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All Choices and Consequences
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This is a list of all choices and consequences in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Learn all quest choices, romance choices, and possible endings and outcomes below!
List of Contents
List of All Choices
| All Choices per Quest Type | |
|---|---|
| Main Quest | Secondary Quest |
Main Quest Choices
| Quest and Choices | Effects |
|---|---|
| Blood on the Battlefield Drink or Snowball Fight with Ciri? ① Drink with Ciri ② Snowball Fight with Ciri |
① Geralt and Ciri drink some booze together, however this does not cheer Ciri up and contributes to a negative ending. ② Geralt and Ciri have a snowball fight, which helps Ciri to forget her troubles and cheers her up, contributing to a positive ending. |
| Blood on the Battlefield Should I Visit Emhyr with Ciri? ① Bring Ciri to Emhyr ② Go Straight to Bald Mountain If visiting Emhyr: ③ Accept Emhyr's Reward ④ Decline the Reward |
① Geralt goes to Emhyr with Ciri and they talk about their future. Required for a specific ending. ② Geralt and Ciri goes straight to Bald Mountain without meeting Emhyr ③ Ciri ends up feeling like Geralt has just sold her out, contributing to a negative ending. ④ Ciri feels happy and contributes to a positive ending. Geralt also receives a new black stallion horse. |
| Blindingly Obvious Dealing with Dijkstra ① Diplomacy with Dijkstra ② Shove Dijkstra |
① Dijkstra is convinced to let Philippa go. Also fulfills a condition to unlock the secondary quest, Reason of State. ② Dijkstra gets shoved and breaks his other leg. |
| Final Preparations Should I Meet the Lodge of Sorceresses? ① Go With Ciri ② Let Ciri Go Alone |
① Geralt goes with Ciri to meet the sorceresses, his presence prevents Ciri from growing. This contributes to a negative ending. ② Ciri goes alone and speaks to Margarita and Philippa, letting her gain confidence in herself. Influences a positive ending. |
| Child of the Elder Blood Should I Meet the Lodge of Sorceresses? ① Calm Ciri Down ② Tell Ciri to Go for It |
① Ciri bottles up her frustration, contributes to a negative ending. ② Geralt and Ciri wrecks the lab, letting Ciri release her anger and frustration. Contributes to a positive ending. |
| Child of the Elder Blood Ciri Requests to Visit Skjall ① Visit Skjall's Grave ② Deny Ciri Visiting Skjall |
① Ciri and Geralt find Skjall's corpse and decide to give him a proper burial. Contributes to a positive ending. ② Ciri gets angry and disappointed with Geralt. Contributes to a negative ending. |
| The Isle of Mists Recruit Allies to Fight Against the Wild Hunt ① Complete at Least One or All Brothers in Arms Quests - Should I Complete Brothers in Arms? ② Skip All Brothers in Arms Quests |
① Recruited allies will join you during The Battle of Kaer Morhen, making the battle easier. ② The Battle of Kaer Morhen will be more difficult, as there will only be seven of you. |
| Broken Flowers Which Horse to Pick? ① Cantarella ② Nemrod ③ Thunderbolt ④ Zerrikanian Bay |
①, ②, ③, ④ All horses are equal and will not give you any advantage during the race. This will have no impact on the quest whatsoever. |
| Get Junior Should I Kill Whoreson Junior? ① Kill Whoreson Junior ② Spare Whoreson Junior |
① Affects a flashback later in the story. Completes the objective for the quest. ② Affects a flashback later in the story. Fails the objective for the quest but it will complete anyway. |
| Scenes From a Marriage Should I Take the Rose? ① Take the Rose ② Leave the Rose |
① Iris and the painted world disappears, and the dog and cat are freed. Geralt gains information about Gaunter. ② Iris will continue to slumber, and the dog and cat will continue to work in servitude. |
| Open Sesame: The Safecracker Should I Choose Casimir or Quinto? ① Casimir ② Quinto |
① You won't be able to stall the negotiator but Casimir will be able to disable the trap door with 4 Arachnomorphs. Casimir sides with Edwald (the Stranger). ② Allows you to stall the negotiator, as long as you choose the correct dialogue options but Quinto will not disable the trap door with 4 Arachnomorphs. Quinto sides with Horst. |
Side Quest Choices
| Quest and Choices | Effects |
|---|---|
| For the Advancement of Learning Should I Let Keira Go to Radovid? ① Send Kiera to Kaer Morhen ② Send Kiera to Radovid ③ Kill Kiera |
① If you make Kiera go to Kaer Morhen, she will join you in a later main quest, The Battle for Kaer Morhen. ② Letting Kiera go to Radovid will unlock the secondary quest, A Final Kindness. This can also be unlocked by not doing the quest at all. ③ Killing Kiera prevents any of the above from happening. |
| The Whispering Hillock Should I Kill the Tree Spirit? ① Free the Spirit ② Kill the Spirit ③ Trick the Spirit |
① Freeing the spirit saves the orphans at Crookback Bog from being eaten by the Crones, destroys the village of Downwarren, and kills both the Bloody Baron and his wife. ② Killing the spirit prevents the Bloody Baron and his wife from dying, although the wife loses her mind. The orphans at Crookback Bog, however, get eaten by the Crones. ③ Tricking the spirit by pretending to help it has the same effect as killing it but without the need to fight the tree's heart. The outcomes of your choice can be found during the secondary quest, Return to Crookback Bog. |
| Return to Crookback Bog Which Doll to Pick? ① Doll with the red bead ② Doll with the bird feathers ③ Doll with the violet hollyhock bloom ④ Doll with the human ear |
③ Picking the doll with the violet hollyhock bloom will remove the curse on Anna Strenger. However, she still dies after saying goodbye to both her husband and daughter. ①,②,④ Picking any other doll will make Anna burst into flames and die without returning back to normal. |
| King's Gambit Side With Cerys or Hjalmar? ① Choose Not to Help ② Side with Cerys ③ Side with Hjalmar |
① Choosing not to help will result in both Cerys and Hjalmar presumed dead and Svanrige as the new king of Skellige. ② Siding with Cerys will allow her to become the new Queen of Skellige. You'll also find out who is behind the plot against the other clans. ③ Siding with Hjalmar will allow him to become the new king of Skellige after slaying the berserkers and restoring his clan's honor. |
| A Matter of Life and Death Does Your Choice of Mask Matter? ① Wolf Mask ② Harlequin Mask ③ Bird Mask |
①,②,③ Any mask can be chosen and none of the mask choices affect the quest or the story outcomes. |
| Now or Never? Should I Help the Mages Escape? ① Help Triss and the Mages ② Ignore or Decline to Help |
① The Mages will be able to escape Novigrad and the Witch Hunters. Also fulfills a condition to unlock the secondary quest, Reason of State. ② The Mages are killed, the nonhumans will start getting persecuted, and Radovid wins the war. During this quest, Gerald may also romance Triss by telling her he loves her at the end of the quest. Triss will then stay instead of going with the other mages to Novigrad. ▶︎ Romance Guide |
| Last Wish Romance Yennefer or Not? ① Tell Yennefer You Love Her ② Turn Down Yennefer |
① Become lovers with Yennefer which leads into a romance scene. ② Both of you agree to a more formal friendship instead. ▶︎ Romance Guide |
| Reason of State Should I Help the Temerians? ① Help the Temerians fight Dijkstra ② Let Dijkstra Kill the Temerians ③ Ignore the Quest |
① Geralt, Roche, and the rest of the Temerians fight Dijkstra and Nilfgaard wins the war in the end. Required for a specific ending. ② Radovid dies and Dijkstra takes his seat as a chancellor. The war is won for the north. ③ Radovid wins the war by default. |
| An Eye for an Eye Should I Kill or Spare the Soldier? ① Kill the Soldier ② Spare the Soldier |
①, ② Your choice does not matter and will not affect the story in any way. |
Romance Choices
Romance Yennefer, Triss, or Both
| Option | How to Romance |
|---|---|
| Triss |
① Kiss Triss during the quest, A Matter of Life and Death. ② You must help the mages during the quest, Now or Never, and tell her to stay and that you love her at the end. This will lead to a romance scene at the Lighthouse. |
| Yennefer |
① Use the black and white attire and tell Yennefer you want to kiss her during the quest, The King is Dead – Long Live the King. This can lead into a romance scene. ② Tell Yennefer you love her at the end of the quest, The Last Wish. ③ If you did all of the above, there will be another romance scene during the quest, No Place Like Home. |
| Both |
① Do all of the above to romance both Triss and Yennefer at the same time. ② This unlocks the quest, It Takes Three to Tango, and leads to you losing both of them in the end. |
Romance Guide | Romance Triss or Yen
Romance Scenes Only
| Option | How to Romance |
|---|---|
| Keira Metz | Complete the quests, An Invitation from Keira Metz and Towerful of Mice. You should then accept her invitation during the subsequent quest, A Favor for a Friend. |
| Madame Sasha | Enter the Gwent tournament in the High Stakes quest then either defeat or help Madame Sasha. |
| Jutta an Dimun | Beat her in a swordfight without cheating during the quest, Iron Maiden. |
The romance scenes listed will not lead into any relationship for Geralt. This also does not affect your ongoing romance with either Triss or Yennefer at all.
Ending Options
Ciri's Endings
| Ending | How to Get |
|---|---|
| Ciri Dies to the White Frost | Pick more "negative choices" than "positive choices". These choices are made in the quests, Blood on the Battlefield, Final Preparations, and Child of the Elder Blood. |
| Ciri Becomes a Witcher | Pick more "positive choices" than "negative choices", and avoid bringing Ciri to Emhyr or don't do the side quest Reason of State. |
| Ciri Becomes Empress of Nilfgaard | Achieved if you pick more "positive choices" than "negative choices", visited Emhyr with Ciri, and let Nilfgaard win the war. |
List of Endings and How to Get the Best Ending
Geralt's Endings
| Ending | How to Get |
|---|---|
| Geralt Ends Up Alone | Avoid romancing Triss or Yennefer or, ironically, romance both of them. |
| Geralt Lives with Triss | Romance only Triss and avoid romancing Yennefer. |
| Geralt Lives with Yennefer | Romance only Yennefer and avoid romancing Triss. |
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