The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is renowned for its engrossing side content. Many games struggle to balance their main stories with additional activities, especially when the stakes of those central plots are potentially world-ending. The Witcher 3 gets around this issue by making its side quests feel almost as important and pressing. Notably, though, The Witcher 3's weirder side quests are simply compelling on account of their strangeness.
With the recent release of the Nightmare of the Wolf animated film and season two of the Netflix show coming this December, fans of the The Witcher have already been spoiled in 2021, and it's only going to get better from here. CD Projekt Red will soon be adding new content to The Witcher 3 inspired by the Netflix series, as well as current-gen upgrades to improve the game's visuals and performance.
An upgraded version will likely bring more players to the game, where they'll experience some of its famed side quest. The Witcher 3's secondary missions range from hunting mythical treasures to fighting warring factions, lifting curses, and slaying monsters. A few stray from the usual formula, however, bringing protagonist Geralt on some rather odd adventures.
The Witcher 3's "A Greedy God" - A Sylvan Imposter
While travelling the marshes of Velen, Geralt encounters some peasants who speak of the deity they worship, the Allgod. In the "A Greedy God" side quest, the Allgod has apparently blessed the people of this land, so long as they make offerings to him. However, the peasants worry the Allgod has cursed them for their meager offerings because of the war that has taken its toll on Velen.
Geralt assures the peasants he'll speak with the supposed Allgod and tell him to take it easy on the people. When Geralt approaches the Allgod statue, he hears a voice demanding more food, or the peasants will suffer his wrath. With his keen Witcher Sense, Geralt is able to determine the voice is actually coming from underground. In a cellar behind a nearby illusory wall, he finds not a god but a centuries-old sylvan.
Geralt can choose to just outright kill the sylvan, but he risks angering the peasants for killing their "god." He can choose to allow the Allgod to continue taking advantage of them, but he can also reason with him. Should players negotiate with the Allgod to bring this The Witcher 3 side quest to an end, Geralt will convince him to only take small offerings, continuing to give the peasants some peace of mind during a time of poverty and war.
The Witcher 3's "A Tome Entombed" - A Perturbed Vampire
If players happen to explore the sewers beneath The Witcher 3's massive city of Novigrad, they may come across a scholar, Professor Vairmont Jonne, struggling to open a sealed sarcophagus. Jonne explains he believes an ancient elven manuscript is buried inside. Geralt can assist the Professor in opening it, but instead of an elven manuscript, they find a slumbering vampire.
Irate at being suddenly awoken, the vampire asks the two if it is the year 1358 yet. Geralt replies no, and the vampire quickly - and rudely - tells the witcher off and goes back to sleep. Jonne insists that Geralt wake the vampire again, not understanding how powerful and dangerous The Witcher's vampires are.
As Geralt opens the sarcophagus again against his better judgement, the foul-mouthed vampire curses at him, then morphs into his monstrous katakan form, resulting in a tough fight. Afterwards, it turns out none of the effort was worth it, as neither the vampire nor the sarcophagus had the manuscript.
The Witcher 3's "Skellige's Most Wanted" - A Merry Band Of Monsters
"Contract: Skellige's Most Wanted," one of The Witcher 3's many monster contracts, is a free DLC quest released after the game's launch. While in the village of Fyresdal, Geralt is flagged down by a strange man who claims a pack of nekkers attacked him. He enlists Geralt's services to take out the nekkers, but when Geralt arrives at the scene of the attack, he realizes something doesn't add up. Not a moment too soon, he dodges a falling boulder. It becomes clear someone has been following Geralt and wants him dead.
Over the course of his investigation, Geralt discovers a group of sentient monsters organized the fake contract in order to kill the witchers who killed their kin. As he speaks with the monsters, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt players are given the choice to take on the monsters or reason with them. If they choose the latter, Geralt can point to previous contracts as examples of him sparing or helping monsters. If they are satisfied with Geralt's answer, they let him go, but one werewolf will attack him no matter what. Either way, Geralt will have to do what witchers do best: slaying monsters.