This isn't such a big deal, however, as you can always travel to another shopkeeper or simply hoard the cash to spend later. Also, local shopkeepers don't have enough money to pay you once you turn in a certain number of hides. First, the cow corpses don't vanish, meaning your heartless bovine slaughter will be an inescapable reality, weighing on your conscience (if you have one). Next, mediate for two hours and the cows will re-appear, thus allowing you to repeat the exploit as many times as you want. All you need to do is find some cows (White Orchard is a good place), kill the cows there, and then harvest their hide for a nice fee of 27 gold. YouTube user WhatsMyGame reveals that the trick-which is an exploit, not a glitch-is really quite simple.
Just days after the game's release, a new Witcher 3: Wild Hunt infinite money exploit has been discovered-and it involves mercilessly killing cows over and over and over. We don't want any beef, but we have zero tolerance for such behavior," Malinka adds. "All instances of poaching will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of Nilfgaardian law, so cow exploiters better be on the lookout. "Sustained cow slaughter may influence local economy and job market by allowing an unnaturally fast accumulation of goods, and also produces an undesirable effect of breaking gamer immersion," Said Bobbe Malinka, Senior Scribe, Nilfgaard Press Department. "Nilfgaardian representatives are currently investigating the issue and exploring ideas to address the rapid influx of cow hides on the marketplace of White Orchard." It's sourced to fictional in-game characters, so make of that what you will. CD Projekt Red has released a statement regarding the exploit.