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Witcher 3 rune words what to choose. Where to find a rune master. Weapon upgrades

Side quests in the Hearts of Stone add-on are not so numerous, or rather, there are very few of them. This is understandable, the whirlpool of events during the passage of the main plot draws you in, and you don’t want to be distracted from the most fascinating story. However, they still deserve our attention, because completing some will allow you to get some good things at your disposal, as well as improve your existing equipment. Therefore, let's see what side tasks this add-on offers us.

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RACING: FAST AS THE WEST WIND

Let's start our consideration of side tasks, perhaps with the simplest. While walking around the village of Bronovitsy on the western shore of the lake the witcher will be called out by a man of clearly foreign appearance.

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He will be an Ophir merchant who came to the Northern Lands to see the world and show himself off. During the conversation, the witcher will turn his attention to an excellent stallion that belonged to the merchant and offer to organize horse races. Horse racing is one of the favorite pastimes not only in the North, but also in distant Ophir. Therefore, there is no need to persuade the merchant. He will gladly agree to the competition. And this means: “Move, Roach!”

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Roach will move until the victorious finish, for which he will receive new “clothes” for himself, namely "Ophir Nomad's Saddle" with energy 85 units. From the same merchant you can replenish our horse’s Ophir wardrobe blinders And saddle bags(100 kg).

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However, life works in such a way that where you can win, you can also lose. And losing in horse racing is quite possible. But this shouldn't upset you. Although in case of defeat the task will be considered failed, you can approach the merchant again at any time and demand revenge. The failed task will again be active. And this can be repeated until victory.

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SPELL: STARTING CAPITAL

Our roaches now wear new clothes, so why shouldn’t the witcher take care of his equipment? From the announcement at the Seven Cats tavern we know that he has arrived in the northern lands rune caster and he is located very close to the Ophir merchant-rider, in a tent.

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It is not necessary to inspect the notice board for this task to be available for completion. Simply find the tent and contact the Ophir with bushy eyebrows, and the task will be activated.

So, during a conversation with the witcher, the Ophirian will tell about his craft and the misfortune that befell him on the way to the Northern Lands. All the tools with which he applies runes and glyphs ended up in the depths of the sea due to a shipwreck and there is no way to get them out of there. And new ones cost incredible money.

The story that you can enchant armor and weapons, thereby giving the equipment new properties, will interest Geralt. You can fork out money for this. To begin with, the rune master will need “just” 5000 CZK. But that's not all. The master will ask you to bring him an impressive size piece of jade. Only then can he begin his work. As soon as the money is in the hands of the Ophir, the task “Spell: Starting Capital” will be considered completed, and the next task related to the rune master will immediately be activated.

ENCHANTING: PAYING FOR QUALITY

The rune master is still provided with finances, but the lack of jade will not allow him to begin his craft. Geralt knows that north of Novigrad you can pick out this very jade.

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But before you go looking for a stone, you need to acquire a mining tool. After all, a piece of jade will not just lie on the ground. For this we need Kylo, which the witcher requisitions from the local residents who live next to the mill.

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Now all that remains is to find a piece of jade and bring it to the rune master. Of the places offered by the game, a piece of the appropriate size can be found in only one place. This place will be cave, which was chosen by arachnomorphs for housing. They will not allow the witcher to calmly search for jade, so pest control in the cave is simply necessary. After the sanitary procedure, we get to work: the jade will not end up in the witcher’s hands by itself.

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The Witcher 3. Addition "Hearts of Stone". Completing side quests As soon as the witcher has the jade stone, you can rush back to the rune master. He didn’t waste his time and had already managed to equip some kind of open-air laboratory with the witcher’s money.

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The jade stone brought by the witcher will finally allow the rune master to do what he loves. He will thank Geralt for his help and task "Enchantment: Pay for Quality" this will end.

From now on, the Rune Master will be available as a universal artisan, from whom you can not only repair equipment and disassemble junk, but also craft weapons and armor. However, this is not the main advantage of the master. He can enchant any piece of equipment that has three slots for runes or glyphs. By the way, the rune master, of course, for a fee - and not a small one - can add slots to all items of equipment (armor, weapons), except for witcher equipment. He will also have new glyphs on sale (as well as drawings for their manufacture), which will be needed to enchant armor glyphic words. These glyphs can also be used as regular glyphs and placed in upgrade slots.

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After completing the task, we will only have access to level 1 enchantment

Runic or glyphic word	Description	Requirements for overlay
"Pinning"	All effects from using the sharpener and the armorer's workbench are preserved forever	1 small rune stone Svarog 1 Small Devan Runestone 1 small Marena runestone
*"Vareniki"**	Any food restores 100% more health, but everything tastes like pies	2 runestones Pie 1 rune stone Curd
"Calm"	After reaching the maximum, adrenaline points begin to drop to 0. During this time, health and energy are restored faster, and the level of intoxication decreases faster	1 Small Devan Runestone 1 small Marena runestone 1 small rune stone Stribog
"Reflection"	Armor reflects all arrows	1 small glyph of Quen 1 small glyph of recovery 1 minor glyph of enhancement
"Heaviness"	All armor elements correspond to heavy armor	1 small glyph of Quen 1 small glyph of recovery 1 minor glyph of enhancement
"Exhaustion"	Hitting enemies with the Aard sign reduces their stamina by 50%	1 Lesser Glyph of Aard 1 small glyph of Axia 1 minor glyph of enhancement
"Usurpation"	If an enemy under the influence of Axii dies, the effect passes to the next target	1 small glyph of Axia 1 small glyph of binding 1 minor glyph of enhancement
"Burning"	Enemies set on fire by Igni have a 25% chance of setting fire to other enemies within a 2m radius	1 small glyph of Igni 1 small glyph of Yrden 1 small glyph of defense

Runestone "pie", like a rune stone "cottage cheese" You won't be able to buy it from a rune master. In the game you can only find their drawings and use them to make stones.

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Pie Runestone Drawing Location

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Location of the drawing of the rune stone Curd

Even though the task has ended, you can make the rune master rich again already 10000 CZK. After an infusion of money, he will have higher-level glyphs and runestones (as well as drawings for them) for sale, as well as the ability to cast level II enchantment. The rune master himself will develop from a student into a journeyman.

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The Witcher 3. Addition "Hearts of Stone". Completing side quests The Witcher 3. Addition "Hearts of Stone". Completing side quests Upgrade Glyph	Increases armor durability by 50%
The Witcher 3. Addition "Hearts of Stone". Completing side quests The Witcher 3. Addition "Hearts of Stone". Completing side quests Binding Glyph	Increases resistance to bleeding by 3%
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This is what new enchantment rune master can offer us.

Runic or glyphic word	Description	Requirements for overlay
"Dissection"	Increases the radius of the vortex by 1.1m and the rupture by 1.9m	1 Zorya rune stone 1 Veles rune stone 1 Perun rune stone
"Triumph"	A fatal blow with a sword adds 0.1 to 0.25 adrenaline points	1 Dazhdbog rune stone 1 Veles rune stone 1 Devan Runestone
"Update"	Each killing blow restores 25% stamina	1 Perun rune stone 1 rune stone Svarog 1 Stribog rune stone
"Charm"	The duration of Axia's spell on an enemy is extended by 2 seconds each time the enemy lands a successful hit.	1 Axia glyph 1 glyph of Igni 1 glyph of recovery
"Shield"	When combat begins, there is a 100% chance of automatically using Quen's shield without draining stamina.	1 Quen glyph 1 glyph of Yrden 1 glyph of defense
"Balance"	All armor elements correspond to medium armor	1 Axia glyph 1 glyph of recovery 1 upgrade glyph
"Shackles"	When an enemy falls into Yrden's magic trap, the Yrden glyph appears in the place where he stands	1 glyph of Yrden 1 Axia glyph 1 glyph of binding
"Ring"	Igni's basic attack hits all nearby enemies, but the sign no longer sets other enemies on fire	1 glyph of Igni 1 glyph of binding 1 upgrade glyph

To raise an Ophir artisan to the “master” level, you need to pay him a completely indecent amount of 15000 CZK. Then the range of runes and glyphs (as well as their drawings) will increase even more, and he himself will be able to cast runic and glyphic words of level III.

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The Witcher 3. Addition "Hearts of Stone". Completing side quests The Witcher 3. Addition "Hearts of Stone". Completing side quests Large Upgrade Glyph	Increases armor durability by 100%
The Witcher 3. Addition "Hearts of Stone". Completing side quests The Witcher 3. Addition "Hearts of Stone". Completing side quests Large glyph of binding	Increases resistance to bleeding by 5%
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And finally, a master-level enchantment

Runic or glyphic word	Description	Requirements for overlay
"Inspiration"	If the health level is at maximum, the effect of increasing health is replaced by dealing additional damage (up to +50%) on the next attack	1 large Devan runestone 1 large Zorya runestone 1 large Perun rune stone
"Extension"	Each unblocked hit extends the effect of elixirs by 0.5 seconds	1 large Madder runestone 1 large Perun rune stone 1 large rune stone Svarog
"Filling"	When using a sign, one adrenaline point is spent, and during the next attack the sword is filled with the power of the sign	1 large Axia glyph 1 large glyph of Aard 1 large binding glyph
"Possession"	When an enemy under the sign of Axii dies, the effect is transferred to the next target. The duration of the effect increases by 2 seconds for each successful hit to the target	1 large Axia glyph 1 large glyph of Aard 1 large binding glyph
"Retribution"	Gives a 30% chance to return some damage to the attacker	1 large Quen glyph 1 large Igni glyph 1 large upgrade glyph
"Explosion"	Enemies set on fire by Igni explode and set nearby enemies on fire	1 large Igni glyph 1 large Quen glyph 1 large upgrade glyph
"Ease"	All armor elements correspond to light armor	1 large glyph of Aard 1 large glyph of recovery 1 large upgrade glyph

Just like that, completely impoverished 30000 CZK, we will have a unique artisan at our disposal. Finally, there will be somewhere to spend money, rune stones and glyphs, which, most likely, are available in large quantities after completing the main story of “Wild Hunt”.

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WITHOUT A TRACE

Arriving in the next village, the witcher never misses the opportunity to inspect the local notice board. And now, being in village of Bronovitsy, Geralt turned his attention to the advertisement for the search for a missing person. And since they offer a reward for the search, it would be a sin not to take advantage of this opportunity.

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To talk with the customer, we go to the hut to the herbalist, which is near Oxenfurt. You may have already been there as part of the story mission of the “Open Sesame!” add-on. .

The herbalist will ask the witcher to find his apprentice Folkert, who went to Corpse Thicket for hemp fiber and still hasn't returned. It's worth looking for him there. However, this is not enough, we also need signs of the missing person, otherwise you never know. According to the herbalist, Folkert is short, like him, and even blond. For such an experienced tracker as Geralt, this is enough to start searching.

The game will tell you that it is best to look for it near Erde village.

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The Witcher 3. Addition "Hearts of Stone". Completing side quests

The Witcher's sense will help the Witcher to detect cart herbalist, and near her bloody trails leading to the village.

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It seems that Folkert was attacked by someone, and he decided to take refuge in the village. And what’s strange is that immediately at the entrance to the village the tracks will end, as if the apprentice had gained wings. Therefore, you just need to look around here. The village will look completely abandoned, but the witcher will be lucky to meet a couple of inhabitants. This is a married couple of quite advanced age. Only they remained in the village to live out their lives, not wanting to leave their homes.

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They will tell the witcher that they saw Folkert. He was attacked by wolves, so he decided to find shelter in the village. However, for some reason, he soon decided to go into the forest for herbs again, and never returned. Apparently, the second time fate was not so favorable to the underling, and he found his death from wolf fangs.

In principle, you can go to the herbalist right now to tell him about the fate of the apprentice, and receive as a reward 200 CZK, apparently, for your efforts, and finish this task.

However, something is wrong in this village. We should sniff around here. The first strangeness will appear in next door. There, the entire floor at the entrance will be covered in blood that is already several months old, and a bloody handprint will be clearly visible on the wall.

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Let's ask the couple about this find. Their explanation will seem quite plausible: the old man is cutting up game there.

The second oddity will be the smell of rotting flesh. The Witcher will smell it to the left of the hut old people.

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This smell will lead us to a pile of boxes, and under them something like hatch. Aard will help get rid of the obstacle in the form of boxes, and all we have to do is go down to the cellar. There the witcher will see a picture that clearly does not contribute to the appearance of appetite, but rather the opposite. Animal carcasses will be hung under the ceiling, and a gutted animal will be on the table. herbalist's apprentice.

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Looks like old people are real cannibals, and they cannot avoid a serious conversation with the angry witcher. After hearing the excuses, the time will come to decide whether to execute or pardon.

In the end, no matter what choice you make, it’s time to go to the customer. The apprentice is dead, so the herbalist has no reason to wait for him in vain. Of course, the lowlifes will want to know what the cause of Folkert's death was. It’s up to you to tell him the original version about wolves or tell him the harsh truth.

If the version with wolves seems more appropriate to you, then we will receive a reward from the herbalist and you can go for a walk. This will complete the task.

If honesty does not allow you to lie, then the herbalist will ask whether you have brought justice to the murderers of Folkert. The news of the death of the cannibals will calm the herbalist’s soul, and he, thanking the witcher, will give him the full reward. But the customer will be dissatisfied with the pardon of the murderers. He will give us a reward and promise to find these human eaters and avenge Folkert.

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CRY AND PAY

The witcher barely had money in his pockets (more 35000 CZK), when he was stopped by a stranger at the entrance to the market square in Ochsenfurt. He will introduce himself as a tax inspector and regretfully tell the witcher about his undeclared income.

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The taxman will ask the witcher three questions:

1. Was the witcher selling raw cow hides in the White Garden?

2. Did the witcher buy sea shells and then resell pearls from these shells?

3. Has the witcher ever had to break into someone else’s house and take something from there without permission?

Well, everything is clear with the third question, but what the first two are for is not entirely clear. However, those players who have been playing The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt since early versions will immediately understand the vile hint of the developers. There were times when in the White Garden, with a certain patience and endurance, it was possible to become indecently rich to such an extent that it would be enough for lifelong residence in the most elite brothel of Novigrad, “Passiflora”. Or make a fortune the size of the imperial treasury in Nilfgaard, just by buying sea shells from merchants for pennies, which could be dismantled from some artisan and sold to him for pearls at a much higher price. Later, this shop of “cunning” enrichment was closed down and such a hint task was filed.

Decide for yourself how to answer the questions; the inspector will take the witcher’s word for it. If the witcher confirms his illegal actions in at least two cases out of three, the tax officer will issue him an invoice for payment.

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This is such a fun task. It will end upon receipt of a diploma, or upon payment of a bill at Vivaldi Bank.

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The tasks discussed above did not in any way affect the main plot of the add-on. But the following side quests can only be obtained by completing quests in the main storyline.

ROSE ON A RED FIELD

As you remember, as soon as the witcher received the task from Olgerd von Everec to kill the beast in the Oxenfurt canals and set out to carry it out, he was stopped at the threshold of the estate by a shocking mamzel named Adele Witcher 3. Addition "Hearts of Stone". Completing side quests

The village will greet the witcher with silence. Only a draft will creak the uncovered shutters in abandoned houses, and ghouls walking around the village like a boss will complete the gloomy picture. Well, the witcher has a short conversation with ghouls. Only corpse eaters would not just come to the village. They probably smelled the smell of rotting flesh. Therefore, we should take a closer look here.

Witcher sense- best friend and assistant (along with Roach) - will help the witcher out this time too. However, instead of the sickening aroma of decaying carrion, the smell of some kind of reagents will hover throughout the village. The witcher's sensitive nose will lead him to one of the huts equipped for the production of fisstech.

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Some of the equipment had clearly been removed. But by whom and for what is unclear. Perhaps the piece of paper lying on the table will shed light on what happened here.

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Our guess turned out to be correct, Kluivert was in danger. Not surprisingly, drugs are a dangerous (and extremely harmful) business. And their production even more so.

But let's not be distracted from examining the hut. On the bed someone will be found near the window footprints. And since the man climbed out of the hut through the window, it means he was taken by surprise. Behind the house there will be more footprints that will lead the witcher to a body with a crossbow bolt sticking out of its back. Using signs, the witcher will determine the identity of the murdered person - Kluivert.

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They were obviously shooting from the direction of the village and at close range. Traces near the fence on the outskirts of the village will fully confirm our assumption.

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The marks will be deep, such as could be left by a man in heavy armor. Kluivert's killer, judging by the tracks, returned back to the village and rode on horseback to a hillock to a lonely hut. Let's follow him too. On a hillock near the hut, the witcher will be lucky enough to meet five knights of the Order of the Flaming Rose, only if you have not been there earlier to wrest the Ophir blueprint from them for the task “From Distant Ophir”

So-so. So, behind all this fuss around the laboratory is Order of the Flaming Rose. It looks like the brothers have sunk to the very bottom since they started producing drugs.

From the note it is clear that the Order's laboratory is somewhere in the northwest of the village of Bronovitsy. This will be our next destination. Map

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Of course, the entrance to the laboratory will be guarded, and the guards will not be in the mood for a peaceful conversation. There are three ways to enter the laboratory: firstly, simply kill
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Ulrich, the one in charge of the knights will be peaceful, and will even answer the witcher’s question: “Why would the knights of the order suddenly engage in robbery and drug production?” But the leader’s revelations will always end one

Introduction

This guide is intended for high-level characters. Closer to the middle of the game, I realized what I wanted to get from my character, what style of play I liked and suited best. Witcher Assassin: the main emphasis is on damage, debuffs (poisoning, bleeding, freezing, igniting) and evasion.

I didn't pump to the top character for other Schools and didn't compare with your build. Of course, each of the schools and tactics has its own strengths, but the Cat School seemed to me the most interesting, high-quality and convenient for playing on the “To Death!” difficulty. However, I will try to give some choice in some aspects rather than promoting one single option.
I am well aware that builds with an emphasis on pure damage, alchemy or something else may have better performance. For example, a pure swordsman will have more damage and kill all opponents in 1-2 hits. But he does not forget that at the same time they will lose in terms of sign power, HP or other indicators. We play for the Witcher and for me personally, it’s just boring to pump everything into damage and go through the game on the easy way. Playing as Herald, I also want to use signs, decoctions and oils, and use bombs. This is more interesting. That's why my build is kind of general and affects all sides, I tried my best to develop every Witcher ability (without compromising the others) and get a sufficient build. Here you will not receive the maximum possible damage or maximum HP, but what I have proposed should be enough for you to comfortably complete the game.

If you are just starting to conquer the world of The Witcher, then perhaps this guide will give you an answer to what may await you ahead.

I’ll try to tell you in detail what came out of this below.

Leveling up your character

Let's start with pumping.
In total, our character can initially use 12 skills simultaneously. Plus 4 more when you complete the mutation quest in the Blood and Wine add-on.
First, I recommend leveling up your skills for the initial 12 slots, and then deal with mutation, since it requires a lot of skill points and mutagens (you need a lot of large mutagens, collect them at once).

4 regular blocks of 3 skills + 1 mutation block of 4 skills, so we need to decide what we need, what we want to get and what we will use.
Our build will consist of fast attacks, Quen (for defense) and Igni (for attack) signs and a little alchemy. As a result, we get ~2 blocks for Fencing, 2 blocks for Signs and a mutation block for alchemy.

Note: The Blood and Wine expansion made a lot of changes and the build changed significantly, bringing new skills to replace the old ones.

Let's start with this skill tree.

In my build I use fast attacks and the Cat School set (light armor). Actually, here we need only one single skill - the Cat School Technique.

The remaining skills, in my opinion, do not deserve attention and we do not improve them.

Fencing

These are our 2 main skills. Why did I give up leveling? "Whirlwind" And "Shrinking blows"? To save skill points that you spent on opening additional slots in the mutation block. You need a lot of skill points, spend them wisely.

Very useful skills that will help you survive faster.

Strangely enough, I chose the last 5th skill

Now we start our attacks with this skill. In the Blood and Wine add-on, some changes were made to the characteristics of armor. Now the Cat School armor has the following properties:

But we’ll talk about this when we disassemble the armor.

To choose from Instead of the 5th skill, I might recommend Whirlwind or one of the following:

Additionally You can upgrade the skill "Reflect arrows"

It is only needed if you want to get this achievement

If you don't need it, then you don't need to download it. A useless skill and unlikely to be useful to you.

The Witcher can use the following signs: Quen, Axiy, Aard, Yrden. But we will only upgrade 2 main ones.

As stated above, we will spend 2 blocks of cells on signs, i.e. 6 skills.
The first sign will be Quen. This is a must have. Without Quen, you can’t even count on adequate completion of the game.
The following are mandatory:

I think everyone should decide for themselves with the second sign, but I recommend Igni. Almost everything burns and burns well. And all sorts of corpse eaters are especially notable. For Igni we download the following skills:

There are 5 skills in total. Sixth we will take the “Deception” of the Axiy sign

A very useful skill both in dialogues and in combat, especially against all kinds of shields and two-handers.

A little about other Signs

Aard. This is also a good sign and can be an alternative to Igni; with proper pumping, it knocks enemies to the ground and is very easy to finish off. Suitable for extinguishing fire, including fire golems.

Yrden. To be honest, I didn’t understand the point of upgrading this sign. For all sorts of ghosts and middays, the unpumped version is also suitable + there are bombs. The damage is small, and reflecting arrows is not worth it, especially since there are rune words. We will have to dodge enemy attacks a lot and constantly try to stay close to the imposed Yrden sign.

Aksiy. Further leveling of Asiya, namely in control, is a little awkward. To be honest, the control is very good and should not be underestimated. Enemies knead each other with special fervor. But after playing a little, I became bored, because part of the time we just stand on the sidelines and watch the enemies kill each other. Sign imba, but boring, try it yourself.

Last, but not least, we will be pumping up alchemy.

Alchemy is useful and can make your life much easier, but I recommend leveling it up last, since we will be placing the skills in the mutation block, and it must first be opened and leveled up.
The skills we will need are:

(new addition to "Blood and Wine")
We gain access to the mutation after completing a quest that we receive from a boy in the main city of Toussaint. The mutation window looks like this:

A little theory

In total, we have 12 different mutations available to us, by pumping them up we will get 4 additional slots for skills. Upgrading mutations costs a lot of skill points and large mutagens, so you won’t be able to upgrade everything at once. Although there are 12 mutations, we can only use one at a time. The peculiarity of each mutation is not only the unique property inherent in it, but also the “color” of the skill slots that open. All this is indicated in the description of the mutation. Eg:

By choosing this mutation, we will be able to insert only blue skills, i.e., sign skills, into new mutation slots. A mutation

will allow us to use red, blue and green slots, i.e. signs, fencing and/or alchemy.

There is no mutation for yellow skills. Additional slots for skills open as you level up mutations; to open all 4 slots you need to level up all 12 mutations.

Now about pumping mutations:

Since we will only insert alchemy skills into the slots, our choice of 12 mutations is, unfortunately, reduced to 6. And there are even fewer really good ones. Personally, my choice fell on only 2 and I haven’t even decided which one is better yet and sometimes I change them. It depends more on what you need.

The first mutation is "Euphoria":

A very useful skill that significantly increases your damage. By the way, she is the first one also because you can pump her up almost immediately. I recommend using it immediately.

The second mutation of my choice is “Metamorphosis”:

It is quite more difficult to pump it up, but it has its advantages:
1. Three options for “colors” of slots. If you decide to replace some alchemy skills with signs and/or fencing, then "metamorphosis" is what you need. This is one of only 2 mutations that open all 3 “colors”, the rest are either 2 or even 1 (like euphoria).
2. Activating random decoctions without intoxication is great and useful, and if you also level up the “tissue mutation” skill (as I recommended above in the alchemy section), then for each such decoction you will receive 1000 HP, which seriously increases our survivability.
3. The last plus is that it is better to see in the dark. It's a small thing, but nice.

I think everyone has to decide for themselves what to choose: damage or health. I alternate between these two mutations from time to time.

Note:

To reset all skills and level up in a new way, you can use the “Elixir of Purification”

and to reset skill points invested in mutations - “Lapel Potion”

Mutagens will not return, I advise you to use the lapel potion wisely. There are no mutagens lying around on the road.

The final pumping option

Since we did not pump up the increase in the level of intoxication, you can use 1 decoction at the same time (70 intoxication out of 100) and still have a little left, if necessary, for some elixir such as Swallow, Thunder or Raff the White’s Potion.
Yes, elixirs are very useful and on the one hand you could raise the intoxication limit by leveling up, but in my opinion, if you need to throw Swallow and other potions on CD, then just don’t force yourself and lower the difficulty level of the game.

Additionally

Difficulty of the game "To Death!" not particularly conducive to tanking with armor, HP or pouring elixirs into three throats. So I tried in the guide to focus specifically on the offensive properties of the Witcher. And for protection we always have Quen.

Rebounding on alt/counterattack, constantly maintaining Quen - these are the two main actions that you should always pay attention to.
Quen must always be active! This needs to be remembered. Even worthless bandits in the forest can easily one-shot you, you shouldn’t rely on the skill, only on Quen.

I didn't cover oils and bombs in the guide, but they are also very important. Everything is simple with them - use them actively and you will be happy.

In October 2015, The Witcher 3 received an official global DLC, which weighs 2.5 GB and introduces many changes to the game. This included significantly expanding the game world, adding new content and even a unique artisan, Rune Master, who can improve Geralt’s weapons. He is waiting for the player in one of the new locations, which can be found out by reading the announcement on the board near the Seven Cats tavern. The merchant and artisan calls himself, almost a magician, he came from distant overseas countries, and treats the witcher kindly.

Picture: Rune Master from the game The Witcher 3

How to develop rune mastery?

According to the plot Rune Master in the game The Witcher 3 brought all his tools, materials and developments, created according to unique drawings from rare materials, to new lands, but there was a storm at sea and the ship sank. The only way to get everything back is to create it again, but the player will need a significant investment of money, as well as rare materials.

An orderly quest chain will tell you where to go and what to do, but you should prepare for difficulties in advance and should not get involved in the adventure at early levels. At first Rune Master in The Witcher 3 will ask for an investment of five thousand gold and a jade stone, then ten and fifteen thousand coins and increasingly rare materials. Of course, the power of the runes will increase each time.

Examples of enchantments added to the game

Using runes and glyphs, you can create enchantments that have different effects on weapons and armor. Of the three middle runes ( Perun, Stribog and Svarog) you can make the “Renewal” enchantment, which restores a quarter of stamina every time the witcher finishes off his opponent. And for the middle runes Devan, Veles and God bless you can craft “Triumph”, which after death increases the adrenaline level by 0.1-0.25 points. For big runes Axia, binding and Aarda You can get the “Possession” enchantment, which transfers the action of Axis to a new target after the death of an enemy. Enchantments help you benefit even from taking damage. So, large runes of Perun, Svarog and Maren allow you to apply “Extend”, which increases the duration of all elixirs by half a second for each missed hit.

In the middle of leveling up the skill, the player will encounter a funny enchantment called “Dumplings”, which will allow you to restore twice as many health points when eating any food, but it will all taste the same. For this unusual enchantment, gamers will need a pie, cottage cheese and another pie.

Glyphs are no less useful than regular runes and are also divided into three sizes. The most useful enchantment of them can safely be attributed to “Explosion”, thanks to which, after death from the Ignius sign, all enemies will explode and set fire to their fellows. To make it, you need large glyphs of Igni, Quen and upgrades.

To learn more and try out each charm in practice, we advise you to download and install, which will add to The Witcher 3 Rune Masters.

Along with the merchant from Ophir, the Rune Master also arrives in the Hearts of Stone add-on - a character who, for some money (and they are quite considerable), will help you enchant armor and weapons.

Your first investment will be 5,000 coins, the second - 10,000, and the third - all 15,000. The strongest versions of enchantments will be available, of course, only after the third and final stage.

You can enchant both a sword - with runic words, and armor - with glyphic words. For each enchantment you will need three runes or three glyphs, respectively. The first level of enchantment requires small runes and glyphs, the second medium runes and glyphs, and the last large runes and glyphs. Along with the release of the add-on, the developers, by the way, decided to slightly diversify the range of runes and glyphs themselves.

Level 1

Level 2

Level 3

Rune words

Enchantment	Description	Effect	Ingredients
	Vareniki	Any food restores twice as much health, but everything tastes like pies :(	Pie Cottage cheese Pie
	Calm	If adrenaline points are at maximum, then health and energy are restored (and the level of intoxication is reduced) faster due to adrenaline points.	Devana Madder Stribog
	Consolidation	The effects of the whetstone and the blacksmith's workbench remain forever.	Devana Madder Svarog
	Update	Each fatal blow to an enemy restores 25% energy.	Perun Svarog Stribog
	dissection	Increases the range of the Whirlwind by 1.1 meters and the gap by 1.9 meters.	Zorya Veles Perun
	Triumph	Each fatal blow to an enemy restores 0.1 to 0.25 adrenaline points.	Dazhdbog Veles Devana
	Inspiration	At maximum health, the health boost effect increases the damage of each subsequent attack by 50%	Devana Zorya Perun
	Extension	Each unblocked hit extends the duration of the elixir by half a second.	Madder Perun Svarog
	Filling	Using the Sign consumes one point of adrenaline, imbuing the sword with the power of the Sign for the next attack.	Triglav Madder Dazhdbog

Glyphic words

Enchantment	Description	Effect	Ingredients
	Heaviness	All parts of the armor worn by Geralt correspond to the heavy armor class.	Quen Recovery Improvement
	Usurpation		Aksiy Binding Improvement
	Exhaustion	The enemy's stamina is reduced by 50% when using the Aard Sign.	Aard Aksiy Improvement
	Burning	Enemies ignited by Igni have a 25% chance of setting fire to nearby characters within a small radius.	Igni Yrden Defense
	Reflection	The armor reflects all flying arrows.	Aard Defense Improvement
	Charm	An enemy who dies from Axium transfers the effect to the next target. Duration increases by 2 seconds. for each successful enemy blow to Geralt.	Aksiy Igni Recovery
	Shield	At the beginning of the battle, the Quen Sign is automatically activated without losing energy.	Quen Yrden Defense
	Fetters	An opponent who falls into Yrden's magic trap will automatically activate the Yrden glyph at the location where he is standing.	Yrden Aksiy Binding
	Balance	All parts of the armor worn by Geralt correspond to the middle class of armor.	Aksiy Recovery Improvement
	Ring	The basic Igni attack affects all nearby enemies, but can no longer set them on fire.	Igni Binding Improvement
	Possession	An enemy who dies from Axium transfers the effect to the next target. Duration increases by 2 seconds. for each successful hit on the target.	Aksiy Aard Binding.
	Retribution	Gives a 20% chance to reflect some damage back to the attacker.	Quen Igni Improvement
	Explosion	Enemies dying from Igni explode and set nearby enemies on fire.	Igni Quen Improvement
	Ease	All parts of the armor worn by Geralt correspond to the light armor class.	Aard, Recovery, Improvement

For Geralts who follow the path of a swordsman or an alchemist, glyphs do not play such an important role, so some kind of enchantment can be considered in their place. Particularly useful are those that allow you to enjoy the benefits of armor in one of the three categories even if you are wearing armor of another category.

As for runic words, the most “fat” ones are “Cut” and “Inspiration”, which can be chosen to replace the usual Chernobog runes.