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Final Preparations Walkthrough, Ending Choices and Best Choice

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Witcher 3 Quest Final Preparations

This is a guide to the quest titled Final Preparations from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Read on for information on objectives and possible rewards, quest order, as well as useful tips and strategies for completing the quest, choices and best choice.

Previous Quest Current Quest Next Quest
Bald Mountain Final Preparations Blindingly Obvious

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Final Preparations Rewards and Basic Information

Basic Information

Quest Number 44
Region Novigrad
Quest Location Novigrad
Previous Quest Bald Mountain
Next Quest Blindingly Obvious

Rewards

Gold Reward None
Exp Reward 1000
Item Reward None


Final Preparations Main Objectives

Objectives
1 Speak with Triss and complete the main quest Blindingly Obvious.
2 Speak with Yennefer and complete the main quest The Great Escape.
3 Speak with Ciri and complete the main quest Payback.
4 Speak with Ciri in the Rosemary and Thyme and let her meet with the Lodge of Sorceresses.
5 Speak with Avallac'h and complete the main quest Through Time and Space.

What Order Should I Do FInal Preparations?

This quest can be done in any order. There is no specific order to do the quest that will give any type of advantage, so pick any order you would like.

Choices that will Affect the Ending

Choices

Objective 4 Choice: Ciri's Confidence

Witcher 3 Ciri

NOTE: THIS IS ONE OF THE FIVE MAJOR CHOICES THAT WILL DETERMINE THE ENDING.

Choice 1: Going with you.

Picking this option will make Ciri feel like she is a dependent. It will decrease a point on a hidden scale that determines the game's Epilogue.

Choice 2: You'll do fine on your own.

This option will make Ciri independently go in alone while you wait for her outside. Doing this will increase a point on a hidden scale that determines the game's Epilogue.

Best Choice

Let Ciri Go on Her Own

If you let Ciri go talk to the lodge by herself, this will contribute to getting one of the good endings.

For more information on the endings, check out the guide below:
List of Endings and How to Get the Best Ending

Final Preparations Tips and Strategies

Questing Tips

There is no particular order that these quests should be done in. You can complete all of these quests in any order you want, and the quest will end after successfully doing all of the main objectives and quests.

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All Act 3 Quests

No. Quest Title Location Sugg. Level
43 Bald Mountain Bald Mountain 26
44 Final Preparations Novigrad -
45 Blindingly Obvious Novigrad 28
46 The Great Escape Novigrad 28
47 Payback Novigrad 28
48 Through Time and Space Novigrad 26
49 Battle Preparations Novigrad 28
50 The Sunstone Skellige 28
51 Veni Vidi Vigo Skellige 28
52 Child of the Elder Blood Skellige 31
53 Skjall's Grave Hindarsfjall 28
54 On Thin Ice Undvik 30
55 Tedd Deireadh, The Final Age Undvik 30
56 Something Ends, Something Begins White Orchard or Velen 30

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