Kikimore Warrior

Kikimore warriors are the armored defenders of the kikimore nests in Toussaint. They are larger and slower than workers, but their thick shells turn aside even the sharpest blades. They can spray caustic venom over a long distance and leap at their foes. The venom is especially nasty for witchers: contact with it raises the toxicity of the potions in your system.

Warriors also lead the swarm. Workers follow their orders through scent signals, and when the warrior falls, the workers lose their nerve, scatter and stop tunneling.

In Blood and Wine, warriors turn up wherever kikimore workers do, for example in La Cage au Fou, Father Knows Worst, Big Feet to Fill: The Fourth Group and Contract: The Tufo Monster. They drop assorted monster parts and lesser green mutagens.

Across the games

In The Witcher, kikimores are met in Act III, in Vizima‘s Trade Quarter. Velerad pays for the claws of ten kikimores, and the contract can only be finished if Geralt‘s Bestiary includes an entry on them. Handing in the claws earns 200 orens and 5,000 XP.

Kikimores also play a part at the end of the act. In the main quest The Unforgiven, Geralt gathers allies against Salamandra, walks into a trap at the New Narakort and ends up inside the gang’s base, where he has to fight a kikimore queen. Notes found on the queen show that Princess Adda was helping Salamandra.

The Kikimore Contract (Act III, monster contract)
The Unforgiven (Act III, main quest)

Combat strategy

There are two ways to approach a warrior. You can clear the workers first so they don’t harass you, or you can rush the warrior to break up the swarm. Either way, stay out of its line of fire when it sprays venom, and sidestep its leap. Its armor soaks up weak hits, so use strong attacks and fire.