Witcher 3

LiamJ · 20 Jan 2020 at 16:18

Started playing this when it came on game pass and having a great time so far, but there's a couple things I'm not sure on.

How focused should I be on collecting things from the environment? Also not sure what kinda things I can just sell as junk to a vendor and what I should keep. I've collected some recipes for armor and stuff but I don't have many of the needed items, and not sure if it's ever worth going out of my way to get them or whether vendor stuff will be better.

And also how much of my time should I spend on making oils and potions etc? They seem quite tedious to make right now, does that get better once I invest some points in alchemy?

Of course I'm pretty early on so I imagine it doesn't matter too much right now, I'm mainly just curious for late game.

Also is there some sort of respec later on in the game?

Scort · 21 Jan 2020 at 12:40

LiamJ said:
Started playing this when it came on game pass and having a great time so far, but there's a couple things I'm not sure on.

How focused should I be on collecting things from the environment? Also not sure what kinda things I can just sell as junk to a vendor and what I should keep. I've collected some recipes for armor and stuff but I don't have many of the needed items, and not sure if it's ever worth going out of my way to get them or whether vendor stuff will be better.

And also how much of my time should I spend on making oils and potions etc? They seem quite tedious to make right now, does that get better once I invest some points in alchemy?

Of course I'm pretty early on so I imagine it doesn't matter too much right now, I'm mainly just curious for late game.

Also is there some sort of respec later on in the game?

Personally, I never bothered with oils and potions - other than the times when a Quest required it. Frankly, I found that the game was still completely playable without using these things.

As for what stuff to keep - I don't think that herbs/flowers/potions or whatnot take much/any space - so you can just go around happily collecting them, or buying them - selling them on when you have a bulk, to make a bit of cash.

beachBOYken · 21 Jan 2020 at 17:13

Shawreyboy said:
Don't forget to hoard some Silver for the Viper Silver Sword as this covers you till around level 11 where you can look to change to a full set of Griffin gear incl. Steel and Silver swords.

Shawrey

Thanks, can you explain how I get this sword please and how do I go about collecting silver?

Shawreyboy · 21 Jan 2020 at 17:33

beachBOYken said:
Thanks, can you explain how I get this sword please and how do I go about collecting silver?

https://witcher3map.com/w/#3/-65.11/-67.59

Just west of the 'Ransacked Village' which is the bottom right green waypoint there is a Bandit camp and it has the Serpentine Steel Sword Diagram which will give you the quest to locate the sister silver sword which is located in the Graveyard to the north of the map directly above 'The Mill' waypoint - with a Place of Power there. It's guarded by a Wraith.

You can get silver from loot and or buy items containing silver from merchants and have the Blacksmith/Armorer dismantle it for you to craft into Silver ingots.

Shawrey

beachBOYken · 21 Jan 2020 at 19:43

Shawreyboy said:
https://witcher3map.com/w/#3/-65.11/-67.59

Just west of the 'Ransacked Village' which is the bottom right green waypoint there is a Bandit camp and it has the Serpentine Steel Sword Diagram which will give you the quest to locate the sister silver sword which is located in the Graveyard to the north of the map directly above 'The Mill' waypoint - with a Place of Power there. It's guarded by a Wraith.

You can get silver from loot and or buy items containing silver from merchants and have the Blacksmith/Armorer dismantle it for you to craft into Silver ingots.

Shawrey

Thanks got them in the end after some hard work finding all the items needed to craft them.

Shawreyboy · 22 Jan 2020 at 12:17

beachBOYken said:
Thanks got them in the end after some hard work finding all the items needed to craft them.

Your welcome bud! They're good swords that'll see you through the early stages.

Shawrey

beachBOYken · 22 Jan 2020 at 13:39

Shawreyboy said:
Your welcome bud! They're good swords that'll see you through the early stages.

Shawrey

I can't remember what I used on my 1st play through, as for armour I think it was the cat gear, think thats the light armour, I might try the bear armour this time.

Shawreyboy · 22 Jan 2020 at 13:48

beachBOYken said:
I can't remember what I used on my 1st play through, as for armour I think it was the cat gear, think thats the light armour, I might try the bear armour this time.

I think the bear one called the Ursine armour set? I acquired the Surperior armour diagrams quite early on once you land in Velen but obviously unable to use them till much later. Never done a build with it but from what I've read it suits swilling potions and decoctions to buff damage/defense as naturally it makes Geralt slower and more of a Tank defensively.

I'm going Cat / Wolf for final build this time once I can get into the expansions but utilizing Griffin for the time being.

Shawrey

beachBOYken · 22 Jan 2020 at 13:54

Shawreyboy said:
I think the bear one called the Ursine armour set? I acquired the Surperior armour diagrams quite early on once you land in Velen but obviously unable to use them till much later. Never done a build with it but from what I've read it suits swilling potions and decoctions to buff damage/defense as naturally it makes Geralt slower and more of a Tank defensively.

I'm going Cat / Wolf for final build this time once I can get into the expansions but utilizing Griffin for the time being.

Shawrey

Will have to read up on the different sets you can get then, cheers

Scort · 23 Jan 2020 at 13:12

All this Witcher talk, I might have to dive back in

I quite enjoyed the Blood and Wine expansion, that whole new map was really nice, it actually felt a tad depressing to return back to the normal maps.

Shawreyboy · 23 Jan 2020 at 15:06

Scort said:
All this Witcher talk, I might have to dive back in I quite enjoyed the Blood and Wine expansion, that whole new map was really nice, it actually felt a tad depressing to return back to the normal maps.

The Netflix series was what inspired me to pick it back up. Glad I did. The game is a masterpiece and still holds up very well visually.

Shawrey

Arcane · 27 Jan 2020 at 10:53

I've now hit level 30 and have 13 points available. Why can't I access the third row in the abilities tree? They're locked and saw I need 1/3/8 more points of something or other. I've got red mutagen + three red abilities, two greater blue with five blue abilities + random brown one and one green mutagen + three green abilities, all the slots are filled and I've got all the available abilities in the second row. What have I done wrong?

ic1male · 27 Jan 2020 at 10:57

It could be that you haven't got enough points in specific colours (skills) to unlock the next tier. From what I can remember, I stuck with all blue. There isn't much scope to mix and match like you've done - three red/five blue/three green. You'll be jack of all trades, master of none.

Shawreyboy · 27 Jan 2020 at 12:52

Arcane said:
I've now hit level 30 and have 13 points available. Why can't I access the third row in the abilities tree? They're locked and saw I need 1/3/8 more points of something or other. I've got red mutagen + three red abilities, two greater blue with five blue abilities + random brown one and one green mutagen + three green abilities, all the slots are filled and I've got all the available abilities in the second row. What have I done wrong?

You need to invest the 13 points you have available into the Skill Tree you want to unlock. It takes a certain amount of points invested in that chart to unlock the next 'tier' of skills.

So for a combat build the Tree has Fast Attacks, Strong Attacks, Defense, Marksmanship and Battle Trance.

Each of those has its own separate sub 'line' and its these skills you need to upgrade and invest the points in to unlock further tiers. For example, Fast attacks first tier is Muscle Memory and this maxes out at 5 points, then to get the second tier which is Precise Blows it may say you need x amount of points in the Tree to unlock, so for example you may need to invest some points in the Battle Trance line which starts with Resolve to have the necessary amount of points invested in the Tree to unlock the other tiers.

https://thewitcher3.wiki.fextralife.com/Skills+and+Talent+Trees

As ic1male said above, it doesn't really pay to spread out your skills within W3. You are better to focus on 1 Tree for maximum combat effectiveness as hybrid builds can miss out on % damage or better skills like Whirl (for Swordsman) which rip mobs apart.

I'd recommend buying a Potion of Clearance (1000 Gold), resetting your character and focusing on 1 (or at most 2) styles of play for the best experience.

http://www.pushsquare.com/news/2019...ter_builds_for_geralt_in_the_witcher_3_on_ps4

Shawrey

Arcane · 27 Jan 2020 at 14:04

Thanks guys, that makes sense now. I assumed you'd just keep unlocking as you went, not realising I had to specialise. Legends, I happen to have a Potion of Clearance in stock right now! Think I'll go full on Flame Monster.

Shawreyboy · 27 Jan 2020 at 14:36

Arcane said:
Thanks guys, that makes sense now. I assumed you'd just keep unlocking as you went, not realising I had to specialise. Legends, I happen to have a Potion of Clearance in stock right now! Think I'll go full on Flame Monster.

In that case Griffin armor is the one you want good sir!

Shawrey

Arcane · 27 Jan 2020 at 15:26

Funnily enough I got the Superior Griffin Armour yesterday, I've got the parts to build the one above it (Master crafted?) but can't use it for another 4 levels so didn't craft it.

aoaaron · 27 Jan 2020 at 15:33

Tempted to play TW3 with one of the gameplay overhaul mods one day. Just trying to allow enough time to pass that I don't remember some/most of the side quests.

Arcane · 28 Jan 2020 at 20:21

Ok, so I took the potion to reset my abilities. Spent five points on all the blue second row, leaving me with 32 points...I used all the five available with a blue greater mutagen but I still can't access the third tier. It says I need an additional point in the tree? I can't use any more. I'm stumped.

ic1male · 28 Jan 2020 at 23:39

You have to spend 8 points from what I’ve just looked up.