It can be easy to let your guard down with children. Their disarming demeanor makes it hard to be suspicious of their true intentions. That said,The Witcher 3cautions against blindly trusting their word in the quest, Never Trust Children.

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It’s split into two parts, with one taking place in Novigrad and the other in Skellige. Both halves will automatically fail if you choose to ignore the child in question, though these events won’t reward you with much. If you’re interested in experiencing these encounters, this quest will help you find and complete both encounters with the children.

Where To Start Never Trust Children In Novigrad

The encounter within the free city can be easy to miss because it’sright outside the tilted tower that Triss calls home, which you’re probably rushing into for a quest. Look for a child cryingat a street corner just north of the entrance.

The quest willautomatically fail if you ignore the childand will become impossible to complete.

A screenshot of Geralt standing near a crying child in a street in Novigrad.

If youtry to ask the child why they’re crying,the brat will dash off and lead you toa pair of thugs waiting in a secluded corner.You’ll have to slaughter the men for the encounter to end.

Where To Start Never Trust Children In Skellige

A second encounter with a child is onArd Skellig,betweenArinbjorn and Sund,on the island’swestern coastwhere you’ll find a child crying by the road. They’ll tell Geralt that theirfather is being attacked by a bear.

They’ll lead Geralt into the woods where you’ll find a group of bandits instead of a bear. The gang willtry to kill Geralt.You’ll have to end them first, before the quest will end.

A screenshot of The Witcher 3’s map with an orange circle over a quest objective.

One of the bandits isarmed with an axe,whichcannot be parried and will knock Geralt back.You should try to kill him first bybefuddling him with Axiito give yourself a window to deal damage before killing him outright.

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A screenshot of Geralt walking towards a child in the wilderness of Ard Skellig.