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Head south out of Crow’s Perch, traveling roughly eastwards to the objective area where the beast was fought, close to the marshy moat and south of the Burned Ruins signpost. Locate the following:
- The remains of Symko’s dog Ruffler can be seen and inspected using your Witcher Senses—It didn’t give up without a fight.
- There are staggered tracks leading away from the dog corpse.
- Locate the monster blood close to the water’s edge, and track it in a roughly northwesterly direction.
The beast landed at a cave entrance close to the northeastern part of Crow’s Perch moat, and just west (and underneath) the Burned Ruins. Close inspection of the tracks reveals the beast is a cockatrice.
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Explore the cave entrance, which opens up into a large cavern. Use your Witcher Senses in here to uncover droppings staining a high ledge, where the beast must be nursing its wounds. It won’t budge until you produce a Samum, Grapeshot, or Dancing Star bomb, and lob it onto the ledge. After the explosion, the shrieker disappears! It has fled through an upper exit.
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Leave the cave the way you came, summoning Roach and visually track it across the countryside as it flaps away. At a gallop’s pace, you should easily catch this wounded and angry animal. Drop it from the skies, and set about slicing it into more manageable pieces.
End: After the Cockatrice Carnage
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That overgrown chicken has eaten its last villager! Stoop down and inspect the corpse, gathering some meat and ingredients, as well as the head of the beast. Then mount Roach with the head tied to your saddle, and return to Chet. He hands you the pennies he gathered as your reward. You can:
- Tell him to keep the coin—for Symko.
- Or gladly accept the coin.
Afterwards, you can speak to Szymko and tell him his father’s death was avenged, if you wish. Either way, the quest concludes.
| ITEM: Cockatrice Egg, Cockatrice Stomach, Cockatrice Trophy, Crowns |