The Witcher 3 is full of content that provides many options to earn XP, which eventually helps you level up quickly. Everything from completing Main Quests and Secondary Quests, participating in Gwent and Fistfights to destroying Bandit Camps and Monster Dens provides you with XP, which consequently levels up Geralt.
However, not every method of grinding levels in The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt is efficient. Sure, main quests give a lot of XP, but they also take a long while to complete and are challenging. For that very reason, we have prepared this guide with the best ways to gain XP and level up fast in The Witcher 3.
This guide will focus on the most efficient methods to farm XP in TW3 and get you leveled up as quickly as possible. While The Witcher 3 doesn’t have a level cap, gaining XP after you reach level 100 becomes impossible as all activities are too low level.
Equip the Noonwraith Trophy
After slaying a monster, as in during Witcher Contracts, you can cut off a monster’s head and use it as a Monster Trophy. These trophies provide you with several in-game bonuses, including a continuous flow of Bonus XP (provided by Noonwraith Trophy).
To acquire the Noonwraith Trophy early in the game, you need to accept a Witcher Contract called Devil by the Well in White Orchard.
After you kill the Noonwraith, equip its head as a trophy, and you will continuously get 5% bonus XP.
Playing Gwent
Gwent is a card game in The Witcher II that you are introduced to in White Orchard during the early game.
Once you’ve familiarized yourself with the basics, you’ll be able to read up Noticeboards across the in-game world to find new Gwent players and play with them to acquire a small amount of XP to level up Geralt.
Complete all side activities
Aside from Primary Quests, there is a ton of optional content in the game, such as Witcher Contracts, Secondary Quests, and Hidden Treasures. I highly recommend completing all of these quests because these will not only help you level up Geralt but will also serve as a means to know about the Northern Realm and the people in it.
After arriving in White Orchard for the first time, you’ll notice several Question Marks on your World Map. It’s recommended to travel to these places and take some time from the main quest to destroying these Bandit Camps and Monster Nests.
Doing this will not only allow you to gain some bonus XP, but also some valuable and rare loot. Lastly, always make sure to discover all Places of Power before leaving an area, as it will allow you to boost your Witcher Signs for a short while and acquire Character Ability Points.
Enemy Upscaling
If you don’t find The Witcher 3 difficult at the default enemy level settings, you can earn more XP by increasing the enemy levels. This way, they will get their level the same as the player has, and the fight will become more challenging.
To enable this option, just click on Options. From this menu, choose Gameplay and then Enemy Upscaling in The Witcher 3.
Make sure you don’t increase the difficulty of the game. The amount of XP you earn from Death March is actually reduced compared to normal.
Farm XP by killing Monsters
Another easy way to level up in the game is to farm XP by fighting near monster nests in TW3. The monster nest will allow the monsters to respawn repeatedly, so make sure not to damage the nest while fighting the monster.
Once you finish wiping out enemies near a nest, wait for a while, meditate, regain your health, and start fighting again. This process will continue to farm XP, which will help you level up faster in the TW3 Wild Hunt.
Drowners are one of the best monsters to kill for XP farming. They are found near water bodies in the game. If you are looking for a quick level boost in Witcher 3, killing these scary creatures to farm XP is one of the most efficient ways.
The few locations where you can find Drowners are:
- Kimbolt Way in Velen
- The Orphans of Crookback Bog in Velen
- Giants’ Toes in Skellige
- Whale Graveyard in Skellige
Once there, you need to dive near shore and kill the incoming drowners using your Crossbow. Farming also depends upon your aim, so a good aim will result in more XP in the same period. A monster experience trophy like the Noonwraith one will further aid in leveling up easily in The Witcher 3.
Liberating Towns
In Witcher 3, plenty of towns are captured by some monster or people and force the residents to leave the town. Finding such towns and defeating the oppressors will make the residents happy, and you will get the reward in the form of experience points, which helps boost the player’s level.
Go around talking to people in the town, and you’ll find one or two side quests like this. If you choose the right options, you can get more XP than usual.
Upgrade all your equipment so you can kill quickly
Keeping both the Witcher gear and Roach-related stuff upgraded means your gear has improved stats. This will allow you withstand as well as deal more damage, hence less downtime repairing gear or resting. Upgrading the Witcher gear helps in increasing the kill bonus while upgrading Roach’s saddles will allow you to carry more loot and move faster.
Also, upgrade the Axii sign as in battles or conversations, it can sometimes earn a little more than the initial XP. Some conversations lead to higher XP if chosen the right options which makes this ability useful.
Use console commands to cheat your way to a higher level
If you aren’t interested in grinding for XP and levels in The Witcher 3, you can always give yourself a nice little cheat boost and gain as many levels as you want through console commands. Keep in mind this will only work on the PC version of The Witcher 3.
| Code Name | Command | Description |
| setlevel | setlevel(Level #) | Increases level to a selected number. |
| levelup | levelup | Increases one point of the existing level. |
| addexp | addexp(Amount #) | Increase a certain amount of XP to increase the level. |
For mods, there are several options you can use to help increase your level. The most popular of them all are No Level Mod and More XP, which can aid in your level-increasing journey in TW3.
