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Witcher 3 Quest Turn and Face the Strange

This is a guide to the quest titled Turn and Face the Strange from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Read on to learn locations, rewards, best choices, best outcomes, as well as useful tips and strategy for completing this quest.

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Turn and Face the Strange Location and Rewards

Basic Information

Quest Number -
Region Toussaint
Quest Location Beauclair Beach near Mère-Lachaiselongue Cemetery
Previous Quest -
Next Quest -

Rewards

Gold Reward None
Exp Reward 200
Item Reward None


How to Unlock Turn and Face the Strange

After finishing the Main Quest: Blood Run, the delivery boy will appear in Beauclair and you will get the quest automatically when you approach him. To know the location of the delivery boy in Beauclair, see our Tips and Strategies below.

Is Turn and Face the Strange Missable or Failable?

You cannot miss or fail this quest even if you finish all the main quests of the game.

NOTE: This quest will pause if you start the Main Quest: The Night of the Long Fangs. You will only be able to continue this quest after finishing the Main Quest: Tesham Mutna.

Turn and Face the Strange Walkthrough

Objectives
1 Go to Orlémurs Cemetery and look for Moreau's grave using your Witcher Senses.
2 Examine the skeleton and the footprints then follow them.
3 Check the map Yennefer/Triss gave you and go to the quest location.
4 Enter the portal going to Moreau's laboratory.
5 Search the ruins and find the way to Moreau's laboratory.
6 Hit the 4 stone buttons with your crossbow and enter the next room.
7 Defeat the Gargoyle and solve the portal puzzle.
8 Investigate Moreau's laboratory using your Witcher Senses.
9 Enter the nearby cave and find some Giant Centipede albumen.
10 Put the Giant Centipede albumen in the machine, remove all of your gear, and enter the machine.
11 Use Aard on the crystal and leave the laboratory through the portal.

Turn and Face the Strange Tips and Strategies

Questing Tips

Delivery Boy Location

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After you finish the Main Quest: Blood Run, the delivery boy will spawn nearby, the quest marker will only appear when you get near him.

Portal Puzzle Solution

After you defeat the Gargoyle, multiple portals will open and only one portal per set of portals will take you to the next set of portals. Entering the wrong portal will teleport you back to the very beginning.

In order to cross this obstacle follow these steps.

Witcher 3 Puzzle Portal 1Enlarge
  1. Enter the portal towards the East.
    Witcher 3 Puzzle Portal 2Enlarge
  2. Go down, climb the ledges and enter the portal towards the North that is on the second level.
    Witcher 3 Puzzle Portal 3Enlarge
  3. Turn left and continue along the path of the third level and enter the portal that is across a gap in the floor.

Combat Strategies

Guardians (Panthers)

  • Coat your Silver Sword with Specter Oil to deal bonus damage to them.
  • Cast the Aard Sign or Axii Sign to stop them from moving and give yourself an opening to attack.
  • These enemies are Panthers but should be treated as Specters when equipping the right sword and oil.
Panthers Weaknesses and Loot

Gargoyles

  • Coat your Silver Sword with Elementa Oil to deal bonus damage to them.
  • Cast the Quen Sign protect yourself from their heavy attacks.
Gargoyle Weaknesses and Loot

Giant Centipedes

  • Coat your Silver Sword with Insectoid Oil to deal bonus damage to them.
  • Cast the Yrden Sign and wait for them to rise from the ground. They will get stuck and you have a very big opening to attack.
  • It is recommend that you attack their underside since your attacks will get blocked if you attack their backside.
Giant Centipedes Weaknesses and Loot

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All Blood and Wine Secondary Quests

No. Quest Title Location Sugg. Level
- 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 -
- Fists of Fury: Toussaint -
- Gwent Quest: Never Fear, Skellige’s Here! - N/A
- Amidst the Mill's Grist Count de la Croix's Mill N/A
- Vintner's Contract: Rivecalme Storehouse Duchaton Crest 37
- Wine Wars: Belgaard Plegmund's Bridge Belgaard Vineyard 37 and 39
- Wine Wars: Consorting Plegmund's Bridge 40
- Wine Wars: Coronata Forest Herbarium Pittapatte River Crossing 37
- Wine Wars: The Deus in the Machina Abandoned Storehouse 42
- Wine Wars: Vermentino Dantan Glade Herbalist's Hut Pavone Slope 37
- Big Feet to Fill -
- A Knight’s Tales -
- Big Feet to Fill: The Third Group -
- Big Feet to Fill: The Fourth Group -
- Big Feet to Fill: The Fifth Group -
- Extreme Cosplay -
- Knight for Hire -
- Raging Wolf -
- A Portrait of the Witcher as an Old Man The Gran'place Beauclair Palace Rosetree Hill Duchaton Crest 43
- The Perks of Being a Jailbird -
- Big Feet to Fill: The First Group - N/A
- Big Feet to Fill: The Second Group - N/A
- Duck, Duck, Goosed! Land of a Thousand Fables 47
- Father Knows Worst Doren Alma Estate 37
- Goodness, Gracious, Great Balls of Granite! Albertus Grotto 36
- Gwent Quest: To Everything - Turn, Turn, Tournament! Beauclair 38
- Master Master Master Master! Beauclair 40
- No Place Like Home (Blood and Wine) Corvo Bianco N/A
- Paperchase Cianfanelli Bank at The Gran'place 36
- The Hunger Game Beauclair Port 42
- The Warble of a Smitten Knight Corvo Bianco Trastamara Hunting Cottage 35
- There Can Be Only One Toussaint Prison 43
- Turn and Face the Strange Beauclair Beach near Mère-Lachaiselongue Cemetery 35
- Vintner's Contract: Cleaning Those Hard-to-Reach Places Chuchote Cave 43
- Vintner's Contract: Dun Tynne Hillside Gray Grotto 40

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