The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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Return to Sender

Return to Sender

Kill 3 opponents with their own arrows.

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How to unlock the Return to Sender achievement in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Definitive Guide

Easy achievement to do, similar to the same type of achievement from the Witcher 2.

To deflect arrows back you must have at least two points into your "Arrow deflection" skill (center one) in the combat tree, if you put three points in the deflected arrows will do double damage. And in case you forgot how to deflect arrows it's the same as to parry, the LT button, but of course you have to time it when the arrow fires. *ALSO don't forget you will need to put the arrow deflection skill in a active skill slot in order to actually deflect them* (Credit to William723 for reminding me about that.)

Now the easy part, just find a bandit camp you haven't cleared yet (from this new dlc). There is usually at least 1 guy with a crossbow at every camp. Kill all the other guys around him. Now just parry and deflect his arrows back at him until he dies. Do this to three guys and the achievement will pop.

If your struggling to find bandits with Crossbows, I found a camp to the South of the "Upper Mill" marker. To the South of a marker called "Zuetzer Castle". The bandit camp there had three crossbowman. (For me at least).

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(Reloading your save to kill the same person will NOT work.)
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14 Oct 2015 17:35

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Reloading a save doesn't work. Just tried it.
Also, you might wanna add: make sure arrow deflection is activated in the character menu. Just in case anyone returning to the game is as dumb as I am & is wondering why they aren't deflecting anything.
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By William723 on 14 Oct 2015 19:25
Ahhh yeah kinda forgot it had to be in a slot. Thanks.
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By Foxfire49 on 14 Oct 2015 20:54
It does not have to be new enemies from the DLC. Which is good for those of us who continue their Death March playthrough.
Got mine at the bandit camp east of Lindenvale (which is east of Crows Perch). There were three archers there, all low levels which made it safe.
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By Kerman7 on 16 Oct 2015 19:36
That's great!! But I never said it had to be from the new dlc, I just that the bandit camps (from this new dlc) always has at least one enemy with a crossbow.
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By Foxfire49 on 16 Oct 2015 19:53
Nice spot for this, thanks!
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By DadIsAZombie on 25 Oct 2015 01:52
Thanks! There were 5 crossbow dudes at the camp you mentioned for me
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By Crazi Yeti on 11 Nov 2015 06:37
I followed your guide, killed the archers with their own arrows but it doesn't pop. Killed at least six....I did update my Xbox today though.
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By COUTOO on 12 Nov 2015 22:40
Yeah the new dashboard has been causing lots of issues already...not showing that cheevos are popping...etc
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By Foxfire49 on 13 Nov 2015 03:22
I can confirm: one day later it showed up :)
Thnx for the solution.
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By COUTOO on 13 Nov 2015 07:18
Anyone else had problems with this not unlocking? Have deflected arrows and killed over 10 people with no unlock. And this is after all the achievement problems had finished.
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By Brooklyn Gin on 18 Jan 2016 05:33
Does the dlc just have to be active for this to work then?
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By Tonicarborist on 10 Mar 2016 22:26
Achievement hasn't unlocked for me either :/ I must've killed a good hundred people by deflecting arrows back, I've given up with this, might tweet them on Twitter and see if they can fix it
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By anthony2690 on 11 May 2016 15:49
If anyone is having trouble with this one, check and make sure that you don't have the Deflection enchantment equipped on any armor that you are wearing. It wasn't unlocking for me but I removed the armor that had the enchantment and it unlocked on my next try.
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By Zuawg on 23 May 2016 01:21
Damn it, that it isn't working for me! Thanks Powerz I'll give this a go soon!
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By anthony2690 on 02 Jun 2016 16:50
It's still not unlocking.
I just cleared two bandit camps, one with two archers and with a single archer.
Deflected arrows back at each one killing them and still no achievement.
I've "only" got the deflect skill to level 2, but should that even matter?
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By LostSoul 301281 on 05 Jan 2020 12:47
No pops for me either, and I checked to confirm I don’t have any deflecting enchantments on.
My best guess right now is the DLC isn’t triggering as active (I’ve installed it but still playing base game)
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By thatNoseyParker on 28 Jan 2020 20:15
It unlocked for me, while still playing the base game at the camp that was provided in the guide. I do have the DLC and it is installed, maybe that matters.
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By jantrance on 07 Apr 2021 19:51
So I cleared out all the bandit camps in all maps and all DLC, and on the final mission......I think I missed the achievement. Can't find any bandits that respawn now.
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By Senseless Ogre on 01 Jul 2016 19:16
It's also not unlocking for me, and I've deflected well over 3 arrows for kills, although none were DLC bandit camps. Are we sure the update didn't make this so it now has to be in the DLC? or is there a chance it will only count if you have all 3 levels into the arrow deflection skill? (I only have 2).
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By VegaDark541 on 10 Aug 2016 17:33
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06 Mar 2016 21:20

First you must buy the "Arrow Deflection" skill (level 3/3) in the combat skill tree. Now you must look for some archers and parry their arrows just a moment before they hit you. A great spot is at the eastern bridge of Oxenfurt. There's a fast travel point and some archers on the bridge. After killing them you can meditate for an hour and they should respawn. Repeat until the achievement unlocks. Here is a video, credit to PowerPyx, to aid you:
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07 Mar 2016 00:00

Hi,

to unlock this trophy you need to have the special ability "deflect arrows" in the first tree.

Easily doable when you do the Trophy where you have to find and destroy all the rebel camps.

In every camp there are at least 2 archers. Just kill everyone except the archers, and when your hear the sound of an arrow use cn_R2

It will take a bit. Hope it helped.
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19 Oct 2015 11:56

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You must not have armour equipped with the rune word that deflects all arrows (deflection)
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By Da-Reka on 15 Jan 2023 01:05

You will need to have the "Arrow Deflection" skill leveled up fully under the Combat category. Any person with a bow will do. You can beat them down so they have a little health left to make it easier. Once they fire the arrow, press before it hits you and it should deflect it back at them and kill them if they are at low enough health. Kill 3 different people this way for the trophy.

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28 Feb 2017 20:18

Before attempting this achievement, it is necessary that you grab all three ranks of Defense’s “Arrow Deflection” perk in the Combat skill tree and apply it to an empty slot in your active skill set. If you don’t have any skill points available to do this, you’ll have to purchase and consume a Potion of Clearance. This perk, as the description states, will allow you to reflect back arrows and deal double damage to the attacker if you pull off a perfectly timed parry. 

Once engaged in combat with a bowman, put some serious distance between the two of you. The further away you are, the easier it is to spot an arrow soaring through the air. Now wait until the enemy begins to draw the bow (or crossbow), and then parry (hold the left trigger) just when the arrow is near. If timed perfectly, this will cause Geralt to parry the arrow with his steel sword, automatically causing the projectile to fly right back at the attacker. It will usually take four-five reflected attacks (or more depending on the aggressor’s level) to kill the bowman you’re engaging. 

Once you get the hang of pulling off well-timed parries after your first successful attack, repeat this process twice more throughout your playthrough to unlock the achievement.

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Head to the Oxenfurt Bridge and the Novigrad Gate. Also upgrade the “Repel Arrows” ability to level 3 in the Fencing section. Your opponents are the Redanian soldiers who are nearby.

Important : if your armor is enchanted with a runic word to reflect arrows, the trophy will not drop.

Video.
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25 Oct 2015 14:21

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there are just 3 archers here, and stand further away to see the flight of the arrow
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By EpeTuk on 20 Jun 2016 11:30
It is not necessary to remove the enemy’s entire HP bar with reflected arrows - you can simply quickly knock off almost all of your health with a sword, reflect the arrow once and that’s it.
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By Thec123 on 12 Jul 2016 01:03
When I was completing the trophy, a funny situation turned out, while I was fighting off arrows, one woman panicked and was sandwiched between the Redanian soldiers and Geralt on the bridge, as a result, the arrows flew at me, but accidentally flew into her, she got up and fell every time, trophy fell despite the fact that she did not die, but fell from one arrow.
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By DISA174 on 27 Dec 2016 12:05
Knocked it out quickly thanks to chance. I went to the soldiers at the gates of Oxenfurt, while I was fighting off arrows, a woman ran out between me and the shooter. I hit an arrow at her 3 times, she fell and rose 3 times, which allowed me to get an achievement on a random NPC in 1 minute, because... fell immediately from the arrow, then for some reason got up and again received an arrow in the stomach
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By Volant on 28 May 2018 14:01
I just did it, after finishing the main game, all the questions were cleared before that. A settlement of masons near Oxenfurt, a group of three archers is walking around. I reduced their health to 1/3 with the Devil's Mushroom, follow the instructions below)
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By AnniLolli on 12 Aug 2018 14:04
The trophy is cumulative. It turned out that I killed one as expected, but while I was cutting out the rest, the remaining archers killed me. Loaded up and found a new place for bandits. I killed two archers in the space of three and the trophy dropped.
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By Stich on 18 Jun 2017 16:04
The most severe hemorrhoids, we are looking for bandit camps, no matter where, we kill all the bandits with swords, leave the archer and stand, fighting off his arrows until he dies. I went through a new game plus, killed all the bandits in the initial locations the first time, or they died from bleeding, so I only made a trophy with a counterattack. Don't forget to take the skill to reflect arrows when blocking in the red branch and upgrade it to three.
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By ALexZ25 on 30 Jun 2016 09:17
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The block must be placed at the moment when the enemy releases the arrow.
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20 Mar 2016 19:51