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Frischlow
Frischlow is an eerie, deserted village in southernmost Velen choked by piles of burned corpses and overrun with wraiths. Exploring the settlement and its adjacent southern cemetery involves clearing spectral monsters, uncovering a tragic local grave robbery, and accessing a sealed underground cavern.
- Region
- Southwestern No Man’s Land (Velen)
- Levels
- 14–19
- Getting there
- Approached by road from the north or northeast (south of Byways and Lake Wyndamer, or traveling southwest past Olena’s Grove)
- Connects to
- Byways, Lake Wyndamer, Olena’s Grove, southern mire
- Related quests
- Scavenger Hunt: Griffin School Gear Upgrade Diagrams - Part 2
The short version
What matters
- •Diagram: Enhanced Griffin Gauntlets looted from the chest behind the Aard-breakable wall.
- •Guarded treasure at the old cemetery containing a gold sapphire ring and flowers.
Common mistakes
- •Overlooking the phantom miner by not using Keira Metz's Magic Lamp where pickaxe sounds originate outside the southern cave.
- •Forgetting to cast Aard against the weakened stone wall blocking access to the subterranean burial chamber chests.
What you can skip
- •Searching the abandoned village for shops, as there are no merchants, traders, or friendly NPCs present.
Walkthrough May be incomplete
The area in the order you play it. Tick things off as you go: they tick off in the checklists below too.
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1
Approach Frischlow
Follow the southern road in Velen southeast from Byways or head south of Olena’s Grove to reach the abandoned settlement. You will notice around five run-down buildings infested with hostile wraiths, devoid of any vendors, services, or friendly NPCs. Clear out the wraiths lingering among the houses as you search the empty village center.
Tip: You can ignite unburned massive piles of bodies scattered through the settlement and graveyard using Igni.
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2
Old Cemetery Grounds
Head directly south from the village into the old cemetery grounds. Further along these ruins, encounter and defeat or bypass the level 19 Gargoyle that watches over the site. Search the dead body resting by the grave to claim the guarded treasure, which holds flowers and a gold sapphire ring.
Key fight: Old Cemetery Guarded Treasure -
3
Southern Cave Entrance
Continue to the subterranean cave and burial chamber entrance situated south of the village near the Lady Caroline burial grounds. Slay the high-level Noonwraith guarding this spot and check the ground for a dead human corpse.
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4
Ghostly Miner Haunting
While standing just outside the southern cave entrance, listen for the sound of pickaxe strikes coming from the excavation point. Equip Keira Metz's Magic Lamp in your quick-use slot and direct its beam toward the noise. This exposes the restless phantom of a miner endlessly swinging his pickaxe into the earth.
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5
Subterranean Burial Chamber
Turn toward the sealed stone wall at the burial chamber entrance and destroy the barrier with the Aard sign. Venture into the subterranean cave beneath the cemetery to locate the chests hidden inside. Search these containers to retrieve the Diagram: Enhanced Griffin Gauntlets (Enhanced Griffin boots are found inside a chest in the ruined fort on the northern end of Mudplough in Velen).
Checklists
Items May be incomplete
0/3
Secrets May be incomplete
0/1
Key fights May be incomplete
Enemies: Gargoyle (Level ~18–19)
Threats: High armor resistance, leaps that cause area-of-effect shockwaves, throwing toxic rubble/stomp attacks
Tactics: Use Elementa Oil, Dimeritium Bombs, and Quen to absorb heavy hits. Dodge when it leaps airborne rather than parrying
Enemies
Highly aggressive phantoms that attack throughout the abandoned town.
Confronts the player near the southern graveyard and the tomb entrance.
Lurks farther south in the cemetery guarding a corpse and treasure.
Tips
- Cast Aard against the weakened rock formation outside the graveyard entrance to breach the cavern containing the upgrade diagram.
Not listed for this area: shops and people.
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