The Harpy Contract

The Harpy Contract is a quest in Chapter 2 of The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings.

Walkthrough
You can get this quest at the bulletin board next to the inn. For this quest you will need harpy traps which you can get the at the blacksmith apprentice or ask any crafter to craft them for you. You will need seven traps. Arm one near a harpy and let the harpy grab it and bring it to a nest, which will destroy it. Don't arm two traps at the same time, wait until you've received credit for destroying a nest or you will risk wasting a trap.

You can get 4 nests in the Quarry area. You will need to continue Hunting Magic quest in order to reach the other 3 nests which are behind the locked door in the Quarry.

Associated Quests

 * Hunting Magic

Journal entry

 * While in Upper Aedirn, Geralt was on the lookout for witcher's work. When he learned that Vergen's authorities had posted a bounty for thinning the local harpy population, he applied for the job. First he decided to learn more about the winged creatures' habits, either by exterminating them one by one or by reading professional literature about them.


 * The harpies nested on inaccessible rocky ledges. Geralt could not climb to their abodes, so he reasoned that some witcher technology might prove useful. He decided to use harpy traps, and so he did.


 * Most of the harpy nests were destroyed. Many years passed before the creatures' population rose anew. Geralt, proud as a peacock, went to see Cecil Burdon about his reward.


 * Cecil Burdon was not one a miserly sort of dwarf. The witcher got his reward for the harpy extermination and left pleased.