Novigrad Area
Skip this whole area and just go into the City.
Do your best to avoid aproaching the City. If you do get close, read the begining of the next section.
I recommend going into the City sooner, as parts of the outskirts are level 30+
Oxenfurt:
- After "The Oxenfurt Drunk," Meditate until midnight, then find a woman being harrassed on the North corner of Shani's place. After helping her and walking her home, fast travel to the Novigrad gate, then walk to the Western gate. in the alley to the southeast, the woman will help you fight some thugs.
- To get "The Taxman Cometh" to trigger, you need at least 35k gold on you.
- If you imported a Witcher 2 save where Geralt drank the potion Farid and Gaspar gave him, find a note on the little statue at the entrance to the Academy.
Countryside:
- "A Surprise Inheritence" is buggy. Make a hard save right after you pick up the quest. If there is no griffon at the destination when you approach, or the quest doesn't complete when you loot the chest, load the previous save and meditate before trying again. Otherwise, the quest will get stuck forever.
- "Without a Trace:" after talking to the old couple, leave town by walking out to the southwest. Threaten to kill them and they'll attack you. Return to this down some time later to see the consequences of your chioce.
- The Runecrafter will need a total of 30,000 gold in startup costs. 5k, then 10k, then 15k.