Geralts Lovers

The rest of the guide discusses the violence in this game in great detail. However, not all of Geralt’s thoughts are geared toward violence. He is also a lover of women, potentially many women. Geralt can make love to a great many memorable virtual women in this game, provided you say and do the right things. A player who is a fighter doesn’t need to consult this section, but if you want your version of Geralt to be a lover, read on.

A major note before you start reading: It is impossible to make love to every available woman in the game on a single playthrough. The problem is the route split at the end of Chapter 1. Siding with Iorveth or Roche gives you access to completely different women. If you’re all about making Geralt the biggest stud possible, side with Iorveth at the end of Chapter 1. This gives Geralt access to Mottle, the Succubus, and Cynthia in addition to enough whores to cross a river on. If you side with Roche, you can only make time with Ves (and also a great many prostitutes).

There are also some major female characters that you simply cannot sleep with, though you might expect otherwise. These characters are detailed in “The Untouchables” section, so you know where not to waste your time.

Triss

It should be no surprise that Triss is available. It’s a major plot point that she’s become your lover. During the Prologue, if you pick “On the day of the attack,” Geralt can wake up in bed next to an entirely naked Triss.

• Chapter 1
• Quest: The Rose of Remembrance

At the beginning of the quest, you must choose to take Triss along with you. When you reach the garden, there will be a fight with a group of thugs, and then a cutscene. When given the chance, say “You could use a bath” to Triss.

Ves

• Chapter 2 (Roche)
• Quest: Ave Henselt!

After you defeat all the other challengers in the tournament, Ves challenges you. You must defeat her to unlock the option to sleep with her. After beating her in the tournament, you can find her outside Roche’s tent. When given the chance, make these dialogue choices:

That was a great fight.

I also feel like using this opportunity.

She’s both brave and beautiful.

I like that idea.

Mottle

• Chapters 1 & 2 (Iorveth)
• Quest: The Prison Barge

At the end of Chapter 1, you must choose to side with Iorveth by completing the quest At a Crossroads: Scoia’tael. When you get the chance, choose to save the girls from the burning tower instead of chasing down Loredo.

During Chapter 2, any time after you’ve completed The War Council, leave Vergen through the Mahakam Gate. Take a left when you see the cart with the red roof. Mottle, the blonde elf you saved, is waiting for you there. Speak to her. When given the chance, make these dialogue choices:

Tempt? All right.

Speak with her again after the sex scene to obtain the key to the Tunnel of the Founders, which opens up a very useful shortcut.

Succubus

• Chapter 2 (Iorveth)
• Quest: With Flickering Heart

This is a bit complicated. For your purposes here, you just want to make sure that you side with the Succubus and not against her. These instructions represent the most direct way to trigger the scene you want.

First, buy the surgical tools from Felicia Cori before you go to investigate the corpses in the Dwarven Catacombs. When you come to the fresh corpse, be sure to examine its arms to get the metal fragment and turn the body over to find Dandelion’s poetry sketchbook. Talk to Dandelion back in Vergen and convince him to help you lure out the Succubus.

Meet Dandelion in the burned village at night. Have Dandelion recite poetry from his sketchbook. He must recite the poems correctly for the Succubus to appear. Have him use the following responses:

If our bodies…

My heart would inquire…

Or treat it as a morsel…

After the Succubus appears, you can send Dandelion in with her or have Dandelion go back and get Geralt. Sending Geralt in is a bit quicker, but you can still side with the Succubus if you send Dandelion in. If you send Dandelion in, you must say “Like the others?” to begin the dialogue. If you send Geralt in by himself, he skips this step and goes right to the dialogue choices listed. You must say the following things in this cutscene:

Who’s the murderer?

What’s his name?

I’ll talk to Ele’yas.

When speaking to Ele’yas, say:

You lied to me.

I don’t believe you.

Next, go see Iorveth after the dialogue with Ele’yas ends. Note that one of the conversation options you absolutely must say will not appear unless you extracted the metal fragment from the fresh corpse earlier using the surgical tools. Say these lines:

Ele’yas is a murderer.

I have this blade.

This triggers a cutscene where Iorveth says that Ele’yas has fled town. Go to the burned village and Ele’yas attacks you. After you’ve defeated him, go see the Succubus again. Say “Sounds good to me” to initiate the sex scene.

Cynthia

• Chapter 3 (Iorveth)
• Quest: A Tome Truly Rare

Triggering the sex scene with Cynthia can be tricky. To get the scene, you must complete the side quest The Secrets of Loc Muinne and its subquest Dearhenna’s Journal in specific ways, so that you trigger a specific version of the side quest A Tome Truly Rare. The Secrets of Loc Muinne has three possible outcomes, two of which leave Cynthia alive, but in only one of those is she still present in Loc Muinne. If Cynthia is still alive and in Loc Muinne at the end of The Secrets of Loc Muinne, you automatically trigger the correct versions of Dearhenna’s Journal and A Tome Truly Rare.

Here’s a condensed list of instructions:

During the dialogue at the beginning of The Secrets of Loc Muinne, agree to work with Cynthia by saying “Fine, I’ll help you.”

When you find the hidden artifact toward the end of the quest, say “I’d like to try the artifact.”

After the ensuing battle with Adalbert, ask Cynthia “Will we meet again?”

Before you leave Dearhenna’s secret lab, you must collect Dearhenna’s notes I, II, III, IV, and V. All are located either in the lab or in the adjoining puzzle room. This completes the quest Dearhenna’s Journal, which is a prerequisite for triggering A Tome Truly Rare.

If you’ve done everything correctly, then you can find Cynthia waiting for you at the Loc Muinne inn. Go there and speak with her. During the conversation, you must say the following things exactly. Anything else means you don’t get the sex scene:

What did Dearhenna actually research?

I know about the book.

Every word you say is a lie…

I’m curious to know the real Cynthia.

[Embrace Cynthia.]

Brothel

• Chapter 1
• Quest: Anytime. Found in the basement of the inn.

All the women require a bribe of at least 100 orens. Paying them extra has no effect on the scenes you trigger with them. You might as well save your money and just pay the minimum.

Each woman has a unique introduction scene, but they all share the same sex scene choreography. So in a certain sense, if you’ve slept with one of them, you’ve literally slept with them all. Three women are available, but their names will be randomly generated. Just talk to the various women in the brothel to see which ones are doing business.

Camp Followers

• Chapter 2
• Quest: If you sided with Iorveth, you can only visit the camp followers during Where Is Triss Merigold?, when you cross the cursed battlefield to sneak into the Nilfgaardian camp. If you sided with Roche, you may visit anytime.

As at the Flotsam brothel, the women all require a minimum bribe of 100 orens in exchange for their services, and there’s no point in paying them extra. Each of the women has a unique introduction scene. Three of them share a standard scene, while two of them feature unique scenes. So if you want to see all of the scenes, you should reserve 300 orens to buy the two unique whores and then one of the generic ones. Here’s the list of available women:

• Birdie (standard)
• Big Bust Miriam (standard)
• Arseleta (standard)
• Licking Lucy (unique)
• Whistling Wendy (unique)

The Untouchables

These women are major figures in the game but are completely resistant to Geralt’s charms. No matter what you do, you cannot trigger a sex scene with any of them.

• Saskia of Vergen: The closest you get here is an amusing peasant’s sex fantasy about her. Pick up the green dream crystal and put it in the projector in the harpy lair while pursuing The Queen Harpy Contract in Iorveth’s version of Chapter 2. If you save Saskia’s life by completing the quest The Spellbreaker before defeating her dragon form in Chapter 3, you can find out why Saskia has no interest in Geralt (it’s not the “virgin” stuff). Ask her about Iorveth and you find out that Saskia is primarily attracted to dwarves. Huh. Maybe if Geralt grew out a beard…
• Philippa Eilhart: You can see a racy scene of her and her assistant, the “leashed” sorceress Cynthia, during Iorveth’s version of Chapter 2. You can get with Cynthia in Iorveth’s version of Chapter 3, so what about Philippa? Well, aside from the fact that she spends most of Chapter 3 in a dungeon, asking around about her makes it clear that she’s a lesbian. She sometimes sleeps with dudes as part of politics, but never for fun.
• Síle de Tansarville: There’s no clear-cut reason why Síle has no interest in Geralt, but she definitely doesn’t. If you speak with Zoltan about her during Vergen Besieged, he theorizes that Síle might be in a relationship with Philippa and share a similar preference for female lovers. This might be true—then again, Síle might just be too busy conspiring to control the kingdoms of the north to make time for Geralt.
• Malena: This cunning elf tricks Geralt into thinking she’s interested in him if he chooses to cover up her role in helping the Scoia’tael kill off Flotsam’s town guard. If you go meet her for what she implies will be a forest rendezvous, though, you end up with half a dozen Scoia’tael trying to kill you. Which is probably how she killed all those guards, come to think of it.