The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone - Bad Ending (letting Olgierd die) 

Ooohhh so he basically tells Geralt how to avoid the bad ending? That's pretty cool

I am not going to lie, O'Dimm freaked me out to the point where I wanted nothing to do with him. Didn't take any reward or anything. That's how you write a good antagonist.

O'Dimm is one of the scariest characters in a video game period. Love how 'normal' he looks; those are the ones who are the most depraved!

"Tell me what reward you've chosen" "Bring my dad back from the store. He went to get some milk and never came back" "Sadly, I cannot be of service. There are certain things even I cannot meddle with"

Well...I'll be. . . Gingers do have souls...

Any ending where you owe the Devil nothing is a good ending if you ask me.

I would call this "natural ending". I like to roleplay in RPGs. Ie. acting as if I was the character. And as much as I feel sorry for Olgierd I am NOT putting my soul in the line to save his skin. Unlike player, geralt cannot read walkthrough or quickload.

Holy hell... O'Dimm detailing how to ensure Ciri survives the White Frost is an awesome detail. Well done, CDPR!

***MAJOR SPOILERS!*** But then that's what you're all here for, anyway. Rewards: Swift as the wind: Capisoon of Lament. Saddle that gives Roach 100 stamina and randomly 'addles' a monster while in combat. (not sure what that means in terms of game mechanics. Likely stunning/staggering) Never want to go hungry again: Horn of Plenty. Food/drink item that never depletes. 40 vitality recover out of combat, 25 in combat, 5s duration. Bottle of vodka that's always full: Bottomless Carafe. Essentially this makes it so you no longer need alcohest or other liquor for potion/bomb refills. Make me rich: 5000 Crowns + Uncle O'Dimm's disappointment. I don't want anything from you: Nothing! Bonus experience, though.

Got this as my ending and never felt it to be a “bad ending”. Although it was sad to see Olgierd die as he was a well written character, he was hardly innocent and certainly not worthy of Geralt putting himself in harms way to save his soul. More interestingly, whilst playing I felt O’Dimm was such a fascinating character, and lore wise he felt so op it didn’t make sense for Geralt to ‘defeat’ him. Great, great expansion full of great characters. And the subtle hints at O’Dimm in Blood and Wine are chilling!

OMG O'Dimm make a good ending walkthrough for Wild hunt LOL, I did not expected that.

Such a fucking good dlc. It's content actually worth money. Good job CDPR

That whistle at the end is why this is my favorite ending

I could listen to O’Dimm whistle for hours but seriously imagine hearing that at night by yourself

I need a gif of Gaunter walking from the sky. "When you blackout the night before and your boys think you're dead but you show up at the party the next night."

A demon who give your actual GOOD advice in life, in your daughter's life.Now that's what make O'Dimm even more awesome. Evil, yet fair to his deal.

This might actually be the first expansion I've played in a while that had two endings with good pacing and ended.... Right.

Olgierd looks like David Beckham 😅

I saved him and got a dope ass sword

Wow, it's amazing how they intertwine the expansion into the main story. Mirror basically gives you all the 'correct' choices for the best ending, that's fucking awesome how CDPR handles this sort of thing.

it goes to show how good the writing in the Witcher 3 is when you see comments like on this video where people are ok with siding with what is essentially the devil and justifying it. to me there is no "good" or "bad" ending just two ways it can end.

The dlc of the game still beats most games I've played easily.

Something about the way he says "I never cheat" combined with the music, his expression, and the way he slowly walks toward Olgierd never fails to send shivers down my spine.

The acting in this DLC, this scene particularly, is so incredible. I can actually feel Gaunter's maniacal delight as he reveals the "moon" to Olgierd, and Olgierd's terror when he realizes he tried to cheat the devil and failed. Such raw emotion makes this game well-deserved of it's Game of the Year Award.

I love the advice he gives Geralt about Ciri. I personally believe we should take these types of actions in our lives. When someone is at their weakest find a way to make them laugh. When someone feels betrayed, we should let them open their rage as opposed to bottling it up and acting composed. We should support and encourage those who are scared but not act in their stead. Because we should believe in them even if they are weak.

So the “bad ending” is basically a cheat sheet to giving you the good ending in the base game... interesting

its not about saving olgierd its about fucking up Master Mirrors for trying to use you

Good guy Gaunter O'Dim. He helps Geralt to avoid the bad ending. A good friend indeed.

After watching this cinematic, O'dimm comes off as way less of an absolute evil. Strangely, he comforts Geralt and says "You will find her, I am sure of it." From this point forward his voice is... gentle? Its weird. I wonder of O'dimm is tied to some machinations even he can't reject..

We have very old folk tales where the devil is kind of like that. No more truly evil than any human can be, but definitely not good, either - in some way, he's holding a mirror against you, your nature. A trickster, really. In those tales, you can make a pact with him and he will always, always give you EXACTLY what you say you want ... but you better phrase your wish right. Words have power, after all. And sometimes, what you think you wish isn't all that good, either. Many times he can be tricked in turn if you're really clever, but he will win your soul just as many times. Also, I don't think this is a bad ending. Just different. But then again, I have a very hard time thinking of anything in Witcherverse in strictly black and white terms.

Interesting. O'Dimm is supposed to be evil, but he gives you all you need to know on how to get the (IMO) best ending in the game.

She will come to you defeated: Her failure of controlling her powers with Avallac'h. He refers to the snowball option as a good choice. One will betray her: Ciri finds out Avallach's plans for her. He refers to the go for it option as a good choice. She will grieve for a friend: Ciri will want to visit Skjall's grave. He refers to the visiting the grave with Ciri as a good choice. Fear will engulf her: Ciri's anxiety about the plans of Philippa and Margarita. He refers to the send Ciri alone to talk option as a good choice. Dont let her feel as you sold her out: Visiting Emyhr with Ciri. He basically tells Geralt to not accept the coin which Ciri will appreciate a lot in that situation.

Gotta say... I like this ending more than the 'good' ending

2:04 kept you waiting huh

"And never, ever let her feel as if you've sold her out."

why you call this "bad ending"? There is not an imply that says or proves this is a "bad" ending. Its just a choice imo. Olgierd was evil too, he made the choice to summon a devil or a demon to help him and sold his soul, no one forced him to make this decision, plus I hated the stupid shit he makes Geralt do, Gaunter was only there as an expectator, he is a dark being, that is for sure, but thinking lore wise, is better to have him on good terms and not as an enemy.

Bad ending? You mean the cool ending where a witcher finally has his limits. And not stop a creature that lasted thousands of year and acts human for once. This ending is amazing.

Ok, I feel like I'm weird but is this one of the best endings to any video game ever? The villain winning, walking off messing around with the skull and whistling his own boss tune.. it's the bad ending sure, but from a storytelling standpoint this is some USDA A++ prime meat. Literally gives me chills every time because it's so amazing. This expansion is in my top 5 standalone gaming experiences ever.

Holy shit, something's just struck me. When he's telling Geralt about what to do about Ciri, I don't think he's simply telling Geralt how to get the 'best' ending - because some of the things he tells you to do, in particular about never letting her feel as if you've sold her out (which is linked to a key choice that differentiates from Empress Ciri and Witcher Ciri endings) choose a specific ending, besides merely avoiding the ending where Ciri dies. So this could actually be confirming that witcher ciri is the canon ending! At least, that's how I interpret it.

People saying Gaunter O'Dimm isn't evil is wrong, he is supposed to be "The Devil" of the Witcher universe, there is many subtle hints and not-so-subtle hints that he is a devil and/or a demon, Gaunter makes deals, and the payment is souls, that sounds pretty cut and dry evil to me, but, let me go more in-depth, Gaunter is first seen when you ask after Yennefer and he shares the information to you, for a very small deal, but the thing you need to pay attention to is; Why was he there in the first place, he has an interest in Geralt, he knows Geralt can fix his small issue with Olgierd so he puts Geralt into his debt, Like the children song goes: '' His Smile fair as spring, as towards him he draws you'' ''His tongue sharp and silvery as he implores you'' '' Your wishes he grants, as he swears to adore you'' ''Gold, silver, jewles he lay riches before you'' '' Dues need be repaid and he will come for you'' '' All to reclaim, no smile to console you'' '' He'll snare you in bonds, eyes glowing afire'' ''To gore and torment you untill the stars expire'' He first seems to be acting out of kindness but he is actually using Geralt, he also shows up on a crossroad when Geralt has a meeting with him. (Crossroad Demon?), its an old myth, you can make a deal with the devil on a crossroad, by selling your soul, its not really the deals that make Gaunter evil, its the the amount of amusement he takes in the end of the deals, you can literally see how much he enjoys killing Olgierd, killing Olgierd might not seem like a bad thing in this game, but if you do the good ending, you will see why exactly it was bad, Olgierd lost his emotions and simply stopped caring about everything, his heart had turned to stone, saving him, restores his humanity, and shows how much he regrets the things he did, its not a matter of morals, judging that Olgierd is evil was also something I came very close to, but even so, in my first ending I ended up trying to save Olgierd because, I think Geralt would atleast try if he had a chance, atleast my Geralt would. :P

This was the ending in my first playthrough, but I never felt like it was the bad ending. If I had to choose a side again, I would team up with Gaunter O'Dimm in a heartbeat. He is such a great villian, one I miss terribly after the expansion ended

The morality of this ending gets me in the best way. You can argue that Olgierd's death is justified with all the atrocities he committed. He raided. He pillaged. He was ready to kill that one dude just for a laugh. Olgierd was not a nice guy, but how much of that was him and how much was his heart of stone? Meanwhile, is O'Dimm evil because people prepared to trade with their souls make unworthy wishes? O'Dimm happily gives Geralt simple wishes with no strings attached. Olgierd wished for success, power and immortality while trying to cheat O'Dimm with impossible fine print. This is a shit wish. We don't truly know O'Dimm. Perhaps he would be benevolent if someone made a truly benevolent wish.

I got this ending and I feel like it's what I'd have done in that situation, I did not want to save olgierd for all that he's done and the suffering that he caused, not only he brought misery upon himself but his wife and plenty of other people considering he's a pirate. He deserved nothing but this. On a side note, I don't really think you can defeat master mirror, he will most likely come back eventually. I only regret not having saved olgierd cause I dont get to have that dope sword. Oh well

Miraculously, I still figured on my own, whitout guide, to land the best ending for Ciri (witcher). But still, picking in HoS to be given how to rescue her even if you already know, is still gratifying. I rather be given the interesting dialogue with Gaunter than any of the other perks he offers. The conversation its itself the best reward, this game is so well written that often you would find more satisfactory to just follow the story and act as your heart would want to do if you were on Geralt shoes than just a few crowns or a sword with some extra 20 atack points. The characters interactions are the best reward!

Just replayed again recently. The scene where he tells Vlodimir "Get ye hence before I take you with me" left a chill up my spine.. very dark character !

The music is so great

I was confused as to why Olgierd was so surprised. He knew that after the 3 wishes he would die, and he was willingly giving them to Geralt. I thought this was what he wanted. To be free and able to die. Confused me a lot in this scene. It didn’t make sense for Geralt to risk his soul just to save a guy who doesn’t even like him

Gaunter O Dim

I saved Olgierd only because the "show" he did in front of the burning manor was lit af. And he looks cool.

Beautiful! O'Dimm gives Geralt every tips for avoiding a bad ending in the main story. "make her laugh" probably is referred to the snow ball battle in Kaer Mohren

"Well! What do you know?" The way he delivers it, it cracks me up every time :D

I let him die in my play through, already having beat the main questline... I was going to let him live originally but after the chapter with his wife... he felt no less evil so i figured id let business take place as it was intended. This DLC is better than any movie ive seen this year, superb character development and story arc.

I love how after the entire DLC is about not making deals with the Devil, and in this ending in particular you see how making deals with the Devil ends, you are then given the choice to make a deal with the Devil and ask for some reward.

You can call this the bad ending, but it's also the most fitting, on every level. Right down to Geralt's, "if i'm picking between two evils, i'd rather not pick at all."

That's actually great advice from mirror master at the end there regarding ciri

In case anybody didn't know Gaunter O' Dimm is actually a character from Stephen King's canon. He is called Randall Flagg (or Walter O' Dimm among many other things) and having read all the many books he appears in, this expansion was fucking awesome.

Creepy, creepy, mockingjay. So O'dim provides information on how to get the good ending for Ciri; that's interesting, a demon providing knowledge. Hmm, for a second there I compared him with Hermaeus Mora. In this video you got a portrait, in the previous one you got a blue rose; do you have to choose between one of them before this moment?

If you ask me Odimm wasnt evil. He was just a trickster troll god.

If you're wondering where Ciri is, she's in another dimension..the "cyberpunk 2077" world (if you don't know, its the new game being worked on by cd project red). Look it up I'm not joking. She describes it to Geralt later when they meet and he asks where she's been, there's a video on it you can look up.

Its so interesting that he advises you down the path of having the good ending in which ciri survives, cool :D

Thats the good ending. Without Gaunter Geralt would be die in Ofier.

The way he whistles his own theme song on the way out with the skull. Fucking chills man.

Frankly, I didn't see this as a bad ending. I feel Olgierd deserved everything he got.

I love how delighted O'Dimm looks during the process, he clearly enjoys it. Like having a glass of good wine.

WOW O'Dimm just gave us the things we must do to give Ciri her happy ending. Major choices in the original game. Very clever writers.

"Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement. For even the very wise cannot see all ends."

This may be the bad ending but the final music and the scene of o dimm going away is while throwing up and down the skull is so cool

My heart becomes so heavy when I see all the comments are from 7 years ago

Am I the only one who thought of Shang Tsung's "Your soul is mine!"

What a great character development, you can feel essence of evil through his words and eyes. Bad or good ending, this is a masterpiece.

When he started whistling my bones shivered. Excellent ending. The character of Gaunter O'Dimm was so well written, and interesting, I could never tell what he'd do next. When he stopped time and killed the drunk, pure genious.

for that info you gave your sole geralt!! never been so glad to save olgierd!

Even though Olgierd's heart is stone and he lost his fear, love, and other traits, he is still damn afraid of O'dimm. Rightfully so.

Wow, I never know that could be another option where Geralt will ask him about Ciri, and all the advices he gave to Geralt are what we needed for good ending. It makes think that I should be completing Heart and Stone first before finding Ciri haha

When he whistles the melody,goes bumps.

The whistling at the end sums it all up.

"This one time I shall spare you, and not grant your wish"

The Mirror's Man is one of the better character from Witcher... Sadly he wasn't in the book ;)

This ending was honestly my favourite. The strolling away and whistling while knowing there was more to him was fantastically menacing

The melody is frightening

honestly I think this is the "just end"

Wow......the advice Master Mirror gives Geralt is the way to the best ending. CPR u sneaky bastards :)

probably my favourite part of this dlc is when you save olgierd and the shot of the sunrise at the end. Makes it so memorable

5:23 play in the snow with Ciri 5:30 mess up Avallach's home 5:39 visit skjall with her 5:42 not sure what this choice is 5:55 reject the emperor's payment

the fact that O'Dimm is whistling his own in-game theme makes me think that he's not only omniscient, but that he guides the story from the outside himself. He doesn't let you know where Ciri is (hence ruining the story) but he tells you how to save her. He doesn't tell you his real name, because I'm willing to bet it's CD Projekt Red. He's an NPC that's hyperaware of what he is, and he knows he's in a video game, and hence becomes all powerful by manipulating the game to his advantage

Was I the only one who empathized with olgeird? One of the best characters in the game, endearing.

Something to consider... there is a bit of similarity in what Yennefer did in Skellige when they were in the graveyard and needed more information when they ran short on leads and happened upon a corpse. I can't recall the man's name right now, but she raised him to speak. Sort of an equal-but-opposite spell she cast to get him speaking. But of course remember Gaunter does not cast spells, he more than likely looks down upon mages and their magic. I just noticed it more visually in that they both had a black mist of sorts being sucked from their body. Could very well just be a coding/design thing to save time :)

That's a damn well written antagonist. At time I feel like I'm scared irl, and at the end when he was whistling away, I got literal chills.

This ending seems to be very natural to Geralt. He doesn't meddle with the natural order of things, he has no problems seeing bad guys like Olgierd die, and he cares the most about Ciri. That, and given that the Wild Hunt is after Ciri, Geralt would obviously try to use Gaunter's powers to help with finding Ciri and keeping her safe. So no shit, he'd totally sacrifice Olgierd just to ensure Ciri's safety.

Phenomenal. :)

i like how he tells you how to get one of the good endings in the main storyline! when i was playing this part i have already found ciri.. i don't know what it is, but i like this guy somehow, even if he clearly is like the devil

It’s soooo good how he tells you, ever so slightly, how to get the good ending with Ciri. Top notch writing from CDPR.

5:20 DAMN.... he tells you the good ending!!

This ending gives me chills! I am glad that I had this one.

if i do what you just did with the painting am i still able to save Olgried his life beceause i did not saw the option for it, nice vids btw man really like the witcher series !

When they both went on their merry way.... and o‘dimm just walks away still staring at you and whisteling his f*cking melody...... i was damn close to jumping out of my own window

I come back here every once and a while, reminds me how crazy the details are, O’dimm is a mad god, of that there can be no questions. He casually plucks a man’s soul, stops time, moves through space instantaneously. But even the DLC interacts with ‘Blood and Wine’ if you still have his brand Regis comments on it, the woman with the curse of you lift it when she’s back at Corvo Bianco his theme plays while you tell the story. In my mind this is the good ending, you’ve rid yourself of O’dimm, and you’re still on his good side, I feel the best option is “I don’t want a thing from you” cause god damn I don’t want anything he’s touched around me, least of all something he’s created. God he’s such a creepy monster, and yet, oddly charming, he smiles and whistles as he tosses a skull, walking away, I feel like he may return, not in the Witcher, but Cyberpunk and if he does I’m gonna do my damnedest too not piss him off.

A deal is a deal

Interesting enough when it shows O’Dimm walking down from the sky, the moon is behind him. Idk if it’s a patch or another platform but in another video of this, (the save Olgierd ending) there’s just dark clouds behind him until the shot changes.

''Wanna be as swift as the wind.'' Now the Roach is a dark horse with a magical powers, not bad.