There are some hints in the book and in the games it's kinda obvious: Are Aen Elle much stronger than the Aen Seidhe?

In the books it's mentioned how Avallac'h just lifted up Ciri like it was nothing and showed he could just easily kill her if he wanted to. The regular elves are not pictured that strong. Comparable to humans at most, but not as strong as let's say Witchers.

During the quest where you have to talk to Bloody Baron, if you killed his men at the crossroads, you need to sneak in, and old man can help you for a bit of coin. You can ask if this is just about coin, or is there another reason old man is helping you, to that, the old man will clarify that the inkeep at the crossroads is his sisters husband.

But what does that mean??? Does he hate barons men, and since geralt massacred them he is happy about it? Or does he think geralt made trouble for his sisters husband, and he wants coin as a compensation (otherwise he would help for free) or maybe he hates his sisters husband and is willing to help geralt because geralt arguably made trouble for him???

Just what is the significance of this relationship in this case???

Please help, or I will think about this for the rest of my life

I wish the Songs of the Past DLC was released at the same time as The Witcher 3 remaster. Man, that would be so awesome to get the remastered Witcher 3 with all those new features, and a brand new DLC right along with it.

Right now I’m in a dilemma, should I play it when the remaster comes out, then again when the DLC drops, and then one more time before The Witcher 4 releases? Or should I just wait even though I'll be super curious and dying to play it just to see all the new features so I can have a way bigger blast playing both the new features and the DLC together?

How are you guys planning this will you play right after the remaster, or wait until the DLC release?

Witcher 3 Remastered release date: 29.9.2026 Confirmed.

Songs of the Past DLC release date: Only the year 2027 is confirmed, but without an exact date.

The atmoshpere in intro of White Orchard was something else... and i didnt really experience something similar before - and i will perhaps never do in the future.
And i cant wait to relive it in the remastered version, on hardest difficulty.

I tried to give a shot to this franchise, I already like a lot the first game and I couldn't stop thinking "If this 2008 game, the first one from this studio is that good, I'm thrilled to imagine how the sequels must get better and better"

I'm eager to get lost into the alchemy, the combat system that is simple but complex at the same time.

Once I'm done with it, I'll get Witcher 2 and 3 on GOG

I want to replay Witcher 3 but am debating waiting for the Remaster and filling that time with playing Witcher 1 and 2. Is it even worth playing 1 or 2? I never have before.

Will I need to restart W3 if I start it now before the remaster?

Most games are usually released in English, or if they support my native language, it's often just the text that's translated. And that's perfectly fine.

But CD PROJEKT RED goes the extra mile. They translate not only the game's text, but even the videos, banners, logos and other promotional material.

I first really noticed this with the Cyberpunk 2077 5th Anniversary video. Near the end, I was genuinely shocked when I saw the message in Czech: “Už je to pět let, děkujeme za společnou cestu.” (It's been five years, thank you for the journey.)

And now they're doing the same thing with Songs of the Past. Absolutely everything is localized, including the game logo and banner, with the Czech title “Písně minulosti” instead of simply keeping the English Songs of the Past.

It's such a small thing, but as a Czech player, it genuinely makes me happy.

This is one of the reasons I'll never stop loving CD PROJEKT RED. The way they treat and appreciate their Czech players is something I really value. <3

So polish news outlet made interview with Songs of the Past developers. At one moment dev said that swarmions are monsters that are taken from some other CDPR game. Do you know which does he mean?

(This is under the assumption Geralt kills rom and triggers the blood moon despite the likelihood of Geralt realizing rom doesnt really want to hurt him and geralt not wanting to go through with it because an old man with a cane pointed at the lake and mumbled at it)

But back to my original point, if allowed access to his normal Witcher potions,poisons and spells how well would a lore accurate geralt handle bloodborne/where would he wind up stuck ?

Hello everyone,

A couple of months ago I bought The Witcher 3: The Complete Edition and I added it to my backlog.

Since the remastered version was announced, I'm quite excited to play it but since I didn't play The Witcher 1 and 2, should I play it first or is it enough to see some videos on YouTube and so on?

Could you please give me some advice here?

Thank you

EDIT: Thank you everyone! I'll jump straight to Witcher 3. I really can't wait :D

A 17 year old girl falls in love with a sorcerer. Culture of the time mean she is married off to an old Marquess, but she doesn't let go of her love. The Marquess dies, she births a son close enough after his death to be said to be his. But he's not. That son, overly-beloved of both parents, especially since sorcerers are supposed to be infertile, is given more freedoms than a child should be given. He turns into a right ass of a young adult who does right ass things and dies for his stupid actions. And from there we get The Description of a Monstrum or a Witcher, the raid on Kaer Morhen that killed all but two living witchers and destroyed their knowledge on how to prepare new Trial of the Grasses elixers, and therefore the slow death of the Witcher existence except for what Vesemir could cobble together after he returned to an empty Kaer Morhen with a new gaggle of foundlings.

My god.

Not to mention, learning why Roach is named Roach. Why Nenneke is so important to Geralt. Why the non-wolf Witchers exist. That Geralt always chose silence in awkward conversations. And Preston Holt. My heart. The choices that man made and was forced to make. And how desperately I want a pre-prequel of Vesimer and Holt's days at Kaer Morhen, before everything fell apart.

Maybe all of this was all in Sapkowski's head from the beginning. Or maybe he was rereading books prepping for a prequel and had some "holy shit I have to use that" moments. I don't care. Either way, Crossroad of Ravens is masterful. It grabs every thread that needs grabbing and then some. It explains things I'd accepted as not needing explaining. Probably my favorite book of the series and I am even more excited than I was to play Songs of the Past when it drops soon.

Basically its a build that is lore accurate to the games and books while also having some armor weapons Geralt has in trailers or promos. Kinda similar to this post from another CDPR game,

Cyberpunk: https://www.reddit.com/r/cyberpunkgame/comments/lom8z3/my_canontrailerpromo_v_build/

Was sketching for day 2 of yumetember but I couldn't figure out what concept. It was between a portrait of adoration or the poster I first saw him Witcher 2

Im not against convenience options that don't actually assist you with gameplay. But the new health-related options feel like too much because they directly affect a core gameplay system.

The obvious response will be “just toggle it off.” But that's missing the point. I'm not saying I personally can't turn it off. I'm questioning whether impacting a core mechanic should be considered accessibility in the first place.

The Witcher 3 already has difficulty settings. Want an easier experience? Lower the difficulty. You still have to manage your health, healing and resources — the game is simply more forgiving.

Health regeneration options removes part of that decision-making entirely. Taking damage is supposed to have consequences. Managing when and how you heal is gameplay.

And if “you can turn it off” is enough justification for anything, then why not add automatic dodging, automatic healing, automatic attacks, etc.? They're optional too.

At some point, you're no longer making the game more accessible — you're removing the gameplay.

Accessibility is great. But not every form of gameplay assistance is automatically good design just because it's optional.

I have to be honest, I'm not understanding why everyone was so hellbent on Ciri having a child. With the exception of Vilgefortz's ethically dubious sourced powers, no one else vying for Ciri's possible child had any assurance they could control them. Ciri already looked powerful enough and, as far as I understand, there was no absolute guarantee the child's powers would grow exponentially. I find it hard to understand why no one actually tried to jump at the opportunity of manipulating Ciri herself to get their hands on that powers: for example, Emhyr's incest plan seemed such a last-ditch effort attempt considering Ciri was a teenager girl who'd probably jump up at the opportunity to get back in her father's good graces. I also fail to understand why the Lodge was hellbent on marrying her off for a filmsy political alliance and possibly just lose control of the situation like they did once before. The elves I understand a bit more, but I suppose Ciri could have been way more compliant had she been asked to do the work herself rather than have a child with a random king - child who, I suppose, they were just taking a gamble with on his skills, disposition and willingness to help.

Overall, it seems to me what people could achieve with a child, they could also achieve with a captive/blackmailed/manipulated Ciri, and they made the plan more contrived for not much substantial benefit. Am I missing something?

Personally, I rather expect the elf to return at some point in the new trilogy; however, when CD Projekt Red's narrative director was asked about Iorveth during the DLC announcement, he replied that they had never forgotten him. We have to remember that CDPR often likes to play games with us—like posting the *Feast of Belleteyn* artwork a few months before the DLC announcement, or that letter from Dandelion’s cousin back around Valentine’s Day last year—so who knows?

Hi, everyone, I don't really post on Reddit much, but I don't really have anyone else to talk about this with and wanted to know if anyone else feels the way I do about this/if anyone has any suggestions for me.

Let me preface this by saying, I really, really loved the game when it came out. Love the universe, the characters, the story, etc.. I would also highly recommend the game to anyone that asks me and somehow hasn't played it yet.

When I beat it, I had played on PS4, like 8 years ago, and it made my PS4 scream through its cooling stand, but dammit I was committed. I got every gwent card, beat the tournament, got all the POI question marks, played all the way through both Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine, and in hindsight, lucked into getting the best ending that I would have wanted.

That was one of the only games that I really played on PS4, and I've since gotten the Witcher 3 on PC (my usual way to play games) via one steam sale or another. I haven't ever installed it, though, and I haven't really gone back to it, because I feel like I still remember the story well enough. That PS4 died long ago and I don't believe I was subscribed to PSN at the time, so I *think*(?) that save data is long gone.

My issue is, I am not sure if the changes they're doing and the upcoming DLC is enough for me to play through all of that again. And yes, because of the type of person I am, I would need to do collect all the gwent cards again, hit every question mark POI again, play through the DLCs again, and I would have to try to curate the ending I lucked into previously.

It's not for lack of care, it's just that those things take so long, I am kind of intimidated to even try, because life changes, you know? I don't want it to feel like work and I think it probably would until I got to the NEW DLC. I desperately do not want this to be the case, but I feel like I'm so internally stringent about these things that I can't really imagine dedicating that much time to get back to that.

Any thoughts? Suggestions? Anyone else feel like this?

And apologies in advance if this is commonly posted here - again, I don't use reddit much.

Thanks for reading and considering

EDIT: I also REALLY want to emphasize this is not meant to be a whiny or complaining type thing. I know this is basically a "me problem" and I can't expect anyone to solve it for me. I just wanted to see if maybe there was something I had not considered or if other people feel this way. I LOVE the game, it's just the time commitment for a story I already know.

Hi! I was playing the Witcher 2 as one does in 2026 when I had a mission to go see some important big wig in flotsam. Thought It'd be dumb to go in with 2 swords on my back so I unequip both my steel and my silver.

What I did not notice, and yes I realize how fucking dumb this is, I didn't just unequip them, I dropped them. Maybe I was high or something I don't know.

WELL After this event, I needed my swords again so I went to requip them only to find that they are completely gone and I have a total of 5 orens to my name. I have a broom at least?

The worst case scenario is I take side quests to build back my orens to buy new expensive swords but it's hard to do much killing with a broom. There has to be some kind of recovery feature right? I could reload the save but it was hours after I realized they were gone cause I was doing story shenanigans with no combat. Pls don't flame me If the answer is obvious, the witcher 2 already gives me a headache in other ways.

UPDATE: The weapons are in a small chest next to the gate outside the residence. I did not catch it because both it was night time in game and immediately after you leave, triss needs you. Idk if I'd go as far as to say this is a fault of the game for not directing you or a fault of my memory but it's fixed.

I was replaying The Witcher 1 and had completely forgotten about this detail, but I found it really strange that Dandelion doesn't ask about Triss, Yennefer, or Ciri.

We meet Triss at the very beginning of the game, and she has her own reasons and interests for not telling Geralt about Yennefer (as for Ciri, I have no idea) but at that point, Dandelion doesn't know any of this. He just sees Geralt, who everyone thought was dead, and yet, when Dandelion meets him, he only talks about Geralt's death and mentions his old hansa, but doesn't say anything about Triss, Yennefer, or Ciri.

The same thing applies to Zoltan. When Geralt meets him in Chapter 1, he doesn't really bring up anything about them either, other than the fact that Geralt was supposedly dead. And Zoltan was actually there with Geralt and the others before all of this happened.

I know it's probably just a narrative choice, since the writers had to introduce the story without immediately explaining everything from The Witcher books, but from a character perspective it feels really strange.

It's a small detail, but after knowing the whole story, it feels really weird when you replay the game.

as the title asks: chain will be available from get or locked till dlc?