Tower of Mice

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.

1. 1

   Shoreline Approach

   When you travel by boat from the Velen mainland across Lake Wyndamer, you will make landfall at Fyke Isle. Near the shore, outer palisade walls, and Fyke Isle Signpost, battle the roaming Rotfiends, Drowners, Ghouls, and a Water Hag guarding the route to the central stone tower. Equip Keira's Magic Lamp at the three exterior patches of green mist to view optional ethereal mist memories before you head inside.

   Tip: Activate the Fyke Isle Signpost upon arrival to secure the nearby fast travel point.

   Watch out: If you start the main quest "The Isle of Mists" before finishing "A Towerful of Mice", the quest will permanently fail and the mist scenes will become inaccessible.

2. 2

   Entering the Haunted Bastion

   Step across the threshold into the multi-level stone tower to explore its dungeon interior, keeping your guard up against rat swarms, corpses, and the basement levels below. As you ascend, aggressive rat swarms will strike from the stairwells, requiring you to clear the narrow passages. Keep climbing past the lower chambers until you reach the standard living quarters above.

   Watch out: Be mindful that finishing this quest chain to trigger "A Favor for a Friend" permanently fails the nearby quest "Lynch Mob".

3. 3

   Third Floor Bedroom

   When you climb up to the third floor, search the bedroom area next to the stairs leading upward. Open the chest sitting in this room to secure two crafting diagrams before continuing your ascent.

   Annabelle’s Remains: Fyke Isle, Alexander’s Laboratory on the top floor from AnnabelleHow: agree to take her remains to Graham during dialogue New
4. 4

   Unlocking the Secret Laboratory

   On the highest standard floor accessible via regular stairs, inspect the walls to locate a concealed doorway. Pull the two wall levers found nearby into their proper positions to reveal the secret staircase leading up to Alexander's lab. Head up the hidden passage to enter the uppermost chamber.

   A concealed doorway leading to the top laboratory, discovered by pulling two wall levers on the highest reachable floor of the main tower
5. 5

   Confronting Annabelle

   Upon entering the top-floor laboratory, locate the spirit of Annabelle and speak with her using Keira's Magic Lamp. She asks you to carry her bones to Graham the fisherman in Oreton, presenting you with a crucial choice: you can agree to her plea to collect Annabelle's bones, or refuse her outright.

   Annabelle's bones: Collected directly from the ghost Annabelle inside the laboratory if agreeing to her request

   Watch out: Choosing to refuse Annabelle's request locks you out of obtaining Annabelle's bones, forcing an alternative resolution involving bringing Graham back to the tower.

6. 6

   The Pesta Duel

   If you decline Annabelle's request, she reveals her true form and attacks as the Pesta (Plague Maiden). Fight the phantom inside the chamber, watching out for rat swarms that assault you during the duel and along the stairwells as the battle forces a retreat down the tower. Once beaten on the top floor, the ethereal spirit leaves behind no corpse loot and flees down the stairs to the exterior grounds to continue the fight.

   Watch out: Do not waste time attempting to loot Annabelle inside the tower after striking her down, as she yields nothing until pursued outside.

7. 7

   Laboratory Secrets

   Return to the top levels of the tower to thoroughly scavenge Alexander's research room. Inside Alexander's laboratory, you can find a chest containing two crafting diagrams, alongside an additional chest situated on the very top level that yields an oil formula and two more crafting diagrams.

   Top-level formula chest: On the very top level of the tower, against the laboratory wall New

   Watch out: If you intend to take Alexander's notes during the subsequent quest "For the Advancement of Learning", make sure not to let Keira leave for King Radovid without securing them, or they will be permanently missed.

What you decide here and what it leads to.