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This is a guide to the quest titled Contract: Shrieker from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Read on to learn locations, rewards, best choices, best outcomes, as well as useful tips and strategy for completing this quest.
| Previous Quest | Current Quest | Next Quest |
|---|---|---|
| - | Contract: Shrieker | - |
List of Contents
| Quest Number | - |
|---|---|
| Region | Velen |
| Quest Location | Crow's Perch |
| Previous Quest | - |
| Next Quest | - |
| Gold Reward | 176 |
|---|---|
| Exp Reward | 235 or 250 |
| Item Reward | None |
You can unlock this contract quest by reading the letter on the Notice Board at Velen near Crow's Perch.
This quest is not failable.
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Speak to Chet about the details of the contract. |
| 2 | Investigate the site of the monster's attack using your witcher senses. |
| 3 | Follow the trail of blood using your witcher senses. |
| 4 | Find the monster's lair inside the cave. |
| 5 | Use bombs to lure the monster out of its lair. |
| 6 | Chase down the monster. |
| 7 | Kill the monster. |
| 8 | Take the trophy from the monster. |
| 9 | Return to Chet and collect your reward. |
Use Dancing Star Bombs instead of Grapeshot Bombs to lure the Cockatrice out of its lair. You need to save as much Grapeshot Bombs as you can to use later on the fight.
Cockatrice will fly away during this fight. Use your crossbow to shoot it down and get them in range of your sword attacks.
You will receive a huge amount of XP reward and you will be able to take the Cockatrice Trophy from its corpse.
To learn more information on Cockatrice, you can check out guide on Cockatrice Loots and Weaknesses on the link below.
Cockatrice Loots and Weaknesses
This quest gives you somewhat useful benefits when you complete it. It is up to you to decide whether the things you gain from this quest will benefit you greatly.
| No. | Quest Title | Location | Sugg. Level |
|---|---|---|---|
| - | Contract: The Oxenfurt Drunk | Oxenfurt | 26 |
| - | Contract: The White Lady | Farcorners Drahim Castle | 16 |
| - | Contract: Dragon | Fyresdal | 28 |
| - | Contract: Here Comes the Groom | Cave south of Old Watchtower | 19 |
| - | Contract: Missing Miners | Blandare | 27 |
| - | Contract: Missing Son | Rannvaig Kaer Nyssen | 29 |
| - | Contract: Muire D'yaeblen | Kaer Trolde | 18 |
| - | Contract: Skellige's Most Wanted | Fyresdal | 29 |
| - | Contract: Strange Beast | Larvik | 16 |
| - | Contract: The Phantom of Eldberg | Eldberg Lighthouse | 17 |
| - | In the Heart of the Woods | Fayrlund | 22 |
| - | Contract: Devil by the Well | South of the Border Post | 2 |
| - | Contract: Jenny o' the Woods | Inn at the Crossroads Blackbough Crow's Perch Lindenvale | 10 |
| - | Contract: Missing Brother | Inn at the Crossroads | 33 |
| - | Contract: Mysterious Tracks | Lindenvale | 20 |
| - | Contract: Patrol Gone Missing | West of Mulbrydale | 7 |
| - | Contract: Phantom of the Trade Route | Benek | 23 |
| - | Contract: Shrieker | Crow's Perch | 8 |
| - | Contract: Swamp Thing | Between Crow's Perch and Boatmakers' Hut | 12 |
| - | Contract: The Beast of Honorton | Abandoned site north of Condyle | 25 |
| - | Contract: The Griffin from the Highlands | Hangman's Alley | 24 |
| - | Contract: The Merry Widow | Lindenvale | 10 |
| - | Contract: The Mystery of the Byways Murders | Byways | 22 |
| - | Contract: Woodland Beast | Bandit camp northwest of Inn at the Crossroads | 6 |
| - | Contract: An Elusive Thief | The Bits Farcorners | 13 |
| - | Contract: Deadly Delights | Harborside Crippled Kate's | 15 |
| - | Contract: Doors Slamming Shut | Moldavie Residence | 24 |
| - | Contract: Lord of the Wood | Loggers' Hut Hotsch Woods | 25 |
| - | Contract: The Apiarian Phantom | Honeyfill Meadworks | 14 |
| - | Contract: The Creature from Oxenfurt Forest | Camp east-southeast of the Herbalist's Hut | 35 |
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You should talk to the boy behind the cabin about avenging his father. You have a chance to jedi mind trick him to be calm for some xp. After you kill the shrieker you can go talk to the boy again and let him know his father has been avenged.