The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Guide Treasure Hunts Scavenger Hunt: Griffin School Gear

The Saga of Witcher George

Locations: Hindhold, Lornruk, Dragonslayer’s Grotto

Characters: Witcher George

Enemies: Endrega Drones, Endrega Warriors, Harpies, Drowners, Wraiths

Objectives:

Find all the diagrams to the Griffin School witcher gear (1 of 6).
Nearest Signpost: Hindhold.

Kolgrim mentioned he was in Velen. The castle in question is due east of the Border Post, on the Pontar River—a fortification known as Hindhold. Go to this imposing stone structure, slaying two or three endrega drones at the entrance, which is covered in guano. A little further in is an endrega warrior.

Diagrams to Find

Shield Icon	Territory Location	Name Of Quest	Item To Find	Nearest Signpost	Location Description	How To Complete Quest
	White Orchard	Deserter Gold	Spy’s notes	Mill	Find small deserted camp with telescope, on the hill east from the mill.	With help of nilfgaardian spy’s report notes find location of Temerian deserters treasure kept near the mill. (this quest will start only if you have not looted treasue chests before you read the note)
	White Orchard	Dirty Funds	Scrawled notes	Mill	Find remains of bandit camp overrun by wolves north-east from the mill	Notes found in one of the bandit’s outpost lead to the heart of bandit operations in the region. Fight bandit leader to get to the spoils and equipment gathered from the region. (this quest will start only if you have not looted the chest in main bandic camp already)
	White Orchard	Temerian Valuables	Blood-soaked millitary orders	Mill	Find body next to a bridge west of the mill	Find a key on the body and open chest on the bottom of the river. Read notes found in the chest and go to the house near the mill. Use aard Sign to remove obstacles on the way to the cellar. Use Witcher Senses to find the chest that you can open with the key.
	Velen (No Man’s Land): Grayrocks	An Unfortunate Turn of Events	Unsent letter	Devil’s Pit	Head south from Devil’s Pit to find peasants body on riverbank next to abandoned ferry station	Use Witcher senses and lead from letter found on peasant’s body to find missing cargo on the bottom of the drowner infested river.
	Velen (No Man’s Land): Grayrocks	The Things Men Do For Coin…	Letter	Border Post	Visit the island east from Border post.	After you find letter and the key on dead dwarf’s corpse, use them along with your Witcher Senses to locate and open hidden stash.
	Velen (No Man’s Land): Grayrocks	Blood Gold	Bloodstained Document	White Eagle Fort	Go north east from white eagle fort deeper in to the swamps where you can find abandoned prospector camp	Search prospector camp to find soldiers body. After you loot his last words and key from him, use your Witcher Senses to follow blood trail to locate hitten treasure.
	Velen (No Man’s Land): Grayrocks	Dowry	Unsent letter	White Eagle Fort	Travel directly north from white eagle fort to the riverbank	Find woman’s body and loot letter and the key from her. Ude your Witcher Senses to find the chest nerby.
	Velen (No Man’s Land): Grayrocks	Tough Luck	Letter	Devil’s Pit	Travel south-east from Devil’s Pit and find destroyed cart.	Defeat fogling guarding destroyed wagon. Right after search refugee’ss body to find letter and a key. Use your Witcher Senses to find and a chest on the wagon and open it with a key.
	Velen (No Man’s Land): Grayrocks	Lost Goods	Nilfgaardian’s notes	Ferry Station	Travel north from Ferry Station to find dead Nilfgardian’s body.	Search Nilfgardians body and loot note that will lead you to the location of the treasure. Fight through drowners to get to it and use your Witcher Senses to locate it.
	Velen (No Man’s Land): The Descent	Out of the Frying Pan, Into the Fire	Crumpled notes	Lurtch	Find entrance to the cellar of burned house north-west from Toderas village.	With help of the note and key found on raid survivor’s body use witcher senses to find valuables hidden in one of the nearby haystacks.
	Velen (No Man’s Land): The Descent	Hidden from the World	Letter	Marauders’ Bridge	Follow road that leads east from Marauders’ Bridge to find small bandit camp	Use Witcher Senses to locate hidden stas mentioned in the letter snatched from bandits.
	Velen (No Man’s Land): Spitfire Bluff	Sunken Treasure	Water-damaged letter	Hangman’s Alley	Find rotting smuggler’s body on the shore near Hangman’s Alley	Dive in nearby gulf to find out what happened to unfortunate smugglers. With help of witcher senses locate and collect what remained from their cargo.
	Velen (No Man’s Land): Spitfire Bluff	Costly Mistake	Smugglers notes	Hangman’s Alley	Follow road that leads west from Hangman’s Alley to find wreck of small boat on the shore	Dive near shipwreck of merchant vessel and use Witcher Senses to locate it’s sunken cargo mentioned in smuggler’s note.
	Velen (No Man’s Land): Spitfire Bluff	A Plea Ignored	Crumpled letter	Condyle	Head south from Condyle fast travel Sign untill you find burned house and soldiers body next to it.	Kill Gravehag feasting on soldiers body to get letter and key that along with Witcher Senses will help you to locate and open hidden chest with goods.
	Velen (No Man’s Land): The Mire	Don’t Play With Gods	Unsent letter	Byways	Travel noth from Byways to find elven ruins.	After fighting off wraiths from around peasant’s body take key and note off it. Fight Nightwright guarding the chest and use your Witcher Senses to find the chest and use the key to open it.
	Velen (No Man’s Land): The Mire	The Dead Have No Defense	Marauder’s notes	Duen Hen	Go south from Duen Hen to reach bandit camp on the shore	Kill bandits in the camp and search bandit’s leader body to find a note and key, use Witcher Senses to to find a chest that you can open with it.
	Velen (No Man’s Land): The Mire	Sunken Chest	Blood-smeared notes	Fyke Isle	Go to smal island south west form Fyke island	Fight off drowners swarming around treasure hunter’s body, loot it afterwards and read the note. Use Witcher senses to find the chest under water among ruins.
	Novigrad: Grassy Knoll	Coast of Wrecks	Letter	Widows’ Grotto	Find shipwrecks on the coastline south-west from Novigrad suburbs.	With your witcher senses search drowner infested area, both above and under water to find four chests of cargo among remains of unfortunate smuggler’s ships.
	Novigrad: Grassy Knoll	Battlefield Loot	Crumpled notes	Eternal Fire Chapel	Go south from Eternal Fire Chapel and cross the river to reach swampy battlefield located on the other side.	Loot note and key form peasant’s body. Then use your Witcher senses to follow blood trial leading to the chest defended by Waterhag.
	Skellige (Ard Skellig)	Inheritance	Old, yellowed letter	Boxholm	Find body very close to the north from Boxholm fast travel point.	Fight off rotfiends near the fallen warriors body. Search it to find letter and key. Use Witcher Senses to find the chest and open it with a key.
	Skellige (Ard Skellig)	Freya Be Praised!	Itinerant merchant’s notes	Arinbjorn	Find the remains of a merchant’s cart on the road just outside Arinbjorn	Descend to the nearby lake, fighting Drowners. Then swim out, locating a sunken chest with your Witcher Senses. Use the merchant’s key to unlock it
	Skellige (Ard Skellig)	Family Fortune	Letter	Ruined Inn	Reach ruined inn on the shore south east of Fyresdal	Loot chest sound inside the ruined inn. Read letter that it contains search shipwreck south west from ruined inn.
	Skellige (Ard Skellig)	Pearls of the Coast	Unsent letter	Eldberg Lighthouse	Reach isle neighbouring with the one where Eldberg Lighthouse can be found. In the midlle of it you can find pirate’s camp	Kill all bandits in the camp and loot small sack on the bench. Letter tah you will find in it will send you tio nearby shipwreck where you can find a chest wiht help of Witcher Senses.
	Skellige (An Skellig)	Nilfgaardian Treasure	Cargo list	Urialla Harbor	Reach rocky shores south east from Urialla Harbor	Fight off sirens guarding body rotting on wreck of the ship and search it to find cargo list, read it and use Witcher Senses to find the chest.
	Skellige (Undvik)	Precious Haul	Traveler’s notes	Tor Gvalch’ca	A note to be found on a corpse amongst a shipwreck on the northern shore of the island.	Find the shipwreck and the corpse with the note on. Read the note and then swim directly North of your position towards the large island shard. The chest is sat on the sea bed just before you reach the second coast line.
	Skellige (Undvik)	Shortcut	Torn piece of paper	Urskal	A small boat guarded by bandits on the shore of a large lake.	There is a bag of loot on the boat, Get the key and from here swim into the centre of the lake and dive down to find a shipwreck. Amongst the wreck will be an old and rusty chest.
	Skellige (Spikeroog)	Not Only Eagles Dare	Note	Svorlag	A small island off the coast of Spikeroog in the bay near Svorlag. A boat wreck litters the island.	Find the corpse on the island infested with Drowners and sat near a treasure chest. Collect the key and note. Read the note and then dive into the water nearby to find a second, sunken chest.
	Skellige (Snidhall Isle)	Unlucky’s Treasure	A frustrated warrior’s notes	Bay Of Winds	Snidhall Isle at the top of the cliff near a Griffin nest.	Find the Gryphon nest on the island and inside there will be a corpse with a key and a note. Use your Witcher senses to locate the partly dug up chest further down the cliff.
	Skellige (Faroe)	Hidden in the Depths	Crumpled, stained letter	Harviken	Go south west from Harviken untill you reach the shore where you can find cave entrance.	Loot pirates body next to the cave entrance to get a key and a letter. Dive in caves water to find secret tunnel leading to hidden part of the cave infested by Arachas and Endragas. After dealing with them use Witcher Senses to find the chest that you can open with the key.
	Skellige (Faroe)	Ironsides’ Treasure	Notes about treasure	Harviken	Sail north from Harviken on Faroe island and find smal archipelago.	Find wreck of small boat and a skelleton on one of the small rocky islands in the area. Search the skeleton to find a note, read it and dive deep in the sea. Use your Witcher Senses to find the treasure chest.
REWARD (ALL QUESTS): Random diagrams, armor, gems, valuables, materials and/or coins

If there’s a note, always check your Quest Items menu and read it. Sometimes it holds a clue to where treasure can be found. In this example, it doesn’t. There is writing from the merchant about how safe he feels on his travels. Not any more though, it seems.

Now climb up the interior stone steps, all the way up onto the wooden fortress roof. A flock of harpies (and their monster nest) are the reason for all this excrement. Clean them up and destroy that nest!

Continue clockwise, passing the wooden scaffold and ladder (leading up to skeletal remains on an upper crenelation), enter the wooden door, and force it open with Aard. Inside is a trove of chests, and a slumped skeleton of rags. Search it for the first of Kolgrim’s remaining six diagrams, and a letter. This scavenger hunt begins anew! While you’re here, open any other chests (for additional manscripts, a Gwent card, and other useful items). Be sure to look inside the “glimmering” chest to the left of the skeleton. There’s a confession and an enhanced crossbow in there.

ITEM: Quest Items: Balstick’s Letter, Witcher George’s Confession, Witcher Gear: Diagram: Griffin Steel Sword (1 of 6), Magic Item: Crossbow