Walkthrough for the quest Battle Preparations 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: Multiple Locations
Prerequisites: To play this quest, you must first complete the quest Final Preparations.
This quest will start automatically when the "Final Preparations" quest is completed.
Thanks to Triss and Yennefer's hard work, Ciri's team of defenders now had two more outstanding sorceresses in its ranks and the prospect of gaining yet another. With this, our heroes were ready to face the Wild Hunt, but to bring Eredin to their world and cut off his escape route, they also needed an elven artifact known as the Sunstone. The team set off for the Skellige Isles to finish their final tasks before their final battle.
Go to the port of Novigrad where a ship is waiting for you. Before you board, you will witness Yennerer, Margarita and Philippa talking about their future and Fringilla's fate. Everything seems to indicate that she was imprisoned by Emhyr.
Then get on the ship and talk to Avallac'h to go on a trip to Skellige.
When you get to Skellige, you'll discover that Emhyr's fleet is there too, preparing to attack the islands. Then you'll decide that you must free Fringilla who's being held on Emhyr's flagship, and find the sunstone.
Teleporting to Emhyr's flagship is not possible, so you'll have to get to it on your own. Yennefer will give you a letter that you should show Emhyr to remind him what he has promised and what he will get in return. You will receive a new quest - Veni Vidi Vigo.
Avallac'h will tell you that according to the legend, Sunstone is somewhere on the islands. Then Geralt will conclude that he will start his search by talking to Ermion. You'll get a new quest - The Sunstone.
You will receive this objective when you talk to Yennefer, Ciri and Philippa during "The Sunstone" quest, after you find out about the cave where the sunstone should be located. To get it done you will have to complete the "Child of the Elder Blood" quest.
To achieve this goal you will have to complete the "Skjall's Grave" quest.
Return to Avallac'h and tell him everything is ready. You will have the option to head out right away or tell him you will join them on Undvik.
In short order Geralt had found the Sunstone, secured the sorceress Fringilla Vigo's assistance and prepared Ciri to face Eredin once more. The time had come to fight the Wild Hunt.
After completing this quest, you will be able to play the quest On Thin Ice.