With six sets of Witcher gear to collect in The Witcher 3, finding all diagrams needed to craft each item will take more time than capturing the local Gwent tournament trophy.
The Ursine Witcher gear also includes six variations of equipment including Basic, Enhanced, Superior, Mastercrafted, and Grandmaster. If the School of the Bear is your primary care, nab every diagram and roar to your heart’s content with this guide.
Steel Sword
The Ursine Sword’s starting damage ranges between 184-224 and gives the player a boost when attacking humans (and the closely-related non-humans). Travel to the Ruined Inn in Skellige and use Aard to reveal a set of stairs against the broken brick wall. Deal with the Wraiths occupying the lower level and loot the chest to collect the diagram.
Silver Sword
With a damage score reaching 345, this Silver Sword is an excellent starting Witcher blade. Head to the Rogne marker and then go north until discovering a tower guarding the mountains ahead.
Wrap around to the other side of the structure dropping into a small area where the skeleton holding the diagram can be found.
Crossbow
Next to the Old Watchtower is a cave tucked away on the shore of the island. As Geralt enters, follow the path on the right which will lead to a small gap. Jump across and the diagram can be snatched up from a skeleton sitting up against the wall.
Armor, Boots, Trousers, And Gauntlets
The diagrams for the remaining four pieces of Bear will take the player on a small journey near the Trail to Yngvar’s Fang in Skellige. Following the gap-filled path will lead The White Wolf to the top of the mountain. Go through the door and down the spiral staircase defeating the wraith in the process.
Activating the lever on the wall will open several locked gates containing trapped Wraiths coming to confront Geralt. Enter the first cell on the left, down a hole in the floor. Head through the tunnel and up the stairs following the path up and through the hole in the wall where the chest can be seen in the corner next to the throne.
Enhanced Boots
Beginning at Kaer Murie, head northwest until reaching a cave. Inside just beyond the campfire is where Geralt can pick up the diagram.
Enhanced Armor
Travel to the Grotto marker alongside the shore of Skellige Isles and inside the underwater cave next to the marker. Go deeper through the narrow pathway and follow the trail until reaching the end of the cave where a chest containing the instructions can be found. Simple!
Enhanced Silver Sword
Beginning at the Whale Graveyard, head northwest until finding a destroyed tower. From the entrance, walk inside and down through a hole in the floor. This will lead to a small area containing the chest sitting next to a corpse. Another easy grab.
Enhanced Gauntlets
Go to the Rogne marker and slightly above and to the right is a trail leading to an abandoned watchtower with the diagram stuck inside.
Enhanced Steel Sword
On the island of Kaer Almhult in Skellige is an army of bandits and steel sword’s diagram hiding spot. Once the area has been flooded with corpses, walk past the tipped wagon and up the staircase behind it. Directly to the left at the top of the stairs is where the diagram can be looted from the chest.
Enhanced Trousers
Starting at Marlin Coast, either swim or find a boat nearby to cross the water and reach the island above. Enter the underwater cave to find the chest tucked away inside next to a sunken rowboat.
Superior Silver Sword
The collection of diagrams for the third tier of armor reside in Velen. Starting at the Ancient Oak, travel west towards the shore until finding the hidden cave protected by an illusion.
Using The Eye of Nehaleni, uncover the entrance and defeat the Foglet. To the left is a corpse next to the chest containing the diagram for the excellent Superior Silver Sword.
Superior Steel Sword
At the Ruined Tower marker is a small chest stuck inside the structure next to one of the destroyed walls. Relative to the Silver Sword, this one’s practically sticking out like a sore thumb.
Superior Armor, Gauntlets, Trousers, And Boots
The final set of diagrams are near the Hanged Man’s Tree in Velen. Inside the small cave next to some wooden scaffolding, The Witcher can find the chest containing the four diagrams near the entrance on the left side of the cave.
Mastercrafted Steel Sword
The first diagram location of Mastercrafted Ursine gear is located near the Blackbough marker in Velen. From here, head northwest until discovering a cave camouflaged with trees. Proceed inside, drop down the ledge, and near the back of the cave is the chests hiding spot.
Mastercrafted Silver Sword
The Mastercrafted Silver Sword diagram is near the Olena’s Grove marker. Travel here and walk northeast to the edge of the water and locate the tiny island just offshore. The chest can be found behind the rock in a hole that has been dug up revealing itself to Geralt.
Mastercrafted Armor, Gauntlets, Trousers, And Boots
The remaining diagrams can be found at the troll-guarded tower ruins at the Destroyed Bastion marker. The chest is sitting behind a wall next to the grindstone. Four-in-one? Nice.
Grandmaster Silver Sword, Armor, Gauntlets
The Grandmaster Ursine gear can only be found in the Blood & Wine expansion. This first location holds three diagrams needed to craft the Grandmaster Silver Sword, Armor, and Gauntlets.
Travel to The Duchy Of Toussaint and find the small village in Flovive beneath Dun Tynee Castle. Upon entering the area, head to the back of the ruined building and use the telekinetic blast to clear the rubble and loot the chest sitting on the other side.
Grandmaster Trousers, Steel Sword, And Boots
Just east of The Cockatrice Inn is a cave at the end of the river containing the three diagrams needed to craft the next items. Once inside, head right through the tunnel going straight until meeting a fork in the path. Go through the middle pathway and loot the corpse on the ground for the final diagrams.
Travel to the Grandmaster Smith next to The Gran’place to craft the Grandmaster Ursine gear. And, should you opt to play The Witcher 3 again via New Game Plus, search for every diagram again to forge the Legendary, and thus impeccable, gear of every sort.
