Sign on Options
Theme: [Light Selected] To Dark»

The Witcher 2 Walkthrough

Kurtis Seid
By Kurtis Seid, Game Guides Editor

Fight as Geralt the Witcher. Our Witcher 2 Walkthrough will help you through the adventure with a full walkthrough, skill tips, and combat strategies.

The Witcher 2 Walkthrough

Symbol of Death

With Saskia back to full health it's now a matter of stopping the cursed battlefield. You will need to acquire a few relics in order to stop the eternal battle. Speaking with Philippa and Saskia will provide three of these items: Vandergrift's sword, Seltkirk's armor, and the magic medallion. The last piece of the puzzle is the Dun Banner's standard in the forest catacombs.

The Witcher 2 Walkthrough

You might encounter enemies on the way, but nothing out of the ordinary. Once arriving at the forest hillside, enter the carven below and deeper into the catacombs. Various walls can be shattered with the Aard spell; most of these rooms only have junk, but a few can be explored for extra treasure.

The Witcher 2 Walkthrough

You will need to reach the bottom level of the tomb. Start by running north and swing around into the right side room. From here there will be a stair well leading to the lower floors. Clear out the wraith in your way and you'll come face to face with the undead Ekhart. He can be talked down by answering a few questions. First tell him that he is wrong, Menno Coehoorn for the second, and that he died at Brenna. The lead commanders of the armies were Vandergrift and Seltkirk. Last, Bigerhorn was the kidnapper.

The Witcher 2 Walkthrough

If you flub an answers, you will have to kill Ekhart's ghost. The enemy is weak to Yrden spells, allowing you to trap him and deal heavy damage with backstabs. However, be sure to keep your Quen spells up and roll often once the soul is loose. If you've upgraded violence and have a strong sword the ghost should die quickly. Either way, grab the banner from the tomb and travel back to Vergen.

If you haven't claimed the other three relics yet, talk to Saskia again. Speak with Philippa one last time to start the heated cured battle.

Kurtis Seid
By Kurtis Seid, Game Guides Editor

Kurtis Seid is a sadomasochist for games. He’s clocked over 200 days in a Final Fantasy entry but isn’t sure if he’s actually a fan of the series. His ideal game would somehow involve the harshest elements of King’s Quest, Team Fortress, River City Ransom, Ogre Battle, and Dark Souls.

230 comments
OldPhart69
OldPhart69

Help!  I'm just in the Prolog trying to escape from the dungeon. I can take care of one guard, but with the 2nd one I can't target him or deal any blows. What's wrong here ????

pitosga
pitosga

No mention whatsoever of the odd number of immortelle petals that can be harvested. That's the sole reason I'm looking this quest up.

Who ever really needs a walkthrough of this? It's flippin' straightforward. Typical route in an RPG, go the path least likely to take you to your objective. At the least, you'll get all the loot in an organized fashion. As it is here, it's actually phased, through lock and key. But there's nothing to it, really, if you run into a locked door, take the next path. Spam Z when it's time ta loot! Really, nothing to it.

D4rm4w4n
D4rm4w4n

im looking a clue of gargoyle quest, decripting the 4 rune symbol sequence to deactifating the gargoyle. i made it only on third rune puzles. the hintis:

three mice field

dancing in the circle

the grain like stars

 

i finished the game left the other two gargoyle puzle tough...

i opened the chest, it contains a diagram for making a sword. cerum with damage about 70 points. and when i make the sword i completed the mystic river quest. :-)

dscholt
dscholt

i really had high hopes for this game and for the most part it was pretty fun up until the Kayran battle then the qte fails miserably and even thoough i have killed everything single tentacle i keep dropping off the one that im riding on and the monster never dies.  i am about to delete this game from my pc and call it quits, fed up which sucks as this was a Christmas present and i love these kind of games but after killing multiple tentacles and not gettting through ive about had it :(

Toxickrazyhaze
Toxickrazyhaze

where do you find grapeshot in the 1st chapter to destroy the nekker nests

Imspecial345
Imspecial345 like.author.displayName 1 Like

Sweet holy Hell take a freaking English class. Every other sentence is a "layer" instead of "lair", a "forage" instead of "forge". YOU GET PAID FOR THIS

AceCometh
AceCometh

I'd rather just get a copy of the game and start playing it mysef and not worry about the slow in coming segment of the walk through. Just play the game! Or give it to me :)

supertom221
supertom221

@PooyaOstadpour What are you on about? Witcher 2 has been out for PC for over an year, it has been cracked day one. For Xbox it doesn't matter, all Modded XBOX's can play it. Must be some other reason.

linmukai
linmukai

Where's the downloadable PDF? Please?

VercettiTommyy
VercettiTommyy

A bit too simplified...I was sad to see the superb original combat system go. The inventory is consolized, and I hate the QTE, but apart from those, it's a fantastic game!

D4rm4w4n
D4rm4w4n

 @VercettiTommyy what is this QTE, bro??

VercettiTommyy
VercettiTommyy

 @D4rm4w4n Quick TIme Events. You know when you have to repeatedly push a button in order to perform some action, like slashing an enemy or evading , and then you have to rapidly switch to another fast press sequence. 

Species8472_5b
Species8472_5b

When Phillipa is escorting you through the mist as an owl (all three times) fighting with the heavily armored Draug that appear is a waste of time... Just leap from Wraith to Wraith and avoid the Draug entirely... as soon as Phillipa is freed, she'll blast the Draug to bits. Takes only a minute or so to get moving again that way... :)

D4rm4w4n
D4rm4w4n

 @Species8472_5b but u will miss the item drop by draugh. it is ingredient for powerfull amrmor... bro ... hehehhe

jollybest1
jollybest1 like.author.displayName 1 Like

@TrueProphecy22 the first time for me was hard too until i took the right path (and the others took the left path) :D and now i finish that part every time without issue (and no death) , hell after the first playtrough the game is easy even on hard except for the operator When encountering Letho for the first time use grenades and trowing knifes and the quen sign(verry easy to kill) .

heroesfan261
heroesfan261

@Henrique2324 actually it would be more like a 560 with an i5-750 or higher because that's what i have and I can run it on high just fine, i don't try to mess with the ubersampling though.

zhamar
zhamar

at the last battle I put like 30 traps around before talking to the NPC, andthen during battle I used like 30 granades, battle was over in 2 minutes.

kaem79
kaem79

GOTY game right here.

TrueProphecy22
TrueProphecy22

8 times out of 10 those dragon's flames at the beginning have incinerated me. Rolling doesn't seem to help. The two times I did make it through the flames without dying on the other side, I ended up skewered on the second group by the portcullis.

PooyaOstadpour
PooyaOstadpour

@McGuirex3 because he has the cracked version, which obviously without a proper crack. I wonder how 3 other people have agreed with that opinion.

mcdeigo96
mcdeigo96

A lot of pictures in this guide are pretty low quality compared to the actual game.

McGuirex3
McGuirex3

hamidsanavandi said:, I still cant play the witcher 2., Becauuuuuusssssse? I.e. wouldn't you like to tell us why?!

downloadthefile
downloadthefile

roche doesn't tell you if iorveth escaped, iorveth comes himself. (after Letho)

TerraMantis
TerraMantis

@ChristysXmas Why does fame equal skill? Also, the fight with Letho was placed to make you a much better fighter (Witcher). I don't know about you but after that fight i had learned a lot about how to fight and how to combine skills much more effectively. Lastly, how ridiculously awful would any game be if you beat challenges effortlessly just because you think you're supposed to?

hsmgaye
hsmgaye

[This message was deleted at the request of the original poster]

krisolll
krisolll

@ChristysXmas the answer is amnesia ...

juliano001
juliano001

To silvertora. Look, i will be the most polite as i can. This is war, dont expect a model of beuty. And this is the gayish comment ever from anyone. Oh, he is not pretty. UGH.

silvertora
silvertora

Anyone wonder why this Geralt is so ugly compared to his profile in Witcher 1? He is so much fatter and his hair is terrible with the ponytail - ok, I know it doesn't mean much when you play the game, but after been hooked on playing the first Witcher it came as a shock - did they change game designers? Love the fact that one can stack in the inventory - which one couldn't do in the first game, but there are still a few things better in 1 than in 2 - Thanks for the entertainment

ChristysXmas
ChristysXmas

The fight against Letho at the end of Chapter 1 is the most ridiculous fight in the whole game. I'm not talking about its difficulty, as the difficulty is fine for a boss fight. But when Geralt of Rivia, one of the best Witchers, faced his fellow Witcher Letho (who was certainly not so famous as Geralt was) in a one-on-one duel, his skills and strength were pathetically weaker than his opponent. The fight felt like some kid was trying to beat a master swordsman, not one between two best Witchers (heck even a girl like Alice Liddell could put up a much better fight with her Vorpal Blade). I did manage to defeat Letho, but after it I didn't feel anything to be proud of, just the disappointment on how Geralt got his fake fame as a top Witcher. At least give him some excuse to be so weak, like badly injured or something.

TransvormerSCol
TransvormerSCol like.author.displayName 1 Like

Nice walkthrough of course, but owners of the premium or collectors edition of the witcher 2 gets an offical game guide including the game package. That game guide is also very good guiding you through all path's of the main quest and every side quests also informing you for all important consequenses of choices. I used it and it was very helpfull.

1MonthBeard
1MonthBeard

@Gnidleif It gets easier as you get stronger because it's supposed to. As you progress, you get stronger and gain new abilities, so it makes sense that the fights should become easier.Later on, the hard fights are either with bosses, new monsters or with large groups of combined soldier classes (footman, shield knights, dual handed and sorcerers). I agree that the first fight with Letho was a pain in the ass, but it also was the best fight in the game. Knowing that the slightest error might cost you your life keeps you concentrated and focused on evading and counter-attacking (some fights aren't meant to be an all out charge and brawl, because the opponent is, to put it simple, stronger). Sitting around and watching characters talk for fifteen minutes is necessary in this kind of game. It's a complex story that should be explained thoroughly (it was here that the first game failed). It's not a perfect game, but it's the best that has come out in a while.

Gnidleif
Gnidleif

I don't know why people keep saying this game is good because it's hard. It's not hard because of good design, it's hard because of bad design. Having a tutorial where you can do the different parts in whatever order you want when you start the game might sound cool, but not warning the player that starting with the third step might be a little difficult, I wasn't even aware that I was choosing a part of the tutorial to play when I chose between those four options. The game also has a crappy difficulty curve, with it starting out incredibly "hard" (if you measure difficulty around how many times you randomly die as you try to read the tutorial text WHILE running from a big dragon), and then gets incredibly simple as to the point where all you have to do is roll and hit a few times for enemies to go down. The way the game tells the plot is also very bad, I don't wanna sit fifteen minutes straight watching a movie of characters doing things while playing a game, but if I don't do that, there's no way for me to know what I'm actually doing in the game.

1MonthBeard
1MonthBeard

Nowadays games are far too easy. I remember playing when I was a kid and video games were much harder back then. I guess it's because they want to make the game more accessible for casual gamers but in doing so, the game loses depth. I played the witcher 2 in hard mode on the first try and I can say it was really rewarding. It's better to play a game that's challenging than a game that just lets you breeze through the whole thing. I hate the way Bethesda deals with difficulty. Matching the opponents strength to your level makes the process of leveling up obsolete. It gives you no reason to go out to the wilderness to kill monsters or explore because you can beat the game in level 1 if you feel like it. By the way, you can kill pretty much anything in "The Witcher 2" if you roll around and attack from the back. 200% of damage is tough xD

siegfield
siegfield

Difficulty of the game is unstable and unbalance. I mean In prologue and chapter 1 the game is difficult and very challenging, (I'm not saying its good or bad) and specially the battle with letho is very hard and cruel (I've died more than 30 times in that battle!). But exactly after beginning of chapter 2 the game turned very easy for me and I just died one more time to the end of the game... Actually I don't think gameplay of Witcher2 is exactly what CD Project Red had in his mind (in first place).

siegfield
siegfield

Difficulty of the game is unstable and unbalance. I mean In prologue and chapter 1 the game is difficult and very challenging, (I'm not saying its good or bad) and specially the battle with letho is very hard and cruel (I've died more than 30 times in that battle!). But exactly after beginning of chapter 2 the game turned very easy for me and I just died one more time to the end of the game... Actually I don't think gameplay of Witcher2 is exactly what CD Project Red had in his mind (in first place).

PirateG
PirateG

the gameplay requires concentration, its not about just spamming your left mouse button, personally I never used the queen sign, instead i doubled the dodge distance early once(that really helps)+ the skill to damage enemies at once + the skill to get 100% even when attacked on back and to kill them aard enemies one by one + attack. i think the magic skill tree is not real fun compared to the slashing and runing around. when ure in the top levels its gonna feel like the white wolf is really the cool agile guy that you just cant kill no matter what u do :D

Kiriyama12
Kiriyama12

you can always start out slow (easy difficulty) and switch to normal/hard in the difficulty once you get used to rolling around/casting and using alchemy.

smsmsmoosavi
smsmsmoosavi

@tonet666 Off course LA Noire has better motion capture but its the only advantage that it has. Witcher 2 is way better overall

tonet666
tonet666

Imagine TW2 with LA Noire face motion capture. wow the perfect RPG.

zymbo
zymbo

I can't stop playing this damn game... probably going to go back and play Witcher 1 when I beat it. :) Awesome game. Awesome studio. Nice to see the BEST rpgs are still for PC.

Baer
Baer

Nope not a huge TV. I am running the 5760 X 1200 on three 24" 1920 X 1200 monitors in surround driven by a pair of GTX 580's. I use a bezel overlap instead of bezel correction. TW2 in full surround with settings maxed and in battle brings the 580's to 85 degrees C so the next step is a second liquid cooling loop (crazy, I know)

Baer
Baer

Bigger screens at the same resolution are indeed just the pixels getting bigger but 1920 X 1200 is a far better satarting point than 1080p. I have both and there is no comparison. I no longer use the 1080p as it is narrow and in sourround mode it looks anemic.

Poodlejumper
Poodlejumper

@termadoyle Well now you know how some of feel when we play overly simplified games. Step up to bat. Challenge yourself. Pressing space to win is a trend to be fought. I think when you accept games that are a true challenge you'll find challenge makes well-designed but challenging games better.

marshal2909
marshal2909

To everyone that finds combat very hard. Just invest points in QUEN sign and your life will be much easier.

Thralll
Thralll

Yes it`s the `` SILVER `` sword not `` STEEL `` as written in the guide. And by the way, once I destroyed 3 of its tentacles, he went down. Probably my sword or blows were stronger thus I didn`t need 4, 3 of them were enough. By the way I killed the monster in 5 attempts with normal difficulty, it`s not that hard really.

sambo342
sambo342

PS: otside its ok,movement are normal

sambo342
sambo342

Can someone explain to me ,why when I enter tavern or same buildings ,movement turn to as a slow motion movie and I'm not overloaded,what can cost this to happen? sambo342 thank's

Thralll
Thralll

``First head to the dwarven smiths and have them forage a new Witcher steel sword for you. This will allow you to deal extra damage to the Kayran.`` Why steel ? Steel is ineffective against monsters, so it should be silver , right ?

Conversation powered by Livefyre