#All Bloody Baron endings and easy methods to get them in Witcher 3 – Destructoid

The Bloody Baron is the primary essential sub questline you may come throughout in Velen, the primary space from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s most important quest. Although you may deal with it earlier than or after the “Looking a Witch” quest, I’d suggest you do the Baron’s story first.

The titular man may instantly strike you as a typical good-for-nothing drunken abuser — as he struck me — however don’t let the sport idiot you. Regardless of his many flaws, the Bloody Baron is a surprisingly deep character with intricacies that require your consideration must you need to expertise the total emotional vary of this story. The Bloody Baron’s questline is among the finest and positively probably the most harrowing one you’ll encounter within the base recreation.

What number of endings are there for the Bloody Baron quest in Witcher 3?

The Bloody Baron questline can solely finish in one in every of two methods. As soon as accomplished, this quest may set off a knee-jerk response to reload your save and go within the hopeless search of a happier consequence — although there’s no such factor to be discovered on this story. Sure, this quest solely has two actual endings, every fairly bleak in their very own method. I’m right here to avoid wasting you the psychological problem of working tirelessly to seek out an consequence that doesn’t exist for the Bloody Baron quest and get you to those do exist.

The Bloody Baron’s quest, defined

Most totally different outcomes on The Witcher 3 outcome from choices gamers are conscious they’re making, however that’s not a lot the case right here. We’re making choices that can impression the Bloody Baron quest even earlier than we begin it, so let’s take a look at what it’s good to beat it within the smoothest method attainable.

The Bloody Baron’s quest begins at Crow’s Perch, however it’s going to keep in mind a sneakily essential determination from The Nilfgaardian Connection, a earlier quest. Having been beforehand aggressive to the Baron’s males may have you go on a fetch quest earlier than starting the hunt itself, whereas the choice to be good to the guards will take you proper to the Baron. Be at liberty to do battle with the guards if you happen to really feel prefer it. That gained’t impression the result, however it’s going to have gamers leaping via extra hoops than mandatory to finish the Bloody Baron quest, so I like to recommend you go the peaceable route.

Bloody Baron’s very dangerous ending

As I’ve beforehand talked about, the ending the place the supposedly evil Baron meets his demise may sound the perfect, however issues aren’t fairly that easy.

To get this ending, it’s good to launch the evil spirit that asks for Geralt’s assist in the Whispering Hillock quest. Which may not instantly really feel like one thing instantly associated to the Baron’s future, however it’s. Releasing the spirit will trigger Anna, the baron’s beloved spouse, to get cursed. The sport will give gamers many choices to elevate the curse, however all result in the identical consequence. Geralt will find yourself lifting the curse, however Anna will at all times die in consequence. This then ends in the loss of life of the Baron as properly.

One other strategy to get this ending is by finishing the Return to Crookback Bathroom quest earlier than Whispering Hillock.

Whereas making an attempt to keep away from as many spoilers as attainable, finishing Return to Crookback Bathroom will set in movement a collection of occasions that can outcome within the loss of life of Anna, adopted by the Baron’s.

Bloody Baron’s much less horrible ending

In the event you full The Whispering Hillock quest earlier than, nevertheless, you’ll ultimately meet an evil spirit trapped inside a tree. This spirit will ask Geralt for assist, and he can both free or destroy it. For this ending, you will want to destroy the spirit. Then, doing the Return to Crookback Bathroom quest may have Geralt rescuing Anna from the Crones of the lavatory.

Killing the spirit results in a collection of occasions that culminate with Anna dropping her sanity. That doesn’t sound very best, but it surely additionally permits for her to be rescued, and in addition for the beginning of a considerably cathartic subplot. Anna’s rescue will immediate the Baron to go on a redemption arc of types.

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The baron will take it upon himself to take Anna to the Blue Mountains within the hopes of ridding her of her ailment. The sport by no means really exhibits the result of Baron’s last-known actions, however this ending at the least leaves gamers on a considerably hopeful word.

Bloody Baron’s true good ending

Whereas the 2 endings above had been all you’d ever know concerning the final days of the Baron for a number of years, 2017 noticed CD Projekt Crimson releasing a video celebrating the tenth yr of the collection that would supply much-welcome further perception.

Whilst you can not unlock this cinematic within the recreation, it feels just like the pleased epilogue you’d get after making all the perfect selections within the recreation. It’s a really heartwarming video that exhibits the Baron at a celebration with Geralt, Ciri, and all of their associates. From that, we are able to assume Anna is alive and, from the smile on the Baron’s face, that she’s recovered. It’s as much as you to simply accept that video as canon or not, however why wouldn’t you?

To get this “ending,” you simply must click on the YouTube video above.

What else do it’s good to know concerning the Bloody Baron?

And earlier than you go, there’s one other essential factor to recollect for Gwent completionists that’s essential to say regardless of its tone-deafness. It is best to problem the Baron as quickly as you meet him, as both last consequence of the hunt will trigger him to be unavailable for additional card recreation pursuits.

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