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Contract: Phantom of the Trade Route Walkthrough

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This is a guide to the quest titled Contract: Phantom of the Trade Route 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.

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Contract: Phantom of the Trade Route Location and Rewards

Basic Information

Quest Number -
Region Velen
Quest Location Benek
Previous Quest -
Next Quest -

Rewards

Gold Reward 192
Exp Reward 250
Item Reward None


How to Unlock Contract: Phantom of the Trade Route

You can unlock this contract quest by talking to the Refugee at Velen near Benek or by walking towards the cart at the middle of the road, north of Benek.

Is Contract: Phantom of the Trade Route Missable or Failable?

This quest is not failable.

Contract: Phantom of the Trade Route Walkthrough

Objectives
1 Talk to the Refugee infront of the hut near Benek.
2 Find the missing caravan.
3 Examine the cart and follow the scent using your Witcher Senses.
4 Find the Wyvern's Nest and kill the Wyverns.
5 Destroy the two Wyvern's Nest and wait for the Royal Wyvern.
6 Kill the Royal Wyvern and take the Trophy from its corpse.
7 Return to the refugee and collect your reward.

Contract: Phantom of the Trade Route Tips and Strategies

Questing Tips

Re-applying Oils

Once you kill the smaller wyverns, you will have to destroy their nests to lure out the Royal Wyvern. Use this moment to re-apply your oils and prepare your bombs before engaging the Royal Wyvern.

Clear the Area

This area is full of wolves ready to attack. Try clearing the area first before exploring for clues using your witcher senses, this can help you progress the quest a lot easier.

Quest Reward

You will receive a decent amount of XP and gold as a reward for finishing this quest. You also can receive the sword Anathema aside from the Wyvern Trophy upon looting the corpse.

Combat Strategies

Royal Wyvern (Wyvern)

  • Coat your Silver Sword with Draconid Oil to deal bonus damage to them.
  • Golden Oriole Potion can help you be more agressive during the fight. This can prevent you from being poisoned incase you get hit by the wyvern's attacks.
  • Grapeshot Bombs can also ve used to deal massive damage on wyverns while they are on the ground. Use this bomb at the beginning of the fight while they are in range.
  • Cast the Quen Sign to boost your defense against the powerful wyvern attacks.

To learn more information on Royal Wyvern, you can check out guide on Wyvern Loots and Weaknesses on the link below.

Wyvern Loots and Weaknesses

Is Contract: Phantom of the Trade Route Worth It?

Contract: Phantom of the Trade Route is totally worth doing

We recommend that you complete this quest. Completing this quest will give you very useful benefits that you can use to make your progression easier or make Geralt significantly stronger.

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Contract: The Phantom of Eldberg (17) Contract: Muire D'yaeblen (18) Contract: Here Comes the Groom (19)
Contract: Mysterious Tracks (20) In the Heart of the Woods (22) Contract: The Mystery of the Byways Murders (22)
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