Witcher 3 easter egg found seven years after release
CD Project Red has confirmed that fans have finally discovered one of The Witcher 3’s biggest easter eggs.
There’ll be minor spoilers for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt below, so proceed at your discretion. Or play one of the best western RPGs ever made and come back. It should only take a hundred hours, give or take!
Alright, so. In the Blood and Wine expansion, there’s a quest called “The Warble of a Smitten Knight” involving NPC Vivienne de Tabis, who suffers from a curse that makes her take on a bird’s appearance. Geralt claims he can break the curse, but doing so will only give Vivienne seven years left to live (thanks, PC Gamer). Most of us completed the deed and never thought of what would happen to Vivienne later on.
Well, YouTuber xLetails held a charity stream recently where Philipp Weber, quest designer on Witcher 3, gave some vague hints about a particular easter egg nobody found by that point. On March 20, 2022, xLetails published a video stating that Vivienne will be dead in a room in Kaer Trolde Harbour if you meditate for seven in-game years. That same day, Weber confirmed this was the secret he was alluding to.
The wildest part? This discovery came seven years after Witcher 3’s actual release. I’ll certainly be trying this out when the new-gen port comes out.
CD Project Red also confirmed Monday that the next mainline Witcher title is in development.
Written by Kyle Campbell on behalf of GLHF.