Walkthrough for the quest Stranger in a Strange Land 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: Secondary Quests
Suggested level: 14
Location: Skellige
Prerequisites: To play this quest, you must first complete the quest Contract: The Phantom of Eldberg.
This quest will start automatically when you have completed the "Contract: The Phantom of Eldberg" quest, unless you have already completed the "King's Gambit" quest. Kraki and Kori will attack you and Jorund will take your side again.
The common folk rarely show witchers the gratitude they deserve for practicing their dangerous trade. Arinbjorn, however, proved an even more ungrateful place than usual in this regard. After taking care of a wraith plaguing this village, Geralt stepped into the local tavern in search of a well-earned drink. Before he could even take a sip, however, two trouble-seeking youths started harassing him. Geralt usually strives to avoid bloodshed in such situations... but this time he had no choice.
Arinbjorn Inn
The Skellige Isles
Kaer Muire
The Skellige Isles
At first it will be a fistfight, but after a while the opponents will draw their weapons and you will have to do the same. Unfortunately after the fight it will turn out that Jorund was fatally wounded. He will only be able to say goodbye to you and die.
Leave the tavern. Outside you will meet Leif, who is the father of Kori and Kraki, and the other villagers, who will demand you face Madman Lugos in a trial because otherwise you will have to fight the whole village. You will have no other choice but to go to prison.
Though Geralt had killed his attackers in self-defense, no witnesses confirmed this and he was charged with starting the brawl. The inhabitants of Arinbjorn urged Geralt to put down his weapons and hand himself over to the jarl, Madman Lugos. Wanting no more blood on his hands that day, Geralt reluctantly delivered himself to the justice of a lunatic.
If you talk to the guard you will learn that you can spend a lot of time in prison before Lugos wants to judge someone.
There are three ways to speed up your trial:
No matter how you got out of jail, you'll be taken to Lugos. You'll meet Leif there too. Lugos will sentence you to death, but he'll let you buy yourself out by paying Leif as much silver as his sons weighed.
Of course, you won't be able to pay, but Lugos, for an unknown reason, will decide to pay back the debt for you and thus consider the matter settled and tell Leif to go back to his village.
When you're left alone, everything will be clear. If you haven't finished the "The Cave of Dreams" quest yet, Lugos will ask you to go to the Cave of Dream and help his son and then you will receive this quest.
Geralt stood before Madman Lugos to be tried. The jarl found him guilty, but then immediately paid his blood price for him, thus giving him his freedom. Like most favors, however, this one was given with the expectation of gaining something in return. For saving his life and granting him his freedom, Lugos wanted Geralt to help his son and heir, Blueboy Lugos, in his trek through the mysterious Cave of Dreams.
Otherwise, he will thank you for saving his son.
Geralt stood before Madman Lugos to be tried. The jarl found him guilty, but then immediately paid his blood price for him, thus giving him his freedom. In this way Lugos repaid the witcher for the help he had given his son in the Cave of Dreams.
After completing this quest, you will be able to play the quests The Cave of Dreams, An Unpaid Debt.