[Staplewire]

Just bought the game two days ago and i'm think im going to like it. Mine is Enhanced Edition and i have downloaded and installed Patch 1.50. So far, i have already made it to Chapter I (you call yours Act?) right in the Inn and I got hooked in fistfight.

Now, here's my question. In my manual, it says that i can start an optional fistfight with Eskel in the epilogue. I missed that optional fight and i'm wondering if it will have any effect in the future or should i go back (i havent gone far yet) and do that optional fistfight?

My secod question is i noticed that i can repeat fist fight in the inn by meditating except Flat Fred (?), will there be any effect on the game if I spend much time in this area?

My third (last for this post), is money important in this game?

Thanks in advance.

[The Silver]

The fist fight with Eskel in Kaer Morhen simply shows you how the fights are done and it doesn't influence anything else.
Once you've beaten Fat Fred, or any other individually named fistfighter you can't fight them again, but all the other fighters can be fought with again and again. So no, it shouldn't affect anything. Spend as much time there as you want.
I recommend to fight and win against all named fist fighters, since in the end there will be a nice reward  ;)

Ahh, the money. The answer is yes, money is important. While most things, like ingredients, books and alcohohl can be found, they can also be bought, good if you need the stuff in bulk and fast. You can also bribe some people with money.

However, in my opinion the two biggest things that make money important are the steel sword and armor.
To reforge the steel sword you need meterorite ore (which again can be found but alsobought) and the actual reforging process costs money too!
The biggest reason for hording money is getting the better leather armor in Act/Chapter 3 and 4 for about 5000 Oren.
You don't need to buy it but it will safe you a lot of frustration.

And welcome to the forums Staplewire, have a  :beer:

[thelazyreader]

Money is pretty useless in later acts because you'll already have all the equipment and knowledge you need by then, so don't hoard too much. In Act I, you can use it to reforge your sword before the fianl battle(if you play your cards right you should have 3 meteorite fragments). In Act II and III you can buy a better leather jacket. As for swords, from Act II onwards you'll start getting the named uber weapons(starting with Harvall in the swamp), so reforging isn't necessary anymore.

[Dezired]

Yeah, just use all the money you can find on anything you want. Only thing that costs much is a 5000 armor but that's in Act III and you'll get that amount of money easily in that act alone..

[Corylea]

You will need 1000 orens for quests in Act II, but you'll be able to easily earn 1000 orens in Act II.  Just make sure that you don't spend your last oren in Act II right before you need it to make the quest advance, and you'll be fine.

[Staplewire]

Thanks so much for your reply.

I figured out how important money is.

Please be patient with me coz i have other questions.

Should i forge my sword while in act I? Mine is Witcher's sword and i feel like it's sooooo weak in terms of damage. I haven't done anything to it (not even quoting it with some ...what-do-you-call-that-chemical... Harren Brogg is selling blue meteorite for 300 orens. I have 700+ orens now and probably i'll be able to make it to 900. SHOULD i buy 3 blue meteorites from him and upgrade my weapon or should i wait till next chapter?

Onother thing, I usually dont use potions in game, but when i was doing the ever-burning-fires quests, i died several times and i was "forced" to use potions. The problem is, i became addicted to it and my stock ran out already. I haven't searched much, but can i buy potions from merchants or do they drop or what?

I'm now level 5 and distributed my 18 bronze point to i-dont-understand-what-skill-or-magic. What is the recommended level to go to next chapter?

My guide tells a lot about quests, but it doesnt have bestiary, weapons and armor guide and the likes. Where can i find these info?

Lastly, I had sex with 3 women already (Triss and 2 women in Chapter I). Will it hurt my reputation if I have sex with every woman i find in the game?

Thanks so much.

[Corylea]

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Should i forge my sword while in act I? Mine is Witcher's sword and i feel like it's sooooo weak in terms of damage. I haven't done anything to it (not even quoting it with some ...what-do-you-call-that-chemical...

We call that chemical "oils," and you need to put a talent into the skill for oils before you can make any.  Until you're able to use oils, you can use whetstones and grindstones, though.

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Harren Brogg is selling blue meteorite for 300 orens. I have 700+ orens now and probably i'll be able to make it to 900. SHOULD i buy 3 blue meteorites from him and upgrade my weapon or should i wait till next chapter?

If you do all of the quests in this chapter -- including the one from Leuvaarden and the two trophy-monster quests from the Royal Huntsman -- you'll get two red meteorites, so buying one blue one from Haren will give you three.  BUT it costs money to get your sword forged, so you'll still need plenty of cash, even though you'll only have to buy the one piece of ore.

Um, you did follow the directions to look at the notice board in front of the Inn, didn't you?  Every notice board contains a number of quests, and those quests pay you, both in experience points and in gold.  In Act 1, Abigail wants barghest skulls, and she'll buy them off of you even after you've finished the quest.  So save them up and sell them all to Abigail.

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Onother thing, I usually dont use potions in game,

At some point in the game, Geralt says, "A witcher without potions is half a witcher."  Unless you're playing on Easy, you're gonna need those potions.

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The problem is, i became addicted to it and my stock ran out already. I haven't searched much, but can i buy potions from merchants or do they drop or what?

Every once in awhile, you'll find one in a chest or something, but your main source of potions is ... YOU.  Remember in the Prologue, when you made the potion for Triss?  That was to teach you, the player, how to make potions!  There's also a long conversation you can have with Kalkstein about how to make potions.  Basically, you need strong alcohol (i.e., anything that isn't wine or beer), and you need ingredients.  Where do you get these ingredients?  Well, herbs and monsters both contain ingredients.  You know how you occasionally run past a plant that's labeled "Celendine" if you press Alt or have labels up?  That's a sign that the bush has ingredients that you can use.  You know how you sometimes get ectoplasm when you kill barghests?  That's an ingredient that you can use.

To use herbs, you need the "herbalism" skill on the intelligence tree.  To get monster parts, you need to have an entry for the monster in the "Monster" section of your journal.  These ingredients can be used to make potions.  If you put a talent into oil-making, you can also use them to make sword enhancements.  And later on, you can put a talent into something that will allow you to make bombs.

The Witcher is different from games like Diablo and Titan Quest in that information is really important.  To gather herbs, not only do you need the herbalism skill, but you also need to read a book that tells you about that plant.  To get monster parts, you need to read a book that tells you (well, Geralt :)) how to cut the appropriate part out of the creature and what to use it for.  And that's just the tip of the iceberg; in Act II, you'll need to solve a mystery, and you'll need to gather lots of information to enable you to do so.

So, look through your journal.  You'll see that you have some formulae for making potions.  You'll see that you know about some ingredients.  You'll see that there are entries for some monsters in the "Monster" section of your journal (which is usually referred to as the bestiary).  You need to look through all of this AND buy books that will add to Geralt's knowledge.

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I'm now level 5 and distributed my 18 bronze point to i-dont-understand-what-skill-or-magic. What is the recommended level to go to next chapter?

There's a fairly tough boss monster at the end of this chapter, and you'll need to be considerably higher than Level 5 to deal with him.  You know that Beast that all the townspeople are talking about?  Well, guess who gets to kill him? ;)  You ARE a professional monster-slayer, after all.


All of this can sound rather overwhelming, when you hear about it all at once, but it's actually pretty simple.  Your journal is a tremendous help -- use it heavily.

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My guide tells a lot about quests, but it doesnt have bestiary, weapons and armor guide and the likes. Where can i find these info?

It does have a bestiary; that's the "Monster" tab on your journal.  To learn about monsters that aren't talked about in there, Geralt has to buy books from booksellers.  For some reason, the game calls booksellers "antiquarians," so if you need to buy a book, press Alt or turn on labels in the options and look for someone called Antiquarian.

As for armor and weapons, there are only three armors in the entire game (though the third one comes in three varieties).  That's it.  So there isn't much armor to keep track of, and getting the third -- and by far the most powerful -- armor will be a quest, towards the end of the game.

As for swords, there aren't very many swords you can buy, and only one of them is really worth it (I'm not counting forging your sword in this).  Most of the good swords you get will either be rewards for a completed quest, or you'll just find them lying around.  But again, there aren't very many of these.  Once you forge yourself a new sword, that'll be it for swords in Act 1.  There's a good sword in an area that's available to you in both Act II and Act III, but it's in a fairly dangerous section of that area, so you won't be able to get it until the end of Act II or maybe not even until Act III.  Upgrading your sword is more about what you put on it than the sword itself -- there are only a handful of swords in the game, but there are lots of oils, for lots of different kinds of critters.

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Lastly, I had sex with 3 women already (Triss and 2 women in Chapter I). Will it hurt my reputation if I have sex with every woman i find in the game?

Regardless of whether you have sex with every woman who's available or stay as chaste as a monk, Geralt has already developed a reputation as a ladies' man, and women will react to him with interest, and men will say things like, "A witcher!  Hide your women!"  So do whatever makes the game more fun for you.


Keep your eyes open!  There's a lot going on in this game, and it'll be a lot more fun to play if you understand what's happening.

Have fun!

[The Silver]

Really the only addition I can make to Coryleas post is that it is possible to obtain three red meterorites.
The first is given by Vesemir if you help him against the Frightener, the second during Leuvaardens quest and the third someplace I can't remember about.

[Corylea]

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Really the only addition I can make to Coryleas post is that it is possible to obtain three red meterorites.
The first is given by Vesemir if you help him against the Frightener, the second during Leuvaardens quest and the third someplace I can't remember about.

But if he's already in Act I, he can't get that now....

[The Silver]

Just mentioned it for the sake of completeness and in case he sidded with Vesemir.

[Staplewire]

Thanks so much for those info. They helped me a lot :D

I now have around 2k orens, mostly from playing dice (great source of oren)....i have learned how to mix potion already but what i got so far are all bad potion like i get blinded or pain....i trying to work on Swallow tho.

Thanks, i think those info will help me for the time being.

[56236]

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Thanks so much for those info. They helped me a lot :D

I now have around 2k orens, mostly from playing dice (great source of oren)....i have learned how to mix potion already but what i got so far are all bad potion like i get blinded or pain....i trying to work on Swallow tho.

Thanks, i think those info will help me for the time being.

Dice IS a great source of Orens.  ;D And NO, this info hasn't helped you for the time being if you know zilch about potions.
Though mixing potions is not hard. You just select the appropriate potion from the list on the scroll on the left and -'Voila'- potion ingredients automatically assembled. But you need the formula from somewhere though. Then you can manually exchange specific ingredients for alternative ones with special qualities. Enough said...  :peace:

[Corylea]

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i have learned how to mix potion already but what i got so far are all bad potion like i get blinded or pain....i trying to work on Swallow tho.

The formula for Swallow should already be in your journal; you shouldn't have to experiment to get that one!

And just in case you somehow missed getting the formula, it's one vitriol, two rebis, and one aether.  You should also have the formula for Cat, which you will need frequently.

[Petra_Silie]

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I now have around 2k orens, mostly from playing dice (great source of oren)....i have learned how to mix potion already but what i got so far are all bad potion like i get blinded or pain....i trying to work on Swallow tho.

Your chances to invent an useful potion are very small but just in case you succeed, please share it with us  :angel:

[Dezired]

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i have learned how to mix potion already but what i got so far are all bad potion like i get blinded or pain....i trying to work on Swallow tho.

The formula for Swallow should already be in your journal; you shouldn't have to experiment to get that one!

And just in case you somehow missed getting the formula, it's one vitriol, two rebis, and one aether.  You should also have the formula for Cat, which you will need frequently.

Yeah, and if you don't have the formula for Cat.. you better get it. I went through the whole game without having Cat potions (except early in the outskirts).. it was very, very annoying sometimes.

[Corylea]

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Yeah, and if you don't have the formula for Cat.. you better get it. I went through the whole game without having Cat potions (except early in the outskirts).. it was very, very annoying sometimes.

*blink*  Triss is supposed to give you the formula for Cat before you ever leave Kaer Morhen -- she says, "I have something I want to teach you," then the formula appears in your journal.  How did you manage not to get it?

Formulae for all the potions we know about are here: http://witcher.wikia...s_at_a_Glance.  I don't like to use potions that Geralt hasn't learned yet, though some people use them all from the very beginning.  But certainly if you were supposed to get a certain formula and somehow missed it, this can be a valuable reference!

[Dezired]

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Yeah, and if you don't have the formula for Cat.. you better get it. I went through the whole game without having Cat potions (except early in the outskirts).. it was very, very annoying sometimes.

*blink*  Triss is supposed to give you the formula for Cat before you ever leave Kaer Morhen -- she says, "I have something I want to teach you," then the formula appears in your journal.  How did you manage not to get it?

Formulae for all the potions we know about are here: http://witcher.wikia...s_at_a_Glance.  I don't like to use potions that Geralt hasn't learned yet, though some people use them all from the very beginning.  But certainly if you were supposed to get a certain formula and somehow missed it, this can be a valuable reference!

She never said that to me - playing my second time now and she didn't say that this time, too. Didn't find any books or scrolls that taught the Cat potion in the game later, either..

[Corylea]

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She never said that to me - playing my second time now and she didn't say that this time, too. Didn't find any books or scrolls that taught the Cat potion in the game later, either..

It's true that Triss doesn't tell you the formula unless you ask her if she knows anything about the mage that attacked the lab.  But Cat is also in The Book of the Swallow, which you should have by the time you enter the Outskirts.  Um, could you humor me and check your inventory to make sure you don't have a scroll called The Book of the Swallow?

Okay, pretend I'm Triss for a minute and let me whisper in your ear.

The formula for Cat is one portion of Rebis and two portions of Quebrith.

Okay, now you've been told, and you're allowed to use it. :D

[Dezired]

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She never said that to me - playing my second time now and she didn't say that this time, too. Didn't find any books or scrolls that taught the Cat potion in the game later, either..

It's true that Triss doesn't tell you the formula unless you ask her if she knows anything about the mage that attacked the lab.  But Cat is also in The Book of the Swallow, which you should have by the time you enter the Outskirts.  Um, could you humor me and check your inventory to make sure you don't have a scroll called The Book of the Swallow?

Okay, pretend I'm Triss for a minute and let me whisper in your ear.

The formula for Cat is one portion of Rebis and two portions of Quebrith.

Okay, now you've been told, and you're allowed to use it. :D

I didn't know how to make Swallow, either, until like.. Act IV. I'm not home at the moment, but I'm 99% sure that I don't have that book now and I didn't have it in my first playthrough..

Pfft, I don't trust Triss. For all I know I could get blind from that potion  :'(

[Corylea]

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I didn't know how to make Swallow, either, until like.. Act IV. I'm not home at the moment, but I'm 99% sure that I don't have that book now and I didn't have it in my first playthrough..

Good god, how did you survive!  The developers aren't that mean -- you were supposed to have both Cat and Swallow from Chapter 1 on!

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Pfft, I don't trust Triss. For all I know I could get blind from that potion  :'(

*snicker*  Too true!

BUT, you don't learn that she's potentially untrustworthy until Chapter 3.  In the Prologue, when she gives you the formula, she helped to save you.  They're talking about his recovery, and he says, "I owe that to you, Triss."  She asks if he remembers anything, and he says that he remembers swordplay and adds, "I feel a bond when we speak.  I know you were important."  So Geralt would take and use the potions she gives him in the Prologue. ;)