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Act 3

The Witcher 3 Walkthrough - Act 3 Points of interest

• Bald Mountain.
• Final Preparations.
• Blindingly Obvious.
• Payback.
• The Great Escape.
• It Takes Three to Tango.
• Through Time and Space.
• Battle Preparations.
• The Sunstone.
• Child of the Elder Blood.
• Skjalls Grave.
• Veni Vidi Vigo.
• On Thin Ice.
• Tedd Deireadh, The Final Age.
• Something Ends, Something Begins.

 

Bald Mountain

We'll need to follow Ciri as she guides you up a winding route and into a settlement on Bald Mountain once you've regained control of Geralt. A cutscene will start to play as you reach the village. If you want to learn more about the history and ask some questions, accept the invitation to sit by the fire. You are free to walk around the village after the chat or if you chose not to sit by the fire. Visit the blacksmith to have your gear fixed; there is also a merchant nearby who can offer assistance with inventory space issues. A weak door in the building across from the blacksmith can be blasted down with AARD to reveal a chest inside. When you're ready to move on, take the northern exit from the town. A cutscene involving Godlings will play, providing you with some further details regarding the present mission at hand. Continue down the trail until you come to another settlement with tents and a huge bonfire. If necessary, you can speak with another trader nearby for alchemy supplies. You must interact with Thecla, an NPC, inside the big tent marked by the goal if you want to advance with the mission. She will give you a mission to prove that Geralt is deserving of meeting the women if you make your case. After the event, make sure you are prepared with a crossbow before jumping into the sea below. Pull out your crossbow right away, go beneath the water, and shoot the Drowners swimming around in this area. To regain your breath, rise. Inhale deeply and descend into the tube under the water. At the end of the tunnel, if you use your Witcher Senses, you'll discover the Defiler's Oren. To the left is a chest that contains the items "Superior Thunderbolt for me" and "Axeman's Boots." Return through the tunnel and come back to the surface. Get out of the water, follow the GPS route up the cliffs, and when you get to the tents, go back and talk to Thecla again while holding the Defiler's Oren in your hand.

Marica will guide you to the trail up the mountain and open the gate for you if you exit the tent and follow her. You'll have to face up against Fugas inside. After a brief talk, Ciri will be under your power. Here, continue down the short walk until you come to a hole in the ground with a pool of water at the bottom. Jump in. Swim through the pool's exit tube and emerge onto the ledge at the other end. For a cutscene, continue a short distance down the tunnel. A cutscene will start to play once all three Crones have been beaten. Now that Geralt is under our hands once more. Follow the dirt route that leads to the right across the bridge. Look to your right when you get to the other side to locate a Place of Power that you should access. You better get ready since there is a tough boss battle coming up. If you need to replenish your potions or bombs at this point, it's a good idea to meditate before enhancing your weapon with Draconid Oil. Continue along the dirt road, scale the ledges, and move toward the campfire when you are feeling prepared. You'll be forced to defend yourself at the conclusion of the most challenging boss encounter to date as a conversation breaks out.

Once you have sufficiently damaged him, the fight will end with a cutscene. Be careful to mention that you want to stay around for a little while during the subsequent dialogue so that we can go loot Imlerith's remains. He is in control of a Magic Acorn. To escape the area, speak with Ciri. As you descend the slope, locals will come up to you. You have two options if you looted the Magic Acorn: you can give it to them, if you'd like, or you can wait and eat it for two skill points. You'll find yourself in Novigrad with some buddies after the last scene.

Final Preparations

This Act 3 main quest, which is composed of multiple side missions, is similar to In Ciri's Footsteps and Ugly Baby. The mission itself consists of a number of objectives to speak with several NPCs, including Triss, Yennefer, Ciri, and Avallac'h, each of which gives us a primary quest to complete. These are:

• Blindingly Obvious
• Payback
• The Great Escape
• Through Time and Space

You can start with Blindingly Obvious quest since Triss is near.

Once "Blindingly Obvious," "Payback," and "The Great Escape" have been finished. Next time you visit the Rosemary and Thyme, go to the top floor to find Ciri, who will have the opportunity to talk with the sorceresses. It is possible to make decisions during the dialogue that can slightly alter how the game ends.

• Do not go to the meeting – this will slightly move towards a good ending.
• Go to the meeting – this will slightly move towards a bad ending.

After a brief chat and conclusion to the conversation, Ciri will leave. At this moment, Yennefer and Triss will appear and interact with us if you have romanced both of them up to this point. It Takes Three to Tango, a brief main quest, will begin as a result.

Blindingly Obvious

Just head upstairs and find Triss in one of the rooms. There will be a timed dialogue here so choose immediately:

• Calm down, it went well
• Sorry, shouldn't have
• We had to do it

these choices won't have much effect, so feel free to choose your desired answer. After a while, you'll find out more about what they've been doing during your absence. You are given the choice to begin the quest right away or to meet Triss by the fountain at the Passiflora Brothel at the conclusion of the talk. Following a brief exchange at the fountain, Triss will direct you to Dijkstra's Bathhouse. You'll see when you get there that things have a little out of hand. Triss will remain here, thus it is up to us to enter and resolve the situation. As the three mind-controlled bodyguards approach you, enter the main area of the bath house and defend yourself. When they are finished, enter the door in the bathhouse's back and descend the ladder to the cellars. Move through the area and defeat a second pair of possessed bodyguards. If they both attack you at once, deal with the one with the shield last. In the cellars, keep going until you come to Dijkstra's pet Troll. When you speak with the Troll, you'll be given a choice between two alternatives that will somewhat change how the quest will go. Here are the choices:

• I need her
• I want to help her

Choose the latter to avoid a fight with the troll. You must keep going through the sewer area until you come to the gate that the objective marker has indicated. Enter the next area to see a boss fight and a cutscene. You must also deal with the enraged wizard after dealing with the Fire Elemental. To sneak up on this place, ascend the neighboring stairs and then sneakingly go around the side of the room. Avoid touching the shackles hanging from the room's walls on each side or running or jumping to avoid attracting her notice. You'll return to the bathhouse and speak with Dijkstra there after the scene plays when you and the mage reach the platform.

Payback

Just to the east of the St Gregory's Bridge fast travel marker, in the courtyard outside the Passiflora Brothel, is where you may find Ciri. You'll have the choice to begin the quest straight immediately or to meet Ciri somewhere else after conversing with her. Whatever decision you made during the "Get Junior" Quest will affect the outcome of this quest. If Junior is still alive, you'll run into Ciri at The Bits, where you can follow her after a little exchange. The quest goals will be updated following a short walk and a quick talk. If Junior is dead, you'll run into Ciri close to Temple Isle, where you can follow her after a lengthy talk. You'll find yourself conversing with two of *****son's thugs outside of his hiding place. This encounter will give you these choices:

• Use AXII Level 3 – You will enter without hostility
• Get outta my way or regret it – You'll need to fight until they let you in

Once inside, go upstairs to *****son's office to meet with him. We can leave after a brief discussion and our goals will be revised. You must walk with Ciri all the way to the Golden Sturgeon Tavern on the Novigrad Docks once you have finished. Once you enter the Golden Sturgeon, you'll need to converse with some thugs which include:

• Leave on your own - Thugs will leave
• Or I'll throw you out - You'll need to fight and beat the thugs

You'll eventually get to talk with an NPC, which you can leave after doing so. Ciri will lead you all the way south, across the Portside gate bridge, and to the farthest southern reaches of Novigrad, so exit the Golden Sturgeon and follow her once more. There will be another chat when you get to your destination. You get the chance to compete in a horse race with Ciri and Valdo during this talk. If you decide to compete in a race, you must follow the black racing line on the mini-map while passing through the route's illuminated checkpoints. On narrow sections of track, be sure to get out to a strong start and slow down to let your horse rest so that the opposition can't pass. One of the guys we met earlier would approach us after the race and an evening of fun and invite us to accompany him on a mission to steal some horses. A couple of choices are given for the dialogue, and we recommend choosing the "Let's steal some horses" option to extend this quest further. You'll find yourself back in control of Geralt in front of some stables if you chose to assist in stealing some horses. Reach the roof by ascending the wooden scaffold to the left of the doorway, and then proceed across the planks to a doorway. Arrive inside. A sleeping guard is to the left and several horses are below you inside the stable. This place needs to be silent, so we must move extremely carefully to avoid disturbing the horses, who will then alert the security guard. Hit the horses with an AXII sign to calm them down if you notice them becoming restless. As you descend the ladder, move slowly in the direction of the sleeping guard. The Stable Key sits on a table to his left. Open the door adjacent to the table using the Key. A cutscene will play then will eventually end the quest.

The Great Escape

On the first floor of Crippled Kate's Tavern, Yennefer can be located in the corner to the left of the entrance. You'll learn the whereabouts of a person of interest after conversing with Yennefer, and you'll need to interview a man who knows how to find her. Unfortunately, as soon as we try to talk to him, he runs away. So, chase after him. You might use a punch or an AARD blast to quickly bring him down. In order to corner him if you are too sluggish, you will need to follow him up onto the roofs. When you've finished talking to him, try to elicit as much information as you can before letting him go. You can choose to speak with Zoltan as a side objective if you discussed the guards with Yennefer. To the Rosemary and Thyme you should go.

We must now travel to Oxenfurt and locate Yennefer. Follow her through the streets until you come to the well after having a little conversation. To reach the water pool below, dive into the well. Start using your Witcher Sense as soon as you get there. Three chests in the nearby water as well as one further down in the underwater tunnel can be seen. We'll need to loot these for a few items. Swim through this tunnel, and then climb out into some elf ruins on the other side. We are urged by the game to enter the door on the right. You'll run into a Grave Hag in the following room. These animals behave similarly to Water Hags but are stronger because they are on land. When it is defeated, turn on your Witcher Vision and scan the right wall for a lever. It transpires that the handle is absent. Use Witcher Sense to scan the wall-mounted lever next to the water-filled hallway's entrance in order to take a lever handle. Return to the damaged lever and use it to insert the replacement handle and unlock a neighboring door. Once inside, you can swim to the left through the murky channel and dive to locate a treasure and a body that can be looted. We won't be passing through the locked gate on the left when you arrive at the dead end! As a result, enter the tunnel on the other side and search for a ledge we may ascend. Kill the two Witch Hunters that are present in this chamber. A sewer key is on the table in the far right corner.

Continue on through this door and proceed up the stairs to reach the prison. Kill the three Witch Hunters who are hiding nearby by going through the door. Our goals will change as soon as all three of them are out for the count in a scene that will play. Go through the designated door and up the stairs to the following level. Kill the two Witch Hunters inside the doorway to your immediate left, then enter to loot the two chests within. Retrace your steps and enter via the entrance to the outside. As you're doing so, an alarm will go out, alerting every guard in the vicinity to your presence and causing them to move in to attack. There are a total of four Witch Hunters. Don't be scared to draw them back into the area we came from so you can focus on one at a time. Make sure to prioritize taking out the crossbowman before concentrating on the spearman and the shield guy.

Climb the stairs behind the alarm, and when you get to the top, turn right instead of left as the game would have you do to uncover the treasure chest. To locate the Warden's lodgings, proceed along the path to the next objective point. Kill him and take the Cell Key from his corpse. Depending on whether Zoltan assisted you or not, return to Margarita, killing the reinforcements that have arrived or sneaking back. The cell key should unlock all the cells when you go to the cell area; there are three other convicts here that we can release at your discretion. Open Margarita's cell when you're ready for a cutscene to continue. We'll need to break out of the jail now. Either return to the courtyard with all the Witch Hunters, climb up to the wall, and drop down at the stated position, or retrace your steps into the sewers, use the Sewer Key we discovered to unlock the grating, and exit through one of the homes.

It Takes Three to Tango

After getting the quest, you must obtain some wine, which you will either already have in your inventory from looting everything or can be bought from a merchant. After getting the wine, proceed to the Kingfisher Inn. On the second story are Triss and Yennefer. For a scene, rap on the door that is marked. The quest will be finished following one more quick talk.

Through Time and Space

Avallac'h is located in a room on the top floor of the Rosemary and Thyme. Talk to him to find out his strategy. After a brief conversation, you'll have the option of starting the quest right immediately or scheduling a meeting with Avallac'h at a nearby goal point. Regardless of the route you choose, you'll arrive at the home we visited during the "Novigrad Dreaming" quest when you're ready to leave. Look for a weak wall near the oven in the basement where we first encountered the Godling. Use AARD to destroy this and you'll discover a live portal. For a cutscene, approach it. We'll eventually arrive in a desert planet, which will be a welcome change of pace from the game's up to this point predominant medieval theme. Simply follow Avallac'h to move on through the area, and you'll ultimately reach another portal.

Currently, we must wait a short while before it activates, and regrettably, all of your explorations have warned Sandcrabs. We must eliminate them as they emerge; keep in mind that they will keep spawning; therefore, simply fend them off until the portal appears, at which point you must leap through it. Another planet! Drop from the cliff in front of you, then turn right along the grassy path. You'll observe a gas cloud covering a patch of red grassy plants at the bottom of the ledge. Geralt will suffocate if you remain within it for too long. Unfortunately, the only way to get past the red plants is to run through them as we go toward the portal in the distance. You can jump into the gas, run a short distance, and then climb up to a high area of land to catch your breath in order to pass safely. You can search the red cliffs in this location for lootable Crystallized Essences and Runestones. There is a Place of Power at the foot of the first big pillar on the right as you get there. Alongside this, there is a path that descends. Stop at the edge of the ledge above the red bushes as you descend the trail to the valley level. Drop down and find a secure place on the platform directly across the path. From here, turn to the left and proceed to the next safe area to the west. In the red grass farther to the west, locate the stone pillars. Behind them, in the distance, is another secure area. Hurry over here and ascend. To find the enormous ribcage in the red grass, climb to the very top of this safe region. The next safe location is at the far end of this, so run there. You must pass through this tunnel in order to utilize AARD to destroy the ice wall preventing you from leaving. Before you leave the cave's relative protection, be aware that once you're outside, the cold will quickly deplete Geralt's health. You'll be able to observe ruins, hills, and other spots where there is dark ground, all of which can be utilised, as we must run from shelter to shelter to stop this from happening. You can descend and sprint to the dark cliff straight in front of you from the cave entrance. Turn to the right and look behind a hill to discover another area devoid of snow. Hurry to do this. Follow this all the way to the right, then turn around and sprint for the ruin with the stairway off to the east. At the top of the steps, look for a wall that is slightly to the east and would obstruct your path if you went any farther. In order to discover a slope that Geralt can slide down, run up to this and follow it to the left. A brief scene will be shown. When you regain composure, go into the building Geralt is in. To fully restore health, ascend to the second floor and start the fire there. Before going back downstairs, loot the place. As you leave the structure, hop down the ledge in front of you to the slope below. To enter the sizable building on the left, continue down this path all the way to the foot of the hill. Two Hounds of the Wild Hunt will attack you if you descend to this area's bottom level. Once the adversaries are dead, search the area for a campfire. Before continue, ignite this to regain your health once more. After leaving the barn, descend the hill a little further, and look left for a gap in a triangular-shaped roof. Enter this room, descend to the ground floor, and light the stove to restore your health. Utilizing the different cover options you come across, continue moving down the slope until you reach what appears to be a tower at the corner of an exterior wall of a castle. See whether there are any stairs leading up to this. You can see the lighthouse we're trying to get to in the distance if you go through and look for a gap in the wall to the left. Lie down, then sprint to the braziers. If they aren't ignited, fire an IGNI shot at them to get them going, then keep near by to help them get well. A pack of Hounds of the Wild Hunt will attack you not long after you get at the braziers. Put an end to them all. Use the braziers to replenish your health to 100%, then sprint to the lighthouse one last time. Climb down the stairs and enter the doorway to start a discussion.

Avallac'h will open a new portal following your talk. proceed with caution. Once you reach the objective point and a scenario starts to play, continue with your companion across this new location. You'll find yourself back in Novigrad after a talk and a few scenes, at which point the mission will be finished.

Battle Preparations

We must proceed to the designated ship in the Novigrad Docks to start this task. For a scene and a dialogue with Yennefer, approach it. Then, to continue, board the ship and speak with Avellac'h. A  cutscene will play out and will open up a pair of new quests:

• The Sunstone
• Veni Vidi Vigo

While progressing, another pair will open up:

• Child of the Elder Blood
• Skjall's Grave

We might as well visit Crach nearby as he is the closest marker. The quest for "The Sunstone" will begin as a result.

The Sunstone, Child of the Elder Blood, and Veni Vidi Vigo are the three main underlying missions. Once you have finished them, you can travel to Kaer Trolde Harbour and speak with Avellac'h to turn in the task. After the talk, you are offered the choice of starting the next mission, "On Thin Ice," immediately away or waiting until you are ready to start before meeting Avallac'h and the rest of your crew on Undvik.

The Sunstone

If you recently arrived in Skellige through the "Battle Preparations" quest, you can meet Crach on the observation platform close to where the ship has parked in the Kaer Trolde harbor. Ermion's whereabouts will become known after speaking with him. Depending on who has been chosen as the monarch of Skellige, Ermion's location may change. Cerys or Hjalmar will probably be the ruler if you successfully completed the side quests "Possession," "The Lord of Undvik," and "Coronation." Svanrige Bran might be the ruler if you chose not to perform them. Fortunately, Ermion will be in the Kaer Trolde stronghold close by if Svanrige Bran rules the Skellige Isles. Retrace your steps up to the keep, where you'll be greeted by a brief scene or discussion. As soon as you regain control, enter the feasting hall once more and move closer to the objective marker to find Ermion and numerous other important characters. After the action is over, a brief conflict will begin. You must kill the roughly 10 to 12 hostile soldiers who are present in the hallway with you. The good news is that you have a lot of teammates in this battle, so you can mostly delegate all the labor-intensive and tank-related tasks to them. You can talk to Ermion once another cutscene plays after you defeat the monsters.

Ermion will be housed in the keep at Kaer Muire, which is situated in the south-western peninsula of the main island of Ard Skellige, if either of the a Craite offspring has now been crowned king or queen of Skellige. It will be a lengthy trek if you don't already have a fast travel point, but at least you'll find some new fast travel markers along the route! Once you arrive in Kaer Muire, make your way into the keep and follow the path to the objective marker. Approach the objective marker at the far end of the keep to spot Ermion and several other people of interest engaged in vigorous debate. You'll be thrust into an unwinnable conversation. Whatever you say, someone will try to attack you. You must kill the approximately 5–6 enemy soldiers who are present in the vicinity. The good news is that Ermion will be present and will be able to help you during this battle by using his druid magic. Ermion will flee once the initial enemies have been eliminated. In order to reach the settlement below, we must now pursue him into the keep and kill any enemy fighters that appear. You can eventually talk to him if you leave the settlement and move a short distance down the road.

The information Ermion provides to you is roughly the same regardless of where you find him; he will tell you the names of two people who you must track down and speak with. You just need to visit one of them in order to move forward because both can provide you with the necessary information. The first one, Eyvind, can be found on a vantage point with a view of the water just west of Arinbjorn. Southwest of Kaer Trolde and northwest of Kaer Muire is where you'll find Arinbjorn along the coast. A pair of timed dialogues will be presented to you after speaking with him. Both have different consequences:

• Say Nothing
• Eyvind

The second timed choice, however, will influence whether or not Eyvind will provide you with the information you need, whilst the first choice does nothing more than slightly alter. Choices include:

• For a treatise on the Aen Sedhe - no information will be gained but you'll need to meet the Pearl Divers
• Gathering material for an adventure novel - Information will be retrieved

They are on the island peninsula directly west of Kaer Trolde and north of Arinbjorn if you were unable to receive the information from Evynd or if you chose to go after the pearl divers right away. Speaking with them will yield the knowledge, but be ready to engage in combat because Drowners will cut you off in the middle of your conversation. We need to return to Kaer Trolde Harbour so that we may talk to Yennefer now that we have the knowledge in order to move on.

An objective marker for the location of the elven ruins containing the Sunstone has been added to your map after you previously discovered the sunstone's location and spoke with Yennefer and the other sorceresses at Kaer Trolde Harbour. It is situated along the northern coast of Ard Skellige Island, just to the north of Kaer Trolde. We'll need to rent a boat from the harbor and sail up to the site in order to get there. Sailing north, under the bridge leading to Kaer Trolde keep, and via this gorge is the quickest way to reach there. As soon as you enter open water, hug the right-hand coastline until you reach the goal point. Exit the boat when you reach the Elven ruins, and then talk to Philippa there. She will dispel an illusion nearby and make a way inside the ruinous area. If you want some goods, be sure to raid the chest where she was standing. Enter the ruins, and then follow Philippa through them until you get to a siren-filled room. As soon as you enter, a group of Drowners will join the Siren in attacking you. The Siren is the main goal, and until you destroy her, waves of three to four Drowners will keep appearing. Use your AARD or crossbow to temporarily knock the Siren out of the sky so you can kill it. After the battle, investigate the area to the right of the entrance to locate a Place of Power (boosts IGNI) to draw from. Go back to Philippa and continue to follow her. Follow her up the stairs once she has rebuilt them. She will turn right at this point, but you are free to investigate the left-hand path to get to a sizable room with a venomous arhasae inside of it (think giant spider). Kill it and take the three chests here for some god-quality loots: two next to the spider, and one tucked under the lip of the platform opposite the entrance door. From the end of the paved part, there is a small chamber in this region as well. A marker for a hidden treasure can be found here. To find a Key, activate Witcher Sense and look over this body. You can see a chest on the opposite side of the room, but if you glance down, you'll realize that the floor is covered in tiles that are spike traps; walk on one of them, and you're dead! There is a safe passageway across the floor, and to find it, you may either use IGNI or AARD to set off the traps and check where no spikes appear, or you can utilize Witcher sense and pay close attention to the tile holes. Pull the lever on the wall after looting the chest at the far end to remove the spike traps, which will make it much simpler to return. Go back to the previous chamber and find Philippa there. Immediately after entering the next enormous tunnel, turn to your right to watch another Golem spring to life. This creature is essentially an upgraded version of the boss we fought alongside Keira earlier in the "Wandering in the Dark" quest. This time, you have Philippa with you, who can use her magic to paralyze and harm it, and you can use the same general strategies to deal with it quickly. There is a chest inside the entryway that the Golem was guarding. Follow Philippa until she enters a door that will start a scene. This will be followed by a brief detour before you arrive at a chamber covered in mirrors.

Head into the water when you enter to find two chests immediately to the left of the bridge in front. Return to the door and proceed to the left while keeping an eye on the center of the room. To get to the platform with the first mirror, climb up the ledge. Grab some treasures from this chest, then pull the lever on the mirror's back to turn it on. Once more at the entrance, turn to your right and search for a flight of stairs heading up into a different hallway. Destroy the stalactites and stalagmites in the alcove on the right of the corridor as you move through it to gain access to a chest. When you reach the next flight of steps, fight the Ghost that appears by continuing along the hallway. You will be on the platform with the second mirror when you reach the top. Grab some treasures from this chest, then pull the lever on the mirror's back to turn it on. Return to the entrance to the room, then cross the bridge to the central platform. From the platform, go right and then turn left to find a slope that leads up to the last mirror. Before turning on this mirror, climb up here and defeat the second Ghost on this ledge. Your goals will change as a cutscene is played. Make your way over to the platform and talk to Philippa there. The mission will come to an end as a result. You have two options for leaving the area which is to turn around and go back the way we came till you are outside, or go through the door on the platform where we picked up the Sunstone. If you select the latter, you can move through the territory in a straight line while occasionally eliminating Ghosts. When you arrive to the region of the collapsed bridge, search the water beneath the bridge segments for two chests. Turn the corner at the top of the first destroyed bridge to find another opening in the road. Drop to the ground and scan the area to your left for another chest. As you approach the stairs, kill the Ghost there before continuing on your journey. You can enter the door on the left at the top of the steps. Kill the two Ghosts in this area to receive a pair of chests as payment. Return to the staircase's top and enter via the door on the opposite side. Follow this cave and scale multiple ledges until you reach a somewhat wide place where we must descend. Another Ghost will set you up here. When it is safe to do so, defend yourself and look to your right, where we descended, to locate a small platform with four chests. We can now leave the ruins by ascending the nearby steps to the surface. To unlock a fast travel marker that will help you get to your next destination more quickly, head over to the adjacent village of Rogne in the southwest. Veni Vidi Vigo is the last task we need to do in order to fulfill the "Battle Preparations" umbrella quest, so let's get started!

Child of the Elder Blood

Once you have found the Sunstone's location, this quest will begin immediately when you speak to Yennefer in Kaer Trolde Harbour. You will learn about a mystical research facility that the sorceresses want you to visit during this talk. You'll begin the quest "Child of the Elder Blood" after the conclusion of the chat. A brand-new rapid travel signpost will also be given to you on your map. On a little island around midway between the main Skellige islands of Undvik and Spikeroog is the Pali Gap Coast. The laboratory can be found here. travel quickly there to begin. Speak with Yennefer and Ciri inside the elven ruins beside the quick travel point by entering the doorway. After the sequence, you'll need to defeat a Golem, who is effectively a leveled-up version of the boss Keira and I faced earlier in the "Wandering in the Dark" quest. You have two pals this time, so you can deal with it quickly by employing the same broad strategies. The Golem will fall, and a doorway will then open. Go inside with the others. Before examining the rest of the space, we might check Yennefer's workstation for a comical scene. While exploring the initial area, using your Witcher Sense, you can examine the following:

• Sweets
• Hair brush

It's a good idea to take a look at his notes as you proceed along the winding hallway until you come to another sizable space for a conversation. Following the scenario, your goals will change. In the new search area, go to where Yennefer is waiting by a door and activate your Witcher Sense there. You can explore the region out of interest. You can look at:

• Perfume Bottle
• Mirror

When you are prepared to move forward, enter the door to view a cutscene. You will be given a timed decision during the chat where you can make decisions that will slightly affect your odds of either a happy ending or a negative one. These are:

• Calm Down - Supports bad ending
• Go for it - Supports good ending

We'll wrap this up after the scene. Retrace your steps through the cave to emerge outside, where Ciri will ask you to make one more quick decision that, like the previous one, could change the course of the story or lead to a new mission. These are:

• Yeah, I'll go with you - Supports Good Ending
• No time - Supports Bad Ending

The task will be finished as soon as the dialogue is over. At the conclusion of the talk, you are offered the option to immediately begin the "Skjall's Grave" quest or to see Ciri on Hindarsfjal later.

Skjalls Grave

After completing the "Child of the Elder Blood" quest, you have the option of seeing Ciri on Hindarsfjal or immediately beginning the "Skjall's Grave" quest. In either case, a scenario will start to play after you get there and meet Ciri. The entire quest will be covered by this scene and the talks that follow; there is actually no gameplay at all. Even if it doesn't seem to have any effects, there is a timed decision that can be made. Options are:

• Quiet Down
• Your Laws don't bind us

You are offered the choice to stay here or be ported back to Kaer Trolde Harbour at the conclusion of the task. You have a choice! This quick quest can be finished in either direction that you select.

Veni Vidi Vigo

In this straightforward task, our goal is to sneak onto the Emperor's ship without being seen. Off the shore of Undvik, the Emperor has gone and moored his fleet. If you've been here previously, you can quickly drive to Marlin Coast or Gull Point to get up close and personal. We need to swim out to the fleet once we are close enough to see the ship that is indicated by the yellow search area. The searchlights must be avoided at all costs. Additionally, being on the surface will allow you to see where the searchlights are reflecting off the water, saving you from any unnecessary frustration. Here, you'll need to swim between ships, dodging searchlights along the way, and locating the objective sign. You'll hear the guards recognize you and disengage when you get close to the right vessel. To end the mission, swim to the front of the ship and engage with the anchor there.

On Thin Ice

You must travel to Undvik and meet your comrades at the objective marker when you are prepared to finish the remaining quests in the main plot. You'll learn that time is running out and you have one final chance to make your preparations after a talk explaining the overall plan of attack for the upcoming quest and another one regarding Ciri. Once more, Avallac'h will give you the choice of joining him soon or starting right now. We'll have a few of hard fights to deal with soon, so I'd suggest getting ready beforehand! Use this blacksmith to fix your equipment, and to make life a little bit simpler, lubricate your blades with Elementa Oil and Hanged Man's Venom.

Here are sidequests that will automatically fail if you haven't completed them at this quest:

• Reason of State
• A Final Kindness

When you're ready to begin the last act, go over and talk to Avallac'h. You'll finally get to see some action as Ciri after several cutscenes. In essence, we'll be put within a huge iceberg with a predetermined path through it. At this moment, it looks that Ciri has significantly increased her power, as her attacks now have a much greater ability to deal damage. Lots and lots of Wild Hunt Warriors and Hounds of the Wild Hunt will be encountered as you move along the path. Even while you can fight them, it will eventually be a losing struggle because they will keep spawning into the region. Instead, focus on eliminating any foes that stand in your path while rolling or blinking as often as possible to get to the next objective markers. You will descend to a sizable circular platform below at the path's end to face a boss. A cutscene will play after a few blows from Ciri to advance the fight to the next stage. A cutscene will start playing after the boss has sustained enough damage. When you regain control, you'll find yourself submerged. To immediately swim to the surface, keep holding down the button. Another scene will begin to play as you arrive at your destination. We'll return to dry land at this point. Drop down and follow the way around to the right. Run up and close the portal with YRDEN right away. To board a ship, ascend the ramp to the right. There are numerous Hounds and Wild Hunt Warriors in the path moving forward. Fortunately, from objective marker to objective marker here, you may literally roll or sprint through the adversaries until you reach another scene. This will usher in a new boss battle with Eredin. Once he has lost the majority of his health, keep attacking him wherever you can, and ultimately he will depart through a portal. Take after him. Strike once more to bring the conflict to a close with a cutscene. We will now be immediately transferred into the following quest, "Tedd Deireadh, The Final Age."

Tedd Deireadh, The Final Age

The initial portion of this quest is a follow-the-leader type scenario where you, as Geralt, must follow Yennefer as she directs you to your objective. It begins just after you finish the "On Thin Ice" quest. You will move towards a boat that is being built from the beginning area by passing through a gate and climbing a hill. Fireballs will begin to fall from the sky as you get closer to the boat. We follow Yennefer, and you'll want to try your best to avoid these, keeping an eye out for and avoiding the orange light that forms on the ground just before impact, as they can do some real harm. You'll see a pair of horses not long after you pass the boat. Climb aboard and follow Yennefer further. You should stay close to her during this portion and ignore anything else that is happening because in addition to the fireballs, there will also be portals emerging with Cyclopses flowing through, and both of these dangers can swiftly kill you. Yennefer will dismount after a brief ride, and you will also need to do so. Once more, follow her up the nearby ledge and linger there for a while. Yennefer will maintain a bubble shield during the next sequence. You are being shielded from the ice forces that are causing havoc outside of the bubble, and up until the end of the segment, if Geralt ventures outside the bubble, he will suffer damage. You must follow Yennefer as she moves along a predetermined course in this area. You'll come across a number of portals along the way that will release Hounds of the Wild Hunt, which we must kill in order to progress forward. To avoid harming Geralt unnecessarily, let them approach you and kill them inside or just outside the bubble. Another scene will eventually play, and then you'll be inside the mystical barrier. Ascend this path to the top of the tower. Here, you will have another another timed choice. These are:

• Not falling for that.
• Think I'll spare you?

You'll have one more quick talk before you have to make a last timed decision. You'll be able to see the results of your labors and the satisfying conclusion after a few more cutscenes in the quick epilogue quest "Something Ends, Something Begins"!

Something Ends, Something Begins

The "Tedd Deireadh, The Final Age" quest begins immediately after completion, and based on your decisions up to this point, you'll get one of three primary endings. A brief, joyful, carefree quest plays out the three endings and their results. The mechanisms for the endings are as follows:

Ending A (Good)

• Choose the dialogue "Go For It, Yeah I'll go with you." to Ciri during Battle Preparations.
• Choose the dialogue "Think I know what might lift your spirits." when comforting Ciri during Blood on the Battlefield, and DO NOT visit the Emperor.
• Choose the dialogue "You'll do fine on your own." to encourage Ciri to speak to the Lodge of Sorceresses by herself during Final Preparations.
• Choose the dialogue "Go for it." when Ciri loses her temper during Child of the Elder Blood.
• Choose the dialogue "Yeah, I'll go with you." when Ciri asks to visit Skjall's grave during Child of the Elder Blood.

For this ending, it is important that you've made more positive choices in your playthrough in relation to Ciri, and that you did not go see the Emperor during the Blood on the Battlefield.

In this ending, Ciri survives her encounter with the White Frost. Geralt then visits Emhyr Var Emreis and tells him that Ciri sacrificed herself during the last battle in order to save the world and prevent the White Frost from consuming the land. He then travels to the former garrison outpost in White Orchard where he receives special silver sword crafted by a hired blacksmith. Then Geralt makes his way back to the White Orchard Inn, where he meets Ciri again and gives her the sword, indicating that Ciri is now a full-fledged Witcher, and is now ready to begin her life of adventure.

Ending B (Good)

• Choose the dialogue "Go For Iti, Yeah I'll go with you." to Ciri during Battle Preparations.
• Choose the dialogue "Think I know what might lift your spirits." when comforting Ciri during Blood on the Battlefield, and go see the Emperor, but deny the money.
• Ensure Nilfgaard emerges victorious during the war by completing the Secondary Quests An Eye for an Eye, A Deadly Plot, and Redania's Most Wanted in Act II.
• In Act III, during the Main Quest Blindingly Obvious, you would need to be pleasant to Dijsktra and feed him information regarding Ciri. This will then unlock the Secondary Quest, Reason of State. Complete Reason of State and side with Vernon Roche and Ves against Dijsktra.
• Choose the dialogue "You'll do fine on your own." to encourage Ciri to speak to the Lodge of Sorceresses by herself during Final Preparations.
• Choose the dialogue "Go for it." when Ciri loses her temper during Child of the Elder Blood.
• Choose the dialogue "Yeah, I'll go with you." when Ciri asks to visit Skjall's grave during Child of the Elder Blood.

For this ending, you need to have made more positive choices in your playthrough in relation to Ciri. It is important that during Blood on the Battlefield, you go and see the Emperor, he will then attempt to pay you for bringing Ciri to him. You have to choose to refuse the payment in order for Ciri to be proud of you and result in a positive ending.

In this ending, Ciri survives her encounter with the White Frost. Once you've met up with Ciri again, the two of you will begin a series of brief but important father-daughter activities, as well as some light conversations. Once the two of you have returned to the inn, a group of Nilfgaardian soldiers are waiting to escort Ciri back to the palace. Ciri then tells you that she previously spoke to her father and that she realized that she could only change the world for the better by taking the throne of Nilfguard. The two of you part ways after saying farewell in tears, knowing that you will cross paths again.

Ending C (Bad)

• Choose the dialogue "Calm Down, No Time." to Ciri during Battle Preparations.
• Choose the dialogue "Relax. You don't have to be good at everything." when comforting Ciri during Blood on the Battlefield, and go see the Emperor, and also accept the money.
• Choose the dialogue "Going with you." to accompany Ciri to the meeting with the Lodge of Sorceresses during Final Preparations.
• Choose the dialogue "Calm down." when Ciri starts to lose her temper during Child of the Elder Blood.
• Choose the dialogue "No time." when Ciri asks to visit Skjall's grave a the end of Child of the Elder Blood.

For this ending, you would need to make negative choices throughout your playthrough in relation to Ciri. It is important that during Blood on the Battlefield, you go and see the Emperor, he will then attempt to pay you for bringing Ciri to him. You have to choose to accept the payment this time by selecting the dialogue "Definitely need it more than you." Ciri will then begin to doubt herself before she sets out to battle the White Frost.

In this ending, Ciri dies. A week after the events, Geralt returns to Crookback Bog to hunt down the Crone Weavess who had stolen Ciri's witcher medallion. Geralt defeats Weavess along with her allies, though Geralt eventually breaks down in grief upon retrieving the medallion. It'll then show Geralt sitting alone, remembering her. As the camera zooms out, dozens of monsters can be seen slowly swarming the area, leaving Geralt's fate unknown after the scene ends.