A Grave Discovery

Enter the sewers (as shown) from this entrance in the central-east part of the main Novigrad island. Turn left at the first junction, left again, and heading down a long flight of stone steps. Continue through a gap in the grating as the stairs continue down, and in the lower junction chamber, head straight across to a brick tunnel that curves to the left. Once in the sub-junction chamber, turn and face the cracked wall to the southwest. With a conjuring of Aard, you pummel the wall to reveal an old crypt entrance. That too, is walled up, so summon Aard again.

Climb down into the large crypt, where a grave-robber is trying (unsuccessfully) to push the huge stone lid off the massive coffin in the center of this mausoleum. Speak to him, and he reveals himself to be a scholar from Oxenfurt University. Apparently, the sarcophagus contains a priceless elven tome (the Dar’Ah Manuscript) and he hopes you can help him find it. Agree to open the coffin.

End: Who Dares Disturb My Rest?

A body clad in black fineries is revealed. It peers up, asking if it is 1358 yet. You explain this is a regenerating vampire, as the bloodsucker pulls its lid back. Jonne didn’t have the chance to check for the book, so he asks to push the lid open again. Agree (or don’t at the quest stalls). The second disturbance angers the vampire so much, it transforms into its more… “toothy” form. Slay this Katakan (using tactics from the Bestiary chapter). Afterwards, Jonne is still unlucky in his tome search, and the quest concludes.