Having explored every nook of Skyrim and hit 80s in smithing, and 100 in almost everything else there (enchanted the -blam!- outta Daedric armor so that spells cost 0 pts, or dual enchantment weapons or took potion boosts for smithing and enchanting and what not..ending up with a 1HK badass Deadric mutha-blam!-er .. Coming from that Witcher 3's system seemed overtly simple. If you're struggling just do these: - hunt for the Witcher gear diagrams. I'm guessing you're at level 6 or 7 or such so the Viper school gear is a good fit. - Pick every loot from monsters. Don't dismantle everything. The amount of ingredients you'll end up with is amazing. -Check out as many loot crates and treasures as you can. They hold the nice diagrams for potions and oils etc. -At the same time, do not exhaust all the treasure locations, at higher levels when you open low ranked chests you still get valuable loot. - save some crowns and quality saddlebags - they increase inventory carry capacity. There is a Zerrikinian saddlebag that increases your carry capacity by 100 points - its sold by a vendor in The Bits in Novigrad (the section you have to knock to enter). - Do not sell the relic weapons. Rather dismantle them. They give valueable dust items that are very expensive otherwise. Relic armor can be sold as witcher gear is easliy much better and dismantling them is not lucrative. - Try doing as many side quest as possible. Keeps the game fun and feels something new at every step. Plus you gain a ton of exp. - Witcher contracts : yep they are awesome. Pick any you find off noticeboards. If too high level can do it later. - But the runestone/glyph diagrams from Keira Mertz before you bang her (if you go down route where you bang her) - enjoy some time with hookers, 20 crowns a pop. Hilariously funny to watch especially after banging them. Do it and you'll know what I mean. - Sometimes while interacting with Herbalists, check your alchemy tab. If you find some ingredients missing for useful stuff (potions and oils especially) - buy them from herbalists. You only need to brew potions once. They auto regenerate on meditation/resting unless playing at tough difficulty. Check out the herbalist in Wild Orchard who as an excellent a$$ and she always seems to lean over her desk 'reading' something when you're around. I'm at level twenty something and rocking the maxed Feline gear possible at that level. Shit is still fun in this game though I feel I'm nearing the end.