Walkthrough for the quest Contract: Strange Beast in the game Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. This page covers all main objectives, key steps, or helpful tips to guide you through the quest smoothly. Whenever possible, the guide points out locations for key items and details interactions with NPCs, among other tips. To ensure maximum clarity, in-game screenshots are included for easy-to-follow visual guidance.
Quest Group: Witcher Contracts
Suggested level: 16
Location: Skellige
This quest is is recommended to start by reading a contract posted on the Larvik Notice Board or by talking to Thorleif.
Skellige warriors are the hearty, adventure-loving sort, so surely they handle their own monster problems? No, not as it turns out. Geralt found a notice in a village called Larvik requesting assistance with clearing the area of some troublesome beasts.
Larvik Notice Board
The Skellige Isles
Thorleif
The Skellige Isles
Ambush Site
The Skellige Isles
Nekkers' Lair
The Skellige Isles
Hagubman
The Skellige Isles
Talk to Thorleif. He'll tell you about the monster that attacks people and will direct you to two warriors who managed to survive the attack. You'll be able to haggle with him over the reward - 520+ crowns.
Go and talk to Kaspar and Sverre. You won't learn much from them, except that the monster is smart because it has set a trap for them.
Go to the ambush site and examine the traces you find there: the corpse of one of the victims, the red clay near the wagon and the traces of another victim on the other side of the road. Then you'll come to the conclusion that you're dealing with the group of nekkers led by an intelligent and strong alpha warrior.
Then investigate the tracks you can find on the north side of the road.
Geralt discovered that the nekkers dwelling in the nearby wood were led by a particularly strong nekker warrior. Its presence had made the others more aggressive and daring. The only way to solve this problem was to enter the nekkers' lair and kill their leader.
The tracks will lead you to the entrance to the cave - Nekkers' Lair. In the tunnel you'll come across one or two nekkers (13) and poisonous and explosive gas. Go through the tunnel to the end of the cave, where you will find the nest.
Kill the nekkers (13) you'll encounter there, and their leader - Hagubman will be coming after a while. During combat, he will burrow himself from time to time and call three or four minor nekkers (13).
When you kill him, in his corpse you will find a Nekker warrior trophy and a relic sword - Devine.
Go back to Thorleif and collect your reward for completing the task.
In the end the alpha nekker fell to the witcher's blade. Geralt took its head as a trophy and went to Larvik to collect his reward.