Repair kits??

[Soondead]

I bought this title way after everyone else and I'm still on my very first playthrough. My gear is is a constant state of disrepair because I can't seem to find repair kits anywhere? I visit every merchant I can find and I'm a bit of a completionist so I've been searching pretty much everywhere. Pray tell, what is the trick? My silver sword is currently at 15%, steel sword at 55%

[Odahviing]

Repair your swords by visiting the proper blacksmith. Initially you can unlock a (mid level?) smith at Crow's Perch (Bloody Baron's place).

As for repair kits, they do come by quite slowly and through exploration. By endgame you will have a lot of them, but the main fundamental once you start the game and till you reach atleast mid-game is trying out new and better swords instead of repairing the same sword time and again, unless you have no better weapon. Once you cross mid-game progression (Novigrad or Skellige), you will start getting swords that you want to really stick to. Till then just try out different weapons or unlock the blacksmith that can repair stuff.

[natshely]

You can use console commands (if you don't mind)

https://steamcommunity.com/app/292030/discussions/0/451852118778026732/

[Furiey]

Loot everything you can and you should find them. Ordinary merchants won't sell them, only blacksmiths/armourers. You cab also buy diagrams to make them.

For ordinary swords it's usually cheaper to swap it out for another. Alternatively use a blacksmith to repair it. Witcher swords are worth repairing as they can be upgraded.

[Voss]

you can also make repair kits.

[Aggromonk]

I just started my first play through and I've noticed that typically once one of my swords is almost ruined I have a better on in my inventory and didn't realize it. I usually use my rep kits on swords I'm about to equip as opposed to maintaining swords to keep.