Location Concept Art

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Ard Skellig#

Early Ard Skellig	Final Ard Skellig

Concept Art	Final Game
0 - Kaer Trolde + Craite Village 1 - Guard Post 2 - Broken Down Caravan Invites the Player to follow the main quest path when coming to the island for the firsttime. Also serves as an orientation point so the player doesn’t get lost on his first venture into Ard Skellig. 3 - Bridge Post bridge+gate 46 - Tomb for Skellige Tombs I. (mq2003)

4 - Rocky Road
6 - Butcher farms
- A small community of butchers and herders processing meat and herding animals. Pigs, goats, cows, most of them behind fences, butchered animals.
24 - Perimeter Castle
- Castle at the Southern End of the Valley, succumbed to the harsh winds over time.
25 - Hot Springs special fx - steam, water, waterfalls
26 - Whale Graveyard whale bones, skeletons
27 - Diseased Drake + Nest diseased dragon
- The carcass of a still decaying drake next to its nest.
40 - Troll Cave
41 - Village destroyed by Dragon
- This village got to experience the dragon while it was still alive and kicking.
45 - Farm village
50 - White Mesa Access - a complex cave & tunnel system leading up to the top plateau of Northern Plains
51 - Halgrim’s camp - The leader of the berserkers has set up camp in a remote, hard to access corner of the Northern Plains, in a small pine forest, near a waterfall.
52 - Waterfall

Concept Art	Final Game
8 - Lumbermill 9 - Druid’s Holy Oak 10 - Druid Dens 14 - Caravan

7 - Tundra Village stilts, scaffolds, compatible skellige housing
- A village build on small natural terrasses, above the swamp like terrain.
11 - Ruined Guard Post
- The ruins of a guard post, mostly build out of wood.
15 - Herbalist community
- Making use of the environment, a few farms h0ave specialized in processing all the common and rare herbs found in the area.
39 - Harpy Nest
42 - Cave Troll
48 - Water Hag cave for Water Hag (mq2009)

5 - Shipwreck Village (needs name) shipwreck housing
- Build with material scavenged from nearby shipwrecks.
12 - Giant War Idol - backstory should be explained giant war idol
- A giant man-shaped idol that has been built by stacking rocks on top of each other. Some live near the statue, taking care of the sacred place.
13 - Fyresdal Village (aka Hern’s Village) whalebone-imbued architecture
- A wilder looking architecture, involving whale bones, furs, etc.
- Residence of Lugos the Mad, Jarl of the clan Undvik
16 - Guard Tower Ruins
17 - Raven’s Home
- A village utterly destroyed by a long past war.
18 - Abandoned Military Base / Fort
49 - Tilted siege tower
- A symbol or rage, war lust and an ultimate craving for power, it’s a remnant of an ancient battle. A war lord once thought that he could rule the land with the obvious might of a siege tower, so he had one built, and halfway through the battlefield it got stuck in a ditch. - backstory could be explained giant abandoned siege tower covered in plants, moss, collapsed parts, rot and damage
53 - The Smite
- A huge chasm in the middle of War Alley, emitting toxic fumes. Legend has it that a warrior/giant of mighty strength has laid his axe on the ground with such furious anger, that it split the ground open

Concept Art	Final Game
28 - Haunted Manor 38 - Nekker Nest

19 - Remnants of a mighty Duel - - backstory should be explained
- Focus mode content opportunity
20 - The Peak
- The Peak of the SGA, nice view!
21 - Crazed People Village hung corpses, cages for people, dismembered bodies, etc.
- A secluded village, inhabited by people gone mad. They kidnap people from nearby Holmstein. - backstory should be explained
22 - Holmstein Village - backstory should be explained
23 - Clanlord’s Keep - backstory should be explained
- The Clanlord has barricaded and completely closed of his keep to the outside world, after recent events in the region and the cataclysm.
43 - Cave Troll

Concept Art	Final Game
29 - Mines mine assets 30 - Arinbjorn Harbor 31 - Arinbjorn (Upper and Lower) The Villages are spread out along the road leading from War Alley to the Highland Harbor. 36 - Hunters’ village 37 - Quarry quarry assets 47 - Monster infested tomb with looters for Skellige Tombs II. (mq2003)

Concept Art	Final Game
32 - Pirate Hideout - could have location specific quests pirate hideout ship aft with scaffolds, pathways and architectural elements Built using the Aft of a giant vessel. 33 - Cave Entrance to Pirate HQ. unique cave interior assets

Concept Art	Final Game
34 - Ghost Town 35 - Sorcerer’s Castle - backstory should be explained

Concept Art	Final Game
44 - Cataclysm Epicenter

S1 - Floating Market floating market model made out of existing assets
- A market established on conjoined ships, only accessible with a boat. Heirs of a once large and proud clan; cast out by the mighty Ice Giant from their homeland. The vowed that they shall never set foot on dry land other than home, and they are on a constant voyage to strengthen their ranks and become strong enough to vanquish their foe. It’s constantly on the move on the eastern shores of Ard Skellig, in the shadow of mountains.
S7 - Renegade pirates hideout - backstory should be explained
- A few deserters from the main pirate forces of Skellige decided to found their own pirate venture in a faraway corner of the island.
S6 - Giant cave complex
- With treasure, bandits, adventurers and monsters
S5 - Wrecked battleship shipwreck
- Boardable
S4 - Cargo reef cargo reef model built from existing assets
- Giant heap of lost cargo forms a small island. It’s robbed empty, but there might be some stuff left for Geralt to salvage.
S3 - Small treasure cave
- Requires advanced sailing skills to access.
S8: Shipwrecks for Pirate Scavengers I (mq2002)
S9: Shipwrecks for Pirate Scavengers II (mq2002)
S10: Shipwrecks for Pirate Scavengers III (mq2002)
S11: Shipwrecks for Pirate Scavengers IV (mq2002)