Brothers in Arms (Nilfgaard, Novigrad, Skellige, and Velen) – Witcher 3 Quest

This guide is a walkthrough of a main quest of the Witcher 3 in the area of Kaer Morhen. The guide is composed of a map, map legend, and walkthrough to show readers exactly where to go and what to do to complete the quest.

Background

At the end of the quest Ugly Baby, you’ll trigger four Brothers in Arms quests, one each for Nilfgaard, Novigrad, Skellige, and Velen. This page is for all four quests.

Walkthrough

For these quests, you’ll need to recruit some allies to help defend Kaer Morhen against the Wild Hunt. You’ll have several people whom you can talk to. For most of them, you’ll have to complete one or more quests to convince them to join you. Luckily, by the time you get to this point in the game, you’ll probably have completed most of the recruitment quests anyway. The possible allies are listed below.

Note: The allies you recruit will only show up at Kaer Morhen after you’ve completed the quest The Isle of Mists.

Nilfgaard

• Emhyr var Emreis. When you talk to Emhyr, he’ll agree to send you troops — provided that Morvran Voorhis is allowed to lead them. You won’t agree to this, and Emhyr won’t back down, so you won’t get anything from him.

Novigrad

• Sigi Dijkstra. To recruit Dijkstra, you’ll need to learn where his treasure is being kept during the main quest Count Reuven’s Treasure.
  
• Triss. To recruit Triss, you’ll need to complete her line of quests: A Matter of Life and Death and Now or Never.
  
• Vernon Roche. To recruit Roche (and Ves), you’ll need to complete his quest An Eye for an Eye.
  
• Zoltan Chivay. To recruit Zoltan, you’ll need to complete his quest A Dangerous Game.

Skellige

• Cerys / Hjalmar. You’ll have to talk to both of Crach’s children, but you’ll only be able to recruit Hjalmar. To get him, you’ll have to complete the quests Possession, The Lord of Undvik, King’s Gambit, and Coronation. It won’t make any difference which of the siblings you pick to rule Skellige.
  
• Crach. You won’t be able to recruit Crach, but he’ll help you out by giving you a leveled version of the steel sword Winter’s Blade.
  
• Ermion. You won’t need to complete a quest to recruit Ermion. He’ll always join you.

Velen

• Keira Metz. To recruit Keira, you’ll need to complete her line of quests — An Invitation from Keira Metz, A Towerful of Mice, A Favor for a Friend, and For the Advancement of Learning — and then invite her to Kaer Morhen at the end.
  
• Letho. To recruit Letho, you’ll need to complete his quest Ghosts of the Past. Letho will only be available in your game (and mentioned in the quest) if he survived in The Witcher 2.