Caroberta Woods

Caroberta Woods is the great forest of southern Toussaint. It is named after Duchess Carolina Roberta, the grandmother of the reigning duchess Anna Henrietta, who loved to host elaborate games of hide-and-seek among its trees. Courtly fun has always been part of the forest’s story: once a year Baron Trastamara held his “Wood Festival” and took the whole court out on a grand hunt.

A trappers’ post on the edge of the woods grew into the village of Francollarts, where hunters, woodcutters and beekeepers sell what the forest provides. Deeper in, the fairy-tale charm wears thin. The woods hide a cursed hunting lodge, a cemetery riddled with catacombs and, south of Francollarts, the vampire ruins of Tesham Mutna.

In The Witcher 3

The forest is the backdrop for much of the main quest La Cage au Fou. Geralt finds Regis in the catacombs of Mère-Lachaiselongue Cemetery, collects saliva from the spotted wight that haunts the old Trastamara hunting cottage (see Trastamara Estate Ruins), and then takes Regis to Tesham Mutna to agitate his blood. Geralt returns to the ruins for the showdown with Dettlaff in the quest Tesham Mutna.

The cursed cottage also leads to two side quests: The Hunger Game, if Geralt lifts the curse on Marlene de Trastamara, and Spoontaneous Profits!, which starts with a key found in the cottage.

Good to know

• Francollarts: the village has a general merchant and a notice board. The innkeeper of the Scarlet Cardinal and the journeyman armorer both play Gwent, for the Ermion and Clan Drummond Shield Maiden cards.
• Signposts: Francollarts, Mère-Lachaiselongue Cemetery, Trastamara Hunting Cottage and Tesham Mutna Ruins.
• Find your way with the Toussaint interactive map.