Skellige

Skellige
Type	Region
DLC	Base game
Locations	All locations
Map	Region map

The Skellige Isles are an archipelago off the coast of Cintra, southwest of Cidaris and Verden. Fierce warrior sailors live there, and people on the Continent call them pirates, not without reason. The Skelligers have kept their own culture, quite unlike that of the mainland. In The Witcher 3, Geralt sails to Skellige to join Yennefer in the search for Ciri.

Skellige Map

Region of Skellige in an interactive map with major points of interest:

Map credit by Map Genie.

History

Skellige is a kingdom of clans. The land of the large isles is divided between them, and the head of each clan is called a jarl. Clan an Craite holds Kaer Trolde on Ard Skellig. Clan Tordarroch holds Undvik, and Clan Brokvar lives at Svorlag on Spikeroog. Other clans include Dimun, Drummond, Heymaey and Tuirseach.

The isles are barren, and much of the islanders' living comes from raiding at sea. Their longships are feared on many waters.

The clans are united under one king. When a king dies, the jarls gather to decide who rules next. King Bran has just died when Geralt arrives. Crach an Craite, jarl of Clan an Craite and lord of Kaer Trolde, plays a key part in the choice. His children Hjalmar and Cerys are among the claimants to the throne.

The Skelligers are stubbornly independent. They rig their longships and sharpen their spears, ready to fight the Nilfgaardian invasion they expect sooner or later.

Geography

The isles are Ard Skellig, An Skellig, Faroe, Hindarsfjall, Spikeroog and Undvik. Ard Skellig is the largest and lies in the middle of the others. It is larger than all the other isles put together. The archipelago is cold and windswept. Snow-capped peaks tower over the southern and western shores of Spikeroog. Spikeroog also holds a famous arena, where local warriors fight in bouts with no holds barred.

An Ice Giant now haunts Undvik. Travel between the isles is by boat, through waters full of pirates.

Story

Geralt sails from Novigrad in Destination: Skellige. Pirates attack the ship off the coast, and he washes up on a Skellige beach. He makes his way to Kaer Trolde, the castle of Crach an Craite. There the notables of Skellige have gathered to bury King Bran, and Yennefer is among them.

At the wake for King Bran, Yennefer pulls Geralt away to break into the laboratory of the druid Ermion. She steals an artifact called the Mask of Uroboros. Crach then helps the pair examine a forest twisted by a magic explosion, one that may have involved Ciri. Later, Geralt sails from Skellige to the Isle of Mists to find her. The jarls also meet to choose a new ruler for the isles. Crach an Craite is an old friend of Geralt.

Unique and Secret Locations

Landmarks, abandoned sites, hidden stashes and other spots off the main roads of Skellige, with the location each lies closest to.

Unique Monsters

Named monsters that live in only one spot in Skellige, most of them the target of a contract or a quest.

Monster	Image	Species	Near
Abaya		Necrophages	Kaer Trolde Harbor
Djinn		Elementa	Freya's Garden
Hagubman		Ogroids	Larvik
Ice Giant		Ogroids	Dorve Ruins
Melusine		Hybrids	Svorlag
Morvudd		Relicts	Rannvaig
Penitent		Specters	Arinbjorn
The Dragon of Fyresdal		Draconids	Fyresdal
Wham-a-Wham		Ogroids	Trottheim
Woodland Spirit		Relicts	Fayrlund

Monsters

Creatures that roam Skellige.

Creature	Image	Species
Abaya		Necrophages
Armored Arachas		Insectoids
Basilisk		Draconids
Bear		Beasts
Berserker		Cursed Ones
Chort		Relicts
Cockatrice		Draconids
Cyclops		Ogroids
Devourer	-	Necrophages
Dog		Beasts
Doppler		Relicts
Drowned Dead	-	Necrophages
Drowner		Necrophages
Ekhidna	-	Hybrids
Endrega Drone		Insectoids
Endrega Warrior		Insectoids
Erynia		Hybrids
Fiend		Relicts
Foglet		Necrophages
Forktail		Draconids
Grave Hag		Necrophages
Griffin		Hybrids
Hagubman		Ogroids
Hym		Specters
Ice Elemental		Elementa
Ice Giant		Ogroids
Ice Troll		Ogroids
Katakan		Vampires
Leshen		Relicts
Melusine		Hybrids
Morvudd		Relicts
Mucknixer	-	Necrophages
Nekker		Ogroids
Nightwraith		Specters
Noonwraith		Specters
Rock Troll		Ogroids
Rotfiend		Necrophages
Siren		Hybrids
Succubus		Hybrids
Ulfhedinn		Cursed Ones
Venomous Arachas		Insectoids
Werewolf		Cursed Ones
Wham-a-Wham		Ogroids
Wolf		Beasts
Wyvern		Draconids

Merchants and Craftsmen

Traders and craftsmen in Skellige, with the locations where most of them work.

Points of Interest

Places of Power, monster nests, bandit camps, treasures and other map markers across Skellige.

Loot and Collectibles

Witcher gear diagrams, relic items, Gwent cards and other collectibles to find in Skellige.

Quests

Main quests, secondary quests, contracts and treasure hunts that start in Skellige.

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