Looking to get more ability points? See the locations for all Places of Power here:
・Place of Power Locations
Trying to make more coin as quickly as possible? See our Money Making Guide!
・How to Make Money Fast
Want to know the best early game builds and skills to invest in? We've got you covered!
・Best Early Game Skills and Builds
This is a guide to the best early game builds and skills to learn in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Read on to learn more information about the best skills and builds available for the early game.
List of Contents
You will mostly be fighting against medium and small sized enemies that can easily be staggered even by Fast Attacks. Investing on Fast Attacks as an early build will boost your damage by a lot. Maxing out Muscle Memory to level 5 will help you maximize your damage output when using Fast Attack.
Each blows you land during battle generates Adrenaline Points, which increases your weapon damage. Maxing out Resolve early on in the game is a great way to buff your attacks without investing coins for a better weapon.
Picking up Exploding Shield can be extremely useful when fighting against multiple enemies. Quen Shield will push enemies back after it breaks, giving you space to attack or step back safely.
Melt Armor permanently weakens the armor of the enemy when hit by Igni. This is extremely strong when used with Fast Attacks against strong enemies with tough armor.
Gourmet will continously regenerate your health for 20 minutes even in combat after eating food. This will reduce the amount of food you consume during combat because of the passive healing.
Investing early on the ability Strong Back is really helpful and convenient. This skill solves the weight limit problem that you will have early in the game when you do not have any good saddlebags yet. This also allows you to loot more items before going back to the merchant or to your stash.
Delusion gives you an option not to pay money during dialogues, so learing this early on can help you save money when doing quests. This is also effective and useful during combat. Upgrading Delusion will stop the target moving towards you while using the Axii Sign.
This build relies on fast attacks that deal critical damage provided by Muscle Memory and Resolve from Combat Skills and Battle Frenzy from General Skills. This build also receives a passive health regeneration with the help of Gourmet.
| Tree | Skill Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Combat | Muscle Memory | 5 |
| Combat | Resolve | 3 |
| General | Adrenaline Burst | 1 |
| General | Battle Frenzy | 1 |
| General | Gourmet | 1 |
This build focuses on allowing you to use Quen and Igni without worrying about your stamina for both your offense and defense. Maxing out Exploding Shield and Melt Armor for Signs while increasing Rage Management, Survival Instinct, and Gourmet from General Skills. This build also weakens the enemy's armor, making them more vulnerable to your attacks.
| Tree | Skill Name | Points |
|---|---|---|
| Signs | Melt Armor | 5 |
| Signs | Exploding Shield | 3 |
| General | Survival Instinct | 1 |
| General | Rage Management | 1 |
| General | Gourmet | 1 |
See All Beginner Tips & Guides
| Leveling Up & Getting Beefy | |
|---|---|
| How to Level Up Fast | Place of Power Locations |
| Best Character Builds | Best Early Game Skills and Builds |
| Skills Ranking and Tier List | Top Five Best and Most Useful Skills |
| How to Get Magic Acorn | How to Reset Ability Points |
| Best Death March Build and Tips for Survival | Max Level and Level Cap for Geralt |
| Just for Fun | |
|---|---|
| List of Hairstyles | Best Looking Armor for Geralt |
| How to Get Paintings | How to Win Horse Races |
Best Early Game Skills and Builds
Genshin Impact Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Pokemon TCG Pocket (PTCGP) Strategies & Guides Wiki
Call of Duty Black Ops 6 (BO6) Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Honkai: Star Rail Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Dragon Quest 3 HD-2D Remake (DQ3) Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Metaphor: ReFantazio Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Dragon Age: The Veilguard Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Pokemon Scarlet and Violet (SV) Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Wuthering Waves Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Zenless Zone Zero Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Pokemon Legends: Arceus Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
New Pokemon Snap Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Elden Ring Shadow of the Erdtree Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
Hyrule Warriors: Age of Calamity Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
FF7 Remake Walkthrough & Guides Wiki
The Witcher® is a trademark of CD PROJEKT S. A. The Witcher game © CD PROJEKT S. A. All rights reserved. The Witcher game is based on the prose of Andrzej Sapkowski. All other copyrights and trademarks are the property of their respective owners.
The copyrights of videos of games used in our content and other intellectual property rights belong to the provider of the game.
The contents we provide on this site were created personally by members of the Game8 editorial department.
We refuse the right to reuse or repost content taken without our permission such as data or images to other sites.
