Question about talents...

[Sayers]

Hi

Question about talents you receive by level..

Do you keep getting bronze talents the whole game or do you stop getting them when you get to too high a level?

I am thinking I might want to use some bronze talents later in the game and don't want to save any right now

[Sunsetter]

If I remember correctly, you start to get one less at a certain level (19 I think), then again at 29 and stop getting them at about 44

[max.strauss]

Originally posted by Sayers:

Do you keep getting bronze talents the whole game or do you stop getting them when you get to too high a level?

You will get bronze talents until the end of time. In the end you will not know how to spend them. So be prudent in the beginning, later on it doesn't matter.

[CorrWalon]

Originally posted by max.strauss:

Originally posted by Sayers:

Do you keep getting bronze talents the whole game or do you stop getting them when you get to too high a level?

You will get bronze talents until the end of time. In the end you will not know how to spend them. So be prudent in the beginning, later on it doesn't matter.

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[kittysphynx]

Exactly as mentioned above. The ratio changes so you start getting a little more silver and gold talents, but you still get 1 bronze talent per level on the highest levels, I believe.

[danny-san]

It's pretty much impossible to not acquire all bronze talents by the end of the game. You'll have to specialize a little bit with the silvers, tho.

[Vashra]

Pretty much stolen off the Witcher Wiki:

There are 111 Bronze, 102 Silver and 33 Gold talents to choose from.

You will, by the end of the game (assuming you *try* to level and don't do minimal combat or actively avoid side quests), obtain all 111 Bronze talents, but only 76 silver (short 22*) and only 23 gold (short 10).

So, all you need to worry about is the when/where combo of choice for Bronze talents, but you'll never "lose out" of being able to pick up some other Bronze option later. This helps you experiment around so you get a feel of what your play style is before you commit to higher talents.

However, with Silver and Gold, you need to spend carefully because you won't have enough to ever max everything.

*(There are some silver talents that you receive by methods other than basic xp leveling, which I presume is why the Wiki says you're 22 short instead of 26 short, since 102-76=26)

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Most of the time (not necessarily always, depending on your play style), it's better to dump points into base stats (str, int, dex, etc) first. However, once into silver and gold, it may be better to choose to buff beloved specialties (I...really...like setting things on fire) rather than go for talents in general stats.

Generally, I've found that carefully reading what each point does is essential to choosing when and how to spend points. For example, there's not much good dropping points into a special attack that is only active when you're opponent is on fire, if you as yet lack the ability to set opponents on fire (hint: you can *actually* set opponents on fire from almost the very start of the game, just spank them with a torch a few times, but the concept of watching how and when Talents go into effect is still sound ;) ).

Examples of Talents I wish I never bought:

I solidly regret putting points into Ingredient Extraction. I *thought* it would up my chances of Wyverns dropping wings in chapter III, but I swear they became *more* rare by comparison to other stuff. I'm also *swimming* in alchemy supplies now, more than I'll ever ... ever ... need, and I'm sitting on over 15 *thousand* orens because I just keep selling the extra alchemy supplies. In a game like Skyrim where I could burn down that money easily, I'd be thrilled. Here, it's pointless (I even bought the stupidly expensive armor....) to be rich, unless you're just some sick sad porn addict who "needs" to see the hooker cards over and over (gawd). I've made a bloody mini-game out of tossing a full stack of ... everything ... into my storage.

I also regret the cleansing ritual. I thought it would work to lower toxicity...and it does...JUST like a white honey potion. No cleansing without *also* dropping all my current potion buffs. Well gee, I could just NOT waste time running to a power node just to do what I can do *anywhere* by drinking White Honey. If I must, I'd rather waste time running to a campfire and losing an hour of buff time to just meditate my toxicity down.

Anyhoo...hope that helps.