{"id":254,"date":"2015-06-04T00:45:24","date_gmt":"2015-06-03T22:45:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.underealm.com\/gaming\/?p=254"},"modified":"2015-06-04T00:58:08","modified_gmt":"2015-06-03T22:58:08","slug":"the-witcher-3-achievements","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.underealm.com\/gaming\/2015\/06\/the-witcher-3-achievements\/","title":{"rendered":"The Witcher 3: Achievements (Pocket Guide)"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve played the entire campaign on Death March!<\/em> and done most of the achievements, except a few ones secret or grindy (listed below) that I completed after finishing the game. I decided to toss out a few tips that could speed up the process.<\/p>\n

\"Achievement
What Was That?<\/strong>, Power Overwhelming<\/strong>, Card Collector<\/strong>, Munchkin<\/strong>, Overkill<\/strong>, Humpty Dumpty<\/strong> and Master Marksman<\/strong> achievements.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

What Was That?<\/h2>\n

I don’t know why this achievement is hidden, I only discovered it while close to the end of the game. You “simply” have to counter-attack<\/em>, attack<\/em>, throw a bomb<\/em> and use a sign<\/em>. I did it in this very order, but you can mix it up as best suits you, just do it all in less than 4 seconds.<\/p>\n

Power Overwhelming<\/h2>\n

This is rather easy, and can be done from the beginning in White Orchard<\/strong>. It consists in having all the buffs from places of power active at the same time. There are 6 in places of power in White Orchard, we need only the 5 different ones. I provided the fastest path in the image below, starting east of the Abandoned Village<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

\"Power
The easiest and fastest way to get the achievement, all done in White Orchard.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Card Collector<\/h2>\n

This is the most time intensive one. There are a lot of guides around the web, like the VG24\/7<\/a> or the gosunoob one<\/a>. The problem is that THEY ARE WRONG<\/strong>. One example above all: you don’t lose cards bedding people.<\/p>\n

\"Card
Locations you have most likely forgotten.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

You play people all throughout the game. The first time you win with a certain person you get a random card from a fixed pool. If you are in this position (when you play a new person but it gives you money only) then you probably missed some of the vendors. A lot of websites (all of them) say that a few cards are available from Midcopse<\/strong>, but this is wrong: the vendor they are referring to is in Lindenvale<\/strong>. Another vendor you could have missed is the one freed in the Bandits Camp<\/strong> east of Oreton<\/strong>, that you will find later in Claywich<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

Munchkin \/ Overkill<\/h2>\n

After completing the campaign, the contracts and most of the side quests, I was stuck at level 34 and a quarter. Completing the Pest Control<\/strong> in Velen and some treasure hunt elegible of XP, I was stuck at level 34 and a half. Then I discovered that in Skellige<\/strong> there is a place in which a level 30 Cyclops<\/strong> respawns after meditation.<\/p>\n

\"Skellige
The level 30 Cyclops can be found here in Skellige.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I had to kill him a few times to get to level 35 for the Munchkin<\/strong> achievement, but while at it (in Death March!<\/em> difficulty) I thought of going further and combining the grind with the Overkill<\/strong> achievement. The cyclops has enough HP to survive several blade slashes (with 15% chance of bleeding), followed by poison bomb(s) and Igni<\/strong> (with 5 points in Melt Armor<\/strong>). Do it 10 times (sometimes you can do it twice on the same cyclops) and you’re done.<\/p>\n

\"Overkill
A cyclops being gently overkilled by statuses (bleeding + poison + burning).<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Humpty Dumpty \/ Master Marksman<\/h2>\n

The best place for these achievements is in Velen<\/strong>, specifically Devil’s Pit<\/strong>. There are several human deserters, high non protected ledges and, most importantly, they all respawn when you change map. If you kill them all, move to another map (Skellige \/ White Orchard \/ Royal Palace of Vizima), and then move back, you will find everyone there and waiting.<\/p>\n

\"Devil's
The best farming point is in Velen.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

There are a few people using the door glitch (pull them, move back past the gate and they won’t get to you). Some use Axii to stun them and have a better shot. I found out that the best way was to face them and place a bolt in between the eyes. I had about a 90% success rate with this method, it’s all in getting up close and personal.<\/p>\n

\"Master
A deserter being gently crossbow’d in the head.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

I remapped the crossbow\/item key from Middle Mouse Button to the key left of 1 on the keyboard: in my case \\, ~ in the EN keyboards. Remember that while aiming down the crossbow you can still move, so it’s easier to aim and slow the time down from a moderate distance and then getting close and shooting the bolt.<\/p>\n

Do this 50 times and you too will be done with the most boring grind in the game.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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