La Cage au Fou in The Witcher 3: Spotted Wight Choice and Tesham Mutna Armor
Witcher 3 La Cage au Fou: how to lift the spotted wight's curse (eat without spoons), all Tesham Mutna armor locations, and the Regis bloodlust fight.
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Updated October 2026. La Cage au Fou is where Geralt and Regis team up to track down Dettlaff. Regis wants to brew a Resonance potion, and its ingredients send Geralt to a cursed estate full of spoons to face (or save) a spotted wight, and then to the vampire ruins of Tesham Mutna, where Regis has to lose control. It's a long quest with one real choice, a full armor set to loot, and a missable side quest at the end.
Quick answer
Start: after Blood Run, meet Regis at Mère-Lachaiselongue Cemetery.
The spotted wight: examine enough objects in the house, then choose "Try to lift the curse" and pick the option to eat without spoons. This saves Marlene and unlocks The Hunger Game.
Missable: all six pieces of the Tesham Mutna armor set are in the ruins, and you're only there once.
Tesham Mutna fight: keep Quen up against exploding scurvers and rotfiends. 10 kills are enough.
Reward: at least 2,150 XP, plus the Wight trophy and the Tesham Mutna set (optional).
La Cage au Fou Walkthrough
1. Find Regis at the Cemetery
Go to Mère-Lachaiselongue Cemetery. Regis doesn't answer at the crypt door, so find another way in: drop into the nearby open tomb and kill the kikimores. Burning all their eggs with Igni gives 100 XP but summons a kikimore warrior. Further in, the "dead end" on the left is an illusion: use the Eye of Nehaleni to reveal a sarcophagus with the Casus Foederis sword and a note. Enter the crypt on your left, or go back and use Aard on the debris on the other path (450 XP).
Geralt shows Regis the severed hand, and Regis proposes a Resonance potion to find Dettlaff. One ingredient is rare, and Regis's ravens find a spotted wight nearby, a species thought extinct. Reading its bestiary entry gives 100 XP. In the crypt you can also read Regis's biography, his journal and a regeneration potion formula.
2. The Spotted Wight at Trastamara Estate
Head to the Trastamara Estate Ruins, far west of the cemetery. On the way you may pass Doren Alma Estate, which triggers the side quest Extreme Cosplay; it's hard at low level and disappears if you pass it by, so take another route if you want to do it later. There are spoons everywhere and barghests on the path to the house.
Inside, examine objects to learn about the curse. It doesn't matter which ones, but you need enough of them; examining the two tables seems to be the quickest way, and you get 300 XP when it's done. Optional finds: a spoon key that starts the Spoontaneous Profits! treasure hunt (Fextralife puts it on the table in the southeast corner), and an easy-to-miss greater green mutagen in the room with the cauldron. Examine the cauldron, then hide in the cupboard.
| Timed choice | What happens | Rewards |
|---|---|---|
| Attack the monster (also the default if you didn't learn enough) | The wight flees to the spoon-covered cellar. Kill it and loot the wight saliva gland. | 650 + 1,000 XP, the Wight trophy, a key to the nearby tunnel |
| Try to lift the curse | Geralt gets wight brew. Then pick the option to eat without spoons; anything else fails and it runs off. | 1,000 XP; if lifted, follow the stench trail to find Marlene (another 1,000 XP) |
If you save her, Geralt takes Marlene to Corvo Bianco, and 48 hours later the side quest The Hunger Game starts. Either way you have the ingredient.
3. Tesham Mutna
Back at the cemetery, Regis needs one last ingredient from the Tesham Mutna ruins (400 XP). There, he reveals a secret entrance.
One visit only: you can't come back to Tesham Mutna, so loot everything.
| Where | Tesham Mutna armor pieces |
|---|---|
| First room, chest Regis leans against | Sword, armor, trousers |
| Second room, chest next to Regis | Mask, boots |
| Cells corridor, last shelf on the left, chest by the skeleton | Gauntlets |
Place Regis's bait (blast some debris with Aard to reach two spots) and talk to him to start. You're surrounded by necrophages, with the odd fleder or katakan. Keep Quen up at all times, since exploding scurvers and rotfiends can kill Geralt in one hit. Necrophage oil helps, and you can mostly avoid the vampires (see our oils guide). After about 10 kills Regis's bloodlust peaks, the rest of the monsters flee, and Geralt gets the last ingredient.
4. The Vision
Back at the cemetery, the Resonance potion shows how Dettlaff met Count de la Croix, and the count's death. Your next lead is the bootblack near Beauclair Port. The quest ends (1,000 XP) and Where Children Toil, Toys Waste Away begins.
Missable side quest: Amidst the Mill's Grist is only available until you finish the next main quest. You may recognize its location from the vision.
Video: La Cage au Fou, All Choices
Frequently Asked Questions
QHow do I lift the spotted wight's curse?
Examine enough objects in the house (the two tables are the quickest), hide in the cupboard, choose "Try to lift the curse", and then pick the option to eat without spoons.
QShould I kill or cure the spotted wight?
Curing her saves Marlene and unlocks the side quest The Hunger Game. Killing her gives the Wight trophy. You get the ingredient either way.
QWhere is the Tesham Mutna armor?
In three chests in the Tesham Mutna ruins during this quest. It's missable, because you only visit once.
QHow many monsters do I need to kill for Regis?
About 10. Then the cutscene triggers and the rest flee.
QWhere is the Casus Foederis sword?
In the tomb near Regis's crypt: use the Eye of Nehaleni on the fake dead end on the left to reveal the sarcophagus.
Before this: Blood Run. More: Regis explained, Blood and Wine endings and all Witcher 3 quests.
Sources: in-game quest text and journal; steps, choices and loot checked against the Witcher Wiki and Fextralife pages for La Cage au Fou. Screenshots: gameplay frames from YouTube walkthroughs by Alchemy Gaming, misternoobie, MenWhoStareAtGames and Xaufrich.
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