Where the Cat and Wolf Play... Walkthrough and Best Choice

This is a guide to the quest titled Where the Cat and Wolf Play... 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.

Where the Cat and Wolf Play... Location and Rewards

Basic Information

Rewards

How to Unlock Where the Cat and Wolf Play...

The player can start the quest through the Contract quest Contract: The Beast of Honorton. Alternatively the player can head directly to the right village directly south of Crow's Perch.

Is Where the Cat and Wolf Play... Missable or Failable?

This quest will fail if the player strays too far away from Millie (little girl) after dealing with Gaetan (School of Cat Witcher).

Where the Cat and Wolf Play... Walkthrough

Where the Cat and Wolf Play... Choices and Best Choice

Killing Gaetan

You will have to have to fight Gaeten in a 1 vs. 1 melee. Killing him will let you loot Teigr from his corpse.

Sparing Gaetan

If you spare Gaetan, he will tell you the location to his stash. It will start the short side quest Take What You Want. You will be rewarded with 250 Crowns and Teigr.

Best Choice

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The best choice here would be to spare Gaetan. You will avoid a fight and still be able to get Teigr, plus 250 Crowns.

Where the Cat and Wolf Play... Tips and Strategies

Fighting Gaetan

You can decide to let him drink a Swallow Potion before the fight. It is best if you choose not to let him. If you do let him, it will result with him throwing a bomb as the fight begins, blinding Geralt, which will prevent you from locking on manually, and your attacks will not have the automatic lock-on either.

Gaetan will fight like other human enemies, with the difference being that he has light and heavy attacks, and that he will also use signs against Geralt. He can use Quen, Aard and Igni. He is human, so using Hanged Man's Venom will be effective against him. You can also stun him with a Samum Bomb, Aard, and Axii.

His sword attacks can also occasionally cause bleeding on hit. It is best to try to counter his attacks, as he will be agressive, giving you plenty of opportunities to do so. Once countered, go for at least 3 light attacks or 2 heavy attacks, then dodge immediately after in case he retaliates.

Counter Heavy Loop

One technique a player can use to beat Gaetan is by countering his attack then hitting him twice with heavy attacks. After the second hit, he will usually try to attack right away. This is when you counter him again. Keep repeating until he is dead.

This can take a bit of time to perfectly execute as he can either do a light or heavy attack when he attacks back. A light attack will necessitate the timing of the counter to be fast, while a heavy attack will need to be a bit later. He may also occasionally use Quen in between your attacks.

Beware that the counter can be inconsistent on uneven ground.

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