I've almost never use Quen at all. Aard is maxxed out and will stop even the biggest Elementals long enough for a couple of hits, before dodging and rolling away. Then rinse-and-repeat until the monster is dead. For lower level Nekkers and Drowners, the maxxed-out Aard can actually blast them into pieces (especially if paired with a Blizzard potion).
A few tips: 1) Some miscellaneous quests are missable if you progress too far in the story or if you don't react to a given event fast enough, basically if you see someone in distress yelling for help, don't wait til later, they may be dead and you may miss the quest. If you see a Quest icon above their head or on the mini-map though, you can safely wait til later. 2) There's not really a wrong way to build Geralt, Combat, Sign, Alchemy, and Hybrid builds are all viable ways to play, and they will change how you approach certain encounters. 3) Don't skip on Gwent, it's one of the most fun side activities in The Witcher 3, if you have trouble figuring it out there's tons of guides and youtube videos to help you. 4) Don't be afraid to start on higher difficulties, you can change difficulty at any time in-game 5) Loot everything that isn't within sight of a guard. Nobody will get mad, and you will need everything you can get your hands on. If you open a container close to a guard it will warn you that they are watching, otherwise loot away! You can even loot containers next to guards and then run like hell (hold the run button) and if you wait a day and return they will have calmed down. 6) Fast Travel is useful but always look for opportunities to do the traveling yourself, this gives you more opportunities to explore and find new things. 7) A lot of quests have multiple resolutions to them, always save before you do a quest and if you feel like you weren't happy with the outcome, reload and try different choices. 8) The questions at the start of Chapter 1 where you are interrogated simulate Witcher 2 choices, if you don't know which options to pick, the best thing to do is say that you A) Spared Letho, B) Spared Aryan LaValette, C) Saved Triss, and D) Saved Sile, these will offer you new side quests and story events where-as the other choices do not. 9) When choosing a romantic partner for Geralt, be aware that your choices have consequences if you are too... greedy. 10) Try not to sell alchemy or crafting reagents unless you have a surplus of them (usually like over 20) since some ingredients are rare or expensive and may be hard to replace when you need to. 11) The Orens and Florens you pick up in loot are extremely valuable, in Novigrad there is a money changer who will give you Crowns for these currencies making them a great pick-up. 12) Despite Chapter 1 being arranged in such a way to suggest you go first to Velen, then to Novigrad, then to Skellige, you can actually pursue these out of order and go to any of these locations at any time you wish. Be aware Novigrad and Skellige tend to have higher level quests but you will still find content even at lower levels you can accomplish. 13) Made a mistake assigning points to Geralt? There's a potion of clearance for sale for 1,000 crowns in a few alchemy shops that will reset all your points for you. 14) If your first playthrough, you should invest points in Axii Delusion up to level 2, because it opens up more dialogue choices for you to resolve conflicts. This is the only skill that affects dialogue. 15) Enemies do not play fair in fights, when facing multiple enemies, they will try to circle you and attack you from the back. Always take out ranged attackers first. Attackers with heavy weapons or shields will stagger you if you press the attack too much, leaving you open. Do not try to just spam attack buttons, you will need to let up, dodge away, use signs, use bombs, use your crossbow, take potions, and maneuver around to ensure you are in a spot you can maintain an advantage. It's very easy to die if you don't approach combat tactfully. 16) Spend time exploring new areas, looting everything, and following POIs on your map and quests for new gear diagrams. You can unlock the ability to craft very potent gear to help Geralt, swords, armor, potions, bombs, and more. 17) Always keep repair kits on you, having your main weapon break mid-combat is awful if you don't have a way to fix them. If you are out of combat though, don't waste these, travel to a blacksmith and have them repair your gear there.
Yea, about the number 1: I met a quest about a rescuing an elf in a burning house. I killed all the guards, broke the door and she ran out. At the time I was tracking another quest so this quest didn't pop up, and I thought she was free so I continued on and didn't talk to her. And you know, after a while, the quest was "failed", cos I failed to do the talk. Come on lady, I saved your ass, couldn't you just wait like a day to thank me? I wonder what she would have said though.
Biggest Tip no one seems to know : When your falling from a decent height press the Jump button right before hitting the ground you will do a roll and lose 0 health
Yeah, and for some reason this also applies for going up steep hills. If you time the roll correctly when going uphill, the sliding animation will be ignored, and you'll be able to roll up the hill. A good way to save yourself time when exploring the world.
1. Loot everything. 2. Parry or use axii against shields. 3. Parry during fistfights. 4. Quen and gourmet are your bestfriends specially on higher difficulties. 5. Removing upgrades will not return your runes and glyphs, dismantling will. 6. Trophies weigh a lot. Sell or put them in a stash. 7. Don't fight dogs/wolves unless it's necessary. They do tons of damage, quick to evade, and you get useless trash when looting them. 8. Falling damage maybe Geralt's greatest enemy, but it is nothing in front of *THE ALMIGHTY ROACH.*
actually gourmet is not recommended if you're a player who is on top of eating food on cooldown because you can invest something else in the slot, like extra damage. There's no shortage of food in the game.
Hey can you help me? On the first quest, just before setting trap for Griffin. I need to equip something on my sword, but it doesn't let me and im stuck i cant do anything. Any ideas what i need to do?
Dogs drop an super imporant alchemy iten tha is Used in the make of oils Alchemy builds must kill wolfs if they are low this item (dont remnber the name in english sorry)
I just discovered this like an hour ago and its such a gamechanger. Wish i knew this before i did 100% complete runs 8 times lol. Doing 30 points of interests without loading screens just to die and have to restart them all is a major turn off
1 Whilst learning to block attacks is a good idea and is something that I, someone who prioritises attacking over defense, have struggled to learn, I recommend learning how to dodge correctly. Barrel roll out of the way for surprise attacks/fast monsters. Do the side-step leap for anything you have time to prepare for. Barrel rolling eats at your stamina bar and if you're desperate to use your signs, waiting that extra bit longer can be excruciating. 2. Use your spy cards in the first round of Gwent and don't be afraid to concede the first round. You'll have extra cards at your disposal and most times the AI will pass the second round quickly. Then go all out in the third round to hopefully pull a victory. The game is about playing smart. Don't be quick to use your special cards first. 3. When you're told to shove a baby into an oven, shove the baby in the oven.
Dude I skipped the dialogue by accident, and then got the prompt for throwing the baby. Needless to say the baby got yeeted, and the quest got completed.
I remember playing that quest the first time and decided to just go with a gut feeling and threw the baby into the oven. At first I was like holy hell what did I just do
I don't know why, but I began to save water early in the game, I never drank it but I thought I would save it for something. I finished the game with 300 water which was never used
Edit: I just realised how long this is. Whoops. Also, great video! General Tips: 1. Gwent - You may not like it but it often comes up in the game via quests. It's best to buy cards when you can and play against people at least once. You will always get a card beating an opponent for the first time. You can also change the difficulty of it in the menu. 2. Don't craft armours/weapons often, especially higher level gear like upgraded witcher gear. It may not cost *too* much at first but will build up quick, both in coins and materials. 3. Loot - Do it often. You can pick up a plethora of things ranging from food to weapons. 4. Go to the bank in Novigrad - You can exchange foreign currency you've picked up into currency you can use. 5. Axii - Upgrade it when you can. There's dialogue that's looked behind an upgrade. You can use this to not pay gold to stubborn people/guards and generally do things you otherwise couldn't. It's extremely helpful. 6. Save - Do it often in the case of anything. Rare bugs, death, etc. The game auto saves but not when you'd probably like. 7. Fall damage - You can minimize it by clicking the jump button just before you hit the ground. You will roll instead of splatting. Combat Tips: 1. Dodge - It can save your life often. In my opinion, dodging after getting swipes in is a must do. It keeps your distance and you can't counterattack everything. 2. Archers - If you can get to them first, do it. They will screw you over in combat. 3. Quen - A bit obvious but use it, especially against monsters. It can save you often. 4. Shields - Use Axii against them to get a free hit. It will also instantly kill human opponents at times. Even enemies much higher level. 5. Don't spam - More than likely, your enemies will parry/counterattack you or, in the case of monsters, not care and hit you anyway. 6. Group fights - Enemies aren't dumb. At least not very. They will attack you in groups, mostly. Take advantage of this when you are confident and competent enough. If you are attacking an opponent with one behind you, hit your opponent then hit the one behind you with the following attack. It often hits them because they're trying to hit you, thus no defense. Don't get cocky with it. Another thing, if you want to try, get an enemy between you and an archer, the archer might hit them causing a stun and damage them. Also, do not counterattack when surrounded unless you are experienced and can counterattack well enough to do it right after to someone else. Another person will probably hit you. And it will hurt.
North tip 7 is amazing and I didn’t know about it till I started recently re playing it. Sometimes I would fall and die Immediately, And sometimes I would do a roll and take no damage off the Same fall. Personally I just spam the roll button if I find myself falling off anything.
When dealing with archers, the alternate yrden ability strikes down arrows and can also assist you in the fight. Its range is pretty good and can strike enemies through shields and in most cases it can interrupt an enemies attack giving you a moment to counter
My biggest tip for The Witcher 3 is wherever possible walk from location to location, don’t fast travel or even ride Roach. You’ll find chest unmarked anywhere and you’ll find fallen tree trucks with coins stashed inside them, plus it more fun.
Also Roach is just. A pain in the ass to navigate with. I've played the game maybe four times since I first picked it up in late 2018 and I quickly gave up on the horse. Only use it when I've suddenly passed my item limit and would otherwise shuffle for twenty minutes to the nearest merchant.
I used to dislike the witcher 3 on the first playthrough, I since learned that it was because I was using fast travel and roach to much and never really took in the scenery around me. so yeahs its nice to just walk through the trees and watch the sunrise or sunset
I started doing that and it makes it more immersive for sure but I got fed up of coming across higher level activities and monsters so I just follow the quests.
@@gaspanda when you come across them, use markers so you can go back and do them once your Levels increase. Although I’m stubborn and alway try to take the higher level monsters on, even if the battle takes an hour. lol 😂
@@gingedom93 enjoy it man, I wish I could erase my memory and discover this game anew again but I'm on my 3rd playthrough and I'll tell you what this game ages like fine wine
I have played through the Witcher 3 10-12 times, still not an expert but I have a few things that may be useful. 1. Absolutely explore everywhere: there are some many really useful things to find and exploring every marker that comes up will really help out. 2. SAVE!: the game doesn’t auto save nearly as much as you think it should and you could lose, I’m not kidding, hours after one death. So save , save, save. 3. Make a point to find the gear from the other schools.: the Griffin, Cat and Bear gear is so much better then anything else it is almost always a good idea to level until you can wear it then have it made. Once you find one diagram for a set you will get a quest that will point you too the rest. 4. Don’t rush: I know I said explore earlier but I’m talking specifically about doing side quests, contracts and getting into fights. Being under leveled will make the game unnecessarily difficult and no fun. So do as much as you can before you move on to the next main quest and pay attention to level recommendations. There are infinitely more things I could say but this is probably long enough as it is, just know it’s a fantastic game and I hope everyone who picks it up enjoys it as much as I have.
@@daestka5512 yes but no worries start new game + you will be amazed how many things you probably missed (replayability) is one of things that make this game awesome
Been playing The Witcher 3 for a year now and I'm on my 3rd playthrough (main story). My first try I played it with minimal guides or tips, and I had the worst ending ever haha! And then I decided to be more serious while playing it the second time, planning ahead of fights, thinking of the consequences and learned a lot of tips I can share now to the ones who are planning to start playing this awesome game: 1. Save - You can use the shortcut F5 to save your game or there is the option where you can choose on how many interval per minutes you want to autosave (you can change this at the game option, theres 3mins, 10mins so on) 2. Loot everything specially weapons - You will need everything you loot, if not for oils or potions, sell it to acquire more money. I usually sell sword and other weapons in Novigrad square, people there are rich. As you go on through the game, stuff will get expensive especially when you're starting to upgrade your weapons and gears. Haggle rewards as much as the NPC allows. 3. Sword and Gears - Know the different attributes of gears and weapons. It'll help you maximize the effects of your attacks and sign. There are light, medium and heavy armors that you can choose from. 4. Choices - You'll encounter choices that will require you to kill or stay out of trouble (this mostly works with people). In my experience of playing the game, choosing to stay out of trouble and not killing gives you more XP. But this will depend on the setting. 5. Herbs - Herbs are sometimes hard to find and not all herbalist have a lot of herbs to choose from. My go-to herbalist are located at Novigrad square and The Pellar located in Blackbough. They have vast selections of herbs you can buy. 6. Alcohols - Some of the alcohol like cherry cordial are sold by innkeepers, like the one in Golden Sturgon. 7. Meditation and potion - Always meditate. This will replenish your potion. Speaking of potion, keep Swallow at hand. It will not just help for fast recovery but also keeps the poison from killing you, like fighting a swarm of sirens. 8. Dismantle stuff - Often times the components required for crafting is just a dismantle away. Study the items you can dismantle and save money instead of buying the components. 9. Buy maps and diagrams - There are merchants who sells maps and diagrams that can open new locations and lets you craft new weapons or potions. These are all the tips I know so far, I hope this helps. =)
Yeah the game came on the gamepass so I also started playing it and it's so much fun, don't play games like this but it kinda reminds me of Nier Automata.
@@mirzahasher dont play games like this too im more of a fps player but i couldnt pass up the sale price so i bought it How is the game going for you? im still downloading it right now
@@smileybear420 I played it back to back for a few days cause i was addicted lol but yeah i finished it and it was really fun but difficult in the beginning.
Nothing so accurately represents this game as well as that first clip where the game's telling him to go to Novigrad and visit Triss, and meanwhile Geralt's off in bumfuck nowhere fighting a Forktail for no reason. Only thing that'd make it truer is if he brought the Forktail low and then, instead of killing it, challenged it to a game of Gwent.
The best tip I learned is that even tho the ingame loadingscreen tip tells you that "Red name meansdanger and a skull means certain death" that is really not the case. You can pretty easily defeat foes up to 10 levels above your skill level by utilizing quen, dodging, oils, potions and your crossbow
1. Dont try to hurry up the story, take story quests by your level, for exg in start you canr start your search for Ciri from anywhere; Velen, Novigrad or Skellege, do it the canon way and as suggested level; first Velen then Novigrad and then Skellege, your story and game will run its course very smoothly and easily. 2. Learn to use Quen and the 'gourmet' ability as mentioned and dont spend a single coin on armor (especially non-witcher armor), completed the whole game on death march using the base armor only (its very easy once you master Quen), save your money for swords and glyphs/runestones. 3. Instead of buying glyphs/runestones look for their diagrams to create them, making them is much cheaper than buying them. 4. Sell things to proper buyers like books to bookstore, swords to blacksmiths, armors to armorers, food items to innkeepers etc. 5. If you are running low on coin there are certain places in Novigrad where low level bandits keep re-spawning kill them, take their swords and sell them. 6. If your sword has greater or medium runestones then dismantle it instead of selling it. 7. In hearts of stone expansion pack there is an option of investing in runewright shop (about 10,000 crowns) do it, it enables you to add sockets in any armor or weapon. 8. When you start blood and wine expansion pack, first thing you need to do is get the Aerondight Silver Sword, there some very easy ways to get this sword early in the game so search online the fastest way to get it, the earlier you get this sword in the game the better. (Note: throughout the game keep checking out for "!" and "?" in map for extra quests or treasure hunts and etc for quick coin, especially the ones you are passing through cause once you unlock fast travel to most places you wont bother to manually travel that much)
Get spy cards and decoy cards for your gwent deck, if they play a spy, decoy it, then you can play it. Against a monster deck you must have blizzards in your deck.
Probably the most useful: Know that oils,potions, and decoctions have to be only crafted once and then never again, I was scared to craft them cause I thought I would have to keep on crafting over and over but no just a simple craft and boom! Also, read the bestiary.
Something I learned after I beat the main story and the first dlc...... you don’t really need to aim your crossbow. You can blind hip fire and be about %90 accurate.
One tip that's pretty useful for alchemy when you are still in white orchard: collect arenaria whenever you see it, plus get mandrake cordial from barkeeps whenever you see one. It will majorly help you since you need it for a very important alchemy ingredient called White gull.
Redanian Herbal is even more important, as it becomes quite rare by the time you need to mass produce White Gull. But yes, Arenaria is important as is cherry cordial. Earlier level alchemy recipes require a fair bit of Blowball, so keep an eye out for that too.
Tip for experience Do the quests when they come up at ur level don’t wait till you’re a much higher lever to go back to them because you’re gonna miss out on experience if ur level 20 and do a level 7 quests you’re only gonna get like 1xp for the quest when you could’ve gotten from 100-300exp
A couple of tips: 1) Combat & Alchemy build is the most popular route for Death March gameplay into New Game + and it teaches you to be mindful about using alchemy ingredients , which makes it a great build to start out with if you're unsure about what to build, as it is very potent and informative. 2) Optional parts of quests can unlock different endings and little bits of extra gameplay. 3) Defensive skills and utility based skills tend to scale very well into the later stages of the game. Especially quen and aard are useful at all levels, even when not upgraded. Damage oriented skills (mainly igni) require more upgrades to stay relevant and take more skill and patience to use effectively at higher levels.
A huge tip that I wish I got into early, start alchemy immediately. Oils, potions, and bombs are all useful in tricky situations I started around level 20 and spent 3 hours just trying to craft as many as possible and its a huge upgrade to just brute forcing your way through combat.
the most important tip i wish i knew early on is Items you sell have different price depend on the vendor you selling them for and best prices you get in the big cities sell weapons to weaponsmith armor to armorsmith alchemy stuff to alchemist even tho should atleast keep a bunch just in case i wouldn't sell any tbh but if you desperate np junks to general merchants and books to book sellers also some items are better to dissemble instead of selling extra tips : you can't fight underwater but yo ucan shoot your crossbow underwater and it usually 1 shot the enemies that swim don't forget your skills isn't set in stone you can swap them anyway you like to make the specific encounters easier don't worry to mess around there is potions that reset skillpoints
There is a barber in Velen. I've never heard anyone ever mention it. You have to free him from a person in distress camp and he walks slowly back to his village.
guessing what sort of monster we're up against from the clues and witness reports was one of the best parts of the game for me. ofcourse it took a long time to get there, which made it all the more rewarding.
Okay. I watched The Witcher on Netflix. Read more about The Witcher on Reddit and found out there are not only great novels but also an awesome game. Watched a few review videos on TH-cam and then saw this one. I haven't played with a PlayStation since I was a teenager with my younger brother. That was twenty years ago. I now want to buy a PlayStation only to be able to buy and play this game. This is so fricking cool - I've made my husband nuts with how much I talk about it!😂
Those novels are an EXCELLENT reads! I've read The Blood of Elves, and Time of Contempt so far....I've got the whole collection for cheap, and currently reading through the 3rd book now. I also just started the Witcher 3 game. It's very impressive from what I've seen so far! Take a chance, and get into it! You won't be disappointed!
I'd say don't sleep on the alchemy skill tree. It's probably the best one. It can make any potion or decoction heal you, so you don't need to use food in one of your quick slots. It can make your damage increase based on your toxicity, and there's a skill that removes damage from toxicity. Plus, the decoction effects are awesome. With the skill perk that also makes toxicity increase your damage, they're super strong. Also, go for a set of Witcher gear as early as you can. Best armor in the game, and they look sick. Finally, save your game often.
Biggest tips. Read the bestiary Brew potions and upgrade them Brew OILS and upgrade them Craft Decotions. Really Study the Alchemy Skills. Not the Flashiest but IMO the strongest. Almost everyone I've spoken to that Dislikes this game or has qualms with it didn't use these tips they just ran into battle content with basic potions and no oils. Settle down and play as A Witcher study your Game and Hunt smarter not harder. HAPPY HUNTING!
I love it to go into fights just having a little bit of food and my swords. But maybe it's because I'm not progressed far enough.. Just like the challenge of getting 2-3hits max in a difficult fight
1. When you fall, you can parkour jump by pressing jump before landing. 2. Potions, Bombs, and Oils automatically replenish on their own when you meditate. 3. Fully leveled abilities sometimes change on the last point. 4. Bombs can hurt you as well as the enemy.
Most tips I can think of is already covered in the comments but I do have one tip. Using Special attacks like Whirl and Rend. Make sure its in a slot in your character panel. Gather up some Adrenaline points and hold your attack button. Later in the game when you can research Mutations and add Runes. Go for the Bloodbath mutation. Add the Rune for extra range on Whirl and find a crowd of enemies. Use Whirl. Truly a Massacre to behold.
First time in a long time I actually read EVERY comment on a TH-cam video and gotta say..very surprised that Read Notice Boards was not here. It may be a "given" but eh, what people don't know, people dont know. This is my 2nd Witcher 3 playthrough and I've learned a lot more this time around. Nothing wrong with Gwent, but I personally don't play it because I have way too many other things to do. Horse racing, brawling, sidequesting, monster hunting, treasure hunting, reclaiming abandoned villages, ect... This is called an Open World Role Playing Game for good reasons.. be the Witcher YOU want to be, go where and do what you want to do when and how you want to do it. As far as actual "tips" go, I would recommend to upgrade and use fast attacks, Axii, and Quen, when you can. All 3 come in handy in ALMOST every fight. (Minor DLC spoiler) At a point, you are given a home for Geralt where you can display your hard earned weapons and armor (some but not all). So my advice is to store what you would later like to display in your storage chests. As far as coin (gold) goes, YOU WILL GET PLENTY! I am level 17 and have over 13,000 gold just from selling things I don't need and from questing and looting. Don't buy things you can find in the world and don't keep things you really don't need or may not even use (like all those Lesser Runes). Also be sure to sell weapons to a Blacksmith, Armor to an Armorer, Herbs to an Herbalist ect, ect...you'll get more coin by selling to the appropriate merchants. Always manually save before starting a fight or quest or even entering a cave or temple you are unsure of. Do NOT let enemy levels detour you from a fight. Be confident. If you try and die, reload and try a different approach. I defeated a level 24 Cyclops and a level 22 Royal Wyvern yesterday at just level 16. Use the Bestiary, Oils and signs appropriate for which ever monster you are going to fight. ESPECIALLY the correct oil. It just may be your best friend (aside from Roach) in the game. Lastly (and this is the big one) DON'T RUSH THIS GAME! Enjoy it, breath it in, live in it, walk, swim, ride Roach, talk to anyone, eavesdrop on NPCs, watch a fight, use Axii to make monsters fight each other. Lol. There's no time limit. So take a stroll through Temerria and enjoy your life as a Witcher.
@@@nighthowk117 ...Very true. Fortunately for me though, I initially play on normal mode until I complete the game (any game) for the first time. I do plan on playing the harder difficulties though for the challenge as well as the trophies. I do though, when possible, run just far enough away from a difficult fight to mediate as to save on supplies. Lol. Some monsters like Water Hags might chase you down whereas others will walk back to whatever treasure they are protecting.
What I WANT to do is just play the main story, but instead I feel like I have to grind side quest to level up and every question mark I go to on the map so far ends up not being a side quest at all.
@@kpgpwi64 you need to visit towns and villages quests are on noticeboards marked yellow on the main map, also people with yellow exclamation mark, the question marks on map are places of intrest like loot or places of power
Have you ever had your girlfriend find out about your other girlfriend? Yeah they both leave you. You can hook up with both (giggidy) but only say I LOVE YOU to one.
When dealing with weight limits it's also important to check your horse gear once in a while. It's in a different tab than your armor/weapons and it can get pretty heavy if you've picked up several saddles and/or saddlebags over the course of your wanderings.
Or you xan do what I do and turn a Light Combat build into a meatgrinder with mostly combat skills and a set of 4 alchemy skills. I swap axii .for extra option when needed. Im lvl 6 with 7 pt com, 2 pt alch, 1pt Gen and Signs, No problems what so ever but i keep high DPS sticking to light armor.
my tips: 1. this one's more personal preference, at first i was deadset on having a combat/signs build, but i found it not that practical on death march. when you get a bit into the game and are making more potions and decoctions, i strongly advise going on a combat/alchemy build. makes all the difference in the world 2. don't skip sidequests. not only some of them extremely relevant how some things in the grand scheme of the plot turn out, but they're hella fun 3. have a decent amount of money before starting the hearts of stone dlc. there's one particular mission that absolutely bleeds you dry. 4. be careful with boats, especially in skellige. you can easily find yourself in need to swim a good 1000m or whatever the metric is if you're careless and damage them enough that they sink 5. loot monster nests, those can drop things from runes to weapons. loot monsters. even if you don't think you need mutagens or whatever they drop, you probably will need them 6. put runes on your weapons and glyphs on your armour! invest a little and buy the diagrams to make normal and greater runes. 7. some notices on the notice boards are not contracts, but i'd still recommend you read them. some of them are heartbreaking, some of them are absolutely hilarious. either way, it immerses you into the atmosphere 8. read whatever books/notes you get while you're doing a quest. again, helps with the immersion and sometimes with the quests themselves
My quick tip is to learn the quen sign down to the 3rd row as soon as possible, it lets you hold up a shield which restores your health on each hit from the enemy and also explodes when released giving you some time to start an attack, especially useful on higher difficulties to restore your health if you have lots of enemies around
I just bought the complete edition for 10 dollars and I am so happy I found it at such a good price. I think it is a little confusing although especially with the alchemy and toxicity stuff.
I think the best tip: ALWAYS SAVE YOUR GAME! Save before every moment you encounter strong enemies, and especially before dialogs. When you made the (or a) wrong choice in dialogs, you can go back to your previous save and go on from there. On PC, the key bind to save with out going to your menu is F5 :)
I remmeber when I had to decide about Ciri. THought it is just one dialog to ruin it, but no! Ciri’s fate is determined by the following seven factors: How you comforted her during Blood on the Battlefield Whether you visited the Emperor during Blood on the Battlefield Whether you accepted coin from the Emperor for bringing Ciri to him in Blood on the Battlefield Whether you accompanied Ciri to a meeting with the Lodge of Sorceresses during Final Preparations How you reacted to Ciri’s temper in The Child of the Elder Blood Whether you took Ciri to Skjall’s Grave as a result of a choice in The Child of the Elder Blood Your completion of the sidequest chain An Eye for an Eye, A Deadly Plot, Redania’s Most Wanted (Act Two) and Reason of State (Act Three) Think about how badass this is!
the best thing I ever did in the game was mapping the signs to the number keys, this way I don't need to slow the action to change signs and I found myself using them a lot more and more diversly (as opposed to the infamous "Quen Spam").
@@omerkeidar95 I always go for Feline Set its not OP IMO as it is so called GlassCannon huge dps no Survivibility. Also for me the only right way to play Witcher 3 is on DeathMarch
My best tips so far: - Use Axii when fighting those nasty Boiras, it’ll keep them visible and unable to dodge. - Get the 20 min increase for food effects in the general abilities menu asap. You’ll never ever again need to spend half of your earnings on food. - Use the Wyvern Extract potion against tanky enemies and bosses, it’ll increase your DPS ridiculously. It’s specially useful against enemies with much higher level than you. If you combine it with igni, you can permanently remove their armor and make the combat even easier. - Invest in the Axii performance for persuasion in dialogs. You have no idea how much shorter and easier quests will become, it’s a must-have. - Invest in the Cat potion and look for blueprints to improve it. Most of the monsters you’ll hunt or the loot you’ll find is bound to be in very dark areas, where torches are pretty much useless, also it works underwater too, so you’ll probably need it pretty much every time you dive.
Hi! I just started the gameand everywhere I go I read about upgrading Axii to level 2. Do I need to have it slotted up in order for it to be more effective in dialogues? Or just upgrade it without slotting it in?
@@AmarRameow You need to slot it in order to work. Overall, all the signs and abilities need to be slotted in order to be active, so you need to think cautiously which ones you want to use. Axii is by far the one I’ve used the most in the game, mainly to avoid uncomfortable situations with humans, which are by far the most problematic part of the game.
A good tip I used and enjoyed was seeking the treasure Witcher school sets. It’s a fun way of exploring and adventuring, and fighting monsters 10 levels above that has a great payout. So when you finally reach the required level seek the smith and craft away your Witcher gear with some sweet buffs and skills.
Two things I haven't seen yet, 1. The second upgrade of Axii - puppet is pretty good. You can turn enemies into allies who will attack the other enemies. 2. Sometimes important alchemy ingredients can be bought, then you go back to the same merchant and they're basically immediately replenished and available for purchase again. With the ingredients, some are very common, but others are fairly rare. So you want to know where you can buy certain things.
Having trouble with drowners under water? The crossbow is your friend. You don’t even need to free aim. Just look in the general direction of your target and fire. It automatically hits them.
Few tips: Dont skip gwent although it wont affect the story, its really fun. Potions of clearance is fine but be careful while using the restoration one. All mutagens are lost and i had a real tough time getting those back. Make good use of potions, oils and bombs especially in higher difficulty. Loot everything. Kill cows whenever you can for hides. Dont pick on guards. Avoid wolves on death march. They will fuck you up. Also upgrade axii (delusion), aard sweep and get the gourmet ability early on.
I'm currently on my 7th or 8th playthrough on deathmarch. Just killing time before CP2077. Currently building super heavy in Alchemy. The amount Vit of doing so is absolutely insane. By level 20 - 25 I was at a base of 6k hp. With added potions pushing me as high as 17 to 20k hp. Currently running a 1/1/10 (combat/signs/alchemy) Combat: Your oils are super important do your best to remember which oils are effective against which monsters. If you can't remember the Bestiary is your friend. Personally I find that opening combat with Northern Wind followed by devil's puffball to be super effective. If you're looking to destroy pretty much anything in combat(excluding golems) then might I suggest this insane potion combo: Golden Oriole, Tawny Owl, Petri's Philter, Full Moon, Maribor Forest, Blizzard, Thunderbolt, Swallow < For this combo you will need to have enough points in alchemy not to die/max out toxicity. Skills: These are some of the most important skills in the game and I suggest maxing all of them out regardless of what skill tree you're going for. Signs: Delusion < Most important for max for xp in choices. You will only need delusion 2 for most quest options and only 3 or 4 need Delusion 3. You should really aim to hit Delusion3 by the time you get to Novigrad. No spoilers here but that is one of the places you will need Delusion3. Lets face it 40xp is always better than most of the choices. Alchemy: Killing spree < Amazing against mobs Synergy < Amplified mutagen stats Frenzy < Added time to counter Endure Pain < Extra Hp Tissue Transmutation < Extra Hp Side Effects < Super fun to max out as it gives you extra pots without toxicity
Go enjoy the game, save it often as possible, and if you feel like you've walked into a boss area too soon that causes you to die, just leave it and come back later.
Just loot everything you possibly can and sell the stuff you don’t need. Make sure to save often. Invest in Witcher armor and swords. Invest in Quen if you’re having trouble versus tougher opponents. Do side quests & contracts. Lastly, enjoy your first play through because it’s always the most memorable :)
Everyone who plays this game on game pass needs to know this: if at any point you decide that you actually want to buy the game, and specifically the expansions, DO NOT BUY THE GAME OF THE YEAR EDITION. You cannot use your saves from the base game in the GOTY edition, you will have to start over. Learned this the hard way. If you are playing for free on game pass and want to buy the game and use your current saves, you have to buy the base game and then the season pass for DLCs.
Best tip I found for gaining XP: Do the main quests for awhile before doing the vast amount of side quests and contracts, particularly the contracts, as a lot of the early contracts in Velen and it’s surrounding has monsters that GREATLY out-level you lol. It can be quite frustrating doing a lengthy side quest for only 50 XP and few crowns.
I'm on my first playthrough in Velen and I've been doing the exact opposite of what you said lol. As soon as I finish my level 6 contract, I'll dive into the main quests. Thanks for the tip, I'll see how it goes.
fat cat hahaha it’s hard not too on the first playthrough cause Velen has SO much to see and do, and did the exact same, but I was gathering diagrams and gear that were levels and levels ahead of what my personal level was. Then I just focused on main and secondary quests to build. Definitely doesn’t hurt to explore and find a bunch of fast track markers to visit for later contracts and such!
Something I wish I knew first off: If you press jump as Geralt is falling just before he hits the ground, he'll land in a roll and won't take fall damage (from reasonable heights, of course).
A Tip that I leaned the hard way: Don't try to make and upgrade all of the Witcher Set at the same time don't matter how cool it would be to have them all, by the time you reach the Superior diagrams you will FEEL the burn in your Gold.
I know it will look tempting but when the time comes, don't break Sigi Reuven's knee, if you pick the other option it will open up the possibility of a new, pretty cool side quest.
I would add that counter-attacking (by parrying with humans and dodging with monsters) is an essential part of the combat in this game. For a while I was just trying to hack and slash my enemies and I was struggling in combat. Once I put a little effort into timing my counter-attacks, I began enjoying the combat much more. You inflict more damage that way as well. Edit: I see that he addressed this in part 2.
Gold tip: if you are a bit short of funds, the best way to boost your gold is to spend a few hours in Skellige looting the chests that float in the sea, attached to barrels. You will fight a lot of sirens, so as you near the target area, jump out of your boat and engage them underwater. These chests frequently contain unique swords and heavy armour, and ideally you will sell them to the vendors in Beauclaire, Touissant (Blood and Wine DLC). Depending on how much stuff you can carry, you may earn 5 to 10k gold per trip, sometimes more.
I thought i heard the unstoppable army from the south was called "MILF GOD" until Gwent with the master mirror dude, now you all hear it😆. Imo the best value for your gaming dollar. Ok real tip. If you going for death March difficulty, make sure to buy the consumables last 20 minutes perk.
I was so confused why my upgrades weren't doing anything. Somehow I missed the fact that you have to equip them. Thank you for that explanation, good sir!
It can be useful to a point, especially if you are clearing a camp with multiple archers, but it is a waste of a skill slot. I find the main issue with enemy archers is the stagger effect their hits do, so on my Alchemy/Euphoria playthrough i started to utilise the Chort decoction: this eliminated the stagger and I just started carving everything up.
My main and probably the one that needs to be given at first. Choose your character build path wisely: Aim for specialisation, dont spend your skill ponts all around, you won't have enough points to max out everything, so choose your three or four main branches and stick to it when it comes to spend points. Exemple i usually go for fast attacks (red) + Oil effectiveness (green) + Igni and Quen (blue).
As shown in the video itself although not discussed, the Axii sign can be used for an instant kill followup on human enemies, especially useful against ones with shields.
Never buy gear,conserve your money for the different witcher armor sets u can get,in late game these are realy expensive to upgrade,and u can afford like 2 full sets,even less if u are not exploring everything and u dont pick up all the items not nailed down to sell them later.
@@daviddank8285 I think you have to level up the ability tree to unlock the alternate casting type and equip that ability in your character tree, but for instance quen has an active shield alternate casting that regenerates health based on the hit absorbed
Combat tips:If you've stunned a humanoid foe, a strong attack from behind them usually instakills them. Learned this while playing around trying to kill guards. Very useful if encountering higher levelled bandits.
To all of those playing the highest difficulty.... Quen is your best friend and use it often. As far as I can remember only one boss in the entire game can kill u with Quen up so whenever u can, use Quen. Also, I recommend sidestepping instead of full rolling to dodge attacks as it doesn't consume as much stamina and can spam more often
Another good thing for witcher sense is the Hud change on the mini map. It'll show additional info there and it can save time if its on the other side of the wall or something.
My best tip is that if you like to talk things out through dialogue, invest in Axii. You can basically turn yourself into a Jedi during conversations. Geralt: "Isn't it time for you to go?” Guard: "It is time for us to go "
Another tip would be when doing a quest that has you exploring big places with a lot of other paths to go towards or just adventuring on your own (ex:caves,dungeons etc) don’t forget or at least try to explore every one of those paths you will be rewarded with rare items and weapon or armor diagrams at times even actual armor and weapons but wary that there is a risk of having to fight a tough opponent(s) at times. An example I could give is there is a quest (I think it’s called in “Dark Places” or something Dark but anyways it sort of a main quest) in velen that has Geralt and Keir going into this cave hideout looking for ciri and an elf and have an encounter with the wild hunt. It’s a huge place to do exploring make sure to save constantly before going down a certin path just in case you die or are not able to defeat certain enemies(like a gargoyle; took me a few tries) or illusionary walls that you might just not pay any mind too. So if you see another path on the minimap and it shows there is more to it behind a wall or whatever give it a go and keep all those treasures for thy self
Tip: if you know you are about to aggro the enemy/enter a fight, you can Quen for free right before as your stamina/adren bars refill almost instantly whilst out of combat. Thus, Quen right before gives you a free use on top of another so if it’s a difficult fight and you time it right, you can soak 2 hits in a row for absolutely free
I have 3 tips 1. Always think about a quest before you do it because you might have a few main quests and one might be in one part of the map and one might be in another area and one might have multiple locations that have other quests that tie into them 2. And if you are going to use the horse then plan your route like for me I don't use it so I just run whichever way is faster 3. To get stamina back while running on foot jump and it will build back up fast
More Witcher 3 Tips in Part 2: th-cam.com/video/htcjCU_HkSY/w-d-xo.html
Main Tips:
1) Save after you do *anything*
2) Spam *Quen*
at my game start 1)get skill that allow you cast spell from adrenaline points ,2) skill that heal you +10 in a day after combat
save is very important‼
I spam axii
I've almost never use Quen at all. Aard is maxxed out and will stop even the biggest Elementals long enough for a couple of hits, before dodging and rolling away. Then rinse-and-repeat until the monster is dead. For lower level Nekkers and Drowners, the maxxed-out Aard can actually blast them into pieces (especially if paired with a Blizzard potion).
I Spam eggs
A few tips:
1) Some miscellaneous quests are missable if you progress too far in the story or if you don't react to a given event fast enough, basically if you see someone in distress yelling for help, don't wait til later, they may be dead and you may miss the quest. If you see a Quest icon above their head or on the mini-map though, you can safely wait til later.
2) There's not really a wrong way to build Geralt, Combat, Sign, Alchemy, and Hybrid builds are all viable ways to play, and they will change how you approach certain encounters.
3) Don't skip on Gwent, it's one of the most fun side activities in The Witcher 3, if you have trouble figuring it out there's tons of guides and youtube videos to help you.
4) Don't be afraid to start on higher difficulties, you can change difficulty at any time in-game
5) Loot everything that isn't within sight of a guard. Nobody will get mad, and you will need everything you can get your hands on. If you open a container close to a guard it will warn you that they are watching, otherwise loot away! You can even loot containers next to guards and then run like hell (hold the run button) and if you wait a day and return they will have calmed down.
6) Fast Travel is useful but always look for opportunities to do the traveling yourself, this gives you more opportunities to explore and find new things.
7) A lot of quests have multiple resolutions to them, always save before you do a quest and if you feel like you weren't happy with the outcome, reload and try different choices.
8) The questions at the start of Chapter 1 where you are interrogated simulate Witcher 2 choices, if you don't know which options to pick, the best thing to do is say that you A) Spared Letho, B) Spared Aryan LaValette, C) Saved Triss, and D) Saved Sile, these will offer you new side quests and story events where-as the other choices do not.
9) When choosing a romantic partner for Geralt, be aware that your choices have consequences if you are too... greedy.
10) Try not to sell alchemy or crafting reagents unless you have a surplus of them (usually like over 20) since some ingredients are rare or expensive and may be hard to replace when you need to.
11) The Orens and Florens you pick up in loot are extremely valuable, in Novigrad there is a money changer who will give you Crowns for these currencies making them a great pick-up.
12) Despite Chapter 1 being arranged in such a way to suggest you go first to Velen, then to Novigrad, then to Skellige, you can actually pursue these out of order and go to any of these locations at any time you wish. Be aware Novigrad and Skellige tend to have higher level quests but you will still find content even at lower levels you can accomplish.
13) Made a mistake assigning points to Geralt? There's a potion of clearance for sale for 1,000 crowns in a few alchemy shops that will reset all your points for you.
14) If your first playthrough, you should invest points in Axii Delusion up to level 2, because it opens up more dialogue choices for you to resolve conflicts. This is the only skill that affects dialogue.
15) Enemies do not play fair in fights, when facing multiple enemies, they will try to circle you and attack you from the back. Always take out ranged attackers first. Attackers with heavy weapons or shields will stagger you if you press the attack too much, leaving you open. Do not try to just spam attack buttons, you will need to let up, dodge away, use signs, use bombs, use your crossbow, take potions, and maneuver around to ensure you are in a spot you can maintain an advantage. It's very easy to die if you don't approach combat tactfully.
16) Spend time exploring new areas, looting everything, and following POIs on your map and quests for new gear diagrams. You can unlock the ability to craft very potent gear to help Geralt, swords, armor, potions, bombs, and more.
17) Always keep repair kits on you, having your main weapon break mid-combat is awful if you don't have a way to fix them. If you are out of combat though, don't waste these, travel to a blacksmith and have them repair your gear there.
Having played through the game on the second hardest difficulty I can say these are great pointers. Fair play
If u go to the end of the map, u can fast travel to any post in the game.
Great pointers, indeed.
As a new player thank you
Yea, about the number 1: I met a quest about a rescuing an elf in a burning house. I killed all the guards, broke the door and she ran out. At the time I was tracking another quest so this quest didn't pop up, and I thought she was free so I continued on and didn't talk to her. And you know, after a while, the quest was "failed", cos I failed to do the talk. Come on lady, I saved your ass, couldn't you just wait like a day to thank me? I wonder what she would have said though.
For PS4 users: swipe UP on the Touchpad to open the world map instantly.
You just made my day
And hold it to open inventory directly :)
Wow, thank you for this. Doing it the long way was annoying me to death.
Is there an Xbox equivalent to this or nah?
On xbox, hold the "start" button.
Biggest Tip no one seems to know : When your falling from a decent height press the Jump button right before hitting the ground you will do a roll and lose 0 health
@@glub1381 Yeah, obviously wont work from considerable heights though
Yeah, and for some reason this also applies for going up steep hills. If you time the roll correctly when going uphill, the sliding animation will be ignored, and you'll be able to roll up the hill. A good way to save yourself time when exploring the world.
WoLf_Da_KiNg- 513 did this on accident and it worked!! Otherwise I DEF would have died with my health left!!!
OP: these are so accurate and good! Everything I think when playing that I forget about later haha
I figured that one out on pure accident haha
1. Loot everything.
2. Parry or use axii against shields.
3. Parry during fistfights.
4. Quen and gourmet are your bestfriends specially on higher difficulties.
5. Removing upgrades will not return your runes and glyphs, dismantling will.
6. Trophies weigh a lot. Sell or put them in a stash.
7. Don't fight dogs/wolves unless it's necessary. They do tons of damage, quick to evade, and you get useless trash when looting them.
8. Falling damage maybe Geralt's greatest enemy, but it is nothing in front of *THE ALMIGHTY ROACH.*
actually gourmet is not recommended if you're a player who is on top of eating food on cooldown because you can invest something else in the slot, like extra damage. There's no shortage of food in the game.
Wish roche gameplay was a little more smooth
Hey can you help me? On the first quest, just before setting trap for Griffin. I need to equip something on my sword, but it doesn't let me and im stuck i cant do anything. Any ideas what i need to do?
Dogs drop an super imporant alchemy iten tha is Used in the make of oils
Alchemy builds must kill wolfs if they are low this item (dont remnber the name in english sorry)
@@nikolasusac4987 what is this something? There is no need to equip anything
Best tip:
When the time of white frost comes, don't eat the yellow snow
Muhammad Shahzaib this is a missed gem on the loading screen.
even the inuit knows that yellow snow is disgusting
Best tip... play the game for 30 seconds and you learn all of this
why-
Watch out where the huskies go
Big tip... you can change your auto-save to smaller times... 3 mins might seem like too often but is NOT! You'll be happy you did.
Thank you. I think I'll try it.
You are a blessing
@kenny Potts how do you do that?
Samuel D go into options, then select gameplay, then select auto save and change it to 3 min and save.
I just discovered this like an hour ago and its such a gamechanger. Wish i knew this before i did 100% complete runs 8 times lol. Doing 30 points of interests without loading screens just to die and have to restart them all is a major turn off
1 Whilst learning to block attacks is a good idea and is something that I, someone who prioritises attacking over defense, have struggled to learn, I recommend learning how to dodge correctly. Barrel roll out of the way for surprise attacks/fast monsters. Do the side-step leap for anything you have time to prepare for. Barrel rolling eats at your stamina bar and if you're desperate to use your signs, waiting that extra bit longer can be excruciating.
2. Use your spy cards in the first round of Gwent and don't be afraid to concede the first round. You'll have extra cards at your disposal and most times the AI will pass the second round quickly. Then go all out in the third round to hopefully pull a victory. The game is about playing smart. Don't be quick to use your special cards first.
3. When you're told to shove a baby into an oven, shove the baby in the oven.
Just last night I played the Baby in Oven quest for ybe first time and luckily I put the baby in the oven
Dude I skipped the dialogue by accident, and then got the prompt for throwing the baby. Needless to say the baby got yeeted, and the quest got completed.
I remember playing that quest the first time and decided to just go with a gut feeling and threw the baby into the oven. At first I was like holy hell what did I just do
@@Sotasiiffi fuck i just did the quest and i didnt cook the baby. what happens if you do make him a cake
@@shriizel3667 you dont hve to fight that shadow monster i suppose, don't count me on that tho.
I don't know why, but I began to save water early in the game, I never drank it but I thought I would save it for something. I finished the game with 300 water which was never used
LOL
Water provides a good amount of time for vitality regeneration
Stay hydrated😂
Potatoes only
I use the water as my main food since they max out if u don't use them and you find them everywhere
Edit: I just realised how long this is. Whoops. Also, great video!
General Tips:
1. Gwent - You may not like it but it often comes up in the game via quests. It's best to buy cards when you can and play against people at least once. You will always get a card beating an opponent for the first time. You can also change the difficulty of it in the menu.
2. Don't craft armours/weapons often, especially higher level gear like upgraded witcher gear. It may not cost *too* much at first but will build up quick, both in coins and materials.
3. Loot - Do it often. You can pick up a plethora of things ranging from food to weapons.
4. Go to the bank in Novigrad - You can exchange foreign currency you've picked up into currency you can use.
5. Axii - Upgrade it when you can. There's dialogue that's looked behind an upgrade. You can use this to not pay gold to stubborn people/guards and generally do things you otherwise couldn't. It's extremely helpful.
6. Save - Do it often in the case of anything. Rare bugs, death, etc. The game auto saves but not when you'd probably like.
7. Fall damage - You can minimize it by clicking the jump button just before you hit the ground. You will roll instead of splatting.
Combat Tips:
1. Dodge - It can save your life often. In my opinion, dodging after getting swipes in is a must do. It keeps your distance and you can't counterattack everything.
2. Archers - If you can get to them first, do it. They will screw you over in combat.
3. Quen - A bit obvious but use it, especially against monsters. It can save you often.
4. Shields - Use Axii against them to get a free hit. It will also instantly kill human opponents at times. Even enemies much higher level.
5. Don't spam - More than likely, your enemies will parry/counterattack you or, in the case of monsters, not care and hit you anyway.
6. Group fights - Enemies aren't dumb. At least not very. They will attack you in groups, mostly. Take advantage of this when you are confident and competent enough. If you are attacking an opponent with one behind you, hit your opponent then hit the one behind you with the following attack. It often hits them because they're trying to hit you, thus no defense. Don't get cocky with it. Another thing, if you want to try, get an enemy between you and an archer, the archer might hit them causing a stun and damage them. Also, do not counterattack when surrounded unless you are experienced and can counterattack well enough to do it right after to someone else. Another person will probably hit you. And it will hurt.
North tip 7 is amazing and I didn’t know about it till I started recently re playing it. Sometimes I would fall and die Immediately, And sometimes I would do a roll and take no damage off the Same fall. Personally I just spam the roll button if I find myself falling off anything.
Quen can also be used to prevent some fall damage.
Thanks a lot.
When dealing with archers, the alternate yrden ability strikes down arrows and can also assist you in the fight. Its range is pretty good and can strike enemies through shields and in most cases it can interrupt an enemies attack giving you a moment to counter
One thing I also recommend is to not be over-reliant on Axii in dialogue.
My biggest tip for The Witcher 3 is wherever possible walk from location to location, don’t fast travel or even ride Roach. You’ll find chest unmarked anywhere and you’ll find fallen tree trucks with coins stashed inside them, plus it more fun.
Also Roach is just. A pain in the ass to navigate with. I've played the game maybe four times since I first picked it up in late 2018 and I quickly gave up on the horse. Only use it when I've suddenly passed my item limit and would otherwise shuffle for twenty minutes to the nearest merchant.
I used to dislike the witcher 3 on the first playthrough, I since learned that it was because I was using fast travel and roach to much and never really took in the scenery around me. so yeahs its nice to just walk through the trees and watch the sunrise or sunset
That’s what i do 🤣 Mainly because i can collect herbs whilst going to my destination
I started doing that and it makes it more immersive for sure but I got fed up of coming across higher level activities and monsters so I just follow the quests.
@@gaspanda when you come across them, use markers so you can go back and do them once your Levels increase. Although I’m stubborn and alway try to take the higher level monsters on, even if the battle takes an hour. lol 😂
12.99 including the 2 dlcs on ps store glad i waited 5 years to play this 😂
Good Deal. I payed the full 80 back in 2015 and feel I got an amazing deal as well
@@wolf_da_king-5137 not gonna lie quite easily the best game ive ever played and im only in velen 😂
@@gingedom93 enjoy it man, I wish I could erase my memory and discover this game anew again but I'm on my 3rd playthrough and I'll tell you what this game ages like fine wine
@@wolf_da_king-5137 im sure i will cheers 👍 i restarted it once already cause i missed one quest so its gonna take me a good few years to get through!
@@wolf_da_king-5137 Fine wine is insulting to The Witcher 3
This game is like choccy milk 👀👌
I'm about 10 hours in and I'm already overwhelmed by the size of this game
My first 8 hours were spent on playing Gwent...
I have played through the Witcher 3 10-12 times, still not an expert but I have a few things that may be useful.
1. Absolutely explore everywhere: there are some many really useful things to find and exploring every marker that comes up will really help out.
2. SAVE!: the game doesn’t auto save nearly as much as you think it should and you could lose, I’m not kidding, hours after one death. So save , save, save.
3. Make a point to find the gear from the other schools.: the Griffin, Cat and Bear gear is so much better then anything else it is almost always a good idea to level until you can wear it then have it made. Once you find one diagram for a set you will get a quest that will point you too the rest.
4. Don’t rush: I know I said explore earlier but I’m talking specifically about doing side quests, contracts and getting into fights. Being under leveled will make the game unnecessarily difficult and no fun. So do as much as you can before you move on to the next main quest and pay attention to level recommendations.
There are infinitely more things I could say but this is probably long enough as it is, just know it’s a fantastic game and I hope everyone who picks it up enjoys it as much as I have.
i complete the game when i was level 26, did i rush too much ?
@@daestka5512 yes but no worries start new game + you will be amazed how many things you probably missed (replayability) is one of things that make this game awesome
I just made it out of velen, hit level 11. I'm taking my time with main stories and focusing on side quest/contracts.
You can change how often autosave happens in the option menu every 1 min even
@@wolf_da_king-5137 3min is the minimum
Been playing The Witcher 3 for a year now and I'm on my 3rd playthrough (main story). My first try I played it with minimal guides or tips, and I had the worst ending ever haha! And then I decided to be more serious while playing it the second time, planning ahead of fights, thinking of the consequences and learned a lot of tips I can share now to the ones who are planning to start playing this awesome game:
1. Save - You can use the shortcut F5 to save your game or there is the option where you can choose on how many interval per minutes you want to autosave (you can change this at the game option, theres 3mins, 10mins so on)
2. Loot everything specially weapons - You will need everything you loot, if not for oils or potions, sell it to acquire more money. I usually sell sword and other weapons in Novigrad square, people there are rich. As you go on through the game, stuff will get expensive especially when you're starting to upgrade your weapons and gears. Haggle rewards as much as the NPC allows.
3. Sword and Gears - Know the different attributes of gears and weapons. It'll help you maximize the effects of your attacks and sign. There are light, medium and heavy armors that you can choose from.
4. Choices - You'll encounter choices that will require you to kill or stay out of trouble (this mostly works with people). In my experience of playing the game, choosing to stay out of trouble and not killing gives you more XP. But this will depend on the setting.
5. Herbs - Herbs are sometimes hard to find and not all herbalist have a lot of herbs to choose from. My go-to herbalist are located at Novigrad square and The Pellar located in Blackbough. They have vast selections of herbs you can buy.
6. Alcohols - Some of the alcohol like cherry cordial are sold by innkeepers, like the one in Golden Sturgon.
7. Meditation and potion - Always meditate. This will replenish your potion. Speaking of potion, keep Swallow at hand. It will not just help for fast recovery but also keeps the poison from killing you, like fighting a swarm of sirens.
8. Dismantle stuff - Often times the components required for crafting is just a dismantle away. Study the items you can dismantle and save money instead of buying the components.
9. Buy maps and diagrams - There are merchants who sells maps and diagrams that can open new locations and lets you craft new weapons or potions.
These are all the tips I know so far, I hope this helps. =)
Just started playing Witcher 3. One of my favorite games ever.
I knew it was special when I just entered the main menu for the first time that blood and wine theme is just so incredible and atmospheric
Yeah the game came on the gamepass so I also started playing it and it's so much fun, don't play games like this but it kinda reminds me of Nier Automata.
@@mirzahasher dont play games like this too im more of a fps player but i couldnt pass up the sale price so i bought it
How is the game going for you? im still downloading it right now
@@smileybear420 I played it back to back for a few days cause i was addicted lol but yeah i finished it and it was really fun but difficult in the beginning.
@@mirzahashernice, that sounds fun, thanks for feedback man!
Nothing so accurately represents this game as well as that first clip where the game's telling him to go to Novigrad and visit Triss, and meanwhile Geralt's off in bumfuck nowhere fighting a Forktail for no reason. Only thing that'd make it truer is if he brought the Forktail low and then, instead of killing it, challenged it to a game of Gwent.
Just a quick tip: in combat, you can change signs quickly by holding your guard and using the two buttons for drawing/sheathing your swords
Also you can use 3 to I think 7 or 8 to choose sign. This quick swap really helps in middle of combat.
Those who don’t use the tutorial are destined to struggle.
Gaming with Demry I always skip it
I did the tutorial and still struggle with it,, not used to the buttons at all ..
Albus Dumbledore I used to skip tutorials myself coming from the nes generation we never had them but now I use them and I beat games faster.
i didn't use the tutorial and i am death matching this.
Never even seen it lol
The best tip I learned is that even tho the ingame loadingscreen tip tells you that "Red name meansdanger and a skull means certain death" that is really not the case. You can pretty easily defeat foes up to 10 levels above your skill level by utilizing quen, dodging, oils, potions and your crossbow
True. I just beaten a level 15 wild boar as level 4. Alot of dodges and Ignite sign did the job
did that yesterday with that quest that takes you to the blood and wine dlc
Fr i stumble upon the king wyvern quest when I'm just lvl 7 and did it
1. Dont try to hurry up the story, take story quests by your level, for exg in start you canr start your search for Ciri from anywhere; Velen, Novigrad or Skellege, do it the canon way and as suggested level; first Velen then Novigrad and then Skellege, your story and game will run its course very smoothly and easily.
2. Learn to use Quen and the 'gourmet' ability as mentioned and dont spend a single coin on armor (especially non-witcher armor), completed the whole game on death march using the base armor only (its very easy once you master Quen), save your money for swords and glyphs/runestones.
3. Instead of buying glyphs/runestones look for their diagrams to create them, making them is much cheaper than buying them.
4. Sell things to proper buyers like books to bookstore, swords to blacksmiths, armors to armorers, food items to innkeepers etc.
5. If you are running low on coin there are certain places in Novigrad where low level bandits keep re-spawning kill them, take their swords and sell them.
6. If your sword has greater or medium runestones then dismantle it instead of selling it.
7. In hearts of stone expansion pack there is an option of investing in runewright shop (about 10,000 crowns) do it, it enables you to add sockets in any armor or weapon.
8. When you start blood and wine expansion pack, first thing you need to do is get the Aerondight Silver Sword, there some very easy ways to get this sword early in the game so search online the fastest way to get it, the earlier you get this sword in the game the better.
(Note: throughout the game keep checking out for "!" and "?" in map for extra quests or treasure hunts and etc for quick coin, especially the ones you are passing through cause once you unlock fast travel to most places you wont bother to manually travel that much)
Also White Rafford's Decoction potion is a must have potion, upgrade it to superior level as soon as possible.
Get spy cards and decoy cards for your gwent deck, if they play a spy, decoy it, then you can play it. Against a monster deck you must have blizzards in your deck.
Decoy cards can also be used on medic cards to resurrect extra cards (although I do prefer to use mine for the spy cards, too).
Nothing is as satisfying as using the dragon burner card against the loads of close combat monster cards 😁😁
Probably the most useful:
Know that oils,potions, and decoctions have to be only crafted once and then never again, I was scared to craft them cause I thought I would have to keep on crafting over and over but no just a simple craft and boom! Also, read the bestiary.
Do bombs also have to be crafted only once?
@@sarthakagarwal8964 Yes. They get replenished if you meditate and have alcohol.
What?? Are kidding me😂? Don't know this. Tq
Same here. End game and I went wtf?
Every single alchemy item (excluding skill point reset potions) are infinite but you need alchol to restore them and to craft them
Something I learned after I beat the main story and the first dlc...... you don’t really need to aim your crossbow. You can blind hip fire and be about %90 accurate.
It has better accuracy than when I try to aim manually lol
Yep. It's actually a loading screen tip. Tap the button for a quick aim shot or hold for manual.
Often missed tip: the enemy bar flashes when an attack is initiated.
Lame. Who wants to rely on that bar to know when they’re attacking
One tip that's pretty useful for alchemy when you are still in white orchard: collect arenaria whenever you see it, plus get mandrake cordial from barkeeps whenever you see one. It will majorly help you since you need it for a very important alchemy ingredient called White gull.
Redanian Herbal is even more important, as it becomes quite rare by the time you need to mass produce White Gull. But yes, Arenaria is important as is cherry cordial. Earlier level alchemy recipes require a fair bit of Blowball, so keep an eye out for that too.
Tip for experience
Do the quests when they come up at ur level don’t wait till you’re a much higher lever to go back to them because you’re gonna miss out on experience if ur level 20 and do a level 7 quests you’re only gonna get like 1xp for the quest when you could’ve gotten from 100-300exp
My tip is dont throw away the first chest armor you have, it can be upgraded to witcher gear, and it is really usefull early in the game
A couple of tips:
1) Combat & Alchemy build is the most popular route for Death March gameplay into New Game + and it teaches you to be mindful about using alchemy ingredients , which makes it a great build to start out with if you're unsure about what to build, as it is very potent and informative.
2) Optional parts of quests can unlock different endings and little bits of extra gameplay.
3) Defensive skills and utility based skills tend to scale very well into the later stages of the game. Especially quen and aard are useful at all levels, even when not upgraded. Damage oriented skills (mainly igni) require more upgrades to stay relevant and take more skill and patience to use effectively at higher levels.
A huge tip that I wish I got into early, start alchemy immediately. Oils, potions, and bombs are all useful in tricky situations I started around level 20 and spent 3 hours just trying to craft as many as possible and its a huge upgrade to just brute forcing your way through combat.
the most important tip i wish i knew early on is
Items you sell have different price depend on the vendor you selling them for and best prices you get in the big cities
sell weapons to weaponsmith
armor to armorsmith
alchemy stuff to alchemist even tho should atleast keep a bunch just in case i wouldn't sell any tbh but if you desperate np
junks to general merchants and books to book sellers
also some items are better to dissemble instead of selling
extra tips : you can't fight underwater but yo ucan shoot your crossbow underwater and it usually 1 shot the enemies that swim
don't forget your skills isn't set in stone you can swap them anyway you like to make the specific encounters easier
don't worry to mess around there is potions that reset skillpoints
There is a barber in Velen. I've never heard anyone ever mention it. You have to free him from a person in distress camp and he walks slowly back to his village.
guessing what sort of monster we're up against from the clues and witness reports was one of the best parts of the game for me. ofcourse it took a long time to get there, which made it all the more rewarding.
Okay. I watched The Witcher on Netflix. Read more about The Witcher on Reddit and found out there are not only great novels but also an awesome game. Watched a few review videos on TH-cam and then saw this one.
I haven't played with a PlayStation since I was a teenager with my younger brother. That was twenty years ago. I now want to buy a PlayStation only to be able to buy and play this game. This is so fricking cool - I've made my husband nuts with how much I talk about it!😂
If you choose to make the dive, hope you have fun with it!
Worth the buy alone. But get the dark souls trilogy too for a challenge
Those novels are an EXCELLENT reads! I've read The Blood of Elves, and Time of Contempt so far....I've got the whole collection for cheap, and currently reading through the 3rd book now. I also just started the Witcher 3 game. It's very impressive from what I've seen so far! Take a chance, and get into it! You won't be disappointed!
For replayability and character development with great backstory you can try God Of War (2018)
So it! Its so worth it, I've only been playing two weeks and I've enjoyed it more than any game I've played before!
I'd say don't sleep on the alchemy skill tree. It's probably the best one. It can make any potion or decoction heal you, so you don't need to use food in one of your quick slots. It can make your damage increase based on your toxicity, and there's a skill that removes damage from toxicity. Plus, the decoction effects are awesome. With the skill perk that also makes toxicity increase your damage, they're super strong. Also, go for a set of Witcher gear as early as you can. Best armor in the game, and they look sick. Finally, save your game often.
tip for elite players : erase your memory and play
Kabumi Wish I could do this
@@taikajorma7276 same
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Banana Jesus !
Banana Jesus !
Biggest tips.
Read the bestiary
Brew potions and upgrade them
Brew OILS and upgrade them
Craft Decotions.
Really Study the Alchemy Skills. Not the Flashiest but IMO the strongest.
Almost everyone I've spoken to that Dislikes this game or has qualms with it didn't use these tips they just ran into battle content with basic potions and no oils. Settle down and play as A Witcher study your Game and Hunt smarter not harder. HAPPY HUNTING!
I love it to go into fights just having a little bit of food and my swords. But maybe it's because I'm not progressed far enough.. Just like the challenge of getting 2-3hits max in a difficult fight
1. When you fall, you can parkour jump by pressing jump before landing.
2. Potions, Bombs, and Oils automatically replenish on their own when you meditate.
3. Fully leveled abilities sometimes change on the last point.
4. Bombs can hurt you as well as the enemy.
For 2. you still need the alcohol item
Alcoholest or something
Most tips I can think of is already covered in the comments but I do have one tip.
Using Special attacks like Whirl and Rend. Make sure its in a slot in your character panel. Gather up some Adrenaline points and hold your attack button. Later in the game when you can research Mutations and add Runes. Go for the Bloodbath mutation. Add the Rune for extra range on Whirl and find a crowd of enemies. Use Whirl. Truly a Massacre to behold.
I did this not long ago, and it's satisfying as all heck! Imbibed Blizzard for extra limb-flying!
Whirl is amazing for bandits and pack monsters 😂😂😂
First time in a long time I actually read EVERY comment on a TH-cam video and gotta say..very surprised that Read Notice Boards was not here. It may be a "given" but eh, what people don't know, people dont know. This is my 2nd Witcher 3 playthrough and I've learned a lot more this time around.
Nothing wrong with Gwent, but I personally don't play it because I have way too many other things to do. Horse racing, brawling, sidequesting, monster hunting, treasure hunting, reclaiming abandoned villages, ect...
This is called an Open World Role Playing Game for good reasons.. be the Witcher YOU want to be, go where and do what you want to do when and how you want to do it.
As far as actual "tips" go, I would recommend to upgrade and use fast attacks, Axii, and Quen, when you can. All 3 come in handy in ALMOST every fight.
(Minor DLC spoiler) At a point, you are given a home for Geralt where you can display your hard earned weapons and armor (some but not all). So my advice is to store what you would later like to display in your storage chests.
As far as coin (gold) goes, YOU WILL GET PLENTY! I am level 17 and have over 13,000 gold just from selling things I don't need and from questing and looting. Don't buy things you can find in the world and don't keep things you really don't need or may not even use (like all those Lesser Runes). Also be sure to sell weapons to a Blacksmith, Armor to an Armorer, Herbs to an Herbalist ect, ect...you'll get more coin by selling to the appropriate merchants.
Always manually save before starting a fight or quest or even entering a cave or temple you are unsure of. Do NOT let enemy levels detour you from a fight. Be confident. If you try and die, reload and try a different approach. I defeated a level 24 Cyclops and a level 22 Royal Wyvern yesterday at just level 16. Use the Bestiary, Oils and signs appropriate for which ever monster you are going to fight. ESPECIALLY the correct oil. It just may be your best friend (aside from Roach) in the game.
Lastly (and this is the big one) DON'T RUSH THIS GAME! Enjoy it, breath it in, live in it, walk, swim, ride Roach, talk to anyone, eavesdrop on NPCs, watch a fight, use Axii to make monsters fight each other. Lol. There's no time limit. So take a stroll through Temerria and enjoy your life as a Witcher.
Great advice!
Keep in mind that if you do go against 6lvl higher bosses you will be Fighting them for ages on DeathMarch unless you are on NG+ with an OP build
@@@nighthowk117 ...Very true. Fortunately for me though, I initially play on normal mode until I complete the game (any game) for the first time. I do plan on playing the harder difficulties though for the challenge as well as the trophies.
I do though, when possible, run just far enough away from a difficult fight to mediate as to save on supplies. Lol. Some monsters like Water Hags might chase you down whereas others will walk back to whatever treasure they are protecting.
What I WANT to do is just play the main story, but instead I feel like I have to grind side quest to level up and every question mark I go to on the map so far ends up not being a side quest at all.
@@kpgpwi64 you need to visit towns and villages quests are on noticeboards marked yellow on the main map, also people with yellow exclamation mark, the question marks on map are places of intrest like loot or places of power
Thanks! I watched a bunch of these on TH-cam and your video was best. It helped me understand the basics better than game itself 😂
The only tip anyone needs.
DONT ROMANCE BOTH YENNEFER AND TRISS.
You've been warned.
@@MalikProductionsMax if you care about getting anything remotely close to a satisfying ending for Geralt... Just don't.
Have you ever had your girlfriend find out about your other girlfriend? Yeah they both leave you. You can hook up with both (giggidy) but only say I LOVE YOU to one.
I already fucked this up
Ahhhhhh well... ermmm what can I say. Fucked it.
Nick Shwartz thanks, imma go for triss
When dealing with weight limits it's also important to check your horse gear once in a while. It's in a different tab than your armor/weapons and it can get pretty heavy if you've picked up several saddles and/or saddlebags over the course of your wanderings.
excellent point
Pro tip: dont jump off of things, geralt may be able to fight monsters easily but he cannot handle falling from short heights.
lol, thats true
Found that out the hard way
No 1 tip ... Learn and invest in alchemy abilities like aquired tolerance, protective coating and heightened tolerance, making sure you use OILS.
I am currently playing an alchemy build and can use 3 decoctions at once
Or you xan do what I do and turn a Light Combat build into a meatgrinder with mostly combat skills and a set of 4 alchemy skills. I swap axii .for extra option when needed. Im lvl 6 with 7 pt com, 2 pt alch, 1pt Gen and Signs, No problems what so ever but i keep high DPS sticking to light armor.
@@Jinn174 add metabolic control from the general the and you can have 4 decoctions active.
There's an Achievement Award to be unlocked for fighting a battle with seven decoctions at one time.
my tips:
1. this one's more personal preference, at first i was deadset on having a combat/signs build, but i found it not that practical on death march. when you get a bit into the game and are making more potions and decoctions, i strongly advise going on a combat/alchemy build. makes all the difference in the world
2. don't skip sidequests. not only some of them extremely relevant how some things in the grand scheme of the plot turn out, but they're hella fun
3. have a decent amount of money before starting the hearts of stone dlc. there's one particular mission that absolutely bleeds you dry.
4. be careful with boats, especially in skellige. you can easily find yourself in need to swim a good 1000m or whatever the metric is if you're careless and damage them enough that they sink
5. loot monster nests, those can drop things from runes to weapons. loot monsters. even if you don't think you need mutagens or whatever they drop, you probably will need them
6. put runes on your weapons and glyphs on your armour! invest a little and buy the diagrams to make normal and greater runes.
7. some notices on the notice boards are not contracts, but i'd still recommend you read them. some of them are heartbreaking, some of them are absolutely hilarious. either way, it immerses you into the atmosphere
8. read whatever books/notes you get while you're doing a quest. again, helps with the immersion and sometimes with the quests themselves
Took me forever to figure out the torch! Haha. I was fighting guys in the dark using only their health bar to find them.
My quick tip is to learn the quen sign down to the 3rd row as soon as possible, it lets you hold up a shield which restores your health on each hit from the enemy and also explodes when released giving you some time to start an attack, especially useful on higher difficulties to restore your health if you have lots of enemies around
this right here
I just bought the complete edition for 10 dollars and I am so happy I found it at such a good price. I think it is a little confusing although especially with the alchemy and toxicity stuff.
I think the best tip: ALWAYS SAVE YOUR GAME! Save before every moment you encounter strong enemies, and especially before dialogs. When you made the (or a) wrong choice in dialogs, you can go back to your previous save and go on from there.
On PC, the key bind to save with out going to your menu is F5 :)
I remmeber when I had to decide about Ciri. THought it is just one dialog to ruin it, but no!
Ciri’s fate is determined by the following seven factors:
How you comforted her during Blood on the Battlefield
Whether you visited the Emperor during Blood on the Battlefield
Whether you accepted coin from the Emperor for bringing Ciri to him in Blood on the Battlefield
Whether you accompanied Ciri to a meeting with the Lodge of Sorceresses during Final Preparations
How you reacted to Ciri’s temper in The Child of the Elder Blood
Whether you took Ciri to Skjall’s Grave as a result of a choice in The Child of the Elder Blood
Your completion of the sidequest chain An Eye for an Eye, A Deadly Plot, Redania’s Most Wanted (Act Two) and Reason of State (Act Three)
Think about how badass this is!
the best thing I ever did in the game was mapping the signs to the number keys, this way I don't need to slow the action to change signs and I found myself using them a lot more and more diversly (as opposed to the infamous "Quen Spam").
i use fast cast spell its great www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/81
Quen Spam is the easiest way, but is it if you manage your build well you can have a build where quen is not as useful, also Axii is actually OP.
@@nighthowk117 you have a difficulty slider to manage difficulty, in my opinion the way you play needs to be fun and diverse, not OP.
@@omerkeidar95 I always go for Feline Set its not OP IMO as it is so called GlassCannon huge dps no Survivibility.
Also for me the only right way to play Witcher 3 is on DeathMarch
@@nighthowk117 I agree completely
My best tips so far:
- Use Axii when fighting those nasty Boiras, it’ll keep them visible and unable to dodge.
- Get the 20 min increase for food effects in the general abilities menu asap. You’ll never ever again need to spend half of your earnings on food.
- Use the Wyvern Extract potion against tanky enemies and bosses, it’ll increase your DPS ridiculously. It’s specially useful against enemies with much higher level than you. If you combine it with igni, you can permanently remove their armor and make the combat even easier.
- Invest in the Axii performance for persuasion in dialogs. You have no idea how much shorter and easier quests will become, it’s a must-have.
- Invest in the Cat potion and look for blueprints to improve it. Most of the monsters you’ll hunt or the loot you’ll find is bound to be in very dark areas, where torches are pretty much useless, also it works underwater too, so you’ll probably need it pretty much every time you dive.
Hi! I just started the gameand everywhere I go I read about upgrading Axii to level 2. Do I need to have it slotted up in order for it to be more effective in dialogues? Or just upgrade it without slotting it in?
@@AmarRameow You need to slot it in order to work. Overall, all the signs and abilities need to be slotted in order to be active, so you need to think cautiously which ones you want to use. Axii is by far the one I’ve used the most in the game, mainly to avoid uncomfortable situations with humans, which are by far the most problematic part of the game.
@@supermendi0078 ahhhh, thanks man!
Don't loot in front of guards lol
Lol, right especially in daylight
A good tip I used and enjoyed was seeking the treasure Witcher school sets. It’s a fun way of exploring and adventuring, and fighting monsters 10 levels above that has a great payout. So when you finally reach the required level seek the smith and craft away your Witcher gear with some sweet buffs and skills.
I recommend when interrogated, you say you didn't kill Letho. You get a great side-quest with him.
Never done that quest actually, imported my save from the second game. Maybe next time I'll do a clean playthrough!
I haven't played witcher 2 and just got lucky with that question.
And he is a badass in the fight at Kaer Moren. Just keep him and Vernon Roach seperate lol.
Letho is a fav character of mine glad I befriended him in 2
@@bobhoskins124 Too cool to be killed.
Wow, played for awhile before realizing you have to move your abilities to those slots, thanks.
Two things I haven't seen yet,
1. The second upgrade of Axii - puppet is pretty good. You can turn enemies into allies who will attack the other enemies.
2. Sometimes important alchemy ingredients can be bought, then you go back to the same merchant and they're basically immediately replenished and available for purchase again. With the ingredients, some are very common, but others are fairly rare. So you want to know where you can buy certain things.
Having trouble with drowners under water?
The crossbow is your friend. You don’t even need to free aim. Just look in the general direction of your target and fire. It automatically hits them.
Diving and swimming around Skellige makes an awesome profit! The small islands have many armor and weapon caches with big time protection!
drink a tea before it or you are going to suffer madness hahaha i hate that part of skellige XD
Few tips:
Dont skip gwent although it wont affect the story, its really fun.
Potions of clearance is fine but be careful while using the restoration one. All mutagens are lost and i had a real tough time getting those back.
Make good use of potions, oils and bombs especially in higher difficulty.
Loot everything.
Kill cows whenever you can for hides.
Dont pick on guards.
Avoid wolves on death march. They will fuck you up.
Also upgrade axii (delusion), aard sweep and get the gourmet ability early on.
I'm currently on my 7th or 8th playthrough on deathmarch. Just killing time before CP2077. Currently building super heavy in Alchemy. The amount Vit of doing so is absolutely insane. By level 20 - 25 I was at a base of 6k hp. With added potions pushing me as high as 17 to 20k hp. Currently running a 1/1/10 (combat/signs/alchemy)
Combat:
Your oils are super important do your best to remember which oils are effective against which monsters. If you can't remember the Bestiary is your friend.
Personally I find that opening combat with Northern Wind followed by devil's puffball to be super effective. If you're looking to destroy pretty much anything in combat(excluding golems) then might I suggest this insane potion combo:
Golden Oriole, Tawny Owl, Petri's Philter, Full Moon, Maribor Forest, Blizzard, Thunderbolt, Swallow < For this combo you will need to have enough points in alchemy not to die/max out toxicity.
Skills:
These are some of the most important skills in the game and I suggest maxing all of them out regardless of what skill tree you're going for.
Signs:
Delusion < Most important for max for xp in choices. You will only need delusion 2 for most quest options and only 3 or 4 need Delusion 3. You should really aim to hit Delusion3 by the time you get to Novigrad. No spoilers here but that is one of the places you will need Delusion3. Lets face it 40xp is always better than most of the choices.
Alchemy:
Killing spree < Amazing against mobs
Synergy < Amplified mutagen stats
Frenzy < Added time to counter
Endure Pain < Extra Hp
Tissue Transmutation < Extra Hp
Side Effects < Super fun to max out as it gives you extra pots without toxicity
Parry Humans and Dodge monsters, also if you care about getting a good ending, pay attention to what people say and like
Go enjoy the game, save it often as possible, and if you feel like you've walked into a boss area too soon that causes you to die, just leave it and come back later.
Just loot everything you possibly can and sell the stuff you don’t need. Make sure to save often. Invest in Witcher armor and swords. Invest in Quen if you’re having trouble versus tougher opponents. Do side quests & contracts. Lastly, enjoy your first play through because it’s always the most memorable :)
My one thing I always tell new players is: Quen quen quennnn. Level it up, use it.
Quen is great, but the other signs are good too and each has its place.
Perfect timing since The Witcher 3 was just added to game pass. Going to start playing tonight; I feel more prepared now.
Thanks for the tips!
how do you like it so far?
Everyone who plays this game on game pass needs to know this: if at any point you decide that you actually want to buy the game, and specifically the expansions, DO NOT BUY THE GAME OF THE YEAR EDITION. You cannot use your saves from the base game in the GOTY edition, you will have to start over. Learned this the hard way. If you are playing for free on game pass and want to buy the game and use your current saves, you have to buy the base game and then the season pass for DLCs.
Just got into this game about 3 weeks ago after watching the first 4 episodes. I’m addicted to the story no doubt
Best tip I found for gaining XP:
Do the main quests for awhile before doing the vast amount of side quests and contracts, particularly the contracts, as a lot of the early contracts in Velen and it’s surrounding has monsters that GREATLY out-level you lol. It can be quite frustrating doing a lengthy side quest for only 50 XP and few crowns.
I'm on my first playthrough in Velen and I've been doing the exact opposite of what you said lol. As soon as I finish my level 6 contract, I'll dive into the main quests. Thanks for the tip, I'll see how it goes.
fat cat hahaha it’s hard not too on the first playthrough cause Velen has SO much to see and do, and did the exact same, but I was gathering diagrams and gear that were levels and levels ahead of what my personal level was. Then I just focused on main and secondary quests to build. Definitely doesn’t hurt to explore and find a bunch of fast track markers to visit for later contracts and such!
Something I wish I knew first off:
If you press jump as Geralt is falling just before he hits the ground, he'll land in a roll and won't take fall damage (from reasonable heights, of course).
A Tip that I leaned the hard way:
Don't try to make and upgrade all of the Witcher Set at the same time don't matter how cool it would be to have them all, by the time you reach the Superior diagrams you will FEEL the burn in your Gold.
I keep two and later craft the rest for my wineyard.
Grandmaster armor materials is stupid expensive if you don't have them already 😂😂. Dismantle is your best friend 😄
I know it will look tempting but when the time comes, don't break Sigi Reuven's knee, if you pick the other option it will open up the possibility of a new, pretty cool side quest.
Here a helpful tip, go to settings and turn off Witcher sense fish-eye effect off. Save yourself the motion sickness and do it.
Yessssssss! I finally have it turned off after playing for 6 hours. Feels so much better now I was close to throw up once
I would add that counter-attacking (by parrying with humans and dodging with monsters) is an essential part of the combat in this game. For a while I was just trying to hack and slash my enemies and I was struggling in combat. Once I put a little effort into timing my counter-attacks, I began enjoying the combat much more. You inflict more damage that way as well.
Edit: I see that he addressed this in part 2.
The simple fact that a game that came out 5 years ago could still get a half million views just speaks to how legendary it is.
FACTS!!!
Gold tip: if you are a bit short of funds, the best way to boost your gold is to spend a few hours in Skellige looting the chests that float in the sea, attached to barrels. You will fight a lot of sirens, so as you near the target area, jump out of your boat and engage them underwater. These chests frequently contain unique swords and heavy armour, and ideally you will sell them to the vendors in Beauclaire, Touissant (Blood and Wine DLC). Depending on how much stuff you can carry, you may earn 5 to 10k gold per trip, sometimes more.
Use intensified Aard to instantly put tough or quick enemies on their back and be able to finish them with one hit
Best tip ever: read everything and use everything that game is giving you. All those tips I know directily from the game itself :))
I thought i heard the unstoppable army from the south was called "MILF GOD" until Gwent with the master mirror dude, now you all hear it😆. Imo the best value for your gaming dollar.
Ok real tip. If you going for death March difficulty, make sure to buy the consumables last 20 minutes perk.
I was so confused why my upgrades weren't doing anything. Somehow I missed the fact that you have to equip them. Thank you for that explanation, good sir!
Also, deflecting arrows is a character point well spent. It's one of the red ones and is best to get it sooner than later.
IMO thats a waste of point its better to just kill ranged first they doe really quick, that aaves you a precious AP at the beginning
It can be useful to a point, especially if you are clearing a camp with multiple archers, but it is a waste of a skill slot. I find the main issue with enemy archers is the stagger effect their hits do, so on my Alchemy/Euphoria playthrough i started to utilise the Chort decoction: this eliminated the stagger and I just started carving everything up.
My main and probably the one that needs to be given at first.
Choose your character build path wisely:
Aim for specialisation, dont spend your skill ponts all around, you won't have enough points to max out everything, so choose your three or four main branches and stick to it when it comes to spend points.
Exemple i usually go for fast attacks (red) + Oil effectiveness (green) + Igni and Quen (blue).
Tip: going up a steepish hill/mountain jumping is faster then running 100% of the time
Having watched The Witcher on Netflix is helping me immerse with the game better than before.
Late to the party, but I started this yesterday. Haven't seen the show, read the books, or played parts 1 and 2.
Get a load of this guy 🤔
As shown in the video itself although not discussed, the Axii sign can be used for an instant kill followup on human enemies, especially useful against ones with shields.
Never buy gear,conserve your money for the different witcher armor sets u can get,in late game these are realy expensive to upgrade,and u can afford like 2 full sets,even less if u are not exploring everything and u dont pick up all the items not nailed down to sell them later.
Started this game yesterday, and i love it!
I wish I knew the signs had a alternate casting type when you hold down the casting button the first time I played.
Bad End Happy wdym?
@@daviddank8285 I think you have to level up the ability tree to unlock the alternate casting type and equip that ability in your character tree, but for instance quen has an active shield alternate casting that regenerates health based on the hit absorbed
Herling David Romero Adrianza mm makes sense thx for the bit of info
Combat tips:If you've stunned a humanoid foe, a strong attack from behind them usually instakills them. Learned this while playing around trying to kill guards. Very useful if encountering higher levelled bandits.
To all of those playing the highest difficulty....
Quen is your best friend and use it often. As far as I can remember only one boss in the entire game can kill u with Quen up so whenever u can, use Quen. Also, I recommend sidestepping instead of full rolling to dodge attacks as it doesn't consume as much stamina and can spam more often
I pretty much ignore Quen I got used to playing Feline Set so CRIT all the way survivibility is boring.
Another good thing for witcher sense is the Hud change on the mini map. It'll show additional info there and it can save time if its on the other side of the wall or something.
My best tip is that if you like to talk things out through dialogue, invest in Axii. You can basically turn yourself into a Jedi during conversations.
Geralt: "Isn't it time for you to go?”
Guard: "It is time for us to go "
Another tip would be when doing a quest that has you exploring big places with a lot of other paths to go towards or just adventuring on your own (ex:caves,dungeons etc) don’t forget or at least try to explore every one of those paths you will be rewarded with rare items and weapon or armor diagrams at times even actual armor and weapons but wary that there is a risk of having to fight a tough opponent(s) at times.
An example I could give is there is a quest (I think it’s called in “Dark Places” or something Dark but anyways it sort of a main quest) in velen that has Geralt and Keir going into this cave hideout looking for ciri and an elf and have an encounter with the wild hunt. It’s a huge place to do exploring make sure to save constantly before going down a certin path just in case you die or are not able to defeat certain enemies(like a gargoyle; took me a few tries) or illusionary walls that you might just not pay any mind too. So if you see another path on the minimap and it shows there is more to it behind a wall or whatever give it a go and keep all those treasures for thy self
Get the perk that uses adrenaline for casting signs when low on stamina.
Man! It was driving me nuts why I had a stack of 0 bombs and couldn't craft more! They don't explain that meditation replenishes them! LOL
Tip: if you know you are about to aggro the enemy/enter a fight, you can Quen for free right before as your stamina/adren bars refill almost instantly whilst out of combat. Thus, Quen right before gives you a free use on top of another so if it’s a difficult fight and you time it right, you can soak 2 hits in a row for absolutely free
I have 3 tips
1. Always think about a quest before you do it because you might have a few main quests and one might be in one part of the map and one might be in another area and one might have multiple locations that have other quests that tie into them
2. And if you are going to use the horse then plan your route like for me I don't use it so I just run whichever way is faster
3. To get stamina back while running on foot jump and it will build back up fast
Dodge duck dip dive and dodge. best tip
Andrew Willis if you can dodge a wrentch u can dodge a ball