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A Princess in Distress Walkthrough

A Princess in Distress is a Main Quest in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt's Act 1. Find out how to complete the quest, as well as the best choices and rewards here!

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A Princess in Distress Walkthrough

A Princess in Distress Objectives
1 Find the Pellar's Goat Using the Bell and Your Witcher Senses
2 Bring the Goat to the Pellar
3 Defend the Goat from the Bear
3 Use the Bell and Lead the Goat to the Pellar

Objectives 1-2

Step-by-step Walkthrough
1 Find the pellar's goat using the bell and your Witcher Senses.
Head to the back of the pellar's hut to the east. Use your Witcher Senses to find the hoofprints.
2 Follow the hoofprints. Ringing the bell will cause the goat to bleat; if you use your Witcher Senses at the same time, the goat will be highlighted by red sound waves. Be sure to kill the 4 wolves you encounter along the path so they don't cause trouble later.
3
Princess Location
Bring the goat to the pellar.
Once you get near the goat, ring the bell to make it follow you. Head back to the pellar. The goat will occasionally get distracted and stop to eat; when this happens, ring the bell to get it moving again.
4 When you're almost near to the pellar's hut, the goat will suddenly run off on it's own in another direction. Be sure to follow it quickly. When you are nearing the Pellar's hut, the goat will suddenly run off in a different direction; follow it quickly. It will stop to eat near a cave, triggering a bear to appear.

Defend the Goat from the Bear

Bear

Protect the goat from the bear. It's big and slow. Try to get behind it and stay there; using fast attacks will help you remain mobile.

Quen is useful for blocking any heavy attacks that happen to hit you, while Yrden can be used to slow the bear down even further. Axii will disorient the beast and stop its movement temporarily, giving you an opening to strike it continuously.

Note: You can actually kill the bear before even finding the goat. Search for the cave east of the Pellar's house where the bear rests. If you kill it early, the goat will not be in danger later on.

Use the Bell and Lead the Goat to the Pellar

Once you defeat the bear, get the goat to follow you back to the pellar and finish A Princess in Distress. Afterward, continue the Family Matters quest.

Family Matters Walkthrough

A Princess in Distress Rewards

Gold Reward None
Exp Reward 100
Item Reward None


A Princess in Distress Quest Info

Quest Number 10
Region Velen
Quest Location Blackbough
Previous Quest Family Matters
Next Quest Ciri's Story: The Race
Missable? No
Failable? No

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31 Missing Persons
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34 Ugly Baby
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42 Blood on the Battlefield
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48 Through Time and Space
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51 Veni Vidi Vigo
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