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Battle Preparations is a main quest in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. It starts immediately after Final Preparations.

This is an "umbrella" quest, incorporating the following sub-quests, all of which must be completed:

Important: Completing this quest is a cutoff point for Reason of State, as well as for returning Triss' earring and the crystal skull.

Walkthrough

The quest starts while you're still at Novigrad, but there's nothing to do there except talk to Avallac'h to tell him that you can set sail to Skellige. Note: this may be your last opportunity to play gwent with Madman Lugos. See Gwent: Skellige Style for more info.

When you arrive at Kaer Trolde Harbor, the first two subquests will start and you just have to go through them. Doing so is quite straightforward, with the only notable thing being that Child of the Elder Blood starts after the first portion of The Sunstone, and then Skjall's Grave is optionally started through a choice at the end of Child of the Elder Blood.

After arriving at the harbor and following the introductory cutscenes, Yennifer and Triss will both have a number of dialogue options (some newly added), and Geralt can also speak to Avallac'h and get a better sense of the elf's relationship to Ciri. Ciri, herself, has no additional dialogue options. Geralt can also enter the cabin of the craft and speak to Philippa Eilhart; Margarita Laux-Antille will be there initiallly but will move to the poop deck before she can be spoken to, but Geralt can converse with her there.

When you're all done, make sure that you're not forgetting Reason of State before telling Avallac'h that everything is ready. In doing so, your ship will sail to Undvik, though you'll have the option to stay behind and meet the others there later.

This quest then ends (no rewards) and On Thin Ice will start.

Journal entry

Thanks to Triss and Yennefer's hard work, Ciri's team of defenders now had two more outstanding sorceresses in its ranks and the prospect of gaining yet another. With this, our heroes were ready to face the Wild Hunt, but to bring Eredin to their world and cut off his escape route, they also needed an elven artifact known as the Sunstone. The team set off for the Skellige Isles to finish their final tasks before their final battle.
In short order Geralt had found the Sunstone, secured the sorceress Fringilla Vigo's assistance and prepared Ciri to face Eredin once more. The time had come to fight the Wild Hunt.

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