This page contains the location and crafting requirements for the Manticore School Witcher Gear, which is containted in the Blood and Wine expansion for The Witcher 3.

The Manticore gear set is Grandmaster-level Witcher Gear, and can only be crafted by the Grandmaster Smith in Beauclair. As with the other schools, there are four pieces of armor to acquire along with two swords.

Manticore Gear Diagram Locations

The diagrams for this set of Witcher Gear can be found on their own, triggering the side quest Scavenger Hunt: Grandmaster Manticore Gear, or as part of the quest Master Master Master Master! in Beauclair.

Manticore Steel Sword

The diagrams for the Steel Sword in this school can be found in the ruins of Bastoy Prison, to the north-west of Beauclair.

Following the road into the ruins from the south, head straight to the ruined tower at the far end, then climb up onto the ruins and use your Witcher Senses to locate a loose brick.

The diagram - and a note containing the location of the next one - is behind the brick.

Manticore Chest Armor

The chest armor for the Manticore School gear set is where the second clue will lead Geralt if he's following the Scavenger Hunt questline.

Find and enter the cave to the north of the Trastamara Hunting Cottage (from the La Cage au Fou main quest).

Several notes are tacked to the back wall. The right-hand note on the wall directly across from the chamber entrance is a note from the Manticore Witcher, with a diagram of his armor hastily scrawled on the backside.

Manticore Boots and Trousers

Follow the third clue and it will lead you to the temple of Lebioda, in the north-west corner of Toussaint.

Head inside the temple and use Aard to destroy the rock wall in the back. Inside, the ghostly specter of the Great Beggar will attack you - defeat it and collect the diagrams from the chest on the table in the back-left corner of the room.

Manticore Silver Sword

From the Sansretour Valley, head back to the south - to the west bank of the lake between the Duchal Palace and Beauclair. Enter the cave in the shallows and proceed through the tunnels. Geralt will suffer a coughing fit due to an unknown gas.

Continue forward until you reach a large open chamber occupied by a young woman. If you approach her, the hallucination will transform into a Bruxa. Eliminate the beast and continue through the opening at the back of the chamber.

After the next tunnel, you will "see" a group of beggars. Pick up the coins from the ground near them and distribute them amongs the phantom beggars, then head through the tunnel at the other end of the room.

The next large chamber features a spectral man being accosted by several Kikimores. Coat your blade in Insectoid oil then hack your way through them - once they've been dispatched, climb up the terraced rocks at the far end of the chamber and use Aard to break through the stone barrier.

In this final chamber, you'll see the phantom of a Mysterious Man next to a makeshift alter. When he disappears, claim the notes and Diagram from the chest beside it.

Manticore Gauntlets

The final diagram can be found at the bottom of a small lake to the east of the Dun Tynne Crossroads.

There's a small group of bandits (as well as the treasure they're guarding) on the bank of the lake - eliminate them and head to the end of the covered dock.

Dive in and use your Witcher Senses to locate the lost satchel - search it to discover the Gauntlet diagram and final journal of the Manticore School Witcher.