White Orchard is the first open world zone you can explore in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt after finishing tutorial in Kaer Morhen. It takes aproximately a few hours to finish all quests available here.
This well-to-do village is famous for its fruit orchards, whose boughs burst out in white blossoms come spring, and also for the top-quality, furniture-grade lumber harvested from the Vulpine Woods.
On your first visit to the place of power you will gain an additional ability point.
Aard
AxiiThere is one Wraith (6) nearby.
IgniThere is a Wraith (7) nearby.
Quen
Quen
YrdenThere's a bear (6) nearby.
It is always some kind of box, chest or a corpse containing witcher gear diagrams required for scavenger hunt quests.
Viper School Gear (Silver Sword)Kolgrim's Remains. Diagram: Serpentine silver sword and Letter from witcher Kolgrim of the Viper School. Skeleton is in the crypt. Use your weapon or the aard sign to destroy the door to the crypt.
Related quests: Scavenger Hunt: Viper School Gear (6).
Viper School Gear (Steel Sword)Diagram: Serpentine steel sword and the Interrogation report. Chest in the castle ruins.
Related quests: Scavenger Hunt: Viper School Gear (6).
Places where you can get new quests to play.
Aldert GeertA scholar who will introduce you to gwent, a trading card game.
Related quests: Collect 'Em All.
Geralt & VesemirThis is where you begin your adventure after you finish the tutorial in Kaer Morhen. Related quests: Lilac and Gooseberries.
Peter Saar GwynleveThe Nilfgaardian commander.
Related quests: Lilac and Gooseberries, The Beast of White Orchard (3).
TomiraYou can talk to her during The Beast of White Orchard quest.
Related quests: Contract: Devil by the Well (2), On Death's Bed (2), The Beast of White Orchard (3).
Offers of work for the witchers are posted here. Return from time to time to notice boards you've already seen becouse new contracts might have been posted since your last visit.
Places, NPCs and other elements related in some way to the quests available in the game.
Here you can find clues about the location of the hidden treasures.
Deserter Gold (Quest)Take the Spy's notes from the small crate in the tent.
Related quests: Deserter Gold (3).
Dirty Funds (Quest)Take the Scrawled notes from the chest in the tent.
Related quests: Dirty Funds (2).
Temerian Valuables (Quest)Loot the Temerian lily key from the body lying on the shore then dive and use it to open locked chest on the bottom. Inside you will find the Blood-soaked military orders.
Related quests: Temerian Valuables (4).
Here you can find the hidden treasures.
Deserter Gold (Treasure)Chest is inside a small cellar. The entrance is located in the nearby house.
Related quests: Deserter Gold (3).
Temerian Valuables (Treasure)Chest is inside a small cellar, entrance is located in a nearby house.
Related quests: Temerian Valuables (4).
Places where there are usually chests containing some nice loot.
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Chest
ChestChest is behind the Nilfgaardian tent.
ChestChest at the bottom of the waterfall.
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ChestChest next to the bridge.
ChestTo enter the house, destroy the door with an aard sign.
ChestChest on the wagon.
ChestChest in the house.
Chest
ChestChest under the bridge.
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Chest
ChestChest at the bottom of the lake.
ChestsTwo chests in the house.
ChestsTwo chests in the house.
ChestsThree chests in the house.
ChestsTwo chests on the broken wagon.
ChestsTwo chests under the broken bridge.
ChestsThree chests in the house.
ChestsTwo chests in the ruined house.
CorpsesTwo bodies in the ruins of a burned-out house.
Small ChestA small chest next to the body.
Smugglers' CacheSix packs under the bridge.
Spoils of War
The special monsters you encounter on your way. These are mostly monsters that you have to kill to finish the witcher's contracts.
Devil by the WellIt's a wraith you have to kill to complete the Contract: Devil by the Well quest.
Related quests: Contract: Devil by the Well (2).
Royal GriffinHere you will start the fight against the griffin in The Beast of White Orchard quest.
Related quests: The Beast of White Orchard (3).
Every nest is guarded by the monsters of a specific type. Use bombs to destroy it. Do not forget to loot it after you destroy it.
GhoulsGhouls (2).
GhoulsGhouls (2).
GhoulsGhouls (2).
It is always some kind of box, chest or a dead body containing some goods and guarded by one or more monsters.
Guarded TreasureTwo chests. Guarded by Warg (5) + 3 x Wolf (5).
Guarded TreasureIt's in the crypt. Guarded by the Wraith (7).
Guarded Treasure
Guarded TreasureGuarded by 4 x Drowners (3,4).
Guarded TreasureGuarded by 4 x Drowners (3,4).
Kill all the enemies in the area. There is always a treasure chest somewhere in the camp.
DesertersA deserter leader (4) and a few deserters (1,2).
DesertersA few deserters (1,2).
DesertersA few deserters (1,2).
DesertersA deserter leader (5) and a few deserters (1,2).
DesertersA deserter leader (5) and a few deserters (1,2).
DesertersA few deserters (1,2).
A place abandoned due to monster or bandit attacks. Once the danger is eliminated, it will fill with life once more.
GhoulsThis place is occupied by the ghouls (2).
GhoulsThis place is occupied by the ghouls (4).
Once discovered, signposts allow you to fast travel directly from one signpost to another. Walk up to the signpost and use it to open the world map and select the destination point.
Abandoned VillageA few years ago, a group of armed men marched into this settlement. They butchered its inhabitants and burned down their homes. Not a soul has dwelt here since that black and bloody day.
Broken BridgeThis bridge was destroyed by retreating Temerian troops during the Nilfgaardian attack. It was shoddily built to begin with. Good riddance.
Cackler BridgeBridge named in honor of a woman who went mad from unfulfilled love. After her heart snapped, she spent all her days running up and down this bridge while laughing hysterically.
CrossroadsThe road splits here. One fork leads to Vizima, the other to Novigrad.
FordBefore the war, merchants and travelers would cross the river here. Now only Nilfgaardian soldiers traverse this path.
MillCarts haul grain from all the surrounding villages to White Orchard's mill.
Nilfgaardian GarrisonThis strategic point guards White Orchard's main river crossing. Nilfgaardian troops have taken it over.
Ransacked VillageA band of soldiers attacked this village early one morning. They slaughtered most of the villagers in their beds, and the lucky few who fled to the woods in time had nothing left to return to.
SawmillWhite Orchard is famous not only for its premium fruit, but also for the top-quality, furniture-grade lumber harvested from the Vulpine Woods.
Woesong BridgeSo named because of a girl who once would stand on the bridge and sing, waiting for her beloved's return.
Here you can buy or sell various items.
White Orchard TavernGwent cards sold by Elsa, the innkeeper: Decoy, Catapult, Blue Stripes Commando, Crinfrid Reavers Dragon Hunter, Foltest - Lord Commander of the North. Related quests: Lilac and Gooseberries, The Beast of White Orchard (3), The Incident at White Orchard (2).
Here you can buy or sell various items.
BramThis is the merchant that you and Vesemir saved from the griffin.
Gwent cards: Catapult, Blue Stripes Commando, Crinfrid Reavers Dragon Hunter, Foltest - Lord Commander of the North.
Alchemy formula: Torn-out page: Griffin decoction
Temerian gear: Armor, Boots, Trousers, Gauntlets, Horse Blinders, Saddle, Saddlebags
Merchant
You can buy alchemical ingredients from herbalists.
Herbalist
Tomira
Armorers craft armor. Armorers and blacksmiths can salvage crafting components from any unneeded items you've gathered.
WillisArmorer (Amateur)
Blacksmiths forge weapons. Armorers and blacksmiths can salvage crafting components from any unneeded items you've gathered.
QuartermasterBlacksmith (Amateur)
Sharpening your blade on a grindstone will cause it to deal more damage. This bonus will wear off after some time, but you can renew it by using a grindstone again.
Grindstone
Grindstone
Grindstone
