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Blood and Wine Side Quests
A Knight's Tales
A Portrait of the Witcher as an Old Man
Big Feet to Fill
Contract: Big Game Hunter
Contract: Bovine Blues
Contract: Equine Phantoms
Contract: Feet as Cold as Ice
Contract: The Tufo Monster
Duck, Duck, Goosed!
Father Knows Worst
Feet As Cold As Ice
Fists of Fury: Toussaint
Goodness, Gracious, Great Balls of Granite!
Gwent: Never Fear, Skellige's Here
Gwent: To Everything - Turn, Turn, Tournament!
Knight For Hire
Master Master Master Master!
Mutual of Beauclair's Wild Kingdom
No Place Like Home
Paperchase
Of Sheers and a Witcher I Sing
Raging Wolf
Scavenger Hunt: Grandmaster Feline Gear
Scavenger Hunt: Grandmaster Griffin Gear
Scavenger Hunt: Grandmaster Manticore Gear
Scavenger Hunt: Grandmaster Ursine Gear
Scavenger Hunt: Grandmaster Wolven Gear
The Hunger Game
The Warble of a Smitten Knight
The Words of the Prophet Are Written on Sarcophagi
There Can Be Only One
Till Death Do You Part
Treasure Hunt: Applied Escapology
Treasure Hunt: Around the World In... Eight Days
Treasure Hunt: But Other Than That, How Did You Enjoy the Play
Treasure Hunt: Coin Doesn't Stink
Treasure Hunt: Don't Take Candy from a Stranger
Treasure Hunt: Filibert Always Pays His Debts
Treasure Hunt: Spoontaneous Profits!
Treasure Hunt: The Black Widow
Treasure Hunt: The Curse of Carnarvon
Treasure Hunt: The Inconstant Gardener
Treasure Hunt: The Last Exploits of Selina's Gang
Treasure Hunt: The Suffering of Young Francios
Treasure Hunt: The Toussaint Prison Experiment
Treasure Hunt: Wating for Goe and Doh
Treasure Hunt: What Was This About Again?
Vitner's Contract: Chuchote Cave
Vitner's Contract: Cleaning Those Hard-To-Reach Places
Vitner's Contract: Dun Tynne Hillside
Vitner's Contract: Griffin-in-the-Vines
Vitner's Contract: Rivecalme Storehouse
Wine Wars: Belgaard (L37)
Wine Wars: Coronata
Wine Wars: Vermentino
Wine Wars: The Deus in the Machina
Wine Wars: Consorting
Wine Wars: Belgaard (L39)

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Treasure Hunt: Applied Escapology

By Max Roberts, Jack K., Jon Ryan, +35.8k more
Updated: Jan 3, 2025 9:08pm UTC

Walkthrough

This page contains the walkthrough for Treasure Hunt: Applied Escapology, a side quest in The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine.

You can pick up this treasure hunt side quest by looting and reading a journal found under a tree. The location of it is northwest of Toussaint Prison signpost, southwest of Flovive sign post, east of Beauclair Port signpost, and northeast of Mere-Lachaiselongue Cemetery signpost.

After starting the quest by reading the journal, head north and dive into the underwater cave. You can use the Killer Whale potion to breathe underwater for longer.

Use your Witcher Senses and at the bottom of the cave you'll find a body with a key on it. Once you have the key, exit this cave, and start swimming south to some sunken ruins.

At the ruins, you'll come across some underwater drowners that you can kill with your crossbow. Swim deeper into the cave and at the far end of the cave you'll find the treasure that you can unlock with the key you found.

Video Walkthrough

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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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