Before you can accept this quest, you’ll need to be Hunter Rank 16 or higher, meaning you’ll need to have completed the main story.

After speaking to third fleet feylines you will immediately jump in the boots of the Witcher, while your main hunter go-to-do-something-else. Right after the mission, you will meet Smithy Apprentices, this dude will not make weapons for you, but instead allowing you to switch between 14 weapons of Monster Hunter World.

Note: The default weapon for this quest is Witcher’s Silver Sword – This weapon is a Sword and Shield weapon, with the shield cleverly modeled as the Quen sign, and the Shield Bash combo is treated as the Aard signs.

"Everything to the witchers are just contracts. The clients pays and they will slay…"

The objectives of the main quest are pretty straight forward: Speaking to NPC – Follow the markers – Fight – and repeat. With that said, you got to do all of this in Witcher style, as all elements will drastically change as soon as you start the quest (Font styles, Music, Interactive options & some minor HUD elements)

You will meet the Epidemic Researcher right after picking your weapon. You can then follow the conversation with her by choosing multiple dialogue options

After saving him with Igni sign, he will inform you more about the nature of the strange occurrences in the wood. Which finally revealed to be under the effect of the Leshen.

Hold up! You may continue to follow the trail deeper to find the Leshen’s totem. But there is an interesting guy here that help you trigger a sidequest…

There are many Pukei-Pukei near the Botanist and mostly they are already dead, but there is still one of them right behind the tree stump.


Igni come to the rescue again, and this will start the first side quest (or the second depending on your exploration) of this Collaboration Event. This Pukei-Pukei will appear again at the end of this quest.

You can then continue with the main objective, venture deeper to find the Leshen’s totem in the heart of the woods. Shortly a group of Jagras will come and introducing you the first fight of the hunt.

While these Jagras doesn’t pack much of a punch, they are pretty troublesome in a group. Your best options here are Igni and the Shield Slam combo (If you are still using the Silver Sword)

After these lizards, you will finally face the main boss of the event.

The Leshen utilize plant and bird crow as it’s main attacks. Your first priority on this fight is to use Igni on him. This will stun for a short time and disable his Bird aura (Saving you some damage overtime) As for his root attacks, try to roll away as soon as he stuck his hand on the ground.

Finally, avoid his melee attacks at all cost! As it will cause bleeding, and without your accumulated items, this will make the fight a lot worse.

I strongly recommended using the Witcher’s Silver Sword on this fight, as it allows you to use Igni quicker, and offer a lot of mobilities for Geralt.

Leshen, just like the monster in MHW, will move to different areas during the fight. With the final area being the open area in Ancient Forest.

If you already saved the Pukei Pukei, he will appear at this final area to help you fight the Leshen. This is a welcome addition, as it can inflict Poison on the boss and can help you diverse the Leshen’s focus.

Don’t let that poor monster die though! You need to keep him alive to acquire the rewards after the quest! Life Powder (and EZ Life Powder) is your main tools to heal this monster.

After you dealt with the Leshen, and the Pukei-Pukei is still alive. You will complete the “Pukei-Pukei in peril” sidequest and trigger another cutscene. This will also reward you with the most precious item of the game…

In Area 6 or 7, you will encounter some strange marks on the wall. By inspecting this, you will start the Chief’s issue quest line. As soon as you pick up one of these doodles. The Lynian Researcher will be marked on the map (Area 6) By meeting him, you will be informed on the location of a tribe in Rathalos’s nest (Ancient Forest Camp)

Go to this area and you will need to fight the Gajalaka here. Get rid of these guys and return to the Lynian Researcher, he will then inquire about the healer. You will then need to gather information from the Handler in the 1st area.

Finally, you will need to travel to Area 13 (Where a giant Vigor Wasp usually located) to complete the Chief’s Issue Sidequest.

Here is a quick summary on what you will receive upon completing Monster Hunter World Witcher content

Returning to Astera after defeating the Leshen will unlock a new Critical Bounty from the trio of researchers in the center of the Tradeyard. Instead of crafting a set of Palico clothes from extra Leshen parts, you’ll need to fulfill a strange request and capture another Nekker before you can change your Palico to match Geralt’s style.

You’re given a few hints about how to catch a Nekker: They’re only seen at night, they don’t hunt for themselves, and they’ve only been seen in the Ancient Forest. While the first and last clues are easy to decipher, the middle one might not make much sense if you haven’t observed the habits of the Great Jagras beyond shoving sharp things into their soft bits.

If you leave a Great Jagras alone for a while, it’ll swallow an Aptonoth and start waddling around the map with the beast distending its enormous belly. Follow it back to its lair, and it’ll share the meal with the lesser Jagras by barfing up some of the meat in front of them. You have to hide to observe this behavior, so you’ll need to bring your Ghillie Mantle or crouch in the bushes while you wait.

The Nekker only shows up at night and only eats the leavings of high-rank Great Jagras, so you’ll need to choose a quest which fulfills all the requirements. The optional quest “Hard to Swallow” meets all the criteria, but you may have to wait for a while if it’s still daylight when you start the mission. Practice fishing, cook your raw meat, or drill with an unfamiliar weapon if you need to wait for nightfall. It may take a couple of tries before the Nekker shows up, but it’s quite distinctive and easy to spot when it makes an appearance. Equip your bug net and grab it, then return to Astera.

This concludes de first part of the event.