Walkthrough for the quest The Cursed Chapel 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 (Hearts of Stone)
Suggested level: 36
Location: Novigrad
To start this quest loot the Pastoral diary of Father Glaedfried and a Crypt key from the corpse of a priest lying near the old chapel north of Upper Mill.
Unfortunate accidents happen to even the most gods-fearing of men. This realization came to Geralt when he happened across the corpse of a priest. On the body he found a journal, and, after a moment of silence for the deceased's memory, he tucked the document into his satchel.
The Cursed Chapel (Quest)
Velen / Novigrad
Cursed Mother
Velen / Novigrad
The Cursed Chapel (Treasure)
Velen / Novigrad
Pastoral diary of Father Glaedfried
[journal is covered in blood, heavily damaged, only last page can be made out]
My wanderings for the Fire's glory next took me to preach to Brunwich, the village curled 'round the lake. And lo and behold, what did the Most Holy Flames illuminate for me there? A hive of hardened heathens, too lost in sin to lift a cursed finger to care for the hearth of the Eternal Fire! Filled with divine wrath, I ask them, "Why's your chapel in such a sorry state?! Why's your cemetery all covered in weeds?!" Their response? "Ghosts! Curses fallen upon hallowed ground." They blame it on the ealdorman's wife, say she went mad from riches and… [illegible fragment] ... and ever since that tragedy, chapel's lain in ruins, with no one daring to go near. So the task falls on me to guide these foolish lost sheep back on the righteous path and away from the rubbish they believe. I intend to enter the chapel alone, armed only with the torch of the Eternal Fire to light my path, and see just what lurks within...
From the notes he learned locals were having a bit of trouble in the form of a haunted cemetery. Led by a sense of duty, Geralt decided to see what was disturbing the dead's peace and endangering the living's lives.
Go to the crypt. In the garden, you will be attacked by three wraiths (34). Use the key you found in the priest's corpse to unlock the door to the crypt and go inside. When you go downstairs, you' ll encounter the Cursed Mother that you'll have to kill. Once it's dead, loot the corpse you can find in the crypt.
It turned out the crypt was haunted by a powerful ghost, an Accursed Mother. The wraith jealously guarded the treasures laid to rest with the dead and attacked all intruders. This time, however, she had met her match.