The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings

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The Butcher of Blaviken

The Butcher of Blaviken

Kill 500 foes.

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How to unlock the The Butcher of Blaviken achievement in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings - Definitive Guide

I got it while grinding for the Miser achievement. I found this on another Achievements forum, and it works well, even on Dark difficulty (depending on your equipment, I suppose). If you're on a lesser difficulty, it should be no problem regardless of equipment.

Note: At this point, I was level 17, had the Armor of Ban Ard equipped, and was using a Robust Red Meteorite Sword (silver) enhanced with a Fire rune. Playing on Dark difficulty.

When you get the "Visionary" quest (Roche's path -- not sure if the same is true for the Iorveth path, anybody know?) you'll come to the Visionary's cabin. Four harpies will attack. Kill them, go back up the path (or into the candle circle) and repeat. They keep respawning. If you're getting through them quickly, it shouldn't take long. This unlocked for me after just a few minutes. Apparently I had done quite a bit of fighting leading up to that point anyway.

This is also a good way to get the Miser achievement. Just sell the Harpy loot once you stock up.
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29 Apr 2012 21:07

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What chapter is this? Where/who do you get the quest from? If it's Chapter 3, you'll probably already have this achievement. Maybe a little more specific info?
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By WeisGuy9 on 09 Aug 2012 11:10
Chapter 2, but I don't remember how you get the quest -- was weeks ago. :-(
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By Wyndo on 12 Aug 2012 06:42
Ok, I found the Visionary guy. I'm not sure where you get the quest either, since I found him before I got the quest. This method definitely works.
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By WeisGuy9 on 12 Aug 2012 11:53
I can confirm that this works without having the quest as I was doing the Rotfiend contract and stumbled upon the house and they kept spawning when I entered and exited the area.
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By KruziikOnikKro on 07 Jul 2013 03:12
Does anyone know if this stacks through multiple playthroughs? I'd prefer not to grind but intend on doing a second playthough.
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By FeralKnight on 29 Jul 2013 05:01
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The Visionary cabin is a good place to farm Harpy feather's but being that only 4 Harpy's spawn at a time once you enter the cabin and talk to the Visionary I found that it was far easier to progress just a little farther in the quest. SPOILER ALERT you will have to cross the Mist to get the Spear to reverse the curse on Henslet. When crossing the Mist there are endless Foes to battle that constantly re-spawn. After about 10-15 minutes of fighting in the Mist the achievement popped. All of this is subjective to how many Foes you have already killed but regardless on this battlefield in the Mist there are plenty of Foes and they are relatively easy. I think it's much quicker to face hundreds of Foes in the Mist as opposed to fighting 4 Harpy's at a time by the Visionary cabin.
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07 Apr 2016 15:24

Should come naturally towards the end of Chapter 2. Can also be boosted by hanging around in the mists and defeating Wraiths during the "The Blood Curse" misson or you can farm the Knights of the Order in Chapter 3 (see “Guru” to see how to get this spot to work).

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