With CD Projekt Red’s The Witcher 3 just less than a week away now, PC gamers are frantically checking their graphics cards will be able to max out the game on ultra settings so they can experience the game’s world in all its beauty. Console gamers will eagerly have their preorder slips in hand counting down the hours and saying their final goodbyes to family for a lengthy period of time. The Witcher 3 is already getting rave reviews across the board from press and the hype is subsequently on the rise as well, not that the game wasn’t hyped enough as it is.
So, in the final preparations for The Witcher 3, we thought we’d bring together a list of the achievements/ trophies that you’ll be collecting on your journey through The Witcher 3‘s world. We’ll see you on the other side!
Finish the game on any difficulty.
Finish the game on the “Blood and Broken Bones!” or “Death March!” difficulty levels.
Finish the game on the “Death March!” difficulty level.
Complete all witcher contracts.
Acquire all the Abilities in one tree.
Use the Axii Sign to force one opponent to kill another. Do this 20 times.
Kill 10 opponents by knocking them off somewhere high with the Aard Sign.
Kill 50 opponents using the environment (e.g. swamp gas, insects or objects)
Perform 10 effective counterattacks in a row without getting hit or parrying.
Kill 5 foes in a fight without taking damage (except for Toxicity) and without using the Quen Sign.
Ignite the gas produced by a Drgon’s Dream bomb using a burning opponenet. Do this 10 times.
Kill at least 5 opponents in under 10 seconds.
Defeat Olaf, the Skellige champion of unarmed combat.
Make an opponent suffer from bleeding, poisoning and burning simultaneously. Do this 10 times.
Kill 50 human and nonhuman opponents by striking them in the head with a crossbow bolt.
Discover 100 fast travel points.
Destroy all monster nests in the Velen/ Novigrad region, or in Skellige.
Acquire all gwent cards available in the base version of the game.
Defeat Tybalt and win the gwent tournament held at the Passiflora.
Learn 12 potion formulae
Collect the formulae for 6 different bomb types.
Read 30 books, journals or other documents.
Find and equip all the elements of one set of witcher gear.
Have all possible Place of Power bonuses active at the same time.
Complete all fistfighting quests in Velen, Skellige and Novigrad.
Win all the horse races in the game.
Reach character development level 35.
Destroy 10 monster nests using bombs.
Defeat an opponent in a fistfight without taking any damage.
Win a round of gwent using only neutral cards.
Play three hero cards in one round of gwent and win the match.
Kill 2 monsters you have a contract on without using Signs, potions, mutagens, oils or bombs.
Final all mutagen slots.
For those of you who want to stay spoiler free, don’t click the next page as it contains the secret achievements detailing many of the plot points within the game. You have been warned!
Find Yennefer of Vengerberg.
Find and free Dendelion
Help Yennefer extract information from Skjall’s body.
Find the baron’s wife and daughter.
Find Ciri
Visit Tir ná Lia and convince Ge’els to betray Eredin.
Defeat Eredin.
Complete the subplot about choosing Skellige’s ruler.
Take part in the assassination of King Radovid.
Complete the subplot involving Keira Metz.
Bring all possible allies to Kaer Morhen for the battle against the Hunt.
Acquire all the Abilities in one tree.
Attack, counter, cast a Sign and throw a bomb (in any order) in under 4 seconds.
Complete the contract on the shrieker.
Complete the contract on Sarasti.
Complete the contract on the Woodland Spirit.
Complete the contract on Morvudd.
Complete the contract on Therazane.
Resolve the doppler problem in Novigrad.