Ciri’s Endings Guide – The Witcher 3

This comprehensive guide walks you through how to unlock each of Ciri’s three possible endings in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Learn which critical choices influence whether she becomes a Witcher, ascends the Nilfgaardian throne, or meets a tragic end. With a clear breakdown of dialogue decisions and quest outcomes, this guide helps you plan your journey to the ending that fits your Geralt’s story best.

Ciri’s Endings Guide – The Witcher 3

Description:
This guide walks you through the five canon choices that affect Ciri's fate in *The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt*. Make the right calls, and she lives. Choose poorly, and she may die. This guide includes all outcomes and criteria formatted for Steam.

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🧭 The 5 Key Decisions That Affect Ciri’s Fate

Make at least 3 positive choices to ensure she survives.

1. 1. Comforting Ciri After Kaer Morhen
   Quest: Blood on the Battlefield
   
   • ✔ “I know what might lift your spirits.” → Snowball fight (Positive)
     
   • ✘ “Relax, you don't have to be good at everything.” (Negative)
   
   
2. 2. Meeting with Emperor Emhyr
   Quest: Blood on the Battlefield
   
   • ✔ Refuse the payment → Ciri feels respected (Positive)
     
   • ✘ Accept the payment → Ciri feels like a pawn (Negative)
   
   
3. 3. Ciri’s Meeting with the Lodge of Sorceresses
   Quest: Final Preparations
   
   • ✔ Encourage her to go alone → Builds her confidence (Positive)
     
   • ✘ Go with her → Undermines her independence (Negative)
   
   
4. 4. Ciri’s Reaction in Avallac’h’s Lab
   Quest: The Child of the Elder Blood
   
   • ✔ Let her vent/destroy the lab → She regains control (Positive)
     
   • ✘ Tell her to calm down → Suppresses her emotions (Negative)
   
   
5. 5. Visiting Skjall’s Grave
   Quest: The Child of the Elder Blood
   
   • ✔ Say yes → Validates her empathy (Positive)
     
   • ✘ Say no → Dismisses her feelings (Negative)

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🌟 Ciri’s Endings Explained

1. Ciri Becomes a Witcher

• Make 3 or more positive choices
  
• Do not take her to Emperor Emhyr

Outcome: Ciri survives and follows Geralt’s path as a Witcher.

2. Ciri Becomes Empress

• Make 3 or more positive choices
  
• Take her to Emhyr during “Blood on the Battlefield”
  
• Refuse the reward
  
• Complete Nilfgaard-supporting quests (optional but thematically fitting)

Outcome: Ciri survives and becomes ruler of Nilfgaard.

3. Ciri Dies

• Make fewer than 3 positive choices

Outcome: Ciri loses hope and perishes in her battle with the White Frost.

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📊 Quick Reference Table

Decision                            | Positive Outcome                    | Negative Outcome
------------------------------------|--------------------------------------|-------------------------------
Comfort Ciri                        | Snowball fight                       | Dismissive talk
Meet Emhyr                          | Refuse payment                       | Accept payment
Go to Lodge                         | Let Ciri go alone                    | Accompany her
Avallac’h’s Lab                     | Let her destroy it                   | Tell her to stop
Skjall’s Grave                      | Visit with her                       | Refuse to go

Originally posted by Ciri:

I can’t let this be the end. I won’t.

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Category

Story or Lore