Gwent: Velen players quest.

[kolack]

Hi,

I have failed part of the Gwent: Velen players quest Win a unique card from the Baron. I don't think I was taking Gwent very serioulsy when I had this opportunity but I'm now level 24 and winning every game I can. What is the unique card I've missed from him?

People say to search his office to find the card but I think I've already done that hence passing the "Look for a unique card and information about other players in the baron's office"

Winning the unique card from the baron is separate to the quest. I understand the baron may have died? I'm so much further into the game I can't remember what happened to him..

The last two parts of this quest I have to complete are winning the unique cards off of the ssothsayer and the man in Oreton.

Am I going to fail this quest as a whole not winning the Baron's unique card? Can his card be obtained elsewhere? Will this have an effect on the Gwent achievement for me? Thanks.

[EdinMG]

The Baron's card is not separated from the Velen Players quest, you can actually start the quest by beating him, I always do that. If you didn't played with him and you already completed the Return to Crookback Bog quest, you can get his card (Sigismund Dijkstra) in his office, to the right of his desk !!!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwF_wwq4vuI

[kolack]

I didn't say it was separated, I was wondering if the card you win off the baron is different to the one you find by searching his office. Here are some screens from my quest log:

https://s31.postimg.org/8nlirdfhn/gwent_1.png
https://s31.postimg.org/gp7014cd7/gwent_2.png

[Volrishan]

it is the same card. the put it in his office in case you missed playing him. the only cards i can think of that you can miss entirely are the ones from the mini tournament at the party you attend with triss.

[kolack]

Ok but why have I failed the Collect 'em all quest?

[Volrishan]

did you do the quest chain with Triss ? if so did you do the mini tournament at the party ? if you missed the mini tournament then the Collect 'em all quest will fail.

[kolack]

Originally posted by Volrishan:

did you do the quest chain with Triss ? if so did you do the mini tournament at the party ? if you missed the mini tournament then the Collect 'em all quest will fail.

I don't recall doing anything Gwent related with Triss so I must have missed it. What else/cards are required for the Collect 'em all quest? I thought this might have been a longer term quest collecting more cards so I was confused as to why I had failed it. Does this have any negative effect on getting all of the Gwent cards or Gwent achivements? I've only started to take Gwent more seriously.

[kolack]

Originally posted by BuzzardBee:

Gwent has to be taken seriously right from the start of the game. Some cards were missable when the game first came out and CDPR made some effort for players to get the cards another way if they missed them.

However, the tournament during A Matter of Life and Death (Triss' quest) is not one of those instances. If you missed those cards, there is no other way to get them other than to used the Debug Console but thanks to the two patches released for Blood and Wine, you will automatically fail Collect 'em All if you missed those cards so using the Debug Console won't help anymore.

I'm confused as to what Gwent quests actually make up the Collect 'Em All quest. Is it a string of Gwent quests or just Triss's Gwent quest?

[Volrishan]

the Collect 'Em All quest mean just that, you have to collect all gwent cards. that means get all the cards from the gwent quests, buy all gwent cards from vendors that sell them, and win all cards from playing merchants and doing both tournaments.

[vilieto]

I failed it the first time I played as well, because I couldn't be bothered with card games.
However, despite not being a fan of gwent, I wanted full completion, so before starting Newgame+ I printed out all card decks and had the Collect them All walkthrough open on my second monitor. I began playing Gwent and marked every single card that I got from the start. There are cool mini-quest lines like the Passiflora tournament that are quite interesting.
Apart from that, you gotta use a walkthrough because quite many merchants and players are missable, or related to another quest or a questionmark location, or only temporarily available. Having a visual list of card collections is also very handy.

[kolack]

Originally posted by Volrishan:

the Collect 'Em All quest mean just that, you have to collect all gwent cards. that means get all the cards from the gwent quests, buy all gwent cards from vendors that sell them, and win all cards from playing merchants and doing both tournaments.

Right ok, so as soon as you fail one of the gwent quests you fail the Collect 'Em All quest?

I was confused as to why I had failed this so early but I think I get it now.

[Volrishan]

you can fail the gwent quests and still get the achivement since you can still get those cards. if you miss the tournament at the party with Triss you will automatically fail the quest as there is no way to get back those cards.

[kolack]

Originally posted by vilieto:

I failed it the first time I played as well, because I couldn't be bothered with card games.
However, despite not being a fan of gwent, I wanted full completion, so before starting Newgame+ I printed out all card decks and had the Collect them All walkthrough open on my second monitor. I began playing Gwent and marked every single card that I got from the start. There are cool mini-quest lines like the Passiflora tournament that are quite interesting.
Apart from that, you gotta use a walkthrough because quite many merchants and players are missable, or related to another quest or a questionmark location, or only temporarily available. Having a visual list of card collections is also very handy.

Yeah, when I first started the game I didn't realise gwent was such a big thing and that is was linked to so many quests. I suppose it's ultimately about collecting all of the cards and being the master gwent player right? Since I've got the hang of the game I quite enjoy it and I've won a lot of cards. I've also backtraked to buy and win all of the cards I can. I'm guessing though that to win some of the hardest gwent challenges you should of obtained all of the unique cards and ulitimately this is what gwent is about?

[kolack]

Originally posted by Volrishan:

you can fail the gwent quests and still get the achivement since you can still get those cards. if you miss the tournament at the party with Triss you will automatically fail the quest as there is no way to get back those cards.

I don't get what you mean. Still get the achivement for what? and still get what cards?

[vilieto]

Originally posted by kolack:

Originally posted by vilieto:

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Yeah, when I first started the game I didn't realise gwent was such a big thing and that is was linked to so many quests. I suppose it's ultimately about collecting all of the cards and being the master gwent player right? Since I've got the hang of the game I quite enjoy it and I've won a lot of cards. I've also backtraked to buy and win all of the cards I can. I'm guessing though that to win some of the hardest gwent challenges you should of obtained all of the unique cards and ulitimately this is what gwent is about?

The Gwent quest series are ultimately to get all cards and play with all the players. It's a game within a game, so unless you start it at the begining, you won't get it all done, and if you don't get it done - you won't get all the cards.
If you don't have some of the essential Hero/Leader cards, you'll have a hard time during the tournament quests, because everyone will have better cards.

Like I said before, you cannot backtrack in some cases, because the players are related to a quest and it becomes unavailable upon completing the line. Same reason why some merchants are not available before you complete a quest or one of the ? locations.

Also the Gwent quest series can award you with golden Hero card or Leader card, and it's the completion of the quest that leads to you getting the achievement.
This is why you might be able to get some of the cards later in the expansions, as a second chance, but you still won't get the achievements, because they're related to the quest only.
The only way to get it all done is if you get a list and follow the walkthrough during your second game run. It sounds like a lot of work, and it is, but if you enjoy it, it's all good.

[Flavalicious]

Id say just beat the game and replay on the NG+ mod and take gwent seriously the second time around. Games easily worth playing through twice.