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Secondary quest
"Race: The Great Erasmus Vegelbud Memorial Derby"
Tw3 vegelbud derby horse race
Details
Type
Secondary quest
Suggested level
None
Location(s)
Vegelbud Estate
streets of Novigrad
Region(s)
Novigrad
Source
An invitation to the Memorial Derby
Reward
10 XP earned based on the Story and Swords! difficulty level / -100 crown(s) per race
10 XP earned based on the Story and Swords! difficulty level / 160 crown(s) per win
100 XP earned based on the Story and Swords! difficulty level / 280 crown(s)
Superior racing saddle (1st round)
Rugged saddlebags (2nd round)
Superior cavalry saddle (3rd round)
Racing horse blinders (nighttime race)

Tw3 icon horse race

Race: The Great Erasmus Vegelbud Memorial Derby is one of the quests available in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. To race, Geralt must pay 100 crown(s) per round.

Contestants[ | ]

  • Seamus Holt astride Athos
  • Viscount Rommer astride Caniculus
  • Luc Vegelbud astride Succubus

Journal entry[ | ]

The Vegelbud family's out-of-town estate was famed not only for its lovely guardians and sumptuous banquets, but also for the series of horse races organized there in honor of one of the line's illustrious ancestors, Erasmus. Geralt, who had spent a great many years in the saddle, decided to test his mettle in this derby - lured, perhaps, by the sizable reward promised to the victor.
The Vegelbud races segued into an unexpected encore. Cleaver, one of the Novigrad crime lords, was so impressed by the witcher's riding prowess that he offered him the chance to take part in the equally famed (though illegal) race organized by the local underworld.
Though the nighttime race was rife with obstacles, Geralt managed to win it as well. Sadly, he was not given long to celebrate his triumph, for the city guard, alarmed by the ruckus of galloping horses at an hour when decent people should be asleep, broke up the event and scattered its participants.

Walkthrough[ | ]

  • Talk to the master of ceremonies for the Vegelbuds' race (10 XP earned based on the Story and Swords! difficulty level)
  • Talk to the master of ceremonies to begin the race
  • Beat the first rider (10 XP earned based on the Story and Swords! difficulty level + Superior racing saddle)
  • Beat the second rider (10 XP earned based on the Story and Swords! difficulty level + Rugged saddlebags)
  • Beat Luc Vegelbud
  • Read the letter you received
  • Talk to Cleaver about the letter
  • Be the first past the finish line

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