The Witcher 3

A - Witcher: she survives and takes up the Path. Consequences and preference: A gives Ciri a witcher's life and a reunion where Geralt presents her new sword; B gives a farewell in White Orchard as she leaves to become Emhyr's successor. C sends Geralt after the surviving Crone for Ciri's medallion, ending in grief rather than a reunion. Choose A for her life on the Path, B for her imperial future, or C for the tragic epilogue. ^{[S174] [S43]} Her later Corvo Bianco visit still depends on Geralt's relationship. ^[S60] Empress requires 3A. The straightforward witcher route skips Emhyr. Your choices are repeated at every personal decision. ^[S43] Achievement impact: every Ciri ending can complete the main-story achievements. Preserve the difficulty requirement separately.

B - Empress: she survives and accepts an imperial future. Consequences and preference: A gives Ciri a witcher's life and a reunion where Geralt presents her new sword; B gives a farewell in White Orchard as she leaves to become Emhyr's successor. C sends Geralt after the surviving Crone for Ciri's medallion, ending in grief rather than a reunion. Choose A for her life on the Path, B for her imperial future, or C for the tragic epilogue. ^{[S174] [S43]} Her later Corvo Bianco visit still depends on Geralt's relationship. ^[S60] Empress requires 3A. The straightforward witcher route skips Emhyr. Your choices are repeated at every personal decision. ^[S43] Achievement impact: every Ciri ending can complete the main-story achievements. Preserve the difficulty requirement separately.

C - Tragic: she does not return in Geralt's ending; her ultimate fate remains ambiguous. Consequences and preference: A gives Ciri a witcher's life and a reunion where Geralt presents her new sword; B gives a farewell in White Orchard as she leaves to become Emhyr's successor. C sends Geralt after the surviving Crone for Ciri's medallion, ending in grief rather than a reunion. Choose A for her life on the Path, B for her imperial future, or C for the tragic epilogue. ^{[S174] [S43]} Her later Corvo Bianco visit still depends on Geralt's relationship. ^[S60] Empress requires 3A. The straightforward witcher route skips Emhyr. Your choices are repeated at every personal decision. ^[S43] Achievement impact: every Ciri ending can complete the main-story achievements. Preserve the difficulty requirement separately.

A - Yennefer: commit to her and leave Triss as a friend. Consequences and preference: A gives Geralt and Yennefer a quiet life away from politics. B settles Geralt and Triss in Kovir, where she advises the king and he takes occasional contracts. C leaves Geralt on the Path. A/B bring the chosen partner to Corvo Bianco; C instead brings surviving Ciri or, if she is lost, Dandelion. ^[S199] D adds the staged Three to Tango invitation: the women leave Geralt tied to a bed until Dandelion frees him, ending both relationships and using C's visitor rules. ^{[S200] [S199]} Choose your preferred shared future, independence or the rejection scene. The link starts at Triss's first relevant decision, then links onward to Yennefer. Other optional encounters do not cancel these commitments. ^[S44] Achievement impact: no romance is required for Full Crew. Triss does not have to be Geralt's partner; complete the companion/recruitment steps in the route.

B - Triss: commit to her and turn Yennefer down. Consequences and preference: A gives Geralt and Yennefer a quiet life away from politics. B settles Geralt and Triss in Kovir, where she advises the king and he takes occasional contracts. C leaves Geralt on the Path. A/B bring the chosen partner to Corvo Bianco; C instead brings surviving Ciri or, if she is lost, Dandelion. ^[S199] D adds the staged Three to Tango invitation: the women leave Geralt tied to a bed until Dandelion frees him, ending both relationships and using C's visitor rules. ^{[S200] [S199]} Choose your preferred shared future, independence or the rejection scene. The link starts at Triss's first relevant decision, then links onward to Yennefer. Other optional encounters do not cancel these commitments. ^[S44] Achievement impact: no romance is required for Full Crew. Triss does not have to be Geralt's partner; complete the companion/recruitment steps in the route.

C - Single: decline both long-term commitments. Consequences and preference: A gives Geralt and Yennefer a quiet life away from politics. B settles Geralt and Triss in Kovir, where she advises the king and he takes occasional contracts. C leaves Geralt on the Path. A/B bring the chosen partner to Corvo Bianco; C instead brings surviving Ciri or, if she is lost, Dandelion. ^[S199] D adds the staged Three to Tango invitation: the women leave Geralt tied to a bed until Dandelion frees him, ending both relationships and using C's visitor rules. ^{[S200] [S199]} Choose your preferred shared future, independence or the rejection scene. The link starts at Triss's first relevant decision, then links onward to Yennefer. Other optional encounters do not cancel these commitments. ^[S44] Achievement impact: no romance is required for Full Crew. Triss does not have to be Geralt's partner; complete the companion/recruitment steps in the route.

D - Pursue both: see It Takes Three to Tango and lose both relationships. Consequences and preference: A gives Geralt and Yennefer a quiet life away from politics. B settles Geralt and Triss in Kovir, where she advises the king and he takes occasional contracts. C leaves Geralt on the Path. A/B bring the chosen partner to Corvo Bianco; C instead brings surviving Ciri or, if she is lost, Dandelion. ^[S199] D adds the staged Three to Tango invitation: the women leave Geralt tied to a bed until Dandelion frees him, ending both relationships and using C's visitor rules. ^{[S200] [S199]} Choose your preferred shared future, independence or the rejection scene. The link starts at Triss's first relevant decision, then links onward to Yennefer. Other optional encounters do not cancel these commitments. ^[S44] Achievement impact: no romance is required for Full Crew. Triss does not have to be Geralt's partner; complete the companion/recruitment steps in the route.

A - Nilfgaard wins; Temeria becomes a vassal state. Roche, Ves and Thaler live; Radovid and Dijkstra die. Consequences and preference: The assassination first kills Radovid through Philippa. A then makes Geralt fight Dijkstra to save Roche, Ves and Thaler; their imperial agreement produces Temeria's vassal future. B makes Geralt walk away while Dijkstra kills those three and takes control of the North. C preserves Radovid and his victory by abandoning the plot. Choose A for the surviving allies and Temerian compromise, B for Dijkstra's rule at their expense, or C for Radovid's surviving regime. ^{[S175] [S45]} War epilogue: A puts Novigrad and Redania under Nilfgaard, restores Temeria as an imperial vassal and leaves Emhyr alive to purge domestic conspirators. B defeats Nilfgaard and gives Dijkstra a ruthless program of settlement, industrialization and preparation for war, often imposed against his subjects' will. C defeats Nilfgaard under Radovid, whose persecution spreads through Temeria and Aedirn, killing herbalists, pellars, healers and nonhumans. In B/C, defeated Emhyr is assassinated by his own opposition. ^[S198] 3C needs an alternate branch for Assassin of Kings. Complete the early political prerequisites in section 5.4 before any late ending link is useful. ^[S45] ACHIEVEMENT LOCKOUT - 3C: keeping Radovid alive misses Assassin of Kings on that branch. Preserve checkpoint I, complete Reason of State on a 3A or 3B detour, confirm the unlock, then reload to before the assassination. Both 3A and 3B can earn it. ^[S45]

B - Dijkstra wins and rules the North. Radovid, Roche, Ves and Thaler die. Consequences and preference: The assassination first kills Radovid through Philippa. A then makes Geralt fight Dijkstra to save Roche, Ves and Thaler; their imperial agreement produces Temeria's vassal future. B makes Geralt walk away while Dijkstra kills those three and takes control of the North. C preserves Radovid and his victory by abandoning the plot. Choose A for the surviving allies and Temerian compromise, B for Dijkstra's rule at their expense, or C for Radovid's surviving regime. ^{[S175] [S45]} War epilogue: A puts Novigrad and Redania under Nilfgaard, restores Temeria as an imperial vassal and leaves Emhyr alive to purge domestic conspirators. B defeats Nilfgaard and gives Dijkstra a ruthless program of settlement, industrialization and preparation for war, often imposed against his subjects' will. C defeats Nilfgaard under Radovid, whose persecution spreads through Temeria and Aedirn, killing herbalists, pellars, healers and nonhumans. In B/C, defeated Emhyr is assassinated by his own opposition. ^[S198] 3C needs an alternate branch for Assassin of Kings. Complete the early political prerequisites in section 5.4 before any late ending link is useful. ^[S45] ACHIEVEMENT LOCKOUT - 3C: keeping Radovid alive misses Assassin of Kings on that branch. Preserve checkpoint I, complete Reason of State on a 3A or 3B detour, confirm the unlock, then reload to before the assassination. Both 3A and 3B can earn it. ^[S45]

C - Radovid survives and wins; leave his assassination unfinished on the continuing save. Consequences and preference: The assassination first kills Radovid through Philippa. A then makes Geralt fight Dijkstra to save Roche, Ves and Thaler; their imperial agreement produces Temeria's vassal future. B makes Geralt walk away while Dijkstra kills those three and takes control of the North. C preserves Radovid and his victory by abandoning the plot. Choose A for the surviving allies and Temerian compromise, B for Dijkstra's rule at their expense, or C for Radovid's surviving regime. ^{[S175] [S45]} War epilogue: A puts Novigrad and Redania under Nilfgaard, restores Temeria as an imperial vassal and leaves Emhyr alive to purge domestic conspirators. B defeats Nilfgaard and gives Dijkstra a ruthless program of settlement, industrialization and preparation for war, often imposed against his subjects' will. C defeats Nilfgaard under Radovid, whose persecution spreads through Temeria and Aedirn, killing herbalists, pellars, healers and nonhumans. In B/C, defeated Emhyr is assassinated by his own opposition. ^[S198] 3C needs an alternate branch for Assassin of Kings. Complete the early political prerequisites in section 5.4 before any late ending link is useful. ^[S45] ACHIEVEMENT LOCKOUT - 3C: keeping Radovid alive misses Assassin of Kings on that branch. Preserve checkpoint I, complete Reason of State on a 3A or 3B detour, confirm the unlock, then reload to before the assassination. Both 3A and 3B can earn it. ^[S45]

A - Cerys: investigate with her, gain the cellar Place of Power and crown her. Consequences and preference: A investigates poisoned mead with Cerys, exposes Birna's conspiracy and condemns Birna; it also opens the otherwise missed cellar Place of Power. B follows Hjalmar into the berserker cult, crowns him after the fighting and leaves the mastermind unexposed on that investigation. C abandons both investigations and leaves the crown to Svanrige. Choose Cerys for the solved conspiracy and her rule, Hjalmar for his martial reign, or Svanrige for the alternate succession despite the recruitment cost. The ending narration gives Cerys peace and prosperity, Hjalmar continued bloody raids, and Svanrige a centralized absolute monarchy built by shedding his countrymen's blood. ^{[S176] [S27] [S196]} Cerys/Hjalmar preserves Hjalmar's recruitment. Svanrige needs a separate, lengthy Coronation/Full Crew branch from checkpoint E. ^[S46] ACHIEVEMENT LOCKOUT - 4C: Svanrige blocks Kingmaker and Hjalmar's contribution to Full Crew. From checkpoint E, use 4A/B, finish Coronation for Kingmaker, then recruit the required allies for Full Crew before reloading E. That temporary branch must also keep Keira on 8A and Ves alive; if it does not, restore the earlier save. ^{[S116] [S46]} Gear timing: win Hjalmar's steel sword before speaking to Crach at the banquet; missing that wager loses this sword. Do it before the later ruler choice on any branch that attends the feast. Keep E. ^[S126]

B - Hjalmar: help his investigation and crown him; his reign favors raids. Consequences and preference: A investigates poisoned mead with Cerys, exposes Birna's conspiracy and condemns Birna; it also opens the otherwise missed cellar Place of Power. B follows Hjalmar into the berserker cult, crowns him after the fighting and leaves the mastermind unexposed on that investigation. C abandons both investigations and leaves the crown to Svanrige. Choose Cerys for the solved conspiracy and her rule, Hjalmar for his martial reign, or Svanrige for the alternate succession despite the recruitment cost. The ending narration gives Cerys peace and prosperity, Hjalmar continued bloody raids, and Svanrige a centralized absolute monarchy built by shedding his countrymen's blood. ^{[S176] [S27] [S196]} Cerys/Hjalmar preserves Hjalmar's recruitment. Svanrige needs a separate, lengthy Coronation/Full Crew branch from checkpoint E. ^[S46] ACHIEVEMENT LOCKOUT - 4C: Svanrige blocks Kingmaker and Hjalmar's contribution to Full Crew. From checkpoint E, use 4A/B, finish Coronation for Kingmaker, then recruit the required allies for Full Crew before reloading E. That temporary branch must also keep Keira on 8A and Ves alive; if it does not, restore the earlier save. ^{[S116] [S46]} Gear timing: win Hjalmar's steel sword before speaking to Crach at the banquet; missing that wager loses this sword. Do it before the later ruler choice on any branch that attends the feast. Keep E. ^[S126]

C - Svanrige: decline to help either sibling after the banquet attack. Consequences and preference: A investigates poisoned mead with Cerys, exposes Birna's conspiracy and condemns Birna; it also opens the otherwise missed cellar Place of Power. B follows Hjalmar into the berserker cult, crowns him after the fighting and leaves the mastermind unexposed on that investigation. C abandons both investigations and leaves the crown to Svanrige. Choose Cerys for the solved conspiracy and her rule, Hjalmar for his martial reign, or Svanrige for the alternate succession despite the recruitment cost. The ending narration gives Cerys peace and prosperity, Hjalmar continued bloody raids, and Svanrige a centralized absolute monarchy built by shedding his countrymen's blood. ^{[S176] [S27] [S196]} Cerys/Hjalmar preserves Hjalmar's recruitment. Svanrige needs a separate, lengthy Coronation/Full Crew branch from checkpoint E. ^[S46] ACHIEVEMENT LOCKOUT - 4C: Svanrige blocks Kingmaker and Hjalmar's contribution to Full Crew. From checkpoint E, use 4A/B, finish Coronation for Kingmaker, then recruit the required allies for Full Crew before reloading E. That temporary branch must also keep Keira on 8A and Ves alive; if it does not, restore the earlier save. ^{[S116] [S46]} Gear timing: win Hjalmar's steel sword before speaking to Crach at the banquet; missing that wager loses this sword. Do it before the later ruler choice on any branch that attends the feast. Keep E. ^[S126]

A - Kill the spirit: the orphans die; Downwarren survives; Anna lives but is mentally unwell, and the Baron takes her away. Consequences and preference: A sacrifices the children to preserve Downwarren and leaves Anna alive with severe mental illness; the Baron departs to seek treatment for her. B saves the children through the spirit, but the spirit destroys Downwarren and the Crones punish Anna: her final release from the curse kills her, and the Baron subsequently hangs himself. Choose whose survival you want to prioritize; neither normal route saves every group. The doll choice affects Anna's final scene, not these losses. ^[S47] These are the normal quest-sequence outcomes. No early-order save-everyone claim is assumed. The hollyhock doll gives Anna a final human conversation in 5B, not permanent survival. ^[S47] Achievement impact: either spirit outcome can complete Family Counselor. Win the Baron's Gwent card before resolving his story, as the local checkpoint requires.

B - Free the spirit: the orphans escape; Downwarren is destroyed; Anna dies and the Baron hangs himself. Consequences and preference: A sacrifices the children to preserve Downwarren and leaves Anna alive with severe mental illness; the Baron departs to seek treatment for her. B saves the children through the spirit, but the spirit destroys Downwarren and the Crones punish Anna: her final release from the curse kills her, and the Baron subsequently hangs himself. Choose whose survival you want to prioritize; neither normal route saves every group. The doll choice affects Anna's final scene, not these losses. ^[S47] These are the normal quest-sequence outcomes. No early-order save-everyone claim is assumed. The hollyhock doll gives Anna a final human conversation in 5B, not permanent survival. ^[S47] Achievement impact: either spirit outcome can complete Family Counselor. Win the Baron's Gwent card before resolving his story, as the local checkpoint requires.

A - Save Olgierd: defeat Gaunter's challenge; collect the Viper venomous silver sword and receive Iris. Consequences and preference: A stakes Geralt's own soul on the timed riddle. Success banishes Gaunter, restores Olgierd's mortality and feelings, and leaves him alive to start again; he gives Geralt Iris. Failure requires a reload. B watches Gaunter collect Olgierd's soul and then accepts or refuses a gift. Geralt's facial brand is removed on either completed ending. Choose A for Olgierd's second chance and swords, B for Gaunter's special gift at the cost of Olgierd's life. ^[S183] Keep checkpoint O for incompatible rewards. Neither finale requires a particular choice about Iris's rose. ^[S16] Achievement impact: 6A and 6B both earn Pacta Sunt Servanda when the expansion is finished. Iris, the Viper sword and Gaunter's gifts are item tradeoffs, not separate ending achievements. ^[S02] GEAR CHOICE: 6A offers Iris and the one-visit Viper venomous silver sword, but no Gaunter gift. 6B loses those two swords and offers one reward from 18. Keep O; the gear remains only on its own saved branch. ^[S127]

B - Let Gaunter take Olgierd: choose one special reward under 18 instead. Consequences and preference: A stakes Geralt's own soul on the timed riddle. Success banishes Gaunter, restores Olgierd's mortality and feelings, and leaves him alive to start again; he gives Geralt Iris. Failure requires a reload. B watches Gaunter collect Olgierd's soul and then accepts or refuses a gift. Geralt's facial brand is removed on either completed ending. Choose A for Olgierd's second chance and swords, B for Gaunter's special gift at the cost of Olgierd's life. ^[S183] Keep checkpoint O for incompatible rewards. Neither finale requires a particular choice about Iris's rose. ^[S16] Achievement impact: 6A and 6B both earn Pacta Sunt Servanda when the expansion is finished. Iris, the Viper sword and Gaunter's gifts are item tradeoffs, not separate ending achievements. ^[S02] GEAR CHOICE: 6A offers Iris and the one-visit Viper venomous silver sword, but no Gaunter gift. 6B loses those two swords and offers one reward from 18. Keep O; the gear remains only on its own saved branch. ^[S127]

A - Both sisters live and reconcile; Dettlaff dies. Fairy-tale route, ribbon and reconciliation. Consequences and preference: A preserves Anna's rule and the sisters' reconciliation. B/C leave Anna grieving Syanna and punish Geralt with prison, followed by Dandelion's intervention; B alone leaves Dettlaff alive. D/E receive the medal before Syanna stabs Anna during their embrace and Damien kills Syanna, leading to the royal-crypt mourning scene. Whenever Dettlaff dies, Regis's killing of another vampire makes him an outcast among vampires. Choose family reconciliation, mercy for Dettlaff, or a tragic court ending with your preferred loot route. ^{[S192] [S193]} A/D/E are medal routes; B/C are prison routes. Both ending achievements require a saved detour. No normal route leaves Anna, Syanna and Dettlaff all alive. ^[S48] Compatibility: 1B requires 3A. 3C needs an assassination detour. 4C and 8B/C need a Full Crew branch. 14B needs a leshen-kill detour. 7A/D/E needs a prison detour; 7B/C needs a medal detour. Romance and Ciri outcomes determine your Corvo Bianco visitor. ^{[S43] [S46] [S60]} MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE ACHIEVEMENTS: 7A/D/E earn Last Action Hero at the medal ceremony and miss Kling of the Clink on that branch. 7B/C earn Kling of the Clink in prison and miss Last Action Hero. Keep T before the Elder/fairy-tale split and U before taking the ribbon; complete and verify both achievement branches before keeping your chosen world. ^{[S118] [S22]} GEAR CHOICE: 7D opens the full Hen Gaidth set and Cantata; 7A/B/C/E open Vitis, relic Toussaint armor and the fairy-tale Gesheft. The complete collections cannot be combined by reloading. The Hen Gaidth sword/gauntlets have a limited key-based exception explained at the route split. Keep T. ^{[S128] [S129] [S130] [S131]}

B - Syanna dies, Anna lives, Dettlaff is spared. No ribbon; Geralt goes to prison. Consequences and preference: A preserves Anna's rule and the sisters' reconciliation. B/C leave Anna grieving Syanna and punish Geralt with prison, followed by Dandelion's intervention; B alone leaves Dettlaff alive. D/E receive the medal before Syanna stabs Anna during their embrace and Damien kills Syanna, leading to the royal-crypt mourning scene. Whenever Dettlaff dies, Regis's killing of another vampire makes him an outcast among vampires. Choose family reconciliation, mercy for Dettlaff, or a tragic court ending with your preferred loot route. ^{[S192] [S193]} A/D/E are medal routes; B/C are prison routes. Both ending achievements require a saved detour. No normal route leaves Anna, Syanna and Dettlaff all alive. ^[S48] Compatibility: 1B requires 3A. 3C needs an assassination detour. 4C and 8B/C need a Full Crew branch. 14B needs a leshen-kill detour. 7A/D/E needs a prison detour; 7B/C needs a medal detour. Romance and Ciri outcomes determine your Corvo Bianco visitor. ^{[S43] [S46] [S60]} MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE ACHIEVEMENTS: 7A/D/E earn Last Action Hero at the medal ceremony and miss Kling of the Clink on that branch. 7B/C earn Kling of the Clink in prison and miss Last Action Hero. Keep T before the Elder/fairy-tale split and U before taking the ribbon; complete and verify both achievement branches before keeping your chosen world. ^{[S118] [S22]} GEAR CHOICE: 7D opens the full Hen Gaidth set and Cantata; 7A/B/C/E open Vitis, relic Toussaint armor and the fairy-tale Gesheft. The complete collections cannot be combined by reloading. The Hen Gaidth sword/gauntlets have a limited key-based exception explained at the route split. Keep T. ^{[S128] [S129] [S130] [S131]}

C - Syanna and Dettlaff die, Anna lives. No ribbon; Geralt fights him, then goes to prison. Consequences and preference: A preserves Anna's rule and the sisters' reconciliation. B/C leave Anna grieving Syanna and punish Geralt with prison, followed by Dandelion's intervention; B alone leaves Dettlaff alive. D/E receive the medal before Syanna stabs Anna during their embrace and Damien kills Syanna, leading to the royal-crypt mourning scene. Whenever Dettlaff dies, Regis's killing of another vampire makes him an outcast among vampires. Choose family reconciliation, mercy for Dettlaff, or a tragic court ending with your preferred loot route. ^{[S192] [S193]} A/D/E are medal routes; B/C are prison routes. Both ending achievements require a saved detour. No normal route leaves Anna, Syanna and Dettlaff all alive. ^[S48] Compatibility: 1B requires 3A. 3C needs an assassination detour. 4C and 8B/C need a Full Crew branch. 14B needs a leshen-kill detour. 7A/D/E needs a prison detour; 7B/C needs a medal detour. Romance and Ciri outcomes determine your Corvo Bianco visitor. ^{[S43] [S46] [S60]} MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE ACHIEVEMENTS: 7A/D/E earn Last Action Hero at the medal ceremony and miss Kling of the Clink on that branch. 7B/C earn Kling of the Clink in prison and miss Last Action Hero. Keep T before the Elder/fairy-tale split and U before taking the ribbon; complete and verify both achievement branches before keeping your chosen world. ^{[S118] [S22]} GEAR CHOICE: 7D opens the full Hen Gaidth set and Cantata; 7A/B/C/E open Vitis, relic Toussaint armor and the fairy-tale Gesheft. The complete collections cannot be combined by reloading. The Hen Gaidth sword/gauntlets have a limited key-based exception explained at the route split. Keep T. ^{[S128] [S129] [S130] [S131]}

D - Both sisters and Dettlaff die. Use the Unseen Elder route and retain its Hen Gaidth equipment. Consequences and preference: A preserves Anna's rule and the sisters' reconciliation. B/C leave Anna grieving Syanna and punish Geralt with prison, followed by Dandelion's intervention; B alone leaves Dettlaff alive. D/E receive the medal before Syanna stabs Anna during their embrace and Damien kills Syanna, leading to the royal-crypt mourning scene. Whenever Dettlaff dies, Regis's killing of another vampire makes him an outcast among vampires. Choose family reconciliation, mercy for Dettlaff, or a tragic court ending with your preferred loot route. ^{[S192] [S193]} A/D/E are medal routes; B/C are prison routes. Both ending achievements require a saved detour. No normal route leaves Anna, Syanna and Dettlaff all alive. ^[S48] Compatibility: 1B requires 3A. 3C needs an assassination detour. 4C and 8B/C need a Full Crew branch. 14B needs a leshen-kill detour. 7A/D/E needs a prison detour; 7B/C needs a medal detour. Romance and Ciri outcomes determine your Corvo Bianco visitor. ^{[S43] [S46] [S60]} MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE ACHIEVEMENTS: 7A/D/E earn Last Action Hero at the medal ceremony and miss Kling of the Clink on that branch. 7B/C earn Kling of the Clink in prison and miss Last Action Hero. Keep T before the Elder/fairy-tale split and U before taking the ribbon; complete and verify both achievement branches before keeping your chosen world. ^{[S118] [S22]} GEAR CHOICE: 7D opens the full Hen Gaidth set and Cantata; 7A/B/C/E open Vitis, relic Toussaint armor and the fairy-tale Gesheft. The complete collections cannot be combined by reloading. The Hen Gaidth sword/gauntlets have a limited key-based exception explained at the route split. Keep T. ^{[S128] [S129] [S130] [S131]}

E - Both sisters and Dettlaff die, but retain the fairy-tale route's loot: obtain the ribbon and deliberately omit the final reconciliation. Consequences and preference: A preserves Anna's rule and the sisters' reconciliation. B/C leave Anna grieving Syanna and punish Geralt with prison, followed by Dandelion's intervention; B alone leaves Dettlaff alive. D/E receive the medal before Syanna stabs Anna during their embrace and Damien kills Syanna, leading to the royal-crypt mourning scene. Whenever Dettlaff dies, Regis's killing of another vampire makes him an outcast among vampires. Choose family reconciliation, mercy for Dettlaff, or a tragic court ending with your preferred loot route. ^{[S192] [S193]} A/D/E are medal routes; B/C are prison routes. Both ending achievements require a saved detour. No normal route leaves Anna, Syanna and Dettlaff all alive. ^[S48] Compatibility: 1B requires 3A. 3C needs an assassination detour. 4C and 8B/C need a Full Crew branch. 14B needs a leshen-kill detour. 7A/D/E needs a prison detour; 7B/C needs a medal detour. Romance and Ciri outcomes determine your Corvo Bianco visitor. ^{[S43] [S46] [S60]} MUTUALLY EXCLUSIVE ACHIEVEMENTS: 7A/D/E earn Last Action Hero at the medal ceremony and miss Kling of the Clink on that branch. 7B/C earn Kling of the Clink in prison and miss Last Action Hero. Keep T before the Elder/fairy-tale split and U before taking the ribbon; complete and verify both achievement branches before keeping your chosen world. ^{[S118] [S22]} GEAR CHOICE: 7D opens the full Hen Gaidth set and Cantata; 7A/B/C/E open Vitis, relic Toussaint armor and the fairy-tale Gesheft. The complete collections cannot be combined by reloading. The Hen Gaidth sword/gauntlets have a limited key-based exception explained at the route split. Keep T. ^{[S128] [S129] [S130] [S131]}

A - Expose Napp: Willis identifies his attacker, but Nilfgaard hangs Napp. Willis pays 20 crowns. Choosing by outcome: A favors identifying the arsonist, at the cost of his life and greater hostility toward Willis; B prevents the execution but leaves Willis without the truth. Both complete the quest and retain his armorer services. Read the local details for the later village reaction and the shop-discount caveat. ^{[S61] [S902]}

B - Conceal Napp's guilt: he survives this quest and pays you 20 crowns; Willis is told the culprit escaped detection. Choosing by outcome: A favors identifying the arsonist, at the cost of his life and greater hostility toward Willis; B prevents the execution but leaves Willis without the truth. Both complete the quest and retain his armorer services. Read the local details for the later village reaction and the shop-discount caveat. ^{[S61] [S902]}

A - Expose the lie, then free the partisan with the medicine. Consequences and preference: The alleged merchant is a Temerian partisan who killed a Nilfgaardian transport driver to obtain medicine. A releases him with it to help wounded comrades and pays 30 crowns. B releases him but withholds the medicine, paying 50 crowns plus five celandine. C hands him to the occupying soldiers for 30 crowns; his eventual punishment is implied, not shown. D quietly returns the box for 20 crowns without hearing his explanation. Choose resistance aid, personal profit, law enforcement, or minimal investigation. ^{[S157] [S62]}

B - Expose the lie, release the partisan but keep the medicine. Consequences and preference: The alleged merchant is a Temerian partisan who killed a Nilfgaardian transport driver to obtain medicine. A releases him with it to help wounded comrades and pays 30 crowns. B releases him but withholds the medicine, paying 50 crowns plus five celandine. C hands him to the occupying soldiers for 30 crowns; his eventual punishment is implied, not shown. D quietly returns the box for 20 crowns without hearing his explanation. Choose resistance aid, personal profit, law enforcement, or minimal investigation. ^{[S157] [S62]}

C - Expose the lie and hand him to Nilfgaard. Consequences and preference: The alleged merchant is a Temerian partisan who killed a Nilfgaardian transport driver to obtain medicine. A releases him with it to help wounded comrades and pays 30 crowns. B releases him but withholds the medicine, paying 50 crowns plus five celandine. C hands him to the occupying soldiers for 30 crowns; his eventual punishment is implied, not shown. D quietly returns the box for 20 crowns without hearing his explanation. Choose resistance aid, personal profit, law enforcement, or minimal investigation. ^{[S157] [S62]}

D - Return the strongbox without exposing the lie. Consequences and preference: The alleged merchant is a Temerian partisan who killed a Nilfgaardian transport driver to obtain medicine. A releases him with it to help wounded comrades and pays 30 crowns. B releases him but withholds the medicine, paying 50 crowns plus five celandine. C hands him to the occupying soldiers for 30 crowns; his eventual punishment is implied, not shown. D quietly returns the box for 20 crowns without hearing his explanation. Choose resistance aid, personal profit, law enforcement, or minimal investigation. ^{[S157] [S62]}

A - Dune shelters both Bastien and the Nilfgaardian who saved him. Consequences and preference: Bastien survives because the wounded Nilfgaardian Rhosyn helped him off the battlefield. A persuades Dune to shelter them both despite his fear of the occupation's punishment, preserving both soldiers. B rescues Bastien but abandons Rhosyn; the journal describes the deserted soldier's fate as certain death. Choose solidarity with the man who saved Bastien or Dune's narrower duty to his brother. Do not expect a later Nilfgaardian raid on the household: that consequence is not established here. ^{[S158] [S63]}

B - Dune takes only his brother; Rhosyn is left behind. Consequences and preference: Bastien survives because the wounded Nilfgaardian Rhosyn helped him off the battlefield. A persuades Dune to shelter them both despite his fear of the occupation's punishment, preserving both soldiers. B rescues Bastien but abandons Rhosyn; the journal describes the deserted soldier's fate as certain death. Choose solidarity with the man who saved Bastien or Dune's narrower duty to his brother. Do not expect a later Nilfgaardian raid on the household: that consequence is not established here. ^{[S158] [S63]}

A - Give Lena Swallow; her body heals but the later report describes severe mental damage. Consequences and preference: A tries a witcher potion on a dying human: Tomira rewards the attempt with 50 crowns, Cursed Oil's recipe, a book and ingredients, but there is no immediate miraculous recovery. The later Nilfgaardian soldier describes Lena as physically alive yet severely impaired; he regrets the treatment. B refuses or misses the treatment and Lena dies, sacrificing the quest's completed reward and follow-up. Choose the dangerous attempt to preserve life or declining that experiment; neither is a verified healthy recovery. ^{[S190] [S80] [S80]}

B - Withhold the potion; Lena dies. Consequences and preference: A tries a witcher potion on a dying human: Tomira rewards the attempt with 50 crowns, Cursed Oil's recipe, a book and ingredients, but there is no immediate miraculous recovery. The later Nilfgaardian soldier describes Lena as physically alive yet severely impaired; he regrets the treatment. B refuses or misses the treatment and Lena dies, sacrificing the quest's completed reward and follow-up. Choose the dangerous attempt to preserve life or declining that experiment; neither is a verified healthy recovery. ^{[S190] [S80] [S80]}

A - Send Keira to Kaer Morhen: she survives and can count for Full Crew. Consequences and preference: A replaces Keira's dangerous deal with sanctuary and a role in the Kaer Morhen battle. B has Geralt kill her during the argument and destroy the research; C lets her try to bargain with Radovid, who has her executed instead. C can lead to the later recovery of her body with Triss; it does not rescue her. Choose A to preserve her life and companion content, B to destroy her plan by force, or C to let her make the fatal gamble. ^{[S178] [S49]} B/C need a separate A branch through the Kaer Morhen battle for Full Crew. A late recruitment save cannot undo this earlier choice. ^[S49] ACHIEVEMENT LOCKOUT - 8B/8C: killing Keira or sending her to Radovid blocks Full Crew. Save before the Fyke Isle confrontation, use 8A for the recruitment/battle branch, confirm Full Crew, then reload. Friends With Benefits can still be earned by finishing her subplot with any of these three endings. ^{[S46] [S117]}

B - Fight and kill Keira. Consequences and preference: A replaces Keira's dangerous deal with sanctuary and a role in the Kaer Morhen battle. B has Geralt kill her during the argument and destroy the research; C lets her try to bargain with Radovid, who has her executed instead. C can lead to the later recovery of her body with Triss; it does not rescue her. Choose A to preserve her life and companion content, B to destroy her plan by force, or C to let her make the fatal gamble. ^{[S178] [S49]} B/C need a separate A branch through the Kaer Morhen battle for Full Crew. A late recruitment save cannot undo this earlier choice. ^[S49] ACHIEVEMENT LOCKOUT - 8B/8C: killing Keira or sending her to Radovid blocks Full Crew. Save before the Fyke Isle confrontation, use 8A for the recruitment/battle branch, confirm Full Crew, then reload. Friends With Benefits can still be earned by finishing her subplot with any of these three endings. ^{[S46] [S117]}

C - Let her go to Radovid: she is executed. Consequences and preference: A replaces Keira's dangerous deal with sanctuary and a role in the Kaer Morhen battle. B has Geralt kill her during the argument and destroy the research; C lets her try to bargain with Radovid, who has her executed instead. C can lead to the later recovery of her body with Triss; it does not rescue her. Choose A to preserve her life and companion content, B to destroy her plan by force, or C to let her make the fatal gamble. ^{[S178] [S49]} B/C need a separate A branch through the Kaer Morhen battle for Full Crew. A late recruitment save cannot undo this earlier choice. ^[S49] ACHIEVEMENT LOCKOUT - 8B/8C: killing Keira or sending her to Radovid blocks Full Crew. Save before the Fyke Isle confrontation, use 8A for the recruitment/battle branch, confirm Full Crew, then reload. Friends With Benefits can still be earned by finishing her subplot with any of these three endings. ^{[S46] [S117]}

A - Bring Graham to the tower: Anabelle is laid to rest; Graham dies. Consequences and preference: A brings Graham back to Anabelle; his fatal kiss proves his love and lays the plague maiden to rest. B carries her remains out of the tower, enabling her to kill Graham at his home and escape into the world as a disease-spreading spirit. Both continue Keira's quest chain. Choose A to end Anabelle's curse, B to see the deception and release outcome; Graham's death is not avoidable through either completed resolution. ^[S164] Watch the murdered looter with Keira's lamp before the decision. Graham cannot be saved through either completed branch. ^[S52]

B - Take her bones to Graham: he dies and the plague maiden is released. Consequences and preference: A brings Graham back to Anabelle; his fatal kiss proves his love and lays the plague maiden to rest. B carries her remains out of the tower, enabling her to kill Graham at his home and escape into the world as a disease-spreading spirit. Both continue Keira's quest chain. Choose A to end Anabelle's curse, B to see the deception and release outcome; Graham's death is not avoidable through either completed resolution. ^[S164] Watch the murdered looter with Keira's lamp before the decision. Graham cannot be saved through either completed branch. ^[S52]

A - Spare Gaetan; Take What You Want opens his cache and Teigr. Consequences and preference: Gaetan admits slaughtering Honorton after the villagers tried to cheat and kill him; he spared Millie, but the others remain dead on either branch. A leaves him alive and opens his bandit-guarded cache, with Teigr and additional supplies/coin. B kills him in a witcher duel and obtains Teigr directly. Millie's rescue and later thank-you drawing are available either way. Choose mercy toward Gaetan's explanation or punishment for the massacre; neither choice restores Honorton. ^[S194] Escort Millie to her aunt in either outcome. Teigr is obtainable in both, but the cache quest is exclusive to sparing him. ^[S54] Gear on either outcome: Teigr is available on both 13A and 13B. Spare him and collect it from the Take What You Want cache, or kill him and loot his body. Verify the sword before leaving its reward location. ^[S54]

B - Kill Gaetan; loot Teigr from his body. Consequences and preference: Gaetan admits slaughtering Honorton after the villagers tried to cheat and kill him; he spared Millie, but the others remain dead on either branch. A leaves him alive and opens his bandit-guarded cache, with Teigr and additional supplies/coin. B kills him in a witcher duel and obtains Teigr directly. Millie's rescue and later thank-you drawing are available either way. Choose mercy toward Gaetan's explanation or punishment for the massacre; neither choice restores Honorton. ^[S194] Escort Millie to her aunt in either outcome. Teigr is obtainable in both, but the cache quest is exclusive to sparing him. ^[S54] Gear on either outcome: Teigr is available on both 13A and 13B. Spare him and collect it from the Take What You Want cache, or kill him and loot his body. Verify the sword before leaving its reward location. ^[S54]

A - Protect Margrit; kill Niellen in combat. Consequences and preference: Margrit loved Niellen and led Hanna to see his werewolf form, hoping to break up their marriage; he unknowingly killed Hanna. A stops his revenge, leaving Margrit alive while Niellen dies in combat. B permits him to kill Margrit, after which he requests his own death; both perish. C takes 55 crowns to cover up the investigation, with another optional 10 from Niellen, leaving the truth unrevealed and both alive. Choose preventing revenge, accepting Niellen's fatal vengeance, or the paid cover-up. ^{[S159] [S64]}

B - Niellen kills Margrit, then asks Geralt to kill him. Consequences and preference: Margrit loved Niellen and led Hanna to see his werewolf form, hoping to break up their marriage; he unknowingly killed Hanna. A stops his revenge, leaving Margrit alive while Niellen dies in combat. B permits him to kill Margrit, after which he requests his own death; both perish. C takes 55 crowns to cover up the investigation, with another optional 10 from Niellen, leaving the truth unrevealed and both alive. Choose preventing revenge, accepting Niellen's fatal vengeance, or the paid cover-up. ^{[S159] [S64]}

C - Accept Margrit's cover-up and end the investigation early. Consequences and preference: Margrit loved Niellen and led Hanna to see his werewolf form, hoping to break up their marriage; he unknowingly killed Hanna. A stops his revenge, leaving Margrit alive while Niellen dies in combat. B permits him to kill Margrit, after which he requests his own death; both perish. C takes 55 crowns to cover up the investigation, with another optional 10 from Niellen, leaving the truth unrevealed and both alive. Choose preventing revenge, accepting Niellen's fatal vengeance, or the paid cover-up. ^{[S159] [S64]}

A - Defend the pellar and discover his family history. Consequences and preference: A kills the witch hunters defending the rite, but the bloodshed summons wraiths and still spoils the ceremony. The pellar reveals he killed his abusive father, Old Ambros; burning the father's body ends that haunting, pays 50 crowns and preserves the pellar's alchemy trade. B avoids this fight, lets the hunters disperse the peasants and ends the quest early with the pellar angry and unwilling to trade. Choose defending the persecuted villagers and the family follow-up, or standing aside and losing that service. ^{[S160] [S65]}

B - Stand aside; the ritual is stopped and the pellar refuses further dealings. Consequences and preference: A kills the witch hunters defending the rite, but the bloodshed summons wraiths and still spoils the ceremony. The pellar reveals he killed his abusive father, Old Ambros; burning the father's body ends that haunting, pays 50 crowns and preserves the pellar's alchemy trade. B avoids this fight, lets the hunters disperse the peasants and ends the quest early with the pellar angry and unwilling to trade. Choose defending the persecuted villagers and the family follow-up, or standing aside and losing that service. ^{[S160] [S65]}

A - Negotiate smaller offerings; the sylvan lives and the peasants keep more food. Consequences and preference: The 'god' is a sylvan exploiting frightened peasants for rich food. A makes him accept smaller offerings, keeping him alive while easing their hunger and paying Geralt 50 crowns. B kills him; the worshippers mourn rather than celebrate the exposure. C preserves his demand and the peasants' burden. If he lives, exposing the cellar later leads to its entrance being blocked, but does not confirm his death. Choose compromise, forcible punishment, or leaving the belief and exploitation intact. ^{[S161] [S66]} If he lives, revealing the cellar is an additional variation: the entrance is later blocked by rubble. His resulting fate is not established. ^[S66]

B - Kill the sylvan; the peasants are upset. Consequences and preference: The 'god' is a sylvan exploiting frightened peasants for rich food. A makes him accept smaller offerings, keeping him alive while easing their hunger and paying Geralt 50 crowns. B kills him; the worshippers mourn rather than celebrate the exposure. C preserves his demand and the peasants' burden. If he lives, exposing the cellar later leads to its entrance being blocked, but does not confirm his death. Choose compromise, forcible punishment, or leaving the belief and exploitation intact. ^{[S161] [S66]} If he lives, revealing the cellar is an additional variation: the entrance is later blocked by rubble. His resulting fate is not established. ^[S66]

C - Leave the arrangement unchanged; the peasants surrender their reserves. Consequences and preference: The 'god' is a sylvan exploiting frightened peasants for rich food. A makes him accept smaller offerings, keeping him alive while easing their hunger and paying Geralt 50 crowns. B kills him; the worshippers mourn rather than celebrate the exposure. C preserves his demand and the peasants' burden. If he lives, exposing the cellar later leads to its entrance being blocked, but does not confirm his death. Choose compromise, forcible punishment, or leaving the belief and exploitation intact. ^{[S161] [S66]} If he lives, revealing the cellar is an additional variation: the entrance is later blocked by rubble. His resulting fate is not established. ^[S66]

A - Help Trollololo and let him paint the eagle. Consequences and preference: Trollololo regards himself as a Redanian soldier and admits killing the real soldiers and peasants while trying to stop their fighting. A/B leave him alive on his self-appointed guard duty and finish the paint errand; A produces the surprisingly better eagle despite his self-criticism, while B produces Geralt's crude eagle, which the troll likes. C kills him and abandons the painting story in exchange for combat loot. Choose the comic painting you want, or punish the earlier killings. ^{[S162] [S67]}

B - Help Trollololo and paint the eagle yourself. Consequences and preference: Trollololo regards himself as a Redanian soldier and admits killing the real soldiers and peasants while trying to stop their fighting. A/B leave him alive on his self-appointed guard duty and finish the paint errand; A produces the surprisingly better eagle despite his self-criticism, while B produces Geralt's crude eagle, which the troll likes. C kills him and abandons the painting story in exchange for combat loot. Choose the comic painting you want, or punish the earlier killings. ^{[S162] [S67]}

C - Kill Trollololo. Consequences and preference: Trollololo regards himself as a Redanian soldier and admits killing the real soldiers and peasants while trying to stop their fighting. A/B leave him alive on his self-appointed guard duty and finish the paint errand; A produces the surprisingly better eagle despite his self-criticism, while B produces Geralt's crude eagle, which the troll likes. C kills him and abandons the painting story in exchange for combat loot. Choose the comic painting you want, or punish the earlier killings. ^{[S162] [S67]}

A - Turn Dea into a lubberkin and follow her trail. Consequences and preference: A has the Baron acknowledge his unborn daughter as Dea and bury her properly; the transformed lubberkin leads Geralt through clues to Anna and Tamara. B kills the botchling, uses its blood with the pellar and fights through the ritual to obtain the family lead. Choose reconciliation with the child's spirit or the violent investigation. Neither route repairs the Baron's marriage by itself, saves the bog children or determines Anna's later fate; those depend on the remaining family quests and choice 5. ^{[S81] [S81]}

B - Kill the botchling and follow the pellar's blood ritual. Consequences and preference: A has the Baron acknowledge his unborn daughter as Dea and bury her properly; the transformed lubberkin leads Geralt through clues to Anna and Tamara. B kills the botchling, uses its blood with the pellar and fights through the ritual to obtain the family lead. Choose reconciliation with the child's spirit or the violent investigation. Neither route repairs the Baron's marriage by itself, saves the bog children or determines Anna's later fate; those depend on the remaining family quests and choice 5. ^{[S81] [S81]}

A - Spare the Scoia'tael and conceal their role. Consequences and preference: The 'beast' is a Scoia'tael band attacking military caravans, so this is a political killing decision. A lets them live and conceals them: their gift replaces the captain's fee and pass. B lets them live initially but identifies them to the captain, receiving only the pass and risking a later Vernossiel ambush. C kills the camp and returns proof for 30 crowns and the pass. Choose aiding the elves, informing without the camp fight, or destroying the band for the employer's full small reward. ^{[S163] [S82] [S82]}

B - Spare them at the camp but report them to the captain. Consequences and preference: The 'beast' is a Scoia'tael band attacking military caravans, so this is a political killing decision. A lets them live and conceals them: their gift replaces the captain's fee and pass. B lets them live initially but identifies them to the captain, receiving only the pass and risking a later Vernossiel ambush. C kills the camp and returns proof for 30 crowns and the pass. Choose aiding the elves, informing without the camp fight, or destroying the band for the employer's full small reward. ^{[S163] [S82] [S82]}

C - Fight the Scoia'tael and report the proof. Consequences and preference: The 'beast' is a Scoia'tael band attacking military caravans, so this is a political killing decision. A lets them live and conceals them: their gift replaces the captain's fee and pass. B lets them live initially but identifies them to the captain, receiving only the pass and risking a later Vernossiel ambush. C kills the camp and returns proof for 30 crowns and the pass. Choose aiding the elves, informing without the camp fight, or destroying the band for the employer's full small reward. ^{[S163] [S82] [S82]}

A - Lift the villagers' curse and defend Yontek. Consequences and preference: Returning the stolen temple gold lifts the pig curse from Lurtch's villagers. A then shields Yontek from their anger, saving him but forgoing their payment. B leaves them to hang the man who found the key and helped cause the trouble, receiving 100 crowns; the villagers are human again either way. C lets the initial bandits kill Yontek before the investigation begins, losing the playable cure quest. Choose gratitude/mercy for the helper, accepting the villagers' vengeance and coin, or deliberately abandoning the encounter. ^{[S188] [S83]}

B - Lift the curse, then let the villagers kill Yontek. Consequences and preference: Returning the stolen temple gold lifts the pig curse from Lurtch's villagers. A then shields Yontek from their anger, saving him but forgoing their payment. B leaves them to hang the man who found the key and helped cause the trouble, receiving 100 crowns; the villagers are human again either way. C lets the initial bandits kill Yontek before the investigation begins, losing the playable cure quest. Choose gratitude/mercy for the helper, accepting the villagers' vengeance and coin, or deliberately abandoning the encounter. ^{[S188] [S83]}

C - Ignore the first threat; Yontek dies before the quest can start. Consequences and preference: Returning the stolen temple gold lifts the pig curse from Lurtch's villagers. A then shields Yontek from their anger, saving him but forgoing their payment. B leaves them to hang the man who found the key and helped cause the trouble, receiving 100 crowns; the villagers are human again either way. C lets the initial bandits kill Yontek before the investigation begins, losing the playable cure quest. Choose gratitude/mercy for the helper, accepting the villagers' vengeance and coin, or deliberately abandoning the encounter. ^{[S188] [S83]}

A - Let Sarah stay with Corinne; see Haunted House later. Consequences and preference: A makes Sarah stop tormenting Corinne in exchange for her home; the owner sells the property and Haunted House later shows Corinne and Sarah together. B drives Sarah out with burdock smoke, but she survives and later joins Johnny, where you can see them during Bald Mountain. Choose A for their Novigrad household and extra short quest, B for Sarah's move to Johnny. Corinne still performs Geralt's dream investigation after either resolution. ^{[S165] [S50] [S50]}

B - Evict Sarah; see her with Johnny during Bald Mountain. Consequences and preference: A makes Sarah stop tormenting Corinne in exchange for her home; the owner sells the property and Haunted House later shows Corinne and Sarah together. B drives Sarah out with burdock smoke, but she survives and later joins Johnny, where you can see them during Bald Mountain. Choose A for their Novigrad household and extra short quest, B for Sarah's move to Johnny. Corinne still performs Geralt's dream investigation after either resolution. ^{[S165] [S50] [S50]}

A - Kill him; Dudu later assumes his identity and turns the business legitimate. Consequences and preference: A executes Junior after the discovery of his victims; in Payback, the man bearing his face is Dudu, who has made the business legitimate. B lets the real Junior live, but his power collapses and Payback shows him impoverished and mocked in the street. Choose execution followed by Dudu's takeover, or survival with visible humiliation. These are different later scenes, so sparing him does not leave him continuing as the same successful crime boss. ^{[S51] [S51]}

B - Spare him; Payback later shows him destitute. Consequences and preference: A executes Junior after the discovery of his victims; in Payback, the man bearing his face is Dudu, who has made the business legitimate. B lets the real Junior live, but his power collapses and Payback shows him impoverished and mocked in the street. Choose execution followed by Dudu's takeover, or survival with visible humiliation. These are different later scenes, so sparing him does not leave him continuing as the same successful crime boss. ^{[S51] [S51]}

A - Spare the doppler and both succubi; accept that these two mutagens/decoctions remain unavailable. Consequences and preference: A spares all three, missing both decoctions. B kills the doppler and one succubus for both ingredients. ^[S204] Choose mercy or recipes individually through 47/48. Preserve two other mercy examples for the boots. ^[S182] This is a convenient collection preset. Decisions 47 and 48 below also let you handle the creatures individually. Killing the Skellige ambush doppler does not supply the missing ingredient. ^[S59] Achievement impact: the complete set of rare mutagens/decoctions has no dedicated achievement in the 78-entry register. Sparing these creatures is a collection tradeoff; finish their contracts normally. ^[S02] Gear planning: killing the doppler supplies his otherwise missed trophy as well as the mutagen. You can still obtain Nekker hide boots while collecting both rare mutagens: preserve two other qualifying mercy examples for choice 46. ^{[S58] [S86]}

B - Collect both types: kill the doppler and at least one quest succubus. Consequences and preference: A spares all three, missing both decoctions. B kills the doppler and one succubus for both ingredients. ^[S204] Choose mercy or recipes individually through 47/48. Preserve two other mercy examples for the boots. ^[S182] This is a convenient collection preset. Decisions 47 and 48 below also let you handle the creatures individually. Killing the Skellige ambush doppler does not supply the missing ingredient. ^[S59] Achievement impact: the complete set of rare mutagens/decoctions has no dedicated achievement in the 78-entry register. Sparing these creatures is a collection tradeoff; finish their contracts normally. ^[S02] Gear planning: killing the doppler supplies his otherwise missed trophy as well as the mutagen. You can still obtain Nekker hide boots while collecting both rare mutagens: preserve two other qualifying mercy examples for choice 46. ^{[S58] [S86]}

A - Expose and kill Hubert; kill Nathaniel after questioning him and keep his poker. Consequences and preference: A questions Nathaniel before killing him, frees Nettie and pursues Hubert, the real serial murderer; it retains Nathaniel's poker and Hubert's loot. B learns the same truth but uses Axii to make Nathaniel leave, preserving his life and rescuing Nettie. C pursues Hubert while leaving Nettie with her torturer. D kills Nathaniel too early: Nettie is freed, but Hubert remains at large and a later victim confirms the error. Choose complete investigation with punishment or mercy, or recognize the human cost of C/D. ^{[S180] [S84]} GEAR LOCKOUT - 44B/44C: Nathaniel's unique poker requires killing and looting him. Use 44A to question him first, then obtain the poker and still pursue Hubert. Killing him too soon on 44D ends the full investigation. ^[S84]

B - Expose Hubert while making Nathaniel leave alive. Consequences and preference: A questions Nathaniel before killing him, frees Nettie and pursues Hubert, the real serial murderer; it retains Nathaniel's poker and Hubert's loot. B learns the same truth but uses Axii to make Nathaniel leave, preserving his life and rescuing Nettie. C pursues Hubert while leaving Nettie with her torturer. D kills Nathaniel too early: Nettie is freed, but Hubert remains at large and a later victim confirms the error. Choose complete investigation with punishment or mercy, or recognize the human cost of C/D. ^{[S180] [S84]} GEAR LOCKOUT - 44B/44C: Nathaniel's unique poker requires killing and looting him. Use 44A to question him first, then obtain the poker and still pursue Hubert. Killing him too soon on 44D ends the full investigation. ^[S84]

C - Expose Hubert but leave Nathaniel with Nettie. Consequences and preference: A questions Nathaniel before killing him, frees Nettie and pursues Hubert, the real serial murderer; it retains Nathaniel's poker and Hubert's loot. B learns the same truth but uses Axii to make Nathaniel leave, preserving his life and rescuing Nettie. C pursues Hubert while leaving Nettie with her torturer. D kills Nathaniel too early: Nettie is freed, but Hubert remains at large and a later victim confirms the error. Choose complete investigation with punishment or mercy, or recognize the human cost of C/D. ^{[S180] [S84]} GEAR LOCKOUT - 44B/44C: Nathaniel's unique poker requires killing and looting him. Use 44A to question him first, then obtain the poker and still pursue Hubert. Killing him too soon on 44D ends the full investigation. ^[S84]

D - Kill Nathaniel before questioning him; the real murderer remains free. Consequences and preference: A questions Nathaniel before killing him, frees Nettie and pursues Hubert, the real serial murderer; it retains Nathaniel's poker and Hubert's loot. B learns the same truth but uses Axii to make Nathaniel leave, preserving his life and rescuing Nettie. C pursues Hubert while leaving Nettie with her torturer. D kills Nathaniel too early: Nettie is freed, but Hubert remains at large and a later victim confirms the error. Choose complete investigation with punishment or mercy, or recognize the human cost of C/D. ^{[S180] [S84]} GEAR LOCKOUT - 44B/44C: Nathaniel's unique poker requires killing and looting him. Use 44A to question him first, then obtain the poker and still pursue Hubert. Killing him too soon on 44D ends the full investigation. ^[S84]

A - Spare both; no succubus mutagen on this run. Consequences and preference: Salma says the guards attacked her; mercy orders her out of Novigrad and gives Maugrim plus contract proof, while killing gives her trophy. ^[S186] The Skellige succubus supplies pimpernel peacefully if spared; killing also leaves the flowers obtainable. ^[S202] A spares both and misses their mutagen. B collects it from Salma; C combines Salma's sword gift with the Skellige ingredient; D kills both, although one mutagen suffices for its decoction. ^[S204] Choose whose account to accept and which collection you want. ^[S59] Achievement impact: sparing both succubi forfeits their mutagen, not a dedicated achievement. Complete Deadly Delights and report back whichever Salma outcome you choose. ^{[S02] [S59]} Gear source: sparing Salma on A/C gives Maugrim and her trophy; killing her gives the trophy and mutagen instead. Maugrim also exists in A Costly Mistake. C can combine Salma's sword with the Skellige succubus mutagen on one continuing save. ^{[S137] [S138]}

B - Kill Salma and spare the Skellige succubus. Consequences and preference: Salma says the guards attacked her; mercy orders her out of Novigrad and gives Maugrim plus contract proof, while killing gives her trophy. ^[S186] The Skellige succubus supplies pimpernel peacefully if spared; killing also leaves the flowers obtainable. ^[S202] A spares both and misses their mutagen. B collects it from Salma; C combines Salma's sword gift with the Skellige ingredient; D kills both, although one mutagen suffices for its decoction. ^[S204] Choose whose account to accept and which collection you want. ^[S59] Achievement impact: sparing both succubi forfeits their mutagen, not a dedicated achievement. Complete Deadly Delights and report back whichever Salma outcome you choose. ^{[S02] [S59]} Gear source: sparing Salma on A/C gives Maugrim and her trophy; killing her gives the trophy and mutagen instead. Maugrim also exists in A Costly Mistake. C can combine Salma's sword with the Skellige succubus mutagen on one continuing save. ^{[S137] [S138]}

C - Spare Salma and kill the Skellige succubus. Consequences and preference: Salma says the guards attacked her; mercy orders her out of Novigrad and gives Maugrim plus contract proof, while killing gives her trophy. ^[S186] The Skellige succubus supplies pimpernel peacefully if spared; killing also leaves the flowers obtainable. ^[S202] A spares both and misses their mutagen. B collects it from Salma; C combines Salma's sword gift with the Skellige ingredient; D kills both, although one mutagen suffices for its decoction. ^[S204] Choose whose account to accept and which collection you want. ^[S59] Achievement impact: sparing both succubi forfeits their mutagen, not a dedicated achievement. Complete Deadly Delights and report back whichever Salma outcome you choose. ^{[S02] [S59]} Gear source: sparing Salma on A/C gives Maugrim and her trophy; killing her gives the trophy and mutagen instead. Maugrim also exists in A Costly Mistake. C can combine Salma's sword with the Skellige succubus mutagen on one continuing save. ^{[S137] [S138]}

D - Kill both. Consequences and preference: Salma says the guards attacked her; mercy orders her out of Novigrad and gives Maugrim plus contract proof, while killing gives her trophy. ^[S186] The Skellige succubus supplies pimpernel peacefully if spared; killing also leaves the flowers obtainable. ^[S202] A spares both and misses their mutagen. B collects it from Salma; C combines Salma's sword gift with the Skellige ingredient; D kills both, although one mutagen suffices for its decoction. ^[S204] Choose whose account to accept and which collection you want. ^[S59] Achievement impact: sparing both succubi forfeits their mutagen, not a dedicated achievement. Complete Deadly Delights and report back whichever Salma outcome you choose. ^{[S02] [S59]} Gear source: sparing Salma on A/C gives Maugrim and her trophy; killing her gives the trophy and mutagen instead. Maugrim also exists in A Costly Mistake. C can combine Salma's sword with the Skellige succubus mutagen on one continuing save. ^{[S137] [S138]}

A - Spare the captured doppler. Consequences and preference: A defeats and releases the thief on condition he leaves Novigrad; he gives 215 crowns and the Gnomish Gwyhyr diagram, but Sylvester pays only half the agreed fee. B kills him, obtaining the unique trophy and otherwise unavailable normal doppler mutagen; Sylvester pays the full fee. Both can finish the contract and earn its achievement. Choose mercy and the gift or killing for the ingredient/trophy; a failed chase is a separate failed outcome that gives neither completed resolution. ^{[S187] [S58]} Achievement impact: both 48A and 48B can earn The Doppler Effect. Letting the doppler escape during the chase is different: it fails the contract and loses that achievement on the failed branch. ^[S58] GEAR CHOICE: 48A misses the unique Doppler trophy/mutagen but normally gives a Gnomish Gwyhyr diagram. 48B supplies the trophy/mutagen; the missed diagram is also sold in Skellige. This is not a permanent sword-versus-trophy lockout. ^{[S58] [S139]}

B - Kill the captured doppler for the only normal doppler mutagen source. Consequences and preference: A defeats and releases the thief on condition he leaves Novigrad; he gives 215 crowns and the Gnomish Gwyhyr diagram, but Sylvester pays only half the agreed fee. B kills him, obtaining the unique trophy and otherwise unavailable normal doppler mutagen; Sylvester pays the full fee. Both can finish the contract and earn its achievement. Choose mercy and the gift or killing for the ingredient/trophy; a failed chase is a separate failed outcome that gives neither completed resolution. ^{[S187] [S58]} Achievement impact: both 48A and 48B can earn The Doppler Effect. Letting the doppler escape during the chase is different: it fails the contract and loses that achievement on the failed branch. ^[S58] GEAR CHOICE: 48A misses the unique Doppler trophy/mutagen but normally gives a Gnomish Gwyhyr diagram. 48B supplies the trophy/mutagen; the missed diagram is also sold in Skellige. This is not a permanent sword-versus-trophy lockout. ^{[S58] [S139]}

A - Spare Karadin after hearing his claim to have changed. Consequences and preference: Karadin claims Aiden died during a botched debt collection and that he has since become a merchant with a family; Lambert believes him responsible for his friend's murder. A accepts mercy and leaves Karadin with his household despite Lambert's objection. B kills him with Lambert and permits looting the Eirlithrad diagram and Lesser Triglav runestone. Lambert returns to the Nowhere Inn either way. Choose mercy for a claimed reformed man or Lambert's revenge; Karadin's account is a claim, not proven innocence. ^[S177] Do Flesh for Sale first. Finish this quest and collect Lambert's card before fetching Uma. ^[S53]

B - Kill Karadin with Lambert. Consequences and preference: Karadin claims Aiden died during a botched debt collection and that he has since become a merchant with a family; Lambert believes him responsible for his friend's murder. A accepts mercy and leaves Karadin with his household despite Lambert's objection. B kills him with Lambert and permits looting the Eirlithrad diagram and Lesser Triglav runestone. Lambert returns to the Nowhere Inn either way. Choose mercy for a claimed reformed man or Lambert's revenge; Karadin's account is a claim, not proven innocence. ^[S177] Do Flesh for Sale first. Finish this quest and collect Lambert's card before fetching Uma. ^[S53]

A - Follow Sven and kill the ancient leshen; unlock Woodland Spirit. Consequences and preference: A first requires removing the leshen's marked villager, Hilde: you may tell Sven to exile her instead of kill her. After Geralt kills the leshen, Sven's men have already murdered the elders. B renews the pact with wolf hearts, but Sven still attempts his purge; Geralt may defend Harald by fighting Sven's group or leave Harald to die. Both plans pay 60 crowns. Choose ending the leshen's lethal trials or maintaining the pact; neither prevents the human conflict automatically. ^[S166] For B, first earn the kill achievement on an alternate branch, then reload. This decision does not produce a universally happy village ending. ^[S55] ACHIEVEMENT LOCKOUT - 14B: Harald's ritual does not earn Woodland Spirit. Save before choosing a plan, kill the ancient leshen via 14A and verify the unlock, then reload for 14B. A completed ritual quest alone is insufficient. ^[S55]

B - Follow Harald's ritual and preserve the leshen. Consequences and preference: A first requires removing the leshen's marked villager, Hilde: you may tell Sven to exile her instead of kill her. After Geralt kills the leshen, Sven's men have already murdered the elders. B renews the pact with wolf hearts, but Sven still attempts his purge; Geralt may defend Harald by fighting Sven's group or leave Harald to die. Both plans pay 60 crowns. Choose ending the leshen's lethal trials or maintaining the pact; neither prevents the human conflict automatically. ^[S166] For B, first earn the kill achievement on an alternate branch, then reload. This decision does not produce a universally happy village ending. ^[S55] ACHIEVEMENT LOCKOUT - 14B: Harald's ritual does not earn Woodland Spirit. Save before choosing a plan, kill the ancient leshen via 14A and verify the unlock, then reload for 14B. A completed ritual quest alone is insufficient. ^[S55]

A - End Morkvarg permanently by feeding him his own flesh. Consequences and preference: A makes Morkvarg eat his cursed flesh, permanently killing him and ending the temple's problem; Josta still pays, but his hidden reward lead is lost. B removes the curse with Einar's fang, asks for the promised reward, then kills Morkvarg as a human: Geralt can collect the Novigrad reward and Josta's fee. C releases him alive; he explicitly plans to resume his old predatory life. Choose the direct end, the reward-then-punishment route, or mercy toward a man who shows no remorse. ^{[S189] [S68]} Gear source: feeding Morkvarg his flesh skips his reward lead. For 28B/C, lift the curse and ask about payment before ending the conversation. Deithwen also exists elsewhere, so missing this copy is not permanent loss of the sword type. ^{[S68] [S133]}

B - Lift the curse, learn the reward location, then kill the human Morkvarg. Consequences and preference: A makes Morkvarg eat his cursed flesh, permanently killing him and ending the temple's problem; Josta still pays, but his hidden reward lead is lost. B removes the curse with Einar's fang, asks for the promised reward, then kills Morkvarg as a human: Geralt can collect the Novigrad reward and Josta's fee. C releases him alive; he explicitly plans to resume his old predatory life. Choose the direct end, the reward-then-punishment route, or mercy toward a man who shows no remorse. ^{[S189] [S68]} Gear source: feeding Morkvarg his flesh skips his reward lead. For 28B/C, lift the curse and ask about payment before ending the conversation. Deithwen also exists elsewhere, so missing this copy is not permanent loss of the sword type. ^{[S68] [S133]}

C - Lift the curse and let Morkvarg leave alive. Consequences and preference: A makes Morkvarg eat his cursed flesh, permanently killing him and ending the temple's problem; Josta still pays, but his hidden reward lead is lost. B removes the curse with Einar's fang, asks for the promised reward, then kills Morkvarg as a human: Geralt can collect the Novigrad reward and Josta's fee. C releases him alive; he explicitly plans to resume his old predatory life. Choose the direct end, the reward-then-punishment route, or mercy toward a man who shows no remorse. ^{[S189] [S68]} Gear source: feeding Morkvarg his flesh skips his reward lead. For 28B/C, lift the curse and ask about payment before ending the conversation. Deithwen also exists elsewhere, so missing this copy is not permanent loss of the sword type. ^{[S68] [S133]}

A - Reverse the curse onto Jonna; Lothar keeps his family. Consequences and preference: Jonna cursed Lothar's son to force Lothar to abandon his family and return to her. A carves her name into the nithing; the illness transfers to Jonna and kills her, while the boy recovers and Lothar keeps his family, paying 60 crowns. B refuses that killing, so Lothar saves his son by renouncing his wife and child and going back to Jonna; he then wants no more conversation with Geralt. Choose preserving the family through Jonna's death, or preserving Jonna at the cost of that family. ^{[S168] [S69]}

B - Spare Jonna; Lothar leaves his wife and son to return to her. Consequences and preference: Jonna cursed Lothar's son to force Lothar to abandon his family and return to her. A carves her name into the nithing; the illness transfers to Jonna and kills her, while the boy recovers and Lothar keeps his family, paying 60 crowns. B refuses that killing, so Lothar saves his son by renouncing his wife and child and going back to Jonna; he then wants no more conversation with Geralt. Choose preserving the family through Jonna's death, or preserving Jonna at the cost of that family. ^{[S168] [S69]}

A - Refuse the killing; Simun attacks and dies. Consequences and preference: Simun calls in the debt for his prison help by demanding Volund's murder; Volund says he is pursuing Simun for his brother's betrayal and death. A refuses to kill a man who has done Geralt no wrong; Simun attacks and dies, while Volund survives. B honors the promised favor and kills Volund and his companion, leaving Simun alive. C declines before the meeting and misses the confrontation/completion. Choose limits on repayment, strict repayment despite its victim, or deliberately skipping this follow-up. ^{[S169] [S70] [S70]}

B - Honor Simun's demand; Volund and his companion die. Consequences and preference: Simun calls in the debt for his prison help by demanding Volund's murder; Volund says he is pursuing Simun for his brother's betrayal and death. A refuses to kill a man who has done Geralt no wrong; Simun attacks and dies, while Volund survives. B honors the promised favor and kills Volund and his companion, leaving Simun alive. C declines before the meeting and misses the confrontation/completion. Choose limits on repayment, strict repayment despite its victim, or deliberately skipping this follow-up. ^{[S169] [S70] [S70]}

C - Refuse the follow-up request before the meeting. Consequences and preference: Simun calls in the debt for his prison help by demanding Volund's murder; Volund says he is pursuing Simun for his brother's betrayal and death. A refuses to kill a man who has done Geralt no wrong; Simun attacks and dies, while Volund survives. B honors the promised favor and kills Volund and his companion, leaving Simun alive. C declines before the meeting and misses the confrontation/completion. Choose limits on repayment, strict repayment despite its victim, or deliberately skipping this follow-up. ^{[S169] [S70] [S70]}

A - Spare Wham-a-Wham after hearing his warning to the miners. Consequences and preference: Wham-a-Wham killed miners who ignored his warnings and entered his cave for silver. A recognizes his defense of his home: he gives 50 crowns and two silver ore, while Gjarr gives only a small 50-crown payment rather than the negotiated fee. B kills the troll, gets the agreed fee from Gjarr and obtains the trophy, Caroline and troll mutagen. Choose mercy toward the cave's occupant and a smaller payout, or the villagers' revenge, mining access and kill-route loot. ^{[S167] [S71]} Gear tradeoff: 31A misses Wham-a-Wham's Cave troll trophy and Caroline drop; 31B supplies them. Caroline also appears as random loot. Sparing him can help qualify for the unique boots in choice 46. ^{[S71] [S134]}

B - Kill Wham-a-Wham for the kill-route loot. Consequences and preference: Wham-a-Wham killed miners who ignored his warnings and entered his cave for silver. A recognizes his defense of his home: he gives 50 crowns and two silver ore, while Gjarr gives only a small 50-crown payment rather than the negotiated fee. B kills the troll, gets the agreed fee from Gjarr and obtains the trophy, Caroline and troll mutagen. Choose mercy toward the cave's occupant and a smaller payout, or the villagers' revenge, mining access and kill-route loot. ^{[S167] [S71]} Gear tradeoff: 31A misses Wham-a-Wham's Cave troll trophy and Caroline drop; 31B supplies them. Caroline also appears as random loot. Sparing him can help qualify for the unique boots in choice 46. ^{[S71] [S134]}

A - Trust Cerys's trick; the child is safe and the hym is banished. Consequences and preference: A trusts Cerys: Geralt appears to burn Udalryk's baby, briefly attracting the hym to his guilt, but Hjort has removed the child through the oven's back. Revealing the healthy baby defeats the deception and banishes the hym; Udalryk is freed. B confronts the hym directly with Udalryk present, using torches and Axii when he panics, then kills it in the cellar. Choose Cerys's dramatic safe-child trick or the full monster fight; either resolves Udalryk's torment and supports her subsequent quest. ^{[S181] [S79]}

B - Use the witcher method and fight the hym. Consequences and preference: A trusts Cerys: Geralt appears to burn Udalryk's baby, briefly attracting the hym to his guilt, but Hjort has removed the child through the oven's back. Revealing the healthy baby defeats the deception and banishes the hym; Udalryk is freed. B confronts the hym directly with Udalryk present, using torches and Axii when he panics, then kills it in the cellar. Choose Cerys's dramatic safe-child trick or the full monster fight; either resolves Udalryk's torment and supports her subsequent quest. ^{[S181] [S79]}

A - Win fairly, visit Jutta after dusk and accept the romance. Consequences and preference: A/B require beating Jutta without prohibited tricks and accepting the after-dusk visit: she explains her vow to sleep with the man who could defeat her. A accepts a one-night encounter; B politely refuses sex while completing the visit. C loses, cheats or rejects the follow-up, so the invitation's completed scene is missed. Choose the encounter or a platonic conclusion. Avoid treating her as a renewable romance service. ^[S197] Jutta's optional romance does not replace Geralt's Yennefer/Triss commitment. ^{[S44] [S85]}

B - Win fairly and visit, but keep the evening platonic. Consequences and preference: A/B require beating Jutta without prohibited tricks and accepting the after-dusk visit: she explains her vow to sleep with the man who could defeat her. A accepts a one-night encounter; B politely refuses sex while completing the visit. C loses, cheats or rejects the follow-up, so the invitation's completed scene is missed. Choose the encounter or a platonic conclusion. Avoid treating her as a renewable romance service. ^[S197] Jutta's optional romance does not replace Geralt's Yennefer/Triss commitment. ^{[S44] [S85]}

C - Decline the invitation, lose or cheat; miss the completed follow-up. Consequences and preference: A/B require beating Jutta without prohibited tricks and accepting the after-dusk visit: she explains her vow to sleep with the man who could defeat her. A accepts a one-night encounter; B politely refuses sex while completing the visit. C loses, cheats or rejects the follow-up, so the invitation's completed scene is missed. Choose the encounter or a platonic conclusion. Avoid treating her as a renewable romance service. ^[S197] Jutta's optional romance does not replace Geralt's Yennefer/Triss commitment. ^{[S44] [S85]}

A - Prove you have helped monsters; spare the others and receive Nekker hide boots. Consequences and preference: The ambush group judges Geralt by his past treatment of intelligent monsters. A provides two qualifying mercy examples: the troll, doppler and godling back down, but the werewolf still attacks and dies; the others reward Geralt with Nekker hide boots. B threatens them or lacks enough proof, so Geralt fights the troll, doppler and werewolf while the godling flees, losing the boots. Choose persuasive evidence to spare three members or the hostile fight. Mercy here is not a no-combat resolution. ^{[S182] [S86] [S86]} GEAR LOCKOUT - 46B: threatening the group or lacking two qualifying mercy examples forfeits the unique Nekker hide boots. Choose 46A with enough evidence. Sarah and Johnny count as one example together; earlier choices can require an earlier reload. ^{[S136] [S86]}

B - Threaten the group or lack sufficient examples; fight three monsters. Consequences and preference: The ambush group judges Geralt by his past treatment of intelligent monsters. A provides two qualifying mercy examples: the troll, doppler and godling back down, but the werewolf still attacks and dies; the others reward Geralt with Nekker hide boots. B threatens them or lacks enough proof, so Geralt fights the troll, doppler and werewolf while the godling flees, losing the boots. Choose persuasive evidence to spare three members or the hostile fight. Mercy here is not a no-combat resolution. ^{[S182] [S86] [S86]} GEAR LOCKOUT - 46B: threatening the group or lacking two qualifying mercy examples forfeits the unique Nekker hide boots. Choose 46A with enough evidence. Sarah and Johnny count as one example together; earlier choices can require an earlier reload. ^{[S136] [S86]}

A - Take the rose and end the painted world's current existence. Consequences and preference: A removes the object sustaining the painted world: the world collapses and the cat/dog beings are freed. Iris fears what comes next; the game does not verify whether her soul finds peace or oblivion. B leaves her rose and her painted existence intact, also leaving the beings bound; Geralt takes the altered painting as proof of the wish. Both satisfy Olgierd. Choose release from the preserved world despite the uncertainty, or preserve Iris's refuge and its ongoing confinement. ^[S179] Both can preserve the separate bedroom portrait. The rose-related quest painting is not a Corvo Bianco decoration. ^[S15] Achievement impact: either rose choice remains compatible with the expansion achievements. Curator of Nightmares and When It's Many Against One... depend on the memories/fight before this choice. ^[S15] Gear clarification: neither rose decision controls the sword Iris; saving Olgierd under 6A does. Collect the Caretaker's spade earlier, and preserve the separate bedroom portrait by offering the brush/sketchbook at the burial. ^{[S127] [S38]}

B - Leave the rose; use the quest painting as proof for Olgierd. Consequences and preference: A removes the object sustaining the painted world: the world collapses and the cat/dog beings are freed. Iris fears what comes next; the game does not verify whether her soul finds peace or oblivion. B leaves her rose and her painted existence intact, also leaving the beings bound; Geralt takes the altered painting as proof of the wish. Both satisfy Olgierd. Choose release from the preserved world despite the uncertainty, or preserve Iris's refuge and its ongoing confinement. ^[S179] Both can preserve the separate bedroom portrait. The rose-related quest painting is not a Corvo Bianco decoration. ^[S15] Achievement impact: either rose choice remains compatible with the expansion achievements. Curator of Nightmares and When It's Many Against One... depend on the memories/fight before this choice. ^[S15] Gear clarification: neither rose decision controls the sword Iris; saving Olgierd under 6A does. Collect the Caretaker's spade earlier, and preserve the separate bedroom portrait by offering the brush/sketchbook at the burial. ^{[S127] [S38]}

A - Caparison of Lament: the special saddle. Consequences and preference: A selects Roach's supernatural saddle; B supplies reusable food; C supplies replenishing strong alcohol for meditation restocking. D gives 10,000 crowns in version 4.0 and later; 5,000 was the older reward. ^[A701] E refuses items and money. Older guides report bonus XP, but that benefit is unconfirmed for 5.01. ^[S183][A702] These are rewards for allowing Olgierd's soul to be taken, so choose the utility or role-play response you prefer. Each completed choice removes Geralt's brand; refusing a gift does not undo Olgierd's death. ^[S203] One choice per branch. The early-game Ciri-advice variation requires playing the finale before finding Ciri; this guide's normal expansion order is after the base ending. ^[S16] Achievement impact: the reward selected here does not change Pacta Sunt Servanda. No achievement requires collecting all of Gaunter's mutually exclusive gifts. ^[S02] GEAR CHOICE: 18A gives the Caparison of Lament; 18B the Horn of Plenty; 18C the Bottomless Carafe. D/E provides none of these items. Only one gift survives on a chosen O-save branch, which also excludes Iris and the Viper venomous silver sword. ^[S127]

B - Horn of Plenty: the replenishing food item. Consequences and preference: A selects Roach's supernatural saddle; B supplies reusable food; C supplies replenishing strong alcohol for meditation restocking. D gives 10,000 crowns in version 4.0 and later; 5,000 was the older reward. ^[A701] E refuses items and money. Older guides report bonus XP, but that benefit is unconfirmed for 5.01. ^[S183][A702] These are rewards for allowing Olgierd's soul to be taken, so choose the utility or role-play response you prefer. Each completed choice removes Geralt's brand; refusing a gift does not undo Olgierd's death. ^[S203] One choice per branch. The early-game Ciri-advice variation requires playing the finale before finding Ciri; this guide's normal expansion order is after the base ending. ^[S16] Achievement impact: the reward selected here does not change Pacta Sunt Servanda. No achievement requires collecting all of Gaunter's mutually exclusive gifts. ^[S02] GEAR CHOICE: 18A gives the Caparison of Lament; 18B the Horn of Plenty; 18C the Bottomless Carafe. D/E provides none of these items. Only one gift survives on a chosen O-save branch, which also excludes Iris and the Viper venomous silver sword. ^[S127]

C - Bottomless Carafe: the replenishing alcohol item. Consequences and preference: A selects Roach's supernatural saddle; B supplies reusable food; C supplies replenishing strong alcohol for meditation restocking. D gives 10,000 crowns in version 4.0 and later; 5,000 was the older reward. ^[A701] E refuses items and money. Older guides report bonus XP, but that benefit is unconfirmed for 5.01. ^[S183][A702] These are rewards for allowing Olgierd's soul to be taken, so choose the utility or role-play response you prefer. Each completed choice removes Geralt's brand; refusing a gift does not undo Olgierd's death. ^[S203] One choice per branch. The early-game Ciri-advice variation requires playing the finale before finding Ciri; this guide's normal expansion order is after the base ending. ^[S16] Achievement impact: the reward selected here does not change Pacta Sunt Servanda. No achievement requires collecting all of Gaunter's mutually exclusive gifts. ^[S02] GEAR CHOICE: 18A gives the Caparison of Lament; 18B the Horn of Plenty; 18C the Bottomless Carafe. D/E provides none of these items. Only one gift survives on a chosen O-save branch, which also excludes Iris and the Viper venomous silver sword. ^[S127]

D - Take the money. Consequences and preference: A selects Roach's supernatural saddle; B supplies reusable food; C supplies replenishing strong alcohol for meditation restocking. D gives 10,000 crowns in version 4.0 and later; 5,000 was the older reward. ^[A701] E refuses items and money. Older guides report bonus XP, but that benefit is unconfirmed for 5.01. ^[S183][A702] These are rewards for allowing Olgierd's soul to be taken, so choose the utility or role-play response you prefer. Each completed choice removes Geralt's brand; refusing a gift does not undo Olgierd's death. ^[S203] One choice per branch. The early-game Ciri-advice variation requires playing the finale before finding Ciri; this guide's normal expansion order is after the base ending. ^[S16] Achievement impact: the reward selected here does not change Pacta Sunt Servanda. No achievement requires collecting all of Gaunter's mutually exclusive gifts. ^[S02] GEAR CHOICE: 18A gives the Caparison of Lament; 18B the Horn of Plenty; 18C the Bottomless Carafe. D/E provides none of these items. Only one gift survives on a chosen O-save branch, which also excludes Iris and the Viper venomous silver sword. ^[S127]

E - Refuse a reward. Consequences and preference: A selects Roach's supernatural saddle; B supplies reusable food; C supplies replenishing strong alcohol for meditation restocking. D gives 10,000 crowns in version 4.0 and later; 5,000 was the older reward. ^[A701] E refuses items and money. Older guides report bonus XP, but that benefit is unconfirmed for 5.01. ^[S183][A702] These are rewards for allowing Olgierd's soul to be taken, so choose the utility or role-play response you prefer. Each completed choice removes Geralt's brand; refusing a gift does not undo Olgierd's death. ^[S203] One choice per branch. The early-game Ciri-advice variation requires playing the finale before finding Ciri; this guide's normal expansion order is after the base ending. ^[S16] Achievement impact: the reward selected here does not change Pacta Sunt Servanda. No achievement requires collecting all of Gaunter's mutually exclusive gifts. ^[S02] GEAR CHOICE: 18A gives the Caparison of Lament; 18B the Horn of Plenty; 18C the Bottomless Carafe. D/E provides none of these items. Only one gift survives on a chosen O-save branch, which also excludes Iris and the Viper venomous silver sword. ^[S127]

A - Expose the cannibals and kill them yourself. Consequences and preference: Folkert's butchered body proves cannibalism, not how he died. A kills the couple; B spares them but Otto's revenge kills both; C conceals the truth and later finds the husband grieving his starved wife; D never finds the body and leaves their household unchanged. Choose punishment, disclosure, merciful concealment or incomplete investigation. ^[S72] Otto pays 200 crowns either way; discovering the remains gives more experience. ^{[S201] [S72]}

B - Spare them but tell Otto the truth; his revenge follows. Consequences and preference: Folkert's butchered body proves cannibalism, not how he died. A kills the couple; B spares them but Otto's revenge kills both; C conceals the truth and later finds the husband grieving his starved wife; D never finds the body and leaves their household unchanged. Choose punishment, disclosure, merciful concealment or incomplete investigation. ^[S72] Otto pays 200 crowns either way; discovering the remains gives more experience. ^{[S201] [S72]}

C - Spare them and lie to Otto; the later household scene changes. Consequences and preference: Folkert's butchered body proves cannibalism, not how he died. A kills the couple; B spares them but Otto's revenge kills both; C conceals the truth and later finds the husband grieving his starved wife; D never finds the body and leaves their household unchanged. Choose punishment, disclosure, merciful concealment or incomplete investigation. ^[S72] Otto pays 200 crowns either way; discovering the remains gives more experience. ^{[S201] [S72]}

D - Accept the couple's explanation and never discover the remains. Consequences and preference: Folkert's butchered body proves cannibalism, not how he died. A kills the couple; B spares them but Otto's revenge kills both; C conceals the truth and later finds the husband grieving his starved wife; D never finds the body and leaves their household unchanged. Choose punishment, disclosure, merciful concealment or incomplete investigation. ^[S72] Otto pays 200 crowns either way; discovering the remains gives more experience. ^{[S201] [S72]}

A - Tell Guillaume and transfer the curse to him; see their shared follow-up. Consequences and preference: A reveals Vivienne's confidence to Guillaume; he volunteers for the transfer, the ritual cures her, and their later conversation describes his minor feather-growing side effect while they remain together. B honors her request for secrecy and cures her with the egg; she separates from Guillaume and later appears in Novigrad before traveling onward, giving Geralt a feather. Both pay the agreed fee. Choose a shared future with a transferred risk or her independence with the warned seven-year lifespan; she survives the ordinary quest, but a historical script kills her after seven in-game years in Skellige. That delayed behavior and her Kaer Trolde appearance are not confirmed on 5.01. ^[S195] Finish the tourney and win every event in either route. Save before reporting her secret to Guillaume. ^[S56] Achievement risk: either curse solution can earn A Knight to Remember, but choosing to withdraw from the tourney or losing a required event prevents it. Keep Q and continue competing after the investigation. ^[S19] Gear risk: either curse solution can preserve the tourney rewards. Withdrawing or losing an event forfeits its prizes; the equipment identity is selected separately under 19. Save at Q before registration and keep competing. ^[S29]

B - Keep her confidence and use the egg ritual; she travels, with the warning of only seven years remaining. Consequences and preference: A reveals Vivienne's confidence to Guillaume; he volunteers for the transfer, the ritual cures her, and their later conversation describes his minor feather-growing side effect while they remain together. B honors her request for secrecy and cures her with the egg; she separates from Guillaume and later appears in Novigrad before traveling onward, giving Geralt a feather. Both pay the agreed fee. Choose a shared future with a transferred risk or her independence with the warned seven-year lifespan; she survives the ordinary quest, but a historical script kills her after seven in-game years in Skellige. That delayed behavior and her Kaer Trolde appearance are not confirmed on 5.01. ^[S195] Finish the tourney and win every event in either route. Save before reporting her secret to Guillaume. ^[S56] Achievement risk: either curse solution can earn A Knight to Remember, but choosing to withdraw from the tourney or losing a required event prevents it. Keep Q and continue competing after the investigation. ^[S19] Gear risk: either curse solution can preserve the tourney rewards. Withdrawing or losing an event forfeits its prizes; the equipment identity is selected separately under 19. Save at Q before registration and keep competing. ^[S29]

A - Lift the curse, rescue Marlene and invite her to stay at Corvo Bianco; opens The Hunger Game. Consequences and preference: A lets Geralt obtain the saliva sample while breaking the curse, restores Marlene's human form and takes her to Corvo Bianco to recover. Inviting her to stay adds a cook/household companion and The Hunger Game follow-up. B kills the cursed woman in wight form, taking the saliva gland and trophy instead. Both supply Regis's ingredient. Choose Marlene's rescue and household story or the kill-only trophy; her cure does not require sacrificing the main investigation. ^{[S184] [S57]} Investigate the house before hiding. Marlene and the kill-only trophy cannot both be kept by reloading into one save. ^[S57] Virtue opportunity: 16B skips the Wisdom opportunity from lifting the curse. This alone does not block Embodiment of the Five Virtues; earn Wisdom through another qualifying deed. ^[S18] GEAR CHOICE: 16A permanently gives up the unique Wight trophy to save Marlene. 16B provides the trophy but removes her household story. Keep the cupboard save for both versions; the trophy cannot travel back onto the mercy branch. ^[S132]

B - Kill the spotted wight and keep its trophy. Consequences and preference: A lets Geralt obtain the saliva sample while breaking the curse, restores Marlene's human form and takes her to Corvo Bianco to recover. Inviting her to stay adds a cook/household companion and The Hunger Game follow-up. B kills the cursed woman in wight form, taking the saliva gland and trophy instead. Both supply Regis's ingredient. Choose Marlene's rescue and household story or the kill-only trophy; her cure does not require sacrificing the main investigation. ^{[S184] [S57]} Investigate the house before hiding. Marlene and the kill-only trophy cannot both be kept by reloading into one save. ^[S57] Virtue opportunity: 16B skips the Wisdom opportunity from lifting the curse. This alone does not block Embodiment of the Five Virtues; earn Wisdom through another qualifying deed. ^[S18] GEAR CHOICE: 16A permanently gives up the unique Wight trophy to save Marlene. 16B provides the trophy but removes her household story. Keep the cupboard save for both versions; the trophy cannot travel back onto the mercy branch. ^[S132]

A - Geralt of Rivia: his heraldry and named equipment; the extra Anseis duel provides an Honor opportunity. Consequences and preference: A presents Geralt under his own name and colors; after the race Prince Anseis challenges him to the extra mounted duel. B uses his former Ravix identity and colors; Count Tailles and his companions instead start a brawl, with Guillaume joining Geralt. The identities rename and recolor the tournament prizes. Choose the heraldry and extra encounter you want; neither identity replaces the need to win the main events for the champion's sword and laurels. ^{[S56] [S29]} Both can win A Knight to Remember. Use another qualifying deed for Honor if necessary. ^[S29] Achievement impact: both identities can earn A Knight to Remember. Win every competition offered by your chosen registration. Geralt's extra mounted duel also provides Honor; current evidence does not establish that skipping it is safe for the achievement. ^{[S19] [S29]} GEAR VARIANTS: Geralt and Ravix receive differently named/heraldic armor, shield, crossbow, saddle and sword. Keep Q before registration to view both; choose which set your continuing save retains. Keep the registration boots, gloves and trousers too. ^[S29]

B - Ravix of Fourhorn: different heraldry and named equipment. Consequences and preference: A presents Geralt under his own name and colors; after the race Prince Anseis challenges him to the extra mounted duel. B uses his former Ravix identity and colors; Count Tailles and his companions instead start a brawl, with Guillaume joining Geralt. The identities rename and recolor the tournament prizes. Choose the heraldry and extra encounter you want; neither identity replaces the need to win the main events for the champion's sword and laurels. ^{[S56] [S29]} Both can win A Knight to Remember. Use another qualifying deed for Honor if necessary. ^[S29] Achievement impact: both identities can earn A Knight to Remember. Win every competition offered by your chosen registration. Geralt's extra mounted duel also provides Honor; current evidence does not establish that skipping it is safe for the achievement. ^{[S19] [S29]} GEAR VARIANTS: Geralt and Ravix receive differently named/heraldic armor, shield, crossbow, saddle and sword. Keep Q before registration to view both; choose which set your continuing save retains. Keep the registration boots, gloves and trousers too. ^[S29]

A - Liam and Matilda cooperate; unlock the named wine and its achievement. Consequences and preference: A exposes the sabotage before Belgaard's ownership is settled, turning Liam and Matilda from rivals into partners; after the final cleanup and three-day wait, they let Geralt name a wine and send bottles to Corvo Bianco. B/C award the vineyard to your chosen sole owner. D gives both ownership without resolving their rivalry, so the special wine celebration is absent. Choose cooperation and its personal reward, favor one entrepreneur, or retain the rival partnership; ownership still leaves Belgaard's cleanup work. ^{[S191] [S73]} B/C/D need an A branch for The Grapes of Wrath Stomped. Keep checkpoint R before ownership is settled. ^[S73] ACHIEVEMENT LOCKOUT - 33B/33C/33D: these outcomes miss The Grapes of Wrath Stomped. Preserve R before ownership is settled; complete the cooperative 33A route and claim the named wine, verify the unlock, then reload for sole ownership or rivalry. ^{[S20] [S121]}

B - Liam alone acquires Belgaard. Consequences and preference: A exposes the sabotage before Belgaard's ownership is settled, turning Liam and Matilda from rivals into partners; after the final cleanup and three-day wait, they let Geralt name a wine and send bottles to Corvo Bianco. B/C award the vineyard to your chosen sole owner. D gives both ownership without resolving their rivalry, so the special wine celebration is absent. Choose cooperation and its personal reward, favor one entrepreneur, or retain the rival partnership; ownership still leaves Belgaard's cleanup work. ^{[S191] [S73]} B/C/D need an A branch for The Grapes of Wrath Stomped. Keep checkpoint R before ownership is settled. ^[S73] ACHIEVEMENT LOCKOUT - 33B/33C/33D: these outcomes miss The Grapes of Wrath Stomped. Preserve R before ownership is settled; complete the cooperative 33A route and claim the named wine, verify the unlock, then reload for sole ownership or rivalry. ^{[S20] [S121]}

C - Matilda alone acquires Belgaard. Consequences and preference: A exposes the sabotage before Belgaard's ownership is settled, turning Liam and Matilda from rivals into partners; after the final cleanup and three-day wait, they let Geralt name a wine and send bottles to Corvo Bianco. B/C award the vineyard to your chosen sole owner. D gives both ownership without resolving their rivalry, so the special wine celebration is absent. Choose cooperation and its personal reward, favor one entrepreneur, or retain the rival partnership; ownership still leaves Belgaard's cleanup work. ^{[S191] [S73]} B/C/D need an A branch for The Grapes of Wrath Stomped. Keep checkpoint R before ownership is settled. ^[S73] ACHIEVEMENT LOCKOUT - 33B/33C/33D: these outcomes miss The Grapes of Wrath Stomped. Preserve R before ownership is settled; complete the cooperative 33A route and claim the named wine, verify the unlock, then reload for sole ownership or rivalry. ^{[S20] [S121]}

D - Both acquire Belgaard but remain rivals; no named-wine reward. Consequences and preference: A exposes the sabotage before Belgaard's ownership is settled, turning Liam and Matilda from rivals into partners; after the final cleanup and three-day wait, they let Geralt name a wine and send bottles to Corvo Bianco. B/C award the vineyard to your chosen sole owner. D gives both ownership without resolving their rivalry, so the special wine celebration is absent. Choose cooperation and its personal reward, favor one entrepreneur, or retain the rival partnership; ownership still leaves Belgaard's cleanup work. ^{[S191] [S73]} B/C/D need an A branch for The Grapes of Wrath Stomped. Keep checkpoint R before ownership is settled. ^[S73] ACHIEVEMENT LOCKOUT - 33B/33C/33D: these outcomes miss The Grapes of Wrath Stomped. Preserve R before ownership is settled; complete the cooperative 33A route and claim the named wine, verify the unlock, then reload for sole ownership or rivalry. ^{[S20] [S121]}

A - Release Daphne peacefully; Jacob and Morholt live. Consequences and preference: A uses Gareth's bone and the kerchief to let Daphne's spirit depart peacefully, keeping Jacob and Morholt alive and earning the agreed fee. Polite cooperation costs a lock of Geralt's hair; finding the bone yourself also permits the correct ritual. B omits the bone and fights the angry wraith; Jacob calls Geralt a bungler but pays. C threatens the witch, who obeys maliciously: Daphne possesses Morholt and kills Jacob, leaving coin near his corpse. Choose peaceful release, the failed-ritual fight, or the revenge outcome. ^{[S171] [S74]} Virtue opportunity: 34B/C miss the Wisdom deed for successfully lifting Daphne's curse. Use another Wisdom opportunity if keeping either outcome; this is not an automatic achievement lockout. ^[S18]

B - Botch the ritual; fight Daphne as a wraith. Consequences and preference: A uses Gareth's bone and the kerchief to let Daphne's spirit depart peacefully, keeping Jacob and Morholt alive and earning the agreed fee. Polite cooperation costs a lock of Geralt's hair; finding the bone yourself also permits the correct ritual. B omits the bone and fights the angry wraith; Jacob calls Geralt a bungler but pays. C threatens the witch, who obeys maliciously: Daphne possesses Morholt and kills Jacob, leaving coin near his corpse. Choose peaceful release, the failed-ritual fight, or the revenge outcome. ^{[S171] [S74]} Virtue opportunity: 34B/C miss the Wisdom deed for successfully lifting Daphne's curse. Use another Wisdom opportunity if keeping either outcome; this is not an automatic achievement lockout. ^[S18]

C - Threaten the witch; Jacob dies and Morholt is possessed. Consequences and preference: A uses Gareth's bone and the kerchief to let Daphne's spirit depart peacefully, keeping Jacob and Morholt alive and earning the agreed fee. Polite cooperation costs a lock of Geralt's hair; finding the bone yourself also permits the correct ritual. B omits the bone and fights the angry wraith; Jacob calls Geralt a bungler but pays. C threatens the witch, who obeys maliciously: Daphne possesses Morholt and kills Jacob, leaving coin near his corpse. Choose peaceful release, the failed-ritual fight, or the revenge outcome. ^{[S171] [S74]} Virtue opportunity: 34B/C miss the Wisdom deed for successfully lifting Daphne's curse. Use another Wisdom opportunity if keeping either outcome; this is not an automatic achievement lockout. ^[S18]

A - Move Louis; Margot reveals her hidden Gwent cards. Consequences and preference: A separates the quarrelling ghosts by relocating Louis to the Gwent society's chamber; Margot keeps the crypt and reveals the garden cache of Barclay Els and Vampire: Bruxa, only if those cards are still missing. B takes Margot to her mother's grave; Louis remains but admits he cannot provide the cards, offering Trentin's Forged in Fire instead. Both stop the cemetery quarrel. Choose missing cards/Margot's wish or the unique sword/Louis's wish; the later honest report is a separate reward decision. ^[S185] On either branch, truthfully tell the employer it was a marital dispute for an Honor opportunity; exaggerating pays more. This reward choice is separate from whose urn you move. ^[S75] Virtue/collection note: reporting a simple marital dispute honestly is the Honor opportunity on either urn route. Exaggerating forfeits that deed, but other Honor deeds remain. The cards from 35A cannot replace every earlier missable Gwent reward. ^[S75] GEAR LOCKOUT - 35A: the unique sword Forged in Fire requires 35B. Moving Louis instead opens Margot's card cache and loses this sword on that branch. Save before moving either urn; use the original card sources if choosing the sword. ^[S135]

B - Move Margot; Louis sends you for Forged in Fire. Consequences and preference: A separates the quarrelling ghosts by relocating Louis to the Gwent society's chamber; Margot keeps the crypt and reveals the garden cache of Barclay Els and Vampire: Bruxa, only if those cards are still missing. B takes Margot to her mother's grave; Louis remains but admits he cannot provide the cards, offering Trentin's Forged in Fire instead. Both stop the cemetery quarrel. Choose missing cards/Margot's wish or the unique sword/Louis's wish; the later honest report is a separate reward decision. ^[S185] On either branch, truthfully tell the employer it was a marital dispute for an Honor opportunity; exaggerating pays more. This reward choice is separate from whose urn you move. ^[S75] Virtue/collection note: reporting a simple marital dispute honestly is the Honor opportunity on either urn route. Exaggerating forfeits that deed, but other Honor deeds remain. The cards from 35A cannot replace every earlier missable Gwent reward. ^[S75] GEAR LOCKOUT - 35A: the unique sword Forged in Fire requires 35B. Moving Louis instead opens Margot's card cache and loses this sword on that branch. Save before moving either urn; use the original card sources if choosing the sword. ^[S135]

A - Spare Iocaste, the rare silver basilisk. Consequences and preference: Iocaste is the last silver basilisk, but she has killed the merchants whose caravan drew her with tannin. A makes Borhis pay off the hunters and preserves her; Geralt receives 350 crowns and may accept an extra 50, or refuse it for Generosity as well as Compassion. B kills her with the Reavers, paying 400 crowns and yielding the trophy plus Squire's steel sword. Choose conservation despite the casualties or removing the lethal beast. A permanent merchant discount is not established by this route. ^{[S172] [S76]} Virtue opportunity: 36B forfeits the Compassion deed for sparing Iocaste. Find another qualifying Compassion deed if it is still missing; the kill does not by itself permanently block Aerondight's achievement. ^[S76] GEAR CHOICE: 36A gives up the unique Silver basilisk trophy. To keep it, choose 36B and loot Iocaste after the fight; preserve another Compassion opportunity if still needed for Aerondight. Save before the hunters' timed decision. ^[S76]

B - Kill Iocaste; obtain the silver basilisk trophy. Consequences and preference: Iocaste is the last silver basilisk, but she has killed the merchants whose caravan drew her with tannin. A makes Borhis pay off the hunters and preserves her; Geralt receives 350 crowns and may accept an extra 50, or refuse it for Generosity as well as Compassion. B kills her with the Reavers, paying 400 crowns and yielding the trophy plus Squire's steel sword. Choose conservation despite the casualties or removing the lethal beast. A permanent merchant discount is not established by this route. ^{[S172] [S76]} Virtue opportunity: 36B forfeits the Compassion deed for sparing Iocaste. Find another qualifying Compassion deed if it is still missing; the kill does not by itself permanently block Aerondight's achievement. ^[S76] GEAR CHOICE: 36A gives up the unique Silver basilisk trophy. To keep it, choose 36B and loot Iocaste after the fight; preserve another Compassion opportunity if still needed for Aerondight. Save before the hunters' timed decision. ^[S76]

A - Reconcile the brothers and preserve their future business. Consequences and preference: Hugo believes his brothers hired killers to take his piece of their father's still. A insists on talking and reveals that the armed men are hunters recruited to rescue him, allowing reconciliation and payment of the brothers' negotiated fee. B accepts Hugo's suspicion and attacks the other group, losing that reconciliation and its fee; the still-filter payment to Hugo's rescuer is separate. Choose checking the misunderstanding and keeping the family's joint future, or forcefully protecting Hugo at their expense. Do not treat his initial suspicion as proven murder intent. ^{[S170] [S77] [S77]} Virtue opportunity: 37B skips the Wisdom deed for reconciling the brothers. Preserve another Wisdom opportunity if keeping this outcome. ^[S18]

B - Side with Hugo in the confrontation and fight the other group. Consequences and preference: Hugo believes his brothers hired killers to take his piece of their father's still. A insists on talking and reveals that the armed men are hunters recruited to rescue him, allowing reconciliation and payment of the brothers' negotiated fee. B accepts Hugo's suspicion and attacks the other group, losing that reconciliation and its fee; the still-filter payment to Hugo's rescuer is separate. Choose checking the misunderstanding and keeping the family's joint future, or forcefully protecting Hugo at their expense. Do not treat his initial suspicion as proven murder intent. ^{[S170] [S77] [S77]} Virtue opportunity: 37B skips the Wisdom deed for reconciling the brothers. Preserve another Wisdom opportunity if keeping this outcome. ^[S18]

A - Return the stones immediately; obtain the Reginald figurine. Consequences and preference: A promptly restores the statue and gives Geralt a displayable figurine; from the next day the repaired statue offers a one-hour in-combat stamina regeneration buff. B gives Hughes one last day of renewed vigor, then reaches that same restoration reward when you return. C leaves him the stones for 50 crowns; a week later Rosalinda reports his death from overexertion, while the statue stays unrepaired. D loses the fistfight and destroys the stones. Choose restoration, a brief compassionate loan, his fatal indulgence, or the failed recovery. ^{[S173] [S78] [S78]} Virtue opportunity: returning the stones gives Honor; letting Hughes keep them gives Compassion. Missing one deed can be repaired through another qualifying quest. None of these item outcomes is itself a dedicated achievement. ^[S122] Collection choice: 38A/B returns the stones and earns the Reginald figurine. C/D loses that decoration; it is a souvenir, not combat equipment. Save before the confrontation and return after the one-day loan on B. ^[S78]

B - Lend them for one day, then return them; still obtain the figurine. Consequences and preference: A promptly restores the statue and gives Geralt a displayable figurine; from the next day the repaired statue offers a one-hour in-combat stamina regeneration buff. B gives Hughes one last day of renewed vigor, then reaches that same restoration reward when you return. C leaves him the stones for 50 crowns; a week later Rosalinda reports his death from overexertion, while the statue stays unrepaired. D loses the fistfight and destroys the stones. Choose restoration, a brief compassionate loan, his fatal indulgence, or the failed recovery. ^{[S173] [S78] [S78]} Virtue opportunity: returning the stones gives Honor; letting Hughes keep them gives Compassion. Missing one deed can be repaired through another qualifying quest. None of these item outcomes is itself a dedicated achievement. ^[S122] Collection choice: 38A/B returns the stones and earns the Reginald figurine. C/D loses that decoration; it is a souvenir, not combat equipment. Save before the confrontation and return after the one-day loan on B. ^[S78]

C - Let Hughes keep them; he later dies and the figurine is lost. Consequences and preference: A promptly restores the statue and gives Geralt a displayable figurine; from the next day the repaired statue offers a one-hour in-combat stamina regeneration buff. B gives Hughes one last day of renewed vigor, then reaches that same restoration reward when you return. C leaves him the stones for 50 crowns; a week later Rosalinda reports his death from overexertion, while the statue stays unrepaired. D loses the fistfight and destroys the stones. Choose restoration, a brief compassionate loan, his fatal indulgence, or the failed recovery. ^{[S173] [S78] [S78]} Virtue opportunity: returning the stones gives Honor; letting Hughes keep them gives Compassion. Missing one deed can be repaired through another qualifying quest. None of these item outcomes is itself a dedicated achievement. ^[S122] Collection choice: 38A/B returns the stones and earns the Reginald figurine. C/D loses that decoration; it is a souvenir, not combat equipment. Save before the confrontation and return after the one-day loan on B. ^[S78]

D - Lose the fistfight; the stones are destroyed. Consequences and preference: A promptly restores the statue and gives Geralt a displayable figurine; from the next day the repaired statue offers a one-hour in-combat stamina regeneration buff. B gives Hughes one last day of renewed vigor, then reaches that same restoration reward when you return. C leaves him the stones for 50 crowns; a week later Rosalinda reports his death from overexertion, while the statue stays unrepaired. D loses the fistfight and destroys the stones. Choose restoration, a brief compassionate loan, his fatal indulgence, or the failed recovery. ^{[S173] [S78] [S78]} Virtue opportunity: returning the stones gives Honor; letting Hughes keep them gives Compassion. Missing one deed can be repaired through another qualifying quest. None of these item outcomes is itself a dedicated achievement. ^[S122] Collection choice: 38A/B returns the stones and earns the Reginald figurine. C/D loses that decoration; it is a souvenir, not combat equipment. Save before the confrontation and return after the one-day loan on B. ^[S78]