THE INFAMOUS NEKKER HEART

[NukaLush]

Anyone know a good spot to farm nekker hearts? I've found a cave or two full of them, but none drop the heart, and I'm only lacking one for my White Raffards Deconcoction potions. Please be a gent and help me.

[ais_bn]

I'm also looking for them; I think the only ones I've found were by looting nekker's nests

[NukaLush]

Yea I'm hoping someone will give some decent and more direct advice... fingers crossed.

[McCloud]

I know I've killed well over a hundred of these guys (levels 6 - 14 maybe 12) and it's very rare.

[Cebola -]

Nekker warrior drop

[MAD MAC]

Its nekker warriors the hearts comes from, look for nekker nests

[Eldibs]

Go to a Nekker nest (screenshot of a location will be at the end of this post). Kill the surrounding Nekkers, and blow up the nest (you'll need a bomb, it'll tell you in-game which ones will work). This will cause the nest to be lootable. Gather all the items (Nekker Heart most importantly) from the destroyed nest except one, then meditate for an hour. That will refresh the items in the nest, giving you access to another Nekker Heart. You can loot then meditate repeatedly, as long as you leave at least one item in the nest.

Nest location - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=451745602

[Ventus]

I can't wander around the waterways of Southern Velen and throw a beer bottle off to the side w/o hitting a group of Nekkers in the head.

[Kashra Fall]

Originally posted by Eldibs:

Go to a Nekker nest (screenshot of a location will be at the end of this post). Kill the surrounding Nekkers, and blow up the nest (you'll need a bomb, it'll tell you in-game which ones will work). This will cause the nest to be lootable. Gather all the items (Nekker Heart most importantly) from the destroyed nest except one, then meditate for an hour. That will refresh the items in the nest, giving you access to another Nekker Heart. You can loot then meditate repeatedly, as long as you leave at least one item in the nest.

Nest location - http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=451745602

I'd of preferred you mentioned a way that wasn't an exploit. If I wanted to do something like that, I'd just cheat to obtain the hearts O.o.

[Eldibs]

Understandable, but a question was asked, and that's the only answer I know of, since even the Nekker Warriors never seem to drop the hearts for me. I suppose you could track down all the Nekker nests individually and get one heart from each of them.

[AmpleNickel4262]

I don't know about Nekkar hearts but a REALLY, REALLY good looting spot (Nekkar's nest) is by hanged man's tree. A little Northwest I think. It's within a 100 meters either way. I must have got a good 8-10 crafting recipes. And I was level 15, so I had a few already.

[Kashra Fall]

Originally posted by Eldibs:

Understandable, but a question was asked, and that's the only answer I know of, since even the Nekker Warriors never seem to drop the hearts for me. I suppose you could track down all the Nekker nests individually and get one heart from each of them.

It is needed to craft the "Insta" vitality potion, that is why they are rare. You basically just gave a way for anyone to have that potion and you know, never die xD. They drop from nekker warriors which will appear more as you level up and find nekker nests. I didn't start seeing them until I was about lvl 10ish.

[Eldibs]

At level 24, the only reliable source of Nekker Hearts I found was the nests, the warriors still spawn rarely and don't drop the hearts for me. I have found, however, that proper use of Quen and dodging is far superior to having the vitality potion. Those are both freely available.

[McCloud]

Chance for Nekker Hearts

Nekker Nest: 20%
Nekker Nest Boss: 20%
Nekker: 20%
Large Nekker: 20%
Nekker Warrior: 15%


All found in def_loot_monsters.xml

[Lumicko]

Originally posted by m3k:

Chance for Nekker Hearts

Nekker Nest: 20%
Nekker Nest Boss: 20%
Nekker: 20%
Large Nekker: 20%
Nekker Warrior: 15%


All found in def_loot_monsters.xml

Hmm is it possible to edit those values? Also for other monsters

[McCloud]

It is, yes. Start here: http://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3/mods/14/?