Deadly Delights – Witcher 3 Quest

This guide is a walkthrough of a contract side quest in the Witcher 3 for the area of Novigrad. The guide is composed of a map, map legend, and walkthrough to show readers exactly where to go and what to do to complete the quest.

Map Legend

1 – The Golden Sturgeon
2 – Guard
3 – Medic
4 – Murder Site
5 – Brothel
6 – Succubus House

Background

You’ll trigger this quest by reading the note “Contract Issued by the Temple Guard of the City of Novigrad” on the notice board by the Golden Sturgeon in Novigrad (#1).

Walkthrough

The note will inform you that several members of the Temple Guard were “ravaged to death” recently, and that the Guard is looking for answers. To learn more about the situation, you’ll need to visit the Novigrad Guard at his post nearby (#2). He won’t provide you with much in the way of details, but he’ll direct you to the Guard’s medic, who examined the bodies.

You’ll meet the medic at the docks (#3). He’ll tell you that the victims were “dried out” but that they didn’t show any signs of claws or fangs. He’ll then tell you that they were slain in an alley to the south.

At the alley (#4), if you turn on your witcher senses, then you’ll detect lots of footprints, including some odd hoofprints from a two-legged creature. When you follow the hoofprints, they’ll lead you to the locked back door of a brothel (#5). Inside, the madame won’t exactly be forthcoming, but you’ll have two choices for how to get the information you need:

• If you use Axii / Delusion on the madame, then she’ll reveal that the brothel is using a succubus, and she’ll give you the key to her house.
  
• If you’re not persuasive, then the madame will dismiss you, and you’ll have to find the succubus on your own. To do that, you’ll need to go back outside the brothel and return to the locked back door. If you turn on your witcher senses there, then you’ll detect a broken perfume bottle nearby, and you’ll note that it’s much more expensive than you’d expect to find in the district.
  
  When you follow the scent of the perfume, you’ll end up in front of a house, and you’ll meet a confused townsperson there. From him you’ll realize that you’re dealing with a succubus, which will earn you 25 xp. However, the door to the house will be locked. To get inside, you’ll need to enter the neighbor’s house, climb up to the roof, and then walk across some scaffolding to an open window in the succubus’ house.

Inside the succubus’ house (#6), you’ll meet the succubus, Salma. She’ll talk to you, which will give you two ways to deal with her:

• You can order her to leave the city. She’ll agree, and she’ll give you a Succubus Trophy and a leveled version of the silver sword Maugrim before departing.
  
• You can fight her. She’ll shoot bolts of fire at you, but she won’t be able to take many hits, and so she should go down quickly. The succubus will then drop a Succubus Mutagen, a Succubus Trophy, and a leveled version of Assassin’s Gauntlets when she dies.

When you return to the guard (#2) with the trophy, he’ll pay you what he owes, and you’ll also earn 270 xp.