What Are Drowners? - Witcher Lore - Witcher Mythology - Witcher 3 lore - Witcher Monster Lore

What are Drowners in the Witcher? In this video I try my best to explain the history of the Drowners. I will go over what Drowners are, the Drowners effect on the witcher games, how drowners live, how drowners hunt in the witcher, Water Hags and Drowners, the Drowners in the witcher 1 and the witcher 2 and the witcher 3! Be sure to like the video for more of the same and subscribe if you're new or just love the witcher!
The Witcher® 3: Wild Hunt is a story-driven, next-generation open world role-playing game, set in a visually stunning fantasy universe, full of meaningful choices and impactful consequences. You play as Geralt of Rivia, a monster hunter tasked with finding a child from an ancient prophecy.
Geralt of Rivia, is a witcher, or monster hunter for hire, a white-haired and cat-eyed legend in his own time. Trained from early childhood and mutated to gain superhuman skills, strength and reflexes, witchers like Geralt are a natural consequence of and counterbalance to the monster-infested world in which they live. As Geralt, you’ll embark on an epic journey in a war-ravaged world that will inevitably lead you to confront a foe darker than anything humanity has faced so far-the Wild Hunt.
Built exclusively for next-generation hardware, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt marks a new era in RPG visual quality. Raising the bar for the entire genre, with its deeply integrated 5.1 audio and jaw-dropping graphics powered by CD PROJEKT RED’s proprietary REDengine 3, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt promises an entirely new kind of experience.
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[@MrSimonmshannon]

WitcherGeorge I don't remember or not, but did you do a vid on plague maidens, noonwraiths, nightwraiths and hyms.If you didn't could you? If you did, I have an series idea, could you do a video on quests and quest creature lore, like the woodland spirit or morvuddd.

[@Gamedaughter1]

In case you don't know, none of the videos on your Ranger George channel are watchable.

[@jonathanmasilela1569]

What was the music at the beginning?

[@somerandomguy9058]

Love the way you say vodniks.

[@ducky36F]

Sapkowski: “yeah drowners are a thing Witcher’s could hunt” CDPR: “Drowners! Drowners everywhere!!”

[@PolishGod1234]

Wolfes : Hold my beer

[@yahboiyaa4922]

@@PolishGod1234 wolves

[@fruitjuicedude8899]

xD

[@PolishGod1234]

@@yahboiyaa4922 It's not my native language, but i'm trying my best

[@ducky36F]

G O D I mean, I said “Witcher’s” when I meant “Witchers” and English is my native language 😂

[@thrownswordpommel7393]

"They're not intimidating" You've clearly never ran into a bunch of high level red skull drowners.

[@Witcherino]

I have, and being killed by a drowner is one of the things I'm not proud of.

[@wufflemuffin9197]

Only time those skulls are not intimidating is pure Alchemy build in new game plus

[@loods2215]

Gives me nightmares to this day

[@manusiabumi7673]

Yeah, it's not easy, but having quen up all the time and constantly being on the move definitely helps

[@basedpota]

I feel bad for anyone in the Witcher universe (that isn’t a Witcher or magic user) that goes near water.

[@Hugo-hv2fi]

actually just games

[@schwany6703]

Dude imagine you wake up in witcher 3 velen lmao

[@basedpota]

@Schwany I would go straight to crows perch for safety

[@nathand.schwarzchild1513]

Hey guess what....

[@basedpota]

@Jason Zhu Easy I would just run all the way there.

[@flaviobicaku2620]

You should do a video on the Grandmaster Elf Blacksmith in Touissant

[@WitcherGeorge]

Good idea!

[@richardst.romain6837]

Amazing idea and it could segue into the other grandmaster and witchers connected

[@yungpo9853]

@Daddy1724 I dont think hes a grandmaster.

[@Remdog-520]

What's the difference between a drowner, and a Nilfguardian? A drowner can swim.

[@thewhitewolfxy4750]

Barbarians...

[@Ignisan_66]

true dat

[@loati94]

Drowners are to the witcher what mudcrabs are to The elder scrolls

[@WretchedRedoran]

Minus devolving from giant god-crabs that ruled the mortal realm... i think

[@MrAskmannen]

Drowner brains are the bread and butter or early game money grinding thx drowners

[@raulmemento5634]

Last time i was so early Geralt still had emotions

[@somwongbulipsurt7901]

I seriously read this this as "What are Downers?"

[@RealTalkWithMitch]

I always equated drowners in the Witcher world like Crocodiles where I live in Northern Australia. We see many of them, we are aware of them, some get taken by them and they populate coastal beaches, inland lakes and rivers/creeks in the thousands. Crocs also drag fishermen to the depths to drown them and have been known to stash bodies for later snackin. Drowners are Salt Water Crocodiles confirmed.

[@Bruh-pp2bh]

I always assumed the more intense and complex looking a drowner looks, the longer it lasted underwater and the more magical it was and is more extreme than the plain ol casual drowner

[@oozycactus7525]

Hi George, After the Trial of The Grasses is completed by Yennefer on Uma, Eskel very briefly mentions that the remaining Witcher’s should have a ‘chat’ about what re-gaining this precious knowledge about the trials means for the School. Due to his character entry suggesting he took on the role of watching over Kaer Morhen and stepping into Vesemirs shoes. Would you agree that he would attempt to rebuild the School of The Wolf if they have the knowledge and ability to produce new Witcher’s. Perhaps they would introduce new recruitment techniques like only voluntary recruits or orphans etc. I know this is not a lot to go on but I Think this would make a thought provoking video. Than you.

[@WitcherGeorge]

Interesting thoughts here, I can't promise anything but I'll definitely keep it in mind.

[@noble14]

Witcher 4 could have you as one of those witchers too, that'd be sweet.

[@Philip7710]

@@noble14 with character creation tho i dont think i could play as anything other than geralt

[@antthomas7916]

Didn't Eskel say that he was going to leave Kaer Mohen for good during Vesemir's funeral? He said that staying there just wouldn't be the same without him there. I think his exact quote was that losing him was the final nail in the coffin.

[@dillonklasse4980]

Perhaps drowners are like bees where the water hag is the only fertile female, when the colony gets to big weaker members are forced out and have to start a new colony elsewhere and over time another dominant female transforms into the new water hag

[@phantomzeroseventeen]

"Seasoning" isn't likely the right direction to take that thought. They might just store the bodies under the water till they start to decompose a little a become softer / easier to eat. Much like how crocodiles and such do in our world by taking prey under water and shoving them under a log.

[@Ross-xy3yn]

Hey, really like the more structured video style. Really good work with the music, transitions, and bredth of info. Fantastic work.

[@WitcherGeorge]

Thanks man!

[@wadcapodziemia8763]

That moment when you were little and your grandparents in Polen were always telling you stories about Wodnik/utopiec and how they could change their appearance into little blue gnome people or into animals like horses or pigs and would help you if you helped them before (they would imitate drunk peoples or animals that were caught into some hole etc) or would drown/trick you if you didn't help them or was bad and that if you ever meet one you should be polite to them or left them a gift like some food or alcohol while you cross some big or little river so that they wouldn't drown/trick you

[@ToniTortelini]

Yeah I remember, my parents didn't want me to go into the swamps so they tell us the story about "utopiec" .

[@Issac_The_Last_N7]

Everytime i watch your videos & hear the music in the background i wanna replay Witcher 3

[@cesaralfredomorocho2086]

I really love this format. The strategy part with gameplay was great. Thanks for the video

[@Joddasoap]

I love these videos you make about various Witcher lore etc. I've played the games, watched the Netflix show and just started reading The Last Wish. I just cant get enough of this world. And your videos are a nice complement :)

[@blueimpulse-2470]

The editing and video quality of this lore video is through the roof! Amazing job!

[@oidcheclaidheimoor]

My gaming pc i currently dead, so to comfort myself I have been watching your playthroughs of the witcher series. I would like to come out in support of rolling, as a fellow sign lover i like that it gives you some distance so you can line up igni, or cut someone from a group. Hopefully I will have a new pc soon, having watched you play I now am itching to through the series again myself. Thank you George !

[@mikdan8813]

(Banana Tiger starts playing)

[@hulkbelowall9532]

hmmm

[@zacharydendulk5026]

Your production quality keeps getting better and better. love your stuff

[@magksim3969]

Drowners are the most famous, but most anoying at the same time creatures of The Witcher 3!

[@duczman76]

neckers are also pretty annoying

[@fretka007]

For me the archespore fights are more annoying with all the bulbs they keep making. But of course they're only in Touissant and drowners are absolutely everywhere.

[@rileygarcia1]

Nah Sirens are the most annoying. I can't sail for 30 seconds without 8 sirens flying over me taking bites out of me and then flying away

[@Sparkball]

@@rileygarcia1 sirens aren’t as annoying as nekkers. Just knock them down with aard

[@sinarouhi3966]

Those mf that explode are the worst! There are not many but they grenade kill you after death!

[@freddyjo2415]

love your thumbnails! always on point!

[@santtuahola325]

Finally! I have been waiting this one 😊😁

[@marystone860]

As a newcomer to the Witcher, I came across your channel! I already watched a lot of Fudgemuppet's content, and then I found yours! I really like your attention to detail! I am eventually going to play the Witcher games, also, I going to get all the books as well! I heard Witcher 3 is the best one so far, in terms of play, how are the first two like? Keep these coming, new subscriber!

[@raybiggus4856]

Loved the cinematography in the beginning. I subbed. I would love to see more vids that are made like the intro like you could make your own game movie. Just a thought.

[@dylanthomas8293]

Gotta never stop doing these

[@eddieford9373]

Wonderful starting sound. I had it on auto play and was not ready for that

[@WretchedRedoran]

Ngl, the fin-face drowner looks cool

[@rustydynamo1088]

We had it coming for a long time

[@fdsbot]

THIS is what I've been looking for!

[@gk7880]

Good video, George. I was wondering for Witcher 4 if it follows Ciri that there is another Conjunction of Spheres event but more synthetic. Leading to mutated evolved versions of stronger Monsters bringing the world of the Witcher to its knees. And Ciri tracks down the culprit from world to world. Just a thought.

[@Witcherino]

A video about Vodyanoy and the underwater city of Ys would be cool too.

[@vallgron]

I gotta admit I haven't watched one of your videos in a while but damn the quality has shot up that was great

[@WitcherGeorge]

You have to start somewhere! Thanks also.

[@nut8907]

would like a vid on your theories for the next witcher game.

[@mikeystir3333]

I would love to see a video about pre conjunction monsters vs post conjunction monsters

[@Nobody00061]

Nice video, I like the lore ones.

[@Witcherino]

Have you considered covering the war between the Aen Elle and the unicorns? How the Aen Elle went to their world, Ard Gaeth and all of that.

[@ven0m017]

Can you make a video on all of geralts mutations, like the trial of grasses, his extra trials and the enhancements he got in witcher 3 blood and wine

[@yungpo9853]

I LOVE YOUR CHANNEL.

[@zowlz4433]

Hey, with the new expansion coming to gwent and all the leader cards that are being reintroduced what if you make a video about harald the cripple? I don't really know any of his background and he looks like a really interesting guy to talk about and on top of that there's not a single video out there mentioning anything about him Hope you consider my idea for a future video ;D

[@genoslopez1207]

Hey George can you do a Witcher lore on Lytta Neyd please, I’d really like to learn about her.

[@shohamdas]

Kindly consider a video on Berengar the Witcher of Witcher 1,keep up the good content

[@OmniscientSloth]

I’d be really cool if they’d focus a Witcher game on the conjunction of spheres or the different parallel universes and some story that spans traveling to different ones. Imagine having one where some of the monsters became the dominate and evolved species on the planet. The drowners would be awesome for this. Having intelligent drowner society lol. Also would be cool if Ciri cameoed some quest in Cyberpunk where she was hiding out there when running from the wild hunt...

[@JETWTF]

Wow intro editing was fantastic. Curious did you grab audio files from the game or make your character invisible and hang out with some drowners in some muck and use that audio?

[@jorgearmandogutierrezpatin3590]

Excellent video, Could you make a video about the Hags?

[@MikldaPikle]

Hey George question, do you think there's enough info about the "places of power" found throughout Witcher 3 to look into it? I know they are mostly just game play things, but I'm curious as to what they are, where do they come from, who made them, can other people use them? Every time I find one I just start wondering

[@aidounchoaibyoucef2783]

It would've been nice if you mentioned the beast that was hunting them down in Kaer Morhen!

[@gamingtechreviewstv6012]

2:56 i have never encountered this specific type of drowner. Where did you find it ???

[@phialich1898]

They are scattered throughout the Velen (not sure if they are in Skellige tho). I'm certain that one is guarding the treasure mear the lighthouse in Velen. The one where Geralt and Triss...meet...

[@davertig035]

I like the use of the romance music in the breeding section lmao

[@horrorphilsosopher1497]

Could you possibly do a video on the names giants like golyat or old spear tip

[@drpepper5717]

Thank you

[@gg-dl2jp]

Please do a video on Villentretenmerth.

[@Neelay98]

I've only played the first Witcher game but I found the easiest way to take them out is igni and the silver group style. Goes through them like a hot knife through butter

[@matthiasthulman4058]

What is the silver group style?

[@zanvil2002]

A video about Reggis! Please Master George !

[@viktorberzinsky4781]

Drowners are inspired by a number of entities from Slavic mythology and folklore. They may not be the drowned, but they resemble them and many of the ancient Slavic peoples had a certain fear of the souls of people who died by drowning.

[@BlueCo77]

New lore video, nice.

[@danielolsson7134]

Is there a playlist for the different Witcher Monster types?

[@mrnobody6354]

I love drowners, they are my favourite way to level up my Aerondight with Quen.

[@jackramadhani6537]

aerondight with quen? how?

[@jackramadhani6537]

its easier to level up aerondight by using in againts human

[@mrnobody6354]

@@jackramadhani6537 I tried killing animals and humans with Aerondight on DM, took too long to kill even a single enemy, it's much quicker to just fight a group of drowners or harpies.

[@RockyHistorian]

Would it be possible to look into what happens to princess Ada after the Witcher 1 (provided she survives)?

[@luckiller019]

If CDPR ever does witcher dlc ever again it should be about Vodyanoy or set in Nilfgaard

[@johnron6131]

You should do a video on foltest the OG KING

[@antonxviii]

Can you talk about the Sirens pls? ♡ :o

[@toddweese4060]

I feel like drowners should be twice as difficult in the water.

[@JETWTF]

Suggestion for future video's, Shani's Witcher 1 Gran landlord. One of the toughest boss' in all the games... well maybe most annoying if you just need to talk to Shani.

[@masterspookums6506]

Hey I got an idea of a Witcher school, but what should I do?

[@rhiiilol2399]

They’re amphibious so I agree that they probably pay spawny type eggs and fertilise them

[@ardayilmaz8757]

could you make one on the elementals

[@hcaps3129]

Listen to the first 10 secs of the video with ur eyes closed and no context ....

[@Sparkball]

😂 oh my!

[@fataldestiny7290]

Can't wait for the witcher 4

[@kronoscamron7412]

Ahhh the most fearsome monster in the witcher.

[@kronoscamron7412]

You should have added the intelligent drowner that talks in the witcher 1

[@lucasmroczynski5543]

they should make a 50 page chapter in the books where Geralt overcomes the dangers of taking on a drowner contract :D

[@joeysauce6911]

Drowner with the fins on his head is just Zoidberg

[@SM-yq9ig]

Video idea 🤔 (Edit: iPhone auto correct sucks) Am playing through the Witcher 3 again and am wondering how Ciri’s story and time line play out vs how Geralt uncovers it and learns of it.. funny I have played it 4 or 5 times, and I think it plays out backwards from what you learn. Any way thought that would be a good video

[@smoggy6849]

Geralt

[@republic0_032]

Chris who? 🤔

[@SM-yq9ig]

Stupid... iPhone Auto correct.... always changes Geralt and Ciri

[@GemheartGamming]

well my tactic dealing with drowners is hit n dodge.... a drowner will attack, you dodge and attack x2, 3rd attack it dodges... soo dealing with them is quite easy, just hit n dodge

[@ghaziayari4595]

make a video about essi daven

[@Torlik11]

I'm curious about the line about drowners keeping their prey to season them. Where does that come from? It would make more sense to me that they simply keep their victims as a way to store food, like many animals do. Also, if they are scavengers and don't mind rotten food, it could also be a way to make the meat easier to eat. Some animals also do that, nothing to do with seasoning

[@WitcherGeorge]

The witcher book 'the world of the witcher'

[@oxyman10]

The next gen update brought me here.

[@kevinmeszaros3118]

Do you think that the race of the Drowners, Water hags and maybe even Foglets are from the same world? Or simply just different, yet similar natured species that coexist well and became good neighbours in the world of the Witcher? (Altough at first glance, I tought Foglets are maybe a type of vampire? I'm not really knowledgeable about the bestiary, I'm just curious about your opinion. ^^ Sorry if my question has an OBVIOUS answere I was unaware of :"D )

[@Vexzion]

4:30 that drowner had fast-acting hair growth oil

[@The-Black-Death]

TBH what I first thought when I got into Witcher 3 is that I thought they were the result of Male Humans mating with Water Nymphs or Sirens lol.

[@HUNT736]

I think you can find monster eggs in drowner nests

[@emilysarah8312]

This video makes me feel better about dying to downers when I first started.

[@johnron6131]

Did you play Witcher 3 on pc or console first

[@demetriuzz]

Witcher George, Ghil Dirthalen, Fudge Muppet, and Roanoke Gaming are the gods of video game lore.

[@quadnodsarelife]

Another neat way and a cool way to kill a group of drowners is to use whirl and swing your sword around killing anything that comes near you. Pretty badass imo

[@espenbuhaugsveinungsen]

I have a thought. What if there are female drowners and they can only live underwater. While the males can walk on land. As in they will do the food gathering mostly on land while the females protect and nurture their young. It would make sense then as to why we never see any baby drowners

[@driftingdruid]

actually, you can IRL shoot a crossbow underwater, it just has shorter range

[@Walsinats4]

Wodnik is a slavic daemon of the waters, who enjoys killing and drowning people, he also rules Rusałki (a kind of malicious nymph born of unjustly deceased girls, who kill men by seducing them and “dancing” with them until they drop from exhaustion). Wodnik cooks mists in a pot and is sometimes depicted as a jester, or a cold blooded murderer, but he can occasionally be seen helping people.

[@oliverclarke6948]

Isnt it muckmixer?

[@gregorymifsud5389]

i think i have wrecked a thousand drowner in my playthroughs

[@popeyboy5108]

My theory is that the game developers needed to design an enemy to put in the game.

[@gastonallen9718]

I think drowners where in the book they were in the book a little sacrifice

[@Sirius-NX]

Great I come for life then get slapped with drowned asmr

[@EattingMeatSince82]

Are the chupacabra and the Leshen is a wendigo :0

[@sauronmordor7494]

Gg^^