Fish Market

The Fish Market is a busy square in the centre of Novigrad, just southwest of Hierarch Square, and you will probably smell it before you see it. Crates of the morning’s catch, barrels, nets and wooden stalls crowd the cobbles, traders haggle loudly over every kind of fish the Pontar and the sea can offer, and the canals and warehouses around it bring a steady stream of boats, carts and porters. It is not glamorous, but it is honest work, which in Novigrad is almost exotic.

Mostly fish changes hands here, but plenty of other goods do too. The Temple Guard keeps order under Sergeant Gilbert Witschke, who can usually be found on the bridge by the market.

In The Witcher 3

The square has two traders worth knowing. A blacksmith has his workshop in the northeast corner, and a merchant sells crafting components, alchemy ingredients and some food and drink. Both take a short break in the early morning, so if their stalls are empty around seven o’clock, wait an hour.

Several quests pass through. In Pyres of Novigrad, Triss Merigold takes a rat-catching job in a warehouse just off the market, which ends in a fight with witch hunters. Sergeant Gilbert gives Geralt the details of the murdered guardsmen in Contract: Deadly Delights, a trail that leads to a succubus. And in A Matter of Life and Death, Geralt looks for a servant in a blue tunic with a ring of keys on his belt, who turns out to work for Lady Ingrid Vegelbud of the Vegelbud Estate.

Quests in the Fish Market

• Pyres of Novigrad
• Contract: Deadly Delights
• A Matter of Life and Death

Good to know

The market does not have its own signpost; use Hierarch Square, which is only a minute’s walk away.