Gwent Cards List

Gwent cards are playing cards used in an ancient dwarven card game in the Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. If you wish to partake of this optional activity, you will need a great deck and a quick wit in order to avoid getting trounced by the more experienced players you will inevitably run into during your travails.

This guide will show you all the Gwent cards in the Witcher 3, their locations and effects. Beginners can also check out the general Gwent guide-ubaci link.


There are at least three different factions decks in Gwent: the Scoia’tael, the Northern Realms, and the Nilfgaardian Empire. Each deck has unique cards, passive perks, and leader abilities. Cards can be purchased from vendors, unlocked during quests, and found throughout the world.

Northern Realms Deck

Name	Preview	Strength	Type	Ability
Redanian Foot Soldier		1	Melee	/
Poor Fucking Infantry		1	Melee	Tight Bond
Kaedweni Siege Expert		1	Siege	Morale Boost
Yarpen Zigrin		2	Melee	/
Sheldon Skaggs		4	Ranged	/
Blue Stripes Commando		4	Melee	Tight Bond
Sabrina Gevissig		4	Ranged	/
Ves		5	Melee	/
Siegfried of Denesle		5	Melee	/
Prince Stennis		5	Melee	Spy
Keira Metz		5	Ranged	/
Dun Banner Medic		5	Siege	Medic
Dethmold		6	Ranged	/
Trebuchet		6	Siege	/
Ballista		6	Siege	/

Special abilities:

• Spy – Place on your opponent’s battlefield (counts towards opponent’s total), and draw 2 cards from your deck.
• Medic – Choose one card from your discard pile and play it instantly (no heroes or special cards).
• Tight Bond – Place next to a card with the same name to double the strength of both cards.
• Morale Boost – Adds 1 strength to all units in the row (except itself).

Nilfgaardian Empire Deck

Name	Preview	Strength	Type	Ability
Sweers		2	Ranged	/
Nausicaa Cavalry Rider		2	Melee	Tight Bond
Vreemde		2	Melee	/
Rotten Mangonel		3	Siege	/
Morteisen		3	Melee	/
Puttkammer		3	Ranged	/
Impera Brigade Guard		3	Melee	Tight Bond
Vanhemar		4	Ranged	/
Renuald Aep Matsen		5	Ranged	/

Special abilities:

• Tight Bond – Place next to a card with the same name to double the strength of both cards.

Special Cards

The only special cards known to us at this point are weather cards – they decrease the strength of certain unit types.

Name	Preview	Description
Biting Frost
Impenetrable Fog		Sets the strength of all ranged units to 1 for both players
Torrential Rain		Sets the strength of all siege units to 1 for both players
Clear Weather		???