The Witcher 3 treasure hunts

This page is a finding aid which lists all the treasure hunts in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt.

Treasure hunts differ from secondary quests in that they don't award any apart from killing foes you may encounter doing them, so you will not lose out on experience even if your level is much higher than recommended. Thus the recommended level usually refers to the level the foes guarding the treasure will have though not always. As a result it is possible to do some treasure hunt that are much higher level than your current one. In the case of treasure hunts involving witcher gear diagrams the recommended level represents the required level of the gear, meaning if the recommended level is 20 the gear will require level 20 to wield it once it is crafted.

For more information on the various quests in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, see the following:

Main quests

Secondary quests

Contracts

Hearts of Stone quests

Blood and Wine quests

White Orchard[]

Quest Name	Unmarked	Cutoff Point	Level	Location(s)	Enemies
Deserter Gold	No	n/a	3	In a hut near the Mill	Wolves
Dirty Funds	No	n/a	2	East-northeast of the Mill Bandit camp northwest of Cackler Bridge	Wolves Deserters
Scavenger Hunt: Viper School Gear	No	n/a	6	White Orchard cemetery West of Ransacked Village	Wraith Bandits
Temerian Valuables	No	n/a	4		Drowners

Velen[]

Quest Name	Unmarked	Cutoff Point	Level	Location(s)	Enemies
A Costly Mistake	No	n/a	18	West of Hangman's Alley	Drowners
A Plea Ignored	No	n/a	28	Far south of Condyle	Grave hag
An Unfortunate Turn of Events	No	n/a	4	Fireburst Harbor (Lovers' Landing), north of Lurtch	Drowners
Battlefield Loot	No	n/a	20	South of the Eternal Fire Chapel	Bilge hag
Blood Gold	No	n/a	18	Northwest of White Eagle Fort	Drowners
Don't Play with the Gods	No	n/a	15	Elven ruins near Lake Wyndamer, southeast of Duén Hen and north of Byways	Noonwraith or Nightwraith Wraiths (optional)
Dowry	No	n/a	32	West of Gustfields Farm	Basilisk
Hidden from the World	No	n/a	7	Southeast of Marauders' Bridge	Deserters
Lost Goods	No	n/a	n/a	North of Ferry Station	Drowners
Out of the Frying Pan, into the Fire	No	n/a	n/a	Mowshurst	Ghouls
Queen Zuleyka's Treasure	No	n/a	4	Coast of Wrecks	Pirates Drowners
Scavenger Hunt: Bear School Gear Upgrade Diagrams - Part 3	No	n/a	30	Cave northwest of Hanged Man's Tree Ruined Tower Cave southwest of The Orphans of Crookback Bog	Nekkers (dependent) Nekker warrior (dependent) Earth Elemental (dependent) Foglet Ignis Fatuus (dependent)
Scavenger Hunt: Bear School Gear Upgrade Diagrams - Part 4	No	n/a	34	Cave behind The Pellar's hut Island northeast of Olena's Grove Destroyed Bastion	Nekkers Drowners Cyclops
Scavenger Hunt: Cat School Gear Upgrade Diagrams - Part 2	No	n/a	23	Codgers' Quarry Oxenfurt Cave northeast of Reardon Manor	Bandits (optional) Bear (dependent)
Scavenger Hunt: Griffin School Gear	No	n/a	11	Hindhold Lornruk Dragonslayer's Grotto	Endrega workers Endrega warriors Harpies Wyvern Drowners Wraiths Ekimmara
Scavenger Hunt: Griffin School Gear Upgrade Diagrams - Part 1	No	n/a	18	Bandit camp southwest of Refugees' Camp Burned Ruins Ruins on north end of Mudplough	Pirate Leader Pirates Forktail
Scavenger Hunt: Griffin School Gear Upgrade Diagrams - Part 2	No	n/a	18	Frischlow Cave east of Crossroads White Eagle Fort	Wraiths Noonwraith
Scavenger Hunt: Wolf School Gear Upgrade Diagrams - Part 1	No	n/a	21	Crow's Perch Island south of Fyke Isle Grotto	Water hag (dependent)
Scavenger Hunt: Wolf School Gear Upgrade Diagrams - Part 5	No	n/a	34	Sunken treasure west of Byways Elven ruins southeast of Byways Hidden treasure south-southwest of Kimbolt Way	Drowners Wraiths Fiend
Sunken Chest	No	n/a	4	Small island south of Fyke Isle	Drowners
Sunken Treasure	No	n/a	4	Northwest of Hangman's Alley	Drowners
The Dead Have No Defense	No	n/a	9	South of Duén Hen	Deserters
The Things Men Do For Coin...	No	n/a	12	West of the Border Post	Nekkers
Tough Luck	No	n/a	18	Southeast of the Devil's Pit	Foglet

Novigrad[]

Quest Name	Unmarked	Cutoff Point	Level	Location(s)	Enemies
Coast of Wrecks	No	n/a	13	South-southeast of Widows' Grotto	Drowners Mucknixers (optional)
Scavenger Hunt: Cat School Gear	No	n/a	17	Temple Isle Island west of Grassy Knoll Est Tayiar Drahim Castle	Golem Wraiths Drowners Mad Kiyan
Scavenger Hunt: Cat School Gear Upgrade Diagrams - Part 1	No	n/a	23	Oxenfurt Gate Aeramas' Abandoned Manor Cave east of Toderas	n/a
Scavenger Hunt: Cat School Gear Upgrade Diagrams - Part 3	No	n/a	29	Ruins west of Dragonslayer's Grotto Cave east of Ursten Cavern	Earth Elemental Nekkers Rabid rock troll Golem

Skellige[]

Quest Name	Unmarked	Cutoff Point	Level	Location(s)	Enemies
Family Fortune	No	n/a	13	Ruined Inn	Sirens
Freya Be Praised!	No	n/a	4	Southeast of Blandare	Mucknixers (optional)
Hidden in the Depths	No	n/a	31	Southwest of Harviken	Endrega worker Endrega drones Venomous arachas
Inheritance	No	n/a	14	Boxholm	Devourers (dependent)
Ironsides' Treasure	No	n/a	13	Southeast of Grotto and far north of Faroe	Sirens
Nilfgaardian Treasure	No	n/a	13	Southeastern shore of An Skellig	Sirens
Not Only Eagles Dare	No	n/a	10	Ulula's Needle	Mucknixers Drowned dead (optional) Sirens (optional)
Pearls of the Coast	No	n/a	13	South of Eldberg Lighthouse	Pirates
Precious Haul	No	n/a	13	Southeast of Tor Gvalch'ca	Sirens
Ruins, Hidden Treasure, You Know...	No	n/a	18	Dorve Ruins	Wraith (optional) Sirens
Scavenger Hunt: Bear School Gear	No	n/a	20	Fort Etnir Ruined Inn Castle Tuirseach Cave south-southwest of the Old Watchtower	Gargoyles Ice Elemental Drowners Wraiths Sirens (dependent)
Scavenger Hunt: Bear School Gear Upgrade Diagrams - Part 1	No	n/a	25	Cave southeast of Wild Shore Grotto Ruins northeast of Kaer Gelen	Rock trolls Grossbart Brothers Harpies Alghouls
Scavenger Hunt: Bear School Gear Upgrade Diagrams - Part 2	No	n/a	25	Ruins southeast of Fort Etnir Kaer Almhult Island northeast of Marlin Coast	Pirates Guard dogs
Scavenger Hunt: Cat School Gear Upgrade Diagrams - Part 4	No	n/a	34	Kaer Gelen Cave east of Harviken Cave south-southwest of Trottheim	Wraiths Sirens Harpies
Scavenger Hunt: Griffin School Gear Upgrade Diagrams - Part 3	No	n/a	26	Elverum Lighthouse Giants' Toes West of Yngvar's Fang	Pirates Bandits
Scavenger Hunt: Griffin School Gear Upgrade Diagrams - Part 4	No	n/a	34	Kaer Dhu Boxholm Northeast of Redgill	Cyclops Ulfhedinn (optional)
Scavenger Hunt: Wolf School Gear Upgrade Diagrams - Part 3	No	n/a	29	Burial mounds southeast of Arinbjorn Fort Grymmdjarr Ruins southwest of Lofoten	Harpies Ice troll
Scavenger Hunt: Wolf School Gear Upgrade Diagrams - Part 6	No	n/a	34	Kaer Nyssen Old Watchtower Dorve Ruins	Morvudd (dependent) Bandits
Shortcut	No	n/a	13	North side of lake on Undvik	Bandits
Unlucky's Treasure	No	n/a	48	Snidhall Isle	Archgriffin
X Marks the Spot	No	n/a	12	Southeast of Blandare Southeast of Fayrlund	Wraith (optional)

Kaer Morhen[]

Quest Name	Unmarked	Cutoff Point	Level	Location(s)	Enemies
Scavenger Hunt: Forgotten Wolf School Gear Diagrams	No	n/a	n/a	Kaer Morhen keep	n/a
Scavenger Hunt: Wolf School Gear	No	n/a	14	Bastion Old signal tower Ruined Watchtower	Erynias Wraiths
Scavenger Hunt: Wolf School Gear Upgrade Diagrams - Part 2	No	n/a	21	Cave in southeastern part of Kaer Morhen valley Island north-northeast of Lakeside Hut Ruined Watchtower	Wraith
Scavenger Hunt: Wolf School Gear Upgrade Diagrams - Part 4	No	n/a	29	Cave north of the Bastion Iron Mine Cave east of Kaer Morhen	Nekker warriors Devourer Harpies (proximity) Endrega warriors Endrega workers