6+ Details Most Players Missed | The Witcher 3 

Last time I was this early, Foltest was still king of Temeria

I still can´t belive how this game is "complex" over the years.

I almost regret rejecting the sponsorship offers I get, there were a few places I could've plugged one in this video

I love the travelling merchant, perfect example of small npcs that this game makes you remember :D And the lesbomancy at the end, perfect :GeraltGrin:

Geralt sort of breaks the fourth wall by looking to the camera when saying “whose name I choose not to divulge” when making a vow and not being in a romance

I'm not sure about the others, but the Garasham crest is somewhat relevant to the Uí Néill crest. It is the Red Hand of Ulster and was believed to have originated from a contest to claim Ulster, as first to lay his hand upon the land would own it. The winner chopped his hand off and threw it onto the land, thus winning the contest (Similarly to Dettlaff?). Interestingly, depending on the source it was the chieftain Érimón who did it. Though this similarity to Ermion could be a coincidence, Sapkowski liked to draw on Irish/Scottish names and folklore a lot.

7+ years since the release and xLetalis is still finding new things from the game. He is a true Legend

A week ago, I gave myself a break from finishing my first ever witcher experience. Then this guy appears in my recommended consecutive times that week. I am now in my second gameplay of The Witcher 3, and now on Death March as well. This game has now solidified its spot in my Top 5 gaming experiences. Thank You xLetalis!

Regarding the vampire symbols, I don't know if anyone knows this, but The Unseen Elder's medallion resembles the medallion worn by Vlad "the Dragon" or Vlad "Dracul", a medieval Romanian ruler. He got his nickname and his medallion because he was a member of the chivalric Order of the Dragon. Also, he was Vlad the Impaler's father and both of them were the inspiration for Bram Stocker's Dracula.

I like how the yen-romanced Geralt at 3:32 dressed in almost all black 💀

The thought of Xletalis walking around with his hands on his hips in real life like Vlodimir is without a doubt the greatest comfort for me in any life situation at all

3 things which i discovered recently - at the start of Novigrad, when we have to visit and have a talk with Dandelion's "girls", there is change in dialogue with Molly, Vespulla and Rosa if we visited them third in order (Marabella, and Elihal are not required to finish quest) - at the begining of Vegelbud's quest when we have to meet the blue weared guy, there is different dialogue if we already met Elihal or not (with Triss, at the end of conversation) - when we meet Horst Borsody for the first time we can tell him that Olgierd told us about the Maxilimian Borsody's house or not. Horst will reffer to it at the end of heist if we killed Ewald and started negotiating with Horst also 2 things which I am not sure how to qualify - when we have to follow the thief to find Bedlam, we are sometimes getting interrupted by a beggar in madame Irina's theatre, but I don't know what is the trigger for him, because I tried it few times and he sometimes does it and sometimes not - In fist fight mission in Novigrad we have to fight captain Mortimer and Geralt sometimes says that he and captain met each other before, but I can't remember him. Visited witcher wiki for this Mortimer guy, but only mission when he appears is fist fight in Novigrad so i don't know. Maybe you will know something else no clue if there is anything new for you, but would be great to share some interesting witcher 3 things with you:D

I met the traveling Merchant in my third playthrough FOR THE FIRST TIME. I was so blown away :D Nice vid as always mate

Very small detail: when you're going to the Gwent tournament duting the quest "A Matter of Life and Death", you will get interrupted by Moorvran Voorhis, which is looking for his friend, but later in the Game, in the Vizima, you may ask him if he found him.

The Uì Nèill crest was the crest of Hugh O'Neill , who lead a 9 years long rebellion against the English forces in Northern Ireland in the 1600's. After his rebellion the north of Ireland was subjected to heavy plantation of Scottish settlers who were loyal to the British crown and is one of the reasons why the north of Ireland is still part of the UK. Also Uì Nèill is the Irish way for spelling the surname O'Neill, which was actually banned by the British crown after the rebellion. It's the 9th most common surname in Ireland. Just a little fact back at you litalis

The woman and children who speak Welsh, could well be from Wales. You know the one next to England. It is in Witcher lore people sometimes jump to our world. I believe it was in one of the books, Ciri actually lands in Europe briefly, and even brings the plague from there. I do not remember exact details, but it was there. The name of the quest, along with the man being completely sure Geralt would not know about this place, suggest they might be from a land really far away.

My head cannon about the travelling merchant is that he was the object of the portrait that you get questioned about at the borsodis auction.

Everytime I get a notification of your video, I am as impressed with the game devs as I am with your witcher senses capable of finding everything. Also, that's not a boring outro. It's my favorite type of outro!

While I can see the similarities between the Gharasham and Tdet tribe symbols to those Irish and Scottish houses, I actually think Ammurun is based on Camazotz, the Mayan Bat God of Night and Death. He is often depicted holding a knife that is dripping blood, and considering ‘across the sea’ seems to hint at the New World I think it’s a more fitting reference.

Something else I just found that players might have missed, is that just after finishing 'The Last Wish', you can give Yennefer the raven skull you find at the start of White Orchard.

Whenever I see one of your videos in my notifications, I smile. Hard to believe you've found so much and there's still more!

Ain't no way this man is still finding details and secrets about this game. He's too powerful to be stopped at this point. Keep it up buddy!

Completely missed the dialogue about Neutrality in Vizima in my first playthrough. Not going to lie, mostly because i wasn't overly preoccupied about exploring the Palace, didn't really want to stick around, and i never thought i'd see any of those Nilfgaardians again, aside from Emhyr probably later. But after my first playthrough, despite him being a rather minor character, Morvran grew on me for being that odd amicable Nilfgaardian that you keep bumping into in Novigrad and Vizima, so i wanted to make sure i hadn't missed any encounter. You can also ask him (some time after the Masquerade) if he did find the friend he was looking for at the Vegelbud Estate. It's also (curiously?) the only time i can recall hearing a partial conversation fully in Nilfgaardian, as opposed to the occasional odd words being thrown here and there, or the warnings from the Soldiers.

Despite showing zebra, the coat of arms looks very Continental (i.e. quasi-European), zebra itself doesn't have to mean they are from African-like land. The fact that they choose to flee to Tussaint also shows that they were from country that either had some connections to Continent or it was even located there. Honestly it wouldn't surprise me if they were from some distant Nilfgaardian vassal state - In that case, exile in another imperial vassal state, that's ruled by emperor's cousin and whose semi-independence and neutrality is well respected by everyone, would be a great choice. Escaping by sea and going around the continent would still be probably much faster and more practical option that traveling on land.

Just to add onto James Ryan's comment, the coats of arms do have meaning. Also with Irish surnames, the prefixes are basically like "son of" or "wife of". O'Neill means son of Niall. Uí Néill (English: O'Neill) There's usually a few variations of a coat of arms. The full O'Neill crest you have blue for loyalty and truth, red for military fortitude, the estoile meaninging a symbol of God's goodness, a fish which apparently means Christ, and 2 lions holding up the hand meaning deathless courage. The hand itself is a symbol of justice, sincerity, and faith. Although as far as I know, the contest James talks about was to own the whole of Ireland and not just Ulster. Kirkpatrick again you have blue for loyalty and truth, gold for generosity, and they hold values like achievement in battles and wisdom. Uí Floinn (English: O'Flynn) again blue has the same meaning, you also have a bezant representing a gold coin and showing the person is worthy of trust, and the wolf symbolises the rewards of perseverance in long sieges or industry.

I'm so glad there's enough content for you to continue making these videos. How do you keep track of which of your game saves have which information?

I hope we discover Zarkinia in the next game and other nations that would be awesome

That conversation about neutrality with Morvran Voorhis, heh :) the sarcastic reply of Geralt, about "some werebubbs" hehe a funfact is, this is anglicised name of a race of creatures, beings known in Polish as "bobołaki", they were mentioned in the Witcher 1 by Julian in Murky Waters in the story of his grandpa from Kovir who apparently had "collection of bobolak scalps under his mantle", these bobolaks/werebubbs are actually mentioned as creatures in the books, in the short stories (In The Witcher, by Velerad and I think in A Little Sacrifice by Essi Daven as the victims of human persecution and slaughters, as well as by Stregobor in Lesser Evil, as the one of the cultural sources of Eltibald's famous prophecy, legends of bobolak/werebubb people, which shows they were sapient race with rich culture), but the actual appearance of a bobolak/werebubb characte is in the story The Road Without Return, about Visenna, Geralt's mother, there a bobolak named Kehl appears, a member of this dimunitive hairy humanoid race :). One almost wishes to have a bit more on the bobolaks/werebubbs in games, in any case the race of Vrans received more attention in video games :). It;s also interesting to note that the future emperor Morvran Voorhis and 'future husband potential' (over Geralt's dead body :)) is talked about in the books: ""Forgot about historical development," the sneezer’s voice said soothingly. "For the moment, at least. First, let me draw Your Excellency Chancellor aep Dahy’s attention to the person of Prince Voorhis - mainly the fact that he is a man of iron character, proud and stubborn, who will be difficult to influence." "If I can make a comment," the syllable stretcher came forward to speak. "Prince Voorhis has a son, the little Morvran. He is a far better candidate. First, he has a better claim to the throne, both on his fraternal side and maternal side. Second, he is a child, so the Regency Council will rule in his place. So, us." Witcher, The Lady of the Lake, this theoretically should mean he was somewhat younger than Ciri, who at this point was what...14/15? Though obviously the games take place some 5 to 7 years later? The far away land quest, the crest with zebra kind of reminds of the Ofir and Zangwebar, where these "white horses with black stripes" live supposedly :), though hte Ofieris we meet in Hearts of Stone and Zangwebar would be the potential source of black people (like the exotic dancer in the books Leila the dark skinned woman that was an attraction in Gors Velen in the book, Time of Contempt, Zangwebar and Ofir would be THE African-esque countries in Witcher world, while the eastern Zerrikania wiht it's steppe peoples reminds more of Scythians and that sort of thing, plus the Amazonian mythical female warriors were believed to be from somewhere near to Black Sea which was region that was frequented by the Scythian invasions and raids in real world), but these folk are rather ligh skinned, the woman, the warrior and the child seem in appearance pretty ordinary. Other lands are mentioned though like half-mythical land of Hannu and Barsa (which Dandelion mentions in A Little Sacrifice a land where women are chaste till wedding by custom :)), they cannot be Haak people, from Haakland, for these appear to be semi nomadic like many of the Zerrikanians, who are renowned riders and archers (one can imagine that Haak invasion in the future will be some sort of equivalent of Mongol invasion in witcher world).

It is year 2052…. xLetalis release video “3 details the top 1% of players missed” xD Amazing and entertaining content as always dude - keep it up!

Regarding the Zebra icon. Plenty of European crests have lions on them despite being thousands of miles away from regions with actual lions.

Aren't Foreigners from Ofir? At the beginning of Hearts of Stone, the guy that is locked up in cell with you talks about seeing zebras when in Ofir. Language and look of people doesn't quite add up, but maybe concept of Ofir was changed between W3 and HoS release

I don't know if you have mentioned it in any episode, but I sertenly haven't seen it so...after killing the Ice Gigant with Hialmar In Skellige, when you do the quest in Novigrad, where the brothel is taken by Skelliges warriors, there is an option to say that you are a gigant slayer and they will peacefully leave.

You can really see how the devs. loved this project, the attention to detail is just amazing and in places they really didn't need to. Like the sauna scene with Ciri in Skelliga, how they gave the older mother a nice but older body with slight stretch marks because she is a mother. It's a tiny nothing that most people probably never noticed, but as a mother I did without even thinking about it until a much later date for some reason. I like care taken showing the reality of life even in this fictional Germanic/Slavic lore world. They had a pretty good balance between what was real life for the time period and the fantasy part....of course the writer of the books did much of their work in the story and world but they had to make it into a game that people loved. Sad how so many have gotten it so wrong lately and I don't think that it's because of the actual artists/devs....greed is a nasty thing.

As always a great video!! Firstly, different dresses for Geralt while dedicating to yen, triss in the first detail. And, the child bumping into Geralt in the second detail was fun..

The crest in the last detail looks somewhat similar to the one that you get while playing with Vlodimir in the HoS dlc. Maybe it might be something to do with Ofier?

Over 6 years on, and we're still finding the complexities in the Witcher 3. I've played over 150+ hours of the story, and I've still never seen any of these. What a fantastic accomplishment this game was, hopefully we'll all be here again, anew, when the fourth Witcher finally releases (because well, Cyberpunk couldn't do it so anyway)

Nilfguard has an embassy in toussaint so their armor in the tourney might just make sense

Choosing different outfit while vowing for the respected love interests is an amazing detail itself, shows how much effort xletalis puts into his videos, awesome content as always!!

The moment he stops uploading these is the moment the AI uprising begins

7:12 It is an in-game fact that Zebras live in Zerrikania as of that spriggan contract

10:56 reliably sets off my Siri. How funny.

At this point they should make a character of you in Witcher 4! Love your content.

8:13 I'm a bartender at the weekends and doing night shifts in my other job in the weekdays This lifestyle is basically my lifestyle, funny they included that as well

The Ui Neill crest symbol is used now as the red hand of ulster, a flag associated with unionism in northern ireland

I have to say, getting of work and seeing a good show, with all your editing is Very Enjoyable!!

These are great , thank youamazing how we still find new things after all these years if gameplay.

Have you unlocked all in-game achievements?

Your dedication is amazing

Thank you so much for the Work and for the great Videos :)

I like that traveling merchant. He seems like a pretty chill dude.

Hes never gunna run out of details to make vids on xD ♡

I like the time stamp titled Boring intro. Lol!

I don't know if someone actually wrote this in comments, but I have something to say about this quest "From a Land Far, Far Away". This woman and child are probably from Ofir or Zangvebar. You showed zebra crest and in book Sword of Destiny ther is actually a mention about zebras. In polish it was "Nie w tym rzecz. Za morzami, w Ofirze i Zangwebarze, są białe konie w paski. Też nigdy ich nie widziałem, ale wiem że istnieją." which means something like "...Overseas, in Ofir and Zagvebar, there are white striped horses...". I want also say that in the Witcher books, author mentioned four distant lands and we known them only by name: Ofir, Zerrikania, Zangvebar and Haakland. Sorry for my english but I hope you can understand what I mean. Love your work

It is crazy how well they have flushed the world out and made things in such detail. Sets a high bar for other games to try and beat

at this point I am doubting if i even played witcher 3 😑

Also if you romance both yen and triss and get ciri witcher ending when you talk to emperor and asks you what you will do if you answer that you have someone he will say "aah triss merigold" something like that. just found out on my 8th playthrough

That From a Land far, far away quest always made me wonder where the prince and the woman came from. Thanks for another great Witcher video!

I really hope you review the next Witcher game. You're so detailed and put so much work in uncovering every mystery. Plus your voice is nice to listen to :)

Someone on Reddit made an article about the strange language. It's called "From a Land Far far Away (and other Welch stuff in the game)" and it's translated there in some way

8:29 that guy is really preparing the stage. :D

I knew about Blackbough and Carsten for the merchant, didn’t know about outside Novigrad!

Don't know if this was mentioned yet but regarding the zebra crest. This is what I found on the Witcher wiki. "Dirgelech was a monarch of a far-off land, located somewhere far west of Skellige, who usurped the throne for himself. He then sent several men after Viki and the crown prince, with the idea to bring home the prince, likely for a public execution." So I guess the woman is trying to bring the little prince in the opposite direction thus Toussaint.

about the Zebra - in the books there is a moment when it's stated that such animals live in the land of Zangwebar and Ofir

3:30 I loved the change of clothes between Geralt single/Triss/Yennefer with the last one wearing a black outfit, which pleases Yennefer.

AND xLetalis STRIKES AGAIN 😍 Also the unknown region from which the child and woman originate in detail 6, might be a faction in Kovir.

The zebra doesn't have to mean they're from Zerrikania. Lots of European crests features panthers.

The zebra being on the coat of arms might suggest they are either from Ofier or Zangwebar (places referenced in the books to have such animals)

Been watching the playlist tbh... Glad that this drop as I was finishing it up xD

You are the best. Thank you for showing us this so that I don't have to replay the Witcher 3 just for a small change.

14:15 Bro another quest like that, mostly because I've often seen streamers not know, and the chat just leading them directly to the house, If you break the door of the extreme cosplay quest, before encountering the dead body or the traveler. You also get a different dialogue

9:45 regarding this traveling merchant. I believe that some NPC peasants get to his stall at Carsten even when he is not there and just wave and look at nothing but thin air. I don't think they do the same when he is not in other two locations.

you just keep going... i love it !

Don’t know if you’ve seen this ever, but in ”Wandering in the dark”, in the room with the wraiths and toxic spores, the back of the room has a pool of water you can swim and dive in. If you go into the water, Keira will make a comment on it. Haven’t seen anyone cover this yet, but it’s there

Why do I feel productive watching your videos

I think at this moment we need a episodes you may have missed in the things you may have missed serious video

The fact that there a so many to play the game and have different outcomes, just making this game 1 of the best rpg games ever.

Bings joy to my heart to see Master Letalis unwind still ,the intricate threads of our world.

I wish I could forget this game to play it all over again

18:35 looks like Geralt is also looking for shelter with the Duchess

20min missed details video, I'm blessed

I'm surprised you first met the traveling merchant outside Novigrad. Most people, I assumed, meet him for the first time in Blackbough along the main story path.

More details on From a Land Far, Far Away. If you READ the notes in the quest, you will find out: There was a revolution in a far away kingdom. The woman - a royal family member, ran away with killers after them.

Hell of a good work, as always!

I have no idea how he keeps finding these!

I don't know if it will be new information, but I noticed that if you did a quest at the beginning of the game, specifically in White Orchard, the /Old Ladies' pan/ quest by the beach, you get to tell Thaler later. I found him in Velen inside an Inn in the back, he was part of one of the Gwent quests (you needed to win a card from him). Sadly I don't remember the name of the Inn, but it was near Novigrad outskirts, just across the river from the "paint maker" part of the city. Also, this is the place where you follow Lambert after you run into him on an Ekimara hunting quest (this is from a notice board, and the local guards paying you), but then he breaks and kills one of the quest givers and you need to run after him There Geralt told him something like "I have found an old lady at your house looking for her pan, needed to break in for it." This was after I ''saved' him from the trolls when he was a shoe-maker - I managed to make him come with me without bloodshed (part of the King assassination quest from Dijkstra, although they have just started to make the plans at this point) So altogether nothing real game-changing, but it was another nice catch from the Makers and a dialog that made the game more alive. Hope you can find it even with these informations. Amazing video btw, great job!

I want to watch now but i will save it for my 40 minute walk to work. Great way to start tomorrow morning at 5 a.m instant good mood. Thanks

It seems like the trader is kind of bugged. I tend to find his icon around Velen (and I almost always met him there first before meeting him outside of Novigrad). But, Carsten is the place that I'm quite certain I'd meet him. And this is actually where I first met him in my earlier playthroughs. Good find. Great video as always. Keep it coming!

I've always wondered if that traveling merchant goes elsewhere when he's not in Blackburough and I've never seen the Far far away quest...thank you so much.

Keep them coming!!!

Did you know that, the Rich Businessman, on the docks. Is, I'm pretty sure, at Triss' ball. And, if you don't help him, he won't, talk to you.

Dude, I don't know which runs deeper, your dedication to this game or the game itself. Either way, it's impressive. Thanks man.

​@xLetalis ​I've noticed a change at the beginning of Witcher 3. I've started a new game on PS4 and when I was questioned by Morvran Voorhis, he only asked about his unit that was attacked by Wild Hunt. After that he completely missed all the other questions that forms the story from previous games. I think it's worth to check it out!! I was pretty confused by it..

Never met the traveling merchant outside Novigrad. Almost always just outside the village west of Crow's Perch.

Great video xLetalis

Not sure how Kirkpatrick fits with the Vampire clans but the bloody dagger refers to our motto of "I make sure". Had to do with Kirkpatrick ensuring some Robert the Bruce believed he killed was in fact dead.

Another fine production!!!

The recent uploads made me pick up the game again after a 2 month game and start my NG+ death march playthrough.

Always a pleasure seeing your videos I

I 've had all the outcomes with the man in need. It took a few playthroughs though before I had him pay me. Only found your channel in the past year. Wish I had come across it sooner, but I do have your previous videos to slowly catch up on.

xLetalis, I'd like to add that merchants in TW3 actually SAVE your transactions and do not refresh unless (experienced just twice) they finish their travels until their home city/village. I'm not sure, but if you manage to sell your items to a merchant, you kinda lock his inventory to your previous items + what he had, money included. I used to sell trinkets and materials to them in order to raise a bit of money to repair armor and craft some. Until the end of the game, most merchants wouldn't refresh at all. Which was annoying since I wanted alchemy materials from them. Not sure if you noticed that before