In Ciri’s Footsteps is the big umbrella quest of Act I in The Witcher 3. It tracks Geralt’s search for Ciri across the three main regions: Velen, Novigrad and the Skellige Isles. It does not have steps of its own. Instead, it finishes once you have followed every lead.
How to start In Ciri’s Footsteps
The quest is added to your journal after Imperial Audience, together with Pyres of Novigrad and Destination: Skellige. It is worth 200 XP when it completes. The three regions can be done in any order.
The three leads
- Velen: The Nilfgaardian Connection, Family Matters, Hunting a Witch, Wandering in the Dark and Ladies of the Wood, with the Bloody Baron, Keira Metz and the Crones.
- Novigrad: Pyres of Novigrad, Novigrad Dreaming, Broken Flowers, Get Junior, Count Reuven’s Treasure, The Play’s the Thing and A Poet Under Pressure, with Triss, Dandelion and the city’s crime lords.
- Skellige: Destination: Skellige, The King is Dead – Long Live the King, Echoes of the Past, Missing Persons and Nameless, with Yennefer.
What happens next
Once all three regions are done, the pieces come together: Ciri has an ally, an elf on the run from the Wild Hunt, and the ugly creature called Uma at Crow’s Perch is the key. The story moves to Kaer Morhen in Ugly Baby.
Tips
- Each region has its own level range. Velen suits a character around level 5 to 10, Novigrad around 10 to 13 and Skellige around 14 to 17.
- Plan your side quests: several of them are cut off once Ugly Baby starts. See our interactive maps for everything in each region.
