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Skellige’s deadly seas make it an ideal place to search for sunken treasure inThe Witcher 3.The storms and pirates mean that the archipelago’s shores are littered with destroyed ships. Treasure Hunt: Nilfgaardian Treasure has you search a shipwreck off the coast of An Skellig for a chest of treasure on its manifest.
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Like other treasure hunts, the hard part is starting the quest. This guide will point you to its starting location and show you where to look for the quest’s objective, a crate full of valuable treasure that will make your hunt for Ciri that much easier.
How To Start Treasure Hunt: Nilfgaardian Treasure
You will need to searchthe southeastern coast of An Skellig,an island on thenortheast part of Skellige.An easy way to get there would be tofast travel to Urialla Harbor.From there, follow the road out to thesoutheast coastand look for a shattered boat.
There will besirens flying over the wreck.In all likelihood, you will need tokill them first,before you can start the quest.

You are looking fora corpse with a cargo manifeston it. Reading the note willstart the quest.
Where To Find The Treasure Chest
You will need to find the ship’s sunken half to get the treasure. It is just off the coast, underwater. Geralt will be able to withstand the freezing water and reach the chest, waiting for you on the ship’s deck.
UseWitcher Sensesto make this part of the quest easier. It willgive the chest a yellow outline,helping you spot it in the dark ocean. It would be difficult to see the chest otherwise.

The quest will end after youopen the chestand claim the treasure within.
This chest islikely to contain Nilfgaardian Florens.This currencycannot be used to purchase goods or services.However, Florens can be exchanged for Crowns at the Vivaldi Bank in Novigrad. Talk to Vimme Vivaldi to make the trade.

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