Lornruk

Lornruk is an abandoned fort on the banks of the Pontar, in the northern part of the Crow’s Perch region of Velen, with Novigrad on the far side of the river. A stone tower stands on a rocky outcrop behind a fence and wall, and a deep, water-filled moat cuts it off from the land. The drawbridge is pulled up, so the place looks sealed. According to the map, smugglers once loaded and unloaded their cargo here, and the fort’s treasures are still waiting to be ransacked. It is grey, windswept and very quiet, apart from the wings overhead.

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Getting in is a small puzzle. With the bridge raised, the official route is an underwater cave below the fort, where several drowners wait, and it leads up into the keep. Once inside you can lower the drawbridge, which makes return visits a lot easier.

A wyvern guards the area, and the harpies of the nearby Harpy Feeding Ground are never far away. Right next to the fort is a Place of Power for the Quen sign, and inside the keep is a treasure tied to the Griffin School gear scavenger hunt. Bookworms should look for a volume called How to Avoid Colossal Vessels, a wink at a real-world book with a very similar title.

Good to know

• Lornruk has a fast travel signpost, and the village of Heatherton lies in the same corner of the region. Crow’s Perch lies further south.
• If you’d rather not swim, you can jump the gap onto the crags on the right side of the cliff and climb over the fence to reach the bridge wheel. Another route climbs up from the Place of Power and loops around to the front.
• Some players see two treasure markers here for the Griffin gear instead of one. It’s a known bug.