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A Dangerous Game
This is a guide to the quest titled A Dangerous Game 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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A Dangerous Game Location and Rewards

Basic Information

Quest Number -
Region Novigrad
Quest Location Rosemary and Thyme
Previous Quest -
Next Quest -

Rewards

Gold Reward 0 or 150
Exp Reward 0 or 80
Item Reward Fringilla Vigo Gwent Card x 1
Item Reward 2 Isengrim Faoiltiarna Gwent Card x 1
Item Reward 3 John Natalis Gwent Card x 1


How to Unlock A Dangerous Game

After completing the quest A Poet Underpressure, you will find Zoltan outside of Rosemary and Thyme. Talk to Zoltan and agree to help him to start the quest.

Is A Dangerous Game Missable or Failable?

This quest can not be failed.

A Dangerous Game Walkthrough

Objectives
1 Go to the marker on the map and knock on the door.
2 Climb the ladder east of the door you knocked on. Climp up the next ladder and jump across the gap to the other house. Enter the house from the door.
3 Go down to the first floor. Kill the two bandits. Loot the bandits, one of them will have a key and the Isengrim Faolitiarna Gwent card.
4 Below the stairs is a chest. Use your Aard to break the board in the way and loot the chest to get Ledger of Income and Outlays. Read the ledger
5 Go back to Zoltan and talk to him.
6 Go get the reamaning cards from Ravik and Caesar Bilzen. You can get the cards in any order.

Ravik

Objectives
1 Head to the marker at the Golden Sturgeon.
2 Head inside and go down to the lower floor to the marker.
3 You can agree to play Gwent or decline to. Either way, you will have to fight the 2 thugs. If you played Gwent and won, Ravik will give you the card. If you lose or declined to play Gwent, you will find the card on Ravik's Corpse.
4 Go get the next card from Caesar. If you already have the card, you will meet with the client.

Caesar Bilzen

Objectives
1 Meet Zoltan in Hierarch Square.
2 Go upstairs.
3 Use your Witcher Senses to find the knife on the table. Examine it and loot key from the drawer that opens.
4 Using your Witcher Senses, find the triangle shaped hole in one of the bookshelves and interact with it.
5 Head through the hidden door and up the stairs.
6 Loot the Gwent card from the first pedastal on the left below the paintings.
7 Head back downstairs and talk to Zoltan.
8 Choose to fight Cleaver's men or leave without doing anything.
9 Go get the next card from Ravik. If you already have the card, you will meet with the client.

Meeting the Client

Objectives
1 Follow Zoltan.
2 Chase Duke.
3 Once you reach the sewers you will need to take an alternate route to get to him. A couple of Drowners will be in your way to him.
4 You can choose to spare Duke or Kill him. This choice will not have any affect on anything.
5 You can choose to keep the cards, giving you no XP, or take some coin instead, giving you 150 Crowns and 80 XP.

A Dangerous Game Tips and Strategies

Choose the Gwent Cards

Isengrim Gwent Card
There is no way else to obtain these Gwent Cards. With 2 of them being Hero cards, it is very worth it to keep them.

Is A Dangerous Game Worth It?

A Dangerous Game is somewhat worth doing

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.

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- Brave Fools Die Young -
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- An Unpaid Debt 15
- Witch Hunter Raids N/A
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- The Witcher's Forge 30
- Return to Crookback Bog Crookback Bog 9
- The Bastion 23
- Berengar's Blade 27
- King's Gambit Kaer Trolde 18
- Take What You Want North of Keira Metz's hut 25
- The Last Wish Hindersfjall 15
- The Fall of the House of Reardon Reardon Manor 6
- Possession Svorlag 17
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- Gwent Quest: Skellige Style Kaer Trolde Gedyneith Gremist's workshop Kaer Muire N/A
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- Where the Cat and Wolf Play... Honorton Oreton 25
- Wild at Heart Blackbough Isolated Shack 7
- Witcher Wannabe Lindenvale 10
- A Barnful of Trouble Carsten 11
- A Dangerous Game Rosemary and Thyme 12
- A Deadly Plot Near Border Post North of Hanged Mans Tree 14
- A Feast for Crows The Bits 20
- A Final Kindness Hierarch Square 26
- A Matter of Life and Death The Bits Triss' hideout Elihal's workshop Vegelbud Residence 12
- A Tome Entombed Novigrad sewers 13
- A Walk on the Waterfront Harborside 12
- A Warm Welcome Road southwest of Wheat Fields N/A
- An Eye for an Eye Hanged Man's Tree Temerian Partisan hideout 12
- Cabaret Rosemary and Thyme 14
- Carnal Sins Vilmerius Hospital Crippled Kate's Vegelbud Residence Novigrad Docks 16
- Drunken Rabble In front of The Golden Sturgeon N/A
- Empty Coop Hut between Honeyfill Meadworks and Dancing Windmill N/A
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- Gwent Quest: Big City Players Sigismund's Bathhouse Passiflora Forest outside Novigrad N/A
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- Gwent Quest: Playing Thaler Seven Cats Inn N/A
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- Hey, You Wanna Look at my Stuff? Northwest of the Silverton merchant 6
- Abandoned Sawmill Abandoned Sawmill 24
- Armed Assault Southeast of Rannvaig 15
- Call of the Wild Just east-southeast of Arinbjorn signpost N/A
- Hidden Messages of the Nilfgaardian Kind West of the Crooked house Crippled Kate's Gildorf sewers 8
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- Finders Keepers Small island north of Giants' Toes Svorlag 24
- Brothers In Arms: Velen Velen 22
- Fists of Fury: Skellige The New Port Arinbjorn Harviken Northeast of Urialla Harbor 30
- Brothers In Arms: Novigrad Novigrad 22
- High Stakes Passiflora 26
- Brothers In Arms: Skellige Skellige 22
- Honor Among Thieves Whoreson Junior's Casino Putrid Grove 9
- Brothers In Arms: Nilfgaard Royal Palace 22
- For Fame and Glory West of Larvik 15
- It Takes Three to Tango Kingfisher Inn 28
- From a Land Far, Far Away Island east of Redgill Ursten Widows' Grotto 13
- Hard Times Road between Miners' Camp and Blandare Kaer Trolde 21
- Iron Maiden Hill east of Harviken 19
- Master of the Arena Hov 14
- Peace Disturbed Cave southeast of Kaer Trolde Harbor and southwest of Rogne 25
- Shock Therapy Gedyneith 24
- Karmic Justice Between Tretogor Gate and Southern Gate N/A
- Stranger in a Strange Land West of Sund 14
- The Cave of Dreams Inn at Arinbjorn Kaer Muire 14
- The Four Faces of Hemdall Eastern coast of Ard Skellig Islet southwest of Hindarsfjall Freya's Temple N/A
- The Heroes' Pursuits: For the Goddess' Glory Larvik Freya's Garden N/A
- The Heroes' Pursuits: Kaer Trolde Rannvaig Kaer Trolde N/A
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- The Path of Warriors Trail to Yngvar's Fang Yngvar's Fang 16
- Little Red Yantra 15
- Message from an Old Friend Books and Scrolls N/A
- Novigrad Hospitality Roadside between Yantra and Sarrasin Grange 8
- The Sad Tale of the Grossbart Brothers Blandare Grotto 26
- Woe is Me Palisade N/A
- Worthy of Trust Kaer Trolde Harbor North of Crossroads Fyresdal N/A
- Greenhouse Effect - 27
- Novigrad, Closed City (II) Northwest of Hierarch Square N/A
- Monster Slayer Lakeside Hut 26
- Trail of Echoes - N/A
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- Now or Never Novigrad 14
- Of Dairy and Darkness Novigrad 9
- Of Swords and Dumplings Aeramas' Abandoned Manor 24
- Out On Your Arse! Hattori's home The Golden Sturgeon 14
- Race: The Great Erasmus Vegelbud Memorial Derby Crippled Kate's N/A
- Racists of Novigrad Vegelbud Residence N/A
- Reason of State Road north of Portside Gate Dye pits northeast of Tretogor Gate 30
- Redania's Most Wanted Novigrad Docks St. Gregory's Bridge The Butcher's Yard theater 12
- Rough Neighborhood Est Tayiar 10
- Spooked Mare Just north of Shani's Clinic Southeast of Western Gate 12
- Strangers in the Night Hut north-northwest of Crossroads signpost N/A
- The Nithing Rannvaig 14
- Strumpet in Distress Between Eternal Fire Chapel and Vegelbud Residence N/A
- Suspicious Shakedown Behind a house north of the Rosemary and Thyme N/A
- The Dwarven Document Dilemma Farcorners 2
- The Flame of Hatred Street east of Hierarch Square N/A
- The Gangs of Novigrad Cleaver's Headquarters Whoreson Junior's casino Whoreson Junior's arena 9
- The Most Truest of Basilisks Road northeast of Novigrad Gate N/A
- The Nobleman Statuette Novigrad 14
- The Price of Passage Oxenfurt N/A
- The Soldier Statuette Caesar Bilzen's house Triss' hideout 14
- The Volunteer Oxenfurt White Eagle Fort 13
- Black Pearl The Golden Sturgeon North of Arinbjorn 13
- Gwent Quest: Collect ‘em All! Various places N/A
- Following the Thread Novigrad Water mill near Arette Seven Cats Inn Faroe 11
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- Never Trust Children The Bits Road between Arinbjorn and Sund N/A
- A Frying Pan, Spick and Span Riverside northwest of White Orchard N/A
- Faithful Friend Woesong Bridge 30
- Missing in Action Battlefield N/A
- On Death's Bed - 2
- Precious Cargo - N/A
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- A Favor for a Friend Keira Metz's hut 6
- A Greedy God South of Wastrel Manor 7
- A Towerful of Mice Fyke Isle Oreton 6
- An Invitation from Keira Metz Keira Metz's hut 6
- Bitter Harvest Battlefield south-southeast of the Border Post 9
- Blood Ties Nilfgaardian Army Group 'Center' Camp 12
- Caravan Attack Northwest of Marauders' Bridge N/A
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- Face Me if You Dare! South of Crow's Perch Southeast of Tretogor Gate Northwest of The Golden Sturgeon N/A
- Fake Papers South of the Border Post N/A
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- At the Mercy of Strangers West of Mulbrydale N/A
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- For the Advancement of Learning Fyke Isle 8
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- Forefathers' Eve Fyke Isle 7
- Funeral Pyres West of Mulbrydale 3
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- Hazardous Goods Northwest of Lurtch Between Reardon Manor and Benek 4
- Highway Robbery Between Crow's Perch and Boatmakers' Hut N/A
- Highwayman's Cache East of Boatmakers' Hut N/A
- Last Rites Blackbough 9
- Yustianna Disturbed -
- The Tower Outta Nowheres 30
- The Price of Honor 14
- The Heroes' Pursuits: Fyresdal -
- Looters Heatherton Wolven Glade Toderas Codgers' Quarry N/A
- The Heroes' Pursuits: Fayrlund -
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- The Family Blade 15
- Lynch Mob Hangman's Alley 7
- Taken as a Lass 25
- Magic Lamp The Mire 6
- Siren's Call -
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1 Anonymousover 4 years

Yep. The gwent cards are so worth it. Better to keep it than to take the money. Nowhere else to get these cards but this quest.

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