Witcher 3 - Best Weapons & Armor Early Location (Next Gen Update)!

[@ESOdanny]

Update: Regarding the Armor of a Thousand Flowers; This armor set will only appear in the chest or your characters inventory (if you already looked the chest) after you do the following: From the main menu, go to My Rewards 0:46 and then you must follow the prompt to login with your GOG account (doesn't matter what platform you are playing; the login need to be done using GOG account). This is free to do.

[@BurN79]

I'm getting an error in the My Rewards section. "Unable to connect to backend services"... I tried to restart the console is connected to the Internet..

[@ESOdanny]

@@BurN79 That would likely be a GOG services issue, their system is likely over burned with requests. I shall ask them about this.

[@benanderson8035]

8:26

[@benanderson8035]

@@ESOdanny😊

[@TheOriginalFlowerdough]

how do I do it on switch

[@cavemut1244]

The sword that Hattori crafts for you in of swords and dumplings, blades from bits has been buffed with a 50% crit damage bonus and the damage scales with your lvl

[@HarryDetective]

Also winters blade.

[@tylerpetree4271]

bout time.

[@terryfredrick5149]

Yeah only if you start a new playthrough. I updated the game at level 30 and both blades are still trash. They both have the stats and the 3 slots but they don't scale. ??

[@You0nlyLiveonce]

That was one of my biggest complaints about the game. 90% of the gear you get is trash besides the Witcher sets.

[@alexrogers9051]

Damn I just started my save at the griffin and gave played several hours. Hopefully I don’t have to restart to get them.

[@skyro0412]

Whoever uses the alternate Nilfgaard armor should be put in jail...

[@ESOdanny]

Jail Toggle Option

[@IDPhotoMan]

Then throw me in jail, because it's on!

[@mattlanglois9743]

May the Greek gods punish me because that switch is flipped! 🤙

[@owenkane776]

@@IDPhotoMan me too

[@PANCAKEPAP1]

I have it on cos it's fucking hilarious - they look ridiculous 🤣🤣🤣

[@emmanuel1337]

(9:40) The Forgotten Wolf Armor doesn't really have a negative effect to health, I think you got confused there because you had the White Tiger of the West armor on and it gives you more health -- that's why there's the negative there, it's only in comparison to one another, and when you swap them out you just go back to your base vitality.

[@KarlRock]

Those reward armours really helped out! Saved time grinding to get good armour. There’s enough to do and remember in Witcher 3 - it’s my first play through. Thanks for the video.

[@wakeupmind6162]

Lol whar are you doing here.

[@EXRDaBeasta]

@@wakeupmind6162 looks like they're playing The Witcher 3. This is also my first time playing, just got it yesterday. Let our journeys be great ones!

[@yourbestfiend512]

Just started playing end of February 2023!

[@ddas7974]

Lol why are you playing witcher 3 instead of roaming in India

[@xXAtom11Xx]

Yes getting good armour is very helpful, but consider investing in a witcher armour (my personal favorite is cat school since I like whirl), the grind for armors and gwent is probably the most rewarding in this game. Enjoy!

[@andrewhoughton8035]

Another amazing steel sword in the early game is Headhunter, which is obtainable from a chest on an island formation east of Hindhold, once you get to Velen.

[@AVH8TOR]

ESO you’re my main guy to go to for any content I need on Witcher 3, or Skyrim. Your attention to detail is second to none. I’ve been following you for a decade I feel like.

[@Poppa_Capinyoaz]

He's definitely second to Neon Knight.

[@amauriherrera6022]

1000 flower set seems more in lore than the vanilla game armors. Has a very witcher aesthetic, very nice.

[@47ravenlord]

I definitely understand why the Nilfgaardian scrotal armor set is off by default....it's for safety. If Geralt put on a full set of that stuff and traveled to a cold area he would be crushed to death by armor shrinkage.

[@DerrickWilliams-m6n]

Hearing “final update” brings a tear to my eye 😢. Had some amazing years with this game

[@ConnerKent08]

The eastern Asia swords look great in this game, can't wait to try them out

[@实在哈哈]

the armour and the sword are actually the traditional Chinese Tang dynasty style. I am fascinated by how they look in the game

[@mastrostrom5383]

I started completely from scratch on ps5 after around 800 hrs on the ps4. I got the atmor sets in Vizima after talking to Yennefer but were too low level at lvl 4, when I reached Velen I ran into the Deacon when exploring and realized he was a new quest character. I dove down into the mine at lvl 4 and came back up a lvl 5. What a great and challenging quest! And a great reward, can't wait to craft and use it!

[@thespeedracer5772]

I'm trying to decide whether to replay the game on new gen update with PS4 or bite the bullet and get my first new gen console PS5 or PS5 Pro and wait to play it on that again... How is the experience between the two? I put in similar hours on the PS4, but haven't played it since like 2018. It's my understanding that the load times are exponentially faster on the PS5. That alone is probably an extreme time savings over the course of the game, no? Thanks for any insight...

[@Alex2882a]

⁠@@thespeedracer5772the load times are almost instantaneous, which is soooo good compared to ps4, you should get the normal ps5, the ps5 isn’t really worth it and if you want to buy disk versions or have a lot of disks you will have to buy a disk reader for the ps5 slim and pro (which is another $100 dollars)

[@evrendagdelen9595]

moonblade has my favorite design in the entire game. it's disappointing that i want to use it through the whole story but i can't. i just wished they'd put a one-shot magic upgrade or something to max only your favorite equipment, just for this beauty of a sword. i'd pay to produce a replica if i had the money, that's how much i love it.

[@zakiaddow89]

Wish it had the same upgrade mechanics as cyberpunk where you can upgrade any equipment to you level with materials

[@jckspacy]

I know this might not be of help if you're on console, but on PC there's a mod called "Item Levels Normalized" which basically allows your gear to level up with you. Making it easier to wield/use weaker armor and weapons!

[@barberman2737]

@@jckspacy is that a next gen updated mod? All the gear leveling mods I was using before broke when the update came out, I've been looking for a new one.

[@jckspacy]

@@barberman2737 Yup! In fact, it was updated for next-gen the day I wrote that comment. Check it out! It's a really useful mod. :)

[@thattacobeast5816]

Before the comments flood in about the bugs in the update. This is not cyberpunk all over again. This is not destroying a game you have loved for years. They will release a bug fix. I am so happy they gave us a massive FREE update

[@lucasbelmonte2832]

They only bug I have expierienced is that the clothing on non essential npcs is all blurred in cutcenes but people like vesemir, letho and yen are fine.

[@rasmust8044]

@@lucasbelmonte2832 i think it is mostly bad optimaxation for pc

[@lucasbelmonte2832]

@@rasmust8044 It is strange tho because it’s only specific pieces of clothing that is bugging out like the chest remains fine but anything below the waist, sleeves and hats are all blurred and low quality and I’m also playing on Xbox which makes it even stranger

[@SkeletauR]

the game is stuttering mess right now, especially the dx12 version

[@aedward.c6119]

Can't believe CDPR released this quality content for free. Bethesda would have included it in the creation club, each armor costing 5 dollars and the quest 15!

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

CDPR released it for free to make up for Cyberpunk.

[@dark_knight1904]

@@dcmastermindfirst9418A year later & you still sound like an idiot. Cyberpunk was a great game & realistically their biggest issue was releasing it for PS4 & Xbox1. If they wouldn’t have released it on those generations the game would’ve been perfectly fine. They should’ve refined it more but they’re also not a large studio, they didn’t « make it free to make up for » anything. Studios like Ubi, Bethesda, & all the other we all know consistently charge an exorbitant amount on a game that already sucked. Like the Avatar DLC for an already disappointing Avatar game costing $15 or $40 for a season pass.

[@Frug18]

He mentioned it in his moon blade video but for those of you just finding out now (like me), the moon blade is leveled to you so for me it was a required lvl 4 so the white widow sword is quite a bit better and you can’t upgrade the moon blade so if you get it very early like I did you’re a little sol

[@RealAmper]

Lets not forget about free dlc armors. Temarian armor bought from the merchant you saved in prologue and nilfgardian armor you can buy at bloody baron' place

[@K_LeShaeya]

White Tiger of the West armor was a huge letdown imo. It's stats total to: 21% resistance to slashing 10% resistance to piercing and bludgeoning 20% monster damage resistance 2% elemental resistance 30% poison resistance 25 bleeding resistance vs The level *10* Nilfgaardian Armor you can get from the Crow's Perch Quartermaster it's stats are total to: 45% slashing resistance 40% resistance to both piercing and bludgeoning 15% monster damage resistance 10% elemental resistance 25% poison resistance 25% bleeding resistance There's only a 12 item rating difference between the total armor value too so... Nilfgaardian armor is just flat out better for some reason...

[@ghostlyargonaut7988]

I noticed that the regular grandmaster wolven armor is a bleed passive now and not oils so thats cool

[@AtomowyWaginator]

So they didn't nerf it? I'll play tommorow and read some comments that they nerf it, and this was my most loved set in game :/

[@YouTubecanbitemyhairybanger]

It's been moved to a perk where you can apply 3 oils to the blade now

[@slipperysteev]

Not only was your video extremely helpful for a newb like me, but your voice is charming too. Not many Witcher tutorials that don’t have obnoxious voices 🥸 Happy New Years cheers 🥂

[@devilbabayap4609]

They shud add a wardrobe option like in cyberpunk, would definitely be cool to have fashion as a meta

[@mattcurrie2002]

Thanks for the vid! I just started a replay of Witcher 3, and didn't know that there were two armors in Yen's chest, I only found 1 there and was super excited about it

[@Bobba8590]

You got the red one?

[@SHRIEKER3329]

I LOVE CDPR for actually giving the Netflix armor it’s own lore established into the actual game lore. The explanation that it was meant to be used as an old prototype armor for the school of the wolf but never got finished, awesome stuff! Really helps get rid of that awful taste in the mouth that is the Netflix series

[@dr.embersfield1551]

CDPR elevated the Witcher franchise, while Netflix sank it.

[@flammenwaffenfries3039]

Woke garbage

[@chrisj320ac3]

@@dr.embersfield1551 and then the opposite happened with Cyberpunk

[@zeffmalchazeen3429]

some always argues that the game is not book canon yet it is more faithful than the witcher series by netflix

[@Aliens1337]

@@zeffmalchazeen3429 CDPR actually likes the source material. The Netflix writers dont.

[@ryansnell]

Must have been a tough call between the “Liam Hemsworth Geralt Skin” and that Netflix Nilfgaard armor.

[@scribegeek2557]

Omg i started that wolven armor quest at level 4 because i thought it would be Interesting but then i barely got past everything in there. I did get to the boss though. That put me in my place lol.

[@angeloperri1128]

Man, I wish we got the crafting recipe for the 1000 flowers set, I love it so much

[@CharlesVanexX]

Yeah I like that set too. I actually don't like the other new armor besides the witcher armor.

[@joshuawells7415]

I just wish it was coded as normal dlc like the white tiger set. I have been at it for an hour and still can't figure out how to redeem it from my gog account

[@Superdelphinus]

The trouble with the white tiger one is that the viper (I think) armour is unlocked at the same level, and is better, stats wise at least.

[@SultanxD]

Omg this is a MUST watch video for anyone who wants to play the witcher 3 for the first time ! So far the best video and am sure i will be back for more !

[@gokcagataykurekci4282]

12:27 But to be able to go to Kaer Morhen you need be way ahead on the main story.

[@sam8404]

Probably included that to make the video longer.

[@PlanetParasite]

I think you meant to say, "You can enable the paper mache knock off Nilfgaardian armor from the Netfix series."

[@juhakivimaki94]

level 16 undvik armor bought from kaer trolde,in my opinion one of the coolest looking set in the game

[@ApoxySlays]

I've played this game and both expansions numerous times and have all the achievements including beating it on Death March difficulty. Coming back to play this game with all of these new add ons is a nice change of scenery, so to speak; even if it is ballsack armour lol However, it doesn't mean that I don't prefer the OG game armour. But gotta give thanks to CDPR for adding all of this in so many years later, this is all awesome 🙌

[@Jeff-fr4ts]

There are no negatives to the forgotten wolf armor. You had the other armor equipped so it was showing a comparison. It simply gives you no health bonuses, it’s not a “negative” like you made it seem.

[@RGX_DaedraSlayer]

Aerondight is my priority, was disappointed when I ended up obtaining the blade right when I completed everything the first time.

[@Andrew85or]

I'm in Newgame+ and brought Aerondight with me, thing is just too good.

[@cloudlop]

​@@Andrew85orso good

[@HitokiriShin]

The red and gold one with the lion ornaments is gooooorgeous

[@zireaels]

everyone says thank you yennefer for gifting us all these gear without any hassle!

[@devonjaphet8613]

It feels like it's 2015 all over I like it

[@TjwsweetGaming]

THANK YOU loving the second play through rn just got to lvl 10

[@angelosantos5396]

This is a great video. But, Runes and Glyphs are 2 different things. Runes are for swords and Glyphs are for armors. You can't insert a Glyph to your sword. Slashing Resistance and Monster Resistance do not stack with each other to 40%. Monster Attacks are bites and claws from monsters like Ghoul and Drowners. However, monster with swords like Wraiths deal slashing damage not monster damage. Golems deal bludgeoning damage and not monster damage. Different monster deal different kinds of damage.

[@ponymandesperado6261]

Would you advise skipping seeking out the serpentine swords before these swords/armor sets? Thanks

[@JaegerDreadful]

This has given me another game to reply all 3 games again. Only need Deathmarch achievement and then I have all of them, so might aswell do that!

[@mantabloke8141]

Nice to have at a new game plus - gives around 600 damage on the swords :)

[@NTT1223]

Thank you for posting this lol. It’s been so long I forgot all the best loot locations and the new stuff is awesome

[@diswazzi1683]

I only care about the Netflix Geralt Armor, because Henry was the only one who actually cared about us

[@badspyv1nce528]

Any or PG for some reason I always go to this dude’s channel and I don’t even mean to it’s just this guys entire channel helps me so much especially the Skyrim guides. I just started playing Skyrim and I’m already level 81 because I used the destruction glitch

[@thijsvanruissen1800]

To anyone starting a new playthrough the nilgardiaan set you can buy from the quartermaster at crows perch is only lvl 10 and has better resistance than either the flower or tiger set. So it's the best armor in the early game.

[@CaptainEnclave]

Could you also introduce the mod i making?? Sir?

[@gamerspitt8089]

that nilgardian wrinkled armor is amazing

[@HellRaiZOR13]

The quest for the Netflix Armor set is awesome and has great story and choices ❤

[@DavidSantos-ix1hu]

Just restarted the witcher after being told of the new changes,am really digging the netflix armor with the katanas.

[@reynaldbassi7424]

Currently playing it and so feels like playing the Fable series. Super similar!

[@travisspazz1624]

Thanks. Never played this before and just got the PS5 update!

[@Johnny.1994]

Ursine and Viper sets will always be the most cool sets for me

[@SwiperLeFox]

You mean the cat? The viper set isn’t in the game. The swords are though. Maybe I’m mistaken tho??

[@eggbag2230]

@@SwiperLeFox there is the viper school gear you can get the diagrams during a few quests in hearts of stone. Its the best set imo :)

[@adamsmashedbecca7392]

viper gear solos

[@pertainedsix5917]

Any reasons why there would only be one armour set in the chest? Do I need to progress further into the game and go back?

[@johnnylofman]

You need to sign into your GOG account to get the other armour set. In case you didn't figure it out yet.

[@pertainedsix5917]

@@user-du7kb6ed1q you get the tiger set the other one you have to link the account with but I finished the game with the tiger. Armour set and it did pretty well .

[@ladygamer6969]

Can any of these armor sets be upgraded? My level is 47. Level 11 armor will do me no good 😆

[@BamMatt19]

Did the fix the progression of the Wolf Armor Scavenger quests? It always bugged me you couldn't use this armor naturally through the course of the narrative because the base level 14 armor was only obtainable in Kear Morhen

[@faizrochmad6630]

Geralt wear western/witcher gear: Geralt of Rivia Geralt wear Chinese armor: jié luò tè, styled Bái láng

[@deltacosburrito9214]

I picked the Witcher series nilfgardian armor because it’s funny and I get a chuckle

[@ciaranbrk]

I’m still using the forgotten wolf armor it’s great.

[@adiposear6416]

Anyone else notice all the Grandmaster armor set bonuses changed? At least for the original Wolven set I had. Are the others also changed? If so, what are the new bonuses? ESO, you should do a video showing the sets and the new bonuses!

[@MrSpartan993]

I noticed

[@Hellion73]

Yeah, something that help me a lot to save money in my first playthru, me not being a fan of grinding too much, was to never use the best gear found to fight anything on the road and outside the main quests/big boss fights cos the better the gear, the expensive the repairs, specially in early game😒

[@Hatimbinkhaleef]

2:55 i don't have these chests here i already looted them and now no option is available to loot them? How can i get the things now?

[@ninja4187]

Yes please Danny. make a full video for that mission, I would love to watch it.

[@ZeusTheGodSoA]

You're an absolute godsend my man. I love you Danny, thank you for your content ❤

[@RzeTon]

The Moonblade sword was the Best sword in the first The Witcher game

[@offroad5798]

I love all this new Witcher 3 content I'm seeing 🥰

[@SHRIEKER3329]

Same! Such a fantastic game. This is one of my desert island games lol. Plus i love the new netflix armor. Dislike the show! But the armor for Geralt is great!

[@InumanNa]

I wanted a cloak armor. He is after all a Witcher. Activate the invisibility at will.

[@CurvedSlightly]

So THIS is what Jack Whitehall does in his spare time!

[@whatismyname6086]

They made new scabbard for iris sword it looks amazing always wanted better one 😀

[@nehcooahnait7827]

Would be nice if the Chinese armor set doesn’t look all golden… but nice for displaying in Corvo Bianco tho, like those golden Toussaint armors

[@SaresuGaming]

Im lvl 9 and took the moonblade but it the moonblade scaled to lvl 5 its weaker than the valley of flowers 🤧

[@leepunchard4348]

This is all well and good but what if you're not at the level req'd to use these weapons? Need to just grind it out?

[@elz1074]

Every single character in the game: Velen This dude: Velén

[@GodsSoldier2]

I'm playing this game for the very first time and it is so GOOOOD! I love this game, and it's sooo dang beautiful too!

[@PERKIODURKIO]

Throw the snowball, just throw the snowball.

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

You're only JUST playing this now????? What the fuck game you been wasting your time playing since now then?

[@LoneCanadianPoet]

Uh, hey I think you forgot to mention that players can only have access to the Grandmaster craft plans for the various Witcher School gear from the Blood & Wine DLC... one of the quests in Toussaint will give you the Grandmaster crafting upgrades upon completion. Other than that, a player will only have Mastercrafted gear as their highest grade of weapons and armor.

[@dharunchander9110]

Eso what is the best option in Skyrim to fight mage or Archer or sword or hammer?i like all class but jackofall class not that power it seems what is the best weapon i can choose or say ur best type of play!

[@digiorno1142]

Why is this even a question? Lol. It’s stealth/bow. By far the best and it isn’t even close.

[@wesleyp1373]

I loaded in my current save (I started playing again about a week ago not knowing about this update😭) and the “Thousand Flowers set” was already in my inventory at the bottom.

[@Setuaro]

I know, Dyslexia and all but I admit a bit of surprise when you pronounced "Vizima" correctly over "Velen" :P Either way, good content, thanks!

[@gabriellevy4460]

Between White Tiger armour and the other better options, which one is the best at that level?

[@NameSk43]

This video will help me a lot i hope 🙏 Just started the game don't anything the game very complicated

[@adamgennerud9046]

My moon blade was not nearly as good as yours, only 141-173 DMG and only lvl 6 required. Is it random or did I pick It up to early(I'm lvl 8)?

[@arsenalfan0417]

I am currently running the forgotten wolven set on death march. It is a really good hybrid build. They must have buffed yrden because it does a lot of damage.

[@TheJ1zzINurEyE]

Thank you for this cause alot of armor is beyond ugly in this game man

[@MrBlackbeard4]

This game needs a transmog ASAP. So many beatiful armors that you can barely use

[@dcmastermindfirst9418]

Most of them are garbage.

[@SaquavisTV]

Coming back to the Witcher 3, I stumbled upon the quest for the new armour and swords all on my own, level 3, knowing the game fairly well from memory as I have speed ran this game before, I instantly knew “okay wait, this is new lemme gobble this loot, after looting that entire riven filled with bandits, I went into the cave, don’t the thing skipped every voice line, got the stuff from the guy who left the trail of engravings, and I quicksave loaded until I found the right approach to beating the said boss that I will leave unspoiled :) So on so fourth I marched on taking all my loot, got the armour and swords realising I did all that…at such a low level, died twice trying, and didn’t even get to use anything I got 😂 poopy new start things I guess 🎉 but yo I loved this guild, will be picking up my gifts from wifey at the palace when I resume the play through now I know where to find them hoes! I been looking this whole time like “breh I swear they baited me in with fake free loot coming back, and all I get with 100% guarantee is new game + :(“

[@differentvibedifferentplay2281]

Can you upgrade your armor from new game plus lvl wise ?

[@ericpike6949]

the Nilfguardian Armour from the barons quartermaster is better than the flowers armour. (45% res to slashing- 40% res to piercing dam and bludgeoning dam- 15% res to monsters and 10% res to elemental)

[@nikjames4524]

Any of the new armors good for a Strength build?

[@MelloPintor]

It is currently Thursday morning before I got to work and I think I'm going to be thinking about how you pronounce Velen and Kaer Morhen all day now Anyway, thanks for the video

[@ivespoken8902]

i did the quest in Velen with the priest fighting Reinald iin the cave at level 4 lmao i think i died 20 times, i knew i had to be stronger but i was so stubborn and detern to beat him right there and then...the losses were not bad, the loading every time i died was the most annoying part lol

[@maexpert11]

I totally missed that in Vizima I'm gonna have to go back and check that out haha would love try out those new sets

[@archer3948]

I am at level 13 should I bother collecting these armour and sword sets or should i jyst go with the Griffin one

[@awesomeguy6928]

Damn. Now I gotta start a new play through for the 20th time. (Extremely excited)

[@tonyawillams9442]

You won't regret it one bit ... Lots of update graphics even the chickens and animals got better detail graphics 😁😆

[@ItachiUchiha-re6fx]

How are you not bored ? Its same story same shit all over.

[@HavocParadox]

I just hope the Enhanced combat mod is updated to work with the new patch.. Best mod ever.

[@walterlaten7662]

So is this only on next gen or can u get these on old gen?

[@kazumasatou6256]

Are the things in My rewards only once? Like if I have multiple accounts on a ps5 and 2 people played, would they both be able to get the my rewards stuff?

[@AtomicEy]

when The Witcher 4 eventually releases Level up gear is a *must* perfect example Assassin's Creed Odyssey

[@affebanane3039]

Are they better then griffith armor you can also get early?

[@KennyGuyemusic]

The thousand flowers weapons and armor wasnt even in the chest for me? Just the other set

[@michaelcro2941]

Same here what's up with that anyone know why that is? I really wanted that thousand flowers suit

[@anthrussell23]

i bought this game about 7 mnth ago but never played it, just got the next gen update today 84gb o-0, so will be great to play now as i upgraded my 2060super to a 4080 last week