Shock Therapy – Witcher 3 Quest

This guide is a walkthrough of a side quest in the Witcher 3 on the Skellige Isles. 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.

Map Legend

1 – Druid Shrine

Background

You’ll receive this quest from a druid at the sacred oak Gedyneith in eastern Ard Skellig (#1).

Walkthrough

The druid will tell you that his friend Egill suddenly went mute, but that a strong emotion might be able to cure him. So he’ll ask you to scare Egill but not hurt him. You’ll find Egill (called a Taciturn Druid) slightly to the north. If you turn on your witch senses, then you’ll find three things in the area that you can use to scare him:

• You can use Aard on the hornets’ nest when Egill is meditating.
  
• You can extinguish the fire when Egill is warming his hands.
  
• You can use Aard on the tin pots when Egill is sleeping.

Note: If Egill gets stuck in one activity and doesn’t move on to the next, then talking to him will usually fix the problem.

After using all three scare tactics, Egill will yell at you to knock it off, and then he’ll berate you for causing him to break his vow of silence — which means he wasn’t mute after all. When you return to the first druid, he’ll be smug that he was able to trick you, but no matter what you say to him or Egill, you’ll earn the Iorveth gwent card (Ranged 10) and 75 xp for completing the quest.