Draugir

Draugirs are monsters in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. They are the wraith soldiers who serve under a draug, which acts as their commander, and they are summoned into being by the draug’s will on battlefields or in graveyards. Geralt sums them up as bloodlust and hatred in condensed form.

Like their master, draugirs come from damned souls. Their bodies are empty shells formed from leftover weapons and armor, war machines and corpses that scavengers have ripped apart. They obey the draug absolutely, feel neither fear nor pain, and can’t be made to retreat. They tend to appear out of nowhere when their leader is threatened, and they keep the fighting skill they had in life.

In The Witcher 2

Draugirs belong to the cursed battlefield of Chapter 2. In The Eternal Battle, Geralt enters the ghostly mist that hangs over the old battlefield, where the spirits of Kaedweni and Aedirnian soldiers keep fighting the same battle. Possessed by the ghosts and unable to use his witcher abilities, he first has to fight three wraiths and a draugir as an Aedirnian soldier trying to seize the enemy standard. The trail ends at the draug itself, the spirit of the Kaedweni general Vandergrift turned into a demon of war.

Slain draugirs leave draugir claws, essence of death, amethyst and diamond dust, draugir armor fragments, red, yellow and blue meteorite ore, and a draugir trophy.

Combat strategy

A draugir is a slow, heavily armored brute with a shield and a soldier’s instincts. Break down its defenses with strong blows, and look for its charge, which is the best chance to land a clean hit.

Coat a silver sword with specter oil. Silver is the most effective weapon.
Fire works too. Poisons and bleeding oils are useless.
Knock its shield aside and grind down its armor with strong attacks.
Dodge its charge and strike its unprotected back.
Beware of its counterattacks, which can be lethal.
Inside the mist, where Geralt has no Signs, parry, fight one enemy at a time and use ripostes to finish it.