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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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All Contracts Quests

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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