Black Pearl

A Plan Crazier than it is Sane

Behind the Golden Sturgeon (by the docks, but round the back), step into a conversation with Nidas, a weatherbeaten soldier who requires a traveling companion for a sea crossing. He’s promised his beloved Letta a rare and black pearl before he reunites with her, to boot! Agree to help out, and Nidas arranges to meet you by the collapsed bridge near Arinbjorn, in Skellige.

Journey to Ard Skellig, and dock at Arinbojorn, on the western side of the main island. You’re looking for the three rocky islands partly attached by ruined bridges, with the Eldberg Lighthouse at the northern tip. Expect a cockatrice and other adversaries as you trek to the meeting point—the northern side of the southern-most bridge. Leap the gap along the way.

After a brief history lesson, agree to help locate the pearl, and then let Nidas take the lead. Follow him along the path to the north, before he heads left (west) down a small ravine to the beach.

The Nidas Touch

Old Nidas has festering lungs, so you’re tasked with the diving duties. Enter the objective area, and dive down to the bottom of the rocky ocean floor, using your Witcher Senses and minimap to ascertain the location of an oyster. Loot it when you reach each one, and continue this underwater search until an oyster yields the pearl you seek.

Now return to the surface, and extricate yourself from the water immediately. A group of three drowners and a siren may be attacking old Nidas! Quickly place yourself between Nidas and the foes. The quest fails if Nidas dies at the hands of these monsters, or any wandering bandits you haven’t slain. Give the black pearl to Nidas, and he’s suitably impressed, telling you to meet him at the Golden Sturgeon for your reward.

End: Letta Isn’t Getting Better

Now journey back to Novigrad’s Harborside district, and visit the Golden Sturgeon where this quest commenced. Nidas is inside the bar, with a wistful expression. He hoped the present of the black pearl to his wife would awaken her memory, but she is sick and forgetful, and doesn’t even remember his face. The quest concludes with an air of melachony.