How to get Manticore Witcher Gear

This guide will explain how to get the Manticore gear diagrams in Witcher 3. Unlike the four Grandmaster level upgrades for existing witcher gear introduced in the Blood and Wine expansion, Manticore is an entirely new set of witcher gear.

This level 40 grandmaster-tier medium armor set is themed around alchemy.

Considering the strength of alchemy/Euphoria builds,  Manticore is one of the best options for your end game gear. To craft this set, you’ll need to find the six armor and weapon diagrams.

To find them, you can either travel to Beauclair and speak with the Grandmaster armorer Lazare Lafargue to start the Scavenger Hunt: Grandmaster Manticore gear quest or head straight for the diagram locations we’ve added below.

Manticore Steel Sword Location

Travel to the first location at the ruins of Bastoy prison, found to the northwest of Beauclair Palace. You will find the Manticore steel sword diagram inside the ruined tower. You’ll have to jump to reach the railing here.

Manticore Armor Location

Next, travel to Gelenser Farm in eastern Toussaint and go to the highlighted cave to the southeast.

Inside the cave, read through the red notes on the walls until you find Merten’s Prayer and read it – this will both give you the Manticore armor diagram, and also point to the next location.

Manticore Boots and Trousers Location

Next, travel to the Prophet Lebioda Statue in Northwest Toussaint. Walk inside the abandoned temple to the Prophet Lebioda.

Inside, use Aard to break the weak wall at the back, and defeat the spirit. You’ll then find the Manticore boots & trousers diagrams in a small red box along with a note leading to the next diagram.

Manticore Silver Sword Location

The next location is an underwater cave found to the south of the Beauclair Palace Gardens.

If you get lost,  just look for the jumpable ledges to progress further inside. After completing the trials, you’ll find the Manticore silver sword diagram behind the ghost at the end of the cave. Read the notes that came with it to unlock the final Manticore diagram location.

Manticore Gauntlets Location

Finally you’ll travel to the far-way Lake of Cleansing located in northeast Toussaint, near the Basane Farm. Dive to the bottom of the lake to find the Manticore gauntlets diagram.

Now you can go back to the grandmaster armorer and craft your shiny new Manticore gearset. Although if we’re being honest it looks a little plain, especially compared to the Grandmaster stuff.

Manticore Gear Crafting Materials

Here are all of the materials you need to craft the Manticore gear pieces. Keep in mind you don’t need any previous tiers to craft this set since it comes in only one, level-40 tier version.

Set piece	Crafting Materials
Manticore Silver Sword	Leather scraps x2 Dimeritium ingot x2 Monster brain x1 Ruby x1
Manticore Steel Sword	Leather scraps x2 Dimeritium ingot x2 Ruby dust x1 Monster saliva x1
Manticore Armor	Cured Draconid Leather x1 Dimeritium Plate x2 Monster Ear x2 Monster Eye x2
Manticore Trousers	Cured Draconid Leather x1 Dimeritium Ingot x1 Monster Claw x1 Monster Blood x2
Manticore Boots	Cured Draconid Leather x1 Dimeritium Plate x1 Monster Claw x4 Monster Blood x2
Manticore Gauntlets	Cured Draconid Leather x1 Meteorite Silver Plate x1 Monster Hair x1 Monster Blood x1

Manticore Gear Stats & Set Bonus

The Manticore School gear provides two unique stats not found on other witcher school gear: armor piercing and increased maximum toxicity. The toxicity bonus works especially great with alchemy and Euphoria builds, which are currently the strongest skill builds in Witcher 3.

The Manticore set bonuses are also great for alchemy builds:

• (3/6) Critical hit chance and damage applying to bombs
• (6/6) Increasing the max charges of each alchemy item by 1.

Here are the stats of the six Manticore set pieces.

Want to craft the Grandmaster Witcher gear sets? We’ve got separate guides for the Ursine, Griffin, Feline, and Wolven grandmaster sets.