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Velen Map and Locations

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This page contains the map and locations of the Velen region in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Read on for more information about the specific locations in Velen.

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Toussaint is only accessible for players who have the Blood and Wine expansion.

Velen Quests

Main Quests

There are a total of 11 Main Quests available in the Velen Region. You can get these automatically when you complete the previous Main Quest associated with it.

List of Main Quests

Side Quests

There are a total of 35 Side Quests available in the Velen Region. You can get some of these from the Notice Boards scattered around Velen or by directly talking to the quest giver. Some Side Quests require the player to be at a certain point in the story or to have finished other side quests to activate.

Most Important Side Quests for the Story

Contracts

There are a total of 11 Contracts available in the Velen Region. You can get these by picking up the Notices on the Notice Boards scattered around the Velen Region.

List of Contract Quests

Scavenger Hunts

There are a total of 18 Scavenger Hunts available in the Velen Region. Once you start a Scavenger Hunt, some clues you gain will lead you to the next Scavenger Hunt of the same Witcher School and Tier.

Velen Points of Interest

Fast Travel Points

Velen Signposts
Abandoned Tower Ancient Oak Bandits' Camp
Benek Blackbough Boatmaker's Hut
Border Post Burned Ruins Byways
Claywich Coast of Wrecks Codgers' Quarry
Condyle Crossroads Crow's Perch
Destroyed Bastion Devil's Pit Downwarren
Dragonslayer's Grotto Drudge Duen Hen
Ferry Station Forest Hut Frischlow
Fyke Isle Grotto Hanged Man's Tree
Hangmans' Alley Harpy Feeding Ground Heatherton
Hindhold House of Respite Inn at the Crossroads
Isolated Shack Kimbolt Way Lindenvale
Lornuk Lurtch Maurauder's Bridge
Midcopse Mulbrydale Nilfgaardian Army Group 'Center' Camp
Olena's Grove Oreton Reardon Manor
Refugees' Camp Road to Bald Mountain Ruined Tower
Stonecutter's Settlement The Orphans of Crookback Bog Toderas
Troll Bridge Wastrel Manor White Eagle Fort
Wolven Glade - -

There are a total of 55 Signposts where the player can discover them by approaching the site on the map and it will allow them to fast travel from one Signpost to another.

Exploration Points

Monster Den 2
Abandoned Site 10
Sumgglers' Cache 1
Guarded Treasure 21
Bandit Camp 19
Person(s) in Distress 4
Spoils of War 3
Hidden Treasure 29
Monster Nest 18
Cave Entrance 20

There are a total of 127 Exploration points scattered around the Velen region. The player can discorver these by getting Notices on the Notice Boards of Velen or by approaching the site on the map.

Places of Power

There are a total of 6 Places of Power in the region of Velen. There is only 1 located in the north part of Velen, the rest of the Places of Power can be located in the south part of Velen.

Northern Velen

Witcher 3 Places of Power North

Southern Velen

Witcher 3 Places of Power South
Aard Igni Yrden Quen Axii
1 1 2 2 0

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1 Anonymous Anonymous over 4 years

2 monster nests not noted in Velen map, northwest of the Byways signpost.

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