Where the Cat and Wolf Play The Witcher 3 | Walkthrough and consequences of choice
Games cats and wolves - free DLC for the game The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. The added addition adds the witch's order “The Beast of Honorton” to the game, and as soon as we get to the Honorton village, the task changes to “Where the Cat and Wolf Play”. I definitely advise you not to miss this task, because here we can meet the witcher of another school, and also get his unique sword!
Witcher 3: Wild hunt for the quest "Where the Cat and Wolf Play"
After installing the free dls task will automatically appear in your world. To start it, you need to take the quest on the board with ads in the village of Oreton or in Crow's Perch. The order states that it was famously wound up in the vicinity of Honorton, and the residents are looking for a witcher to help them. The reward is promised generous, so why would Geralt not take on this business. After taking the order, we go to Honorton to discuss the details of the order with Sebemir.
Attention. If you could not find an order on the bulletin board, then to activate the quest, you can immediately come to the village Honorton. It is located near the village Claywich.
However, in the village, instead of the elders, we will be met only by Alguli. Alguli - unpleasant opponents, to hide their spikes on the back is to use Aksy, and for additional damage will help the oil against the carrion. Having dealt with the creatures, we see that there is no one left in the village, and corpses lie everywhere. At this moment, “Order: The Beast of Honorton” is replaced by the task “Where the Cat and Wolf Play,” and it is time to figure out what happened here.
We have 4 houses in front of us - we start the inspection from the very first. In each house, as well as on the street, we notice a large number of corpses of people (and even dogs) killed by a blade. I wonder what kind of monster that uses swords. And he does not just use it, but masterfully kill people, immediately falling on vital organs.
One of the houses looks richer than the rest. We can assume that this is the house of the elder, and not a tavern. Geralt notes that for Velen it looks very luxurious. The furnace in the house is still burning, which means that all deaths have occurred recently. And near the table of the headman, the severed head of the devil is found - apparently, someone has already dealt with the monster before us.
Approaching the barn, we notice that several more Algulia entered the village imposingly, such a number of corpses - a tasty morsel for the corpses.
In the barn we see a broken deadbolt, several corpses and bloodied forks, which cause unpleasant memories for Geralt.
Interesting fact. In the original novel “The Witcher” by Andrzej Sapkovskog, in the last book, Geralt “perished” precisely because he was pierced with a fork by a peasant in the village.
In the barn, Geralt will notice a puddle of blood, which is different from the locals by smell. In the blood, the White Wolf will feel the components of the elixir, which leads to certain thoughts. At the far end of the barn on the right we inspect the corpse of the elder, who in his hands squeezes some kind of chain. Looks like the one on which the witches wear their medallions.
After inspecting the headman, a little girl will run past the barn with shouts, and we will immediately turn away from her. Running past the barn, the girl dropped the doll, which is worth raising, because she will help in further negotiations.
Further we see a chain of traces of the child running away, using the sense of smell we follow the tracks, wandering past the houses, and in the end we find a girl by crying in the forest. At first she will be frightened by Geralt and will refuse to tell what happened in the village. Why? Because the witcher has the same feline eyes as the one that committed this whole massacre. And the same swords behind his back. Here we have 2 choices as to what to do:
- Soothe Milk using Aksy, if you have at least level 1 pumped.
- Do it in a more human way and bring the doll back to the girl to win over and make friends.
Milka will tell us that the witcher is to blame for everything that happened in the village. He fulfilled the order for the goblin, brought the head, then they and the warden shouted at each other for a long time, went to the barn and as a result we see what we see. In addition to the story, the little girl gives us the cat school medallion, which she picked up in the barn, and tells us where the killer of the village could go. Judging by the pool of blood, the witcher was injured, so finding it will not be difficult. We ask Milka to sit quietly under a tree, while we ourselves go in search.
Interesting fact. Cat School is one of several famous witch schools in the Witcher universe. Like many others, very little is known about her. In Witcher 3, we can judge by the armor of the cat school that the witches of this school prefer light armor, which do not restrain movement, rely on fast attacks and their dexterity. Many witches of this school were distinguished by cruelty and were often implicated in murders, sometimes did not disdain orders for people. In the books of Andrzej Sapkowski there were only a few references to the Cat school. In the book “Lady of the Lake,” the professional killer Leo Bonart carried with him the medallions of the Wolf, Griffin and Cat School, showing that he had already killed the witches of this school. In the published after the book “Lake of Thunderstorms,” Geralt intersects with the witcher of the cat school, nicknamed The Cat from Yello. The cat summoned the White Wolf to a duel, but Geralt refused. Later, Butter argued that during the mutation in the witches of the cat school, the psyche is disturbed and excessive cruelty manifests itself.
Following the trail into the thicket of the forest, Geralt notices a bloody imprint on the stone. Most likely, this is the imprint of who we need.
And near the print there are unobtrusive traces that lead to the thicket of the forest.
Using flair, we follow the trail, running into a pack of wolves with Varg along the road. At the end of the prints we see the hero of the occasion - the witcher named Gaetan. Funny fact, if you approach him in the armor of cat School, he will comment on this.
Next in the story will be several scenarios, each of which will lead to its consequences. What to do? Now we will look at the endings and decide.
The Witcher 3 "Where the Cat and Wolf Play" - what to do? Possible tasks ending
Having entered into a conversation with Gaetan, we will immediately have two choices:
- First let's talk - it would be nice to first find out about the reasons that prompted the witcher to kill the whole village. This is followed by a conversation with a short story and discussion.
- Die - after this option the fight of the Wolf and the Cat will begin immediately. You always have time to choose a murder, so I advise you first to find out what happened.
After the first dialogue, Gaetan will tell us the story that happened to him in Honorton. After agreeing with the elder about the murder of the reckless, Gaetan did his part of the work, and when he showed up back for the award, he was offered a measly 12 kroner, although he was promised many times more. And along with 12 crowns and plaintive persuasion, they say, you know what time it is, take pity on us.
Gaetan got angry and stood his ground, because at least the preparation of the elixir cost him more, and there is a persuasion. The headman was frightened by the wrath of the witcher and agreed to pay the full amount, saying that their gold was buried in the barn. However, instead of gold, Gaetan received a punch in the back and cut the entire village in a rage. On the one hand, it can be understood, witches, and so no one loves, and then also tried to kill for pennies. On the other hand, he did not spare anyone: he cut all the women, children and old people who were not guilty of anything. After listening to the story of Geralt, it's time to deliver your verdict.
If you decide to kill Gaetan
In case you decide not to let go of the massacre, Gaetan will try to deceive you first. Having put pressure on Geralt's nobility, he first asks Potion Swallow first, so that the battle is equal. In no case do not agree, otherwise in response Gaetan will blind Geralt with the Samum bomb, in battle you will have a limited view, and you will not be able to use signs and potions for a while.
Abandoning Swallows, the fight of witches will begin. Gaetan is a very serious opponent with a lot of health who also uses signs. An effective tactic against him is to use Aksy, approach, make two strong blows and immediately jump back. It is better not to give the third blow, because after two he most likely uses Quen and stun them Geralt. For protection, also use Quen, and with it food, elixirs and do not forget to brush your sword with Hanged Man's Venom for increased damage to people.
The battle will be long enough and having won, you can pick up the unique steel sword “Teigr” from the corpse of Gaetan. A worthy reward for such a hot battle.
Having dealt with the murderer, it's time to return to the girl, while nothing happened to her. Having found a baby in the forest, we ask what to do with it and agree to take her to the village of Oreton to her aunt.
Important! You can not move away from the girl found, just as you can not use the fast moving. In this case, the task will be failed.
Next, there will be a cut-scene of a conversation with an aunt, in which we will tell about everything that happened in Honorton and there will be options: give her 40 kroons for food or shrug her shoulders, saying that it's hard for everyone now. Geralt will say goodbye to the girl, and on this task the "Where the Cat and Wolf Play" will be completed.
Interesting. If after some time you return to the village of Oreton, then near the bulletin board you will find Milka saved by you, who will give the witcher a simple picture as a token of gratitude. In a child's drawing, Geralt frowns, holding a little girl by the hand.
If you decide not to kill Gaetan
If you think that it’s not for you to judge Gaetan, and the witch’s code is against killing other witches, then it’s time for Gaetan to go his own way. Gaetan will thank Geralt for understanding and for letting him go, and will give a tip to his refuge, from where Geralt can take anything he wants.
Where is the cache
After that, we, as well as in the past choice, need to take Milka to the village of Oreton. After that, the task will continue, and the cache will appear on the map. Immediately go there for a reward. The shelter is located near the village of Podlesye, just north of the house, where we meet Keyra Metz for the first time.
At the entrance to the shelter, you can see the three thugs, having dealt with them, we go down the stairs and find the crown in the chest, a letter to Gaetan and the same unique steel sword “Teigr”.
On the wall of the shelter, Geralt will see the hung trophies with severed heads, and even doubts whether it was worth releasing Gaetan to freedom.
What to do - let go of Gaetan or kill
Decide for yourself what you prefer. No further consequences will follow, therefore, to show witch solidarity or make you pay what you deserve is only your decision.
Bugs that can be found during the passage of "Where the Cat and Wolf Play"
In earlier versions of the game, players often met with such bugs that the doll, which the girl drops, did not appear. Because of what traces of the girl do not appear, there is no girl and the task cannot be continued. To solve the problem, it was necessary to ship before inspecting the headman’s corpse or update the game to a later version, in which this bug was fixed.
Some players were faced with the fact that Gaetan did not attack Geralt in the kill option, the battle did not start, and the quest could not be completed. Bugs fixed in subsequent patches.
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