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This is a guide to the quest titled Wild at Heart 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.
| Previous Quest | Current Quest | Next Quest |
|---|---|---|
| - | Wild at Heart | - |
List of Contents
| Quest Number | - |
|---|---|
| Region | Velen |
| Quest Location | Blackbough Isolated Shack |
| Previous Quest | - |
| Next Quest | - |
| Gold Reward | None |
|---|---|
| Exp Reward | None |
| Item Reward | None |
Pick up and read the Notice Missing Wife on the Notice Boards around Velen.
You cannot miss or fail this quest even if you finish all the main quests in the game.
| Objectives | |
|---|---|
| 1 | Go to Niellen and speak with him. |
| 2 | Speak with the neighbors about Hanna. |
| 3 | Go to the quest location, kill the wolves and speak with Margrit. |
| 4 | Investigate the clues in the area using your Witcher Senses. |
| 5 | Follow the scent of the tuft of fur using your Witcher Senses. |
| 6 | Investigate inside and around the Isolated Hut using you Witcher Senses. |
| 7 | Enter the Werewolf's lair under the Isolated Hut. |
| 8 | Defeat the Werewolf during night time. |
| 9 | Decide Margrit's fate. |

After you kill the pack of wolves in the forest, Margrit will approach you and offer you a higher gold reward if you tell Niellen that Hanna had already died. If you agreed to Margrit's offer, you will get 50 additional Crowns from Magrit before returning to Niellen.

After the first time you defeat the Werewolf, Margrit will suddenly appear in the cave and stop you from killing the Werewolf. In this conversation you will discover what really happened to Hanna and you will be given a choice to decide the fate of Margit.
If you pick the first option, Geralt will tell Margrit to run away and you will be forced to fight the Werewolf again with its remaining HP from the last fight.
If you pick the second option, Geralt will leave the Werewolf to kill Margrit and once Geralt goes outside the cave, the Werewolf will ask Geralt to kill him.
In both, options you can loot Niellen's key from the Werewolf's body and open his chest inside the Isolated hut.
It is best to not take the offer to be able to get to the next decision.
Killing the werewolf while protecting Margrit will give you more rewards. But if the player would like to skip the werewolf fight to save time, the second option will have the same rewards but without the werewolf ingredients.

We do not recommend doing this quest. The benefits that you gain from this quest are not very useful for your progression in the game. Finishing this quest will be mainly for the sake of the game's completion and to have more knowledge about the Witcher World.

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| Gwent Quest: Old Pals (N/A) | Never Trust Children (N/A) | A Frying Pan, Spick and Span (N/A) |
| Missing in Action (N/A) | Precious Cargo (N/A) | Twisted Firestarter (N/A) |
| Caravan Attack (N/A) | Deadly Crossing (N/A) | Face Me if You Dare! (N/A) |
| Fake Papers (N/A) | Gwent Quest: Velen Players (N/A) | Harassing a Troll (N/A) |
| Highway Robbery (N/A) | Highwayman's Cache (N/A) | Looters (N/A) |
| Man's Best Friend (N/A) | Races: Crow's Perch (N/A) | The Truth is in the Stars (N/A) |
| A Warm Welcome (N/A) | Drunken Rabble (N/A) | Empty Coop (N/A) |
| Gwent Quest: Big City Players (N/A) | Gwent Quest: Playing Innkeeps (N/A) | Gwent Quest: Playing Thaler (N/A) |
| Call of the Wild (N/A) | Karmic Justice (N/A) | The Four Faces of Hemdall (N/A) |
| The Heroes' Pursuits: For the Goddess' Glory (N/A) | The Heroes' Pursuits: Kaer Trolde (N/A) | Message from an Old Friend (N/A) |
| Woe is Me (N/A) | Worthy of Trust (N/A) | Novigrad, Closed City (II) (N/A) |
| Trail of Echoes (N/A) | Race: The Great Erasmus Vegelbud Memorial Derby (N/A) | Racists of Novigrad (N/A) |
| Strangers in the Night (N/A) | Strumpet in Distress (N/A) | Suspicious Shakedown (N/A) |
| The Flame of Hatred (N/A) | The Most Truest of Basilisks (N/A) | The Price of Passage (N/A) |
| Yustianna Disturbed | The Heroes' Pursuits: Fyresdal | The Heroes' Pursuits: Fayrlund |
| Siren's Call | Farting Trolls | Brave Fools Die Young |
| Witch Hunter Raids (N/A) | Gwent Quest: Skellige Style (N/A) | On Death's Bed (2) |
| The Dwarven Document Dilemma (2) | Funeral Pyres (3) | Hazardous Goods (4) |
| The Whispering Hillock (5) | A Dog's Life (5) | Ciri's Room (5) |
| A Favor for a Friend (6) | A Towerful of Mice (6) | An Invitation from Keira Metz (6) |
| Fools' Gold (6) | Ghosts of the Past (6) | Magic Lamp (6) |
| The Fall of the House of Reardon (6) | Hey, You Wanna Look at my Stuff? (6) | A Greedy God (7) |
| Forefathers' Eve (7) | Lynch Mob (7) | Thou Shalt Not Pass (7) |
| Wild at Heart (7) | Haunted House (7) | For the Advancement of Learning (8) |
| Hidden Messages of the Nilfgaardian Kind (8) | Novigrad Hospitality (8) | Bitter Harvest (9) |
| Last Rites (9) | Return to Crookback Bog (9) | Honor Among Thieves (9) |
| Of Dairy and Darkness (9) | The Gangs of Novigrad (9) | Death By Fire (10) |
| Defender of the Faith (10) | Love's Cruel Snares (10) | Witcher Wannabe (10) |
| Rough Neighborhood (10) | Following the Thread (11) | Fists of Fury: Velen (11) |
| A Barnful of Trouble (11) | Novigrad, Closed City (11) | Fists of Fury: Champion of Champions (11 ) |
| Blood Ties (12) | A Dangerous Game (12) | A Matter of Life and Death (12) |
| A Walk on the Waterfront (12) | An Eye for an Eye (12) | Fencing Lessons (12) |
| Redania's Most Wanted (12) | Spooked Mare (12) | Flesh for Sale (12 ) |
| Black Pearl (13) | A Tome Entombed (13) | From a Land Far, Far Away (13) |
| The Volunteer (13) | Warehouse of Woe (13 ) | Free Spirit (13) |
| A Deadly Plot (14) | Cabaret (14) | Master of the Arena (14) |
| Stranger in a Strange Land (14) | The Cave of Dreams (14) | Now or Never (14) |
| Out On Your Arse! (14) | The Nobleman Statuette (14) | The Soldier Statuette (14) |
| The Price of Honor (14 ) | The Nithing (14) | A Bard's Beloved (15) |
| Armed Assault (15) | For Fame and Glory (15) | Little Red (15) |
| The Family Blade (15 ) | In Wolf's Clothing (15 ) | An Unpaid Debt (15 ) |
| The Last Wish (15) | Carnal Sins (16) | The Path of Warriors (16) |
| The Lord of Undvik (17) | Possession (17) | Crime and Punishment (18) |
| King's Gambit (18) | Coronation (18) | Iron Maiden (19) |
| A Feast for Crows (20) | Hard Times (21) | Brothers In Arms: Velen (22) |
| Brothers In Arms: Novigrad (22) | Brothers In Arms: Skellige (22) | Brothers In Arms: Nilfgaard (22) |
| Fists of Fury: Novigrad (23) | The Bastion (23 ) | Abandoned Sawmill (24) |
| Finders Keepers (24) | Shock Therapy (24) | Of Swords and Dumplings (24) |
| Master Armorers (24) | Practicum in Advanced Alchemy (24 ) | Take What You Want (25) |
| Where the Cat and Wolf Play... (25) | Peace Disturbed (25) | Taken as a Lass (25 ) |
| A Final Kindness (26) | High Stakes (26) | The Sad Tale of the Grossbart Brothers (26) |
| Monster Slayer (26) | Greenhouse Effect (27) | Berengar's Blade (27 ) |
| It Takes Three to Tango (28) | Faithful Friend (30) | Fists of Fury: Skellige (30) |
| Reason of State (30) | The Tower Outta Nowheres (30 ) | The Witcher's Forge (30 ) |
| 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 |
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| 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 |
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| 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) |
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| A Portrait of the Witcher as an Old Man (43) | Duck, Duck, Goosed! (47) |
| Enchanting: Quality Has Its Price (32) | Enchanting: Start-up Costs (32) | Races: Swift as the Western Winds (32) |
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Agreed, why wouldn’t you do it? Talk about lazy lol. Why even play
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Saying this quest isn't worth doing? Lol. Why do you play games at all?