To Bait a Forktail...

To Bait a Forktail...
Type	Main Quest
Region	Kaer Morhen
Quest Giver	Yennefer of Vengerberg
Suggested Level	19
Reward	600 XP; Mountain Folk Boots and Manuscript Page: Hanged Man's Venom for winning the race
Previous Quest	Disturbance
Next Quest	The Final Trial

To Bait a Forktail... is one of the main quests at Kaer Morhen inside Ugly Baby. Yennefer needs parts of a forktail, a dangerous beast, to lift Uma's curse. She sends Geralt to help Eskel hunt one. First Geralt has to find Eskel, who has gone ahead with a goat as bait. It is the first time in years that the two witchers meet.

To Bait a Forktail... Map Location and Quest Guide

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To Bait a Forktail... map location:

1. Start at the Kaer Morhen fast travel point and find horse tracks with Witcher Senses.
2. Follow the tracks to Eskel's horse, Scorpion.
3. Search the area around the horse, and take the draconid oil from the dish if needed.
4. Follow Eskel's tracks and the goat's tracks until they vanish on the rocks.
5. Follow the goat's smell with Witcher Senses.
6. Find Eskel and talk to him.
7. Fight the forktail with Eskel.
8. Follow the forktail's blood trail to its cave when it flees.
9. Kill the forktail inside the cave.
10. Race Eskel back to Kaer Morhen, or decline and ride back.

Map credit by Map Genie.

Choices

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Eskel proposes a horse race back to the keep. The race is optional. Winning it earns a prize from Eskel: a pair of Mountain Folk Boots and the Hanged Man's Venom manuscript page. Geralt can also turn the prize down and ask Eskel to buy him a drink instead.

Characters

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The characters who take part in the quest.

Character	Image
Eskel
Yennefer of Vengerberg

Monsters

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The monsters fought during the quest.

Monster	Image	Species
Forktail		Draconids

Notes

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• The draconid oil at Eskel's camp disappears later, so it is worth taking right away.
• Disturbance and The Final Trial are the other two tasks at Kaer Morhen.

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