THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT
78 Achievements
A Knight to Remember
Obtain a flawless victory in all the competitions during the knights' tourney.
How to unlock the A Knight to Remember achievement in THE WITCHER 3: WILD HUNT - Definitive Guide
This achievement is gained once you have won the tourney without losing a single event.
This can be done on any difficulty, however based on feedback I highly recommend playing on the easiest difficulty if you just want this achievement. For advice on doing this on Death March difficulty, see the bottom of the guide.
I also suggest you have a good saddle for the horse race. The game should autosave at the start of each event in the tourney.
To start this quest ("The Warble of a Smitten Knight") you must continue with the main quest until you fight the rock thing in the tourney arena. After that you will receive this side quest to talk to the wounded knight. Talk to him, then save the game. Go and enter the tourney. There will be a few events to complete with some story tasks in between:
Shooting Range - You must shoot the red targets (I went as Geralt, and had to shoot these). Note that I shot two of the wrong targets before realising which I had to shoot and I still won easily.
Horse Race - You have to ride around a long track in a limited time. You cannot do this without getting extra time. To get extra time attack dummies and targets that are all throughout the course. The dummies are beheaded with a melee attack and the targets are above the course and must be shot with your crossbow. I suggest you have the perk "Lightning Reflexes" to slow time during aim.
Here there will be a cutscene and depending on which armour you choose at the start you will have either a fistfight or a mounted duel. You do not need to win this, it appears that only the four 'official' events count, however winning may count as the honour virtue for another achievement.
Make a manual save while following the bird since the cutscenes after the 5v5 override autosaves from before it (particularly if you are on a hard difficulty). After following the bird make sure to say that you will remain in the tourney.
Fight! - You must win a 5v5 by defeating all of the enemies without you falling (you cannot use signs, and your allies can be slain).
Duel - You must 1v1 a large knight who is pretty slow and easy to dodge.
After the duel your achievement should pop.
Death March advice, this is taken directly and unedited from the comments of Kerman7, so a big thanks and all credit for this to him (expand spoiler):
A big thanks to ThePlatinumKush for all his efforts and providing information that I never got during my playthrough.
Also thanks to Kerman7 for his death march comment.
This achievement is missable; you can complete the quest without winning all of the tourney challenges (the below details only concern the achievement, not the rest of this particular quest). You can practice the various parts prior to entering the tournament.
Specifically, to get the achievement, once you enter the tourney, you have to win (reload a save point before each one if you fail to win):
1. An "archery" contest. This is easy...just hit 9 targets with your crossbow before your opponent.
2. A horse race. This is a little more challenging. You need to successfully hit some of the track targets with your sword or crossbow (I found the crossbow targets way easier than the sword dummies) in order to have enough time to complete the circuit.
3. A grand melee, 5 on 5. Your team has to wipe out the other 5 knights before they get all of you. Not a tough battle, although you can't use magic.
4. A one-on-one vs. the previous year's champion
If you win all of these, you'll unlock the achievement. Note that there is an option for quitting the tourney between the 2nd and 3rd of these. If you do so, you won't be able to get the achievement.
This achievement is obtained through the lengthy side quest entitled “The Warble of a Smitten Knight” and is slightly missable. It must be done before the main quest entitled "Capture the Castle," or else it will instantly fail.
“The Warble of a Smitten Knight” will automatically be added to your journal upon completing the main quest, “The Beast of Toussaint.” In it, you will help Guillaume uncover the mystery behind Vivienne all while taking part in the Knights’ Tournament. There are four core competitions in this tourney, a few of which are followed by a short interim for story purposes. Should you choose to enter as Geralt of Rivia, there will be an additional bout - a jousting duel - which acts as the third competition. You must choose to accept this challenge and defeat the Prince to stay on track with the achievement.
Make sure to create a backup save during the interims. You can use them to fall back should you lose any competitions during the quest. As an added tip, you can choose to practice each of the bouts with Guillaume before signing up so that you know what you’ll be going up against when the time comes.
Keep in mind that if you lose any of the four/five competitions during the tourney you will fail the achievement’s requirement. On top of that, you must make a specific dialogue choice when speaking to Guillaume in the tent after the "yellow bird" sequence. The choice you’re looking for is: “Wanna finish the tourney." If you don't say this, you'll be kicked out of the tournament.
Don’t worry about the achievement’s wording on getting a “flawless” or “perfect” victory in each of the four/five competitions. You’ll be fine so long as you win each of them. If guidance is needed for any of the bouts, feel free to utilize PowerPyx’s video guide below.
The achievement will unlock after the final competition: a 1v1 duel with a large, tank-like Knight.
MISSABLE
You will get this from the quest "The Warble of a Smitten Knight", which you will obtain when you reach the Tourney Grounds. You have the option if you want to train before you go through the tourney or not, it's entirely up to you. None of the three challenges are difficult. What you do between the challenges does not matter for the trophy.
You will do the shooting first, then racing and the duelling last. You don't need to have a "flawless" victory in each category, you just need to win all three and then defeat the champion at the end. If you lose any of the competitions, then you won't get the trophy.
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=wl-ychXPD5Q
I only had 4 challenges, after which the trophy dropped:
- Shooting
- Race
- 5v5 fight
- 1 on 1 fight