The Mighty Numa

The Mighty Numa is a giant of a man and a celebrated arm wrestling champion in The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings. His reputation goes ahead of him: challengers have lined up to take his title, and his grip is said to be strong enough to crush a weaker opponent’s hand. What the crowds don’t know is that he gets some help. Numa boosts his strength with elixirs, supplied by his assistant Marcus.

In The Witcher 2

Geralt can first hear about Numa in Chapter 2: beating Skalen Burdon in Bring It On: Vergen brings up the name of this legendary arm wrestler. The man himself waits in Chapter 3 at Loc Muinne, on both Roche’s and Iorveth’s paths, where a notice on the board in the city square invites anyone brave enough to challenge him. That challenge is Bring It On: Loc Muinne.

Taken on straight, Numa is close to unbeatable. There are two ways to even the odds:

• Call him out. Accuse Numa of cheating during the match. Geralt can intimidate him into giving up the elixirs, and if that fails, beat him in the fistfight that follows. Either way Numa stops cheating, and the rematch is easy.
• Fight fire with fire. Buy anabolic steroids from Marcus, drink them, and take Numa on again.

Numa bets up to 200 orens, and beating him earns the diagram for Long, Robust Gauntlets. Once he has lost, he will not play again.

Good to know

• The cheapest route is to bet the minimum in the first match, accuse Numa of cheating and talk him out of it, then bet the maximum in the rematch.