

The first open world location in the game is White Orchard. Additional zones will be unlocked as you progress through the main story of the game. Instead, you have to find signpost and use fast-travel option - additionally, it will be possible only, if you have at least one unlocked signpost in destination zone.

This division causes that you can not directly sail, for instance, from The Skellige Isles to Novigrad. It is divided into few major areas - White Orchard, Velen and Novigrad, The Skellige Isles, Kaer Morhen and few more smaller ones like Royal Palace in Vizima or Isle of Mists. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is not a single open world game. The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt tutorial takes place in Kaer Morhen, the stronghold of the witchers. Some basic facts about the game world and this atlas
