Walkthrough for the quest Skjall's Grave in the game Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. This page covers all main objectives, key steps, or helpful tips to guide you through the quest smoothly. Whenever possible, the guide points out locations for key items and details interactions with NPCs, among other tips. To ensure maximum clarity, in-game screenshots are included for easy-to-follow visual guidance.
Quest Group: Main Quests
Suggested level: 28
Location: Skellige
Prerequisites: To play this quest, you must first complete the quest Child of the Elder Blood.
You will receive this quest when at the end of the "Child of the Elder Blood" quest you agree to visit the grave of Skjall when Ciri asks you to do so.
When Ciri and Geralt reached Hindarsfjall, Ciri mentioned she wished to visit someone very special to her, a young man named Skjall who had helped her flee the Wild Hunt. Yennefer and Geralt exchanged grim looks and gave Ciri the tragic news: Skjall was dead. Fighting back tears, Ciri announced she was going to visit his grave.
When you get to Hindarsfjall, you'll start looking for Skjall's grave in the cemetery, but it won't be there. You will find his corpse in a ditch where those who have shamed themselves are thrown in.
You will take the body of Skjall to give him a proper burial. A few local people will try to prevent you from doing so, but Ciri will make it clear to them that if Skjall hadn't led her out of the village, they all would have been dead long ago.
Then the quest will be over and you will be able to return to the ship with Ciri or stay on the island.
It turned out brave Skjall was not treated with the respect he deserved after his death. His body was thrown in a ditch like a rotting animal carcass. Offended to her very core, Ciri pulled his corpse out of the ditch and buried it with Geralt's help near the cemetery. This violation of custom aroused the disgust and outrage of nearby Skelligers, to whom Skjall was a disgraced outcast. Ciri remained intransigent and refused to give any ground to local sensibilities. All in all, it was an unfortunate incident that could have been handled more, hm... delicately.