Witcher contracts in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt are optional quests that Geralt can be tasked by various NPCs, and through notice boards posted throughout the world. There are a total of 26 witcher contracts in the base game, with 3 additional ones included with DLC.
Achievement: see Geralt: The Professional for more information on contracts needed to get the achievement.
Overview[]
Most contracts in The Witcher 3 follow a set sequence; reading a notice and/or speaking with the contract poster, an optional opportunity to haggle with the contract poster, followed by an investigation of the threat. This investigation can vary from speaking with members of the local population, or using Witcher Senses to investigate a path or the scene of a killing. After a certain point in most contracts, the bestiary will update with an entry on the unidentified monster responsible for the killing. Reading through bestiary entries can help at higher difficulties, as the contracted monster will always share the same weaknesses to the standard version of the monster found in the open world.
Haggling[]
Typical contracts in The Witcher 3 provide an opportunity for Geralt to ask for additional pay, whether it is prior to the contract being fulfilled, half being paid before and after, or the total sum being increased after the contract is fulfilled.
The annoyance level can vary based on the level of your player and other choices made throughout the quest. Typically, negotiating just beyond the halfway point can provide a safe first bid, but this can also result in some bids immediately being accepted. Additionally, a few quests will always accept a maximum negotiated rate.
The majority of contracts in The Witcher 3 allow Geralt to haggle for upwards of 300 
in pay, with higher level contracts allowing haggling in excess of 375 . However, there are exceptions, where a few have much higher or lower haggling limits. There's also one contract, Contract: Swamp Thing, in which one has the potential to receive double the negotiated pay if they give the character one week's time to come up with the money.
For more information on the various quests in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, see the following:
White Orchard[]
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Quest Name | Unmarked | Cutoff Point | Level | Location(s) | Enemies |
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Contract: Devil by the Well | No | On Thin Ice | 2 | Abandoned Village | Devil by the Well |
Velen[]
Novigrad[]
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Quest Name | Unmarked | Cutoff Point | Level | Location(s) | Enemies |
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Contract: An Elusive Thief | No | n/a | 13 | The Bits Farcorners |
Imp (optional) |
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Contract: Deadly Delights | No | n/a | 15 | Harborside Crippled Kate's |
Salma (optional) |
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Contract: Doors Slamming Shut | No | n/a | 24 | Moldavie Residence | Therazane |
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Contract: Lord of the Wood | No | n/a | 25 | Loggers' Hut Hotsch Woods |
Kernun Nekkers (proximity) Nekker warrior (proximity) Wolves (dependent) |
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Contract: The Apiarian Phantom | No | n/a | 14 | Honeyfill Meadworks Dancing Windmill |
The Apiarian Phantom Drowners (optional) Drowned dead (optional) |
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Contract: The Creature from Oxenfurt Forest | No | n/a | 35 | Camp east-southeast of the Herbalist's Hut Hill north of Aeramas' Abandoned Manor |
Opinicus Wolves (optional) |
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Contract: The Oxenfurt Drunk | No | n/a | 26 | Oxenfurt | Gael |
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Contract: The White Lady | No | n/a | 16 | Farcorners Drahim Castle |
The White Lady Ghoul |
Skellige[]
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Quest Name | Unmarked | Cutoff Point | Level | Location(s) | Enemies |
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Contract: Dragon | No | n/a | 28 | Fyresdal | The Dragon of Fyresdal |
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Contract: Here Comes the Groom | No | n/a | 19 | Cave south of Old Watchtower | Drowners Melusine |
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Contract: Missing Miners | No | n/a | 27* | Blandare | Wham-a-Wham |
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Contract: Missing Son | No | n/a | 29 | Rannvaig Kaer Nyssen |
Morvudd |
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Contract: Muire D'yaeblen | No | n/a | 18 | Kaer Trolde | Drowners Drowned dead Abaya |
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Contract: Skellige's Most Wanted | No | n/a | 29* | Fyresdal | White Wolves (proximity) Endrega warriors Endrega workers Venomous arachas Nekkers Werewolf Doppler (optional) Ice troll (optional) |
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Contract: Strange Beast | No | n/a | 16 | Larvik | Nekkers Hagubman |
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Contract: The Phantom of Eldberg | No | n/a | 17 | Eldberg Lighthouse | Wraiths Penitent Kori (dependent) Kraki (dependent) |
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In the Heart of the Woods | No | n/a | 22 | Fayrlund | Wolves Warriors (optional) Sven (optional) Woodland Spirit (optional) |