Wyvern

Wyverns are draconids, and they’re often mistaken for dragons. They are smaller, though, and they can’t breathe fire. Even so, the Witcher 3 bestiary calls them extremely dangerous monsters, and the bigger, more aggressive royal wyverns are worse. They hunt from the air, diving at prey, and their tail is their most dangerous weapon.

Wyverns are also persistent. Once one spots you it will chase you across a long distance, so running away rarely works. On the bright side, their attack pattern is predictable, and once you learn it they stay manageable even at high levels.

In The Witcher 3 you’ll find them across Velen, especially around and south of Crookback Bog. The early contract Patrol Gone Missing, east of the Velen crossroads, ends with a wyvern and pays with a wyvern trophy. North of Benek, Contract: Phantom of the Trade Route sends you against regular wyverns and a royal wyvern. The close cousin forktail shares much of the same behavior.

Across the games

The Witcher

In The Witcher, wyverns are hunted in Act III around Vizima‘s Trade Quarter and the swamp. The innkeeper at the New Narakort will pay for three portions of wyvern meat, though Geralt doubts his guests will enjoy such stringy food. That contract pays 200 orens and 5,000 XP.

The same act has The Predatory Wyvern, which starts after Geralt has killed the female wyvern that terrorized the swamp. He takes her head to the Royal Huntsman in the Trade Quarter for 600 orens and 5,000 XP. In Act IV, at Murky Waters, the Village innkeeper wants three eggs from the related royal wyvern for his omelets.

• The Wyvern Contract (Act III, monster contract)
• The Predatory Wyvern (Act III, secondary quest)
• The Royal Wyvern Contract (Act IV, monster contract)