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Kingmaker achievement in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Kingmaker

Complete the subplot about choosing Skellige's ruler.

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How to unlock the Kingmaker achievement

  • CenrailCenrail
    09 Jul 2015 30 Jun 2015 11 Jul 2015
    [Guide]

    This achievement unlocks after a small series of 4 secondary quests, which are unlocked after a certain main quest. See below ;

    i have tried to keep the spoilers to a bare minimum but educating yourself on the best course of action inherently comes with the risk of minor spoilers. Nevertheless:

    Spoiler alert:


    After the main story quest ' The King is dead - long live the king '' you will automatically unlock 2 secondary quests titled:

    1. Possession
    2. The Lord of Undvik

    After you have completed these you will get the quest called 'King's Gambit '.

    During this quest you will get a dialogue in which you have to decide who you will aid during this mission. For the sake of this achievement it is very important that make a choice between helping Hjalmar or Cerys . If you pick the option of not supporting either one of them, you will not unlock this achievement. SPOILER: The person you decide to assist during this quest becomes the new ruler.

    then at the end you will get the quest named 'coronation'. Your achievement unlocks after you have completed this quest.

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    OnexWingxAngelxI cannot - for the life of me - get this achievement to unlock. I've tried resetting the console and reloading the autosave but nothing. I reloaded before the Possession quest and did all 3 quests again (picked Hjalmar the first time and Cerys the second time ) but still nothing... (yes i'm late to the game).
    Posted by OnexWingxAngelx on 13 Feb at 17:10
    CenrailAlright this is by no means a guarantee for succes but trying the next steps 'might' work.

    1. Loadup your game with the old savefile before the choice
    2. Go to network settings and "go offline" (only works on your home xbox otherwise you will be booted to the dashboard)
    3. Make the choice, continue playing for a few more minutes and make the save
    4. Quit the game and go back online
    5. Boot up the game and open your "all achievements" page, and select the game there (which opens te complete list).

    Sometimes this pops achievements that are bugged in the cloud.
    Posted by Cenrail on 14 Feb at 07:12
    OnexWingxAngelxThanks for the reply. I gave up trying yesterday, turned the xbox on today loaded the game up and the achivement popped... why that worked idk, but im just happy i can 100% the game now (well, hopefully!)
    Posted by OnexWingxAngelx on 14 Feb at 11:26
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  • a44Speciala44Special
    25 May 2015 25 May 2015 03 Jun 2015
    This is for completing the level 18 side mission Kings Gambit. To unlock the side mission you must first complete the other side mission of Possession.This mission you get later after talking to
    *** Spoiler - click to reveal ***
    . These missions are located on The Skellige Isles after you meet with during the main storyline.
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    Calex dEUSAlso worth adding that these quests involved in getting to the point of earning the achievement are quite long especially The Lord of Undvik one. Think it took me 2 hours but i'm sure it could have been done a bit faster than that as I was going for the optional bits.
    Posted by Calex dEUS on 05 Jun 15 at 22:14
    risselessYes, the line of quests to get this is quite long. If I remember correctly, once you do the mail story quest, you have to do both the "Possession" and "Lord on Undvik" quests, then start King's Gambit. All of these are somewhat lengthy, but Lord of Undvik is quite long in itself. I am amazed at how long and involved even the side quests are in this game.
    Posted by risseless on 09 Jun 15 at 17:57
    Rashaka1Achievement didn't unlock...
    Posted by Rashaka1 on 24 Oct 16 at 05:58
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