Geralt is no slouch when it comes to tracking monsters and people. With his enhanced senses, he can follow his quarry with the tiniest of hints that ordinary humans have no hope of finding. As impressive as he is, however, he has his limits. Sharp eyesight and a sensitive nose stand no chance against Ciri’s powers of teleportation inThe Witcher 3.

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Yennefer turns her back to Geralt and Ermion as the trio overlook a cliff on Ard Skellig in Skellige.

Faced with this limitation, Yennefer has resorted to underhanded means to get a magical tool that will help the pair find their long-lost daughter. This approach does not come without its consequences, which you will have to deal with in the quest Echoes of the Past.

Starting Echoes Of The Past

Afterstealing the Mask of Uroborosand getting Crach an Craite’s support inThe King is Dead, Long Live the King, Yennefer travels out to the site of a magical cataclysm believed to have been caused by Ciri.

You will have to join her there, taking a long journey through the island of Ard Skellig to reach theDruid’s Campwhere you find her arguing with Ermion.

Blue sparks fly from a monster as Geralt battles it with his silver sword in a dead forest.

This journey is a good chance tounlock Fast Travel pointsthroughout Ard Skellig if you have just arrived at the island.

According to the druid, using the Mask of Uroboros would be foolish. While it would allow its users to peer into the past, its legend claims thatthe sea would swallow Skelligeif it was ever used, not to mention that it can only be used once.

Geralt holds a mask to his face as he follows a spectral pair of people through a dead forest.

Yennefer, in true Yennefer fashion, takes the chance touse the mask anywayand rushes into the destroyed forest to search for any clues left by Ciri.

Searching The Destroyed Forest

Ermion and Geralt chase after her. You will find Yenneferbeing attacked by a pair of foglets.Help her defeat the two monsters for another conversation to begin.

Yenneferwill help you in battleby using her magic todamage and stun the foglets.Her assistance is particularly helpful bydelaying the foglets from turning invisible,letting you deal more damage at each opportunity.

Geralt looks down into a deep ravine carved out by the armored remains of a Wild Hunt soldier.

What’s done is done, and Ermion willtry to manage the weatherwhile Yennefergives Geralt the maskand asks him to use it.

You are looking forsmall motes of green sparks,similar to the echoes left inA Towerful of Mice, earlier in Velen.

Don the mask andstand next to Yennefer.If done correctly, the two will comment on the ghostly pair of people created by the mask. Geraltrecognizes Ciri,indicating that you are on the right path.

This pattern willrepeat twice,with afoglet attacking at each site.Once the foglet is felled, Geralt and Yennefer will talk before moving to the next site.

Ermion will rejoin the pair at thefourth location.Geralt and Yennefer will piece together what had happened in the forest. The Mask makes it clear thatCiri had destroyed the forestin self-defense and wasfleeing a set of attackers.

They use an echo tofind the body of a slain attackerunder acollapsed tree.Yennefer will use her magic to lift the debris, revealing a warrior of the Wild Hunt. Ermion, while shocked, tells them thatthe Wild Hunt had destroyed the village of Lofotennot long ago, giving them their next lead.

The quest ends at this point, though Yennefer asks Geraltif he wants to travel with her.Accepting her offer willbring you directly to the villagewhile turning it down will make youfind your own way there.

You may want toaccept Yennefer’s offer if you have not done much exploring.Lofoten is on a different island and willtake a long time to get to.By traveling with her, you willavoid the tripandhave a Fast Travel pointon Hindarsfjall.

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