The Enemies of The Witcher 3 are no easy lot to contend with. They take the form of hardened bandits and deserters, deadly wildlife, and monstrosities from beyond your imagination.

A Witcher must know to prepare for and combat every enemy he faces - both normal and unnatural. Click on an enemy below to learn more about them.

Enemy Types

Humanoids

• Humans and Nonhumans

Beasts

• Bears
• Wild Dogs
• Wolves

Cursed Ones

• Berserkers
• Werewolves
• Ulfhedinns
• Botchlings

Draconids

• Basilisks
• Cockatrices
• Forktails
• Wyverns

Elementa

• Djinns
• Earth Elementals
• Fire Elementals
• Gargoyles
• Golems
• Hounds of the Wild Hunt
• Ice Elementals

Hybrids

• Harpies
• Erynias
• Griffins
• Sirens
• Succubi

Insectoids

• Arachasae
• Armored Arachasae
• Endrega Drones
• Endrega Warriors
• Endrega Workers
• Venomous Arachasae

Necrophages

• Alghouls
• Drowners
• Foglets
• Ghouls
• Grave Hags
• Rotfiends
• Water Hags

Ogroids

• Cyclopses
• Ice Giants
• Rock Trolls
• Ice Trolls
• Nekkers

Relicts

• Dopplers
• Chorts
• Fiends
• Leshens
• Sylvans

Specters

• Hyms
• Nightwraiths
• Noonwraiths
• Plague Maidens
• Wraiths

Vampires

• Ekimmaras
• Higher Vampires
• Katakans

Named Monster Contracts

• Gael (Katakan)
• White Lady (Noonwraith)
• Dragon (Forktail)
• Melusine (Siren)
• Morvudd (Fiend)
• Jenny o' the Woods (Nightwraith)
• Mourntart (Grave Hag)
• Harrisi (Arachas)
• Howler (Chort)
• Sarasti (Ekimmara)
• Royal Wyvern
• Shrieker (Cockatrice)
• Ignis Fatuus (Foglet)
• Apiarian Phantom (Hound of the Wild Hunt)
• Opinicus (Archgriffin)
• Lilith (Succubus)
• Therazane (Earth Elemental)
• Janne (Doppler)
• Kernun (Leshen)
• Abaya (Water Hag)
• Penitent (Wraith)
• Hagumban (Nekker Warrior)

Bosses

• The Crones
• Nithral
• Imlerith
• Caranthir
• Eredin