So I have a general question about item/enemy level scaling.
I've been in Velen for a bit (somehow only level four, makes me wonder if that XP bug is biting me), and I've stumbled into the mines for the Missing Brother contract; this is a level 33 quest. I've made my way back to the boss, who of course one shots me.
All the minions leading up to it are level five. I opened a chest in the boss area and pulled some level one armor and boots. If I come back here at a more appropriate level there is no way the minions are level five and the equipment is level one, right?
It's making me wonder if I'd be better off not stumbling into these areas thinking I'm going to get ahead of the game grabbing some cool stuff early on. Now there is a decoction that I do not have in the chest, which leads me to another question. If the items in the chest do scale with level, are they set once I interact with the chest? In other words can I grab the decoction formula without affecting the other contents of the chest for later? Ultimately I doubt the items will be anything mind blowing later in the game anyway, but I'm still curious.