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The Witcher 3
Ladies of the Wood Walkthrough
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Ladies of the Wood 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!
| Previous Quest | Current Quest | Next Quest |
|---|---|---|
| Ciri's Story: The King of the Wolves | Family Matters | Pyres of Novigrad |
| Quests Within Family Matters |
|---|
| A Princess in Distress Ciri's Story: The Race Hunting a Witch Ladies of the Wood Whispering Hillock Ciri's Story: Fleeing the Bog Ciri's Story: Out of the Shadows |
List of Contents
Ladies of the Wood Walkthrough
Objectives 1-6
| Step-by-step Walkthrough | |
|---|---|
| 1 |
 Read The Ladies of the Wood Open your inventory and read "The Ladies of the Wood" book under your quest items tab. |
| 2 |
Find the Crones of Crookback Bog Complete the task objectives to find clues about the Crones of Crookback Bog. |
| 3 |
 Use Your Witcher Senses to Find the Shrine that Marks the Start of the Trail of Treats Go to the start of the trail marked on your map, located to the southeast of Lindenvale. Examine the shrine. |
| 4 |
 Follow the Trail of Treats Using Your Witcher Senses Using your Witcher Senes, follow the trail of treats. Some are hanging from the trees and some are on the ground. Upon reaching the end of the trail, there will be a dialogue with the children and an old woman. |
| 5 |
Go to the Hut and Talk to the Boy Once the cutscene ends, enter the marked hut and talk to the boy. He will refuse to tell you anything because Gran forbids him. |
| 6 |
Find a Way to Lure Gran Away from the Hut Since you can't get information from the boy inside the hut with Gran around, you'll need to find a way to make her leave the hut. |
Ask the Children in the Swamp Village About Johnny
| Options to Ask the Children for Help | |
|---|---|
| Give the Children Treats | Play Hide and Seek |
Head back outside and talk to the other kids. When the kids ask to play hide and seek, you can choose between two options. If you agree to play hide and seek you will need to find all the children to continue.
You can choose to ask if they want something else instead if you want to skip searching for the children. Whatever your choice in this section has no impact on the strory and other quests.
Give the Children Treats
If you choose "Is there something else you want?", Geralt will give the children treats to continue. You don't need to worry if you have no treats in your inventory, as these are something that Geralt will automatically have if you choose this option. After handing them the treats, the children will immediately help Geralt.
Find the Hidden Children Using Your Witcher Senses
If you answered "Fine", Geralt will have to play hide and seek with the children. Once you find the last hiding child, the children will proceed to help Geralt.
Use your Witcher Senses and follow the footprints to each child. You can detect that they're near with the red sound wave that appears when using your Witcher Senses. The hiding spot of each child are as follows:
| Location of All Four Hiding Children | |
|---|---|
| 1 |  Mikula Inside the northwestern hut, behind the stack of barrels near the window. |
| 2 |  Genny His footprints lead to the roof of the shed of the tallest hut and then behind it into a pile of hay. There's no need to climb to the roof, just go around towards the back of the hut. |
| 3 |  Yagna At the other side of the back of the tallest hut, behind the foliage. Simply walk a few distance from the hay until you reach the corner of the other side. |
| 4 |  Ayanara Her footprints lead inside the where Gran is and then out the windows towards the opposite rear side corner of the hut. |
Objectives 9-13
| Step-by-step Walkthrough | |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Look for Johnny in the Swamp Using Your Witcher Senses Now that you know where to find Johnny, head east to the marker. Eliminate the 2 Drowners and the Water Hag that you encounter when you get there. |
| 2 |
 Find Johnny's Footprints Look for Johnny's footprints using your Witcher Senses. |
| 3 |
Follow Johnny's Footprints Using Your Witcher Senses Follow the footprints. They will lead you north towards a burrow. |
| 4 |
 Lure Johnny Out of His Burrow Interact with the burrow to call Johnny. |
| 5 |
Follow Johnny Follow Johnny where he leads you. Kill the 3 drowners you encounter along the way, then continue. |
Search the Raven Nest
Johnny will stop in front of a spring. You will need to get to the raven's nest on top of the cliff. You can follow the white dotted path to climb up a hill towards the nest, or you can follow the path beside the spring which leads to a ledge that will allow you to reach the raven's nest faster.
Once you approach near the nest, the 3 Harpies guarding the area will attack you. Similar with the Griffin, you can use Aard or your crossbow to knock the Harpies down.
When the Harpies has been knocked to the ground, there is a small window of opportunity to perform an execution prompted by the assigned button. Doing the execution will instantly kill the target.
After all the harpies are dead, examine the raven nest, then pick up the Sealed bottle and Raven's feather. The latter is a key item than can be used for a later quest.
Objectives 15-22
| Step-by-step Walkthrough | |
|---|---|
| 1 |
Give the Bottle to Johnny Return to Johnny's side and speak with him to deliver the bottle. |
| 2 |
Follow Johnny to the Swamp Village Follow Johnny back to the swamp village. |
| 3 |
Defeat the Monsters Defeat the 2 drowners and the water hag you encounter. Then continue following Johhny. You will receive 150 XP afterward. |
| 4 |
Talk to the Ealdorman of Downwarren About the Village's Problem Head to the village of Downwarren, which is located northeast of Crookback Bog. Talk to the Ealdorman. |
| 5 |
Find Out What's Killing Villagers from Downwarren Go to the Whispering Hillock, which is marked on your map to the east of Crookback Bog. Once you get near the Ancient Oak tree, The Whispering Hillock quest will start. You must finish this quest to continue Ladies of the Wood. |
| 6 |
 Find a Passage Leading Under the Hill Using Your Witcher Senses Follow the path marked by your map, you will encounter some wolves in the area. At the base of the Ancient Oak tree, there will be a Werewolf guarding a cave entrance. Defeat the werewolf then enter the cave. |
| 7 |
Explore the Cave Swim through until you reach the open space on the other side of the cave. Be sure to loot the two chests underwater which contains useful items. |
| 8 |
Solve Downwarren's Problem At the end of the passage is a spacious chamber where you'll find the source of the voice. You will have to decide during The Whispering Hillock quest whether to kill or free the spirit on the tree. |
Should I Kill the Tree Spirit?
Tell the Ealdorman of Downwarren You Took Care of the Problem
After completing The Whispering Hillock, exit the cave from the shortcut and head towards the cave entrance, near the Igni Place of Power where you fought with the Werewolf. Talk to the Ealdorman.
Put the Ealdorman's Payment on the Stone
You won't have to put the payment on the stone yourself, as this will be done as a cutscene sequence. You'll receive 250 XP, Hunting Boots, and Hunting Gauntlets after.
During the dialogue with the Crones, the game will transition to Ciri's Story: Fleeing the Bog Walkthrough and then the Ladies of the Wood quest will be completed afterward. Proceed to continue Family Matters.
Family Matters Walkthrough, Choices and Best Choice
Ladies of the Wood Choices
| Choice | Results |
|---|---|
| Give the Children Treats |
・The children will immediately help Geralt to lure Gran away from the hut. ・Completes the objective faster. ・No impact on story or later quests. |
| Play Hide and Seek |
・Geralt will need to find where all the four children are hiding. ・Takes longer to complete the objective. ・No impact on story or later quests. |
Choices and Decisions that Affect the Story
Ladies of the Wood Rewards
| Gold Reward | None |
|---|---|
| Exp Reward | 200 |
| Item Reward | None |
Ladies of the Wood Quest Info
| Quest Number | 15 |
|---|---|
| Region | Velen |
| Quest Location | Crookback Bog |
| Previous Quest | Wandering in the Dark |
| Next Quest | The Whispering Hillock |
| Missable? | No |
| Failable? | No |
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