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The Witcher 3
Pomp and Strange Circumstance Walkthrough and Good Ending
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This is a guide to the quest titled Pomp and Strange Circumstance from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Read on to learn locations, rewards, best choices, best outcomes, how to get the good ending, as well as useful tips and strategy for completing this quest.
| Previous Quest | Current Quest | Next Quest |
|---|---|---|
| Tesham Mutna | Pomp and Strange Circumstance | Burlap is the New Stripe |
List of Contents
Pomp and Strange Circumstance Location and Rewards
Basic Information
| Quest Number | 14 |
|---|---|
| Region | Toussaint |
| Quest Location | Beauclair, Mère-Lachaiselongue Cemetery |
| Previous Quest | Tesham Mutna |
| Next Quest | Burlap is the New Stripe |
Rewards
| Gold Reward | 5000 |
|---|---|
| Exp Reward | None |
| Item Reward | None |
Pomp and Strange Circumstance Walkthrough
Finish the Investigation (Optional)
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Go and talk to the Bootblack with Regis during the day. |
| 2 | Defeat the bandits in a fist fight and get the letter containing the name of the fifth victim. |
| 3 | Visit Syanna and speak with her. |
Main Path
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Go and speak to Damien to begin the awarding ceremony. |
Optional Path: Anarietta was killed by Syanna
NOTE: This path will only occur if you have failed to complete the requirements to fully convince Syanna to forgive Anarietta. To find out how to make Syanna forgive Anarietta, see the Tips and Strategies below.
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| 2A | Deliver the flowers to Ducal Grave and exhaust all dialogue options. |
Continuation of the Main Path
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| 2 | Wear the mask and gloves to protect yourself from the mandrake poison. |
| 3 | Pick up 2 mandrake roots. |
| 4 | Return to Regis and find him using your Witcher Senses. |
| 5 | Defeat the vampires with Regis. |
How to Get the Good Ending for Pomp and Strange Circumstance
How to convince Syanna to forgive Anarietta
You need to do specific actions during the Main Quest Beyond Hill and Dale... and during this quest in order to unlock the options needed for Syanna to forgive Anarietta, allowing both of them to survive.
The actions that you need to do in the Main Quest: Beyond Hill and Dale... are:
- You need to read the contents of the governess's diary about the two sisters.
- You need to get Syanna's ribbon from the girl who sells flint.
- After collecting all three of the Magic Beans, you need to pick the option All right - tell me what happened. when she asks you if you are curious about her past.
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The actions that you need to do in this quest are:
- Do the optional objectives to finish the investigation and learn who will be the fifth victim.
- Do the optional objective to speak with Syanna and answer her with Cause she turned her back on you, forgot about you. then answer her with Ever thought to forgive her?.
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NOTE: The dialogue options when speaking to Syanna will not be available if you missed doing a required action during the Main Quest Beyond Hill and Dale....
Pomp and Strange Circumstance Tips and Strategies
Combat Strategies
Bruxa
- Coat your Silver Sword with Vampire Oil to deal bonus damage to them.
- Throw a Moon Dust bomb so you can still see them while they are invisible.
- Cast the Quen Sign to protect yourself from their fast attacks.
| Bruxa Weaknesses and Loot |
The Witcher 3 Related Links
Witcher 3 Expansions
| Hearts of Stone | Blood and Wine |
Blood and Wine Main Quests
| No. | Quest Title |
|---|---|
| 1 | Envoys, Wineboys |
| 2 | The Beast of Toussaint |
| 3 | Blood Run |
| 4 | La Cage au Fou |
| 5 | Where Children Toil, Toys Waste Away |
| 6 | Wine is Sacred |
| 7 | The Man from Cintra |
| 8 | Capture the Castle |
| 9 | The Night of Long Fangs |
| 10 | Beyond Hill and Dale... |
| 11 | Blood Simple |
| 12 | What Lies Unseen |
| 13 | Tesham Mutna |
| 14 | Pomp and Strange Circumstance |
| 15 | Burlap is the New Stripe |
| 16 | Be It Ever So Humble... |
Blood and Wine Secondary Quests
| Fists of Fury: Toussaint | Mutual of Beauclair's Wild Kingdom | The Words of the Prophets are Written on Sarcophagi |
| Till Death Do You Part | Using Your Loaf | Vintner's Contract: Chuchote Cave |
| Vintner's Contract: Duchaton Crest | Of Sheers and a Witcher I Sing | Big Feet to Fill: The Third Group |
| Big Feet to Fill | Gwent Quest: Never Fear, Skellige’s Here! (N/A) | No Place Like Home (Blood and Wine) (N/A) |
| Big Feet to Fill: The Second Group (N/A) | Big Feet to Fill: The First Group (N/A) | Amidst the Mill's Grist (N/A) |
| A Knight’s Tales | Raging Wolf | Knight for Hire |
| Extreme Cosplay | Big Feet to Fill: The Fourth Group | The Perks of Being a Jailbird |
| Big Feet to Fill: The Fifth Group | The Warble of a Smitten Knight (35) | Turn and Face the Strange (35) |
| Paperchase (36) | Goodness, Gracious, Great Balls of Granite! (36) | Wine Wars: Vermentino (37) |
| Wine Wars: Coronata (37) | Father Knows Worst (37) | Wine Wars: Belgaard (37 and 39) |
| Vintner's Contract: Rivecalme Storehouse (37) | Gwent Quest: To Everything - Turn, Turn, Tournament! (38) | Vintner's Contract: Dun Tynne Hillside (40) |
| Wine Wars: Consorting (40) | Master Master Master Master! (40) | Wine Wars: The Deus in the Machina (42) |
| The Hunger Game (42) | Vintner's Contract: Cleaning Those Hard-to-Reach Places (43) | There Can Be Only One (43) |
| A Portrait of the Witcher as an Old Man (43) | Duck, Duck, Goosed! (47) |
Blood and Wine Treasure Hunts
| The Last Exploits of Selina's Gang (37) | Coin Doesn't Stink (37) | Don't Take Candy from a Stranger (37) |
| The Inconstant Gardener (37) | The Black Widow (37) | Around the World in... Eight Days (40) |
| Waiting for Goe and Doh (40) | Scavenger Hunt: Grandmaster Wolven Gear (40) | Scavenger Hunt: Grandmaster Ursine Gear (40) |
| Scavenger Hunt: Grandmaster Manticore Gear (40) | Scavenger Hunt: Grandmaster Griffin Gear (40) | Scavenger Hunt: Grandmaster Feline Gear (40) |
| Applied Escapology (40) | Spoontaneous Profits! (42) | But Other Than That, How Did You Enjoy the Play? (43) |
| What Was This About Again? (43) | The Curse of Carnarvon (46) | The Suffering of Young Francois (47) |
| The Toussaint Prison Experiment (47) | Filibert Always Pays His Debts (48) |
Blood and Wine Contracts
| Big Game Hunter (37) | Contract: Bovine Blues (38) | Equine Phantoms (44) |
| Feet as Cold as Ice (45) | Contract: The Tufo Monster (48) |
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