How to get the Grandmaster Feline Gear in The Witcher 3 (Cat School Set) (2024)

This guide will show you how to start the Scavenging Hunt quest for the Grandmaster Feline Gear from the Cat School witcher set in The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt next-gen update, where to find and obtain all the diagrams and the requirements to craft the armor and weapons!

What is Grandmaster Feline Gear and who is it for

The Grandmaster Feline Witcher set is for level 40 and is an upgrade to the Mastercrafted Feline witcher gear (level 34). It’s a light armor that increases Experienced earned, chance to cause bleeding as well as resistance to piercing, slashing, elemental, and monster damage. If you prefer fast melee attacks over the use of signs then this set is just for you.

You need to craft the Basic Feline, Enhanced Feline, Superior Feline, and Mastercrafted Feline armors and swords first as they are part of the requirements to craft the Grandmaster version. More on that in the Crafting Segment later in this guide.

Grandmaster is the highest tier of witcher gear in the game. At this tier, you get Set Bonuses. The more pieces of the same set you have equipped, the more bonuses you receive. More on that later in the guide.

How to start the Scavenger Hunt quest

To unlock the quest, you need tounlock and access Toussaint. This is the region added to The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt with its second expansion Blood and Wine. If you don’t own the expansion, you can’t get the quest and the gear.

When you get to Toussaint, find the workshop of Lazare Lafargue. It’s located northwest of the Mettina Gate signpost.

This is the only Grandmaster craftsman in the game. He is an Armorer and Blacksmith “2 in 1” . Talk to him and ask him about the Cat gear diagrams hidden somewhere in Toussaint. This will grant you the Scavenger Hunt quest for the six diagrams of the Grandmaster Feline set.

You can start and complete this quest at a lower level. The opponents you will have to fight are nothing extraordinary but all of them are level 40+, keep this in mind. You will need to be level 40 to wear the gear, though.

Visual Overview of the Grandmaster Feline set

This set comes in dark blue color. It features a utility belt and chain mail protection around the neck, and both arms. The highest tier of this set adds a dark blue hood as well. You can use a dye on it to change the colors of each individual item. Dyes can be purchased from theDyes Merchant in Toussaint.

Where to find the Diagrams

All six Grandmaster Feline gear diagrams are in the same area in Toussaint. You will find them near the Arthach Palace Ruins in the far North of Toussaint.

Grandmaster Feline Armor Diagram location

The Grandmaster Feline armor diagram is in an estate east of the Arthach Palace Ruins.

To get inside walk around the wall, you’ll find this wooden structure. Climb over and defeat the bandits.

Talk to the steward, then enter the red house that’s located to the North of the estate.

Once inside look for this portrait, the Grandmaster Feline armor diagram is hidden behind it.

Grandmaster Feline Trousers and Boots Diagrams location

The next diagram is located in the middle of the Arthach Palace Ruins. There are many enemies in this place. Before heading there make sure to replenish your Bombs, Decoctions, Oils, and Potions.

You’ll know that you’re in the right place when you see these old ruins. The chest that contains the Grandmaster Feline Trousers and Grandmaster Feline Boots is on the north bridge leading out of the center tower.

There are two staircases leading up to the center tower. One on the west and one on the east side. Take them and when you go up, exit to the north to get to the chest.

Grandmaster Feline Gauntlets, Silver Sword, and Steel Sword Diagram locations

The last three diagrams are South of the Arthach Palace Ruins.

The diagrams are inside this cave. Be careful, there are two Archespores inside.

After the Archerspores are defeated, go to the end of the cave. There’s a leather bag on the floor, it contains the Grandmaster Feline Gauntlets, Silver Sword, and Steel Sword diagrams.

How to craft the Armor and weapons

After you have obtained all of the diagrams, bring them back to Lazare Lafargue. Below you can see the crafting requirements for each item and further down I have helpful information on where to find and how to get the rarest ingredients.

Infused Slyzard Hide
Can be purchased from the Shopkeeper Lafargue. You can also craft it from Cured Draconid Leather and Infused Crystal. Both also craftable items.

Enriched Dimeritium Plate
Can be purchased from the Shopkeeper Lafargue. Can also be crafted from Enriched Dimeritium Ingot.

Enriched Dimeritium Ingot
Can be purchased from the Shopkeeper Lafargue. Can also be crafted from Enriched Dimeritium Ore, which can be crafted or purchased.

Before you resort to purchasing an expensive crafting material, make sure you don’t have a way to craft it. All of the above-mentioned ingredients can be crafted. The ingredients for those items are fairly cheap and easy to find and loot. Things like Dimeritium Ore and Orichalcum Ore are available for loot. Explore Toussaint and do some of the question-marked optional activities on your map.

The rest of the items you can get by purchasing from alchemists, merchants or armorers, and blacksmiths. You can also get them by dismantling items at an armorer or blacksmith.

There is no doubt that this is an expensive witcher set. Not only the crafting ingredients are rare and expensive to obtain, but the crafting tax at the craftsman are steep as well.

Gear Stats and Set Bonus

The Grandmaster tier of witcher sets all have unique set bonuses. The more items of the same set you wear, the more bonuses you receive. Below you can read the set bonuses for equipping 3 and 6 of the Grandmaster Feline items.

Here are the stats of each individual gear piece. The plus and minus numbers at the end show the differences between the Mastercrafted and Grandmaster tier.

How to get the Legendary Version of the Grandmaster Feline Set

The Legendary Cat School witcher gear set is available in New Game Plus (NG+) in The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt. The Scavenger Hunt Quest and all diagrams are located in the exact same places as in the normal game.

This concludes my guide on where to find and how to obtain the Grandmaster Cat school gear diagrams and how to start and complete the Scavenger Hunt quests for them. If you are looking for more, take a look at theGear Sets Guidescollection we have.