Altar of Veyopatis

The Altar of Veyopatis is an ancient shrine hidden in a forest glade in the woods around Flotsam in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. The forested banks of the Pontar hide more than one secret, and this is one of them: an altar to Veyopatis, an old deity whose worshippers are long gone. The glade is hard to find, and the monsters of the surrounding forest keep casual visitors away.

Geralt, who is not easily scared off by the local wildlife, has a very practical reason to come here: it is the place where a certain tainted medallion can be cleansed.

In The Witcher 2

The altar is the setting for the finale of Melitele’s Heart. Geralt carries a talisman that once belonged to a man called Newboy, picked up during the prologue. In Chapter 1, the herb witch Anezka recognises it as Melitele’s Heart, a medallion of the goddess Melitele, and explains that it can be purified. Geralt has to gather four ingredients first: a troll’s tongue, essence of death from the wraiths of the haunted asylum, an endrega embryo and an arachas eye.

With everything in hand, Anezka tells Geralt to meet her at the shrine after midnight. As she performs the ritual, wraiths come out of the dark in waves, and Geralt has to cut down about ten of them, never more than three at a time, before the ceremony is complete. Afterwards Anezka hands back the purified medallion.

Good to know

• Anezka also offers to simply buy the talisman. Selling it ends any chance of purifying it.
• The troll’s tongue can be won from Sendler in a dice game during Troll Trouble, cut from the troll yourself or bought from Cedric.
• The arachas eye comes from the arachas Geralt meets on the way to Iorveth’s hideout. Loot it before meeting the kingslayer.
• Meditate until about 22:00 or 23:00 before setting out, so you arrive after midnight.
• Once cleansed, the medallion grants +1 vitality regeneration.
• The wraith fight is known to bug out occasionally. If Anezka stops responding, reload an earlier save.