The Bloody Baron’s questline, Household Issues, is likely one of the greatest tales in The Witcher 3 (opens in new tab). Not as a result of it is a laugh-a-minute or something, however it showcases the true gray morality of the collection and is actually an emotional journey. It takes up a considerable portion of The Witcher 3’s story and numerous selections made alongside the best way will have an effect on what ending you get.
With that in thoughts, let’s check out learn how to get one of the best ending within the Household Issues quest.
How one can begin Household Issues
To get began, head to the Crossroads Inn and select the choice “I am a Witcher” to keep away from getting right into a combat with the Baron’s males. Proceed with the story till the Bloody Baron questline unlocks after finishing The Nilfgaardian Connection. Then, head to Crow’s Perch and hunt down the Baron for a chat.
After revealing that Ciri was certainly at Crow’s Perch, he’ll reveal his true intentions: if you wish to discover Ciri, it’s worthwhile to assist him discover his spouse, Anna, and his daughter, Tamara. He’ll lead you to their bedrooms to assemble clues however you solely want to look Anna’s to progress the hunt. I might nonetheless search Tamara’s room although for bits of precious loot and you will get a touch as to the place she’s disappeared to.
Search Anna and the Baron’s room
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Use your Witcher senses to analyze the room. You are searching for:
- A broken candlestick
- A pale piece of wall that is lately had a portray hung there
- A portray that is been moved, revealing a gap within the wall
- A dresser that has the remainder of the damaged candlestick
- The spilled Evreluce wine
You may then want to trace the scent of the wine however the path goes chilly fairly shortly. You may discover a floorboard you’ll be able to work together with that reveals a talisman, so communicate to the Baron to inform him what you have discovered. He’ll deny any data of a combat or something sinister however will level you within the course of a crafty lady (learn: a witch) and the pellar. Go see the pellar first, as he has a pleasant goat named Princess it’s worthwhile to lure house with a bell.
The crafty lady—notably, Keira Metz—you’ll be able to go to later except you wish to embark on a distinct prolonged sidequest. The pellar’s home could be present in Blackbough, so simply comply with the waypoint on the map till you meet him. The Baron’s males are already there and you may both pay them, use Axii on them, or your swords to dispel the group. If you happen to fought the Baron’s males on the Crossroads Inn they will bear in mind you and you will have no choice however to combat, in any other case, they need to go away effectively alone.
Go to the pellar
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As I defined earlier, it’s worthwhile to retrieve the pellar’s goat first, so go forward and lure her again and be careful for the bear. After that, the pellar will carry out a ritual, revealing that Anna and Tamara fled the Bloody Baron’s abuse and that Anna was pregnant, however miscarried. The kid turned a Botchling because of not receiving a correct burial, and they’re harmful wee creatures.
You then must journey again to the Baron and confront him about his lies. Sadly, every thing is on hearth and it’s worthwhile to get to the stables to rescue the horses and a guard known as Oswin. You’ll be able to ignore this hearth however you will miss out on a reward, so climb up the ladder to get to the highest of the secure and make your means by means of the stables to the decrease stage to interrupt out the door.
After that, you will should have a combat with the Baron as he is drunk and belligerent. He is simple to beat as a result of he is tremendous gradual, and afterward, you will have one other cutscene the place the Baron reveals the reality. Primarily, you need to determine what you are doing with the Botchling. You’ll be able to select to call the Botchling and bury it, turning it right into a Lubberkin—a pleasant guardian spirit who will help you—or kill the Botchling and provides its blood to the pellar.
Observe the Lubberkin
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Once more, we’re going for one of the best ending, so select to bury the Botchling. You may must combat some wraiths and ensure the Botchling additionally stays calm utilizing Axii. If it does not, you will be pressured to kill it, so ensure you calm it down between slicing up enemies. Finally, a cutscene will set off and the Baron will title the child Dea, and as soon as laid to relaxation, the Lubberkin will seem and lead you to a smokehouse and horse tracks. Preserve following and ultimately, you will discover a fisherman’s hut, so head inside.
The fisherman, Voytek, will faux he is by no means met Anna or Tamara which we clearly know is nonsense. He reveals Tamara has gone to Oxenfurt however Anna was kidnapped and her whereabouts are unknown. At this level, reveal what to the Baron and he’ll provide you with a doll, which you’ll take to Tamara who, shock shock, joined the Everlasting Flame spiritual cult.
The Women of the Woods
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That is the place it’s worthwhile to do the previous switcheroo to the Keira Metz questline, so proceed till you full “The Women of the Woods” and discover Anna has been kidnapped by the Crones, three very previous and scary witches. You may wish to kill the Whispering Hillock throughout this quest to get the great ending in Household Issues.
You’ll be able to then communicate to the Baron once more now that you have discovered Anna and that concludes Household Issues. Nonetheless, to really end the storyline and get the great ending, it’s worthwhile to full the Return to Crookback Lavatory as effectively. The Women of the Wooden will summon a fiend to combat you and the witch hunters, so you will want Relict Oil, Samum bombs, and heavy use of Quen. After it is defeated, the Baron will take Anna to a healer within the mountains and Tamara stays a member of the Everlasting Flame.
