A Restless Ghost

A Restless Ghost is a secondary quest in Act II of The Witcher, set at the cemetery in Vizima’s Temple Quarter. Around noon, the widow Hildegard Zollstock waits outside the cemetery gates. Her late husband refuses to stay quietly dead: his ghost turns up at midnight and spreads nasty gossip about her, and her reputation is suffering for it. She wants it handled discreetly.

The ghost turns out to be a wraith that is not hostile at first, but there is no talking him into silence, so it ends in a fight. Hildegard insists on paying only outside the graveyard at noon, and she tries to wriggle out of it even then. Geralt gets his 200 orens in the end.

Walkthrough

  1. Talk to Hildegard Zollstock outside the cemetery gates around noon and agree to deal with her husband’s ghost.
  2. Return to the cemetery at midnight and find the ghost ranting about his wife.
  3. Fight and defeat the wraith.
  4. Meet Hildegard outside the cemetery at noon the next day and collect your payment.
  5. Tip: if you kill the wraith before meeting her, you can accept the quest and collect the reward in the same conversation.

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Quest rewards

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XP: 500–2,000 XP depending on the step
Gold: 200 orens
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