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Witcher 3 - Best Quest Story Order
By Takashi
This Quest guide advises as to when Quests should be begun, not to when they should be completed. This is due to some Quest objectives being spread over a large geographic area.
Furthermore, the order is chosen based on my own preferences for the most logical story.

Quest Interconnected:
^Quest is connected to the one above.
^^Quest continuation marker

Quest Type (Level)
M = Main Quest
S = Secondary Quest
C = Witcher Contract
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Guide Index
Overview
Prologue 
Act I - Velen 
Novigrad 
Skellige 
Novigrad 
Velen 
Act II 
Act III 
Comments
Prologue
Quest
Location
Quest Type (Level)
Kaer Morhen
Kaer Morhen
M(-)
Lilac and Gooseberries
White Orchard
M(-)
Twisted Firestarter
White Orchard
S(-)
A Frying Pan, Spick and Span
White Orchard
S(-)
The Beast of White Orchard
White Orchard
M(3)
Precious Cargo
White Orchard
S(-)
Contract: Devil by the Well
White Orchard
C(2)
Missing in Action
White Orchard
S(-)
The Incident at White Orchard
White Orchard
M(2)
Imperial Audience
Vizima
M(2)


Main Quest Starting Locations



Side Quest Starting Locations



Contracts Starting Locations
Act I - Velen
Quest
Location
Quest Type (Level)
Funeral Pyres
Murbydale
S(3)
Bitter Harvest
Pontar Border Post
S(9)
Man's Best Friend
Northeast of Inn at the Crossroads
S(-)
At the Mercy of Strangers
Greyrocks
S(-)
The Nilfgaardian Connection
Heatherton
M(5)
Wild at Heart
Blackbough
S(7)
Defender of the Faith
South of Blackbough
S(10)
Bloody Baron
Crow's Perch
M(6)
Family Matters
Crow's Perch
M(6)
^Ciri's Room
Crow's Perch
S(5)
^Princess in Distress
Blackbough
M(5)
Master Armorers
Crow's Perch
S(24)
Contract: Shrieker
Crow's Perch
C(8)
Face Me if You Dare!
South of Crow's Perch
S(25)
The Volunteer
White Eagle Fort
S(13)
Death by Fire
NorthWest of Codger's Quarry
S(10)
Defender of the Faith
South of Blackbough
S(10)
Lynch Mob
Hangman's Alley
S(7)
Hunting a Witch
Midcopse
M(5)
Wandering in the Dark
The Mire
M(6)
^Magic Lamp
The Mire
S(6)
Love Cruel Snares?
Condyle
S(10)
Last Rites
Blackbough
S(9)
Contract: Jenny O' the Woods
Midcopse
C(10)
An Invitation of Keira Metz
Midcopse
S(6)
^A Towerful of Mice
Fyke Isle
S(6)
Forefathers' Eve
Fyke Isle
S(7)
A Favor for a Friend
Midcopse
S(6)
^For the Advancement of Learning
Fyke Isle
S(8)
A Greedy God
Wastrel Manor
S(7)
Highwayman's Cache
East of Boatmakers' Hut
S(-)
A Dog's Life
South of Boatmakers' Hut
S(5)
Contract: The Merry Widow
Lidenvale
C(10)
The Fall of the House of Reardon
Lidenvale
S(6)
Ghosts of the Past
Reardon Manor
S(6)
Hazardous Goods
East of Lidenvale
S(-)
Fools' Gold
Lurtch
S(6)
Ladies of the Wood
Crookback Bog
M(6)
The Whispering Hillock
Crossroads
M(5)
^^Forefathers' Eve
Crookback Bog
S(7)
Contract: Swamp Thing
Crookback Bog
C(12)
Return to Crookback Bog
Downwarren
S(9)
Witcher Wannabe
Lidenvale
S(10)
Contract: Woodland Beast
Pontar Border Post
C(6)

Main Quest Starting Locations



Side Quest Starting Locations



Contract Starting Locations
Novigrad
Quest
Location
Quest Type (Level)
Contract: The White Lady
Drahim Castle
C(16)
Pyres of Novigrad
Novigrad
M(10)
Novigrad Dreaming
Novigrad
M(7)
^Haunted House
Novigrad
S(7)
Broken Flowers
Novigrad
M(11)
Message from an Old Driend
Hierarch Square (Book Store)
S(-)
Contract: An Elusive Thief
Tretogor Gate
C(13)
Face Me if You Dare! (Contd)
South of Tretogor Gate
S(25)
Following the Thread
Novigrad
S(11)
Contract: Deadly Delights
Canal Bridge
C(15)
Black Pearl
Harborside
S(13)
Get Junior
Novigrad
M(12)
^Honor Among Thieves
Whoreson Junior's Casino
S(9)
^The Gangs of Novigrad
Novigrad
S(9)
Empty Coop
East of Honeyfill Meadworks
S(-)
A Barnful of Trouble
Carsten
S(11)
^^Get Junior (Contd)
Temerian Hideout
M(12)
^^Get Junior (Contd)
Oxenfurt
S(12)
A Favor for Radovid
Oxenfurt
M(9)
Redania's Most Wanted
Est Tayiar
S(12)
An Eye for an Eye
Temerian Hideout
S(12)
Novigrad Hospitality
Novigrad-Oxenfurt Road
S(12)
Spooked Mare
Novigrad-Oxenfurt Road
S(12)
Fencing Lessons
Var Attre Villa
S(12)
The Flame of Hatred
Novigrad
S(10)
A Feast for Crows
The Bits
S(20)
Count Reuven's Treasure
Novigrad
M(12)
Drunken Rabble
The Golden Sturgeon
S(8)
A Walk on the Waterfront
Harborside
S(12)
The Play's the Thing
Novigrad
M(11)
A Poet Under Pressure
Novigrad
M(13)
Little Red
Yantra
S(15)
Contract: The Apiarian Phantom
Honeyfill Meadworks
C(14)
A Dangerous Game
Rosemary and Thyme
S(12)
Cabaret
Rosemary and Thyme
S(14)
^^Face Me if You Dare! (Contd)
Harborside
S(25)
Carnal Sins
Vilmerius Hospital
S(16)
The Nobleman Statuette
Novigrad
S(14)
The Soldier Statuette
Novigrad
S(14)
A Matter of Life and Death
The Bits
S(12)
Of Dairy and Darkness
Abandoned Manor
S(9)
Novigrad, Closed City I/II
Novigrad
S(11)
A Tome Entombed
Novigrad Sewers
S(13)
The Dwarven Document Dilemma
Farcorners
S(2)
Now or Never
Novigrad
S(14)
A Deadly Plot
Passiflora
S(14)
Out On Your Arse!
Harborside
S(14)
Warhouse of Woe
Harborside
S(13)
Destination: Skellige
Harborside
M(16)


Main Quest Starting Locations

1. Blindingly Obvious
2. Payback
3. Get Junior
4. Count Reuven's Treasure
5. Honor Among Thieves
6. The Play's the Thing
7. Pyres of Novigrad
8. The Great Escape
9. Novigrad Dreaming
10. Final Preparations
11. Through Time and Space
12. A Poet Under Pressure
13. A Favor for Radovid


Side Quest Starting Locations

1. Novigrad Hospitality
2. Little Red
3. A Deadly Plot
4. Fencing Lessons
5. Carnal Sins
6. The Gangs of Novigrad
7. Hey, You Wanna Look at My Stuff?
8. Hidden Messages of the Nilfgaardian Kind
9. A Tome Entombed
10. Never Trust Children
11. A Matter of Life and Death
12. Now or Never
13. Message from an Old Friend
14. Black Pearl
15. A Final Kindness
16. Drunken Rabble
17. The Flame of Hatred
18. Reason of State
19. Warehouse of Woe
20. Strumpet in Distress
21. A Walk on the Waterfront
22. Racists of Novigrad Part I
23.Of Swords and Dumplings
24. A Feast for Crows
25. A Dangerous Game
26. It Takes Three to Tango
27. Suspicious Shakedown
28.Racists of Novigrad Part II
29. Karmic Justice
30. Following the Thread
31. The Dwarven Document Dilemma
32. Witch Hunter Raids
33. Empty Coop
34. A Warm Welcome
35. Strangers in the Night
36. A Barnful of Trouble
37. An Eye for an Eye
38. Redania's Most Wanted
39. The Price of Passage
40. Rough Neighborhood
41. The Most Truest of Basilisks
42. Spooked Mare


Contract Starting Locations

Skellige
Quest
Location
Quest Type (Level)
The King is Dead - Long Live the King
Kaer Trolde
M(16)
Contract: Muire D'Yaeblen
Kaer Trolde
C(18)
The Family Blade
Kaer Trolde
M(17)
Echoes of the Past
Druid's Camp
M(17)
Missing Persons
Lofoten
M(15)
Nameless
Freya's Garden
M(14)
^In Wolf's Clothing
Freya's Garden
S(25)
Taken as a Lass
Freya's Garden
S(25)
For Fame and Glory
Larvik
S(15)
Contract: Strange Beast
Larvik
C(16)
The Mysterious Passenger
Larvik
S(14)
The Last Wish
Larvik
S(15)
Contract: Missing Miners
Blandare
C(27)
The Sad Tale of the Grossbart Brothers
Blandare
S(26)
Practicum in Advanced Alchemy
Gedyneith
S(24)
Shock Therapy
Gedyneith
S(24)
Adandoned Sawmill
SouthWest of Gedyneith
S(24)
Armed Assault
SouthWest of Gedyneith
S(15)
The Nithing
Rannvaig
S(14)
Contract: Missing Son
Rannvaig
C(29)
Possession
Spikeroog
S(17)
Contract: Here Comes the Groom
Spikeroog
C(19)
Master of the Arena
Spikeroog
S(14)
The Path of Warriors
An Skellig
S(16)
The Tower Outta Nowheres
An Skellig
S(30)
Contract: In the Heart of the Woods
Fayrlund
C(22)
Contract: The Phantom of Eldberg
Arinbjorn
C(17)
^^Black Pearl
Arinbjorn
S(13)
Stranger in a Strange Land
Kaer Muire
S(14)
The Cave of Dreams
Southeast of Kaer Muire
S(14)
A Hallowed Horn
Kaer Muire
S(12)
The Lord of Undvik
Undvik
S(17)
^^Master Armorers (Contd)
Undvik
S(24)
Iron Maiden
Harviken
S(19)
The Price of Honor
Harviken
S(14)
^^Following the Thread(Contd)
Faroe Isle
S(11)
Contract: Dragon
Fyresdal
C(28)
Contract: Skellige's Most Wanted
Fyresdal
C(29)
Peace Disturbed
SouthEast of Kaer Trolde
S(25)
An Unpaid Debt
Kaer Trolde
S(15)
King's Gambit
Kaer Trolde
S(18)
Coronation
Gedyneith
S(18)


Main Quest Starting Locations



Side Quest Starting Locations

1. Master of the Arena
2. Free Spirit
3. The Tower Outta Nowheres
4. The Path of Warriors
5. For Fame and Glory
6. The Last Wish
7. The Mysterious Passenger
8. The Price of Honor
9. Iron Maiden
10. The Four Faces of Hemdall
11. Flesh for Sale
12. Crime and Punishment
13. Finders Keepers
14. King's Gambit
15. The Lord of Undvik
16. Possession
17. An Unpaid Debt
18. Worthy of Trust
19. The Family Blade
20. Peace Disturbed
21. Yustianna Disturbed
22. The Nithing
23. Hard Times
24. Abandoned Sawmill
25. Coronation
26. Shock Therapy
27. Practicum in Advanced Alchemy
28. Armed Assault
29. The Sad Tale of the Grossbart Brothers
30. From a Land Far, Far Away
31. In the Heart of the Woods
32. Never Trust Children
33. Siren's Call
34. Call of the Wild
35. Stranger in a Strange Land
36. Farting Trolls
37. A Hallowed Horn
38. The Cave of Dreams Path 1 Start
39. The Cave of Dreams Path 2 Start
40. Skellige's Most Wanted
41. Brave Fools Die Young
42. Woe Is Me


Contract Starting Locations
Novigrad
Quest
Location
Quest Type (Level)
^^Black Pearl (Contd)
Harborside
S(13)
^^Following the Thread (Contd)
Novigrad
S(11)
Of Swords and Dumplings
Glory Lane
S(24)
Contract: Doors Slamming Shut
Kingfisher Inn
C(24)
Velen
Quest
Location
Quest Type (Level)
Contract: Missing Brother
Inn at the Crossroads
C(33)
^^Master Armorers (Contd)
Crow's Perch
S(24)
Contract: The Griffin from the Highlands
Crow's Perch
C(24)
Act II
Quest
Location
Quest Type (Level)
Ugly Baby
Crow's Perch
M(19)
Disturbance
Kaer Morhen
M(-)
The Final Trial
Kaer Morhen
M(19)
To Bait a Forktail
Kaer Morhen
M(19)
The Bastion
Kaer Morhen
S(23)
Monster Slayer
Kaer Morhen
S(26)
Greenhouse Effect
Kaer Morhen
S(27)
Berengar's Blade
Kaer Morhen
S(27)
The Witchers' Forge
Kaer Morhen
S(30)
No Place Like Home
Kaer Morhen
M(19)
Va Fail, Elaine
Kaer Morhen
M(19)
Brothers in Arms: Nilfgaard
Vizima
M(22)
Blood Ties
Nilfgaardian Camp
S(12)
Contract: Patrol Gone Missing
Nilfgaardian Camp
C(7)
The Truth is in the Stars
Benek
S(-)
Contract: Phantom of the Trade Route
Benek
C(23)
Contract: Mysterious Tracks
Lidenvale
C(20)
Contract: The Mystery of the Byways
Oreton
C(22)
Contract: The Beast of Honorton
Oreton
C(25)
^Where the Cat and Wolf Play
Honorton
S(25)
^Take What You Want
Honorton
S(25)
Contract: The Oxfenfurt Drunk
Oxenfurt
C(26)
Rough Neighborhood
Oxenfurt
S(10)
Without a Trace
Oxenfurt
Hos-S(32)
Contract: The Creature from Oxenfurt Forest
Oxenfurt
C(35)
Brothers in Arms: Novigrad
Temerian Hideout
M(22)
Contract: Lord of the Wood
Cunny of the Goose
C(25)
Brothers in Arms: Novigrad
Novigrad
M(22)
Brothers in Arms: Skellige
Skellige
M(22)
The Isle of Mists
Undvik
M(22)
The Battle of Kaer Morhen
Kaer Morhen
M(24)
Blood on the Battlefield
Kaer Morhen
M(20)

Main Quest Starting Locations



Side Quest Starting Locations
Act III
Quest
Location
Quest Type (Level)
Bald Mountain
Bald Mountain
M(26)
Final Preparations
Novigrad
M(-)
Blindingly Obvious
Novigrad
M(28)
Reason of State
Novigrad
S(30)
Evil's Soft First Touches
The Seven Cats
HoS-M(32)
Rose on a Red Field
Garin Estate
HoS-S(33)
Open Sesame!
Auction House
HoS-M(34)
Avid Collector
Auction House
HoS-S(34)
Dead Man's Party
Brunwich
HoS-M(33)
^A Midnight Clear
Brunwich
HoS-S(33)
Scenes from a Marriage
Von Everec Estate
HoS-M(35)
Whatsoever a Man Soweth...
The Alchemy
HoS-M(36)
The Great Escape
Novigrad
M(28)
Payback
Novigrad
M(28)
Through Time and Space
Novigrad
M(26)
Battle Preparations
Novigrad
M(28)
The Sunstone
Skellige
M(28)
Child of the Elder Blood
Skellige
M(31)
Skjall's Grave
Hindarsfjall
M(28)
Veni Vidi Vigo
Skellige
M(28)
On Thin Ice
Undvik
M(30)
Tedd Deireadh, The Final Age
Undvik
M(30)
Something Ends, Something Begins
White Orchard
M(30)
Faithful Friend
White Orchard
S(30)
22 Comments
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KenLove98 28 Aug, 2024 @ 6:45am 
Where or between which quests should I do the DLC's? Are they independent of everything? Like a portal type deal?
iblyss 11 May, 2024 @ 12:14am 
any chance to include both DLC quests order as well?
Monarch 22 Jul, 2023 @ 5:20am 
Thank you so much for this list, but may I ask if this list include all quests in 4.04?
PitDog 25 Jun, 2023 @ 2:02pm 
i CAN SEE YOU PUT A LOT OF TIME INTO THIS, but I cant seem to find any explanation for how you complete the quest, and the spots u need to find etc. I my old fashioned head, a "walk through" is like when you give someone directions how to get someplace, and this place is the successful completion of the quest. Now again I say you have done A LOT of amazingly detailed and all consuming work here, so don't think I am complaining. I just wanted help finding out where the Shieker's hidey- hole was for me to place the bomb or any way to get it in the open so I can kill the fuc er. I have been snooping around the ruins and the cave for hours and it's just not worth my time for 265 bucks. N E way I must be off to try to find a walk-through for the Shrieker contract. THank u!
P.S. anyone who read this want to help me just holler.
Takashi  [author] 14 Jun, 2023 @ 12:08am 
@VegemiteBalls, Yeah, you're right. I mentioned it on the map but somehow forgot to write it on the list. I'll edit it. Thanks for pointing it out.
VegemiteBalls 13 Jun, 2023 @ 11:43pm 
Great guide! Only thing I noticed that is missing is the secondary quest "On Death's Bed" in White Orchard at the start of the game. Gives great experience for this stage and should not be skipped by players if possible
rowbot24 18 Apr, 2022 @ 5:39pm 
Thanks I just got it and I am going to do these side quests
JJAG 1 Sep, 2021 @ 4:04pm 
thank you kind sir, i have spent 20hrs in game already and havn't even finished the prologue cuz i keep getting stuck on fuckin side quests
Child Soldier #191292 30 Aug, 2021 @ 8:43am 
Thanks ! Funny I was just thinking of something like this I close my game this is what pops up
world works in strange ways :summer2019city:
Taklaciabi 5 Aug, 2021 @ 12:25pm 
I wish I found this earlier.Thanks for the guide :steamthumbsup: