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Witcher 3 Quest Where Children Toil Toys Waste Away

This is a guide to the quest titled Where Children Toil, Toys Waste Away from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Read on to learn locations, rewards, best choices, best outcomes, as well as useful tips and strategies for completing this quest.

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La Cage au Fou Where Children Toil, Toys Waste Away Wine is Sacred

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Where Children Toil, Toys Waste Away Location and Rewards

Basic Information

Quest Number 5
Region Toussaint
Quest Location Mère-Lachaiselongue Cemetery, Beauclair Port
Previous Quest La Cage au Fou
Next Quest Wine is Sacred

Rewards

Gold Reward None
Exp Reward 1000
Item Reward None


Where Children Toil, Toys Waste Away Walkthrough

Objectives
1 Go to the Bootblack during the day. (8AM to 8PM)
2 Deal with the thugs harassing the Bootblack, then speak to the Bootblack.
3 Follow Regis through the city and enter the toy shop.
4 Investigate the objects in the toy shop.
5 Exhaust all dialogue options with Regis.

Choices

Objective 2: Negotiating with the Bootblack

Witcher 3 Choice Bootblack

When speaking with the Bootblack, he will ask you for 500 crowns for him to give you additional info on Dettlaff. You can either negotiate with him, or use Axii on him so you will not have to pay the additional crowns.

If you picked the option to negotiate with him, you are given the chance to reduce the amount of crowns that he is asking for.

However, if you still pay him the full 500 crowns, this action will be counted as proving Geralt's Generosity for the Secondary Quest: There Can Be Only One.

Where Children Toil, Toys Waste Away Tips and Strategies

Questing Tips

Investigating the Toy Shop

There are two key objects to examine in order to progress the quest. Each time you loot one of the key objects, a conversation with Regis starts. You can choose to answer Regis in any way you wish.

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Witcher 3 Investigation NamesEnlarge

These are the two key objects to examine:

  • The letter in a box behind where Regis is standing.
  • The pieces of paper placed in a corner of the room.

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All Blood and Wine Main Quests

No. Quest Title Location Sugg. Level
1 Envoys, Wineboys Stonecutters' Settlement 34
2 The Beast of Toussaint The Cockatrice Inn, Corvo Bianco, Tourney Grounds, Palace Gardens 35
3 Blood Run Palace Gardens, Beauclair 36
4 La Cage au Fou Mère-Lachaiselongue Cemetery, Trastamara Estate, Tesham Mutna Ruins 39
5 Where Children Toil, Toys Waste Away Mère-Lachaiselongue Cemetery, Beauclair Port 42
6 Wine is Sacred Beauclair Palace, Castel Ravello, Fort Astre Ruins 42
7 The Man from Cintra Beauclair 43
8 Capture the Castle Count de la Croix's Mill 47
9 The Night of Long Fangs Beauclair 47
10 Beyond Hill and Dale... Land of a Thousand Fables 47
11 Blood Simple La Compassion Orphanage 47
12 What Lies Unseen Cave southwest from Beauclair 47
13 Tesham Mutna Tesham Mutna Ruins 49
14 Pomp and Strange Circumstance Beauclair, Mère-Lachaiselongue Cemetery 49
15 Burlap is the New Stripe Beauclair 49
16 Be It Ever So Humble... Corvo Bianco 49

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