Things That Go Bump In The Cellar

Leave the city of Novigrad, and gallop on horseback almost due eastward, into the fertile farmland looking for the Moldavie Residence, close to an orchard and small lake. The wind is whipping up a bit as you reach this tumbledown mansion. Unlock the door using Kurt’s key, and step into the trembling premises. The whole building is shaking, but a specter would have attacked you already. Time for a spot of Witcher sensing.

Locate the following:

• On the floor is rotten food and a goblet on the table—evidence of an inhabitant leaving in a hurry.
• Over in the northeast corner of the next room, atop the stairs down to the cellar, is a pile of scattered salt—a pointless superstition to drive away ghosts. Feel free to ransack the chest here for a book.
• Descend the stairs, and uncover a small crack in the old brick and plaster wall. Use Aard to make that crack into a sitcher-sized hole.
• Enter the hole, and head into strange ruins underneath the house, which haven’t been visited for a while.
• Cross the bridge planks to inspect a wooden table with a large magic root on it. A second table opposite holds an open journal. A quick read of the book via your Quest menu after picking it up reveals elemental magic has been practiced here.