Walkthrough for the quest Contract: The Oxenfurt Drunk 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: 26
Location: Novigrad
To start this quest, read the "Monster in Oxenfurt" contract posted on the Oxenfurt Notice Board.
Oxenfurt the academy may be my alma mater, but Oxenfurt the town - that is where I received my true education. The experiences I had in its inns and alleyways often left me a trembling wreck, overwhelmed by the majesty of the world opening up before me. Sadly, during the Third Nilfgaardian War the town became a shadow of its former self, and the few who remained in its inns and alleyways risked not enlightenment but death at the hands of a mysterious murderer. Geralt, bless his heart, decided to investigate the matter, suspecting that the responsible party might be a monster...
Oxenfurt Notice Board
Velen / Novigrad
The Alchemy
Velen / Novigrad
Gael
Velen / Novigrad
Talk to the guardsman Nikolas Friedman, who you will find in the docks. You can haggle with him - 273+ crowns. He'll tell you about two people who can give you more information.
You'll find the medic near the morgue building. When you talk to him, he'll tell you that the victims' bodies haven't been burned yet and give you the key to the morgue.
Enter the morgue and take a look at the bodies of the two victims who are lying on the tables. Geralt will conclude that they were attacked by a vampire.
You'll find the woman you need to talk to at The Alchemy Inn. She'll ask you to buy her something to drink. You can give her 30 crowns (3 XP) or use delusion (2) (40XP). She will tell you where she was attacked.
Go to the place the woman told you about and examine the bracelet you will find there.
When you examine the bodies of the victims in the morgue and a bracelet, you will come to the conclusion that you are dealing with a katakan who likes blood of drunk men.
Geralt had dealt with a great variety of beasts over the course of his career as a witcher, but an alcoholic vampire...? That was a first (well, except for maybe that one - but that was long ago). This katakan (as witchers call this manner of beast) had taken a liking to the blood of drunk men. Once Geralt figured this out, he knew exactly how to lure it out of hiding.
Return to The Alchemy and talk to Stjepan. Tell him that you need a drink and pay him 50 crowns.
Time will jump to night and you, completely drunk, will go outside the tavern. Walk to the places marked on the map. You'll eventually get to the place where you will meet the vampire.
Start fighting him. Once you hurt him a little, he'll knock you to the ground and run away
Geralt fought the katakan, but sadly the beast fled the first chance it got. Vampires never do make for easy foes. Geralt decided to use his Witcher Senses to hunt the monster down.
Use your witcher's senses and you will hear the katakan.
Follow this sound until you reach the hut by the river. The front door will be locked, but you can get inside by climbing the ladder.
Jump down and kill Gael.
Loot the Katakan trophy (5% Bonus experience from monsters), Deargdeith (relic silver sword), the katakan mutagen, and a key you can use to unlock the door.
Go back to the officer, tell him what kind of monster was murdering people and collect your reward.
At last, success was his! Geralt tracked down and killed the katakan. The Redanian soldiers who had hired him kept their word and paid him appropriately for a job well done.