The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Weapons
Geralt's blades and the witcher gear sets built around them. Every witcher carries two swords: a steel blade for humans and non-magical beasts in the main hand slot, and a silver blade for monsters in the secondary slot. Beyond the basic weapons, the six witcher schools each field a four-piece armou...
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| Name | Type | Description | Stats | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steel Sword | Witcher Sword (Steel) | The everyday blade, drawn for bandits, soldiers, drowners' human cousins and anything that bleeds red. | Slot: Main hand Damage Type: Physical Use: Humans, non-magical beasts Upgrade Path: Repaired and replaced by blacksmiths; witcher set tiers are the long-term answer | Starting equipment, loot, blacksmiths and witcher gear diagrams |
| Silver Sword | Witcher Sword (Silver) | The monster-killer, drawn only against creatures of the Conjunction. | Slot: Secondary hand Damage Type: Silver, bonus damage versus monsters Use: Monsters and supernatural enemies Upgrade Path: Same tier progression as steel, with separate diagrams | Loot, quest rewards, blacksmiths and witcher gear diagrams |
| Feline (Cat School) Witcher Gear | Light Armour Set | The light set of the School of the Cat, built for fast attacks and critical strikes rather than protection. | Armour Class: Light Focus: Fast attack damage, critical chance, critical damage Set Bonus: Stronger with every piece equipped Tiers: Basic, Enhanced, Superior, Master, Grandmaster | Scavenger hunt diagrams found across Velen, Novigrad and Skellige |
| Griffin (School of the Griffin) Witcher Gear | Medium Armour Set | The sign-focused set, built around stamina regeneration and sign intensity so that Igni, Quen and Yrden hit harder and come back faster. | Armour Class: Medium Focus: Sign intensity, stamina regeneration Grandmaster Bonus: Extra sign casts and stronger sign effects Tiers: Basic, Enhanced, Superior, Master, Grandmaster | Scavenger hunt diagrams, with the higher tiers sold or found in later regions |
| Ursine (Bear School) Witcher Gear | Heavy Armour Set | The heavy set of the School of the Bear, trading mobility for the highest armour values in the game and strong bonuses to strong attacks and adrenaline. | Armour Class: Heavy Focus: Strong attack damage, adrenaline, damage resistance Grandmaster Bonus: Extra resistance while Quen is up Tiers: Basic, Enhanced, Superior, Master, Grandmaster | Scavenger hunt diagrams concentrated in Skellige and later regions |
| Wolven (Wolf School) Witcher Gear | Medium Armour Set | The School of the Wolf's own pattern and the most balanced of the six sets, mixing sword damage with sign intensity and a little of everything else. | Armour Class: Medium Focus: Balanced sword damage and sign intensity Tiers: Basic, Enhanced, Superior, Master, Grandmaster | Scavenger hunt diagrams, the last of which sit in the Blood and Wine region |
| Viper School Witcher Gear | Medium Armour Set (Hearts of Stone) | A school that survives only in diagrams scattered around the Hearts of Stone map, built around poison and critical damage. | Armour Class: Medium Focus: Poison damage, critical damage Availability: Hearts of Stone diagrams and the Ofieri merchant's stock | Hearts of Stone scavenger hunt diagrams around Velen and Novigrad |
| Manticore School Witcher Gear | Light Armour Set (Blood and Wine) | The alchemy set, rebuilt from diagrams found only in Toussaint. | Armour Class: Light Focus: Alchemy, potion and decoction duration Availability: Blood and Wine diagrams in Toussaint | Blood and Wine scavenger hunt diagrams |
| Aerondight | Unique Silver Sword (Blood and Wine) | The Lady of the Lake's blade, awarded for proving the five chivalric virtues around Toussaint and then answering her question honestly. | Slot: Secondary hand (silver) Special: Permanent damage growth through landed hits; charged strike releases an energy burst Quest: There Can Be Only One | The Lady of the Lake quest in Blood and Wine |
| Iris | Unique Steel Sword (Hearts of Stone) | Olgierd von Everec's sabre, taken from his estate after the painted-world sequence. | Slot: Main hand (steel) Special: Charged spectral slash Quest: Scenes From a Marriage | Olgierd's estate during the Hearts of Stone main quest |
| Toussaint Knight's Steel Sword | Relic Steel Sword | A high-level relic blade that drops from Toussaint's knights and bandits, prized for its critical damage and armour-piercing rolls. | Slot: Main hand (steel) Focus: Critical damage, armour piercing Tier: Relic | Toussaint loot, knight encounters and merchants |
| Crossbow | Ranged Weapon | A compact crossbow that is not really a damage weapon. | Slot: Ranged Role: Anti-air, underwater, barrel triggering, stagger Ammo: Crossbow bolts Notes: Can be fired while swimming | Bought from merchants and found in loot from early in the campaign |
| Witcher Gear Upgrade Path | Crafting Framework | Witcher gear is never simply found at full strength. | Tiers: Basic, Enhanced, Superior, Master, Grandmaster Crafters: Blacksmiths and armourers, with master crafters required for the top tiers Materials: Monster parts, ingots, leather and dimeritium | Scavenger hunt quests across the base game and both expansions |
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