Gwent: Playing Innkeeps is a secondary quest in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. To advance, you must defeat every player in gwent.
- Beat everyone you've ever played in gwent? Consider yourself a prime player ready to face the best of the best? Then try your hand against Stjepan - a man so good it seems the cards play themselves!
- To learn more, come to the Alchemy Inn in Oxenfurt.
- – Stjepan, barkeep
Note: For those looking to get the Card Collector achievement, this quest must be completed.
The rewarded in this quest is unaffected by the ±5 level constraint and difficulty level.
Walkthrough[]
While the quest may be started from a notice at Oxenfurt's notice board, it's usually started by playing with the Inkeep at the Inn at the Crossroads, as he is encountered very early in the main story. Other than him, you must also challenge Stjepan at The Alchemy in Oxenfurt and Olivier at The Kingfisher in Novigrad.
Stjepan uses the Nilfgaardian deck and uses the Emhyr var Emreis: The White Flame leader card, rendering your leader's ability useless, so be aware of that. He also makes good use of the available spy, medic, and decoy cards in his deck. Defeating him will earn 25 and the Yennefer card.
The Innkeep at the Inn at the Crossroads also plays the Nilfgaardian deck and just like Stjepan, effectively uses spy and medic cards. However, he uses the Emhyr var Emreis: Emperor of Nilfgaard leader card. Defeating him will earn 25 and the Menno card.
Olivier uses the Monster deck and defeating him will earn the Tibor card. If Olivier died during Now or Never, his unique card will be located in the room next to the bar and the unnamed Innkeep, in a small lockbox over the cabinet. Obtaining his card in either fashion will earn 25 .
Obtaining all three cards will conclude the quest.
Journal entry[]
- It is an innkeeper's job to tend to his guests' needs. Usually this takes the form of serving strong drinks and listening to tales of loves lost and wounds received. Yet at times a patron will wish to play a hand of gwent, which is why all good innkeepers keep a deck at the ready at all times. And the excellent ones - they keep excellent decks, full of top-notch cards that can provide an evening of challenge and excitement to even the most refined gwent player. Geralt was determined to win some of these cards for himself.
- Geralt played and defeated all the excellent innkeepers he could find and added many powerful new cards to his collection.
Objectives[]
- Win Stjepan's unique card.
- Win a unique card from the innkeep at the Inn at the Crossroads.
If Olivier is still alive:
- Win Olivier's unique card.
If Olivier is dead:
- Find a unique card in the Kingfisher.