Trying to get the suitable Witcher 3 ending for you? It has been a good few years now since Blood and Wine launched, and we bade farewell to the monster-slaying RPG, however as ever, Geralt remains to be on our minds with the discharge of The Witcher Season 2— it will not be one other sport, however we’ll take what we will get.
Maybe The Witcher TV show has obtained you itching for a read-through of the books, or a brand new playthrough of Wild Hunt with a distinct conclusion? There are 36 variations that every one centre across the destiny of Ciri, so in order for you a selected Witcher 3 ending, you need to begin laying the groundwork comparatively early within the sport.
As it has been years by now, we cannot blame you for not remembering which seemingly-minor particulars and selections every Witcher 3 ending hinge on, however if you wish to attempt for a selected one, this record ought to provide the particulars you want. There are additionally endings for Blood and Wine, so that you can provide Geralt his happiest retirement.
Each Witcher 3 ending
Between the facility struggles, love triangles, and wandering non-humans that fill The Continent, there are 36 doable Witcher 3 endings. An important issue—the destiny of Geralt’s companion, Ciri—impacts solely three of the sport’s main conclusions, nevertheless. To find out what occurs to her, you’ll have a lot of key selections to make all through the sport’s second and third acts. However be warned, from right here there are main story spoilers for The Witcher 3 all through.
Ciri Dies
In what’s broadly thought of the sport’s worst ending, Ciri dies throughout her climactic battle with the all-consuming White Frost. For this to occur you’ll want to set off at the least three of the next 5 ‘damaging’ selections that undermine Ciri as she prepares to face her future:
- Instantly after the Battle of Kaer Morhen, telling Ciri that “you don’t need to be good at all the pieces” invitations her into the fort for a drink, however fails to enhance her temper.
- When Ciri informs you of Imlerith’s whereabouts, when you encourage her to go to her father, Emperor Emhyr, after which settle for his reward for locating her, she can be visibly upset.
- When Ciri goes to go to The Lodge of Sorceresses, accompanying her to the assembly with Phillippa Eilhart knocks her confidence.
- Within the scene in Avallac’h’s lab, telling Ciri to “relax” frustrates her.
- When Ciri asks Geralt to go to Skjall’s grave together with her, telling her that there’s “no time” causes her to storm off.
Making three or extra of those selections reduces Ciri’s religion in herself as she prepares to face the White Frost. She by no means returns to The Continent, and the credit roll as Geralt mourns over Ciri’s Witcher medallion in Velen.
Ciri Lives
To set off the ‘finest’ ending, Geralt has to assist Ciri put together for her battle. To do this, he must set off three ‘optimistic’ selections:
- After the Battle of Kaer Morhen, telling Ciri that you simply “know what may elevate your spirits,” will set off a snowball battle, cheering her up after her disagreement with Avallac’h.
- When Ciri wakes Geralt as much as hunt for Imlerith, taking her straight to Velen skips the scene with Emhyr, and counts as a optimistic selection.
- Within the assembly with Phillippa, sending her alone encourages the Lodge to take Ciri critically.
- Letting Ciri trash Avallac’h’s lab affords her a approach to channel her pent-up aggression.
- Visiting Skjall’s grave with Ciri boosts her confidence within the confrontation with the villagers.
Selecting at the least three of those selections sees Ciri return to The Continent after defeating the White Frost. On the finish of the sport, Geralt meets her in a tavern and presents her with a specially-crafted sword. The 2 then spend a while journeying collectively on the Path as witchers.
Empress Cirilla
If Ciri survives her battle after visiting Emhyr—and also you helped Nilfgaard win the conflict—her father convinces her that as a way to actually be a pressure for good on the planet, she should return residence to rule. In a bittersweet ending, Ciri is escorted again to the Emperor. You’ll nonetheless have to have chosen at the least three optimistic outcomes to unlock this ending, however bringing Ciri to Emhyr is the one selection that differentiates this from the ‘finest’ ending.
The Witcher 3 Blood and Wine endings
In fact, when you personal the second growth, the occasions above are usually not the place Geralt’s story ends. Blood and Wine additionally options three principal endings which concern the destiny of its central characters: Duchess Anna Henrietta, her estranged sister Syanna, and vampire Detlaff.
Blood(tub) and Wine
In Blood and Wine’s ‘worst’ ending all people dies. In the course of the Night time of the Lengthy Fangs quest, when you select to hunt the unseen vampire, you’ll be pressured to kill Detlaff. Afterward, when Syanna and Anna Henrietta meet within the palace grounds, you’ll don’t have any approach of stopping her from stabbing her sister, after which she is shot by Damien, the captain of the guard.
Should you select to seek out Syanna (with the assistance of both Damien or Orianna), you’ll have the choice to enter a magical Fairy Story world, the Land of a Thousand Fables. There a pigtailed woman affords you a number of methods to amass a ribbon. Take it to guard Syanna from Detlaff in the course of the Tesham Mutna quest, which additionally forces you to kill the vampire with Regis’ assist. Should you do not examine Syanna additional, you received’t have the forewarning that helps you dissuade Syanna from killing Anna Henrietta. Should you examine however fail to persuade Syanna of her sister’s innocence, she stabs Anna Henrietta anyway.
A Fantastic Classic
There’s no approach to preserve everybody alive in Blood and Wine, however in order for you the growth’s ‘finest’ ending you will need to kill Detlaff and save the sisters. To attain this, search out Syanna in the course of the Night time of the Lengthy Fangs, enter the Fairy Story world, take the ribbon, and defeat Detlaff. You’ll have to have achieved the entire following as a way to persuade Syanna to spare Anna Henrietta:
- Earlier than getting into the Fairy Story world, learn all of the governess’ 5 journal entries within the palace nursery.
- Within the Fairy Story world, inform Syanna you’ve come to free her and hearken to all of her subsequent elective dialogue selections. Purchase the ribbon from the pigtailed woman, and permit Syanna to let you know why she was forged out from the Duchy.
- After leaving the Fairy Story world, proceed to research Syanna by returning to the bootblack. He’ll level you within the path of the beggars paid to tell Detlaff of the names of his victims, from whom it’s best to confiscate the letter.
- After studying that Anna Henrietta was to be Syanna’s final sufferer, confront her within the palace and inform her that you simply perceive that her sister “turned her again on you.” Then, ask if she’d “ever thought to forgive her,” and inform her the wrongs Anna Henrietta did her passed off when “she was a baby.”
Should you do that within the right order, the Duchess forgives her sister at her trial, the pair embrace, and everybody lives fortunately ever after.
Being Non-human
The third Witcher 3 Blood and Wine ending is the clumsiest, because it entails Syanna dying earlier than she makes it to trial. Should you search her in the course of the Night time of the Lengthy Fangs, however select to not take the ribbon within the Fairy Story world, Detlaff kills her at Tesham Mutna. Then you’ll be able to select to kill Detlaff or let him escape, however the Duchess received’t be too impressed both approach. Geralt is thrown in jail for letting Syanna die, counting on Dandelion to free him.
No matter occurs, Blood and Wine concludes with Geralt retiring to his winery. As he arrives, he’s knowledgeable of the arrival of a mysterious customer. Their id is predicated upon your selections in the primary sport; when you selected the right romance possibility, Triss joins you, whereas when you’re incorrect, it’ll be Yennefer [you’re on thin ice, Jones — Ed]. Should you selected neither, Ciri arrives in both her guise as a witcher or inheritor to Nilfgaard. But when your Ciri ending was that she misplaced her battle towards the White Frost, Dandelion visits in her place.
The ultimate state of The Continent rests on many extra selections made all through the The Witcher 3. Geralt holds sway over the results of the conflict with Nilfgaard (and the destiny of its emperor), the Skelligan succession, and the destinies of a number of minor characters (and sometimes their household and buddies). However regardless of all these intertwining narratives, it’s Ciri’s significance to Geralt and the broader world of The Witcher that shapes every main ending. Take note of her and all the pieces else falls into place.
