The Final Trial is Lambert’s quest at Kaer Morhen in The Witcher 3, and the best chance to get to know the grumpiest witcher of the Wolf School. To lift Uma’s curse, Yennefer needs her phylactery charged at the Circle of Elements, deep in the mountains north of the keep. Lambert knows the way, and complains about all of it.
How to start The Final Trial
The quest is part of Ugly Baby. Talk to Lambert at the keep. It is a level 19 quest worth 500 XP.
Harpies, a lost boat and a bilge hag
On the way, harpies attack. Use the crossbow and Lambert even pays Geralt a rare compliment. At the lakeside hut, Lambert’s boat is gone. It drifted northwest, and getting it back means fighting drowners and a bilge hag. Across the lake you hear a boy screaming. Investigate if you like, but it is foglets.
Old Speartip and the trolls
The route goes through a cave where a huge ogroid called Old Speartip is sleeping. Climb the ledges instead of blasting the walls with Aard and you can sneak past him, or wake him and fight, which Lambert will love. Ogroid oil and burning with Igni work well. Outside, rock trolls guard the path. Lambert manages to insult them even if Geralt is polite, so they start throwing rocks and you have to run for a cave. On the other side you can talk them round by leaving your swords on a stump, or fight them.
The Circle of Elements
At the circle there is no fighting. Light the torches, put the phylactery on the altar and talk with Lambert while it charges. It is one of his most honest conversations in the game.
Tips
- If you choose to fight the trolls, Geralt draws his steel sword. Switch to silver yourself.
- If you leave your swords with the trolls, the game equips two random swords when you get them back. Check your gear before the next fight.
- Stay at the lake when the quest ends. Nearby are a Place of Power, the trolls’ cave (safe to loot once the quest is done), a wyvern guarding treasure in the hills to the east, and the Ruined Watchtower signpost.
- Witcher senses at the hut where Lambert’s boat was tied can start Monster Slayer.
- Sorting things out peacefully with the trolls counts as evidence in Contract: Skellige’s Most Wanted.
