The Witcher 3 is one of the best games of its kind, but, to celebrate it further, it also has two pretty amazing expansions, Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine. Due to the size of these games, and without multiple playthroughs to boot, there's no doubt there's an array of hidden details people don't know about. There's are countless players who've fallen in love with the world of The Witcher 3, and one YouTuber in particular, xLetalis, has done some incredible research on the game — their video includes some of these and even more remarkable details.
10 Vlodimir Lore
One of the wishes that Geralt has to grant is to show Olgierd von Everec's brother Vlodimir the time of his life, but he's currently dead. So, to solve this problem, Geralt allows Vlodimir's phantom to live within his body. On Geralt's travels, Vlodimir tells him random snippets of information about what he remembers, and one such bit is a rather sad story.
Vlodimir tells the tale of an ealdorwomen who hanged herself, which coincides with the quest The Cursed Chapel. In it, Geralt has to kill three wraiths, then a single greater one, and, upon finding a note on the husband of the ealdorwomen, the story fits together. The women gave birth to three beautiful daughters, and, as the women got older, she got to thinking her daughters were stealing her beauty. She eventually cracks and kills them all and then herself, hence the four wraiths you need to kill.
9 The Buffet At The Auction
Can everyone remember the auction? Well, Geralt can refuse to take part in it, which results in a hilarious cutscene to be played, where Geralt is just eating and drinking at the buffet while the auction is happening in the background.
He is having the time of his life; while people are bidding on expensive items, he's stuffing his face with a smile on his face. As the auctioneer calls for a break, has Geralt left anything for anyone else? It isn't very likely.
8 Wedding Blues
Geralt attends a wedding but is controlled by Vlodimir to have the time of his wish granted. However, as he's living inside of Geralt, he has to go where Geralt goes. During the wedding, Geralt can leave, and, after a certain distance away, a scene will appear of Vlodimir scolding him, saying that, instead of showing Geralt showing him the time of his life, all he's going to end up with his sore legs from walking. Geralt returns to the wedding, cheering the poor spirit of Vlodimir.
7 Ears For Geralt
At the very start of the wedding, if Geralt goes straight to the quent table before anything else, he can play cards against some Halfling. However, the vital thing here is to lose, as the consequences for doing so cause Geralt to wear donkey ears for the duration of the wedding.
This causes the people around Geralt to take notice, and some will have a unique line or two of dialogue about him wearing them, and they are hilarious.
6 Flowers On The Grave
Sometime after the wedding has passed, if Geralt goes back down to Vlodimirs crypt, he'll see some flesh flowers on his grave. These are from Shani, the lady who was Geralt's and Vlodimir's date at the wedding. Vlodimir must have left an impression on Shani, and Shani must have realized that Vlodimir wasn't truly a bad guy deep inside, that he was likable, and that no doubt he was a real hoot when he was alive.
5 Painting At The Auction
If Geralt chooses to skip the auction for food and drink, it's time spent wisely. However, one of the items on sale is a painting that holds some hidden meanings.
Firstly, if Geraly buys the painting, he can resell it for a trophy in a jar, which ultimately links back to Gaytan, the Witcher who killed the entire village in the Wolf and The Cat DLC.
The second is that the artist behind the painting is actually Iris, the wife of Olgierd von Everec—Van Rogh was just her alias.
4 Without A Trace
A herbalist Halfling asks Geralt to find his missing Halfling apprentice, and all of the clues lead him to an old couple in the middle of nowhere. Upon requesting this couple to answer a few questions, Geralt might deem the quest is over. However, if he explores further, he'll find a hidden basement where the Halfling corpse is lying on a table with clear signs of it being eaten. Here is where it gets interesting, as there are three choices to choose from,
Call out the cannibals and tell them to stop eating human meat, then tell the herbalist the truth. He'll swear to get vengeance, and, going back to the old couple, later on, they are dead and being eaten by ghouls. Geralt could also kill the cannibals and come back later, and ghouls are eating them, and Geralt will say poetic justice. Lastly, let the cannibals live, and lie to the herbalist. Upon returning to the couple, Geralt will find out that the wife has died of hunger and the husband cursing his name.
3 Gaunter O'Dimm The Stalker
The entire premise of Hearts of Stone is Gaunter O'Dimm making Geralt fulfill three wishes to Olgierd von Everec so Geralt's debt is paid in full to him. However, Gaunter does not trust Geralt in the slightest.
All throughout the DLC Gaunter O'Dimm can be seen keeping tabs on Geralt, in an assortment of different disguises, all over the place. A few of the more obvious ones to mind are, during the auction heist, he is one of the Redanian crossbowmen, and he is also walking around the wedding, in plain sight.
2 The Juggling Witcher
A Fire-eater has been hired as entertainment as the wedding; however, Geralt or Vlodimir can insult this fire-eater and force him to leave the wedding. Geralt (Vlodimir) then offers to take his place in attempting to entertain the guests in his stead, not by fire-eating, but by juggling.
The juggling Witcher, the hardest contract Geralt's ever completed, and technically the first witcher contract for Vlodimir. It gets better if the Gwent game is lost before this, Geralt is juggling while wearing ass ears.
1 Counting With Guards
During a quest called Rose on a Red Field, Geralt can use his Axii sign to befuddle a couple of guards to allow him to pass through unhindered. Sometimes it's as easy as a wave his hand, but other times he likes to amuse himself, and this time with the guards if the latter, and he makes the guards count to one hundred.
Most people will go on by without a thought and carry on completing the quest. However, if Geralt stays there, the guards do indeed count up to one hundred, which hilarious. But, if Geralt stays for the entire thing, the guards immediately attack after they are done.