Fan Uncovers Witcher 3 Easter Egg That Requires 7 In-Game Years to Happen

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The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is a game full of easter eggs of all different types. From small nods to other games, to entire involved side quests that are really just CD Projekt Red expressing its feelings about DRM copy protection. This is in keeping with the style of the original Witcher books which constantly referenced and retold recognizable fairy tales and folk stories. But a game is able to hide secrets using mechanics unique only to this medium.

Blood and wine was the second DLC for The Witcher 3 and acted as a sort of victory lap for the critically acclaimed game. Involving an exuberant high-court vampire mystery in the new sun-soaked region of Toussaint, this DLC turned up the fantasy elements of The Witcher 3, and with it the easter eggs.

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The Blood and wine DLC has some of the most blatant easter eggs in the game. Some easter eggs in The Witcher 3 are harder to find however, with some still only being discovered now, like the fate of the character Vivienne from one of the DLC's side quests. Vivienne can survive past the end of her quest line, but it was recently discovered that the character can die after seven in-game years have passed, as a result of an option players chose during the side quest.

One of the best side quests in Blood and wine is named The Warble of a Smitten Knight, and is a prime example of how the DLC turns up the fairy tale elements, as the quest involves winning a tournament of knights, lifting a curse, and true love. Vivienne is the character suffering from this curse, and is slowly turning into a bird-like creature. One of the ways the player can lift the curse involves using the egg of an oriole and transferring the curse onto it. This