Contract: The Merry Widow Walkthrough
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This is a guide to the quest titled Contract: The Merry Widow 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 |
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Contract: The Merry Widow Location and Rewards
Basic Information
| Quest Number | - |
|---|---|
| Region | Velen |
| Quest Location | Lindenvale |
| Previous Quest | - |
| Next Quest | - |
Rewards
| Gold Reward | 180 |
|---|---|
| Exp Reward | 240 |
| Item Reward | None |
How to Unlock Contract: The Merry Widow
You can unlock this contract quest by reading the letter on the Notice Board at Velen near Lindenvale.
Is Contract: The Merry Widow Missable or Failable?
This quest is not failable.
Contract: The Merry Widow Walkthrough
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Talk to Gravedigger about the contract details. |
| 2 | Go to the cemetery and defeat all enemies. |
| 3 | Explore the cemetry using your Witcher Senses. |
| 4 | Follow the scent of cadaverine using your Witcher Senses. |
| 5 | Investigate the lair and take the skulls. |
| 6 | Put the skulls in the cemetery and wait for the grave hag to come out. |
| 7 | Kill the gravehag. |
| 8 | Take the trophy from the corpse. |
| 9 | Return to Gravedigger and collect your reward. |
Contract: The Merry Widow Tips and Strategies
Questing Tips
Yrden Sign
Try to stay inside the area of effect of the Yrden Sign to slow down their movement and to make them more vulnerable to your attacks.
Black Blood Potions
Make sure you have Black Blood Potion active while fighting the Grave Hag, this will deal damage to the Grave Hag if you get hit by its attacks.
Quest Reward
Aside from the Trophy and Gold reward you will receive, you will also obtain the sword Addan Deith from the Grave Hag's corpse.
Combat Strategies
Mourntart (Grave Hag)
- Coat your Silver Sword with Necrophage Oil to deal bonus damage to them.
- Superior Black Blood works well against necrophages. Use this potion and lure Mourntart inside the range of your potion and Yrden Sign.
- Constantly cast your Quen Sign to protect yourself from her powerful attacks.
- Cast the Yrden Sign to make her more vunerable to your attacks.
To learn more information onMourntart, you can check out guide on Grave Hag Loots and Weaknesses on the link below.
Grave Hag Loots and Weaknesses
Is Contract: The Merry Widow Worth It?
Contract: The Merry Widow is not worth doing
We do not recommend doing this quest. The benefits that you gain from this quest are not very useful for your progression in the game. Finishing this quest will be mainly for the sake of the game's completion and to have more knowledge about the Witcher World.
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