The Witcher 3 5 Worst Things Geralt Has Done & The 5 Most Heroic

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The Witcher 3 5 Worst Things Geralt Has Done & The 5 Most Heroic

Geralt of Rivia has dabbled in both sides of the coin when it comes to good and evil. Here are the worst and most heroic things from The Witcher 3. Don't listen and believe Geralt whenever he says witchers are neutral, he's disobeyed his own rules plenty of times throughout the games, the books, and the tv show. Needless to say, Geralt sometimes sees and does things in black and white and even draws the line between the good and the bad. Most of the time, however, he does prefer to choose and side with the lesser evil. Regardless, some of the decisions you can do for Geralt are just plain bad (but he does them anyway). This means Geralt has dabbled in both sides of the coin pretty well and has done both terrible and commendable things. So to prove once and for all that Geralt is not bound by the petty rules of morality and does what he wants or needs, there are some of his best and worst deeds in the game. THEGAMER VIDEO OF THE DAY

WORST ROBBING PEASANTS

Well, this depends on how much of a kleptomaniac you are in all the Witcher games, most particularly in The Witcher 3. Geralt is notably in need of coin and resources as a witcher and he usually gets this from doing or doing the main quest. However, one alternative method is robbing peasants blind of all their resources. Yup, you can make Geralt do all this despite how poor or hungry the peasants he's robbing. Geralt can do this for any peasant home virtually unopposed (thanks to the A.I.) and fill his pockets full of coin, food, alcohol, and many other things he needs as a witcher. Hey, that's the price they get for going cheap on the contract payments!

HEROIC SAVING PEOPLE FOR FREE

Despite some of his tendencies to ignore the world's problems and play card games instead, Geralt has done some benevolent acts for many people. In fact, he has saved countless lives from lords to peasants since destiny often places him at the forefront of life-threatening events. Geralt can even choose to save a life for free at the beginning of The Witcher 3 after a griffon swooped in for an easy meal. Beyond that, Geralt has also saved his friends many times over from Dandelion to Triss-- even if it meant putting his life on the line. Being friends with a witcher truly is something.

WORST SELLING CIRI TO EMHYR

Technically, it's not "selling" since Emhyr was to pay Geralt for retrieving Ciri. However, players could still choose to not accept the coin from the Emperor of Nilfgaard and to maintain their pride. Should you choose to accept the coin from Emhyr, then you can say goodbye to your relationship with Ciri. Ciri wasn't sold in the traditional term but the look on her face says that might as well what took place. It's Geralt at his coldest to his daughter-- selling Ciri for a few thousand coins after what both of them had gone through is just plain heartless. It might be true to the witcher code and to Geralt and Emhyr's contract, but not considering Ciri is Geralt's adopted daughter, well, you get the idea.

HEROIC STOPPING THE SHAELMAAR

via:usgamer.net Yet another instance of Geralt stepping in to save the day took place in the Blood and Wine expansion of The Witcher 3. During the tournament events in Toussaint, some of the finest knights were pitted against a rare creature called the Shaelmaar. Geralt immediately knew what was going to happen and intervened quickly. Depending on your choices, Geralt will fight the Shaelmaar and save some of the hapless and unfortunate knights in the process. Geralt acted without the promise of a reward afterward and again, saved countless lives from the Shaelmaar which would have gotten out of control if not for his intervention. It's one of his finest and most prominent moments in Blood and Wine since an audience was also present.

WORST LED CIRI TO HER DEATH

By far the worst thing you can do as Geralt in The Witcher 3 is to unwittingly or wittingly cause Ciri's demise at the ending. Her main goal was to stop the White Frost from destroying everything in its path and she was to do this single-handedly. Of course, Geralt being the most significant relationship she has, Ciri would try to draw motivation and moral support from her memories with the witcher. Now, if the memories you made with her are deplorable, then she pretty much dies after saving the entire universe. Basically, if you've been a bad parent to Ciri, then you'll surely cause her death-- just like in real-life parenting. The game will even make it clear that you did bad and should feel bad about yourself.

HEROIC SAVING MAGES FROM THE WITCHHUNT

Radovid's witchhunt is one of the worst hellscapes to ever happen to The Witcher 3 and going against it is folly. Even so, Triss Merigold rounded up her fellow magic-users and shipped them away to safety. The credit goes mostly to Triss but you have to give some to Geralt-- he's practically the one who made it possible. Despite having no more need for any information Triss could give about Ciri and Dandelion, Geralt still stuck around and helped her smuggle out the magic-users in Novigrad. Such a feat would have failed were it not for Geralt's convenient help. He even agreed to do most of the dirty work involved in this heroic act to save mages.

WORST KILLING ROCHE DIJKSTRA

This one here is just downright gut-wrenching. Vernon Roche is a longtime friend of Geralt and they've been through some of the toughest times the witcher has had in the 2nd game. He even agreed to participate in the battle for Kaer Morhen. Dijkstra is also similarly close to Geralt and one of the most memorable and likable characters in the third game and even in the books. Now, because Roche agreed to sell out to Emhyr for Temeria's vassalage and because Dijkstra wanted to defeat Emhyr, the two had to fight a sudden death battle. As Geralt, you have to choose who to side with, no other way about it, no middle ground, just the lesser of two evils. This also determines some key points in the ending. Regardless of which you pick, you'll likely feel sad afterward.

HEROIC PUNISHING WHORESON JUNIOR

A witcher killing the right people makes all the difference in the world. That was shown to be too true in The Witcher 2 after Letho assassinates the important kings that oppose Nilfgaard. Now, imagine if another witcher does the same thing but with a positive intention and result, by killing or punishing the worst scum in Novigrad. That's exactly what Geralt did to Whoreson Junior, depending on your choices in-game. Junior is one of the four gang leaders vying for control of Novigrad. The minute you walk into his "pleasure chamber," you'll immediately know what kind of degenerate he is considering what he does to courtesans and other people. For Geralt, it's one less monster to worry about, no more victims for Junior, depending on your choices.

WORST CROOKBACK BOG MASSACRE

Sadly, Geralt himself is no stranger to dishing out needless bloodbaths of his own. In the books, he even sometimes resorts to violence and kills anyone that irks him. He has innocents' blood on his hands, that's for sure and more bodies would be added to his conscience thanks to the witches of Crookback Bog. Near the end of that questline, Geralt is faced with the toughest decision in-game: spare the orphans of Crookback Bog or let a whole town of adults die. Either way, there will be blood on Geralt's hands, you just have to choose whether it's adults' or children's. No one wins in Crookback Bog.

HEROIC BEING A GOOD DAD TO CIRI

Who would have thought that being a positive and non-toxic would help save the world? Not Geralt, but he did it anyway. As we mentioned earlier, Ciri would eventually have to single-handedly contain the White Frost, this would not have been possible if she was all alone in the world. That's why Geralt's contribution to her emotional and physical growth is something to be treasured-- it helped save the universe. More than that, it also helped save Ciri from certain death. How you choose to interact with Ciri will determine whether she survives the White Frost or not. It's a small offering, but it's heroic nonetheless.