The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings is a roleplaying game where you play a witcher called Geralt of Rivia, set in a world created by the Polish author Andrzej Sapkowski.
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How much of The Witcher 2 will I have trouble with, not having played the first game?
Are there a lot of references to the plot of the first game? Are there things I'm already expected to know at the outset?
I hear that there is some stuff imported from old save games in the new ...
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How firm are The Witcher 2's minimum required specs?
According to TotalPCGaming.com, Steam, and the official site, The Witcher 2 requires at least a Radeon HD 3850. How firm is this requirement? Has anyone managed to play with a lesser card? (Bonus ...
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So I was out drinking last night…how do I remove a tattoo?
Geralt got into a bit of fun with the Blue Stripes last night. After getting rip-roaringly drunk, the Witcher thought it might be good to see if it was possible to float across the river on the bums ...
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How do I use mutagens?
I've collected a nice selection of mutagens so far, but I have no idea on how to actually use them. They are supposed to be able to improve my character somehow.
How exactly do I apply those ...
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Where did Malena run off to?
Outside Floatsam, I ran into an elf woman being harassed by the guards as a spy. Being the amicable monster-slaying gentleman that I am, I volunteered to check her alibi in the nearby cave. Six game ...
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Is there a function that highlights items you can interact with upon keypress?
The first game had a function that would on keypress highlight the name of any items on screen that you could interact with or take. This was useful to quickly find everything you could take.
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How do I not get incinerated or cut down on the very first battle?
I'm apparently being attacked by a giant dragon and there's fire everywhere. No matter what I do, I seem to catch fire and burn to death before fighting the second group of enemies.
If this is a ...
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What are lures for?
I notice a category of items in the inventory called "Lures". What are they for? I guess they're for attracting monsters. If so, what lures would attract what type of creatures?
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What's the deal with the Witcher 2 DLC?
So my game informed me today that a new patch (1.2) was available for The Witcher 2, and among the patch notes were the following:
All previously released DLC packages
are installed with Patch ...
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In what order do I have to extinguish the puzzle signs in the Gargoyle Contract quest?
There are three rooms, guarded by Gargoyles, each one with a chest and four magical signs/runes you have to extinguish in the correct order. There is also a different clue in each room.
The clue in ...
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Modding the Witcher 2
There seem to be some mods already floating around, the ones I saw were for enlarging the item tooltips and for increasing/eliminating the inventory limit. The mods themselves were just XML files that ...
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Where can I find Altair?
I was browsing Reddit the other day when I saw this amusing image from The Witcher 2:
I want to be able to find this for myself when I play the game. Where do I find Altair?
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Which abilities contain mutagen slots?
Which abilities in The Witcher 2 contain Mutagen slots?
Does the level of points invested in the ability affect the availability of mutagen slots?
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I'm having trouble killing Letho near the end of the first chapter. How do I do it?
The following is somewhat of a spoiler, to avoid it being shown in the question excerpt, I'm filling the space with useless boilerplate.
I'm near the end of the first chapter and I'm now facing ...
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How do I play Dice Poker?
I found two minigames in the first area of The-Witcher-2, an Arm-Wrestler, and someone who wants to play "Dice Poker". While the former is simply explained in the in-game help, there was no ...
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Why does Axii sign not work?
The Axii sign should allow Geralt to get one enemy to fight on his side for a short while. This sound extremely useful for fighting groups, but I was unable to get it to work so far.
What happens ...
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How does Potion Toxicity work in The Witcher 2?
I know that every potion in The Witcher 2 has a "toxicity", but both the manual and the game provide less than adequate explanations of what toxicity is, and how it works.
For instance, much of the ...
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Are mutagens permanent?
Once I alter one of my abilities with a Mutagen, is it like equipment where I can go back later and switch it out for a better one? Or is it a permanent change to that ability that I'll keep for the ...
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How can I tell what my spells (signs) do?
Apparently I have a sign called "Aard", which does something when I press Q while it's active. Aard is hardly a descriptive word, however, and when I press C to bring up my character screen there's ...
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Why is the Witcher 2 unplayable on recommended high settings?
I just got The Witcher 2 today and so far it seems quite enjoyable. The problem is that I haven't been able to play much of it so far due to lag that occurs even on low settings. The game recommends ...
