Golyat

Golyat is a giant ogroid from the Blood and Wine expansion, and his story is a fairy tale gone wrong. He was once Luis Alberni, a celebrated knight of Toussaint whose pride got the better of him. He went to the Lady of the Lake and demanded that she acknowledge his perfection. Instead she punished him. His sword turned to wood and then into a mace, his shining armor dulled and crumbled to ash, and he became a monstrous giant banished to Mount Gorgon.

According to the legend, Golyat came down from the mountains whenever he got hungry, and he became such a bogeyman that governesses used him to scare children into eating their vegetables. He may look like a mindless brute, but he uses tools and fights with some cunning. He’s strong enough to lift and throw horses.

Golyat is the first thing you see in The Beast of Toussaint, the opening main quest of Blood and Wine. As Geralt arrives in the duchy he finds Guillaume de Launfal fighting the giant near the Dulcinea Windmill, and steps in to help alongside Guillaume, Palmerin de Launfal and Milton de Peyrac-Peyran. Golyat swings a millstone as a weapon. The fight rewards a Golyat trophy, a greater red mutagen and a good pile of coin.

Combat strategy

Golyat hits extremely hard with wide, sweeping swings of his millstone that cover a big area, so give him space and keep Quen up at all times. Coat your blade with ogroid oil and attack after his swings, when he’s recovering, then dodge back out. The three knights help draw his attention, which gives you openings from the side. There’s also a famous shortcut: shoot him in the eye with your crossbow and he dies instantly, which unlocks the David and Golyat achievement. It works even if you already have the achievement.