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Sometimes a new quest starts with "I have to do that NOW" or "...immediately" or "...as soon as possible".

Are there any quests in Witcher 3 with a time limit?
Can I solve some quests only if I start it really "now" or "immediately" or within a specific time?

(I don't ask for quests who starts at "midnight" or another specific time, it's about the available time until a quest fails)

PeterCo
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No.

Even the quests that begin with "Meet me at the docks / tavern / Court of the (X) immediately" have no limit on starting / finishing, and will wait patiently for you to arrive (sometimes, admittedly, jibing you about hunting Drowners or similar when you arrive).

Quests (as you mention) that require you to meet folk/monsters at a given time of day will also loop indefinitely, day by day.

There are a few quests that will be failed if you continue with the main questline before completing them, but that's not related to timing.

Jeeva
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    Actually, this is not completely correct. I've encountered a mission where I've met a guy with this cart which was attacked by drowner. He told me some crap about being a merchant,in reality, he was carrying corpses. The merchant asked geralt to burn them, which gives you a few exp. I did that and died a few minutes later, where I forgot to burn the corpses again. While running through a random dungeon in order to get some griffon equipment, the quest failed. So i assume i had 24 hr to burn them. And because of that, i think there are (if only a few) quests in W3 which have a time limit. – Realitätsverlust Jun 23 '15 at 08:59
  • Ooh, that's neat. Apologies - I'll change my answer. – Jeeva Jun 23 '15 at 09:10
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    @YUNOWORK Can you check the quest log for that quest? It should have a description on why the quest failed. Perhaps the NPC died or something similar (not related to time) happened? I remember reading someone starting (by accident) a "protect the NPC" type mission, and then continue doing his own thing. Obviously the NPC died without help and the quest failed. Still, it's hard to call it "time limited". – MBender Jun 23 '15 at 09:12
  • @Shaamaan Sure, once I'm at home, I'll take a look. – Realitätsverlust Jun 23 '15 at 09:14
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    @Y U NO WORK: This is the only quest ever failed so far! In my case, the quest log says something (I play a german version, meaning translated) like: "Catch the merchant", "Knock him from the horse". Both parts are written in red. It was very early in the game and I didn't checked solved quests for completeness. In this case, it was not time related. – PeterCo Jun 23 '15 at 12:46
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    @PeterCo If you mean Precious Cargo, I failed the same one, and after only a minute or so from receiving the "knock him off" part (I didn't realize exactly what it wanted me to do). I don't know if it was based on time, distance, or location of the merchant, though. – Set Big O Jun 23 '15 at 17:05
  • @Geobits: Thanks! It seems, that I have missed this part: "He'll try to escape on horseback, prompting you to chase him down.

    Summon Roach and ride hard to catch up, then go for a sword swipe when he's close enough." I just looted his cart...

     – PeterCo Jun 23 '15 at 18:06
  • Also there are some Items you find that require to Meet a person e.g. Triss, who is gone if you complet her questline bevor talking about that Item you found. – GEnGEr Jun 24 '15 at 11:15
  • There are a few other small quests you can fail, or that vanish, if you don't do them right away. I remember 2: (1) 3 elfs confronting a human outside Novigrad, claiming he is a Fisstech dealer. If you see the exclamation mark on the map, but don't react to it, it will not come back. (2) in Novigrad, 2 merchants argue (a dwarf and a human), about a monster in a storehouse (a Nekker as it turns out). If you don't investigate right away, the quest fails. There are probably a few other quests with an exclamation mark with similar time limits. – gnometorule Sep 12 '17 at 20:57
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I'd like to add that it might be possible to fail "The Last Wish" if you do not immediately continue at least the starter task. In my case, I was lured to start the Uma quest line and later saw "The Last Wish" ended up in my failed quests.

Honestly, Yen could have given further details. A sorceress makes all matters "important to her", even trivial ones like brushing their hair.

I had not noticed until well into the Uma quest line so I will have to wait until NG+ to attempt that one again.

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