Endregas


Endregas resemble spiders but behave more like insects. Even at that, there’s something genuinely unsettling about endrega physiology. Although they are six-legged like insects, they have jaws lined with teeth like a vertebrate’s. Endregas live in temperate to humid forests, where they can drop from trees to surprise their prey or battle intruders who draw too close to their nurseries. An endrega’s heavily armored body and poisonous bite make it a dangerous opponent. They are a bit slow, so they’re easy to handle alone, but if you see one endrega then there are probably at least two more lurking somewhere nearby.

There are many different varieties of endrega, because the species is divided into an insect-like caste system. The humble endrega is a worker at the low end of the totem pole. The endrega warrior fights off predators and is a bit rarer, with the rarer endrega guard patrolling nurseries. At the core of endrega society is the queen endrega, which lays eggs that must mature in coccoons. The queen endrega is very rare and only comes out of hiding when the colony’s nursery is threatened.

Endregas occur most commonly in forests and occasionally in temperate caves. They are only friendly to arachi and attack virtually any other species that enters their territory. You encounter endregas in the forests outside Flotsam in Chapter 1. In Chapter 2, you can only encounter them by heading to the area to the north of the Visionary’s hut, near the shrine to Sabrina Glevissig. In Chapter 3, you can encounter endregas in the forests to the north of Loc Muinne on Roche’s route. On Iorveth’s route, you can encounter them in the secret cave that leads into Loc Muinne and also in the caverns that lead to the lost secret laboratory of Dearhenna.

Endregas can barrel toward you with a sudden charging attack, but otherwise are slow. Strong attacks are best suited to smashing through their heavily armored bodies. Endregas are immune to poison but vulnerable to bleeding, incineration, stun, and knockdown. Their wide, low body structure makes them particularly vulnerable to traps, as it’s hard for them to move through a trapped area without triggering them. In addition, endregas are insectoids and therefore take additional damage from a silver sword coated in insectoid oil. Read the book Three Years Among the Endregas to gain knowledge of endregas.

Creatures of this species can drop six unique materials, five of which count as alchemy materials. Endrega embryos should be hoarded, as they’re extremely useful. They are a necessary component in crafting conflagration traps and also contain fulgur, which is often required to brew high-end potions like Tawny Owl. You can also get endrega embryos by destroying endrega coccoons during the quest The Endrega Contract in Chapter 1.

Endrega teeth are also worth hoarding, especially in Chapter 1. You need 15 endrega teeth to make the jagged blade and can also use them to craft endrega hide reinforcements, which can be useful for slotting out armor you’re going to be wearing for a short period of time. Conveniently, endregas sometimes drop the diagram for endrega hide reinforcements.

Endrega venom is required to craft clawer traps, so keep it if you think you’ll ever want to use such a trap. The clawer’s function is mostly duplicated by the reusable snares you can pick up in Chapter 1, so you could begin selling this material off in Chapter 2.

Endrega jaws can be sold off, as they aren’t used in any sort of crafting and the alchemy reagent they contain, vermilion, has many other common sources. Endrega hide can be sold off in a standard game, where it cannot be used to craft anything particularly useful. If you are playing on Dark mode, you will need five endrega hides to use when crafting the Blasphemer’s set.

Endrega Warriors

An endrega warrior is an endrega with a long, spiked tail. As you might expect, it’s a bit more aggressive than a normal endrega and hits a bit harder. It’s not any tougher and can be defeated just as easily as its cousins. You sometimes encounter endrega warriors alongside arachi, particularly in the secret cave you can opt to pass through in Chapter 3.

Endrega Guards

You primarily encounter endrega guards near the endrega nurseries you encounter in Chapter 1, as part of The Endrega Contract . Their bodies are a bit higher off the ground and more compact than an ordinary endrega’s. They don’t hit any harder than the average endrega, but they do have a bit more vitality. They tend to appear in swarms with other endregas.

Endrega Queens

Endrega queens are enormous compared to standard endregas. They have a similar charging attack, but their large size means they hit much harder and can charge much farther. They also can attack a distant foe by spraying poison at it. Endrega queens are easiest to damage if you can hit them from the back or sides, as they can block head-on attacks. You can also stun them with Yrden to force them into dropping their guard, or lure them over traps. You only encounter endrega queens during The Endrega Contract quest in Chapter 1 or during The Secrets of Loc Muinne

You can pick up two extra drops from an endrega queen, in addition to the usual endrega drops. One is the queen endrega’s pheromones, a requirement for completing the quest An Encrypted Manuscript in Chapter 3. It is possible to sell off the queen endrega’s pheromones or use them in alchemy, so be careful. Put them into storage once you’ve obtained them to make sure this doesn’t happen.

The other extra drop is the greater vitality mutagen. While mutagens usually drop at random when you fight foes, the queen endrega is one of the few enemies in the game that consistently drop a specific type of mutagen. The greater vitality mutagen is one of the better mutagen drops, too, and worth slotting.