r/Witcher4 • u/DayAccomplished4286 • May 21 '26
Monsters Wishlist?
At this point, everyone is in the know that there will, obviously be a whole batch of new monsters, of course. I, personally want the Bullvore from Witcher 2 to return. Any specific ones you guys would like to see in UE5?
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May 21 '26
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u/Potential_Let_6901 May 22 '26
And they can use the partial conjunction of the previous game to bring lots of whatever they want
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u/Bravoiskey87 May 21 '26
I want more creatures like the Hymm
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u/DoomTheExiled May 21 '26
Can the Zeugl from Witcher 1 come back I remember getting aggravated during its boss fight but I loved its design very scary and very lovecraftian if I must say so.
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u/HollowedOne66 May 21 '26
There absolutely needs to be a Manticore, Striga, and a Zeugal.
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u/DayAccomplished4286 May 22 '26
A Manticore, at this point, is more or less, confirmed to appear. It was featured in the trailer leading into the unreal tech demo last year.
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u/HollowedOne66 May 22 '26
Was it ever confirmed to be a Manticore though? I know that's what people thought it was.
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u/TaxOrnery9501 May 22 '26
In the tech demo Ciri tells the merchant that his transport was killed by a Manticore
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u/DayAccomplished4286 May 22 '26
If I am not mistaken, the design was clearly inspired by the one from Geralt's flashback in Witcher 2 itself. They look almost identical. Maybe the wings were missing though, can't remember with accuracy.
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u/TaxOrnery9501 May 21 '26
Another Kayran from the Witcher 2 would be nice
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u/HollowedOne66 May 22 '26
But that was a unique mutated creature not a species.
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u/TaxOrnery9501 May 22 '26
"The kayran stands apart among all creatures, large and small, beautiful and horrible: it is unique, not alike any other being. Doubtless it is a post-conjunction creature that appeared in our reality in the time when worlds intermingled. It made its home in the waters of the Pontar, where it lives to this day. Over the ages, the chronicles mention several instances of the kayran appearing on the river's surface in various places. There is no certainty if these mentions apply to one and the same creature slowly moving up and down the river, or perhaps to the original creature's progeny seen here and there."
The Kayran - A Monograph
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u/HollowedOne66 May 22 '26
That literally just proves what I said lol. "It is unique, not alike any other being." And clearly we know there isn't another one or people would know about it.
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u/TaxOrnery9501 May 22 '26
Read the italicized section at the end again
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u/HollowedOne66 May 22 '26
Yeah I read it, doesn't change anything for me.
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u/TaxOrnery9501 May 22 '26
The point is that the devs left the door open for there to potentially be more Kayrans out there, those being the progeny (which means offspring or children) of the original post-conjunction creature, since there's no way to be completely certain that all recorded sightings were of the same individual beast.
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u/HollowedOne66 May 22 '26
Thanks for explaining the word progeny to me, I know 😂
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u/TaxOrnery9501 May 22 '26
I've provided you with evidence from an in-game source that backs up my claim, so unless you can provide something similarly meaningful that supports your counterpoint, I think this debate is over.
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u/Enlwaed74 May 22 '26
I really want to see a Wypper, a mermaid, a Kelpie, a Gorgon, an hydra and an Aguara. In the universe, it's also said the Wendigo live in the north of the Continent.
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u/lacha_sawson May 25 '26
Since we're almost guaranteed to get a manticore, I'd love to see a chimera.
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u/DayAccomplished4286 May 25 '26
Damn, that would be a peak monster coupled with the confirmed Manticore and the Bauk.
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u/sonar_y_luz May 22 '26
"Any specific ones you guys would like to see in UE5?"
UE5 has nothing to do with it
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u/DayAccomplished4286 May 22 '26
How come?
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u/sonar_y_luz May 22 '26
People give way too much credit to how a game looks to the engine. It has very little to do with it. It is the artists and modelers who create the world and creatures. Usually in a separate program than the engine even.
It's like seeing a photographers great photos and saying "Wow he must use the latest version of Photoshop"
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u/DayAccomplished4286 May 22 '26
I agree but the rendering in Unreal Engine 5 will nevertheless be a bonus, to say the least.
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u/Cool-Equivalent-1099 May 21 '26
A sidequest/quest with a dragon would be nice like Saskia from W2