The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt: How to reach Skellige islands? The Witcher 3 Guide

This page of The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt guide explains how to reach Skellige islands - one of the main locations. Learn where you can get there and what you have to do to get access to the islands.

Skellige islands is one of the main parts of the game world. In contrast to Velen and Novigrad, you don't gain access to it after visiting the White Orchard and Royal Palace in Vizima. Reaching the islands is a bit more troublesome and you can deal with it during the Destination: Skellige quest.

Start by going to Free City of Novigrad. More specifically, you must reach its western part. There are a few ships there. You should be interested in the one shown in the picture above. Talk to Liglad on the deck of that ship, he will send you to his employer.

Ship captain can be found in the local inn

Captain Wolverstone can be found in the tavern near the port. You must talk to him and, sadly, pay him 1000 crowns for the trip (the game doesn't allow you to lower the price in any way, even with the Axii sign).

Important - if you don't have enough crowns, then sell items you don't need at local merchants. You can also try to visit Vivaldi banker and take a loan from him or exchange some currency (orens and florens for crowns).

You must fight pirates only during your first travel to Skellige

The sea trip to Skellige islands won't be boring. During the journey you will be attacked by pirates. They are the reason why it was recommended to develop Geralt - otherwise he could have been too weak to eliminate the enemies (they are on 15 and 16 experience level). If you haven't listened to the warning and you're on much lower experience level then try to avoid staying in one place on the deck, look for opportunities to kill pirates that are fighting your allies and help yourself with the crossbow, bombs and witcher signs.