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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

Scavenger Hunt: Griffin School Gear Upgrade Diagrams - Part 1

By
Nathan Garvin

Acquiring the "Griffin" iconGriffin Witcher Set at level eleven is a godsend, providing a vast boost to your damage output, defense and sign intensity. This gear advantage won’t last forever, however, and before long you’ll need to seek out the upgrade diagrams to create the enhanced versions of the Griffin set. This page will provide a walkthrough for the treasure hunt "Scavenger Hunt: Griffin School Gear Upgrade Diagrams - Part 1" iconScavenger Hunt: Griffin School Gear Upgrade Diagrams - Part 1 in The Witcher 3, which will help you find the diagrams for the Griffin Steel Sword - Enhanced, the Enhanced Griffin Boots and the Enhanced Griffin Trousers.

Quest Objectives

Starting Scavenger Hunt: Griffin School Gear Upgrade Diagrams - Part 1

Starting this quest is easy, if somewhat limited. You can only begin this quest by purchasing Edwin Grelof’s First Map from the Armorer at Midcopse, and once you read said map this quest, along with Scavenger Hunt: Griffin School Gear will begin. Oddly enough you will not start this quest if you blindly stumble across one of the enhanced Griffin diagrams, but you also don’t need to complete "Scavenger Hunt: Griffin School Gear" iconScavenger Hunt: Griffin School Gear to advance this quest. Of course, you need the base Griffin gear to created the enhanced variants, so there’s no real reason to seek all these upgrade diagrams out until you craft the base gear.

Griffin Steel Sword - Enhanced Location

The Griffin Steel Sword - Enhanced, can be found at a Bandit Camp west of Midcopse, northwest of Condyle, on a small peninsula at the western edge of Velen. Head on over there and you’ll find some ruins, now occupied by a small horde of Pirates (Lv7). These come in two groups, with several along the northern edge of the ruins and another group - along with the Pirate Leader (Lv7) outside the ruins further to the south.

Kill the Pirates, then head to the northern end of the ruins to find a doorway - the road that leads to these ruins will terminate near the doorway, so it shouldn’t be hard to find. Enter the ruins via the aforementioned doorway and look south, southwest (slightly to the right) to find some stairs. Ascend them and you’ll find a chest right in front of you. Loot it to score the "Diagram" iconDiagram: Griffin Steel Sword - Enhanced.

(1 of 3) The location of the Griffin Steel Sword - Enhanced on the map.

Enhanced Griffin Boots Location

Fast travel to the Inn at the Crossroads and from there make your way to the northwestern end of the island the inn is on to find some brick ruins near a small Nilfgaardian outpost. Explore the ruins but be wary of a "Forktail" iconForktail (Lv18) that flies around up here - it will very likely attack you, so be prepared to put this monster down. If you already acquired the Griffin Silver Sword from Lornruk, the "Wyvern" iconWyvern (Lv14) there fights almost exactly the same, this Forktail just is a bit stronger due to its level. Once the Forktail is slain you can leisurely search the northwestern end of the ruins to find a chest containing the Diagram: Enhanced Griffin Boots.

(1 of 3) The location of the Enhanced Griffin Boots on the map.

Enhanced Griffin Trousers Location

The least far afield of the three enhanced Griffin set pieces are the trousers, which can be found a short distance east of "Crow's Perch" iconCrow’s Perch. Look for some Burned Ruins - it even has its own signpost! - and search the middle of the ruins to find some wooden debris. Buried among this debris is a chest containing the Diagram: Enhanced Griffin Trousers.

(1 of 2) The location of the Enhanced Griffin Trousers on the map.

The location of the Enhanced Griffin Trousers on the map. (left), Search some debris near the middle of the ruins to find a buried chest, containing the diagram for the Enhanced Griffin Trousers. (right)

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Guide Information
  • Publisher
    CD Projekt
  • Platforms,
    PC, PS4, Switch, XB One
  • Genre
    RPG
  • Guide Release
    24 June 2015
  • Last Updated
    22 August 2024
    Version History
  • Guide Author
    Nathan Garvin (Haeravon)

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You are Geralt of Rivia, a professional monster-hunter known as a Witcher. You’ve fully regained your memories since your miraculous revival and escape from the Wild Hunt, and have cleared your name of the false accusations of regicide. In the wake of the assassination of Foltest, king of Temeria, the north have been rent by warfare as Nilfgaard launches its third major invasion, and the northlands have been united under the insane king Radovid. Overshadowing these petty politics is the mysterious return of Ciri - Geralt’s adopted daughter, who is now being pursued by the Wild Hunt.

The guide offers the following:

  • A full walkthrough that’s more than just a listing of quests-it’s an “ideal chronological order” that will get you through the whole game and allow you to see and do everything the game has to offer.

  • Side quests, including monster contracts and treasure hunts for obtaining powerful Witcher sets.

  • Descriptions of decisions, quests, and events that influence the various endings of the game.

  • Crafting and Alchemy information.

  • General strategies on how to take down foes large and small, monstrous and humanoid, boss or mundane.

  • Information on how to complete all the Gwent quests and obtain all the Gwent cards, including detailed Gwent strategies.

  • Trophy/Achievement information.

MASSIVE UPDATE: 7th September 2016 ongoing

  • Added DLC quests “Fool’s Gold” and “Scavenger Hunt: Wolf School Gear”.
  • Organisational changes in the Velen section of the walkthrough to reflect the increased level of Griffin School Gear.
  • Organisational changes throughout the walkthrough to provide a “no skulls” path through the game.
  • Added Death March difficulty tips and commentary throughout the guide.
  • More XP reward numbers included.
  • Walkthrough now includes additional information based on patch changes.
  • Various typo and grammar fixes.
  • Added DLC pages for Blood & Wine, Heart of Stone
  • Lots more quality of life improvements

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