Even Odds is an achievement in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and requires one to kill 2 monsters you have a contract on without using signs, potions, mutagens, oils or bombs.
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- For a full list of possible contracts that can count towards this, see contracts page.
- Note that, while the main quest The Beast of White Orchard isn't technically labeled a contract, it does count towards this achievement.
- The easiest way to get it is early on by doing Contract: Devil by the Well and The Beast of White Orchard.
- Other contracts that tend to be easy to get include Contract: The Merry Widow, Contract: An Elusive Thief, and Contract: Deadly Delights.
- Contract: Woodland Beast and Contract: Skellige's Most Wanted both do not count towards this achievement.
- You can still use food to heal if needed.
- You can still have active abilities.
- You can still use crossbows.
- To remove oils from your swords, simply place them in your stash (green chest on a map) and don't forget to disable auto application of oils in the game settings.
- Instead of "mutagens" developers actually meant to write "decoctions", which are mutagen-based potions, so having mutagens in your ability slots is permitted.
- Using drowner pheromones does not prevent completion of this achievement.
- Game difficulty level does not matter. If having a hard time, you can simply start a new game at a lower difficultly to do the two contracts mentioned above.
- Alternatively, you can also simply lower the difficulty in your current playthrough, however in this case you will lose the opportunity to receive achievements granted for completing the game at higher difficulties if you have not received those yet.
- Another good strategy is to wait until you are far over-leveled for a contract, making it relatively easy to take out the monster in it without the need for anything but a sword.