizima	Notice board	This quest is initiated by reading the notice board in Old Vizima, particularly tricky if you take the Witcher / neutral path!
4	The Cemetaur Contract	Swamp cemetery	Notice board	This quest is initiated by reading the notice board in Old Vizima, particularly tricky if you take the Witcher / neutral path!
1	The Flame that Cleanses	Swamp cemetery	White Rayla	Having chosen the Order path
4	The Garkain Contract	Old Vizima	Notice board	This quest is initiated by reading the notice board in Old Vizima, particularly tricky if you take the Witcher / neutral path!
3	The Vampiress of the Swamp	Swamp cemetery	Lilly	Killing Lilly initiates this quest, the Royal huntsman tells Geralt about her but that does not initiate the quest.
4	The Wraith Contract	Old Vizima	Notice board	This quest is initiated by reading the notice board in Old Vizima, particularly tricky if you take the Witcher / neutral path!
1	Under a Fiery Sky	Swamp cemetery	Nurses	Having chosen the Neutral path.
	The Green March	Swamp cemetery	Druids in the cave	Not an official quest. Speak with one of the Elder (not the Eldest) Druids in the Druids' cave to get the necessary information to complete this "task".

Epilogue

	Quest	Location	Given by	Quests or Conditions Required to Unlock
2	Frozen Reflections	Ice Plains	No one	The Ashes of Vizima This quest begins automatically when Geralt enters the Cloister and speaks with the Grand Master.
1	The Ashes of Vizima	Old Vizima	No one	Completion of Chapter V.