Walkthrough for the quest Sunken Treasure 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: Treasure Hunts
Suggested level: 4
Location: Novigrad
To start this quest you should loot the Water-damaged letter from a corpse lying on the shore.
While in Velen, Geralt stumbled upon a letter to a certain Molke. Figuring it was of no use to its addressee now, he took the document with him, with the intention of reading it at a later date.
Sunken Treasure (Quest)
Velen / Novigrad
Sunken Treasure (Treasure)
Velen / Novigrad
Molke,
I know you don't smuggle no more. That you've set aside plenty of coin and ain't interested in the risk, just wanna enjoy time with your wife and kiddies. But I gotta ask you for a favor. We gotta move one more load - and it's the last, I promise. It's a simple job, couple of chests, risk's minimal and the reward's substantial. Please, do it - if not for the gold, then at least for old time's sake.
-Bert
Swim to the place marked on the map. There are two drowners (10) in the area. Dive and open the chest where you will find random quality Salmian brigandine.
Though Geralt was not really in the mood for a swim that day, he did so all the same, and it paid off… swimmingly. He fished the chest out of the river and continued on his way, dreaming of how he would spend its contents…