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A Dog's Life
A Favor for a Friend
A Greedy God
A Towerful of Mice
An Invitation from Keira Metz
Bitter Harvest
Brothers in Arms: Velen
Ciri's Room
Contract: Jenny o' the Woods
Contract: Missing Brother
Contract: Mysterious Tracks
Contract: Phantom of the Trade Route
Contract: Shrieker
Contract: Swamp Thing
Contract: The Merry Widow
Contract: The Mystery of the Byways Murders
Contract: Woodland Beast
Death by Fire
Defender of the Faith
Fake Papers
For the Advancement of Learning
Forefather's Eve
Funeral Pyres
Ghosts of the Past
Gwent: Velen Players
Harassing a Troll
Last Rites
Magic Lamp
Man's Best Friend
Patrol Gone Missing
Races: Crow's Perch
Return to Crookback Bog
Scavenger Hunt: Griffin School Gear
The Fall of the House of Reardon
The Truth is in the Stars
Treasure Hunt: An Unfortunate Turn of Events
Treasure Hunt: A Costly Mistake
Treasure Hunt: Blood Gold
Treasure Hunt: Hidden From the World
Treasure Hunt: Lost Goods
Treasure Hunt: Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire
Treasure Hunt: Sunken Chest
Treasure Hunt: Sunken Treasure
Treasure Hunt: The Things Men Do For Coin...
Treasure Hunt: Tough Luck
Wild at Heart
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In The Eternal Fire's Shadow

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Contract: The Merry Widow

By Max Roberts, Jack K., Jon Ryan, +35.8k more
Updated: Jan 4, 2025 12:06am UTC

Contract: The Merry Widow is a side quest in Velen.

Merry Widow Walkthrough

Head to the notice board in Lindenvale and pick up the Contract: Monster in the Cemetery. Immediately head to the marker and talk to the grave digger. He will tell you that someone has been digging up graves in the cemetery and a boy has gone missing. You can haggle for a price, I settled at 265.

After you talked to the grave digger head to the cemetery. As you get there you will notice four or five level 5 wild dogs. Quickly kill them and then use your witcher senses to examine a grave. Then head to the right of the building and examine that grave. This particular grave will have an odor follow it to a nearby abandoned house. Once inside examine the tools, pot, and skull. Pickup the skull and then head back to the cemetery.

Once in the cemetery go into the building and place the skull on the altar. After you do that a grave hag will appear. Use your Yrden to slow the hag down, while you use your thunderbolt potion to add extra damage to your attacks. Always dodge the hag as it approaches to avoid getting hit by its long range melee attacks. Also watch out for it tongue attack.

After you killed the Hag loot it and then head back to the grave digger to get your reward.

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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
The Witcher 3: Wild HuntCD Projekt Red
Initial Release: May 18, 2015
ESRB: Mature
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