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Assassin of Kings achievement in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Assassin of Kings

Take part in the assassination of King Radovid.

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How to unlock the Assassin of Kings achievement

  • The RewardThe Reward
    29 May 2015 29 May 2015 26 Feb 2017
    This achievement is missable

    Just to be clear to get this achievement you need to complete two quests: 'A Deadly Plot' and 'Reason of State' the first quest 'A Deadly Plot' will not DIRECTLY be followed by 'Reason of State' So After completing 'A Deadly Plot' you will need to continue the main questline!

    Spoilers from this point!
    I will divide this guide in two parts: Part one will focus on the first time in Novigrad, meeting Dijkstra and how to trigger the first quest 'A Deadly Plot'.
    The second part will focus on the second time in Novigrad, finding Philippa and making the right dialogue choices with Dijkstra to trigger 'Reason of State'

    Part One: 'A Deadly Plot'
    While playing the main questline in Novigrad you will meet a man named Dijkstra. Dijkstra won't give 'A Deadly Plot' right away. Just play the main quest until you burn down the witch hunters prison. After this quest you will have a talk with Dijkstra, this talk does not matter. (So don't worry if he is pissed because you have not recovered his treasure) The important part is Triss asking you for help. Make sure you help her! (complete her side quests) After you have romanced Triss or have not. Dijkstra will ask you for help. Agree to help, this will trigger the quest 'A Deadly Plot'. This quest is Pretty easy. (Don't forget to play Thaler if you are going for Gwent stuff) Now when you finish the quest you will need to progress the main questline. So find Ciri, battle the Hunt at Kaer Morhen and go to Bald Mountain. After all this, you will return to Novigrad.

    Part two: 'Reason of State'
    When you return to Novigrad you will get the quest 'Final Preparations' this is a big quest with multiple objectives/side quests. When helping Triss find Phillipa your search will lead you to Dijkstra's bathhouse. After getting Philippa, Dijkstra will approach you and ask you to hand over Phillipa. You will need to solve this without violence. Dialogue needs to go: I need her > Tell you what the Emperor is after > Heard it from Emhyr himself > Let her talk. After this talk the quest 'Reason of State' will begin. This quest is also straightforward. Finish this quest and the achievement will be yours.

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    The RewardI guess it happened because of the xbox outages today
    Posted by The Reward on 26 Jul 15 at 23:15
    ShummellI didnt get this after completing both quests anyone know whats up with this?
    Posted by Shummell on 17 Nov 15 at 23:30
    RafaelTurrithis works on New Game +?
    Posted by RafaelTurri on 05 Dec 15 at 12:01
    BryceSlayerThis achievement definitely buggy. Have done the quest 3 times, no achievement
    Posted by BryceSlayer on 12 May 19 at 13:12
    Gram101216Took me 4 times of reloading checkpoint and hard reset once for fight at end of bridge to unlock
    Posted by Gram101216 on 05 Nov 19 at 00:54
    JoKeRWiNs89dang and here i went and broke disjktras leg, well Ng+ for me
    Posted by JoKeRWiNs89 on 06 Oct 20 at 02:02
    JoKeRWiNs89dang and here i went and broke disjktras leg, well Ng+ for me
    Posted by JoKeRWiNs89 on 06 Oct 20 at 15:10
    Richada41Like some others have noted on my first attempt I didn't get the achievement. I reloaded the checkpoint just before the fight, and again it didn't pop. I did a hard reset and on my third attempt it popped okay. So it might be the reset, but another idea I had is because the achievement pops in the cut scene to not skip through it. I read the sub titles faster than they are spoken so have a habit of skipping ahead and I wondered if that skipped the trigger or something. May not help anyone, but an idea to try for anyone else who gets stuck
    Posted by Richada41 on 09 Jan 21 at 13:04
    SaintShibaNo need to go through a NG+ just for this.. use your save game from before the isle of mists.
    Posted by SaintShiba on 16 Jan 21 at 19:19
    ACDCs TNTI thought the achievement glitched like everyone else mentioned here, but I later realized that it unlocked without giving me the achievement unlocked notification. Also, the achievement is suppose to unlock after the cutscene were .
    Posted by ACDCs TNT on 28 Jan 23 at 22:17
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