Walkthrough for the quest The Gangs of Novigrad 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: Secondary Quests
Suggested level: 9
Location: Novigrad
You will receive this quest when you visit the bathhouse during the Get Junior quest. Cleaver, who wants to solve the problem with Whoreson Junior by using force, will offer you to join him and look for Junior in his way.
When Geralt entered the Novigrad bathhouse, he happened to walk in on a meeting of the heads of the city's criminal underworld. Becoming an unwitting participant in their conversation, he learned of the conflict between the triumvirate made up of the King of Beggars, Sigi Reuven and Carlo "Cleaver" Varese on the one hand, and Whoreson Junior and the unknown powers backing him on the other. Cleaver in particular wanted Whoreson gone and offered Geralt help in finding and gettin to the bastard, which suited Geralt's interests. They say hands aplenty make for light work, and Geralt had every reason to believe this applied to gang warfare as much as it did to cleaning a barn, so he graciously accepted the gangster's offer.
Cleaver's Headquarters
Velen / Novigrad
Whoreson Junior's Casino
Velen / Novigrad
Whoreson Junior's Arena
Velen / Novigrad
You will find Cleaver in his quarters to the west of Hierarch Square. You will get there from the south side.
Cleaver will suggest you search the casino and arena run by Junior together with his men. You should accept his offer before you visit these two places on your own, otherwise the quest will end in failure.
Head to the casino and talk to Cleaver's men waiting for you outside. Let them know when you're ready and then proceed together to the casino. Kill all the Whoreson's thugs in the casino.
Likewise, do the same with the arena.
Go back to Cleaver and talk to him. As a reward for your help, you will receive 300 crowns from him (150 crowns for each location).
Geralt did not find Whoreson during his search with Cleaver's men, but do not think his time was wasted. The witcher smashed his way through a fair number of public mingling spaces and slaughtered a great many armed men of diverse social backgrounds, gaining in the doing a unique look at the complications of daily life in the Novigrad underworld. Enriched with this knowledge, Geralt continued his search for Whoreson alone.