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The Warble of a Smitten Knight Walkthrough and Best Choice

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The Warble of a Smitten Knight

This is a guide to the quest titled The Warble of a Smitten Knight 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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The Warble of a Smitten Knight Location and Rewards

Basic Information

Quest Number -
Region Toussaint
Quest Location Corvo Bianco Trastamara Hunting Cottage
Previous Quest -
Next Quest -

Rewards

Gold Reward 500
Exp Reward 250
Item Reward None


How to Unlock The Warble of a Smitten Knight

You can automatically unlock this quest after defeating the Shaelmaar during the quest The Beast of Toussaint.

Is The Warble of a Smitten Knight Missable or Failable?

You will automatically fail this quest once you talk to Damien during the quest Capture the Castle.

The Warble of a Smitten Knight Walkthrough

Objectives
1 Talk to Guillaume at the Medics Tent in the Tourney Grounds.
2 Complete the different trainings Guillaume offers you.
3 Go to the inscription tent and talk to the Scribe to enter the tournament.
4 Examine the clues in the tent using your Witcher Senses.
5 Go back to the tournament grounds and participate in the race.
6 (Optional) Defeat Anséis in mounted combat.
Defeat Arthur and some thugs in a fist fight.
7 Go to Vivienne's tent and follow the bird.
8 Decide whether to tell Guillaume about the curse and if you will continue the tournament.
9 Defeat the Knights and Sir Gregoire.
10 Kill the Panther at the Glade.
11 Return to Guillaume for your reward.
NOTE: This objective is only available if you did not tell Guillaume about Vivienne's Curse.

The Warble of a Smitten Knight Choices and Best Choice

The Warble of a Smitten Knight Choice

Tell Guillaume about Vivienne's Curse

If you decided to tell Guillaume about Vivienne's curse, the quest will automatically play out with Vivienne choosing the water method.

Keep Your Promise to Vivienne

If you decided to keep your promise with Vivienne and not tell Guillaume about her curse, the quest will automatically play out with Vivienne choosing the egg method.

Best Choice

The best choice here is to Tell Guillaume about Vivienne's Curse. Doing this will provide the best ending for this quest.

The Warble of a Smitten Knight Tips and Strategies

Combat Strategies

Panther

  • Coat your Steel Sword with Beast Oil to deal bonus damage to them.
  • You can cast the Signs; Aard, Igni, and Axii to affect them with statuses and give yourself an opening to attack.
Panther Weaknesses and Loot

Wight

  • Coat your Silver Sword with Necrophage Oil to deal bonus damage to them.
  • Cast the Axii Sign on them to stun them for a significant amount of time and attack them from behind.
Wight Weaknesses and Loot

Barghest

  • Coat your Silver Sword with Spectre Oil to deal bonus damage to them.
  • You can cast the Yrden Sign and fight around it to give yourself a lot of time to dodge their fast attacks.
Barghest Weaknesses and Loot

Knights

  • During this fight you cannot use Signs or Bombs, so the best way to deal with them is to attack them from behind while they are distracted by your team.

Sir Gregoire

  • Sir Gregoire has no weaknesses, so the best way you can deal with him is by attacking him from behind whenever he is vulnerable.

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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 )

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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)
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)

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