Whether you’re new to the series or a veteran witcher, there will be some aspects of the game that you might need help with. The Witcher 3 is, after all, extremely deep and expansive, meaning there’s a ton to do and many things to find. This directory is meant to serve as a hub for all the Witcher 3 guides a player might need. Feel free to bookmark this page so you can return to it easily, and be sure to check back as we add even more guides!
This section will help you find guides and lists for general tips, how-to guides, beginner help, and more! We’ve also included romance guides to help swoon the beautiful ladies in Geralt’s life.
General Tips and Helpful Guides > Should You Simulate a Witcher 2 Save? > Everything We Wish We Knew at the Beginning of the Game > Common Mistakes that May Cost You the Good Ending > Every Possible Romance, Ranked > Mistakes That Can Ruin Your Playthrough > Pro Tips for Winning Fistfights > How to Make Your Next Playthrough More Challenging > Common Mistakes > Things You Can Do That Attract Trouble > What is the Max Level, With and Without DLC? > All Missable Items (Including Missable Gwent Cards)
How-To Guides > How Long Does it Take to Beat The Witcher 3? > How to Heal > How to Parry > How to Dismantle Junk > How to Level Up Fast Romance Guides > How to Romance Triss > How to Romance Shani > How to Romance Yennefer
There’s an overwhelming amount of witcher gear available in The Witcher 3, including swords, armor pieces, bombs, potions, and more. This section offers help organizing all there is to know about Geralt’s gear, the items he can find and use, and much, much more.
Equipment: Swords, Armor, and More > A Complete Guide to Witcher Gear > Light, Medium, and Heavy Armor, Explained > The Rarest Armor Sets and Where to Get Them > How to Get the Harpy Relic Silver Sword > How to Get the Black Unicorn Relic Sword > How to Get Aerondight (Blood and Wine) > A Complete Guide to Grandmaster Armor (Blood and Wine) > Things to Know About Crafting Weapons > The Best Silver Swords, Ranked > How to Dye Armor > A Complete Guide to Runestones and Glyphs > How to Repair Weapons
Item Guides > Things to Know About Crafting Components > How to Use Each Type of Bomb > Underrated Items That are Actually Very Useful > All Paintings, Shields, and Trophies for Corvo Bianco and Where to Find Them
Geralt isn’t just a master with traditional weaponry. He’s also capable of using magical signs and brewing alchemical products. This section focuses on these two mechanics, as well as the skill tree Geralt has, which can be used to power up various aspects of his combat and exploration abilities.
Witcher Signs > The Signs, Ranked by Usefulness > Alternate Signs - What They are and How to Use Them > Sign Guide: Axii > Sign Guide: Aard > Sign Guide: Yrden > Sign Guide: Quen > Sign Guide: Igni > Alternate Uses for Signs You Might Not Know
Abilities and Mutations > Every Mutation, Ranked by Usefulness > The Most Useful Skills and Abilities > A Complete Guide to Adrenaline and Adrenaline Points > A Complete Guide to Toxicity > Mutagen Conversion Guide
Crafting and Alchemy > How to Make Bombs > Things to Know About Alchemy > All Potions and How to Use Them > Where to Get White Gull > The Best Decoctions > Where to Find Monster Feathers
Arguably where the Witcher series shines brightest is in its diverse and fascinating bestiary of monsters. From gigantic Fiends to sneaky Vampires that lurk in the shadows, Geralt will come face to face with creatures of all kinds. The guides listed here will dive deep into the various types of monsters, bosses, and other creatures that players can encounter in The Witcher 3.
Boss Fights > Boss Guide: The Crones > Boss Guide: The Toad Prince > Boss Guide: The Caretaker > Tips for Killing Dettlaff > Boss Guide: King of the Wolves > Boss Guide: Eredin > Boss Guide: Caranthir > Boss Guide: Nithral > Boss Guide: Olgierd von Everec > Boss Guide: Ethereal > Boss Guide: Cloud Giant > Boss Guide: Imlerith > How to Defeat Shaelmaars
The Bestiary > Beasts > Cursed Ones > Draconids > Elementa > Hybrids > Insectoids > Necrophages > Relicts > Specters > Vampires > Werewolves > Ogroids
There’s no shortage of quests in the game, from the important major story quests to small sidequests. This section includes our guides to many of the quests players may need assistance in completing.
We’ve also included some guides that help with the major decisions in the game, which can have monumental consequences.
Note: Witcher contracts and treasure hunts are in their own sections further down this page!
Every Ending from the Main Game and DLC, and How to Get Them
The Most Important Choices You’ll Have to Make > The Worst Choices You Can Make
Major Quests > Return to Crookback Bog: Which Doll is Anna? > Ugly Baby Quest: Where to Find Uma > Quest Guide: Get Junior > Quest Guide: A Deadly Plot > Quest Guide: Carnal Sins > Quest Guide: The Lord of Undvik > Quest Guide: Brothers In Arms (All Segments) > How to Get and Use the Crossbow (The Beat of Wild Orchid Quest) > Quest Guide: Final Preparations (and the Best Order to Complete it) > Quest Guide: Bald Mountain > Quest Guide: High Stakes > Quest Guide: Ladies of the Wood > Quest Guide: Following the Thread > Quest Guide: Wandering in the Dark
Side Quests > Secret Side Quests Everyone Misses > Quest Guide: Of Dairy and Darkness > The Best Optional Quests in Every Major Location > Quest Guide: A Towerful of Mice > Quest Guide: The Magic Lamp > Quest Guide: In Wolf’s Clothing (How to Defeat Morkvarg) > On Death’s Bed Quest: Where to Find the Herbalist, Tomira > Great Side Quests That are Easy to Miss > Quest Guide: A Dangerous Game > Quest Guide: Shock Therapy > Quest Guide: Following the Thread > Quest Guide: Master of the Arena > Quest Guide: Wild at Heart > Quest Guide: Where the Cat and Wolf Play > Quest Guide: Of Swords and Dumplings > Quest Guide: In the Eternal Fire’s Shadow > Quest Guide: Fools’ Gold > Quest Guide: Twisted Firestarter > Quest Guide: Forefathers’ Eve
Blood and Wine Quests > Quest Guide: The Beast of Toussaint > Quest Guide: La Cage au Fou > Wine Wars: The Deus in the Machina > Quest Guide: Capture the Castle > Wine Wars: Coronata > Wine Wars: Vermentino > Wine Wars: Belgaard > Wine Wars: Consorting > Quest Guide: Turn and Face the Strange > Quest Guide: Where Children Toil, Toys Waste Away > What Lies Unseen (The Correct Answers to the Unseen Elder’s Questions) > Quest Guide: The Night of Long Fangs > Quest Guide: Beyond Hill and Dale > Quest Guide: Tesham Mutna
Hearts of Stone Quests > Quest Guide: Evil’s Soft First Touches > Quest Guide: Open Sesame! > Quest Guide: Without a Trace > Quest Guide: Scenes From a Marriage > Quest Guide: Dead Man’s Party
Despite his role in the rise and fall of empires, Geralt is a simple witcher at the end of the day, and he’ll still take on contracts to help the people of the game’s world. These contracts are a major mechanic of the game, and some of them are more difficult than others. These guides will help with some of the different witcher contracts available on the Continent.
For starters, check out our beginner guide on contracts here: > How to Find and Complete Witcher Contracts
Contract: Devil By the Well
Contract: Jenny O’ The Woods
Contract: Wild at Heart
Contract: Woodland Beast
Contract: Patrol Gone Missing
Contract: Missing Brother
Contract: An Elusive Thief
Contract: Deadly Delights
Contract: In the Heart of the Woods
Contract: Skellige’s Most Wanted
Contract: Missing Miners
Contract: Doors Slamming Shut
What’s the fun in an RPG without some treasure to find? The Witcher 3 contains a wide array of treasure hunts for various witcher gear. These guides will help players who need a little assistance with some of these treasure-seeking quests.
The Most Interesting Treasure Hunt Quests in the Game
The Best Treasure Hunts in Velen, Ranked
Treasure Hunt Guide: But Other Than That, How Did You Enjoy the Play?
Scavenger Hunt Guide: Wolf School Gear
Scavenger Hunt Guide: Bear School Gear
Scavenger Hunt Guide: Griffin School Gear
Scavenger Hunt: Cat School Gear
Veteran players of The Witcher 3 can attest to the fact that one of the game’s best features is its own smaller game contained within — Gwent! This card game can be played for fun, passing the time, or extremely high stakes. This section will contain the help you might need with this addicting card game.
How to Play Gwent
Gwent Pro Tips
Beginner Gwent Mistakes
The Best Cards in the Skellige Deck
The Best Cards in the Northern Realms Deck
The Best Cards in the Monsters Deck
The Best Cards in the Nilfgaard Deck
The Best Cards in the Scoia’tael Deck
Some Things You Might Not Know About Gwent
Common Gwent Mistakes
The Witcher 3 has some of the most interesting lore, beautiful (or scary) locales, and zany characters. This section will link to all of our guides and explainers for the game’s lore, characters, places, and more.
The Witcher 3 Lore, Explained > Lore Explainer: The Conjunction of the Spheres > Lore Explainer: What is the Wild Hunt? > Lore Explainer: Wild Hunter Leader Eredin
Important Places > How to Get to White Orchard > Details You May Have Missed in Kaer Morhen > Details You May Have Missed in Novigrad > How to Get to Kaer Morhen > How to Get to Toussaint > All Place of Power Locations in White Orchard > All Place of Power Locations in Velen > All Barber Locations
Whether you need some tweaks to make the game easier or more difficult, or some strange mods just for the sake of humor, there is something for everyone. There are a ton of The Witcher 3 mods out there, but we’ve highlighted a handful that we like, which are outlined here.
CDPR Lists Popular Mods That Work With the Witcher 3 Next-Gen Update
The Best Witcher 3 Mods, Ranked
The Best Graphics Mods
Combat Mods that Make the Game More Challenging
Witcher 3 Mod Gives Geralt His Netflix Gear
First-Person View Mod
Great Weapon Mods to Try
Incredibly Ambitious Mods Worth Checking Out
Mods That Make The Witcher 3 Feel Like a Completely Different Game
The Witcher 3 Console Commands
The Witcher 3 Mod Teaches Geralt How to Snowboard
The Witcher 3 Mod Lets Players Use Iconic Skyrim Weapon
New Mod Improves Raytracing Performance on PC
