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All Decisions Affecting the Story and Best Choices
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There are quests that let you make the decision on what to do which will affect the story in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Read on to find out which quests gives you a choice and what their effects are!
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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. |
Side Quest Choices
| Quest and Choices | Effects |
|---|---|
| For the Advancement of Learning Should You Kill or Invite Kiera? 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. |
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