Contract: An Elusive Thief Walkthrough and Best Choice
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This is a guide to the quest titled Contract: An Elusive Thief 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: An Elusive Thief | - |
List of Contents
- Contract: An Elusive Thief Location and Rewards
- How to Unlock Contract: An Elusive Thief
- Is Contract: An Elusive Thief Missable or Failable?
- Contract: An Elusive Thief Walkthrough
- Contract: An Elusive Thief Choices and Best Choice
- Contract: An Elusive Thief Tips and Strategies
- Is Contract: An Elusive Thief Worth It?
- The Witcher 3 Related Links
Contract: An Elusive Thief Location and Rewards
Basic Information
| Quest Number | - |
|---|---|
| Region | Novigrad |
| Quest Location | The Bits Farcorners |
| Previous Quest | - |
| Next Quest | - |
Rewards
| Gold Reward | 131 or 243 |
|---|---|
| Exp Reward | 245 |
| Item Reward | None |
How to Unlock Contract: An Elusive Thief
You can unlock this quest by picking up the notice Contract: Imp on the notice board at Hierarch Square in Novigrad.
Is Contract: An Elusive Thief Missable or Failable?
You cannot miss or fail this quest.
Contract: An Elusive Thief Walkthrough
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Go to the marketplace and talk to Sylvester Amello about the contract. |
| 2 | Follow the footprints and read the letter on the table. |
| 3 | Investigate the clothes on the upper floor and follow the scent. |
| 4 | Talk to the temple guard then chase the doppler. |
| 5 | Defeat the Doppler and choose how to deal with him. |
| 6 | Report back to Sylvester Amello about the contract. |
Contract: An Elusive Thief Choices and Best Choice
Spare the Doppler
If you spare the doppler, he will give you 215 crows and a diagram for the Gnomish Gwyhyr steel sword but, Sylvester Amello will only pay you half the agreed amount.
Kill the Doppler
If you kill the doppler Sylvester Amello will pay you with the full agreed amount on the contract.
Best Choice
The best choice in this quest is to Kill the Doppler. Even if you will receive more crowns when you spare the doppler, this is the only way to get the doppler mutagen and the doppler trophy.
Contract: An Elusive Thief Tips and Strategies
Combat Strategies
Doppler
- Coat your silver sword with Relict Oil to deal bonus damage to them.
- You can fight them like any other human enemy that wields a one-handed weapon. They best way to defeat them is through counterattacking.
| Doppler Weaknesses and Loot |
Is Contract: An Elusive Thief Worth It?
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