How to get the Griffin armor in The Witcher 3

The Griffin armor is a medium witcher gear set mainly focused around buffing the power of your signs, but also turning your Yrden into an AoE that reduces the damage you take, and further increases sign intensity when you're in it. There are four armor pieces, two swords, but no crossbow.

Details

The diagrams to forge the basic Griffin witcher armor are located in Dragonslayer's Grotto in east Velen, to the northwest of Downwarren. The video above shows the route through this ruin, but otherwise:

1. Head inside, fight the wraiths, take a left at the end of the corridor and use Aard to blow open the cracked wall on its left side.

2. The next section is filled with poisonous, flammable gas and wraiths. I suggest just ignoring them and running straight through to the far end, where you'll find a rock barrier you can blast open with Aard, and a room with an ekimmara to slay on the other side.

3. After killing the vampire, grab the armor diagrams from the chest up the stairs on the platform above.

Read Witcher George's Journal, also in the chest, to get the location of the Griffin Silver Sword and the Griffin Steel Sword, both of which are also in the Velen region. Remember, there is no crossbow in this set.

Once you've crafted the basic armor, you can upgrade it to enhanced, superior, and mastercrafted by finding the relevant diagrams.

• Enhanced: Buy Edwin Greloff's first and second map from Midcopse's armorer in west Velen, southwest of Crow's Perch.
• Superior: Buy Edwin Greloff's third map from Hierarch Square's armorer in the center of Novigrad.
• Mastercrafted: Buy Edwin Greloff's fourth map from Éibhear Hattori once you complete Of Swords and Dumplings. His home is northwest of Novigrad's Glory Gate.

For grandmaster, when you head to Toussaint in the Blood and Wine DLC, speak to Lazare Lafargue in his armor shop in south Beauclair to start the 'Master Master Master Master!' quest to find the diagrams.