Contract: The Mystery of the Byways Murders Walkthrough
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This is a guide to the quest titled Contract: The Mystery of the Byways Murders 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: The Mystery of the Byways Murders | - |
List of Contents
- Contract: The Mystery of the Byways Murders Location and Rewards
- How to Unlock Contract: The Mystery of the Byways Murders
- Is Contract: The Mystery of the Byways Murders Missable or Failable?
- Contract: The Mystery of the Byways Murders Walkthrough
- Contract: The Mystery of the Byways Murders Tips and Strategies
- Is Contract: The Mystery of the Byways Murders Worth It?
- The Witcher 3 Related Links
Contract: The Mystery of the Byways Murders Location and Rewards
Basic Information
| Quest Number | - |
|---|---|
| Region | Velen |
| Quest Location | Byways |
| Previous Quest | - |
| Next Quest | - |
Rewards
| Gold Reward | 195 or 146 |
|---|---|
| Exp Reward | 300 or 300 |
| Item Reward | None |
How to Unlock Contract: The Mystery of the Byways Murders
You can unlock this contract quest by reading the letter on the Notice Board at Velen near Orenton or by talking to Bytomir near Byways.
Is Contract: The Mystery of the Byways Murders Missable or Failable?
This quest is not failable.
Contract: The Mystery of the Byways Murders Walkthrough
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Talk to Milan about the details of the contract or approach the village in Byways. |
| 2 | Deal with the ghouls prowiling the village. |
| 3 | Use your Witcher Senses to explore the village and find the surviving villagers. |
| 4 | Follow the scent of blood using your Witcher Senses. |
| 5 | Explore the tunnels under Byways using your Witcher Senses. |
| 6 | Find and Kill Ekimmara. |
| 7 | Take the Trophy from the Ekimmara Corpse. |
| 8 | Report back to Bytomir or Milan to collect your reward. |
Contract: The Mystery of the Byways Murders Tips and Strategies
Questing Tips
Notice Board in Orenton
Its better to receive the quest from the notice board in Orenton to maximize the XP and gold reward that you can receive while doing this quest.
Fighting Ghouls
You will encounter Ghouls as soon as you arrive in Byways, equip your Grapeshot Bombs and cast Quen Sign before approaching the village to better prepare yourself for the fight.
Quest Rewards
The XP and Gold you will receive will depend on how you will take the quest. However, regardless of how you finish this quest, you will receive the sword Bloed Aedd and Ekimmara Trophy.
Milan in Orenton
You will receive a decent amount of both XP and gold if you received the quest from the Notice Board and talked to Milan.
Byromir in Byways
You will receive more gold but way less experience if you didn't report to Milan in Orenton during this quest.
Combat Strategies
Sarasti (Ekimmara)
- Coat your Silver Sword with Vampire Oil to deal bonus damage to them.
- Black Blood Potion can be used to deal damage if you get hit by necrophages and vampire attacks.
- You can use Devil's Puffball Bombs to prevent the ekimmara from regenerating health during the fight.
- Cast the Quen Sign to protect yourself from the ekimmara's attacks.
To learn more information on Sarasti, you can check out guide on Ekimmara Loots and Weaknesses on the link below.
Is Contract: The Mystery of the Byways Murders Worth It?
Contract: The Mystery of the Byways Murders 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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