Morvudd

Morvudd is a powerful fiend, the monster behind Contract: Missing Son on Ard Skellig in the Skellige Isles. Fiends are walking mountains of muscle with horned heads full of teeth. They live in deep forests, swamps and bogs, and a fiend’s most dangerous trick is its third eye, which can hypnotize and blind whoever looks into it.

The contract comes from Odhen of Rannvaig, whose son Olve ran off with friends to hunt for treasure in the fortress ruins north of Boxholm. Olve wore a yellow tunic, which is how Geralt recognizes him later. You can also pick up the contract from the Rannvaig notice board or simply stumble on the fiend while exploring.

Morvudd waits just inside the walls of the ruins. During the first fight it keeps using its third eye, and near the end it uses it one last time to blind Geralt and escape. Geralt then tracks it across a bridge and through Boxholm to another ruin, where it can’t run anymore. Killing it gets you the fiend trophy and the sword Longclaw. If you look around, a chest sits in a cave under the first ruins, the treasure Olve was after.

Combat strategy

Morvudd fights like any big fiend: heavy swipes, a charge that takes a huge chunk of health, and the hypnotic third eye that blinds you for a while. Roll sideways out of the charge instead of backward, and keep your distance when its eye starts to glow. The first fight can’t end in a kill, since it’s scripted to blind you and run near the end. Expect the second fight to start with Morvudd back at full health.

Fight with your silver sword and use the openings after its charge or a missed swipe.

Coat your silver sword with Relict Oil.
Igni works well against fiends.
Samum or Devil’s Puffball bombs are listed as effective.
Keep Quen up to absorb its heavy blows, and use Axii to stun it for a few free hits.
Roll out of the way of its charge, which deals massive damage.