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A Dangerous Game is a Secondary Quest in Novigrad in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Find out how to unlock and complete the quest as well as the best choices and rewards for completing the quest here!
| Previous Quest | Current Quest | Next Quest |
|---|---|---|
| - | A Dangerous Game | - |
List of Contents

You can get this quest by heading to Rosemary and Thyme in Novigrad and talking to Zoltan Chivay after A Poet Under Pressure.
| A Dangerous Game Objectives | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Get the Isengrim Faoiltiarna Card | |||||
| 2 | Option 1 | Option 2 | ||||
| Get the John Natalis Card | Get the Fringilla Vigo Card | |||||
| 3 | Meet the Client | |||||
| Isengrim Faoiltiarna Guide | |
|---|---|
| 1 |
![]() Talk to Zoltan Chivay After the commotion in front of Rosemary and Thyme, talk to Zoltan Chivay about the Gwent cards to begin the quest. |
| 2 |
![]() Knock on the Door Head to the marker on the map and knock on the door. |
| 3 |
![]() Find a Way Inside the House 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 small entrance. |
| 4 |
![]() Take the Isengrim Faolitiarna Card 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. |
| 5 |
![]() Find the Ledger 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. |
| 6 |
![]() Head Back to Zoltan Chivay Return to Zoltan Chivay with the ledger and ask him about the other card holders. |
| John Natalis Guide | |
|---|---|
| 1 |
![]() Head to the Golden Sturgeon Go to the Golden Sturgeon to find Ravik, holder of the John Natalis card. He will be surrounded by two thugs who will challenge you to a game of Gwent for Ravik's life. |
| 2a |
![]() Play the Thug The thug plays a Nilfgaardian Empire deck with lots of Close Combat and Tight Bond units. You can bring Biting Frost to counteract these types of units and prevent the thug from gaining a point advantage. Once you win, kill the thugs and get the John Natalis card from Ravik. |
| 2b |
![]() Loot the Card from Ravik's Corpse If you choose to decline the Gwent game, the thugs will kill Ravik, and after you kill the thugs, you must get the card from Ravik's dead body. After getting the card, either get the Fringilla Vigo card or meet with the client if you've already done the former. |
| Fringilla Vigo Guide | |
|---|---|
| 1 |
![]() Meet Zoltan at Caesar Bilzen's House Head to Caesar Bilzen's house and meet Zoltan Chivay there. You will be let in and a conversation will begin until you are told to get some drinks. |
| 2 |
![]() Find the Knife Head upstairs and use your Witcher Senses to find a knife on a table. Examine it and loot the key from the drawer that opens. |
| 3 |
![]() Find the Hidden Door Once you get the key, use your Witcher Senses to find a triangular hole in one of the bookshelves and interact with it. Head through the hidden door and up the stairs. |
| 4 |
![]() Take the Fringilla Vigo Card Loot the Gwent card from the first pedastal on the left in front of the paintings. Head back downstairs and talk to Zoltan, then either fight Cleaver's men or leave. After getting the card, either get the John Natalis card or meet with the client if you've already done the former. |
| Client Guide | |
|---|---|
| 1 |
![]() Follow Zoltan Go with Zoltan Chivay to meet up with the buyer. Once you arrive, you'll find the buyer killed by Duke and your money stolen. |
| 2 |
![]() Chase Duke Follow Duke as Zoltan Chivay fights the rest of the gangsters. You'll have to climb up and down a series of ladders as you chase after Duke. |
| 3 |
![]() Reach the Sewers Eventually, you'll reach the sewers, but you must find an alternate route. Fight the Drowners that you encounter, then find the destructible wall with your Witcher Senses and break it with Aard. |
| 4 |
![]() Find Duke Afterward, keep following the marker to find the wounded Duke, and you can choose to spare the Duke or kill him. Either choice has no consequence. |
| 5 |
![]() Take the Cards You will be taken back to Zoltan Chivay afterward, and you will be given the choice to take the cards or some coin, which will give you 150 Crowns and 80 XP. We recommend that you take the cards instead as you can only acquire the cards here. |
| Quest Number | - |
|---|---|
| Region | Novigrad |
| Quest Location | Rosemary and Thyme |
| Previous Quest | - |
| Next Quest | - |
| Missable? | No |
| Failable? | No |

| The Whispering Hillock (Lv. 5) | At the Mercy of Strangers | A Mysterious Passenger |
| Black Pearl (Lv. 13) | Gwent Quest: Collect ‘em All! | Following the Thread (Lv. 11) |
| Gwent Quest: Old Pals | Never Trust Children | A Frying Pan, Spick and Span |
| Faithful Friend (Lv. 30) | Missing in Action | On Death's Bed (Lv. 2) |
| Precious Cargo | Twisted Firestarter | A Dog's Life (Lv. 5) |
| A Favor for a Friend (Lv. 6) | A Greedy God (Lv. 7) | A Towerful of Mice (Lv. 6) |
| An Invitation from Keira Metz (Lv. 6) | Bitter Harvest (Lv. 9) | Blood Ties (Lv. 12) |
| Caravan Attack | Ciri's Room (Lv. 5) | Deadly Crossing |
| Death By Fire (Lv. 10) | Defender of the Faith (Lv. 10) | Face Me if You Dare! |
| Fake Papers | Fists of Fury: Velen (Lv. 11) | Fools' Gold (Lv. 6) |
| For the Advancement of Learning (Lv. 8) | Forefathers' Eve (Lv. 7) | Funeral Pyres (Lv. 3) |
| Ghosts of the Past (Lv. 6) | Gwent Quest: Velen Players | Harassing a Troll |
| Hazardous Goods (Lv. 4) | Highway Robbery | Highwayman's Cache |
| Last Rites (Lv. 9) | Looters | Love's Cruel Snares (Lv. 10) |
| Lynch Mob (Lv. 7) | Magic Lamp (Lv. 6) | Man's Best Friend |
| Races: Crow's Perch | Return to Crookback Bog (Lv. 9) | Take What You Want (Lv. 25) |
| The Fall of the House of Reardon (Lv. 6) | The Truth is in the Stars | Thou Shalt Not Pass (Lv. 7) |
| Where the Cat and Wolf Play... (Lv. 25) | Wild at Heart (Lv. 7) | Witcher Wannabe (Lv. 10) |
| A Barnful of Trouble (Lv. 11) | A Dangerous Game (Lv. 12) | A Deadly Plot (Lv. 14) |
| A Feast for Crows (Lv. 20) | A Final Kindness (Lv. 26) | A Matter of Life and Death (Lv. 12) |
| A Tome Entombed (Lv. 13) | A Walk on the Waterfront (Lv. 12) | A Warm Welcome |
| An Eye for an Eye (Lv. 12) | Cabaret (Lv. 14) | Carnal Sins (Lv. 16) |
| Drunken Rabble | Empty Coop | Fencing Lessons (Lv. 12) |
| Fists of Fury: Novigrad (Lv. 23) | Gwent Quest: Big City Players | Gwent Quest: Playing Innkeeps |
| Gwent Quest: Playing Thaler | Haunted House (Lv. 7) | A Bard's Beloved (Lv. 15) |
| Hey, You Wanna Look at my Stuff? (Lv. 6) | Abandoned Sawmill (Lv. 24) | Armed Assault (Lv. 15) |
| Call of the Wild | Hidden Messages of the Nilfgaardian Kind (Lv. 8) | Crime and Punishment (Lv. 18) |
| Finders Keepers (Lv. 24) | Fists of Fury: Skellige (Lv. 30) | High Stakes (Lv. 26) |
| Honor Among Thieves (Lv. 9) | For Fame and Glory (Lv. 15) | It Takes Three to Tango (Lv. 28) |
| From a Land Far, Far Away (Lv. 13) | Hard Times (Lv. 21) | Iron Maiden (Lv. 19) |
| Master of the Arena (Lv. 14) | Peace Disturbed (Lv. 25) | Shock Therapy (Lv. 24) |
| Karmic Justice | Stranger in a Strange Land (Lv. 14) | The Cave of Dreams (Lv. 14) |
| The Four Faces of Hemdall | The Heroes' Pursuits: For the Goddess' Glory | The Heroes' Pursuits: Kaer Trolde |
| The Lord of Undvik (Lv. 17) | The Path of Warriors (Lv. 16) | Little Red (Lv. 15) |
| Message from an Old Friend | Novigrad Hospitality (Lv. 8) | The Sad Tale of the Grossbart Brothers (Lv. 26) |
| Woe is Me | Worthy of Trust | Greenhouse Effect (Lv. 27) |
| Novigrad, Closed City (II) | Monster Slayer (Lv. 26) | Trail of Echoes |
| Novigrad, Closed City (Lv. 11) | Now or Never (Lv. 14) | Of Dairy and Darkness (Lv. 9) |
| Of Swords and Dumplings (Lv. 24) | Out On Your Arse! (Lv. 14) | Race: The Great Erasmus Vegelbud Memorial Derby |
| Racists of Novigrad | Reason of State (Lv. 30) | Redania's Most Wanted (Lv. 12) |
| Rough Neighborhood (Lv. 10) | Spooked Mare (Lv. 12) | Strangers in the Night |
| Strumpet in Distress | Suspicious Shakedown | The Dwarven Document Dilemma (Lv. 2) |
| The Flame of Hatred | The Gangs of Novigrad (Lv. 9) | The Most Truest of Basilisks |
| The Nobleman Statuette (Lv. 14) | The Price of Passage | The Soldier Statuette (Lv. 14) |
| The Volunteer (Lv. 13) | Master Armorers (Lv. 24) | Yustianna Disturbed |
| The Tower Outta Nowheres (Lv. 30 ) | The Price of Honor (Lv. 14 ) | The Heroes' Pursuits: Fyresdal |
| The Heroes' Pursuits: Fayrlund | The Family Blade (Lv. 15 ) | Taken as a Lass (Lv. 25 ) |
| Siren's Call | Practicum in Advanced Alchemy (Lv. 24 ) | In Wolf's Clothing (Lv. 15 ) |
| Flesh for Sale (Lv. 12 ) | Fists of Fury: Champion of Champions (Lv. 11 ) | Farting Trolls |
| Brave Fools Die Young | An Unpaid Debt (Lv. 15 ) | Witch Hunter Raids |
| Warehouse of Woe (Lv. 13 ) | The Witcher's Forge (Lv. 30 ) | The Bastion (Lv. 23 ) |
| Berengar's Blade (Lv. 27 ) | King's Gambit (Lv. 18) | The Last Wish (Lv. 15) |
| Possession (Lv. 17) | Gwent Quest: Skellige Style | Coronation (Lv. 18) |
| The Nithing (Lv. 14) | Free Spirit (Lv. 13) |
| A Knight’s Tales | Big Feet to Fill: The Third Group | Big Feet to Fill: The Fourth Group |
| Big Feet to Fill: The Fifth Group | Extreme Cosplay | Knight for Hire |
| Raging Wolf | The Perks of Being a Jailbird | Mutual of Beauclair's Wild Kingdom |
| The Words of the Prophets are Written on Sarcophagi | Till Death Do You Part | Using Your Loaf |
| Vintner's Contract: Chuchote Cave | Vintner's Contract: Duchaton Crest | Of Sheers and a Witcher I Sing |
| Fists of Fury: Toussaint | A Portrait of the Witcher as an Old Man (Lv. 43) | Amidst the Mill's Grist |
| Big Feet to Fill: The First Group | Big Feet to Fill: The Second Group | Duck, Duck, Goosed! (Lv. 47) |
| Father Knows Worst (Lv. 37) | Goodness, Gracious, Great Balls of Granite! (Lv. 36) | Gwent Quest: To Everything - Turn, Turn, Tournament! (Lv. 38) |
| Master Master Master Master! (Lv. 40) | No Place Like Home (Blood and Wine) | Paperchase (Lv. 36) |
| The Hunger Game (Lv. 42) | The Warble of a Smitten Knight (Lv. 35) | There Can Be Only One (Lv. 43) |
| Turn and Face the Strange (Lv. 35) | Vintner's Contract: Cleaning Those Hard-to-Reach Places (Lv. 43) | Vintner's Contract: Dun Tynne Hillside (Lv. 40) |
| Vintner's Contract: Rivecalme Storehouse (Lv. 37) | Wine Wars: Belgaard (Lv. 37 and 39) | Wine Wars: Consorting (Lv. 40) |
| Wine Wars: Coronata (Lv. 37) | Wine Wars: The Deus in the Machina (Lv. 42) | Wine Wars: Vermentino (Lv. 37) |
| Gwent Quest: Never Fear, Skellige’s Here! | Big Feet to Fill |
| A Midnight Clear (Lv. 33) | Avid Collector (Lv. 34) | Enchanting: Quality Has Its Price (Lv. 32) |
| Enchanting: Start-up Costs (Lv. 32) | Races: Swift as the Western Winds (Lv. 32) | Rose on a Red Field (Lv. 33) |
| The Taxman Cometh (Lv. 32) | Without a Trace (Lv. 32) |
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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.