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This guide wiill show you the recommended path of quests to take to thoroughly experience the story. Read on to find out what quests to play through.

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Prologue

Quest Suggested Level Quest Type Location
Kaer Morhen - Main Kaer Morhen
Lilac and Gooseberries - Main White Orchard
The Beast of White Orchard 3 Main White Orchard
Incident at White Orchard 2 Main White Orchard
Imperial Audience 2 Main Vizima

Act 1

The quests in each region are independent of each other and can be done in any order. You can for example start in Novigrad then skip to Skellige halfway, and finish in Velen. The order listed down below is the optimal way to experience the story.

Velen

Quest Suggested Level Quest Type Location
The Nilfgaardian Connection 5 Main Velen
Bloody Baron 6 Main Crow's Perch
Ciri's Story: The King of the Wolves 5 Main Lindenvale
Ciri's Room 5 Secondary Crow's Perch
Family Matters 6 Main Crow's Perch
A Princess in Distress 5 Main Blackbough
Ciri's Story: The Race 5 Main Velen
Ciri's Story: Out of the Shadows 5 Main Abandoned Tower
Hunting a Witch 5 Main Midsopse
Wandering in the Dark 6 Main Byways
An Invitation from Keira Metz 6 Secondary Kiera Met'z hut
A Towerful of Mice 6 Secondary Fyke Isle, Oreton
A Favor for a Friend 6 Secondary Kiera Metz's hut
For the Advancement of Learning 8 Secondary Fyle Isle
Ladies of the Wood 6 Main Crookbag Bog
The Whispering Hillock 5 Main Ancient Oak
Ciri's Story: Fleeing the Bog 5 Main Crookbag Bog
Return to Crookback Bog 9 Secondary Crookbag Bog

Novigrad

Quest Suggested Level Quest Type Location
Pyres of Novigrad 10 Main Novigrad
Novigrad Dreaming 7 Main Novigrad
Broken Flowers 11 Main Novigrad
Get Junior 12 Main Novigrad
An Eye for an Eye 12 Secondary Hanged Man's Tree Temerian Partisan hideout
Ciri's Story: Visiting Junior 9 Main Novigrad
Count Reuven's Treasure 12 Main Novigrad
A Favor for Radovid 9 Main Oxenfurt Harbor
Redania's Most Wanted 12 Secondary Est Tayiar
A Matter of Life and Death 12 Secondary The Bits, Triss' hideout, Eilihal's workshop, Vegelbud Residence
Now or Never 14 Secondary Novigrad
A Deadly Plot 14 Secondary Near Border Post North of Hanged Man's Tree
The Play's the Thing 11 Main Novigrad
A Poet Under Pressure 13 Main Novigrad
Ciri's Story: Breakneck Speed 11 Main Novigrad
A Dangerous Game 12 Secondary Rosemary and Thyme
Cabaret 12 Secondary Rosemary and Thyme
Carnal Sins 16 Secondary Vilmerius Hospital, Crippled Kate's, Vegelbud Residence, Novigrad Docks

Skellige

Quest Suggested Level Quest Type Location
Destination: Skellige 16 Main Novigrad
The King is Dead – Long Live the King 16 Main Kaer Trolde
The Lord of Undvik 17 Secondary Kaer Trolde, Undvik
Possession 17 Secondary Svorlag, Ulula's Needle, Udalryk's old family home, Spikeroog
King's Gambit 18 Secondary Kaer Trolde
Coronation 18 Secondary Kaer Trolde, Gedyneith
Echoes of the Past 17 Main Ard Skellig
Missing Persons 15 Main Lofoten
Nameless 14 Main Freya's Garden
Ciri's Story: The Calm Before the Storm 14 Main Lofoten
The Last Wish 15 Secondary Larvik on Hindarsfjall, Freya's Garden, Ingdalen Isle

Act 2

Quest Suggested Level Quest Type Location
Ugly Baby 19 Main Crow's Perch, Royal Palace, Kaer Morhen
Disturbance - Main Kaer Morhen
To Bait a Forktail... 19 Main Kaer Morhen
The Final Trial 19 Main Kaer Morhen
No Place Like Home 19 Main Kaer Morhen
Va Fail, Elaine 19 Main Kaer Morhen
The Isle of Mists 22 Main Skellige
The Battle of Kaer Morhen 22 Main Kaer Morhen
Blood on the Battlefield 20 Main Kaer Morhen

Act 3

Quest Suggested Level Quest Type Location
Bald Mountain 26 Main Bald Mountain
Final Preparations - Main Novigrad
Blindingly Obvious 28 Main Novigrad
Reason of State 30 Secondary Novigrad Docks, St. Gregory's Bridge, The Butcher's Yard theater
The Great Escape 28 Main Novigrad
Payback 28 Main Novigrad
Through Time and Space 26 Main Novigrad
Battle Preparations 28 Main Novigrad
The Sunstone 28 Main Skellige
Veni Vidi Vigo 28 Main Skellige
Child of the Elder Blood 31 Main Skellige
Skjall's Grave 28 Main Hindarsfjall
On Thin Ice 30 Main Undvik
Tedd Deireadh, The Final Age 30 Main Undvik
Something Ends, Something Begins 30 Main White Orchard or Velen

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