My last playthrough was back in 2017 and The Witcher 3 has been my favorite game of all time ever since. I’ve read the books since then. I’d been wanting to return for ages and I finally started a fresh playthrough last week. So much has changed and I’ve forgotten most of the quests and parts of the story so a lot of it feels new again

I was a different kind of gamer back then. I wanted to optimize everything, followed a bunch of guides and ended up with a pure alchemy build by the end of Blood and Wine. These days, I play more for immersion. I no longer watch YouTube videos for tips and builds. I’m now taking my time reading every books and bestiary entries

This is the build I’m planning to work toward
• Muscle Memory
• Razor Focus
• Fleet-Footed
• Resonance
• Sidestep
• Exploding Shield
• Refreshment
• Hunter Instinct
• Acquired Tolerance
• Battle Frenzy
• Wolf School Techniques
• Synergy

I’m playing on Death March as always. For dialogue choices, I try to do what I think Geralt would do but I’m also committing to my decisions and living with the consequences instead of reloading

I’m happy with how things have turned out so far especially getting Keira Metz to go to Kaer Morhen. I also released the spirit to save the children from the Crones. I just couldn’t abandon them and I couldn’t see another way to save them. The one decision I’m still unsure about is killing Trollololo, the troll near Oxenfurt. I’m wondering whether that was the right call for Geralt

I skipped Gwent in all my previous playthroughs, and now I regret it. I finally gave it a proper chance this time and it’s so good. I’m currently trying to build up the default deck Northern Realms faction

I’m enjoying the new additions too including the quest and armor tied to Netflix. The new combat camera feels great although I still prefer the original exploration camera. I haven’t enabled options like automatically applying oils because I enjoy doing that stuff manually. It adds to the immersion for me

I’m playing completely vanilla with no mods except to transmog the Wolven armor look like Geralt’s starting armor from the cover art

Also what do you all think of the Netflix series and the animated adaptations?

this thing is so beautiful I almost don’t wanna open it

Hello fellow Witchers!

For you, what is the longest journey possible through Velen and Novigrad ? Let's find out!

Last week you saw Velen's travel time from above ; this week, we're on the road. Six routes, two paths each: the shortest (magenta), and the fastest (cyan). The roads sometimes merge along the biggest axes, but they almost always differ when crossing the countryside.

Take the road from Novigrad to Crow's Perch: the direct path (via Livendale) is 3.9 km, and takes almost 3 hours. The "long way around" (via Mudplough) is 4.3 km, and you're there in 1 hour 30. That's half the time! (at the cost of only 10% more distance) That's the whole point of these maps: in Velen, crossing the countryside on the small trails is a trap. If Roach ran on fuel, we'd compute the most economical route too. Though I'm not sure how to factor in hay consumption and horseshoe wear...

Full-resolution maps and methodology on DeviantArt.

Which of the six results surprised you the most? And as always, happy to answer any question!

Adding another face to my Witcher flower collection after a rather long pause. This time, Gaunter O'Dimm, accompanied by yew, devil's trumpet and a few thorns.

You can also find me on Tumblr/Ko-fi((tempii)

It was the middle of the night, and YouTube auto played this random movie called “seasons of the witch” I woke up and thought this was some kinda fever dream cause when tf did Nic cage play as Geralt of Rivia lol

Right after Geralt defeated Dettlaff's monster form, he was completely incapacitated and barely regenerating. Geralt could have easily impaled his remains on his silver sword and carried him straight downstairs into the Tesham Mutna cage. That special alloy suppresses vampire powers, blocks telepathy from other vampires, and would have forced him back into his human form to cool down. Regis could have simply kept him locked up for 40 years until Syanna died of old age, instead of overreacting, breaking the ultimate vampire taboo, and ruining his own life. Did CDPR just ignore the cage right beneath their feet to force a tragic ending?

iI love The Witcher 3; that is why I ask myself question because I feel so immersed in the world.

Does anyone know if Dark Horse Comics is releasing this only in the US? At $125, it's exorbitant for fans in Southeast Asia. Has there been any confirmation regarding sales/distribution apart from the US?

So this is an old meme I saw a while back and I have a strong counter opinion: Syanna is better both morally and for the rest of the world.

Syanna has clear motives and reasonings, and her actions are completely in line with them. She wants revenge on people whow she feel have wronged her. She is even willing to put herself in line to keep third parties from harm. Since her actions are intentional, she can be reasoned with. Heck, you can reason her out of killing Annarietta yourself.

Detlaff's moral reasonings don't matter since he cannot even live by them himself. He is remousfull for killing a couple of knights, and then goes on to kill a huge amount of innocents and tries to kill his close friend. All of this, because he cannot control himself. Even if he was calmed for now, there is nothing preventing him doing similar atrocities in the future for something else. He cannot be reasoned with.

Syanna has no moral failings, only moral disagreements. Her mind can be turned and she will live by that forever. Detlaff cannot be trusted to live even bu his own code. Failure to live by your own moral principals is the greatest moral failure possible.

Detlaff will be a threat to the outer world for as long as he lives. Syanna will not (if she is reasoned with).

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It was THE best thing i have ever seen

It's raining and there's a light storm outside. The perfect time for playing Witcher 3 remastered.

I have Impregnation Level 2 and I’m ready to put mutagens into my mutagen slots, but I have two questions regarding reallocation of skills in Act 3:

1. If I use my mutagens before reallocating, and I don’t get the Impregnation skill again, do I keep the 35% bonus from when I first applied the mutagens while I had the Impregnation skill? If so, then that saves me two skill points to use on something else!

2. If I use my mutagens uncharted skills but then don’t get those skills again when relocating, do I keep those mutagen benefits? If so, then I can spend those points now and get more mutagens to keep!

Thanks!

I went to the concert in Paris the other day, and just before Family Matters, they played a song with mostly violins and cello. It happened while showing footage of Ciri and the Baron, and Crow's Perch burning.

I searched everywhere, tried to shazam it, but I couldn't find it. Does anyone know if it is available online, or if it's only played in the concert ?

Cave water and puddle water looks weird. Is there a fix? Turning Off RT and DLSS changed nothing.

Hello! I’d like to share a discovery with you that I consider the "holy grail" for any fan of The Witcher. In my father’s basement, I managed to find every issue of the Polish magazine Fantastyka in which Andrzej Sapkowski’s stories first appeared. The oldest issue dates back to 1983—a time when Sapkowski was still making his debut as a translator. The short story "The Witcher" (Wiedźmin) debuted in 1986—exactly 40 years ago—having won third place in the magazine’s literary contest.

Furthermore, I’ve collected all the special anniversary issues dedicated to The Witcher, as well as those featuring The Witcher on the cover.

There’s even a limited-edition issue that I won in a Witcher-themed photo contest back in 2022.

The only thing missing now is the author’s autograph—which is the next thing I plan to take care of.

I finally picked up the Complete Edition and I'm jumping in completely blind. I've heard amazing things about the story and the side quests, so I really want to make the most of this first run.

Without spoiling any plot points, what are a few things you wish you knew when you first started? Any tips on combat, looting, alchemy, or Gwent would be much appreciated!

i checked on amazon (.de) in my case ... i already have the series in german .. but i would love to have it in english too ... but every version i found on amazon has some kind of netflix mention ... and the last thing i wanna do while i read the books is think about that heartbreak of a show ... so .. anybody that can help me out? .. did i miss something?

my game is stuck at exactly 30fps and i don't have vsync or any frame limit on. does anyone have any input?

specs:

RTX 3060, intel i7-13700k, 32 gigs of ddr5

think I finally perfected my book accurate version of Geralt

Created in Paintool SAI.

Source Link: https://www.tumblr.com/tigerlyla-of-metinna/833258916532142080/regis-and-the-red-hot-horse-shoe

Also the work in progress: https://www.tumblr.com/tigerlyla-of-metinna/832963794975227904/work-in-progress-commission

i'm happy with the result, there's still some stuff i need to finish doing (the texture for exemple i was focussed on perfecting it before adding the scars) but i was roaming a bit testing the armor mods of a friend for him and i took those nice pics