I am not such a fan on Gwent.
Do I really need to play it to get further in the game? Is it just a nice way to make money or is it required at some point to be good at it?
How important is Gwent for the game
the-witcher-3
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Best Answer
There are at least 2 quests where being able to beat people at gwent gives you additional options to finish the quests.
There are gwent-specific sidequests where you need to beat specific NPCs at gwent. There is even a gwent tournament sidequest, which you can only start if your gwent deck has a sufficient number of high level cards.
There are gwent achievements too.
So if you are one of the people who wants to get all achievements, or finish all quests, you must play gwent.
If you only want to finish the storyline missions, you don't need to win a single game of gwent. This is my experience in the base game version 1.03, without any expansions.