The Witcher 3 - 100% Achievement Guide

This guide is made to help you get all the achievements from The Witcher 3 (DLC included) as easily as possible.
Every potential spoilers are hidden. Links might contain spoilers.

🔳Legend

• Achievements from the Main Game
  
  
  
• Achievements that require the Hearts of Stone expansion
  Note : It is possible to obtain some of these achievements without starting the HoS questline
  
  
• Achievements that require the Blood and Wine expansion
  Note : It is possible to obtain some of these achievements without starting the B&W questline
  
  
• Complex missable achievements*
  Missable achievements that require SEVERAL QUESTS to unlock.
  The rest can always be obtained just by reloading a previous save.
  (Find them easily with CTRL+F)
  
  
• Quest Title
  
  
• Highlight

💀Difficulty related achievements

Passed the Trial[witcher.fandom.com]
Finishing the main game on any difficulty will grant you this achievement
 

 
Ran the Gauntlet[witcher.fandom.com]
Finishing the main game on Blood and Broken Bones difficulty will grant you this achievement plus Passed the Trial


Walked the Path[witcher.fandom.com]
Finishing the main game on Death March difficulty will grant you this achievement and the two previous ones.

On this difficulty, the first 7 levels might prove to be quite hard but after some grinding (and also getting used to the game's mechanics) you shouldn't struggle with quests that are not more than 5 levels above your character level.
Basically the higher the difficulty, the more you will need to grind.


Note : Lowering the difficulty will void the achievement
If you try to lower the difficulty, the game will give a pop up the first time to make sure that's what you want to do.

🐴Missable Achievements ~ Main Game

 

Secondary Quests that will fail if not done before a certain point

Friends With Benefits[witcher.fandom.com]
You must complete the entire subplot involving Keira Metz BEFORE The Isle of Mists.

 
Kingmaker[witcher.fandom.com]
You must complete either Possession or The Lord of Undvik secondary quests and then complete King’s Gambit secondary quest BEFORE Battle Preparations.

Achievements that you will miss if you pick the wrong option

Assassin of Kings* [witcher.fandom.com]
A Matter of Life and Death, Now or Never, Redania's Most Wanted, A Deadly Plot, An Eye for an Eye must be completed BEFORE The Isle of Mists.

Then during the main quest Blindingly Obvious, when Dijkstra blocks your path, you must CHOOSE totell him Emhyr's plan.
Finally you must now participate in Reason of State and no matter what you decide in the end, the achievement will then unlock.


Full Crew*[witcher.fandom.com]
You must complete the Brothers in Arms quests.
Hard not to spoil which characters you will need to recruit to get the achievement
Here’s the list :
-Triss and Yenn : Will automatically be there.
-Ermion and Zoltan : Simply ask them.
-Keira Metz : You must complete all her side quests and must SEND her to Kaer Morhen during her last quest.
-Vernon Roche : You must complete An Eye for an Eye quest BEFORE The Isle of Mists and Ves must SURVIVE then simply ask him.
-Hjalmar an Craite : Either Hjalmar OR Cerys need to become the next ruler, then simply ask Hjalmar.


Fearless Vampire Slayer[witcher.fandom.com]
During the Contract: The Mystery of the Byways Murders, when talking with Byways' villagers, you must push for more information.


Woodland Spirit[witcher.fandom.com]
During the contract In the Heart of the Woods you must SIDE WITH Sven and finish the quest.

Achievements that you will miss if you fail

Geralt: The Professional*[witcher.fandom.com]
Complete all the available contracts in the base game.
During the Contract: An Elusive Thief do NOT let the Doppler escape, as it will fail the Contract and thus make the achievement unobtainable.


Fast and Furious*[witcher.fandom.com]
You must win all horse races in the base game.
You CAN’T redo the Race: The Great Erasmus Vegelbud Memorial Derby secondary quest if you lose. So be sure to save before doing this race.


Fist of the South Star[witcher.fandom.com]
Defeat an opponent in a fistfight without taking any damage.
There are a limited number of fistfights available.

Special Achievement that requires specific conditions

Even Odds*[witcher.fandom.com]
Kill 2 monsters you have a contract on without using signs, potions, mutagens, oils or bombs.

IMPORTANT : The VERY MOMENT you accept a contract you must NOT use any signs, potions, mutagens, oils or bombs until you have completed the contract.

For example : If you decide to accept a contract, live it idle and then use a sign while doing something else, then even when killing the beast without using any signs, potions etc. it still won’t count towards the achievement.
Also make sure to completely remove the oil from your weapons : having 0/10 still counts as having oil.

❗There’s only a limited number of contracts.

🍷Missable Achievements ~ Expansions

 
⭐Hearts of Stone

Let the Good Times Roll![witcher.fandom.com]
During the Dead Man's Party you have to participate in all 10 activities at the wedding BEFORE talking to Gaunter O’Dimm.


Shopaholic[witcher.fandom.com]
During the quest Open Sesame! you will have to buy all 3 items during the auction.

 
 
Curator of Nightmares[witcher.fandom.com]
During the quest Scenes From a Marriage you have to recreate all of Iris’ memories.
Although hard to miss, only the courtyard gazebo memory is missable. It will be just in front of you after starting the cutscene in the painted world.


When It's Many Against One…[witcher.fandom.com]
After the dining room memory and reading the letter. You will be facing 6 zombie-like Olgierds (ethereals). You will need to provoke all of them (hitting them with a sign or a sword) all while not killing a single one until all 6 are awake.


I Wore Ofieri Before It Was Cool*[witcher.fandom.com]
You must complete From Ofier's Distant Shores treasure quest to get all the Ofieri diagrams
Then buy an Ofieri decorated Saber, Ofieri saddlebags and Ofieri blinders from Dulla kh'Amanni, the merchant
Finally challenge Dulla kh'Amanni to a horse race (by mentioning his horse), you must win to get the Ofieri stock saddle
IMPORTANT : The saddle is unique, so do NOT sell the saddle before getting the achievement, you need to have all Ofieri equipment in your inventory to get the achievement



⭐Blood and Wine

David and Golyat[witcher.fandom.com]
As soon as you arrive in Toussaint, you will meet Golyat. To get the achievement you need to kill Golyat with a crossbow bolt to his eye. You do not need to get him low health since this shot will kill him instantly.
Using the Northern Wind bomb will help considerably.


A Knight to Remember*[witcher.fandom.com]
You must complete The Warble of a Smitten Knight BEFORE Capture the Castle.
You also must win all the 4 competitions thus you have to choose to remain in the tournament.


The Grapes of Wrath Stomped*[witcher.fandom.com]
First start Wine Wars: Belgaard. You must NOT SIDE with either one of the vineyard
Then you must do Wine Wars: Coronata and Wine Wars: Vermentino
Then Wine Wars: The Deus in the Machina will pop up, you must complete it.


Embodiment of the Five Virtues[witcher.fandom.com]
You must complete There Can Be Only One secondary quest.
This can technically be missable as first you have to start the secondary quest There Can Be Only One, and there are a limited number of tasks that count towards each of the 5 virtues, though there's so many, you'll likely get one of each soon enough.

🃏Gwent Achievements

      List of Gwent players[witcher.fandom.com]

Missable Gwent Achievements

Card Collector*[witcher.fandom.com]
You must complete the Collect 'Em All secondary quest.
There are several missable gwent cards that you can only obtain at a certain point of the game

• At the Royal Palace at Vizima, play with the Nilfgardian Noble as soon as you are able to beat him to obtain his gwent card as he may not be there later.
  
  
• During the side quest A Matter of Life and Death there'll be a small gwent tournament going on in the main courtyard where you'll need to win all the rounds to get all the cards.
  
  
• Do A Deadly Plot secondary quest, after tracking down the spies’ missing contact Thaler, play gwent with him and win. Depending on your future choices you might not be able to play him again.
  
  
• On A Dangerous Game side quest, take the gwent cards as your reward
  
  
• Participate in High Stakes and win the tournament to get every card
  
  
• Do Shock Therapy
  
  
• Free the Claywich merchant who is held captive in the Bandits' Camp southeast of the Boatmakers' Hut: Be careful as this merchant is bugged. Make a save just before opening his cage, then make a fast travel to Claywich. If the talking option doesn't show up, reload until it does.
  
  
• Play Lambert as soon as you can

Gwent Master[witcher.fandom.com]
During the High Stakes secondary quest you must win all gwent games during the tournament.
 
 

Unmissable Gwent Achievements

All In[witcher.fandom.com]
Play 3 hero cards in one round of gwent and win the match.
It's important to note one has to play the 3 hero cards in a single round, not throughout the match.


Geralt and Friends[witcher.fandom.com]
Win a round of gwent using only neutral cards.
See the list of neutral cards on the link above
The biggest thing to note here is you only need to win a round, not the match.


Killed It[witcher.fandom.com]
Winning a round of gwent with a total strength of at least 187.
You should get this easily once you get a fairly strong deck
I recommend using lots of spy cards


I Have a Gwent Problem[witcher.fandom.com]
Complete the Blood&Wine secondary quest Gwent: Never Fear, Skellige's Here to collect all the cards in the Skellige Gwent deck.

📖Story achievements

Unmissable if you finish the game
Except for Last Action Hero and Kling of the Clink which are mutually exclusive Blood and Wine achievements

⭐Main Game

Lilac and Gooseberries[witcher.fandom.com]
 
 
 

A friend in Need[witcher.fandom.com]
 
 
 

Necromancer[witcher.fandom.com]
 
 
 

Family Counselor[witcher.fandom.com]
 
 
 

Something More[witcher.fandom.com]

  
 

Xenonaut[witcher.fandom.com]
 
 
 

The king is Dead[witcher.fandom.com]
 
 
 
⭐Hearts of Stone

I'm Not Kissing That[witcher.fandom.com]
 
 
 

Pacta Sunt Servanda[witcher.fandom.com]
 

 
⭐Blood and Wine

 The Witcher's Gone South[witcher.fandom.com]

When finishing the Blood and Wine questline you will either get

Last Action Hero[witcher.fandom.com]
There are two ways to obtain this:
During The Night of Long Fangs

• Go see The Unseen Elder by finding Orianna, doing Blood Simple, then What Lies Unseen.
  
• Find Syanna then, during Beyond Hill and Dale..., you must retrieve the ribbon from the Little Flint Girl by playing gwent or paying 500 Orens for it.

OR

Kling of the Clink[witcher.fandom.com]
During The Night of Long Fangs
Find Syanna then, during Beyond Hill and Dale..., but do NOT retrieve the ribbon from the Little Flint Girl

🔨Grinding Achievements

Secondary quests or treasure hunts, ? spots and crafting that can be done anytime during your playthrough

⭐Main Game

Shrieker[witcher.fandom.com]
Complete the Contract: Shrieker by killing the Shrieker.
 
 
Fiend or Foe?[witcher.fandom.com]
Complete the Contract: Missing Son by killing Morvudd.
 
 
Ashes to Ashes[witcher.fandom.com]
Complete the Contract: Doors Slamming Shut.
 
 
The Doppler Effect[witcher.fandom.com]
Complete the Contract: An Elusive Thief
 
 
Dendrologist[witcher.fandom.com]
Acquire all the abilities in one tree.
The easiest tree is the general abilities, as you only need 20 skill points for them (10 if you don't have any of the expansions).
Wait until you have at least the minimum number of points for general abilities, then create a manual save, buy and use a Potion of Clearance, then acquire each general skill to unlock the achievement.


Brawler[witcher.fandom.com]
Defeat Olaf
This becomes available for completion as soon as one visits Skellige. Simply do Fists of Fury: Skellige and defeat the 3 main fighters (Valgard, Grim, and Einar) then Skellige's champion, Olaf, becomes available to fight.


Brawl Master[witcher.fandom.com]
You need to complete 5 separate secondary quests

Fists of Fury: Velen	Velen
Fists of Fury: Novigrad	Novigrad
Fists of Fury: Skellige Master of the Arena Fists of Fury: Champion of Champions	Skellige

Armed and Dangerous[witcher.fandom.com]
Equip all pieces of a witcher set.
You must find all diagrams of a witcher set, craft it and equip it

The Griffin set is the easiest to do as it has just 6 pieces (as opposed to the Bear and Cat sets that have 7 pieces) and all the diagrams can be located in Velen.



Pest Control[witcher.fandom.com]
Destroy all the monster nests in the Velen/Novigrad region OR Skellige.
Skellige only has 5 nests, while the Velen/Novigrad region has 28.


Fire in the Hole[witcher.fandom.com]
Destroy 10 monster nests using bombs
 
 
Globetrotter[witcher.fandom.com]
Discover 100 fast travel points (signposts)
 
 
Let's Cook![witcher.fandom.com]
Learn 12 potion formulae.
 
 
Bombardier[witcher.fandom.com]
Gain 6 different bomb diagrams.
 
 
Bookworm[witcher.fandom.com]
Read 30 documents in the game. (You need to mark books and letters as read to make it count towards the achievement).


Mutant[witcher.fandom.com]
Fill all mutagen slots.
Once you reach level 28, the fourth (and last) slot will be unlocked and once you fill all 4 with any kind of mutagen, you'll receive the achievement.


Munchkin[witcher.fandom.com]
Reach level 35.


 
 
⭐Hearts of Stone

Moo-rderer[witcher.fandom.com]
Kill 20 cows.
You must use a steel sword to kill them. Any other method (like using signs) won't count.
An easy location is Martin Feuille's Farmstead, which usually has about 10 cows at once.


Can Quit Anytime I Want[witcher.fandom.com]
Be under the influence of seven potions or decoctions at the same time.
To get this, you'll need to max out the Acquired Tolerance ability first, to boost your toxicity tolerance.
Then pick potions that are around 15 - 25 toxicity and consume them from your inventory.


Wild Rose Dethorned[witcher.fandom.com]
Destroy all 8 of the Fallen Knight camps.

 

 
⭐Blood and Wine

Playing House[witcher.fandom.com]
Completely renovate and upgrade Corvo Bianco.
 
 

Dressed to Kill[witcher.fandom.com]
Equip all 6 pieces of grandmaster witcher gear from one of the Witcher schools.


To start, go speak to Lazare Lafargue and he'll give you the secondary quest Master Master Master Master! which then gives you access to the 5 grandmaster gear quests, though you only need to complete 1 for this achievement's purposes.

Once you have a set, have him craft all the pieces and equip them to get the achievement to unlock.


Turned Every Stone[witcher.fandom.com]
Find all grandmaster diagrams for each witcher school.


To do this, go talk with Lazare Lafargue and he'll give the secondary quest Master Master Master Master!. Make sure to ask about every witcher to receive all 5 sub-quests:
Then complete all following treasure hunt quests :

• Scavenger Hunt: Grandmaster Feline Gear
  
• Scavenger Hunt: Grandmaster Griffin Gear
  
• Scavenger Hunt: Grandmaster Manticore Gear
  
• Scavenger Hunt: Grandmaster Ursine Gear
  
• Scavenger Hunt: Grandmaster Wolven Gear

Weapon "W"[witcher.fandom.com]
Complete the quest Turn and Face the Strange to unlock the special mutation character panel.

The cheapest one requires 2 ability points and 2 greater mutagens of the same color (red, green, or blue). Unlock one and you'll get the achievement.

🎯Skill achievements

Achievements that require to do specific actions at any point
The best places to do most of these achievements is the Devil's Pit in Velen or a Hanse in Toussaint, as long as you didn't clear it up

Kaer Morhen Trained[witcher.fandom.com]
Perform 10 effective counterattacks in a row without getting hit or parrying.
This can easily be done during the tutorial section.
This is also achievable during fistfights.


Triple Threat[witcher.fandom.com]
Kill 3 separate opponents in one fight using 3 different methods (sword, bombs, crossbow, Signs, etc.)

Butcher of Blaviken[witcher.fandom.com]
Kill at least 5 opponents in under 10 seconds.


Can't Touch This![witcher.fandom.com]
Kill at least 5 opponents without taking damage and without using Quen sign. 

When surrounded by a pack of wolves, use Aard (Sweep) which will stun them and let you insta-kill them.
Don't hesitate to use bombs and Igni.
Early game you can mount Roach and hit several enemies without getting hit.
 

 

Environmentally Unfriendly[witcher.fandom.com]
Kill 50 opponents using the environment.

Make good use of explosive barrels or swamp gas as shown in the video.
Use Aard on vulnerable monsters, like harpies and sirens, to get them to hit the ground and strike for an instant kill.
 

That Is the                                           Evilest Thing[witcher.fandom.com]
Ignite the gas produced by a Dragon's Dream bomb using a burning opponent. Do this 10 times.

Simplest way is to use Igni to set an opponent on fire, then throw the bomb at them.
 
 
 
 

What Was That?[witcher.fandom.com]
Attack, counter, cast a Sign and throw a bomb (in any order) in under 4 seconds.

This can be achieved easily during the tutorial.
It's best to pick a strong enough opponent that it won't die from the first hit. You don't need to kill him.
 
 

Overkill [witcher.fandom.com]
Make an opponent suffer from bleeding, poisoning and burning simultaneously. Do this 10 times.

Tracking bolts, despite saying they have a bleed effect, do NOT count for this achievement.


 

 

Master Marksman[witcher.fandom.com]
Kill 50 human and nonhuman opponents by striking them in the head with a crossbow bolt.

Headshot = Critical Hit with the crossbow
You will also know you got a successful headshot when the screen shakes a bit after.
(The rumour mentioned in the video about having to damage enemies exclusively with the crossbow is false.)
 
When using the 2 methods bellow, you do not need to manually aim, auto-aim will always give a headshot :

• When it's raining, use Superior Thunderbolt, it has a 100% critical hit chance during storms.
  
• Superior Samum gives a 100% Critical hit chance when it successfully stuns the opponent.

You can also use Northern Wind to manually aim better at the opponent's head.



Humpty Dumpty[witcher.fandom.com]

Kill 10 opponents by knocking them off somewhere high with Aard.
 
Aard Sweep can help as you don't need to aim at the ennemy to knock them off.
It's easier to do this on lower difficulties as the fly effect is substantially decreased at higher settings making it harder to send opponents flying.

 
The Enemy of My Enemy[witcher.fandom.com]
Use Axii to force an opponent to kill another 20 times.
Make sure you have maxed out the Puppet ability for this and make sure to disable the Delusion ability, otherwise you won't be able to use Puppet.


Power Overwhelming[witcher.fandom.com]
Have all possible Place of Power bonuses active at the same time.
This is easily done in White Orchard. There are 6 total places (2 are Quen) with enough room to get them all before the first one expires.


Rad Steez, Bro![witcher.fandom.com]
Slide downhill uninterrupted for at least 10 seconds.
An easy spot is during The Path of Warriors. After reaching the top of Yngvar's Fang, the path automatically shows to go down a hill to the second part of the quest.
Sliding down this will easily net the achievement. 
 

Return to Sender [witcher.fandom.com]
Kill 3 opponents with their own arrows.
 
 
You'll need to max out the Arrow Deflection ability first to try for this achievement.
 
 
 
 
 

Hasta la Vista™ [witcher.fandom.com]
Kill a frozen opponent with a crossbow bolt.
 
To get it, simply use Northern Wind to freeze the opponent then shoot at them.
Use only standard bolts. Ones like split bolts don't appear to work towards the achievement.

❓Q&A

• Can you get all the achievements in New Game Plus?
  
  Yes and this also includes the Difficulty related achievements
  Note : If your first playthrough wasn't on Steam and you already had all the bomb diagrams then you won't be able to unlock the Bombardier achievement. Check wiki on how to get the achievement quickly
  
  
  
• For the Fast and Furious achievement, do you need to the win the optional race against Morvran Voorhis during the Broken Flowers quest?
  
  No, you don't need to win against him
  
  
  
• What specifies a contract being accepted with the achievement Even Odds - does it begin when I read the contract and the quest appears in my journal, or when I talk to the issuer and accept the contract?
  
  It begins the very moment you talk to the contract issuer and accept the contract.
  
  
  
• For the Even Odds achievement :
  Between the time I accepted the contract from the issuer and the time I completed the contract, I didn't use any signs, potions, mutagens, oils or bombs. Yet after doing this twice I still didn't get the achievement.
  
  Make sure to completely remove the oil from your weapons : having 0/10 still counts as having oil.
  To completely remove the oil, drop your swords and equip them again, the oil count should now be gone.
  (You can still have active abilities)
  
  
  
• Is it possible to 100% the game in one playthrough?
  
  Almost, the only achievements you can't get in one playthrough are Last Action Hero and Kling of the Clink from the Blood and Wine expansion.
  
  
  
• Will using console cheat codes void all Steam achievements?
  
  No it won't

Feel Free to comment bellow if you have any more questions!

[kaam wali aunty]

[Sehrish / Inactive]

[CiB0rG]

I completed Hasta La Vista with a cow, at the farm where I was doing Moo-rderer.

[Commander Fox]

You have to kill a human or at least a humanoid for Hasta La Vista

[k4t3]

Thank you for this guide!
Just wanted to mention I unlocked "Killed It" and I don't even own Hearts of Stone.

[★ STEZXE ★]

Using tracking bolts works for OVERKILL achievement!

[Relyks2000]

For Even Odds I just wanted to report that I got it in White Orchard even though I thought I wouldn't. I took the approach of doing all the side missions except the Devil in the Well and killing the griffin. Meanwhile I used signs whenever I wanted. I used bombs to kill a few nests. I didn't use any potions or oils, though. I then started the Devil in the Well and did it with just a sword. I then destroyed two more nests with bombs. Then I started the final part of the griffin mission but when I fought it I only used my sword (no potions etc) and I still got Even Odds. I had just assumed that since I "took" the griffin contract at the beginning of the game it wouldn't count since I had used bombs and signs along the way, but apparently that doesn't matter.

[Mike Dyson]

Btw for anyone doing the Master Marksman achievement, not all critical hits are headshots. I was doing the method stated in the guide for over an hour and a half, but the achievement wasn't coming up.
This is just a heads up, no disrespect or discredit to the author of this guide as it is a good one. Its just that one method doesn't work.

But apart from that, its a great guide so thank you for your help.

[Xyoz Quasar]

I added some minor changes

As for the hidden the achievements, I realised the hidden achievements were mostly either Story Achievements or Contract related achievements.
I tried a few things, but it didn't feel nice and it was a bit confusing. So I decided to leave it as it is

[Xyoz Quasar]

That's a good idea, I'll see how I can include that into the guide. For the moment here's the list of all hidden achievements : Hidden Achievements [screenrant.com]

I have no way of verifying it myself since I already unlocked all of TW3 achievements
If there are any mistakes or missing hidden achievements please let me know