Guide / Chapter 3
Chapter 3: Novigrad and Oxenfurt
Levels 7–17 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt · 78 items
Gear: At Lv 17 sword-focused builds can switch to Feline School Gear. Sign builds keep Griffin.
Gwent: At A Matter of Life and Death, make a manual save and win all three Gwent matches before continuing the party.
Quests in order
- Racists of Novigrad (I) Encounter · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Buy Edwin Greloff's Third Map Buy diagrams · Level 12 · Novigrad (Hierarch Square armorer)
Opens the Superior Griffin diagrams.
- Buy Wolven armor Part 4 diagram Buy diagrams · Level 12 · Novigrad (Hierarch Square armorer)
Part of the Wolven set; the full set needs six diagrams.
- Buy Wolven Parts 1 and 5 from Hattori Buy diagrams · Level 12 · Novigrad (Hattori)
Hattori is also the master blacksmith for mastercrafted swords.
- A Walk on the Waterfront Side · Level 12 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
Finish before Count Reuven's Treasure. Don't let Ginter die.
- Warehouse of Woe Side · Level 13 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
Time-sensitive within this chapter. Finish immediately when obtained.
- Strumpet in Distress Encounter · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Racists of Novigrad (II) Encounter · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
Do after Racists of Novigrad (I) and before An Elusive Thief.
- Karmic Justice Encounter · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
Finish before burning the witch hunters' headquarters in Count Reuven's Treasure.
- Face Me if You Dare (II) Encounter · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Drunken Rabble Encounter · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Pyres of Novigrad Main · Level 10 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
Buy the lizard figurine from the Gildorf merchant after meeting Triss; it starts Of Dairy and Darkness.
- Suspicious Shakedown Encounter · Level 10 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Witch Hunter Raids (I) Encounter · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
Only available after Pyres of Novigrad. Finish before Now or Never.
- The Flame of Hatred (I) Encounter · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Never Trust Children (I) Encounter · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Hidden Messages of the Nilfgaardian Kind Side · Level 8 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- The Flame of Hatred (II) Encounter · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Novigrad Dreaming Main · Level 7 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Haunted House Side · Level 7 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
Follow-up to Novigrad Dreaming.
- Destination: Skellige Main · Level 16 · Skellige
- Flesh for Sale Side · Level 12 · Skellige
Finish before Following the Thread.
- Broken Flowers Main · Level 11 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Fencing Lessons Side · Level 12 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Following the Thread Side · Level 11 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
Do after Flesh for Sale and before Ugly Baby.
- Get Junior Main · Level 12 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
Coordinate with The Gangs of Novigrad if you want all objectives.
- The Gangs of Novigrad Side · Level 9 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
Do alongside Get Junior.
- Ciri's Story: Visiting Junior Main · Level 9 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- A Favor for Radovid Main · Level 9 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Honor Among Thieves Side · Level 9 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- A Warm Welcome Encounter · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
Do before collecting Witcher George's Griffin diagrams.
- Strangers in the Night Encounter · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- A Barnful of Trouble Side · Level 11 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
Time-sensitive within this chapter. Finish immediately when started.
- An Eye for an Eye Side · Level 12 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
Closes at The Isle of Mists. Finish before The Isle of Mists.
- Count Reuven's Treasure Main · Level 12 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- The Play's the Thing Main · Level 11 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Gwent: Playing Innkeeps (Oxenfurt and Novigrad) Gwent · Level 1 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
Play Olivier before Now or Never.
- A Poet Under Pressure Main · Level 13 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Ciri's Story: Breakneck Speed Main · Level 11 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- In Ciri's Footsteps: Novigrad Main · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- A Dangerous Game Side · Level 12 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
Closes at The Isle of Mists. Finish before The Isle of Mists. Keep the three Gwent cards instead of the money.
- A Tome Entombed Side · Level 13 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Cabaret Side · Level 14 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
Closes at The Isle of Mists. Finish before The Isle of Mists.
- Face Me if You Dare (III) Encounter · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- The Nobleman Statuette Side · Level 14 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
Buy from the Gildorf merchant before Now or Never.
- The Soldier Statuette Side · Level 14 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
Finish before Now or Never. Found during A Dangerous Game.
- Races: The Great Erasmus Vegelbud Memorial Derby Race · Level 1 · Velen
- A Matter of Life and Death Side · Level 12 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
Save first. Win all three Gwent matches at the Vegelbud party.
- Witch Hunter Raids (II) Encounter · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Novigrad, Closed City I Side · Level 11 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Novigrad, Closed City II Side · Level 1 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Carnal Sins Side · Level 16 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
Closes at The Isle of Mists. Finish before The Isle of Mists.
- Now or Never Side · Level 14 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
Closes at The Isle of Mists. Finish before The Isle of Mists.
- A Deadly Plot Side · Level 14 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Gwent: Playing Thaler Gwent · Level 1 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
Finish once Thaler is available.
- The Price of Passage (I) Encounter · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- The Oxenfurt Drunk Contract · Level 26 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- The Price of Passage (II) Encounter · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- The Price of Passage (III) Encounter · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Rough Neighborhood Side · Level 10 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Griffin School Gear (Basic) Scavenger · Level 11 · Velen
Do A Warm Welcome first; the peasant you save points to Witcher George's diagrams.
- Message from an Old Friend Side · Level 1 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Empty Coop Side · Level 1 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Gwent: Collect 'Em All! (Novigrad) Gwent · Level 1 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Gwent: Big City Players Gwent · Level 1 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
Vivaldi -> Marquise Serenity -> Dijkstra -> Scoia'tael opponent.
- The Dwarven Document Dilemma Side · Level 2 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Gwent: Old Pals (Roche) Gwent · Level 5 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Hey, You Wanna Look at My Stuff? Side · Level 6 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Novigrad Hospitality Side · Level 8 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Of Dairy and Darkness Side · Level 9 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Spooked Mare Side · Level 12 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Black Pearl Side · Level 13 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- An Elusive Thief Contract · Level 13 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
Kill the doppler: it is the only doppler mutagen source.
- Coast of Wrecks Treasure · Level 13 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- The Apiarian Phantom Contract · Level 14 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Little Red Side · Level 15 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- The White Lady Contract · Level 16 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt
- Cat School Gear (Basic) Scavenger · Level 17 · Novigrad / Oxenfurt