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A Costly Mistake


A Costly Mistake
Type Treasure Hunt
Region Velen
Quest Giver Smuggler's notes, on a body west of Hangman's Alley
Suggested Level 18
Reward Maugrim; random loot

A Costly Mistake is a treasure hunt in Velen, on the banks of the Pontar. It starts with notes on the body of a smuggler. Redanian soldiers on the riverbank sank a merchant ship with all its cargo. The smuggler planned to fish the goods out of the river and sell them.

A Costly Mistake Map Location and Quest Guide


A Costly Mistake map location:

  1. Follow the road west from Hangman's Alley to its end.
  2. Kill the drowners gathered around the bodies.
  3. Loot the smuggler's notes from one of the bodies.
  4. Read the letter.
  5. Look for the half-sunken ship in the water nearby.
  6. Kill the drowners around the wreck.
  7. Dive at the marked spot and find the sunken treasure with Witcher Senses.
  8. Loot the chest to finish the hunt.

Map credit by Map Genie.

Monsters


The monsters fought during the quest.

Monster Image Species
Drowner Drowner Necrophages

Notes


The chest holds Maugrim, a relic silver sword.

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