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Secondary quests in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt are not contracts or treasure hunts and can be as simple as talking to someone or in-depth as running around hunting down clues and people in multiple locations.

In most circumstances you are able to leave and resume secondary quests at any time but make sure to read a quest's page for any restrictions or time constraints.

For more information on the various quests in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, see the following:




COA multiple locations Tw3 Multiple Regions[]

Quest Name Unmarked Cutoff Point Level Location(s) Enemies
Black Pearl No n/a 13 The Golden Sturgeon
North of Arinbjorn
Sirens
Drowners
Collect 'Em All No n/a n/a Various places n/a
Following the Thread No Ugly Baby 11 Novigrad
Water mill near Arette
Seven Cats Inn
Faroe
Ekimmara
Temple Guards
Vienne (optional)
Elves (optional)
Dagr pirates
Hammond
Jad Karadin (optional)
From a Land Far, Far Away No n/a 13 Hemdall's Finger (east of Redgill)
Ursten
Widows' Grotto
Warrior (dependent)
Gwent: Old Pals No n/a n/a Seven Cats Inn
Temerian Partisan Hideout
Rosemary and Thyme
The Nowhere Inn
Kaer Morhen
n/a
Master Armorers No n/a 24 Crow's Perch
Undvik
Ice troll
Archgriffin
Never Trust Children Yes n/a n/a The Bits
Road between Arinbjorn and Sund
Bandits
Thugs

COA White Orchard Tw3 White Orchard[]

Quest Name Unmarked Cutoff Point Level Location(s) Enemies
A Frying Pan, Spick and Span No n/a n/a Riverside northwest of White Orchard n/a
Faithful Friend No n/a 30 Woesong Bridge n/a
Missing in Action No Imperial Audience n/a Battlefield Ghouls
On Death's Bed No Imperial Audience 2 n/a
Precious Cargo No n/a n/a Drowners
Merchant (optional)
Bandits (dependent)
Twisted Firestarter No Imperial Audience n/a Willis' forge
White Orchard village
Drowners (optional)
Napp (optional)

COA Velen Tw3 Velen[]

Quest Name Unmarked Cutoff Point Level Location(s) Enemies
A Dog's Life No n/a 5 Drudge Wolves
Bandits
A Favor for a Friend No The Isle of Mists 6 Keira Metz's hut Drowners
Water hag
Rotfiend (optional)
A Greedy God No n/a 7 South of Wastrel Manor Allgod (optional)
A Towerful of Mice No The Isle of Mists 6 Fyke Isle
Oreton
Rotfiends (optional)
Drowners (optional)
Ghouls (optional)
Water hag
Pesta (optional)
Rats (optional)
Wraiths (dependent)
An Invitation from Keira Metz No The Isle of Mists 6 Keira Metz's hut n/a
At the Mercy of Strangers Yes n/a n/a West of Mulbrydale Drowners
Bandits (optional)
Bitter Harvest No n/a 9 Battlefield south-southeast of the Border Post Ghouls
Rotfiend
Bandits (optional)
Blood Ties No n/a 12 Nilfgaardian Army Group 'Center' Camp Ghouls
Caravan Attack Yes n/a n/a Northwest of Marauders' Bridge Bandits
Ciri's Room No The Isle of Mists 5 Crow's Perch n/a
Deadly Crossing Yes n/a n/a Troll Bridge
Boatmakers' Hut
North of Lindenvale
West of Dragonslayer's Grotto
Bandits
Death By Fire No n/a 10 On the road west of Codgers' Quarry Bandits
Defender of the Faith No n/a 10 East of Blackbough
Duén Hen
Along the road between Byways and Frischlow
Endrega warrior (dependent)
Wolves (dependent)
Students (optional)
Face Me if You Dare! Yes n/a n/a South of Crow's Perch
Southeast of Tretogor Gate
Northwest of The Golden Sturgeon
Ronvid of the Small Marsh
Thugs (optional)
Fake Papers No n/a n/a South of the Border Post n/a
Fists of Fury: Velen No n/a 11* Inn at the Crossroads
Blackbough
Crow's Perch
Lindenvale
Stan Fishgulper
Jonah
Smithy
Sergeant Ardal
Fools' Gold No n/a 6 Lurtch Bandits
Nekkers
Nekker warrior
Ghouls (proximity)
Wolves
For the Advancement of Learning No The Isle of Mists 8 Fyke Isle Keira Metz (optional)
Forefathers' Eve No n/a 7 Fyke Isle Water hag
Drowners
Drowned dead
Witch hunters (optional)
Wraiths (dependent)
Rotfiends (dependent)
Funeral Pyres No n/a 3 West of Mulbrydale Rabid dogs
Ghouls
Rotfiends
Bandits (optional)
Ghosts of the Past No The Isle of Mists 6 Reardon Manor
Campsite west of Lurtch
Lindenvale
Bounty hunters
Louis (optional)
Bandits (optional)
Arnout Vester (optional)
Gwent: Velen Players No n/a n/a Benek
Midcopse
Oreton
Crow's Perch
n/a
Harassing a Troll Yes n/a n/a Far north and west of Inn at the Crossroads Nekkers
Hazardous Goods No Ghosts of the Past (if started, must be completed before continuing) n/a* Northwest of Lurtch
Between Reardon Manor and Benek
Ghouls
Highway Robbery Yes n/a n/a Between Crow's Perch and Boatmakers' Hut Bandits
Highwayman's Cache Yes n/a n/a East of Boatmakers' Hut Bandits (optional)
In the Eternal Fire's Shadow No n/a 15 Devil's Pit Red Miasmal
Plague victims
Last Rites No n/a 9 Blackbough Ghouls (optional)
Looters Yes n/a n/a Heatherton
Wolven Glade
Toderas
Codgers' Quarry
Peasants
Alghouls
Love's Cruel Snares No n/a 10 Abandoned site north of Condyle Wild dogs
Lynch Mob No A Favor for a Friend 7 Hangman's Alley Peasants
Magic Lamp No The Isle of Mists 6 The Mire Wraiths (optional)
Golem (optional)
Man's Best Friend Yes n/a n/a Northwest of Mulbrydale Wild dog
Races: Crow's Perch No n/a n/a Crossroads west of Crow's Perch n/a
Return to Crookback Bog No The Isle of Mists 9 Crookback Bog Drowners
Rotfiends
Water hags
Fiend
Take What You Want No n/a 25 North of Keira Metz's hut Bandits
The Fall of the House of Reardon No The Isle of Mists 6 Reardon Manor Wraiths (dependent)
The Truth is in the Stars No n/a n/a* Benek Ghouls
The Whispering Hillock No n/a 6 Wolves (optional)
Werewolf (optional)
Endrega workers (optional)
Water hag (optional)
Drowners (optional)
Harpies (optional)
Thou Shalt Not Pass No n/a 7 Border Post
Western Gate
n/a
Where the Cat and Wolf Play... No n/a 25 Honorton
Oreton
Alghouls
Wolves
Gaetan (optional)
Wild at Heart No n/a 7 Blackbough
Isolated Shack
Wolves
Bear (optional)
Werewolf (optional)
Witcher Wannabe No n/a 10 Lindenvale Ghoul

COA Novigrad Tw3 Novigrad[]

Quest Name Unmarked Cutoff Point Level Location(s) Enemies
A Barnful of Trouble No n/a 11 Carsten Ghouls
A Dangerous Game No Brothers In Arms: Novigrad (dependent)
The Isle of Mists
12 Rosemary and Thyme
Glory Lane
The Golden Sturgeon
Caesar Bilzen's house
The Bits
n/a
A Deadly Plot No The Isle of Mists 14 Near Border Post
North of Hanged Man's Tree
Wolves
Wargs
Rock trolls (optional)
A Feast for Crows No n/a 20 The Bits Cleaver's Henchdwarves (optional)
A Matter of Life and Death No The Isle of Mists 12 The Bits
Triss' hideout
Elihal's workshop
Vegelbud Residence
n/a
A Tome Entombed No n/a 13 Novigrad sewers Katakan
A Walk on the Waterfront No n/a 12 Harborside Bandits
A Warm Welcome Yes n/a n/a Road southwest of Wheat Fields Redanian Soldiers (optional)
An Eye for an Eye No The Isle of Mists 12 Hanged Man's Tree
Temerian Partisan hideout
Nilfgaardian soldiers
Cabaret No The Isle of Mists 14 Rosemary and Thyme
Glory Lane
Silverton
Vegelbud Residence
Bandits
Hubio (optional)
Dandelion
Carnal Sins No The Isle of Mists 16 Vilmerius Hospital
Novigrad sewers
Novigrad Morgue
Crippled Kate's
Vegelbud Residence
Novigrad Docks
Drowners
Bilge hag
Poor Townsmen (optional)
Dogs (optional)
Guards
Nathaniel Pastodi (optional)
Hubert Rejk (dependent)
Drunken Rabble Yes n/a n/a In front of The Golden Sturgeon Drunkard (optional)
Empty Coop No n/a n/a Hut between Honeyfill Meadworks and Dancing Windmill n/a
Fencing Lessons No The Isle of Mists 12 Var Attre Villa
Seven Cats Inn
Rosa var Attre
Kobe (optional)
Lucas (optional)
Fists of Fury: Novigrad No n/a 23* The Golden Sturgeon
North of Portside Gate
East of Southern Gate
Farcorners
Georgius Georg
Archibald O'Neill
Iron Mortimer
Durden
Gwent: Big City Players No n/a n/a Sigismund's Bathhouse
Passiflora
Scoia'tael Trading Camp
n/a
Gwent: Playing Innkeeps No n/a n/a Inn at the Crossroads
The Alchemy
The Kingfisher Inn
n/a
Gwent: Playing Thaler No Reason of State n/a Seven Cats Inn n/a
Haunted House No n/a 7 House southeast of Hierarch Square n/a
Hey, You Wanna Look at my Stuff? No n/a 6* Northwest of the Silverton merchant n/a
Hidden Messages of the Nilfgaardian Kind No n/a 8 West of the Crooked house
Crippled Kate's
Gildorf sewers
Drowned dead
High Stakes No n/a 26 Passiflora Finneas (dependent)
Bernard Tulle (dependent)
Bernard's Henchmen (dependent)
Honor Among Thieves No n/a 9 Whoreson Junior's Casino
Putrid Grove
n/a
Karmic Justice Yes n/a n/a Between Tretogor Gate and Southern Gate Elves (optional)
Little Red No n/a 15 Yantra Little Red (optional)
Bandits (optional)
Message from an Old Friend No n/a n/a Books and Scrolls n/a
Novigrad Hospitality No n/a 8 Roadside between Yantra and Sarrasin Grange n/a
Novigrad, Closed City No n/a 11 St. Gregory's Bridge
Alley behind Crippled Kate's
House in The Bits
Streets of Silverton
Witch hunters
Bandits
Now or Never No The Isle of Mists 14* The Bits
The Kingfisher Inn
Novigrad sewers
Northern harborside
Lighthouse
Witch hunters
Temple Guard
Mucknixers
Rats
Katakan
Of Dairy and Darkness No n/a 9 Shop in Gildorf
Aeramas' Abandoned Manor
Foglet
Of Swords and Dumplings No n/a 24 Hattori's home
The Golden Sturgeon
Bandits
Sukrus
Merchant (optional)
Ernst van Hoorn
Out On Your Arse! No n/a 14 Crippled Kate's Skelliger (optional)
Warriors (optional)
Race: The Great Erasmus Vegelbud Memorial Derby No n/a n/a Vegelbud Residence n/a
Racists of Novigrad Yes Contract: An Elusive Thief (Male elves) n/a Road north of Portside Gate
Dye pits northeast of Tretogor Gate
Townsmen (optional)
Reason of State No On Thin Ice 30 Novigrad Docks
St. Gregory's Bridge
The Butcher's Yard theater
Redanian Soldiers
Witch hunters
Witch Hunter Officer
Dijkstra (optional)
Dijkstra's Henchmen (optional)
Redania's Most Wanted No The Isle of Mists 12 Est Tayiar
Oxenfurt Harbor
Nekker warriors
Fire Elemental
Witch hunters (optional)
Rough Neighborhood No n/a 10* Just north of Shani's Clinic
Southeast of Western Gate
Mercenaries
Spooked Mare No n/a 12 Hut north-northwest of Crossroads signpost Scoia'tael (optional)
Scoia'tael Commander (optional)
Strangers in the Night Yes n/a n/a Between Eternal Fire Chapel and Vegelbud Residence Manfred (optional)
Rufus (optional)
Strumpet in Distress Yes n/a n/a South of Novigrad Docks n/a
Suspicious Shakedown Yes n/a n/a Behind a house north of the Rosemary and Thyme Bandits (optional)
The Dwarven Document Dilemma No n/a 2 Farcorners Gerd (optional)
The Flame of Hatred Yes n/a n/a Street east of Hierarch Square Guards (optional)
The Gangs of Novigrad No n/a 9 Cleaver's Headquarters
Whoreson Junior's casino
Whoreson Junior's arena
Thugs
The Most Truest of Basilisks Yes n/a n/a Road northeast of Novigrad Gate Wyvern
The Nobleman Statuette No n/a 14 Novigrad n/a
The Price of Passage Yes n/a n/a Oxenfurt Soldiers (optional)
The Soldier Statuette No Final Preparations 14 Caesar Bilzen's house
Triss' hideout
n/a
The Volunteer No n/a 13 Oxenfurt
White Eagle Fort
Trollololo (optional)
Warehouse of Woe No n/a 13 Along back wall of Harborside, almost directly north of the Loggers' Hut Nekker
Witch Hunter Raids Yes n/a n/a Farcorners Witch hunters

COA Skellige Tw3 Skellige[]

Quest Name Unmarked Cutoff Point Level Location(s) Enemies
A Bard's Beloved No n/a 15 Cave east-northeast of Palisade Water hag
A Hallowed Horn No n/a 12 North of Arinbjorn
Holmstein
Renegades
Bandits
Abandoned Sawmill No n/a 24 Abandoned Sawmill Leshen
Wolves (dependent)
An Unpaid Debt No n/a 15 New Port Inn
Hut by the lake northwest of Blandare
Simun Brambling
Volund
Warrior
Armed Assault No n/a 15 Southeast of Rannvaig Bandits
Brave Fools Die Young No n/a n/a Grymmdjarr Monument n/a
Call of the Wild Yes n/a n/a Just east-southeast of Arinbjorn signpost White Wolves
Ulfhedinn
Coronation No Battle Preparations 18 Kaer Trolde
Gedyneith
n/a
Crime and Punishment No n/a 18 Peninsula east of Ancient Crypt
Rogne
Harpies
Farting Trolls Yes n/a n/a Unmarked cave between Arinbjorn and Kaer Muire Rock trolls
Finders Keepers No n/a 24 Small island north of Giants' Toes
Svorlag
Pirates
Fists of Fury: Champion of Champions No n/a 11* Hov n/a
Fists of Fury: Skellige No n/a 30* The New Port
Arinbjorn
Harviken
Northeast of Urialla Harbor
Valgard
Grim
Einar
Olaf
Flesh for Sale No Following the Thread 12 Trottheim Pirates (optional)
For Fame and Glory No n/a 15 West of Larvik Ghouls
Devourers
Alghoul
Free Spirit No n/a 13 Snidhall Isle
Novigrad
Crow's Perch
Lindenvale
Warrior
Gwent: Skellige Style No n/a n/a Kaer Trolde
Gedyneith
Gremist's workshop
Kaer Muire
n/a
Hard Times No n/a 21 Road between Miners' Camp and Blandare
Kaer Trolde
Cyclops
Nekkers (Before Patch 4.0)
Ghouls (Since Patch 4.0)
In Wolf's Clothing No n/a 15 Freya's Garden
Larvik
Morkvarg
Wolves
Einar (optional)
Warriors (optional)
Iron Maiden No n/a 19 Hill east of Harviken Ekhidnae (dependent)
Gundar (dependent)
King's Gambit No The Isle of Mists 18* Kaer Trolde Vildkaarls (optional)
Berserkers
Halgrim (dependent)
Artis (dependent)
Seamen (dependent)
Master of the Arena No n/a 14 Hov Ulle the Unlucky
Peace Disturbed No n/a 25 Cave southeast of Kaer Trolde Harbor and southwest of Rogne Wraiths (optional)
Nightwraith
Possession No Battle Preparations 17 Svorlag
Ulula's Needle
Udalryk's old family home
Spikeroog
Hym (optional)
Drowners (optional)
Sirens
Warriors
Practicum in Advanced Alchemy No n/a 24 Gedyneith
Morskogen Forest south of the Druids' Camp
Distillery
Blandare
White wolves
Armored arachas (dependent)
Succubus (optional)
Alghouls (optional)
Cyclops
Foglets
Shock Therapy No n/a 24 Gedyneith n/a
Siren's Call Yes n/a n/a West of Sund Sirens
Stranger in a Strange Land No King's Gambit 14 Inn at Arinbjorn
Kaer Muire
Kori
Kraki
Prisoners (optional)
Simun Brambling (optional)
Taken as a Lass No n/a 25 Eastern coast of Ard Skellig
Islet southwest of Hindarsfjall
Freya's Temple
Pirates
Ekhidnae (dependent)
The Cave of Dreams No King's Gambit 14 Cave in southwestern Ard Skellig (southeast of Holmstein's Port and south of Fyresdal) Nekker warriors
Clan Tuirseach Warriors
Sirens
Water hag
Madman Lugos
Hound of the Wild Hunt
Eredin
The Family Blade No n/a 15* Southwest of Miners' Camp
Fort Grymmdjarr
Whale Graveyard
Kaer Trolde Harbor
Bandits
The Four Faces of Hemdall Yes n/a n/a Northwest of Trottheim Pirates (dependent)
The Heroes' Pursuits: Fayrlund No n/a n/a East-northeast of Fayrlund n/a
The Heroes' Pursuits: For the Goddess' Glory No n/a n/a Larvik
Freya's Garden
n/a
The Heroes Pursuits: Fyresdal No n/a n/a Near Kvalheim Isle n/a
The Heroes' Pursuits: Kaer Trolde No n/a n/a Rannvaig
Kaer Trolde
n/a
The Last Wish No Ugly Baby 15 Larvik on Hindarsfjall
Freya's Garden
Ingdalen Isle
Sirens
Drowners
Djinn
The Lord of Undvik No Battle Preparations 17 The New Port
Undvik
n/a
The Nithing No n/a 14 Rannvaig n/a
The Path of Warriors No n/a 16* Trail to Yngvar's Fang
Yngvar's Fang
Sirens
Harpies
Gargoyles (optional)
Bandits (optional)
The Price of Honor No n/a 14 Harviken and east of Trottheim on Faroe Isle Sirens
The Sad Tale of the Grossbart Brothers No n/a 26 Blandare
Grotto
Jesse Grossbart
Hegel Grossbart
Manfred Grossbart
The Tower Outta Nowheres No n/a 30 Tower north-northeast of Bay Of Winds Golem
Alghouls
Gargoyle
Ulfhedinn
Earth Elemental
Woe is Me Yes n/a n/a Palisade Peasant
Skelligers
Worthy of Trust No n/a n/a Kaer Trolde Harbor
North of Crossroads
Fyresdal
n/a
Yustianna Disturbed Yes n/a n/a Yustianna's Grotto Bandits (optional)

COA Kaer Morhen Tw3 Kaer Morhen[]

Quest Name Unmarked Cutoff Point Level Location(s) Enemies
Berengar's Blade No The Battle of Kaer Morhen 27 Kaer Morhen Chort
Greenhouse Effect No n/a 27 Chort
Monster Slayer No n/a 26 Lakeside Hut
Cave northeast of the hut
Rock troll
The Bastion No n/a 23 Bastion Wraiths
The Witchers' Forge No n/a 30 Kaer Morhen keep
Iron Mine
Earth Elemental
Fire Elemental
Trail of Echoes Yes n/a n/a Cave north of the Bastion Devourer
Nekker warriors

Notes[]

  • The Whispering Hillock is one of the only quests in the game that is classified as both main and secondary, depending on how it's found. If found before progressing far enough in the main story line, it'll show up as secondary. Otherwise, it'll eventually show up as a required (main) quest further along in the story.
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