
Once the spirit has been returned to the proper realm, move through the door at the other end of the hall to enter the master bedroom. Strike these with your sword (or a destructive sign) to prevent her from healing or using them to teleport around the arena (this will also grant her a full heal). If her health gets low, she'll activate a healing portal in one of the four paintings along the walls. Use Quen to prevent yourself taking too much damage, and Yrden to slow or deal additional damage. Move through the burned-out study and onto the balcony, then head back inside via the entrance to the guest bedroom to your right.Īfter moving through the door into the hall, you'll have a short mini-boss fight with a very angry wraith.

Go through the door to the right (near the front of the building) to enter the main hall, then head up the stairs and follow the landing around to the left. Make your way through the open door on the left of the foyer to enter the parlor, then pick up the sketchbook on the table after the cutscene. Dodge backwards (don't roll - the circle isn't wide enough to merit that) to avoid taking damage in the circle and regenerating your enemy's health, then wait for him to execute his energy wave attack once more.Īfter dispatching The Caretaker and wrapping your head around the notion of a talking cat and dog, head inside the manor house to search for Iris. Use a backwards dodge or roll to avoid taking damage, then roll towards him and execute an attack combo while he wrenches his shovel from the ground.Īfter (roughly) 5 seconds, the Caretaker will recover and another energy circle will appear on the ground around him. This is indicated by the large blue-green cone that appears on the ground in front of him a few seconds before his attack.

Phase One: The Caretaker sends a wave of energy towards his opponent. His special attacks come in three phases (in addition to his basic swipe attacks), which advance when you deplete his health past the dividing lines in his life bar: The best strategy for efficiently defeating this boss is to constantly retreat down the long pathways in the garden, then avoid his special attack and rush in to deal damage.

The Caretaker is a formidable opponent, primarily because any of his attacks that successfully land will regenerate a large portion of his health.
