One unfortunate player’s quest for some DLC armor inThe Witcher 3: Wild Huntrecently met a premature end after Geralt portaled himself to a hilarious death. The footage of the incident subsequently made the rounds on social media, emerging online just a few months after another viral clip showed oneWitcher 3player suffer a tragic defeat at the very end of the Dettlaff boss fight.
Warning! Minor gameplay spoilers for oneThe Witcher 3side quest ahead.WhileGeralt’s hatred of portals spawned many hilariousThe Witcher 3memesover the years, most fans of CD Projekt Red’s hit 2015 RPG don’t share his animosity toward these magical gateways. One exception to that state of affairs is the portal mechanism in the old signal tower south of Kaer Morhen, which hides the diagram for a fan-favorite armor set. This location contains an environmental puzzle requiring players to activate two magical crystals by hitting them with Aard. Trying to use the portal without fulfilling that prerequisite will see Geralt plummet to his death off the side of a cliff.
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Yet even doing the puzzle correctly doesn’t guarantee a successful outcome, which Reddit user Rustytip recently found out the hard way. The player recently shared a gameplay clip of Geralt portaling himself to a hilarious death despite stabilizing the gateway mechanism just moments prior. While the footage doesn’t show the player activating both crystals, the fact that the portal stops flickering as soon as they hit the nearby gem indicates that they already powered the other one. Yet Rustytip’s Geralt still ended up plunging to his death, with the player describing thisThe Witcher 3: Wild Huntincident as the moment they “understood why Geralt hates portals.”
This is far from the first bug that players encountered while looking forThe Witcher 3Wolf School gear, which was originally released as free DLC in June 2015. According to widespread online reports, installing the DLC after already having started the game is a reliable way to get locked out of the armor diagram due to a bugged chest that can’t be opened in order to progress the quest. Additionally, the same course of action can prevent the second crystal near the ledge of the lookout tower from spawning, with some players also reporting that the first gem sometimes doesn’t respond to Aard.
The issue reportedly affects all non-GOTY versions of the game that aren’t pre-bundled with the DLC. And while CDPR is still releasingupdates and hotfixes forThe Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, this particular bug has never been addressed by the developer.
The Witcher 3: Wild Huntis available on PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
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