Contract: Mysterious Tracks

Contract: Mysterious Tracks is a witcher contract near Lindenvale in Velen. A local hunter has found strange tracks in the woods and wants someone to tell him what made them. Geralt can also find the tracks or the cave on his own before reading the notice.

The tracks lead straight to a fiend’s lair, and at first it looks like a straightforward hunt. But Geralt soon realises that the fiend is not the real danger in these woods. Something far worse has been leaving those tracks: a chort known as the Howler, a massive, aggressive relict that charges its prey like a battering ram.

Chorts are all about brute strength, so dodging, Relict oil and the Quen sign are the keys to survival. Defeating the Howler rewards Geralt with the relic sword Azure Wrath, one of the better finds in Velen, and gives the hunter his answer.

Walkthrough

  1. Read the notice in Lindenvale, or find the tracks or cave first.
  2. Follow the tracks with your witcher senses.
  3. Investigate the fiend’s lair.
  4. Find and kill the chort known as the Howler.
  5. Return to the hunter for the reward.

Quest Consequences & Choices

Killing the Howler makes the woods around Lindenvale safer.

Involved characters

Involved monsters

Quest Type:
Rewards XP: 425 XP
Gold: Contract bounty
Loot: Azure Wrath, chort trophy
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