The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Remastered · Golden Oriole · Inventory

Produces ×1 · Formula for brewing a witcher potion.

Ingredients ×1 · Formula for brewing a witcher potion.

Effective against · You want a fine pair of boots, you say? Bring me the hide of a silver basilisk, and I’ll make you boots the whole world will envy. – Anatole Vizholy, shoemaker from Beauclair

Effective against · The girl walked up to the edge of the pond. There, squatting amidst the fragrant lilies and broad lily-pads, she saw a most unusual sight: a small green frog with a golden crown perched on its warty head. Charmed by this curious little creature, the girl picked it up and gave it a kiss. Immediately the little frog transformed into a handsome prince. Overcome with gratitude, he asked the girl to be his wife. – folk tale, author unknown Timeless tales always carry within them a grain of truth. The legend of the frog prince is no exception, or at least that’s what the folk of Oxenfurt wished to believe when they found out a monstrous toad lurked in their city sewers. The women who hunted it in search of romance and a better life, however, found their tales had a most unhappy ending. The creature they encountered was no small, sweet frog but a bloodthirsty beast, who not only did not let them in for a kiss, but instead greedily devoured them and anything else that strayed into its slime-covered lair.

Effective against · That's the kinda john we call an ‘armored arachas.' Hard and prickly on the outside, but get ‘im undressed and everything's soft and squishy. – Foxy Lisa, Maribor prostitute An arachas' only weakness is its soft, sensitive abdomen. Some arachasae hide this under hollow tree stumps, while other, "armored" varieties exist which have grown a thick carapace that covers all the more delicate parts of their bodies.

Effective against · In memory of the noble knight Roderick, slain during a valiant struggle against a basilisk. Let's hope the beast choked on his bones. – Gravestone inscription, Vizima cemetery. Contrary to popular belief, basilisks cannot turn anything to stone with their gaze. That is small comfort, however, given that their acid, venom, claws and teeth provide them many other ways to kill.

Effective against · N'arache aen woed endicen [Let sleeping arachasae lie]. – Elven proverb Powerful pincers, a maw filled with razor-sharp teeth and venom glands packed with deadly toxins – these constitute the arachas' deadly arsenal. Since people and farm animals make up an important part of these creatures' diet, contracts on arachasae in turn constitute an important source of witcher coin.

Effective against · Scared of these endregas, are you? Just wait till you see the warriors. – Klaus Altman, forester Endless waves of endrega workers are enough to overcome most attackers, but when confronting more dangerous foes, endrega colonies unleash their larger, stronger members – the so-called warriors. This caste lives only to fight, and gets ample opportunity to do so while defending the colony's borders or conquering new territory.

Effective against · Forktails… Bah! Fuckers' tails're more like cleavers. – Yavinn Buck, veteran of the Mahakaman Volunteer Regiment Forktails owe their quaint name to the long, sharp growths at the tip of their tails. A blow from this weapon can slice an oaken shield in two – along with the arm that was carrying it. Thus, though its name conjures images of cutlery, fighting a forktail is nothing like a dinner party and ends in death rather than dessert.

Effective against · It attacked us… Gods, I dunno what it were, but 'twere at least four spans high! -- Velen peasant woman

Effective against · It were huge. And those teeth, ugh! We barely escaped. Wonder if it killed the traders… Whoresons sure had it comin'. – Conversation overheard in Velen

Effective against · It's got scales, wings, claws… A dragon's a dragon! No point gabbin', just go kill it! – Vagn, village elder of Fyresdal

Effective against · Most dangerous of all are the royal wyverns. Or, as they're called in some circles, the royal pains in the arse. – Albina Tottelkampf, lecturer in natural sciences at Aretuza Wyverns are often mistaken for dragons, and, though they are much smaller than their more famous kin and do not breathe fire, they are likewise extremely dangerous monsters. Especially feared are the so-called royal wyverns who, like their namesake monarchs, are exceptionally ornery and extremely deadly.

Effective against · Lazy, good-for-nothing men are sometimes called drones. That's an insult to endrega drones, who at least get off their arses to fight. – Evelynn Harker, herbalist Endrega males – called ‘drones' – are gluttonous creatures whose only aim in life is to eat, fight and reproduce. Yet when venturing outside their nests, these aggressive hunters attack any and every creature they come across.

Effective against · I thought the workers were harmless. I thought wrong. – Janne the Gimp, trapper. Workers are the most numerous, and thus the most frequently encountered, caste of endrega. Within the colony their duty lies in building nests and cocoons, acquiring food and caring for eggs and larvae. When threatened they will summon warriors to aid them, yet if forced to defend themselves they will – and do so surprisingly well.

Effective against · Barely nicked me, I'll be fine. – Last words of an unknown hunter Though all arachasae are highly venomous, this breed produces an especially strong toxin. A few drops are enough to kill a grown man – unless that man is a witcher, whose mutations will neutralize small amounts of this venom. Large quantities, however, will kill anything they touch, with mutations only prolonging an inevitable and painful death in such instances.