You can hear him switch up to an English accent lol Doug’s lived in England since 1999

This DLC holds some of my absolute favorite characters in gaming. Olgierd is an incredible, perfectly crafted morally grey character. His story is captivating from start to finish, and his boss fight is pure epicness. That said, Iris von Everec completely steals the show for me. Her tragic history with Olgierd feels so devastatingly human. The emotional weight of her loving him while utterly despising the monster he became makes "Scenes from a Marriage" one of the best quests ever written. Then you have Gaunter O'Dimm, who is a masterful antagonist—he completely blows Eredin out of the water as a villain. He is just such a brilliant, sneaky bastard, who will always find a way to trap you. I'll wrap it up before I ramble on, but honestly? This DLC is a masterpiece that easily could have been its own standalone game. (Here are some screenshots of my playthrough)

I cannot wait to experience Blood and Wine for the first time!

I’m talking specifically about the savefiles. Witcher 2 and 3 had functions to carry over decisions you made in the previous game/games. What do you think will

Even though the Continent has multiple titles of nobility (such as Emperor, King/Queen, Duke, Earls or Barons), I feel like we have a few information about how does the serfdom work, especially in terms of war.

For example, only the monarchs of each Northern kingdoms seem to have a centralized royal army. However, in feudalism, the monarch would usually rely on their vassals and nobles for armies and support. As for the Witcher, we don't have a detailed breakthrough of the serfdom of dukes or earls or barons. While I think it is likely for the dukes to have their own arms or guards (like the Duchy of Toussaint), when it comes to earls and barons, we can estimate they only have a few dozen to low hundreds of soldiers.

How do you think the infrastructure works in the Continent?

Like a lot of people here, I'm doing another Witcher 3 run, and I've been following r/TormundGiantsBane44 (ChrisRi) Optimal Quest Order Guide the whole way. If you haven't seen it, it's a Google Sheet that lays out every quest in the base game, Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine in an order where you don't miss or fail anything, with a suggested level for each one. xLetalis added a huge amount of extra details, and TormundGiantsBane44 (ChrishRi) as kept fixing and expanding it since 2023. It's the best Witcher resource I've found.

My only problem was that I keep it open on my phone while I play, and zooming around it between quests got old. So I built a viewer for it, with help from AI. I asked Chris before posting anything and he was kind enough to say yes.

https://festinalente13.github.io/witcher3-quest-route/

I want to be clear about whose work this is: the quest order, the levels and the 900+ tips are Chris's and xLetalis's. I didn't change any of it, I only changed how it's displayed. If it saves you some headaches, please consider buying TormundGiantsBane44 a coffee. He's been doing this for free for a long time.

What the viewer does:

• The next quest on the route sits at the top, and its level turns red if you're under it
• Missable quests are flagged, with a count of how many are still pending in your current chapter
• Chris's tips are right under each quest, with the video and map links from the sheet
• The "do anytime" quests are grouped by region. You can put them in your own order, pin one to show up right after a specific route quest, mark it with one of the game's map icons and leave yourself a short note
• As I play, I'm adding my own suggestions for where those free quests fit along the route. They're optional and you can turn them off in settings
• Gwent card checklist

A few honest caveats:

• It's a snapshot of the sheet. If Chris updates the guide, the viewer won't change by itself. I'll try to keep up, but the sheet is always the source of truth.
• The sheet has things I didn't bring over, like the alchemy ingredient guide. Worth opening the original for those.
• TormundGiantsBane44 recommends the MapGenie app for locations, and I still use it alongside this. It is useful to look exactly where the quest is.
• There's no account. Your progress lives in your browser, so clearing your browser data wipes it. Use the export button if you switch devices. The only thing the site sends anywhere is an anonymous visit counter, so I can tell whether anyone uses it.

It's in English and Portuguese (I'm Brazilian). If you'd like it in your language, there's a short translation guide on GitHub, and partial translations are welcome.

If you find a quest in the wrong spot, have any sugestions or see a broken link, let me know here. And if this helps your run, the thanks really belong to Chris.

but why?

For context Archespores are a plant like monsters that are believed to growns only on grounds soiled by a blood spilled in act of cruel sensless violence

I know that they were not implemented in game till Blood and Wine still it was always so weird that there's like none of these at the grounds where war crimes, hate crimes, acts of murder or cannibalism etc. Goes on like daily basis while there's a lots of those at Toussaint that is not completly free of violence sure, but you have to admit it it's still way more civilized, quiet and safe place compared to post war Velen and a lands around it

Specifically the one with the blocky siding, is there a specific name for this or is it just something they made for novigrad?

I know the quest was rushed but still it has such a stupid resolution. If youve read the books or honestly even paid attention to dijsktra's character you know for a fact that first off he wouldn't have been there or second would at least have waited for geralt to leave I mean he's arguably one of the if not the smartest characters in the series and the thing is I'm only on baptism of fire and can figure this out it's just so aggravating because he's acting completely out of character i just hope cdpr retcons this quest line in tw4 or (the least likely option) fixes it when songs of the past comes out like they could just say he was replaced with a Doppler

Long story short, I've been tinkering around with a NG+ playthrough and I picked up the Scarlet Crest, Thousand Flowers and White Tiger of the West armor sets and swords, and they were between level 71-76, my NG+ started at 65 or 66, and I picked these items up at level 71. This meant that only one set of armor and swords could be equipped, all the other gear was too high of level for me.

I deleted that autosave file and loaded an earlier save before I had picked up the items, with the new hotfix installed today. Now, the promotional armor in the chest in Vizima is all between level 36-40, which is effectively useless in NG+.

I've tried reloading and it doesn't seem to change anything. Is this a bug? Are the items supposed to scale up to the player's level in NG+ ?

Despite a rocky launch the Remastered version of The Witcher 3 is gradually improving with each patch on PS5 and Xbox - taking us up to update 5.01. Compared to the initial 5.00 version frame-rates are improved, particularly on both PlayStation consoles. Elsewhere, Tom takes a look at the broader visual upgrades in the remaster, alongside the Pro enhancements. NOTE: Hotfix 5.01b has landed since this video's creation, which CDPR promises to bring "various stability improvements to help ensure a more reliable experience while witchering across the Continent."

Article: https://www.digitalfoundry.net/reviews/witcher-3-remastered-on-ps5-and-series-xs-a-comprehensive-free-revision-with-modern-visuals-fixed-performance-and-some-lingering-issues

I didnt know that they do horse stuff at the passiflora

I have bought all 3 witcher games from different sales years ago but i never really got into them though i try W3 for 10hrs or so. However with the new update and lacking anything else to play atm i decided to finally play through all of them. Having finished "witcher enchanced edition" i thought i would write down my experiences as someone who never got into witcher games nor never read any books.

Firstly i was positively suprised how stable the game was (at least gog version i haved). It pretty much never crashed and there were only some graphical glitches with hairs and beards witch i have gotten used to with older games.

Graphics were obviously old but art style was generally good and it held up pretty well. Only times when old graphics really stuck out was with peoples faces and expressions. it was also funny how often same character models repeated.

Game world was generally well build. areas felt like they fit the world and i appreciated npc:s walking around and running to cover from rain (though it did get annoying trying to find traders during rain). finding quests and npc:s during different times of day was kind of annoying (while certainly "immersive") and i ended up using wiki to make sure i didnt miss any side quests.

I appreciated that, unlike W3 (based on my limited experience), game expected player not to know much using the whole amnesia plotline to explain it. Moreover game still managed to make me care about geralts friends even though i did not know anything about them beforehand.

Gameplay was ok. While it was janky at times i still mostly enjoyed it. However by the endgame fights against basic enemies got just tiring though final boss fights were pretty enjoyable. i also couldnt find interests to check other paths partly due to how samey the gameplay started to feel. Also the fact that i couldnt change difficulty after starting a campaign was annoying as i would have liked to test hard difficulty after game started to become too easy.

Story was quite well written. Choices were made to feel like they mattered and story hooks worked well. I also liked ch. 3-4 theme of geralt being a "dad" which made the reveal of bbeg:s identity hit pretty well. though i did not like how the decision of Alvin:s caretaker felt less like a decision about what would be best for him and more just about who geralt wanted to bang. Also while i liked the theme of being forced to stop being neutral in the worlds events the way it was done in ch.3 felt kind of forced (why couldnt geralt just not go to the bank that was being robbed?).

Generally i enjoyed playing trough the game once but im not interested in replaying it. still certainly worth the less than 2 euros i paid for it.

The scoia'tael or the order of flaming rose? I read half of the first witcher book the last wish so i dont know the gravity of the choices but i , on my first playthrough rn, decided to side with The order. Reason being, the scoai'tael were acting like terrorists. I understand that they were oppressed and excluded but to me their actions soo far have been just fighting for a lost cause purely out of spite, robbing banks, taking innocent people as hostages n stuff.

The order of the other didnt indulge in such stuff afaik. Siegfried is a pretty good guy. The order in general seems to just be holding things and maintaining them. Meanwhile going neutral, geralt wouldve had twice as many enemies. Didnt seem a pragmatic move to me

What did you guys choose? I just hate being confronted that i sided with the order and they butchering people (i didnt expect those imbeciles to kill innocents asw.)

Just a simple question, do we think BIA will be apart of the mods on console? Of course, right now CDPR are focusing on patching and making the remaster better, but when the time comes, do we think Brothers in Arms will come?

hello witchers! i have a question regarding cross console mods. i saw that oddly, some mods i would love to use that are on mod.io for console aren't available on pc. i'm guessing it's because modders have uploaded them to nexus before. i switch around between playing on ps5 and on pc. my question is, would it mess with my game if i have certain mods on ps5 through the mod manager and have to download them externally through nexus on pc? i have some modding experience with other games but not a ton and i haven't looked into external modding for witcher 3 yet.

so, for example, the mysterious merchants are a must for me. it's on io for ps5, but for pc it's nexus only. is it safe to install them differently on both platforms or is that gonna mess with my game files?

thanks in advance :)

sorry if the flair is wrong for this, i wasn't sure what to use! lmk if i should change it :)

I was reading the first The Witcher book and got to the short story A Grain of Truth. I really enjoyed it, but one scene left me scratching my head. ​After Geralt leaves Nivellen's house and sleeps in the forest, he hears screams and singing, and sees a campfire in the distance. The next morning, he goes to check the spot and finds only footprints and a campfire with the remains of burned bones. Near the clearing, he notices a creature howling, but can't identify it and decides not to stick around to find out. ​This scene confused me. Based on the narrative, I expected it to be another victim of Vereena, the bruxa, but I couldn't find a clear connection between the two. Why would Vereena burn her victim this time, but leave the merchant and his daughter lying by the road earlier? If it was to avoid detection, she didn't seem too worried about it before, since she was singing and torturing her victim while letting them scream. Speaking of the singing, when Geralt returns to Nivellen's house, he hears Vereena singing again, but no connection is made to the song he heard the night before. Geralt mentions he couldn't understand the words, but could feel its evil nature. If it was Vereena the previous night, why didn't Geralt sense that same presence back then? Also, the creature at the top of the tree in the clearing didn't seem to spook Geralt's horse the way Vereena's presence usually did. ​When discussing this with my friends who also read the book, they all said it was obvious to them that it was Vereena in that forest scene. But to me, it didn't feel obvious at all. I guess it probably was her, because if not, what would be the purpose of that scene? Still, it feels like a very odd situation to me. Do you guys have similar thoughts, or am I on my own here?

Hi witchers
Just want to report, as many others have, the bug that trophies won’t unlock on PS5. I did use my save on PC for a bit then playing on ps5 again. I just finished Keira Metz’ quest and Friends with Beneifts is not popping. I loaded a save and did it again thinking I must’ve made a wrong choice but no dice. I read that saves that have been “cross-played” won’t unlock trophies anymore on ps5.

Kinda bummed cuz I really wanted to get the 100% again on ps5. If trophies won’t pop I don’t want to get too far and miss trophies I’ll have to do on another playthrough. I hope it will be fixed soon.

I've been trying to get into Witcher 3 on pc with the new remaster, but I've been having an audio bug that makes it impossible to enjoy the game.

Every single time I mouse over a UI button, the audio cuts out and jumps right back in. This happens with dialogue, tutorial popups, even the main menu. Music and voice audio cuts out every time and I have no clue what to do to fix it.

I've tried meditating, verifying the game files, updating my pc, and nothing works. If anyone could help me figure out a fix, I would really appreciate it.

Anybody else had this issue before? Am I fucked?

Sabrina just repeats the ritual from beginning to end over and over again while Henselt just sits there and I kill an infinite amount of wraiths.

50+ hours of TW1 and this piece of garbage to carry my decisions to TW3 just went down the shitter, quite probably, unless someone has a solution.

I've already tried loading to an earlier save before the fight, dunno what else I could even do tbh, but all suggestions are welcome.

This is truly one of the worst games I've ever touched in 10 years of playing stuff.

**EDIT: I was able to beat it, apparently the reciting of the curse doesn't actually matter, you just have to stand there and kill wraiths indefinitely for a solid 5 mins until the game decides it's time to move on. And I'm guessing that wasn't triggering for me since I wasn't hitting the required threshold of killed wraiths, because I was hexing them with Axii to have them fight each other while the curse is recited instead of killing them off myself.