15 Endings?

[davidj123456]

I just completed Bald Mountain

So this will be somewhat of a weird thread. I do not know what the 15 endings are but I am going to guess that 3 of them include Ciri dying to Wild Hunt/captured, Ciri becoming an official Witcher with Vesemir's Wolf pendant, and Ciri becoming Queen of Nilfgard or whatever.

I don't see how there can be 15 endings, though. All I really care about is Ciri's fate. How many variations of her fate are there? Any beyond what I've guessed above?

I don't want her to die or be captured and thus far she seems to really not want to be Queen of Nilfgard, and seeing her grab Vesemir's pendant after he died makes me think thats what she wants. Anything I should be aware of (without spoling too much) to ensure I achieve this?

[BimboGooch]

there is over 30 endings, but most or rather not all have actual unique cutscenes, just people in different places or things like that.

I didnt read what you said just incase of spoilers, but I think some of the endings will also be judged from choices you made in the first and 2nd game too.

[davidj123456]

Originally posted by BimboGooch:

there is over 30 endings, but most or rather not all have actual unique cutscenes, just people in different places or things like that.

I didnt read what you said just incase of spoilers, but I think some of the endings will also be judged from choices you made in the first and 2nd game too.

What if I did not play the first or second game?

[ute]

The many, many endings of Witcher 3 include the combinations of Ciri´s fate, Geralt´s fate, his love interests, the ending of the war (who rules the continent), who rules Skellige,... etc.

Ciri´s fate is decided by some decisions Geralt has to make between the Battle of Kaer Morhen and the final battle against the Wild Hunt. Most of these decisions are QTE (Quick time events): a yellow bar is ticking down to limit the time You have to decide. So whenever You see such a bar, You know it is probably affecting Ciri what You do next.

After the Bald Mountain-quest You have already some of these decisions behind You. Therefore You have already influenced what ending You can - or cannot - get for her.

All in all and without exact spoilers the strategy to help her survive is to __be a good father__ to her: give her selfconfidence, support her, but let her also enough room for her own decisions and opinions, let her experience that You have trust in her and her decisions and abilities.
Good luck on the path

[Derivat949]

Originally posted by davidj123456:

I just completed Bald Mountain

So this will be somewhat of a weird thread. I do not know what the 15 endings are but I am going to guess that 3 of them include Ciri dying to Wild Hunt/captured, Ciri becoming an official Witcher with Vesemir's Wolf pendant, and Ciri becoming Queen of Nilfgard or whatever.

I don't see how there can be 15 endings, though. All I really care about is Ciri's fate. How many variations of her fate are there? Any beyond what I've guessed above?

I don't want her to die or be captured and thus far she seems to really not want to be Queen of Nilfgard, and seeing her grab Vesemir's pendant after he died makes me think thats what she wants. Anything I should be aware of (without spoling too much) to ensure I achieve this?

There's 3 major endings relating to Ciri, the 30 different endings thing just means there's a bunch of variations in the ending cutscene depending on what quests you did and what choices you made (sort of like the ending slides in Fallout if you're familiar with that).
There first and second game dont matter for the major endings, what matters is your relationship with Ciri and the war outcome. Just make sure to be nice to Ciri and encourage her being independent and avoid talking to Emhyr (shouldn't be too hard if you know his intentions with Ciri)

[ute]

Originally posted by davidj123456:

What if I did not play the first or second game?

Don´t worry. The endings are determined what You do in Witcher 3 alone.

[davidj123456]

Originally posted by ute:

The many, many endings of Witcher 3 include the combinations of Ciri´s fate, Geralt´s fate, his love interests, the ending of the war (who rules the continent), who rules Skellige,... etc.

Ciri´s fate is decided by some decisions Geralt has to make between the Battle of Kaer Morhen and the final battle against the Wild Hunt. Most of these decisions are QTE (Quick time events): a yellow bar is ticking down to limit the time You have to decide. So whenever You see such a bar, You know it is probably affecting Ciri what You do next.

After the Bald Mountain-quest You have already some of these decisions behind You. Therefore You have already influenced what ending You can - or cannot - get for her.

All in all and without exact spoilers the strategy to help her survive is to __be a good father__ to her: give her selfconfidence, support her, but let her also enough room for her own decisions and opinions, let her experience that You have trust in her and her decisions and abilities.
Good luck on the path

Originally posted by Derivat949:

Originally posted by davidj123456:

I just completed Bald Mountain

So this will be somewhat of a weird thread. I do not know what the 15 endings are but I am going to guess that 3 of them include Ciri dying to Wild Hunt/captured, Ciri becoming an official Witcher with Vesemir's Wolf pendant, and Ciri becoming Queen of Nilfgard or whatever.

I don't see how there can be 15 endings, though. All I really care about is Ciri's fate. How many variations of her fate are there? Any beyond what I've guessed above?

I don't want her to die or be captured and thus far she seems to really not want to be Queen of Nilfgard, and seeing her grab Vesemir's pendant after he died makes me think thats what she wants. Anything I should be aware of (without spoling too much) to ensure I achieve this?

There's 3 major endings relating to Ciri, the 30 different endings thing just means there's a bunch of variations in the ending cutscene depending on what quests you did and what choices you made (sort of like the ending slides in Fallout if you're familiar with that).
There first and second game dont matter for the major endings, what matters is your relationship with Ciri and the war outcome. Just make sure to be nice to Ciri and encourage her being independent and avoid talking to Emhyr (shouldn't be too hard if you know his intentions with Ciri)

Ok I think I have already had two such decisions. I remember there being a timed bar for a damn snowball fight so I guess that was one and another for whether the King of Nilfgard gives me a reward. For option one I chose to have the snowball fight with Ciri (no idea what the other option was) and for option two I did not accept the reward and got the Black Roach instead.
Other than those two I've always tried to make Ciri decide on her own.
I SUGGESTED that before Bald Mountain we go see her dad, then I picked the dialogue option to let her decide but her response was to ask me to decide for her, so I suggested we go see him.

Did I guess the three endings for Ciri's fate correctly?
1. Captured/Killed by Hunt
2. Queen of Nilfgard
3. Official Witcher (with Vesemir's pendant)

I am guessing if I continue being a good dad and do not try to be overprotective and help her make her own decisions, I will avoid ending 1?
What must I do to avoid ending 2? Or is it already too late? Will I have a choice later on whether I bring Ciri to her father once and for all?


All other endings/variations of the game I do not rly care about. I'd rather figure them out on my own.

[BimboGooch]

Originally posted by davidj123456:

Originally posted by BimboGooch:

there is over 30 endings, but most or rather not all have actual unique cutscenes, just people in different places or things like that.

I didnt read what you said just incase of spoilers, but I think some of the endings will also be judged from choices you made in the first and 2nd game too.

What if I did not play the first or second game?

Might sitll be around that, as well you get the default world state.
Most quest choices matter after the into scene that takes 10 hours to beat. So kinda like dragon age, where just a small no body, has an tiny effect on something later in the game.
Ive never beat this game, planning on it in the next couple of weeks (maybe month since RE4 remake, and Last of Us 1 on pc is coming out).

But there indeed is nearly 40 endings, you just wont see all the effects if you never play the first two.

[Derivat949]

Originally posted by davidj123456:

Originally posted by ute:

The many, many endings of Witcher 3 include the combinations of Ciri´s fate, Geralt´s fate, his love interests, the ending of the war (who rules the continent), who rules Skellige,... etc.

Ciri´s fate is decided by some decisions Geralt has to make between the Battle of Kaer Morhen and the final battle against the Wild Hunt. Most of these decisions are QTE (Quick time events): a yellow bar is ticking down to limit the time You have to decide. So whenever You see such a bar, You know it is probably affecting Ciri what You do next.

After the Bald Mountain-quest You have already some of these decisions behind You. Therefore You have already influenced what ending You can - or cannot - get for her.

All in all and without exact spoilers the strategy to help her survive is to __be a good father__ to her: give her selfconfidence, support her, but let her also enough room for her own decisions and opinions, let her experience that You have trust in her and her decisions and abilities.
Good luck on the path

Originally posted by Derivat949:

There's 3 major endings relating to Ciri, the 30 different endings thing just means there's a bunch of variations in the ending cutscene depending on what quests you did and what choices you made (sort of like the ending slides in Fallout if you're familiar with that).
There first and second game dont matter for the major endings, what matters is your relationship with Ciri and the war outcome. Just make sure to be nice to Ciri and encourage her being independent and avoid talking to Emhyr (shouldn't be too hard if you know his intentions with Ciri)

Ok I think I have already had two such decisions. I remember there being a timed bar for a damn snowball fight so I guess that was one and another for whether the King of Nilfgard gives me a reward. For option one I chose to have the snowball fight with Ciri (no idea what the other option was) and for option two I did not accept the reward and got the Black Roach instead.
Other than those two I've always tried to make Ciri decide on her own.
I SUGGESTED that before Bald Mountain we go see her dad, then I picked the dialogue option to let her decide but her response was to ask me to decide for her, so I suggested we go see him.

Did I guess the three endings for Ciri's fate correctly?
1. Captured/Killed by Hunt
2. Queen of Nilfgard
3. Official Witcher (with Vesemir's pendant)

I am guessing if I continue being a good dad and do not try to be overprotective and help her make her own decisions, I will avoid ending 1?
What must I do to avoid ending 2? Or is it already too late? Will I have a choice later on whether I bring Ciri to her father once and for all?


All other endings/variations of the game I do not rly care about. I'd rather figure them out on my own.

Yes you guessed them correctly but bringing her to Emhyr goes towards Empress ending (accepting money/ making bad decisions leads to death). You might be able to still get the Witcher ending if you make sure Nilfgaard loses the war by either not killing a certain mad king or siding with Djikstra as his replacement

[davidj123456]

Originally posted by Derivat949:

Originally posted by davidj123456:

Ok I think I have already had two such decisions. I remember there being a timed bar for a damn snowball fight so I guess that was one and another for whether the King of Nilfgard gives me a reward. For option one I chose to have the snowball fight with Ciri (no idea what the other option was) and for option two I did not accept the reward and got the Black Roach instead.
Other than those two I've always tried to make Ciri decide on her own.
I SUGGESTED that before Bald Mountain we go see her dad, then I picked the dialogue option to let her decide but her response was to ask me to decide for her, so I suggested we go see him.

Did I guess the three endings for Ciri's fate correctly?
1. Captured/Killed by Hunt
2. Queen of Nilfgard
3. Official Witcher (with Vesemir's pendant)

I am guessing if I continue being a good dad and do not try to be overprotective and help her make her own decisions, I will avoid ending 1?
What must I do to avoid ending 2? Or is it already too late? Will I have a choice later on whether I bring Ciri to her father once and for all?


All other endings/variations of the game I do not rly care about. I'd rather figure them out on my own.

Yes you guessed them correctly but bringing her to Emhyr goes towards Empress ending (accepting money/ making bad decisions leads to death). You might be able to still get the Witcher ending if you make sure Nilfgaard loses the war by either not killing a certain mad king or siding with Djikstra as his replacement

Ah **** I am guessing this is Reasons of State?

Nilfgard are ****s anyway I wouldn't want them to win. Is the king in question Radovid? Because I hate him too.

Is there any way I can kill Radovid AND side with Djikstra but also ensure Nilfgard loses?

Does siding with Djikstra have any other consequences?

[Demosthenes424]

Originally posted by davidj123456:

Did I guess the three endings for Ciri's fate correctly?
1. Captured/Killed by Hunt
2. Queen of Nilfgard
3. Official Witcher (with Vesemir's pendant)

I am guessing if I continue being a good dad and do not try to be overprotective and help her make her own decisions, I will avoid ending 1?
What must I do to avoid ending 2? Or is it already too late? Will I have a choice later on whether I bring Ciri to her father once and for all?


All other endings/variations of the game I do not rly care about. I'd rather figure them out on my own.

You've guessed them right. You have the order somewhat wrong, in that Ciri ending up as Empress is considered the best ending - or at least, requires more "correct" choices than the Witcher ending. At this point, I think the only way you can avoid that ending is if Nilfgaard loses the war - however, that decision is already made too, based on your choices (or lack thereof) in Reason of State.

Spoiler alert: Something Ends, Something Begins[witcher.fandom.com]

[davidj123456]

Originally posted by Demosthenes424:

Originally posted by davidj123456:

Did I guess the three endings for Ciri's fate correctly?
1. Captured/Killed by Hunt
2. Queen of Nilfgard
3. Official Witcher (with Vesemir's pendant)

I am guessing if I continue being a good dad and do not try to be overprotective and help her make her own decisions, I will avoid ending 1?
What must I do to avoid ending 2? Or is it already too late? Will I have a choice later on whether I bring Ciri to her father once and for all?


All other endings/variations of the game I do not rly care about. I'd rather figure them out on my own.

You've guessed them right. You have the order somewhat wrong, in that Ciri ending up as Empress is considered the best ending - or at least, requires more "correct" choices than the Witcher ending. At this point, I think the only way you can avoid that ending is if Nilfgaard loses the war - however, that decision is already made too, based on your choices (or lack thereof) in Reason of State.

Spoiler alert: Something Ends, Something Begins[witcher.fandom.com]

How is her becoming empress the good ending?

[Derivat949]

Originally posted by davidj123456:

Originally posted by Derivat949:

Yes you guessed them correctly but bringing her to Emhyr goes towards Empress ending (accepting money/ making bad decisions leads to death). You might be able to still get the Witcher ending if you make sure Nilfgaard loses the war by either not killing a certain mad king or siding with Djikstra as his replacement

Ah **** I am guessing this is Reasons of State?

Nilfgard are ****s anyway I wouldn't want them to win. Is the king in question Radovid? Because I hate him too.

Is there any way I can kill Radovid AND side with Djikstra but also ensure Nilfgard loses?

Does siding with Djikstra have any other consequences?

Yes if you kill Radovid you either have to side with Roche and the gang to kill Djikstra or with Djikstra and kill the others. Siding with Djikstra makes Nilfgaard lose but he's sort of a harsh ruler, other than that no consequences

[davidj123456]

Originally posted by Derivat949:

Originally posted by davidj123456:

Ah **** I am guessing this is Reasons of State?

Nilfgard are ****s anyway I wouldn't want them to win. Is the king in question Radovid? Because I hate him too.

Is there any way I can kill Radovid AND side with Djikstra but also ensure Nilfgard loses?

Does siding with Djikstra have any other consequences?

Yes if you kill Radovid you either have to side with Roche and the gang to kill Djikstra or with Djikstra and kill the others. Siding with Djikstra makes Nilfgaard lose but he's sort of a harsh ruler, other than that no consequences

So if I side with Djikstra then the ending where Ciri becomes an empress will NOT happen?

So I must kill either Radovid or Djikstra? If I DO NOT kill Radovid, do I need to kill Djikstra/Roche/Ves?

[Demosthenes424]

Originally posted by davidj123456:

Originally posted by Demosthenes424:

Ciri ending up as Empress is considered the best ending - or at least, requires more "correct" choices than the Witcher ending.

How is her becoming empress the good ending?

Other than requiring more "correct" choices, it's pretty much just a value judgment. Some people say it's what she was born for. I didn't say I considered it the best - but if you give her all the self-confidence in the world and support her, and the throne is open, she chooses to take it, so I guess it's the best ending for her? CDPR are the ones who made the design choice to write her that way, unless it was Sapkowski - also debatable, I'm sure.

[davidj123456]

Originally posted by Demosthenes424:

Originally posted by davidj123456:

How is her becoming empress the good ending?

Other than requiring more "correct" choices, it's pretty much just a value judgment. Some people say it's what she was born for. I didn't say I considered it the best - but if you give her all the self-confidence in the world and support her, and the throne is open, she chooses to take it, so I guess it's the best ending for her? CDPR are the ones who made the design choice to write her that way, unless it was Sapkowski - also debatable, I'm sure.

I just did Payback and once again she literally says she wishes to be "free" like the two drunk ppl. So I rly do not want her to be Queen XD

What must I do in Reasons of State to ensure Nilfgard loses?
If I kill Radovid I must also kill Roche?
If I do not kill Radovid do I have to kill anyone or does Roche still die?