Daphne's Wraith
| Daphne's Wraith | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Species | Specters |
| DLC | Blood and Wine |
| Oil | Specter Oil |
| Location | Toussaint |
Daphne's Wraith is a Specter, the spirit of a young woman trapped inside a tree in Toussaint. It appears in A Knight's Tales, a level 40 secondary quest of the Blood and Wine expansion, so it belongs to the late game. The spirit can be set free in peace or fought with the sword.
Lore
Daphne loved a knight named Gareth. The land suffered from a long drought, and Gareth rode off to Lynx Crag to face the witch who lived there. The knight meant to force her to lift the drought. Gareth never came back. Daphne waited for the knight's return, and her grief and longing turned her into a tree.
Jacob, a woodcutter, is an expert on old tales. To Jacob, the bleeding tree seems to come straight out of Herrera's tales. Those tales say nothing about what happened to the knight on Lynx Crag. Any answer to the mystery can only be found there.
Behaviour
The tree stands in a loggers' clearing near the village of Fox Hollow. Cut with an axe, it seeps human blood instead of sap.
How the spirit leaves the tree decides what it becomes. Freed the right way, it is a calm ghost that leaves this world at peace. Freed the wrong way, it bursts out as a crazed wraith, filled with pain and ready to kill.
Weaknesses
Coat the silver sword with Specter Oil if the spirit comes out of the tree as a wraith.
A fight can come about two ways. Lighting the ritual fires with the wrong offerings frees a crazed wraith at the tree, and it must be defeated on the spot. Threatening the witch of Lynx Crag ends with a fight against the witch first. After that, the freed spirit kills Jacob, and the last fight is against Morholt.
Daphne's Wraith Map Location and Quest Guide
- Take Jacob's notice from the notice board at Castel Ravello, or talk to Jacob the woodcutter near Fox Hollow.
- Examine the bleeding tree, then talk to Jacob again and read Tales and Fables.
- Go to Lynx Crag and search the witch's hut with the Witcher Senses.
- Examine the pelt on the wall to make the witch appear.
- Ask the witch what happened to Sir Gareth, then ask her for help.
- Find the entrance to the cave under Lynx Crag and find Sir Gareth's remains.
- Return to the bleeding tree and talk to Jacob.
- Light the southern, eastern, northern and western fires in that order.
Map credit by Map Genie.
Contracts and Quests
| Quest | Quest Giver | Location | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| A Knight's Tales | Jacob | Toussaint | 100 crowns or 123 florens |
Daphne's Wraith is the heart of A Knight's Tales, a secondary quest in Toussaint. It starts with Jacob in person or with Jacob's notice on the notice board at Castel Ravello. The woodcutter wants someone with no fear of spells, someone who could face a witch. Jacob shows the bleeding tree and hands over the book Tales and Fables.
On Lynx Crag stands the witch's hut. A search with the Witcher Senses ends at a pelt on the wall, and the witch appears. There are three ways to deal with her. Threatening her leads to a fight. Claiming to lift the curse alone skips her help. Asking her what happened to Sir Gareth, then bowing and asking for help, is the best choice. The witch takes a lock of the witcher's hair as payment and explains how to free the woman in the tree. A cave beneath Lynx Crag holds Sir Gareth's remains.
Back at the tree, Jacob helps with the ritual of the four fires. With the bone and the right questions, Daphne's spirit leaves this world at peace, and Jacob pays 100 crowns. Otherwise, the crazed wraith must be killed. Threatening the witch is the worst path: the freed spirit kills Jacob. That path pays 123 florens, found beside the woodcutter's body.
Drops
| Name | Image |
|---|---|
| Essence of Wraith | - |
| Infused Dust | 
|
| Lunar Shards | 
|
| Specter Dust | 
|
All Monster Categories
All Specters
| Name | Image | Variant of | Oil | Signs | Bombs | Location | DLC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Banshee | 
|
- | Specter Oil | Yrden | - |
|
Blood and Wine |
| Barghest | 
|
- | Specter Oil | Moon Dust | Toussaint | Blood and Wine | |
| Daphne's Wraith | 
|
- | Specter Oil | - | - | Toussaint | Blood and Wine |
| Devil by the Well | 
|
Noonwraith | Specter Oil | Yrden | Moon Dust | White Orchard | Base game |
| Ethereal | 
|
- | Specter Oil |
|
- | Hearts of Stone | |
| Hym | 
|
- | Specter Oil | Igni | Moon Dust | Skellige | Base game |
| Jenny o' the Woods | 
|
Nightwraith | Specter Oil | Yrden | Moon Dust | - | Base game |
| Longlocks | 
|
Banshee | Specter Oil | - | - | Land of a Thousand Fables | Blood and Wine |
| Nightwraith | 
|
- | Specter Oil | Yrden | Moon Dust |
|
Base game |
| Noonwraith | 
|
- | Specter Oil | Yrden | Moon Dust |
|
Base game |
| Penitent | 
|
Wraith | Specter Oil | Moon Dust | - | Base game | |
| Phantom of the Amphitheater | 
|
Banshee | Specter Oil | - | - | - | Blood and Wine |
| Plague Maiden | 
|
- | Specter Oil | Yrden | - | - | Base game |
| Red Miasmal | 
|
- | - | - | - | - | Base game |
| The White Lady | 
|
Noonwraith | Specter Oil | Yrden | Moon Dust | - | Base game |
| The Wraith from the Painting | 
|
- | Specter Oil | - | - | Hearts of Stone | |
| Umbra | - | - | - | - | - | Toussaint | Blood and Wine |
| Wraith | 
|
- | Specter Oil | Moon Dust | White Orchard | Base game |
