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This is a guide to the quest titled There Can Be Only One from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Read on to learn locations, rewards, best choices, best outcomes, how to complete the five virtues, as well as useful tips and strategies for completing this quest.
Previous Quest | Current Quest | Next Quest |
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Quest Number | - |
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Region | Toussaint |
Quest Location | Toussaint Prison |
Previous Quest | - |
Next Quest | - |
Gold Reward | None |
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Exp Reward | 350 |
Item Reward | Aerondight x 1 |
This quest can be unlocked by picking the notice on the Notice Board in The Gran'place.
This quest can not be failed.
Objectives | |
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1 | Go to Lac Célavy, and swim to the island in the middle. |
2 | In the middle of the isle is a small pond, go there and talk to the hermit in the middle of the pond. |
3 | Read the inscription on the 5 stones to the north of the hermit. Reading them will give you 50 XP. |
4 | To continue you will have to prove your valor, compassion, generosity, honor, and wisdom. Proving the 5 virtues will require certain choices or tasks to be completed. Read the How to Prove the Five Virtues in There Can Be Only One section for more information. |
5 | Go back to the hermit and talk to him. |
6 | Fight the hermit. |
You can prove you possess the five virtues by completing certain objectives throughout different quests in Toussaint.
The fasted way to get Aerondight is by completing these quests, The Beast of Toussaint, Blood Run and The Warble of a Smitten Knight.
In The Beast of Toussaint, choose to spare the Shaelmar after beating it to prove your compassion.
At the end of The Beast of Toussaint, while trying to find out Milton's location, get the right answer to the riddle to prove your wisdom. The answer to the riddle is [Greenhouse].
After fighting with Detlaff in Blood Run, you will encounter a delivery boy in town. Tip him 5 crowns after he gives you the letter to prove your generosity.
At the beginning of the quest The Warble of a Smitten Knight, choose to enter the tournament as Geralt of Rivia
. You will then prove your honor after the duel against Prince Anséis. You do not have to win the duel to prove your honor. If you did not enter the tournament as Geralt, you can still prove your honor by keeping Vivienne's secret from Guillaume.
Near the end of The Warble of a Smitten Knight, choose to continue the tournament and win it. The only way to challenge the champion and win the tournament is by winning every other challenge in the tournament.
Staff Attack | The hermits swings his staff around to hit Geralt. |
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Water Tornado | Covers himself in a water tornado that will do damage when close. |
Teleport | Will dissapear in a column of water. Will attack when reappearing near you. |
Water Blast | Will blast water from under you. Location of attack telegraphed by splashes. |
Water Ray | Blast a ray of water at Geralt |
Aard | Knocks Geralt back. Uses it after Geralt does damage to the hermit at close range. |
Dodge, his ranged attacks and try to get in close. Use Axii or Aard to stun him and get a 1-2 light attacks or 1 heavy attack in. Get back right away and repeat. When he uses the tornado attack, use Aard to get rid of the tornado.
Completing this quest will reward you with Aerondight, one of the strongest silver swords in the game.
No. | Quest Title | Location | Sugg. Level |
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- | 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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"Using Your Loaf"??? What quest is that ...lol