10+ Tips & Tricks I Wish I knew (Basics/Advanced) PART 1 - The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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[@CaedoGenesis]

More Witcher 3 Tips in Part 2: kzbin.info/www/bejne/nqXGm3aLlK2eibs

[@brettfrasco]

Main Tips: 1) Save after you do *anything* 2) Spam *Quen*

[@Goodlikess]

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

[@ANDY-1109]

save is very important‼

[@markmagician2471]

I spam axii

[@someguy6076]

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).

[@mloyd64]

I Spam eggs

[@matthewszavay244]

For PS4 users: swipe UP on the Touchpad to open the world map instantly.

[@GiantBoah]

You just made my day

[@TheDecaystar]

And hold it to open inventory directly :)

[@amber619pop]

Wow, thank you for this. Doing it the long way was annoying me to death.

[@skendrix7]

Is there an Xbox equivalent to this or nah?

[@synopia22]

On xbox, hold the "start" button.

[@Mahaloginger]

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.

[@MinishMoosen]

Thank you. I think I'll try it.

[@wilsonn5016]

You are a blessing

[@samueld1068]

@kenny Potts how do you do that?

[@Mahaloginger]

Samuel D go into options, then select gameplay, then select auto save and change it to 3 min and save.

[@cagethekyle6493]

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

[@brunbjorn9095]

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

[@lloydchristmas4547]

LOL

[@Him_Downstairs36]

Water provides a good amount of time for vitality regeneration

[@QQS-iz9ce]

Stay hydrated😂

[@justinneedham6211]

Potatoes only

[@VeraLucille]

I use the water as my main food since they max out if u don't use them and you find them everywhere

[@ozzievamp]

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.

[@mysticmajestic2360]

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.

[@JustAnotherAccount8]

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

[@FatherDinny]

That’s what i do 🤣 Mainly because i can collect herbs whilst going to my destination

[@gaspanda]

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.

[@ozzievamp]

@@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 😂

[@north6134]

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.

[@Joseph4997]

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.

[@krayzieridah]

Quen can also be used to prevent some fall damage.

[@lloydchristmas4547]

Thanks a lot.

[@barryfegen5694]

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

[@dudescrawny5859]

One thing I also recommend is to not be over-reliant on Axii in dialogue.

[@hellspawn22001]

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]

i complete the game when i was level 26, did i rush too much ?

[@lalcantara18]

@@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

[@drewSD463]

I just made it out of velen, hit level 11. I'm taking my time with main stories and focusing on side quest/contracts.

[@wolf_da_king-5137]

You can change how often autosave happens in the option menu every 1 min even

[@ni_ce94]

@@wolf_da_king-5137 3min is the minimum

[@papagynther6905]

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

[@datphan7958]

True. I just beaten a level 15 wild boar as level 4. Alot of dodges and Ignite sign did the job

[@yourlocalhuman3526]

did that yesterday with that quest that takes you to the blood and wine dlc

[@overdosecaffeine3341]

Fr i stumble upon the king wyvern quest when I'm just lvl 7 and did it

[@almonteclaro1218]

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. =)

[@jasonpowley4913]

Often missed tip: the enemy bar flashes when an attack is initiated.

[@sac1218]

Lame. Who wants to rely on that bar to know when they’re attacking

[@visheshagarwal7524]

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)

[@visheshagarwal7524]

Also White Rafford's Decoction potion is a must have potion, upgrade it to superior level as soon as possible.

[@rhalf77]

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.

[@fireandbombs12]

It has better accuracy than when I try to aim manually lol

[@BamaChad-W4CHD]

Yep. It's actually a loading screen tip. Tap the button for a quick aim shot or hold for manual.

[@Jinn174]

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.

[@someguy6076]

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).

[@stormrider7235]

Nothing is as satisfying as using the dragon burner card against the loads of close combat monster cards 😁😁

[@JDemry]

Those who don’t use the tutorial are destined to struggle.

[@taikajorma7276]

Gaming with Demry I always skip it

[@Bull2152]

I did the tutorial and still struggle with it,, not used to the buttons at all ..

[@JDemry]

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.

[@FlintDragoon]

i didn't use the tutorial and i am death matching this.

[@lordvader6838]

Never even seen it lol

[@bozo8603]

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.

[@nickshwartz6358]

The only tip anyone needs. DONT ROMANCE BOTH YENNEFER AND TRISS. You've been warned.

[@nickshwartz6358]

@@MalikProductionsMax if you care about getting anything remotely close to a satisfying ending for Geralt... Just don't.

[@keith00032]

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.

[@a_legitimate_salvage]

I already fucked this up

[@naurismerk8035]

Ahhhhhh well... ermmm what can I say. Fucked it.

[@rabbit8133]

Nick Shwartz thanks, imma go for triss

[@graysonfrishman7294]

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.

[@fatalexception1269]

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.

[@rxxdlb]

tip for elite players : erase your memory and play

[@taikajorma7276]

Kabumi Wish I could do this

[@mariosuarez6656]

@@taikajorma7276 same

[@Banana_Jesus_]

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[@rxxdlb]

Banana Jesus !

[@DoomGuy__]

Banana Jesus !

[@crash3554]

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

[@christiangaxiola5323]

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

[@mariaenroth7058]

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 KZbin 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!😂

[@CaedoGenesis]

If you choose to make the dive, hope you have fun with it!

[@TheMasterMischief]

Worth the buy alone. But get the dark souls trilogy too for a challenge

[@clayshinn6953]

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!

[@bobvegana4752]

For replayability and character development with great backstory you can try God Of War (2018)

[@doekawaii6343]

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!

[@TheBamaChad-W4CHD]

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.

[@andrewcook8438]

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.

[@onatgz]

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.

[@davyvanderschoot6406]

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.

[@CultofThings]

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.

[@poopikins]

For 2. you still need the alcohol item Alcoholest or something

[@KarlRock]

Thanks! I watched a bunch of these on KZbin and your video was best. It helped me understand the basics better than game itself 😂

[@Pansarpelle]

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.

[@CaedoGenesis]

I did this not long ago, and it's satisfying as all heck! Imbibed Blizzard for extra limb-flying!

[@AlzainAli]

Whirl is amazing for bandits and pack monsters 😂😂😂

[@omerkeidar95]

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").

[@Goodlikess]

i use fast cast spell its great www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/81

[@nighthowk117]

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.

[@omerkeidar95]

@@nighthowk117 you have a difficulty slider to manage difficulty, in my opinion the way you play needs to be fun and diverse, not OP.

[@nighthowk117]

@@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

[@omerkeidar95]

@@nighthowk117 I agree completely

[@stanettiels7367]

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.

[@MissGixxer]

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.

[@roxana6026]

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

[@AE-bw7km]

Took me forever to figure out the torch! Haha. I was fighting guys in the dark using only their health bar to find them.

[@sixeagle6466]

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

[@jonathanbethards3689]

this right here

[@supermendi0078]

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.

[@AmarRameow]

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?

[@supermendi0078]

@@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.

[@AmarRameow]

@@supermendi0078 ahhhh, thanks man!

[@SnowWhitesBite]

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.

[@annebritraaen2237]

I recommend when interrogated, you say you didn't kill Letho. You get a great side-quest with him.

[@CaedoGenesis]

Never done that quest actually, imported my save from the second game. Maybe next time I'll do a clean playthrough!

[@KimberlyKjellberg]

I haven't played witcher 2 and just got lucky with that question.

[@keith00032]

And he is a badass in the fight at Kaer Moren. Just keep him and Vernon Roach seperate lol.

[@bobhoskins124]

Letho is a fav character of mine glad I befriended him in 2

[@annebritraaen2237]

@@bobhoskins124 Too cool to be killed.

[@Jernewein]

Here a helpful tip, go to settings and turn off Witcher sense fish-eye effect off. Save yourself the motion sickness and do it.

[@datphan7958]

Yessssssss! I finally have it turned off after playing for 6 hours. Feels so much better now I was close to throw up once

[@michaelblackstone7744]

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.

[@myidashish]

Block (L2) with left and right D pad, you can change signs instantly!

[@GeekandGlory]

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 "

[@muralieb]

Started this game yesterday, and i love it!

[@SplermMcFlerm]

Wow, played for awhile before realizing you have to move your abilities to those slots, thanks.

[@yor781]

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.

[@mrjack901]

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.

[@nighthowk117]

I keep two and later craft the rest for my wineyard.

[@AlzainAli]

Grandmaster armor materials is stupid expensive if you don't have them already 😂😂. Dismantle is your best friend 😄

[@Raptor5dino]

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).

[@251reeling9]

Diving and swimming around Skellige makes an awesome profit! The small islands have many armor and weapon caches with big time protection!

[@mariosuarez6656]

drink a tea before it or you are going to suffer madness hahaha i hate that part of skellige XD

[@omarsantos8583]

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 :)

[@eliteballplacement6582]

Parry Humans and Dodge monsters, also if you care about getting a good ending, pay attention to what people say and like

[@fatalexception1269]

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.

[@Funktastic_Ed]

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).

[@ZedTheMasterOfShadows]

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

[@SaxStation]

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.

[@iare19]

You can Axii the annoying goat Princess You can fast travel when in a boat Lol.

[@nighthowk117]

After u use Axii on the Goat use the bell as well the goat will still be under Axii effect but instead of a slow walk it will run towards you.

[@mattroman5530]

Just got into this game about 3 weeks ago after watching the first 4 episodes. I’m addicted to the story no doubt

[@hrabia]

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!

[@SoulSojourner]

Do NOT waste a skill/slot and potential mutagen bonuses on Gourmet. You will find such a massive amount of food and water in this game that you should never run out and recovering health is as easy as remembering to press the button to consume quickslotted food. Unless you are absolutely terrible at remembering to hit the button again when the food item is wearing off/worn off and just generally bad at games of this type, it's a complete waste. It seems cool at first, but it's unnecessary, even if you only use half the duration of a food item before consuming another and essentially "waste" half that food item it really doesn't matter with how much damn food you'll eventually have overflowing your inventory unless you're selling it or something. My recommendation for an early general skill to buy/get is to get Strong Back. It adds 60 to your total carrying capacity, which is a lot, and the way this skill really shines is that you don't need it all the time. So buy the skill and leave it inactive and use skills that actually benefit your character in combat or whatever instead, and when you end up inevitably looting too much, pick the least important skill to your character, and swap it out with Strong Back so you have more weight until you can make it to your stash or a merchant and sell off some goodies, then just switch back to your combat enhancing skills. Extremely useful. Also, don't buy horse equipment, do horse races as soon as you find them and win new equipment.

[@Void_knight56]

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

[@MrFreedomforyou]

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.

[@SpaceTacos60316]

FACTS!!!

[@Nate.V]

One important tip no one talks about is turning on quick signs in the options so you don't have to keep opening up the sign options wheel to switch signs.

[@badendhappy2903]

I wish I knew the signs had a alternate casting type when you hold down the casting button the first time I played.

[@daviddank8285]

Bad End Happy wdym?

[@huskynu13]

@@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

[@daviddank8285]

Herling David Romero Adrianza mm makes sense thx for the bit of info

[@qidex]

Just starting this game. So many useful tips in the comments in addition to the video. Thanks a lot all!

[@Muninnswake]

Dodge duck dip dive and dodge. best tip

[@yourmother2167]

Andrew Willis if you can dodge a wrentch u can dodge a ball

[@daviddank8285]

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

[@tylercampbell6401]

Browsing through the comments, I want to mention an impotent tip that I haven’t seen mentioned. Play the game on the harder difficulties. On easy and normal, you can mediate after every fight to replenish health. This incentivizes the player to abandon skill systems and to simply button smash through fights since health restoration via mediation is an infinite resource. Second, this turns combat from an engaging experience into something just needs to be done to progress through quests. Last, it breaks immersion. You are Witcher and the easy/normal difficulties fail to encourage the player to play as such. On harder difficulties, unlike most RPGs where it’s just modified enemy health and damage, Witcher 3 has skill systems in place providing you means to tackle more difficult content. When I bought W3, I never left White Orchard because the gameplay was mind numbing. I let it sit for a year. I decided to give it another go and increased the difficult and next thing I know I’m 120 hours in. Playing again on the hardest difficult and spending time thinking about how you develop and play Geralt is fun in and of itself.

[@slashdef]

TW3 is one of my favourite games, played through multiple times. However, going back to basics and getting another players perspective also helps. Thanks .

[@klofan0078]

If you're on PC and annoyed by the sign selection, it's really easy to keybind and with a bit of input rewriting can be made to insta-cast sign. That made it much more fluent for me.

[@scottfrost6537]

Use intensified Aard to instantly put tough or quick enemies on their back and be able to finish them with one hit

[@nestosauce]

Having watched The Witcher on Netflix is helping me immerse with the game better than before.

[@MrGecko-dm9kh]

DONT SPAM FOOD

[@xNightxxWingx]

Wait so all you need is alcohol in your inventory when meditating and it replenishes ALL your potions/concoctions? As in, any active buffs will be refreshed, or they flat out get replenished in your inventory to be used again whenever you feel like it? Do you only need a single thing/item of alcohol, or do you need one per potion? Same with Oil’s.. they only need to be crafted once and can be then used infinitely from there on out? I’m sorry if these are basic questions, I’m just EXTREMELY NEW to this game (and the series as a whole), and the entire alchemy section of the inventory really had me feeling overwhelmed. So if these items are able to be used again without having to re-acquire new mats, that really offers up a sigh of relief on my end! Really looking forward sinking my teeth further into the game, so thanks for the video man.. really informative and A LOT better than 99% of the other TW3 videos I’ve been watching, especially considering you also didn’t go spoiler heavy. Liked and subbed!

[@CaedoGenesis]

Welcome to the wonderful Witchering world! Treat potions/decoctions as items with charges rather than consumables, those charges get replenished when you meditate, provided you have the alcohol. Even if not, it's easy enough to stop by an inn and get some.

[@gammasmash1924]

Late to the party, but I started this yesterday. Haven't seen the show, read the books, or played parts 1 and 2.

[@scottfrost6537]

Get a load of this guy 🤔

[@lukem2771]

Just wanna add when falling if you tap circle button right before Geralt hits the ground he will roll and not take fall damage. Doesn’t work from super tall heights but tinier ones that would normally kill you or give you damage won’t anymore

[@popedonking]

If you fall, jump just before you land and you will receive zero damage.

[@kasv4103]

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.

[@thetankman8]

My one tip is when you destroy a monsters nest always loot the destroyed nest most of the time you get some decent items.

[@HostileRespite]

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

[@Leo-cd6so]

You only have gourmet and strong back skills with the dlc

[@movingparts6270]

I just started playing for the first time. I got through White Orchard by just doing the Griffin quests and not going out of my way to explore. When I finally got to Viven, I quickly realized that I was too under-level to survive even the basic encounters. *Note to new players: you kind of need to do side quests and explore*

[@fulopistvan5578]

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.

[@someguy6076]

Aerondight is the best sword available in the game. However, you will need the Blood & Wine DLC to obtain this weapon, and a great deal of gameplay is required. This sword will continue to increase in damage the more kills that are made with it, and it can even be imported into a NewGame+, where it will continue to improve as you gain levels.

[@mariosuarez6656]

The sword of heroes hahah, is it better than any other silver swords?

[@someguy6076]

@@mariosuarez6656 Apparently. Although, I cannot say that I have definitively proven that for myself.

[@streamy2916]

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

[@nighthowk117]

I pretty much ignore Quen I got used to playing Feline Set so CRIT all the way survivibility is boring.

[@DronesOverTheMoon]

Everybody posting tips here soo gonna lut a few of mine 1: for people that like gwent but still dont know how to play it well you can change the difficulty of the gwent game in the options menu. 2: alchemy crafted items are mostly infinite (you dont need to remake them) but needs alchohol to be restored. So for alchemy build or moslty any build make sure to always have a few. (To have a bunch of them im the first skellige mission you can loot a good amount of them) 3:always uses signs in battles for they can change the tides of it even if you havent upgraded nothing from them they cam save you. Have axii skill upgraded to max to unlock mofe dialog options. The max is three and it can help you out of situations that makes you waste money or emd up in a fight. (Will help in blood and wine just trust me) 4: Be careful on where to spend your money since its pretty hard to get more than 15000 (if you make many things that is) try keeping it until late game so you can make something useful

[@bleach-chan3199]

When I first played witcher I rushed through the game and paid dearly for that because everything was 10 levels higher than me but I recently pick up the game again after about a year and a half and I'm taking things more slowly going from quest to quest contract to contact and it's been very fun, so don't be afraid to take things slow when playing

[@bleach-chan3199]

P.s get the gourmet ability it's fairly useful

[@Razielts1]

And another tip you can build geralt in any way you want but i recommend building with a specific witcher Set in mind and branching out or specializing any way you want ( i personally love the Griffin set and signs so i go for a full sign build )

[@ehrenknappe8268]

I platinumed this game on PS4, which required potions for certain trophies, but I actually went through the entire thing on Death March without ever using a potion, oil or decoction. I just picked up everything, sold it and bought tons of food, and that's what was on my quick use buttons. I have wondered how much easier it would have been if I actually used them.

[@bealotcoolerifyoudid7217]

Big brain pro gamer move bro. - Get the bastard between you and the archer. Friendly fire is every bandit's hobby in this game.

[@Mojavekight17]

I recently got it on ps4 for 15 bucks

[@shapeshifter7676]

1. Use Ekimmara and Ekhndna decoctions and whirl, baby, whirl! 2. Don't just sell to any merchant you meet. Save expensive swords and armour in your stash and sell it in Novigrad or Beauclair 3. If you have Blood and Wine, save all your gold coins and exchange them in Beauclair instead of Novigrad 4. Witcher gear is always better than, random stuff 5. Use Aard against flying enemies 6. Sirens and Ekhidnas drop Shells which you can dismantle and get pearls from them 7. It's cheaper to craft gear and materials, than to buy them 8. Upgrade saddlebags and get rid of all the heavy junk by dismantling them into materials 9. Turn on the enemy upscaling 10. Gwent!

[@CNSninja]

Also, YOU CAN SHOOT SIRENS FROM YOUR BOAT WITHOUT DISMOUNTING. This is an absolute game-changer if you're like me and want to loot all those Skellege caches. Just remember to change your map filter to "ALL" from the Skellege map.

[@Rhyno9750]

Don't let keira go to radovan.... Unless you want the death of a fictional character to haunt your sleep 😮😥😭😭😭😭

[@satyakibarman6071]

I think attacking enemies from horseback is a good practice, i find it very useful, especially with blinders on roach

[@Blackdog4818]

Get Sun and Stars in the Brown section in Character, hit point re-generator, especially if you're playing on the top two difficulties. When you play them, you do not get your health restored when you meditate. The lower difficulties your health IS restored. This game always gives better and better weapons as you go up in levels. You don't need to upgrade them with one exception and that's your silver sword. You can get an Ursine or Wolven silver sword that does quite a bit of damage later in the game. Yrden magic trap is great against wraiths. And it looks cool. If you're playing the expansion packs Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine, definitely put some points in Aard before you get there.

[@honestlysassy1909]

A tip as a R/G colorblind person, you have to be in the main menu of the game to see the setting to turn on colorblind mode.

[@Edward15887]

That quest devil by the well fucked me up for days 😂😂

[@randexco]

Opponents with shields are extremely annoying and if you continue to hack at them, you will quickly wear out your sword. I strongly recommend using axii on them to stun them, they lower their guard and then go in with a power strike. Makes people with shields much easier and don't wear out your weapon as much.

[@AmzK]

Important passive skill to have, is a talent that restores your health if you have at least 1 Adrenaline Point if it would otherwise have been a death blow. Helps a lot if you're like me, and enjoy engaging enemies that are far too powerful for your current level.

[@teddykazandjiev]

Hi there. I have passed this game along with it's two expansions 6 or 7 times since 2017. The first 2 times were on easy and normal modes, then I got to the hard mode-blood and broken bones and finally I passed Deatmarch, then a Deathmarch again on NG+ then I believe 1 more Deathmarch and now I am passing the story again on Deathmarch. I enjoy changing the ending and initially went for Triss romance but only 1 or 2 playthroughs, now I am a loyal Yen lover and don't even romance anyone else. That being said I am very experienced in the game and I am glad such a video came out. On lower modes you need not worry about Vitality and can just hack and slash but if you want a true experience you have to got for Blood and Broken Bones and Deathmarch. I have passed the latter 3 or 4 times as I mentioned and I will give you guys my share of advice 1.Early on you will be shit and even experienced players will find White orchard to be hell. You have no potions, low food, your gear is meh so what you must do is 1. Dodge a lot. Then strike wih quick attacks 2. Use quen- the shield spell. Igni is also good if you have few opponents left or if the area is small and they can't suround you 3. On higher difficulties max Quen- get the entire line of upgrades under Quen. Especially important is the upgrade which allows you to get hp back from damage on the shield 4. Get delusion(Axii upgrade which helps in dialogs) 5. Upgrade your fast and later your heavy attacks, get the adrenaline upgrades(last row in the red upgrade area), also undying which will get your hp back if you were gonna die otherwise 6. Get whirl-this will let you slice enemies around and damage people who have suroanded you 7. Get the firestorm upgrade for igni which allows you to hit it in a line continously-it helps with shield users. if you are confident enough you could just deflect their attacks and kill them slower but it is useful to have 8. Get well versed in alchemy and get potions and blade oils because opponents are tought and you need oils to damage them properly 9. Combine signs and potions to stay healthy and not overdose. 10. If you have reached the higher difficulties you might have already done this but still. DO EVERYTHING. Every quest, every objective. Scout with your horse before going in-some enemies will be super strong and you will have to run away. 11. Get viper silver sword in white orchard and later the temerian armor at level 4. Later if you want you can get the nilfgardian gear for yourself and your horse-I love the saddle, saddlebags and armor, you can find it at Crow's perch. Do the side quest where the granny asks you to find her pan-she will give you valuable food items which are super important to have before you have swallow potion and white raffald's decoction. Use axii in dialogs(this is why I said to get the Delusion upgrade) to get free xp- it is lower in Deathmarch so anything you can get is worth it. That's about it. Someone else can give you other advice in terms of builds and items but I find the battle/sign hybrid build to be the best. Later on you can get whatever. You will find awesome items when you explore and it's not required to get witcher gear right away. For Blood and wine-ursine armor is the best for Quen users like me and it is an armor which will make you a real tank.

[@heyboss318]

This could be the longest comment in history of KZbin...

[@teddykazandjiev]

@@heyboss318 It's just divided into separare lines with points. That makes it appear longer. Another veteran gave 14 points of advice. I mean what's the point of giving advice if it's short and shitty? This is so long because I want it to be useful :)

[@heyboss318]

I really appreciate your time to teach me...I just bought the game today so yeah thanks

[@20simoontje]

Playing Witcher 3 will give away alot of spoilers for next season of The Witcher. Just so you know !

[@taikajorma7276]

Simirotic The game series is ended there will not be any new dlc?

[@20simoontje]

@@taikajorma7276 they are making a witcher 4 👌

[@i3amurad964]

Simirotic no they’re not

[@20simoontje]

@@i3amurad964 yes they are

[@i3amurad964]

Simirotic Nothing is confirmed