It has Geralt investigate a lighthouse gone dark on Ard Skellig.

These spectral monsters are hardly rare, though their numbers will keep the fight exciting.

If you are struggling against them or with searching the lighthouse for clues, this guide will help you.

Geralt and a peasant stare at a monster off-screen as they walk through a misty island.

Starting Contract: The Phantom of Eldberg

There arefour ways to start this contract.

The Notice Board

you’ve got the option to find the contract atArinbjorn’s notice board.

Talk To Jorund

He is inArinbjorn’s Tavern.

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Investigate The Lighthouse

The lighthouse is hard to miss.

You may have paid it a visit if you had chanced upon it.

He willbring the contract upif you had not read it.

Geralt walks toward a lighthouse looming out of the fog as a specter holding a green lamp drifts toward him.

Geralt will bring it up otherwise.

He needs Geralt to find out what happened.

You will encounter hostilebandits and Ekhidnaon your way there.

A screenshot of Geralt’s witcher senses highlighting a corpse in red by the road.

Whilewalking to the lighthouseis not a bad idea,taking a boat up northwould be faster.

Just be ready for the Ekhidna attacking you.

Greasing your sword withSpecter Oilwould be a prudent decision.

A screenshot of Geralt looking at runes etched into the stone wall of a lighthouse.

The lighthouse keeper, Mikkjal, is taking shelter inside.

The specters had taken a toll on him, leaving him frightened.

Geralt will need toinvestigate the lighthouse himself.

A screenshot of several bundles of letters in a dresser being inspected by Geralt.

The lighthouse hasa few containers to lootthat you may miss out on otherwise.

There areonly two things to investigate in the lighthouse.

Markings On The Wall

There isa set of symbolsscratched into the lighthouse’s wall.

Geralt fights a specter on an island with a lit lighthouse in the background.

you might investigate themon the stairsleading to the entrance.

Geralt willidentify the monsterafter interacting with this clue.

You canreturn to Mikkjalafter checking the markings.

Triple-A Games

The specter in question isa penitent,more powerful than a normal specter, andunkillable in the mist.

Killing The Penitent

Geralt will have Mikkjal help him kill the penitent.

Geralt willsay when the lighthouse is lit,signaling when you’re free to properly damage the penitent.

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It should be an easy fight from here on out.

With the penitent dead,loot the trophyfrom its body.

With the trophy in hand, you canreturn to Jorundfor your payment.

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What happens next depends onKing’s Gambit.

King’s Gambit Is Completed

Geralt willleave peacefully,with a fuller coin pouch.

Geralt will be imprisoned, starting the questStranger In A Strange Land.

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