Something Ends, Something Begins
How to Get & Beat All Endings in Witcher 3
Quest Location: The Orphanage of Crookbag Bog
In order to trigger this quest, you will have had to make a few specific choices throughout your playthrough of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt:
- During Blood on the Battlefield, you chose to drink with Ciri instead of engaging in a snowball fight.
- During Blood on the Battlefield, you chose to take coin from Emhyr when visiting with Ciri, instead of refusing it.
- During Final Preparations, you decided to talk to the Lodge of Sorceresses instead of letting Ciri go in alone.
- During Battle Preparations, you gave Ciri Lara Dorren’s necklace instead of letting her ransack Avallac’h’s laboratory.
- During Battle Preparations, you refused to let Ciri visit Skjall’s grave on Hindarsfjall.
- During your quest, Ciri will have died along the way.
If all of the proper decisions have been made, this quest will begin during the nighttime at Crookback Bog. Make your way east until you stumble across a werewolf that is too weak to hunt. Geralt will ask the werewolf about the Crone who stole your dead daughter’s medallion. After a brief back and forth, you’ll give the werewolf one of the two choices below. After all, you’re a Witcher and a werewolf cannot be left alive; he must help you or face death.
“No” – This response will trigger a battle with the werewolf, but will also end this particular avenue of the quest.
“There’s one” – The Witcher decides that the werewolf can be used to your advantage. Following the werewolf will lead you to a new optional objective of dealing with wolves and a she-wolf. The options made here on behalf of Berem (the werewolf you interrogated) will determine how the quest continues.
The hunters in question are hunting the she-wolf for sport. They have no real reason to do so, as she’s just trying to protect her cubs.The options for Geralt are just like the options The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt always offers the player when stumbling across a somewhat random event: you can either stop the hunters, or ignore their activities.
If you choose to help the she-wolf, Berem will help you slay the hunters and discover that a cub actually survived the vicious onslaught. He will then lead Geralt towards the orphanage where the Witcher can make his way to do battle with one of the Crones.
If, during Geralt’s initial conversation with the werewolf, you opted to slay the werewolf, you can just head east and find the orphanage on your own. Having Berem available to help with hunters, Water Hags, and other monstrosities residing in the swamp is a pretty good deal, but the decision is ultimately up to the player.
The Crone that Geralt will face is none other than Weavess (the terrifying one with the hive for an eye). After delivering some harsh truths to Geralt, she will be lured away from her woven tapestry and ready to fight. Be aware that she will not be alone. Weavess will be accompanied by two Drowners, a Water Hag, and a Grave Hag. The Water Hag has the ability to blind the Witcher (indicated by large disgusting blotches on the screen) so you may want to down this enemy first.
As far as Weavess goes, she is incredibly fast and deals a considerable amount of damage, although she isn’t the hardest to take down. Be aware of her “teleportation” ability. Weavess will disappear into a murder of crows and reappear where you’d least expect it.
Once Weavess has been defeated by Geralt’s blade, enter the shrine room and you’ll discover Ciri’s Wolf Medallion, the final quest item. As the credits roll, allow the wave of emotions to wash over you as your The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt comes to a rather sad end.
