Witcher 3 | TIPS you wish you KNOWN EARLY!! (Beginning and returning players) 

Main objective of the game: loot everything.

Also here's a helpful method of farming: When you destroy a monster nest, loot everything BUT leave atleast one item in the nest. Walk a distance from the nest (not too far, just until the icon is out of range on the minimap) Then meditate ~3 days, go back to the nest and it'll be refilled. Especially helpful for finding red mutagens, greater runestones, etc.

Whos playing witcher 3 because of lockdown?

1:32 Saving & Meditation 2:37 Looting 3:28 Upgrade Horse 3:58 Quen & Gourmet 5:09 Places of Power 6:05 Monster Nests 6:55 Fast Travel 7:40 Bestiary 8:06 Weapon & Armor Enchantments

Humans are by far the best way to get gold. Pick up their swords/clubs and sell them. You are going to need the biggest saddlebags money can buy so you can carry it all, look for them at every merchant. Dont sell your lower runestones. They are combined to make greater runestones, just like mutagens. Buy every gwent card you come across. They come up at several points during the story. Dont stress about your skill allocation, you can buy a potion for 1k that resets everything as many times as you can afford. Eventually 1k becomes almost nothing. Attacking an enemy burning from Igni extinguishes the flames. Just stand there and watch them burn instead. Decoctions arent single use, they replenish automatically every time you meditate. This took me a while to notice.

Tips: Use axii when fighting against higher level humans, this will stun them and if you attack them during this stun there is a good chance it will trigger an animation where you kill them immediately, no matter how high their current health or level is(during this animation you are also invulnerable). Helped me breeze through locations such as bandit camp of which where several levels higher than me, even on death march. Good for leveling up quicker in the early-game. However i think this only works if you are using a sword, battle axel or maces dont work since i guess they don’t have any special animations. My second tip is to always click in on the notice boards, this will uncover all the points of interest(will show up as question marks on the map)in close area to the notice board which makes it easier for you to find experience and loot

I just got this game for 15 bucks with the sale going on right now. I can’t sleep because I keep thinking the cops are gonna raid my house because it was such a steal! I genuinely feel I robbed the Devs

A couple tips I have is use the B button dodge instead of the A button roll in MOST circumstances. The i-frames from the dodge are enough to avoid all damage and you won't be too far away to strike back while the enemy is vulnerable. Also you don't need stamina for the dodge but do for the roll so signs can be spammed which helps. Only roll when enemies have long lasting attack or very wide attacks (like the chort charging in the tiny cave) but you'll mostly get away with just the dodge and be able to capitalise on open targets 95% of the time. Also, don't just use Quen or Igni, Axii is very useful against human enemies (especially shields) and smaller monsters and will slow and animation lock big monsters (that don't have armoured moves) so you can stop their attacks. Yrden is great not just for specters but will slow enemies inside as well and you can take advantage of back attacks to maximise damage! All the signs are useful so don't just lock into 1 sign (unless you're running a tank Ursine build, which focuses on Quen but even then, Quen can be self sustaining so using Axii and such will help massively) This one is more of a suggestion but don't just look up the best builds and copy them. While Piercing Cold and Euphoria are considered the best builds in the game (Euphoria being super op), you won't learn much just copying the most op builds that let you face roll the game. Make your own builds and own fun on your first playthrough, it really does add to the charm and you will find a play style that works for you, instead of copying a build that after an hour or 2 gets boring because you just one shot everything and there's no challenge. Also, making your own builds gives you a very good idea of what skills work best for your playstyle and you will learn why things work the way they do so will better understand the op builds! Also they're not hard to make yourself and you can sub in skills you know you like to use rather than sticking to a playstyle that you might not like and no one wants to play in a way they don't enjoy just for bigger numbers! Collect junk and weapons/armour, even the really crappy kind (white) and sell them to appropriate vendors (armour to armoursmiths, weapons to blacksmiths, junk to traders, food and drinks to Inn keepers). This way you will rake in cash like no tomorrow. On top of this NEVER leave a blacksmith or armoursmith with money in their pockets, always sell til they have as close to 0 then store any leftover gear. You can then craft components and gear then sell the stuff you gathered to always be positive in sales. This is especially important in B&W when you make Grandmaster gear because ethat can set you back a good 10k up to 20k+ so sell all gear and store what you can't until you can sell it when you spend money on crafting. You will rake cash for days and never have to wait to get the gear you wanna craft. Do NOT sell alchemy or crafting components. They weigh 0 and you can make easy money just by selling junk and stuff you find. Selling crafting components and alchemy ingredients is bad because you wanna be able to craft what you need when you need it and later game weapons and armour will cost some alchemy ingredients as well. Also frequently check your alchemy tab to make sure you've crafted or can craft everything you can. Alchemy is very strong and gives you a great boost to your damage and survivability. Just a few more advanced tips that will go a long way to you having fun and enjoying the world of The Witcher!

Tip #1 Get Gourmet skill, when playing on Death March. This is the skill that will carry you until, you learn attack patterns and you wont need to heal up, or get the right decoctions. Tip#2 Quen sign its just broken and you don't even need to upgrade it, unless you fighting wraiths(use the purple sign) you can fight anything with Quen. Tip#3 Explore, especially in the first map, once you finish discovering all the question marks in the first map you will have enough exp and skill points to make a good build Tip#4 Stock on repair kits really useful when you just want to explore and don't want to be going back to fix your equipment I play this on DeathMarch, and its honestly hard in the beginning until everything clicks, and you start murdering foes. PS. If you want trophies for PS4 you will have to get spoiled if you want the full experience you may not get the trophies due to choices in the story or side quest both can affect.

Theres a Werewolf decoction that will allow you to sprint for 1200 seconds non stop without using your stamina bar at all. It is very useful while roaming in novigrad since the only method of transportation is by foot. You can find the decoction @ Nilfgaardian Garrison. Elven ruins northwest of Byways. Chest in a hut in southeast Mulbrydale.

If you have the blood and wine dlc you can get walk the best horse gear very early in the game from the offieri matcher in the North East of Velen. Ride past all the enemies who will be impossible to fight. You can buy the saddlebags and blinders cheap and win the saddle in a horse race. Make a save before you speak to him because of you lose you can't get the saddle again. Just keep blocking him and you'll win. If you lose just reload sand get again, it's really worth it.

I’m here because I binged watched the Netflix series and the complete edition was on Sale on PSN for $22 😎

You forgot to mention that after you've upgraded your Ken, it becomes Shoryuken.

Swimming in this game is a pain in the ass. Am i the only one that believes that

I watched season 1 & 2 of Witcher and had to play the game! Just started couple days ago and this video was ideal 😅 thanks man!

Igni works on everything, except golems and gargoyles. Oh how I hate fighting those.

One tip i don't see many people talking about is that you can apply oils forever as long as you crafted the formula. Once crafted you can apply the oil infinitely and you dont need to rest to restore them like potions, bombs ect.

playing this great game for first time on switch! on the commute to work!

Just adust the auto saving time in settings instead of saving every 5 minutes

I've got one better for early game: Upgrade the Blue branch in your character menu, more specifically get Puppet in the Axii path. I pretty much use Puppet to kill group of enemy that are doubled my level, for the last guy just keep spam hold R2 puppet (Used up very little stamina and replenish almost immediately), quick attack 2-3 times and go back to puppet.

Regarding maps...easy enough to look at a map and see a road between point A and point B. (Pay attention to "Shortest distance between two places is a straight line." In Witcher 3, it ain't necessarily so. Look close at the map; there are ridges and cliffs you have to go AROUND. You can't climb everything and Roach didn't grow up in Skyrim...he can't walk up a straight wall.) Fast travel: works good, green post to green post. Simple. But one thing I didn't know until I got to Skellige...you can use the WORLD MAP...the one that just shows areas like White Orchard, Velis, Novigrad? I didn't know you could use that map to jump from one entire nation to another. I was halfway through Novigrad, desperately looking for Balisse Fruit to craft some oils and alchemy things. But it's almost impossible to find Balisse Fruit outside of White Orchard. Someone finally explained I could jump back to White Orchard by using the World Map. I didn't even know you could go back! But you can. Best piece of advice on travel...if you can, stick to the roads. Even if there's a giant hanging out there or a pack of Alghouls, if you're on a road and on Roach, most of the time you can tear right past them and they can't keep up. (I say Most of The Time...there are some things out there that will cause Roach to buck you off in the middle of a pack of whatevers. Hint: after you pick up those saddlebags, pick up Horse Blinders...Roach can rip past most things if he's wearing the best blinders.) That's not true off road. And Roach barely moves in swamps...also can't swim a lick. Wandering off road can find you stuff and you will have to do it...but don't if you can get there on a road.

When I first started playing I thought you had to craft every potion individually. I didn’t know they replenished with meditation I thought I had to kill a shit ton of drowners and pick an assload of celandine

Just started the game in 2020 for the first time and i know im gonna have the quarantine ever !

Never heard of this KEN ability... Must have missed it

Who is replaying THE WITCHER 3, since watching the Netflix show?

Way to go for helping out new players with these tips. And also props for replying to new comments since this vid is like 100 in internet years

Thnk you mate im a vet gamer on witcher but still find pop in to diffrent vids and picking up tip helps big time cheers..

Thanks mate. I got a bit of reading to do it seems!

I was fighting the Wild Hunt boss with Keira in that cave and I’ve only hit the boss like 3 times when my sword started showing that maintenance required sign 🤒. Either I got lucky or the game took pity on me because I finally managed to defeat him, but lesson learnt in a hard way. Now whenever I arrive at a settlement that has a repairman in it, I make a habit of repairing my gears twice, once immediately after I arrive and another time before I leave after doing whatever quest or contract the settlement has.

First time playing this game and I’m absolutely hooked!! Thanks for the tips 👌🏼

Yes, this video definitely helped and thank you for making it 💜 😊. Especially where you mentioned going to edge map lets you fast travel to any crossroads. That's going to save me a lot of time and I probably wouldn't have noticed it until much later in the game if at. Wouldn't of even thought of it being an option most likely. 👍

Great tips, on death march these are clutch. I do recommend laying off purchasing upgrades for roach at the start. Doing the races west of crow's perch entrance awards you orens and upgrades for roach.

I didn't know the fast travel when the map at the end of the world shows up, thank you.

Great tips. Professional editing. I'm digging this style, dude!

I had all the original Witcher books in Polish for a while now (like two years) and I watched the Netflix series so I think now it’s time to finally play the game, great video I hope it’s gonna help a lot ❤

Just got round to playing the game after finishing the series in a day. Was expecting this video to have at least a few thousand views, super surprised it doesn’t. Very informative, thanks!

you can speed up the health regen of the swallow potion by eating some food after it (it stacks)

Also, follow the story's logoc. Don't try to travel to Skellige immediatelly, wait at least until you have finished some key missions in Velen that will give you extra skills, gold, and experience.

I just bought the game a few hours ago, can´t wait to try it. I´m so excited, thanks for the tips, now I know where to start!

The map border trick was the only I didn't know and was useful, thank you!

Today's probably my 3rd week or so playing and here's what i've learnt. As you progress through the game, loot everything but selectively. When you're starting out, yes you should loot everything. By the time you're about to hit level 10+ or so, i think it's wise to decide what you should be looting. Because there will be a point in time whereby your inventory is gonna max out and Geralt won't be able to sprint anymore. Personally, i loot alot of materials for alchemy, crafting and food. Weapons that are lesser than what i'm wearing i won't touch. However here's where a trick you can use (after watching from another video) if you've maxed out your inventory. Call for Roach and sprint to the nearest town to sell off your items (especially your junk). Don't sell/dismantle your weapons (when you're exploring, you'll loot a lot of crafting materials). You can sell it (weapons) off in a set and that way it'll earn you more money. But if you're unsure whether if you should sell off certain things (again after learning this tip from another video), choose a spot where you can remember and offload your items. It's gonna be there till you decide to pick it up again. Personally, i'll use the storage function. Makes it easier for me. And honestly, i find it's a hassle to call for Roach each time my inventory is maxed out cos i just wanna keep progressing so to each their own. PS: i never knew you can use Ken as an ability 🤔 Must have missed something out *does a Geralt impersonation* hmm. Psps: i'm a hoarder and doing selective looting pains my heart 😭😆

at the start of the game hoard any master, magical or relic weapons and armor in your chest and sell them to the weapon and amor smiths in toussaint from the blood and wine dlc. You should be around level 34 before you start it and it will not be available to you until you rescue Dandelion. The smiths in Toussaint buy weapons for around 85% of their actual price and armor for a little under 50%. if you can't wait that long then sell weapons to the blacksmith south of hierarch square in novigrad for around 70% and armor to the amorer in hierarch square for like 40%. The blacksmith usually doesn't have much money though and takes while to regain it. one you do the of swords and dumplings quest though you should be able to trade with hattori for a similar rate and he has much more money. other than that don't bother selling to anyone else except maybe the ones at Khaer trolde in skellige but I don't know. if you want to find out who has the best prices always carry one unique sword and one unique armor set to compare prices at different merchants you come across to see who you should trade with. for me it was the first relic sword i found and a random blue amor piece.

I’ve played this game 4 times and I’ve never thought about the edge of the map fast travel trick. Thanks!

I'm just getting into this game on switch,at first it was a bit overwhelming with the massive amount of gear and options,but I stuck with it and now I'm loving it

Heart of Stone was one of the best quest line i ever played !!!! Really awesome 👌

I'll gladly replay this just to hear Priscillas song again.

One of my favourites. Interesting to see how other players go about it. On yet another playthrough now.

I have just started my witcher experience month ago and this is super helpful! Thanks a lot.

This is my first RPG game on switch I’m so excited, thanks so much for the video! 😁

Did you know you can stock up on items you get on The Hornet's Nest take everthing that is there but leave the glass of blood there walk about 6 feet apart of the nest and then meditate for 5 cycle days on the last cycle day go back to the nest and you have all the items you had gotten before do it over and over and you can stock up on really good items to sell for really good gold price's

This helped out big time! Really appreciate this

This is a really good tips video. Subbed right away and have fun!

Overall this is a pretty helpful video. I'm a newcomer/returning player myself as I got the game back when the complete edition originally came out a couple years ago. When I first played I only got to the point where I left White Orchard, so still pretty early on all things considered. I'm going back and trying to find some tips and tricks but a lot of those videos are from YEARS ago, when the game was first released. Naturally some of those older videos are outdated so it was nice to find a more recent one. A lot of the tips you gave I already knew but I appreciated you going more in-depth with them. Personally, I think I'm actually just needing more intermediate tips since I already have a grasp of the basics (meditation, oils, etc.) Stuff like where to buy or find diagrams for better armor and weapons, and what a decent early game build is because I always feel like I'm screwing myself over with my build. For years I've always heard people say that Alchemy is just soooo OP but when I look at the skills I'm just like, how? I know that's more of a later game build and you actually need enough points and gear/materials to properly make it work so I'd just like to know what a decent EARLY game build is. I know it's an RPG so you can TECHNICALLY choose whatever you want but it seems like if you don't want to screw yourself over you pretty much have to go with fast attacks and quen or igni (Quick side note, I'm pretty sure quen is pronounced more like "kwen", like more of a "kw" sound at the beginning, like if you were to say "quick" or "quit" for example. That's just how I've always heard others pronounce it.) Also, I can't seem to find a definitive answer on this because all the posts I find are from years ago, but do you know if you HAVE to equip general skills (the yellow tree, like gourmet) into a slot to get the benefit? I've heard people recently say that those ones are just passive and you don't have to put them in a slot but I really can't tell. Anyway, aside from all that rambling just wanted to say this was a helpful introduction for newcomers and I look forward to what you have coming next! Bonus tip: In group fights the lock-on mechanic can be kind of finicky, but when you're in a 1-on-1 battle (like the fight with the bear in this video) the lock-on is MUCH more helpful in dodging and landing your attacks.

Gotta keep an eye on that stanima bar!

Thank you for the tips. Just started playing and this helps !

Good video! Started about 2 months ago. If you are just starting, play the higher difficulties first unless you want an easy run-through. If you cant beat a harder creature three times, move the difficulty temporarily, but switch it back!

I'm actually a bit bummed out that looting from people doesn't have any impact on the development between Geralt and the world of the Witcher 3. If there are trust issues in general, and towards witchers in particular, why wouldn't theft cause people to get upset? Pretty much everything else was made with such attention to detail that it blew me away.

This series deserves/needs a fourth game

Just starting out the game. Thanks for the tips!

Coming back to the game after a couple years away this was very helpful thanks man

Here we go corona virus 2020 and this will keep me busy!

the fact that i didnt know meditation regenerates your health and items hurts me. at least im only a couple hours into the game.

Got a nice tip for Deathmarch and blood and bones difficulty, used the raffards potion before you meditate you then get full health and refill the potion you used.

Thanks a lot some of those will definetly be useful, this game is fantastic, just started it and it aged well ^^

Still remember my first time trying to get those blacksmith tools in the cave with the troll. Me lvl 3 and I couldn't even see the rank for the troll. Well he decides to chuck a boulder at me and It clipped my right arm. Dead. Then I proceeded to cry for being stupid without saving. Lost close to a hour worth of looting.

Thanks for the tips! I personally would not recommend 'Gourmet' perk as IMO in takes away some of the challenges in the game and practically renders our Swallow potion useless. The only reason I picked it up in my NG+ DM playthrough is because during some fistfight scenes where you have to face three enemies in a cramped place, each of their strike can take a third or a half of our health straight away.

Thank you for the tips man.. Really helpful.

Thanks man. I'm coming back to the Witcher 3 and your tips are all valid.

I never got used to using quen, I just sidestep compulsively, as I do with every other game I play Now my alt key doesn’t work

First time ever playing witcher 3 and now i can see why it was awarded game of the year back then and why people talk so good about this game

I know this is a pretty old vid and all but think as a witcher 3 player with almost 500 or so hours that has learned like everything about the game, I feel like I should say some tips for all the people of all skill levels. 1. Yknow those annoying ass mushrooms that leave that nasty poisonous cloud in some quests? Just use igni on them and they will go away, for a while 2. If you are in a dense situation and roach decides to be a bitch and spawn way further from you than needed, run until its icon is no longer visible on the map and call it again 3. Another thing about roach, if you have really distant places to go at and there are no fast travels nearby them, you can just hold the gallop button on a road and it will automatically follow it, having infinite stamina. This is probably the most useful one that I learned 4. As another person in the comments said use axii a lot more than you do now, but not only axii. Yrden and Aard are extremely useful in a lot of cases for example with Aard you can knock out an enemy and insta kill it with the quick attack button, Yrden can slow everybody down and the critical chance is almost 100% 5. Of course you can get the gourment ability at first, but other 2 abilities that are really useful are the infinite place of power bonus and the more inventory space. I use those 2 in my fresh start death march save and they are basically carrying me 6. To avoid Geralt dying cuz of a 2 meter fall you can spam the jump button and he will roll avoiding any damage, this of course got a height limit so careful with it. Another tip at the same topic is to always spam the jump button while trying to climb something, for example the fortress where you need to fight a wyvern and the game wants you to go underwater to get inside, you can just time your jump and also spam the jump button to the left of the bridge that you are on, Geralt will hopefully catch on the wall and climb up, but if he doesnt just spam the jump button it will be likely that he will roll upwards and climb the wall. Another thing to note on this topic as well is that you can control the way geralt jumps, rolls, climbs while midair 7. Use the small dodge button more than the roll, the dodge can get you out of most attacks thrown at you except maybe draconids and griffins 8. Whenever you fight a draconid or griffin, for example the first griffin at the start of the game, you can lock on him while its flying and spam the crossbow geralt will aim automatically at it. Another really useful thing that i always do is using Aard to knock out them. The game says Aard is effective against draconids and griffins for a reason. Whenever they are flying doesnt matter the altitude, you can use the Aard sign in their direction it will have the same effect as the crossbow 9.This is a tip for fist fights, the best strategy to take them out isnt trying to parry everything as most people do. What I do is: - parry the first attack that the enemy instantly throws the moment the fight starts (pretty bullshit if you ask me but its predictable at some point) - use 2 fast punches and dodge backwards (when I say dodge I mean the other one not the roll) - go a bit forward and use a fast attack when the enemy is throwing his strong one 10. People always seem to forget these 2 things so I will remind you of them. Not only humans hitting you from behind will do more damage, but monsters as well. Next time you are in a big nekkers gang and you die in 3 hits on death march you'll understand why. Every single time folk forget about this so, EVERY ENEMY BEFORE THEY ATTACK THEIR HEALTH BAR GLOWS RED, thats the sign that they are about to attack you so use that in your advantage and this is the most important tip of them all 11. Every single enemy in the game let it be human or monster, got a SET way of attacks no matter the circumstance. A wraith for example will always after teleporting away, will teleport behind or infront of you and attack once, then doing another 2 hits in a fast pace, for this you need to dodge 2 times or to roll once As I said in the beginning I know this vid is pretty old, but people will most likely come to this vid for help. Hopefully everything I said here will be of use especially the combat ones that people NEVER talk about and I hate it, thats the reason people get away from the game more than the money, the combat gets too overwhelming and a new player will not know what to do in certain circumstances

just started today. What an awesome game. thanks for the tips

Good video. I shelved the game twice only because I had the game then sold all my games including systems, then had a system for 6 months got the game again and then they both got stolen so it became a little stale but I'm almost ready to start playing it again and this video was great to get started on crafting and all that good stuff. Thanks

I started playing my way through the lands of the Witcher (main game + 2 DLCs) again about a week ago. Currently on my third trip through the whole thing. One BIG tip: When you start out in White Orchard, leave Vesemir at the very first tavern and then go collect all six available Places Of Power before playing any more of the story. This will give you a massive boost to your beginning stats. PS: What is this "Ken" ability of which you speak ... ?? Does Geralt have the power to call-up Barbie's boyfriend to assist in Drowner battles ?? :)

QUEN! Great video! Thank you for the tips brotherr! 😁

Thank you for the great tips!

When you play on blood and bones you also don't get health with meditating. I would say definitely upgrade Axii to puppet, then domination. It's great fun making monsters fight each other. Plus you can kill them when they are under the spell and they don't fight back.

Use F5 for quıck save :-)

I'm one of those people that watched the first season and then bought the Witcher 3. I absolutely enjoy all the RU-vid content coverage. Keep it up and thank you for your tips.

2021.... you’re a lifesaver man 🙏🏽💯

Me just started playing 2 days now

You can loot the monster nest you destroy?? And I learn this after 50 hours...

Just bought the game and now here looking for tips and tricks! Amazing video. Subscribed to your channel now :D

Cool - just starting this game after playing HZD three straight times!

Honestly best tips, Craft the Viper swords and buy the Tamerian armor before you leave White Orchid. You will be very OP for quite some time.

Returning player here, used to have a copy from a friend of mine back when i played it like a year ago. Saw the goty edition in the psstore priced €15 and just couldn't leave it there, got me thinking how crazy it is that such an extremely high quality game sells for so little while these other 16h (at most) games still sell for €40 and up

Just started streaming this game in YT/twitch. Thanks to your guide me I will look less like an idiot while playing. Subbed you and good luck to you sir

I showed this to my grandma and it had a lot of tips she wasn't aware of. Thumbs up!

Very helpful, thanks! You have a great voice and great energy and you get right to the point so 10/10 for presentation. (Just 1 thing, I swear I’m not a pronunciation cop but there’s no “X” in especially. It’s pronounced like “essspeshally” just because you use the word a ton and it’s a little distracting for weird people like me)

A really helpful thing I didn't realize until it was too late was that you don't have to level anything else before getting gourmet. My ass acquired 3 random skills I didn't need before getting gourmet

i learned these things in first 2 days of playing, cheers nice vid

This is my all time favorite game and I learned a few things thank you I just got the ps5 upgrade this is gonna be fun thanks

The algorithm has chosen you. Calling it now you'll be at 10k subs in a week. Congratulations bud

i love this video, EXpecially cuz i play the game

im about to give this game another go ive only ever played it once an couldnt get into it because i had no clue what i was doing 🤣thanks for the video bro this has helped alot

That was very helpful my friend

It's not even funny how much I rely on quen bruh, I'm playing the Witcher for the first time on the second highest difficulty, oh god it's hard.

Who is playing Witcher 3 because Cyberpunk 2077 was undercooked?

When Geralt drops the F-Bomb in the show I almost cream out the ears. It’s too perfect!

Great tips,just started playing again after update,and loving it,one of best games ever in my opinion