10:34 Yet another example of why Geralt is such a great character. That hint of snark as he explains the excessively literal version of how he got there (corpse, key, door), and then also the "thank you" after they let him pass after the fight.
Underground passage is only true way for a witcher, after all we have drowners there :'D hardest but most fulfilling (especially if you skip Velen completly and run there on 3th level )
Another hint of shady behavior is the face of the merchant. He shares it with the Temerian guerilla in White Orchard (the one who flees on horseback) and the guy you (can) rescue from the drowners southeast of the Inn at the Crossroads at that later shows up as a bandit north of Ursten.
@@dnegel9546 I don’t think there is, I can’t confirm this because I haven’t ran side by side comparisons for each one but from what I remember it doesn’t change
This was actually very interesting. In all of my playthroughs I’ve always just went straight to the mind-addled beggar and I only chose to follow the thief one time and that time I followed quietly until he reached the gate so I didn’t know about any of the extra dialogues. I also didn’t know you could actually enter through the sewers like the looters tell you. Amazing how one small part of a quest can be done in so many different ways!
The third way from the Sewers also could be found if you listened the dialogue between two thiefs right near the door, on the square. They are talking about the secret pass and the dead friend there. And it will be even the quest option!
You don't get an objective to do that though, not in recent versions of the game anyway. Presumably it was patched because the looters don't actually know where the entrance is, despite talking about it. Unless you're talking about different thieves? I've never been able to find others and I've looked, a lot.
@@IamNeo94 Yea, I've seen how the objective appears. It's just that on some, presumably recent versions of the game, it doesn't appear at all unless you know where it is and go through with it.
By the way the sorceress burned at the beggining of the video is if I remember Felicia Cori, whom you might meet in Vergen if you follow Iorverth's path and then later in Loc Muinne, where she is supposed to take her exams from Filippa. You can also buy some herbs from her. I am talking about Witcher 2 here of course :D
I definitely missed one of The Witcher 2 references in Triss' house. I do remember the Rose of Remembrance but I definitely missed seeing Triss' Witcher 2 outfit just on the floor. The sewer entrance was also news to me. Great video as always!
I'm tempted to just do the opposite thing on every quest possible just to see if there are any more interactions hidden in this beautiful masterpiece of a game.
2:21 I don't know if anyone confirmed this already (I'm sorry if someone did and I haven't seen that comment). As a Polish girl, I confirm, what you're saying. That one particular word "kurwa" is a swear word we use generally in Poland on different occasions, from expressing great sadness or anger to great happiness. Or just because, with no intent of expressing anything or meaning (but that's quite rare, I must say). It's very popular here. And works also as a word for "whore". So you got it right completely, thank you :D (And BTW, another great video 💚)
So is basically like "cazzo" in italian; on its own it means "dick" referring to the male genitalia, but we often use it for the same things you just said for kurwa xD
And here I was, completely unaware of the sewer entrance. Keep it up, you're the best! Onto the details in Triss' house... It's a shame we can't bring her her Witcher 2's outfit back. Looked much better. And, once you've played the previous game... the wilted, dried up Rose of Remembrance is such a sad detail when you remember what the rose meant. Poor girl. She comments that she kept it as a "warning", I'm not sure what that's supposed to mean. Besides, wasn't the rose supposed to have been used by Philippa to perform everyone's favorite type of magic? But Triss got it back somehow? In fact, the wilting may have been caused by Philippa's spell. Which saves the continuity of the Triss romance, should Geralt go that route. A more general remark on Triss' whereabouts: I still have a hard time buying that, when Ciri was in Novigrad and needed a mage to work on the phylactery, neither Dandelion nor Dudu knew Triss was there too. Before going into hiding she didn't exactly go unnoticed, what with her large house, "cavorting" (quoting Yen) and being famous to anyone acquainted with Temerian politics or the "sorcering" community. And if there's one thing a socialite bard (and former Dijktra's informant) and a doppler merchant are good at, it's certainly hearing rumors about the VIPs in town, yes? So, even if Triss had already gone into hiding, they ought to have known she was there not long before, and trying to reach her couldn't have been more dangerous than dealing with a sadistic crime lord. Now, imagine how straightforward the plot would have been, had Ciri found Triss in Novigrad.
You know what warms my heart? New videos by xLetalis. You know what warms my heart even more? The fact that, unlike some shady bloggers, xLetalis never deletes comments
Im still surprise that i just found theres still new content about witcher 3 in 2022 , im in love with the game since 2022 and i cant even finish it because its so good
There is a secret dialogue in toussaint. During the quest 'big feet to fill' you need to go and find all 5 workers. However if you visit the workers at plegmund bridge before the quest step, instead of it completing. You can actually get into a fist fight with one of the workers.
I think I found two little secrets: on the gate to toussaint you can sometims hear the palestina song, which is made by an medieval german writer walter of the vogelweide. The second is in Toussaint you can find on a board a message from le patallion which says that an other poet, a johann Wolfgang from weimar is a lieer. A clear reference to johann Wolfgang of Goethe, the famoest german writer.
Never knew the palestina song was in there (just heard "Tutos floreo") have to check it out next playthrough. You mean with "gate" right the area at the beginning of BoW where Gerald arrives with the knights?
@@oliver.n278 I meant the entrance to beauclair. When you teleporte to the metinna gate you can hear a musician and sometimes (not always) he plays the palestina song.
Huh, in all my playthroughs I never actually once went to Putrid Grove through the sewers despite hearing that dialogue. Really should try that approach next time I play through the game.
Wow that's so much fun....the ambush thing....I usually keep a safe distance. And the sewer entrance is worth a shot too. BTW fun fact. ...The King of Beggars is based on a real person or persons in 17th Century Paris.....he ruled the Parisian underworld. The Court of Miracles they called it.....sounds better than the Putrid Grove.
You can also Jump and run your way in, over the rooftops. Is a bit tricky to start, because you have to go over a market tarp. But I have not reserched that option
I didnt know about being able to scare the 2 different groups of thiefs by drawing your sword and the big one is I have never seen any of following the blue thief! I cant believe it since I have played this so much lol.
So I've never had to wait a day after speaking to the addled begger. If you ask him about being addled and then immediately ask where the grove is he will just tell you to ask him again, and you can do so immediately. Great video as always.
If you want to join the addled one up on his perch, you have to take a good long run and Jump, from the square side, Geralt will grab ahold of the ledge. - Nice view. Pity you can't sit with him
There is another way to get into the putrid grove! I found it on my recent playthrough a few days ago: If you walk onto the square where Hattori is going to be later (I think it's that one), there are two thugs who talk about entering the Hideout. They say the password and also mention the way through the sewers. They also talk about how they don't like the gatekeeper for his weird passwords and prefer the sewer entrance. If you listen all the way through their conversation (with witcher senses, preferably) the other options will disappear and you get the objective to enter the grove through either way.
It's spooky that every time I wondered about something about the game, I suddenly come across your video with the answer. I was wondering about the sewer entrance just the other day. I never found it... now I know! Thank you!
I was experimenting on parkouring in the roofs of Novigrad. I think I found a way to get in Putrid Grove through the roof that's seemingly put there by the developers. on the north side of the compound you can found a scalable cart, right next to some tents that will take you you to the scaffolding where some NPCs are fixing up the structure. Follow the scaffolding, that will take you on top of a courtyard where bandit are waiting for an ambush, following some scaffolding on the left you can finally find yourself on the roof then its just a matter of jumping roof to roof until you're on top of Putrid grove and decent from there. I've not tried this while on the mission itself though, can't find the save to test it out yet.
10:05 An additional note here, the key isnt just disappearing after the quest, it is also unavailable before the quest, leaving a very narrow chance of opening these doors, I was very disappointed in my last playthrough xD
Excellent video, did not know about the sword draw parts. But damn Felicia Cori and Chapelle the doppler's burning always gets me. Cori was so enthusiastic in the Witcher 2 and Chapelle's story is a Witcher book favourite
Kurwą is used like punctuation in Polish, believe me😂the second word might be 'to', Polish for 'are'. The inscriptions complement the sketches of a naked woman on a broom and... a mushroom and a lotus flower rather nicely.
hello, hope you're not feeling overwhelmed with my comments D: few details in fist fights: -additional dialogue with sergant if Baron is still in his 'house' - there are 4 different outcomes in fight with Fishgulper in Velen ( 1. if you decided to throw the fight and actually did it 2. when you decided to throw the fight but won 3. when you refused and lost 4. when you refused and won) It is the same schemat with Georgus Georg in Novigrad and Valgard in Skellige - also if you refuse to throw fight with Georg in Novigrad then you will be attacked on the fish market by bandits who shouts something about mr claytop - additional dialogue with Grim in Skellige if you already saved Folan from the trolls - last fights in Velen and Novigrad (the "champion title" lets say) have different dialogues if you are already champion in other place. For example: fight with sergeant in velen has different dialogue if you are alrady champion of novigrad, champion of skellige or champion of both novigrad and skellige, same with novigrad last fight, but sadly in skellige it does not work like that also few other things: - in Skellige most wanted quest there are actually 3 different dialogues about Godlings you have helped (if you helped Johnny with his voice, if you allowed Sara to stay in house, or did both things) - this is really small but i'll still mention it - after having erotic adventure with Syanna there are 2 dialogue options. First is something like "i hope this fairy tale will end well", if ypu choose thos option she will reffer to it at the end of your visit in her cell in prison (she will say something like "oh so you were telling the true with the good ending of this fairy tale"). Obviously if you clicked 2nd option the dialogue in prison will be a bit different
hey, thank you once again for the wonderful comment :) I'll definitely be looking into some of these things. And I have thought about making a video about losing fights in various ways... Also I've never noticed the Syanna dialogue, I think I've only slept with her during one of the "bad" endings
Fun fact: You don't have to return to the beggar after a day. You can go back to him immediately and he'll give you the answers. It makes him seem even more "addled"
Holy.. they make the following thief option too damn obvious and easy that I had never really tried other ways in my many play throughs... Wow.. they went out to make so much branching for this quest it's is really ridiculous... and they all have dialogues! I wonder how many players really got to the ambush or the sewers ..
I don't find so much good videos, like before on YT. But everytime when xLetalis comes up with new details, (I dont't know how he do that everytime..) it's like a new witcher story. I know some of the details, but mostly I get suprised... "What this path is possible...??"... F.e. second thief. Thank you xLetalis. 👍
Hey xLetalis, did you know that in the quest to get Frigilla from the Emperor's ship you can approach the ship on a boat and when you are spotted Geralt yells something like "Wait Parley Parley!" Also I dont remember if i told you this or not but you can actually complete the quest to get Margarita out of Deireadh stealthily with the help of Zoltan and you get different dialogue from him if you do. Just always use walk and keep to the edges as far away from the sleeping drunken guards.
Yep, we use word „kurwa” a lot. As a swear word, an exclamation point, a comma. Even as a way of saying “yes”. Word “kurwa” is the best Polish word by far. :)
От известно време ти следвам канала, но чак сега разбирам, че си от България, имаш наистина добър английски. Thanks for the detailed guides btw, I really like how organized they are!
In tousant, a pair of guys outside a cave will pay you anything to find their brother. In truth, they're trying to kill him. But you can resolve their inheritance dispute and everyone ends up happy and you get access to a grateful merchant.
Actually you can learn about the secret underground entrance to putrid grove while you go around the novigrad and listen people. I don't remember where but there were some people talking about it and when I stop to listen quest updated. I enter the same way as the video described and got the same ambush.
it could just be a coincidence but if you talk to the weird beggar straightforward twice in a row (with the gray option) he tells you where putrid grove is anyway
Hey xLetalis, found another detail from the "Take what you want" quest where we spare the Cat school Witcher Gaetan. If you go to the stash and take his stuff and read the "Letter to Gaetan" it mentions that Schrödinger is either alive or dead. Which is funny because it hits at the famous thought experiment "Schrödinger's cat" which is either alive or dead. In this case it's just the opposite, and makes sense as it's "Cat" school to put in this joke.
9:21 you can also scare these guys with Igni to. I was actually underleveled when I accidentally got into this fight and kept dying by trying to win it with my fists so I used Igni and cutscene triggered instantly
really a great variety for this quest! i never took the sewer entrance though. the speech geralt gives the seconds thief.... i would have given him all he wants as well 😅 that was his "i will kill you" voice and he sounds the exactly the same when he found junior in oxenfurt 🤭
i believe, in this video alone Letalis... you've shown the face of the 'village idiot' two or three times... do you remember the guy with the big bandage on one hand and his arm? the dummy who's A Source in the quest where all his villagers steal some god's tribute/treasure in a dungeon and the villagers get turned into pigs. you can first just walk near him and i think he's trying to read a book of magic set on a treestump and failing to cure the pigs. i forget the order of the 'waypoints' in the quest. you gotta do a whole bunch of investigating, find the cave/entrance to the dungeon, investigate the idol they stole the gold from. then you have a gather all the people-pigs wandering the village in one pen, then escort all the pigs along with the idiot somewhere... you get a better result if all the pigs make it to the 'escort goal'... but the quest gets buggy depending on how many people-pigs get 'turned into pork' along the way. it gets buggy especially if you run AHEAD of the 'herd of pigs' and kill the monsters early along the escort path. you did a video once very VERY long ago about that 'magical idiot'. so i think i'm pretty sure his face shows up in this video right here more than once. :D BTW! thanks for that Novigrad hidden entrance trick! :o i totally had forgotten it and didn't know that corpse key was NOT available later on! :o i'm curious though... can you get that corpse key, go through the sewers etc, find the Putrid Grove... ENTIRELY randomly without even getting inside Novigrad at first or even getting started on the 'find Triss' quest? or is it a SPECIFIC corpse and key loot that the game generates ONLY with this quest? if you do it like that... if possible... does the Grove and exiting it /// basically for free! /// heh! mean you CAN'T get back into the Grove for free ///not doing the follow the thieves or cozying up to the beggars/// or exit Novigrad and come back... without triggering any more events? does the Grove change if you can find that key for free? what else changes if it is possible? :D
