Talk:High Stakes/@comment-118.208.67.32-20150611051050

Note that this quest has a recommended level of 27, although it is feasible to complete at much lower levels. I was successful at level 14, including winning the Gwent tournament outright. There are just a couple of points that may challenge a low-level character:

1.  If you win your first three matches, you'll then have to win a fistfight against a level 27 opponent. This is not terribly hard if you're good at timing your blocks, and can be avoided entirely by losing one of the first three matches.

2.  At the end of the quest you'll end up in a warehouse facing several level 24 opponents (who will be able to kill you in 1-2 hits if you're at a low level). However you'll also have a friendly NPC in the warehouse with you, who is entirely capable of dispatching all of the opponents with no help from Geralt. So all you have to do is not die for a minute or so (relatively easy with Quen and dodge), and the fight will be over.