The Witcher 3 Guide: Gwent Guide, Hero And Leader Cards

Insem Grim Fasoltiarna – You get this if you pick the cards at the end of the side quest “A Dangerous Game”. Her passive doubles the strength of all ranged units for one turn.

Foltest – Lord Commander Of The North – You can buy this from the Innkeeper in White Orchard for I believe 50 Crowns. His leadership ability is basically a Clear Weather card. There’s a slight problem getting this card if you are not in the area anymore. After you leave, the Innkeeper disappears and I haven’t found her again. I will keep looking and look for another person to buy this card from!

Foltest – The Siege Master – In order to get this card you need to beat the Nilfgaardian Noble in the Royal Palace in Vizima. You can find him sitting on a bench near the fountain. He had a ! for me when I first got here. He is beatable with the starter deck but it is very difficult. Try to bring a fog card because he uses alot of archers.

Emhyr Var Emreis – Emperor Of Nilfgaard – After you beat the guy at the Inn at the Crossroads he will sell this card for 50 gold. This is the card that will let you see three random cards in your opponents hand.

Eredin – Bringer Of Death – I think this is for beating the Gwent: Velen Players quest, if not it is from Haddy at the end of the quest. With his power you discard two of your cards and pick one from your deck.

Eredin – King Of The Wild Hunt You obtain this card through purchase, buying it from Jonas The Innkeep in Skellige. He can double the attack power of the Closed Combat line assuming a horn is not in place.

These cards can be placed in any deck.

Yennefer Of Vengerberg – You get this card from the Innkeper in Oxenfurt, Innkeeps name is Stjenpan. Yennefer Of Vengerber – 7 attack and can take a unit card from your discard pile and replay it. I am not 100% sure if I needed to be on the Gwent card quest for this one or not.

Cirilla Fiona Elen Riannon – If you beat the Elf in the woods for the “Gwent – Big Cities Players” game you will get this card. This is a 15 damage neutral hero card.

GeraltPlay Gwent with Thaler after you escort him out of the troll cave. He uses the Scoia’tael deck. He has Geralt as one of his cards which is a 15 hero, if you beat him you get Geralt.

Vernon Roche – 10 Attack Hero for Northern Realms. You get this from Haddy at the end of the Gwent: Velen Players quest.

John Natalis – You get this is you take the cards from the side quest “A Dangerous Grade”. This is a 10 damage Northern Realm hero.

Letho Of Gulet – 10 Attack Hero card – From the Boat Wright in Oreton during the Velen Gwent Players Quest. You cannot play this guy without the quest.

Morvran Voorhis – 10 Attack hero card NilfGaardian Empire – Beat Marquise Serenity in the big city in Novigrad to get this card. I think you need the Gwent: Playing the innkeeps quest to play her.

Tibor Eggebracht – 10 Damage Hero Nilfgaardian Empire. Beat the Innkeep in Novigrad for Gwent: Playing the Innkeeps quest.

Menno Coehoorn – 10 Damage Hero with revvie Nilfgaardian Empire – Got from the Innkeep at the crossroads for Gwent: Playing the Innkeeps quest.

Imlerith – I have this card in my deck but I didn’t mark down where I got it. It is a 10 power hero card and I am pretty sure I got it somewhere in Velen.

Kayran – You win this card from the Armorer in Skellige Isles, Urialla Harbor. It has a rating of 8, can bring a single card back from your discard pile and can be placed in either Close Combat or Ranged slots.

[columns count=’3′] [column_item]Opponent: Bloody Baron
Location: Crow’s Perch
Card Reward: Sigismund Dijkstra
Faction: Northern Realms

Opponent: Yoana
Location: Blacksmith’s at Crow’s Perch
Card Reward: Dwarven Skirmisher
Faction: Scoia’Tael

Opponent: Fergus Graem
Location: Blacksmith’s at Crow’s Perch
Card Reward: Shilard-Fitz Osterlen
Faction: Nilfgaardian Empire

Opponent: Quarter Master
Location: Blacksmith’s at Crow’s Perch
Card Reward: Siege Tower
Faction: Northern Realms

Opponent: Trader
Location: Crow’s Perch
Card Reward: Biting Frost
Faction: General

Opponent: Soothsayer (Gwent: Velen Players Quest Only)
Location: Benek
Card Reward: Eredin Bringer of Death
Faction: Monsters

[/column_item] [column_item]Opponent: Armorer
Location: Midcopse
Card Reward: Elven Skirmisher
Faction: Scoia’Tael

Opponent: Trader
Location: Midcopse
Card Reward: Ida Emean Aep Sivney
Faction: Scoia’Tael

Opponent: Merchant
Location: Blackbough
Card Reward: Endrega
Faction: Monsters

Opponent: Merchant
Location: Oxenfurt
Card Reward: Dol Blathanna Scout
Faction: Scoia’Tael

Opponent: Armorsmith
Location: Oxenfurt
Card Reward: Arachas Behemoth
Faction: Monsters

Opponent: Tavar Eggebracht
Location: Nilfgaardian Central Army Camp
Card Reward: Dwarven Skirmisher
Faction: Scoia’Tael
[/column_item] [column_item]Opponent: Blacksmith
Location: Oxenfurt
Card Reward: Vattier De Rideaux
Faction: Nilfgaardian Empire

Opponent: Merchant
Location: Downwarren
Card Reward: Stefan Skellen
Faction: Nilfgaardian Empire

Opponent: Blacksmith
Location: Blackbough
Card Reward: Nekker
Faction: Monsters

Opponent: Merchant
Location: Lindenvale
Card Reward: Renauld Aep Matsen
Faction: Nilfgaardian Empire

Opponent: Boatwright (Gwent: Velen Players Quest Only)
Location: Oreton
Card Reward: Crone: Letho Of Gulet
Faction: Nilfgaardian Empire

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[columns count=’3′] [column_item]Opponent: Blacksmith
Location: Novigrad Center
Card Reward: Forktail
Faction: Monster

Opponent: Merchant
Location: Novigrad, Putrid Grove
Card Reward: Havekar Smuggler
Faction: Scoia’Tael

Opponent: Innkeep
Location: Novigrad, Inn on the East side of town just West of the Barbers.
Card Reward: Celaeno Harpy
Faction: Monster

Opponent: Priest Of Eternal Fire
Location: The Herbalist located to the far North West of Gregory’s Bridge
Card Reward: Dennis Cranmer
Faction: Scoia’Tael
[/column_item] [column_item]Opponent: Trader
Location: Novigrad Center Near Vivaldi Bank
Card Reward: Dol Blathanna Scout
Faction: Scoia’Tael

Opponent: Madame
Location: Novigrad, Seven Cats Inn South East of the Trelogor Gate
Card Reward: Fire Elemental
Faction: Monsters

Opponent: Inkeep
Location: Novigrad Brothel
Card Reward: Toruviel
Faction: Scoia’Tael

Opponent: First Opponent
Location: South East of the Wheat Fields, East of the Eternal Fire Chapel. Ingrid Vegelbud Estate
Card Reward: Milva
Faction: Scoia’Tael
[/column_item] [column_item]Opponent: Merchant
Location: Novigrad, Merchant South East of Hierarch Square
Card Reward: Cockatrice
Faction: Monsters

Opponent: Elihal
Location: Novigrad, East of the Gate of the Hierach
Card Reward: Havekar Healer
Faction: Scoia’Tael

Opponent: Second Opponent
Location: South East of the Wheat Fields, East of the Eternal Fire Chapel. Ingrid Vegelbud Estate
Card Reward: Vampire: Bruxa
Faction: Monsters

Opponent: Third Opponent
Location: South East of the Wheat Fields, East of the Eternal Fire Chapel. Ingrid Vegelbud Estate
Card Reward: Dandelion
Faction: Scoia’Tael

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Opponent: Jonas The Inkeep
Location: Skellige Isles, Kaer Trolde Harbor
Card Reward: Assire Var Anahid
Faction: Scoia’Tael

Opponent: Innkeep
Location: Skellige Isles, Arinbjorn on the Western shores
Card Reward: Vrihedd Brigade Recruit
Faction: Nilfgaardian Empire

Opponent: Merchant
Location: Skellige Isles, Larvik. A large island to the far East.
Card Reward: Emiel Regis Rohellec Terzieff
Faction: Scoia’Tael

Opponent: Blacksmith
Location: Skellige Isles, Urialla Harbor
Card Reward: Clear Weather
Faction: General

Opponent: Herbalist
Location: Skellige Isle. South of Blandare is a point of interest. There is a herbalist trapped here. Free him and challenge him to a game.
Card Reward: Filavandrel Aen Fidhail
Faction: Scoia’Tael

[/column_item] [column_item] Opponent: Armorer
Location: Skellige Isles, Kaer Muire (South Western town, North East of Holmsteins Port)
Card Reward: Vreemde
Faction: Nilfgaardian Empire

Opponent: Blacksmith
Location: Skellige Isles, Arinbjorn on the Western shores
Card Reward: Imlerith
Faction: Monster

Opponent: Innkeep
Location: Skellige Isles, Larvik. A large island to the far East.
Card Reward: Elven Skirmisher
Faction: Scoia’Tael

Opponent: Blacksmith
Location: Skellige Isles, North West island of Svorlag
Card Reward: Riordain
Faction: Scoia’Tael

[/column_item] [column_item] Opponent: Smith
Location: Skellige Isles, Kaer Muire (South Western town, North East of Holmsteins Port)
Card Reward: Havekar Healer
Faction: Scoia’Tael

Opponent: Armorer
Location: Skellige Isles, Larvik. A large island to the far East.
Card Reward: Gargoyle
Faction: Monster

Opponent: Armorer
Location: Skellige Isles, Urialla Harbor
Card Reward: Kayran
Faction: Monsters

Opponent: Merchant
Location: Skellige Isles, North West island of Svorlag
Card Reward: Grave Hag
Faction: Monster

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You can obtain this quest when you encounter the Bloody Baron during the main quest line. After you agree to search for his family and check the area for clues he will return to his room. Challenge him to a game of Gwent to unlock the quest, beating him is the first objective. After defeating the Bloody Baron head a distance South of Crow’s Perch to Oreton, a small village on the shore. There you will find a Boatwright, defeating him is the next objective. The third player you must defeat is Haddy, he can be found to the West in the town of Midcopse. After defeating the initial three another objective opens, defeating Soothsayer. The Soothsayer, or Old Sage when you first meet him, can be found in the small village of Benek. The village is on the far Eastern shores of Velen, East of Reardon Manor, North East of Downwarren. If you have yet to discover either of these locations check your map for Hanged Man’s Tree and then head South East. Cross the small river with the 3 bridges and continue South East. From the Eastern bridge, Benek is the second village to the South.

I wasn’t able to discover the name of this quest but it can be found South East of the Wheat Fields, East of the Eternal Fire Chapel. I found it during the quest A Matter of Life and Death for Triss. There are 3 opponents to beat and each gave me quite a powerful card for victory, listed below:

Opponent: First Opponent
Location: South East of the Wheat Fields, East of the Eternal Fire Chapel. Ingrid Vegelbud Estate
Card Reward: Milva
Faction: Scoia’Tael

Opponent: Second Opponent
Location: South East of the Wheat Fields, East of the Eternal Fire Chapel. Ingrid Vegelbud Estate
Card Reward: Vampire: Bruxa
Faction: Monsters

Opponent: Third Opponent
Location: South East of the Wheat Fields, East of the Eternal Fire Chapel. Ingrid Vegelbud Estate
Card Reward: Dandelion
Faction: Scoia’Tael

As with other Gwent quests you need to play one of the people involved in the mission in order to unlock it. There are 3 people in the Big City Players quests, found in the city of Novigrad.

Opponent: Djikstra (have not been able to challenge him yet)
Location:
Card Reward:
Faction:

Opponent: Vimme Vivaldi
Location: Vivaldi Bank
Card Reward: N/A
Faction: N/A

Opponent: Marquise Serenity
Location: The main person in the Passiflora whorehouse
Card Reward: Morvran Voorhis
Faction: NilfGaardian Empire

This is another you get in Novigrad challenging innkeeps to matches. Firstly head to Oxenfurt and challenge Stjepan, then you unlock more players.

Opponent: Stjepan
Location: Oxenfurt Harbor, South East of the Fast Travel point
Card Reward: Yennefer Of Vengerberg
Faction: NilfGaardian Empire

Opponent: The Innkeeper
Location: The Inn at the Crossroads
Card Reward: Menno Coehoorn
Faction: NilfGaardian Empire

Opponent: Olivier
Location: Novigrad tavern. North of Hierarch Square fast travel point
Card Reward: Tibor Eggebracht
Faction: NilfGaardian Empire