With the inevitable next chapter in the Witcher video game series now confirmed to be in development, you might think that players have found absolutely every last secret from the last mainline Witcher title. A game as large as The Witcher 3 is bound to keep some secrets hidden away, sure, but it's been years since it launched and surely it's been picked absolutely clean, right?
Well, one such secret has been discovered nearly seven years after the game's initial launch in 2015. Granted, the discovery was made within the Blood and Wine DLC, which came out in 2016, so it's not quite been seven years, but still!
The secret itself revolves around a character called Vivienne de Tabris, who has been cursed to look like a bird. The curse can be lifted, but the resulting price will be that Vivienne's lifespan will equal that of a bird, which happens to be seven in-game years.
As discovered by @xLetalis, if Geralt were to meditate for the seven in-game years required, then Vivienne can indeed be found dead within her home. It's a pretty cool — if a little morbid — easter egg that shows just how much thought CD Projekt Red put into the game.
The video that demonstrates the secret can be viewed below. Phillip Weber, acting Lead Quest Designer for The Witcher 3, praised the discovery in a retweet; previously, Phillip had hinted at the secret during a company charity stream.
Have you since discovered this little easter egg in The Witcher 3? What are you favourite game secrets? Let us know in the usual place.
[source eurogamer.net]
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If anyone were to find this detail ... it would be xLetalis.
His channel is amazing.
So it's there a way for her to break the curse and NOT die?
Wait, but Easter isn't until next month.
Sounds familiar, didn't MGS have a similar egg on one of the bosses?
@HotGoomba It's from Easter 2016. I wouldn't advise trying this easter egg today.
@Shiro28 Like most in The Witcher 3, there are choices with this quest. One choice is cure her and she may die in a few years (described in this post). The other choice transfers her curse to another person and the two presumably fall in love.
@Paraka - Yes, a very elderly sniper named The End would die of old age if the player saved the game during the boss battle and did not return for 8 days or more in real time. You could also headshot him right after a cutscene if you're fast enough and skip his battle that way. Still, one of the best boss battles I've played.
I knew I shouldn't read this before I played the game. Did it anyway. Much regert.
@Astral-Grain - Ah yeah, that's the one.
@Astral-Grain I agree, I feel bad for some who never got a chance to experience The End. It was such an atmospheric battle, one of the most immersive renditions of a long-form sniper battle I've experienced.
This easter egg was already discovered in 2020 or even earlier, but it seems like it was only covored in an article from April 2020 on German gaming news site GameStar.
@Mumantai Well spotted!
To be fair, the statement "It's kind of poetic that my 7-year Easter egg was found almost 7 years after the release" sound a heck of a lot better than saying "my 7-year Easter Egg was found 5 years after release".
Not so poetic anymore haha
I found the article you were talking about though if anyone is curious: https://www.gamestar.de/artikel/versteckte-geheimnisse-witcher-3,3356666,seite2.html
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