Sansretour Valley

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The area in the order you play it. Tick things off as you go: they tick off in the checklists below too.

1. 1

   Slay Golyat at Dulcinea Windmill

   When you arrive in Toussaint after escorting Palmerin and Milton into the Sansretour Valley basin, you will immediately encounter Dulcinea Windmill on the northeast edge of the valley. Golyat attacks here, and you can strike his exposed eye through the gap in his head barrel with a crossbow bolt to execute a one-shot kill opening. Once the giant falls, loot his corpse to claim the Golyat Trophy along with monster parts, florens, and gear.

   A one-shot kill opening on Golyat that triggers the "David and Golyat" trophy by manually aiming a crossbow bolt through the narrow slit of the wooden cask covering his head directly into his central eye.

   Tip: Aim your crossbow directly through the wooden barrel's narrow opening to hit Golyat's exposed eye for an instant kill.

   Watch out: The "David and Golyat" trophy/achievement is permanently missable if you kill Golyat with standard melee strikes instead of shooting his eye.

2. 2

   Inspect the Barn near Dulcinea and The Cockatrice Inn

   Follow the valley roads past the riverbanks toward The Cockatrice Inn. Before focusing strictly on the riverbank investigation, step inside the barn located near the shoreline beneath the inn and Dulcinea Windmill. Search the containers and interior surfaces inside this building to collect the Old Pamphlet.

   Tip: Search all interior containers thoroughly before continuing your pursuit of the Beast.

   Watch out: You can easily miss grabbing the Old Pamphlet early if you follow the main questline past this building without entering it.

3. 3

   Search the Riverbank Shoreline for the Beast's Victim

   Head down to the Sansretour River shoreline situated just below The Cockatrice Inn to inspect the area for scurvers and clues regarding the Beast's victim. Activate your Witcher Senses along the riverbanks to track the disturbance, then examine the submerged fishing net in the water. Interact with the underwater net to retrieve the Handkerchief Monogrammed "d.l.C." to advance your investigation.

   Tip: Use your Witcher Senses along the water's edge to easily pinpoint the submerged net.

4. 4

   Play Gwent at The Cockatrice Inn

   Head up to The Cockatrice Inn along the valley road. Speak with the innkeeper inside the tavern to challenge them to a match of cards.

   Tip: Challenge regional innkeepers immediately to expand your card collection.

5. 5

   Search the Abandoned Temple of the Prophet Lebioda

   Journey through the Sansretour Valley to locate the Abandoned Temple of the Prophet Lebioda. Head inside the temple structure and find the pair of steps. Beside these two steps, open the red chest to secure Diagram: Manticore trousers and Diagram: Manticore boots.

   Diagram: Manticore boots: Inside the Abandoned Temple of the Prophet Lebioda in the Sansretour Valley, beside two steps, inside a red chestHow: open the red chest New

   Tip: Look beside the two stone steps inside the temple to easily spot the red container.

6. 6

   Clear the Archespore Nest by the Riverbank

   Travel northeast of the Sansretour Valley signpost along the riverbank to reach an Archespores guarded treasure site. Eliminate the hostile Archespores guarding the riverbank and search the human corpse lying at the site. Loot this body to obtain the Heavy brass key and the Letter on elegant stationery, and be sure to read the letter right away.

   Golyat Trophy: Dulcinea WindmillHow: Looted directly from Golyat's corpse after the fight NewOld Pamphlet: Old Pamphlet is located inside a barn/building near the shoreline beneath The Cockatrice Inn / Dulcinea area, not directly adjacent. New

   Tip: Keep this letter in your inventory and read it as soon as you loot it to prepare for upcoming wine disputes.

   Watch out: If you finish and turn in either "Wine Wars: Vermentino" or "Wine Wars: Coronata" before looting and reading the Letter on elegant stationery, the secret quest "Wine Wars: The Deus in the Machina" will become permanently locked out.

7. 7

   Cleanse the Corvo Bianco Wine Cellar

   Head south across the valley basin to the vineyard slopes of Corvo Bianco Vineyard, located southeast of the Sansretour Valley signpost. Descend into the wine cellar dungeon beneath the estate where you must defeat the Bruxa of Corvo Bianco. After putting down the vampire, harvest her remains to collect Bruxa hair, vampire saliva, and vampire mutagen, then speak with majordomo Barnabas-Basil Foulty up at the estate house.

   Key fight: The Bruxa of Corvo Bianco

   Tip: Prepare to dodge frequently in the confined cellar space while facing the Bruxa.