Nightsolo's What Would Geralt Do?

Miscellaneous

• In general, lift curses and be nice to people.
• Go straight after Ciri with minimal distractions or side quests.

White Orchard

• The crystal crow skull from the intro video is lootable near where Geralt wakes up from his dream. You can give it to Yennifer in Skellige, though strangely not before.
• Geralt doesn't have time for silly card games, so skip learning Gwent.
• If you can, don't kill or even fight the men at the Inn. Use Axii on them instead to convince them to leave.

Vizima

• If you simulate decisions from the previous game:
  • Aryan LaValette: spared him
  • Joined Iorveth
  • Chose to rescue Triss over curing Saskia
  • Sile de Tansarville escaped
  • Letho is still alive
• You have to bow correctly before the chamberlain to advance the quest, But in front of the emperor, Geralt bows for no one.

Velen

• "Death by Fire" Bandits at burning home: save the woman inside.
• "At the Mercy of Strangers" East of Mulbrydale, after saving John Verdun from drowners, untie him.
• "Wild at Heart" Don't let the sister pay you off.

• To avoid killing men at the Inn at the Crossroads, tell them you're a witcher. This leads to a more cordial meeting later.
• Visit Heatherton.
• Agree to help the Baron.
• Visit the Pellar, help him.
• Confront the Baron, lift the botchling's curse. Interact with the grave to wait. The ghost will wait for you to catch up while you deal with monsters or whatever along the way.
• After following the ghost, tell the Baron about his family. Agree to continue helping and actually go to Oxenfurt to find Tamara. As you leave Crow's Perch, the Baron will chase after you and hand you a doll, which you can then later hand to the daughter.
• Talk to Tamara in Oxenfurt. Return to the Baron to report in.
• Find the witch. Help her get her lamp. Do her side quests now while you're here.
  • "Magic Lamp" Help Keira after "Wandering in the Dark." From left to right, light the statues 3, 4, 2, 1.
  • "A Towerful of Mice" Can conclued however you like, though Graham dies regardless.
  • "A Favor for a Firend" See this through to the end. Don't sleep with Keira.
  • "For the Advancement of Learning." Don't kill her, and at the end, invite her to Kaer Mohren.
• Do "Ladies of the Wood," being nice to Johnny.
  • In Downwarren and "The Whispering Hillock," kill the spirit.
• Finish "Family Matters" by telling the Baron about his family and listening to his final tale of Ciri.
• Agree to meet the Baron in Downwarren, and do "Return to Crookback Bog."

Novigrad

• On the outskirts, just outside the southern wall, save people from the Witch Hunters.
• Pyres of Novigrad:
  • Don't fast travel out of Triss's old house. As you leave, there's a cutscene.
  • Stand in a thief circle until you see a Thief, and he gets a distance marker on him.
  • Follow him until you get a cutscene with a beggar. Give the beggar some coin for some XP, and don't bother asking about the Putrid Grove.
  • Continue following the thief until he makes a handoff. Follow the second thief until the quest updates.
  • Go back to the square and talk to the beggar on the scaffold. Exhaust the top dialog options, and Geralt will ask about the Putrid Grove on his own.
• Novigrad Dreaming:
  • Let Sarah stay.
• Broken Flowers:
  • Visit Rosa last.
• Get Junior, part 1:
  • Upon entering the bathhouse, you'll give up all your belongings temporarily. Be prepared for a fight.
• Count Reuven's Treasure:
  • The Pops Mold Antidote automatically gets placed in your quick slot #1. Whatever you had there will automatically be back in your inventory.
  • If you mediate until midnight at the shrine while waiting for Triss, move around to trigger the cutscene.
  • While following Triss' plan, to get through the entire conversation without Menge getting suspicious, don't mention the treasure. Triss will break herself free eventually.
• Get Junior, part 2:
  • Don't go to Cleaver for help, skipping "Gangs of Novigrad." Instead go to Whoreson's House, then Casino, then Arena.
  • If you did get evidence that Whoreson is working with the Redanians, talk to Dijkstra, then Roche.
  • After Roche's part of the quest completes, help him with the side quest "An Eye for an Eye." Side with Roche at the end.
  • After dealing with Whoreson Jr by killing him, DO NOT use fast travel to leave, as this fucks up the rest of the game. Just leave by the main gate.
• A Favor for Radovid:
  • Get Junior completes and this quest starts when you leave his estate via the front gate, like a normal, non-cheaty gamer.
  • Respond however you like. This will autocomplete and start a side quest, which you should do next.
• Redania's Most Wanted:
  • DO NOT fast travel out of Phillipa's hideout.
  • Show the Megascope Crystal to Triss, then lie to Radovid, then give the crystal to Yennifer later.
• The Play's the Thing and A Poet Under Pressure are next. It doesn't matter how you do them.
• Ignore A Dangerous Game
• A Matter of Life and Death:
  • Do help Triss, but don't flirt with her.
  • At the Estate, don't kiss Triss.
  • Find the straggling couple during the escape.
• Now or Never:
  • Don't ask Triss to stay at the end.
• A Deadly Plot
  • Refuse to help Djkistra with this political plotting, ignore "Reason of State."

Skellige

• Destination: Skellige
  • At the funeral, choose the flirty dialog options with Yennifer.
• The King is Dead - Long Live the King
  • Indulge Yennifer. Go to her room at the Inn and put on the brown shirt with yellow trim. Don't drink, don't argue, keep calm.
  • Don't stray from Yennifer's side, as it'll interrupt the conversation, she'll race on ahead, and you'll have to catch up.
• Echoes of the Past
  • Follow main plot, hold off on helping Chrach's kids for now.
  • Geralt hates portals, but will take them in the intrest of expediency.
• Missing Persons & Nameless
  • End Morkvarg quickly by feeding him his own flesh. Be sure to loot his corpse for it after you kill him the first time.
• The Last Wish
  • Help Yennifer with the djinn as soon as she asks. Keep her romanced.
  • After the quest, Yennifer will be in her room in the tavern, where you can ask her about the Megascope Crystal from "Redania's Most Wanted." You can also give her the skull from the intro movie, if you picked it up in White Orchard.
• The Coronation
  • Possesion
    • Help Cerys on her quest. Choose Cerys's tricky plan.
  • The Lord of Undvik
    • Help Hjalmar on his quest.
    • When the trail splits from the camp, follow the footprints first.
    • In the giant's lair, toggle walk slow, and don't step on the snow when sneaking around to free Vigi.
  • King's Gambit
    • After the attack, stay with Cerys to investigate.
    • Ignore the invitation to the ceremony where the ruler is crowned.

Kaer Mohren

• Ugly Baby
  • During "The Final Trial," agree to leave weapons with the trolls. Also, turn off AutoLoot mod so you don't accidently loot them back and anger the trolls.
• Brothers in Arms
  • Nilfgard: You can't get help no matter what, but you do still have to talk to Emhyr so the quest completes.
  • Novigaard: Triss will join automatically after "Now or Never." Zoltan will join just from asking him. Roach will join if you completed "Eye for an Eye." Dijkstra won't join you, but you still have to cross him off your list.
  • Skellige: Emiron joins just by asking him. Other(s) won't join unless someone has actually been crowned. So you may have to go to the crowning ceremony now.
  • Velen: Assuming he's alive, Letho will automatically show up after you do his quest, "Ghosts of the Past." For Kiera, you'll have to do her quests if you haven't already. Don't kill her, and at the end, invite her to Kaer Mohren.
• The Isle of Mists and The Battle of Kaer Mohren - no real choices here.
• Blood on the Battlefield.
  • At the funeral, tell Ciri she's right.
  • Lift Ciri's spirits with the snowball fight (bottom option).
  • In the morning after drinking with the bros, first tell Ciri to make her own decision vis-a-vis visiting Emhyr, then tell her not to.
• Bald Mountain - no real choices here.

Final Battle Preparations

• Payback
  • Offer to buy horses yourself, then agree with Ciri to help steal them. Walk down to the key and try to be quiet, otherwise you'll have to fight.
• The Great Escape
  • You'll be fine without Zoltan's help, which he won't offer anyway if "Now or Never" is completed.
  • Have Geralt...deal...with Sile.
• Blindingly Obvious
  • Don't kill Bart (bottom dialog option).
  • Do shove Djikstra.
• Final Final Preparations
  • In the lodge meeting, go with Ciri.
• Ignore Reason of State
• The Sunstone:
  • At the mirrors, move the eastern mirror first, then the north, then the south.
• Child of the Elder Blood
  • In Avellac'h's lab, help Ciri wreck the place.
• Skjall's Grave
  • Go with Ciri to Skjall's grave.
• Veni Vidi Vigo
  • The easiest way is to fast travel close to the quest marker, then swim under the water as you get close to the fleet. Surface near the anchor on the starboard (right) side of the ship, otherwise the guards will kill you.
• On Thin Ice
  • Tell Yennifer you'll go with her.
  • For the "Board the Nafalgar" objective, just run past all the Skelligers, as the enemies spawn infinitely.
• Tedd Deireadh, The Final Age
  • Don't stop to fight anything, just try to follow Yennifer. She rides in a wild pattern, so stay at a trot so as not to lose her.
  • At the tower, wish Ciri luck.

Hearts of Stone

• Dead Man's Party
  • Do as you will. Most of this isn't actually Geralt.
  • There are 4 mandatory activities: Pig Herding, Gwent, Find the Fire Swallower, and Shoe Fishing.
  • Talk to Master Mirror, and the night will end.
• Skip A Midnight Clear. Simply walk out the gate and run or fast travel away.
• Open Sesame!
  • Before the auction, when speaking the art collector, pick the portrait of the merchant.
  • In the auction, buy the painting and hold on to it.
  • When choosing a safecracker, pick Casimir.
  • At the end, side with Ewald.
  • Let Ewald take the papers, and just take the house.
• Scenes from a Marriage
  • When you can fininally actually talk to Iris, ask her about the rose, then politely ask if she'll give Geralt the rose.
• Whatsoever Man Soweth
  • Do meet with Shani. Don't ask her to stay.
  • Do meet the professor. Afterwards, revisit Shani.
  • Help Olgierd by challenging O'Dinn.
• Avid Collector
  • Take the painting from the auction to the Novigrad bookshop in exchange for a monster trophy. Note the name Gaetan.
  • Pick up "Contract: Beast of Honorton: in Velen. Ask Gaetan what happened, then kill him.

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