Witcher 3 Should I Kill the Witcher From the Cat School

This is a guide to the quest titled Where the Cat and Wolf Play... 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.

Previous Quest	Current Quest	Next Quest
Contract: The Beast of Honorton	Where the Cat and Wolf Play...	-

Quest Number	-
Region	Velen
Quest Location	Honorton Oreton
Previous Quest	Contract: The Beast of Honorton
Next Quest	-

Gold Reward	None
Exp Reward	None
Item Reward	Teigr x

The player can start the quest through the Contract quest Contract: The Beast of Honorton. Alternatively the player can head directly to the right village directly south of Crow's Perch.

This quest will fail if the player strays too far away from Millie (little girl) after dealing with Gaetan (School of Cat Witcher).

	Objectives
1	Investigate the village using your Witcher Sense. After examining a number of objects, 2 Alghouls will attack. In the southeastern barn is an Alghoul. Examine these objects after killing it: ・A corpse outside ・A broken bolt ・A bucket ・Another corpse ・A pitchfork ・A corpse holding on to a silver chain
2	Examine these in the north eastern hut: ・A corpse ・A stove ・A leshen's severed head You will have to examine these in the north western hut: ・Corpse of a dog outside ・A man's corpse And in the south western hut: ・ A woman's corpse inside the hut ・A mans corpse outside next to the fence
3	After you investigated and examined the objects in any order, a cutscene of a girl running will play. Head to the marked area. You will find a doll and a child's footprints. Pick up the doll then follow the footprints.
4	You will find the girl behind a large tree. You can use Axii (Delusion level 1) for 30 XP. Otherwise, you can just give her doll. You will receive the School of Cat Medallion and 50 XP.
5	Go to the stone circle marked on your map. Examine the footprints then follow the tracks. 7 wolves will be in the path of the tracks.
6	Talk to Gaetan (School of Cat Witcher) at the end of the trail. Here you will choose between killing him or sparing him. Regardless of your choice, you will receive 200 XP after.
7	Go back to Millie (the little girl). Going too far away from the girl will fail the quest.

You will have to have to fight Gaeten in a 1 vs. 1 melee. Killing him will let you loot Teigr from his corpse.

If you spare Gaetan, he will tell you the location to his stash. It will start the short side quest Take What You Want. You will be rewarded with 250 Crowns and Teigr.

The best choice here would be to spare Gaetan. You will avoid a fight and still be able to get Teigr, plus 250 Crowns.

You can decide to let him drink a Swallow Potion before the fight. It is best if you choose not to let him. If you do let him, it will result with him throwing a bomb as the fight begins, blinding Geralt, which will prevent you from locking on manually, and your attacks will not have the automatic lock-on either.

Gaetan will fight like other human enemies, with the difference being that he has light and heavy attacks, and that he will also use signs against Geralt. He can use Quen, Aard and Igni. He is human, so using Hanged Man's Venom will be effective against him. You can also stun him with a Samum Bomb, Aard, and Axii.

His sword attacks can also occasionally cause bleeding on hit. It is best to try to counter his attacks, as he will be agressive, giving you plenty of opportunities to do so. Once countered, go for at least 3 light attacks or 2 heavy attacks, then dodge immediately after in case he retaliates.

One technique a player can use to beat Gaetan is by countering his attack then hitting him twice with heavy attacks. After the second hit, he will usually try to attack right away. This is when you counter him again. Keep repeating until he is dead.

This can take a bit of time to perfectly execute as he can either do a light or heavy attack when he attacks back. A light attack will necessitate the timing of the counter to be fast, while a heavy attack will need to be a bit later. He may also occasionally use Quen in between your attacks.

Beware that the counter can be inconsistent on uneven ground.

No.	Quest Title	Location	Sugg. Level
-	Flesh for Sale	Trottheim	12
-	Master Armorers	Crow's Perch, Clan Tordarroch Forge	24
-	Fists of Fury: Champion of Champions		11
-	Man's Best Friend	Northwest of Mulbrydale	N/A
-	Farting Trolls		-
-	Brave Fools Die Young		-
-	Races: Crow's Perch	Crossroads west of Crow's Perch	N/A
-	An Unpaid Debt		15
-	Witch Hunter Raids		N/A
-	Warehouse of Woe		13
-	The Witcher's Forge		30
-	Return to Crookback Bog	Crookback Bog	9
-	The Bastion		23
-	Berengar's Blade		27
-	King's Gambit	Kaer Trolde	18
-	Take What You Want	North of Keira Metz's hut	25
-	The Last Wish	Hindersfjall	15
-	The Fall of the House of Reardon	Reardon Manor	6
-	Possession	Svorlag	17
-	The Truth is in the Stars	Benek	N/A
-	Gwent Quest: Skellige Style	Kaer Trolde Gedyneith Gremist's workshop Kaer Muire	N/A
-	Thou Shalt Not Pass	Border Post Western Gate	7
-	Where the Cat and Wolf Play...	Honorton Oreton	25
-	Wild at Heart	Blackbough Isolated Shack	7
-	Witcher Wannabe	Lindenvale	10
-	A Barnful of Trouble	Carsten	11
-	A Dangerous Game	Rosemary and Thyme	12
-	A Deadly Plot	Near Border Post North of Hanged Mans Tree	14
-	A Feast for Crows	The Bits	20
-	A Final Kindness	Hierarch Square	26
-	A Matter of Life and Death	The Bits Triss' hideout Elihal's workshop Vegelbud Residence	12
-	A Tome Entombed	Novigrad sewers	13
-	A Walk on the Waterfront	Harborside	12
-	A Warm Welcome	Road southwest of Wheat Fields	N/A
-	An Eye for an Eye	Hanged Man's Tree Temerian Partisan hideout	12
-	Cabaret	Rosemary and Thyme	14
-	Carnal Sins	Vilmerius Hospital Crippled Kate's Vegelbud Residence Novigrad Docks	16
-	Drunken Rabble	In front of The Golden Sturgeon	N/A
-	Empty Coop	Hut between Honeyfill Meadworks and Dancing Windmill	N/A
-	Fencing Lessons	Var Attre Villa Seven Cats Inn	12
-	Fists of Fury: Novigrad	The Golden Sturgeon North of Portside Gate East of Southern Gate Farcorners	23
-	Gwent Quest: Big City Players	Sigismund's Bathhouse Passiflora Forest outside Novigrad	N/A
-	Gwent Quest: Playing Innkeeps	Inn at the Crossroads The Alchemy The Kingfisher Inn	N/A
-	Gwent Quest: Playing Thaler	Seven Cats Inn	N/A
-	Haunted House	Novigrad	7
-	A Bard's Beloved	Cave east-northeast of Palisade	15
-	Hey, You Wanna Look at my Stuff?	Northwest of the Silverton merchant	6
-	Abandoned Sawmill	Abandoned Sawmill	24
-	Armed Assault	Southeast of Rannvaig	15
-	Call of the Wild	Just east-southeast of Arinbjorn signpost	N/A
-	Hidden Messages of the Nilfgaardian Kind	West of the Crooked house Crippled Kate's Gildorf sewers	8
-	Crime and Punishment	Peninsula east of Ancient Crypt Rogne	18
-	Finders Keepers	Small island north of Giants' Toes Svorlag	24
-	Brothers In Arms: Velen	Velen	22
-	Fists of Fury: Skellige	The New Port Arinbjorn Harviken Northeast of Urialla Harbor	30
-	Brothers In Arms: Novigrad	Novigrad	22
-	High Stakes	Passiflora	26
-	Brothers In Arms: Skellige	Skellige	22
-	Honor Among Thieves	Whoreson Junior's Casino Putrid Grove	9
-	Brothers In Arms: Nilfgaard	Royal Palace	22
-	For Fame and Glory	West of Larvik	15
-	It Takes Three to Tango	Kingfisher Inn	28
-	From a Land Far, Far Away	Island east of Redgill Ursten Widows' Grotto	13
-	Hard Times	Road between Miners' Camp and Blandare Kaer Trolde	21
-	Iron Maiden	Hill east of Harviken	19
-	Master of the Arena	Hov	14
-	Peace Disturbed	Cave southeast of Kaer Trolde Harbor and southwest of Rogne	25
-	Shock Therapy	Gedyneith	24
-	Karmic Justice	Between Tretogor Gate and Southern Gate	N/A
-	Stranger in a Strange Land	West of Sund	14
-	The Cave of Dreams	Inn at Arinbjorn Kaer Muire	14
-	The Four Faces of Hemdall	Eastern coast of Ard Skellig Islet southwest of Hindarsfjall Freya's Temple	N/A
-	The Heroes' Pursuits: For the Goddess' Glory	Larvik Freya's Garden	N/A
-	The Heroes' Pursuits: Kaer Trolde	Rannvaig Kaer Trolde	N/A
-	The Lord of Undvik	Kaer Trolde Undvik	17
-	The Path of Warriors	Trail to Yngvar's Fang Yngvar's Fang	16
-	Little Red	Yantra	15
-	Message from an Old Friend	Books and Scrolls	N/A
-	Novigrad Hospitality	Roadside between Yantra and Sarrasin Grange	8
-	The Sad Tale of the Grossbart Brothers	Blandare Grotto	26
-	Woe is Me	Palisade	N/A
-	Worthy of Trust	Kaer Trolde Harbor North of Crossroads Fyresdal	N/A
-	Greenhouse Effect	-	27
-	Novigrad, Closed City (II)	Northwest of Hierarch Square	N/A
-	Monster Slayer	Lakeside Hut	26
-	Trail of Echoes	-	N/A
-	Novigrad, Closed City	Northwest of Hierarch Square	11
-	Now or Never	Novigrad	14
-	Of Dairy and Darkness	Novigrad	9
-	Of Swords and Dumplings	Aeramas' Abandoned Manor	24
-	Out On Your Arse!	Hattori's home The Golden Sturgeon	14
-	Race: The Great Erasmus Vegelbud Memorial Derby	Crippled Kate's	N/A
-	Racists of Novigrad	Vegelbud Residence	N/A
-	Reason of State	Road north of Portside Gate Dye pits northeast of Tretogor Gate	30
-	Redania's Most Wanted	Novigrad Docks St. Gregory's Bridge The Butcher's Yard theater	12
-	Rough Neighborhood	Est Tayiar	10
-	Spooked Mare	Just north of Shani's Clinic Southeast of Western Gate	12
-	Strangers in the Night	Hut north-northwest of Crossroads signpost	N/A
-	The Nithing	Rannvaig	14
-	Strumpet in Distress	Between Eternal Fire Chapel and Vegelbud Residence	N/A
-	Suspicious Shakedown	Behind a house north of the Rosemary and Thyme	N/A
-	The Dwarven Document Dilemma	Farcorners	2
-	The Flame of Hatred	Street east of Hierarch Square	N/A
-	The Gangs of Novigrad	Cleaver's Headquarters Whoreson Junior's casino Whoreson Junior's arena	9
-	The Most Truest of Basilisks	Road northeast of Novigrad Gate	N/A
-	The Nobleman Statuette	Novigrad	14
-	The Price of Passage	Oxenfurt	N/A
-	The Soldier Statuette	Caesar Bilzen's house Triss' hideout	14
-	The Volunteer	Oxenfurt White Eagle Fort	13
-	Black Pearl	The Golden Sturgeon North of Arinbjorn	13
-	Gwent Quest: Collect 'em All!	Various places	N/A
-	Following the Thread	Novigrad Water mill near Arette Seven Cats Inn Faroe	11
-	Gwent Quest: Old Pals	Seven Cats Inn Temerian Partisan hideout Rosemary and Thyme The Nowhere Inn Kaer Morhen	N/A
-	Coronation	Kaer Trolde	18
-	Never Trust Children	The Bits Road between Arinbjorn and Sund	N/A
-	A Frying Pan, Spick and Span	Riverside northwest of White Orchard	N/A
-	Faithful Friend	Woesong Bridge	30
-	Missing in Action	Battlefield	N/A
-	On Death's Bed	-	2
-	Precious Cargo	-	N/A
-	Twisted Firestarter	Willis' forge White Orchard village	N/A
-	A Dog's Life	Drudge	5
-	A Favor for a Friend	Keira Metz's hut	6
-	A Greedy God	South of Wastrel Manor	7
-	A Towerful of Mice	Fyke Isle Oreton	6
-	An Invitation from Keira Metz	Keira Metz's hut	6
-	Bitter Harvest	Battlefield south-southeast of the Border Post	9
-	Blood Ties	Nilfgaardian Army Group 'Center' Camp	12
-	Caravan Attack	Northwest of Marauders' Bridge	N/A
-	Ciri's Room	Crow's Perch	5
-	Deadly Crossing	Troll Bridge Boatmakers' Hut North of Lindenvale West of Dragonslayer's Grotto	N/A
-	Death By Fire	West of Codgers' Quarry	10
-	Defender of the Faith	East of Blackbough Duén Hen Along the road between Byways and Frischlow	10
-	Face Me if You Dare!	South of Crow's Perch Southeast of Tretogor Gate Northwest of The Golden Sturgeon	N/A
-	Fake Papers	South of the Border Post	N/A
-	Fists of Fury: Velen	Inn at the Crossroads Blackbough Crow's Perch Lindenvale	11
-	At the Mercy of Strangers	West of Mulbrydale	N/A
-	A Mysterious Passenger	Larvik	-
-	Fools' Gold	Lurtch	6
-	For the Advancement of Learning	Fyke Isle	8
-	Free Spirit	Snidhall Isle	13
-	Forefathers' Eve	Fyke Isle	7
-	Funeral Pyres	West of Mulbrydale	3
-	Ghosts of the Past	Reardon Manor Lindenvale	6
-	Gwent Quest: Velen Players	Benek Midcopse Oreton Crow's Perch	N/A
-	Harassing a Troll	Far north and west of Inn at the Crossroads	N/A
-	Hazardous Goods	Northwest of Lurtch Between Reardon Manor and Benek	4
-	Highway Robbery	Between Crow's Perch and Boatmakers' Hut	N/A
-	Highwayman's Cache	East of Boatmakers' Hut	N/A
-	Last Rites	Blackbough	9
-	Yustianna Disturbed		-
-	The Tower Outta Nowheres		30
-	The Price of Honor		14
-	The Heroes' Pursuits: Fyresdal		-
-	Looters	Heatherton Wolven Glade Toderas Codgers' Quarry	N/A
-	The Heroes' Pursuits: Fayrlund		-
-	Love's Cruel Snares	Abandoned site north of Condyle	10
-	The Family Blade		15
-	Lynch Mob	Hangman's Alley	7
-	Taken as a Lass		25
-	Magic Lamp	The Mire	6
-	Siren's Call		-
-	Practicum in Advanced Alchemy		24
-	In Wolf's Clothing		15

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