Addan Deith

Addan Deith is a relic silver sword with an Elder Speech name and a light build, at just 1.18. In The Witcher 3 its Aard and Axii bonuses always roll the same value (3-10%), and it adds critical hit bonuses and a 1% chance to freeze. That makes it a flexible early pick for a Sign-focused Geralt.

The first guaranteed copy comes early, in Contract: The Merry Widow. Lindenvale’s gravedigger blames monsters for the trouble at the cemetery, but the real culprit is a grave hag, Mourntart. The sword is on her remains. Later, one is almost always among the chests in the ancient crypt Geralt explores with Philippa Eilhart in The Sunstone. The Scoia’tael merchant in the forest near Oxenfurt sells it once Geralt has rescued him, and it also turns up fairly often as random loot.

The sword goes back to The Witcher 2, where Geralt finds it in a rune room in Loc Muinne, along with a message from its former owner, the elf Aramil, who was hunted by the Wild Hunt.

Across the games

In The Witcher 2, Addan Deith is a silver sword with 45-50 base damage, a 30% bleeding chance and a 2% chance of instant kill. Each hit generates 2 Adrenaline, and it deals 4% extra damage to wraiths. It weighs 8 and has three upgrade slots, making it one of the strongest silver blades in the data for monster hunting.

Damage: 45-50
Bleeding: 30%
Chance of instant kill: 2%
Adrenaline generation on hitting foe: 2
Damage dealt to wraiths: 4%

Stats & effects

+3-10% Aard Sign intensity
+3-10% Axii Sign intensity
+10-25% Critical hit damage bonus
+1-4% Critical hit chance
+1% Chance to freeze

Dismantle result

1-2 × Leather straps
1-2 × Silver ingot
1-2 × Sapphire dust
1 × Emerald dust

Crafting materials

How to obtain

Loot / treasureMonster dropMerchantQuest reward

Found on the remains of Mourntart during Contract: The Merry Widow.

Sold by the Scoia’tael merchant in the forest near Oxenfurt once Geralt has rescued him.

One is almost always among the chests in the ancient crypt Geralt explores with Philippa Eilhart in The Sunstone. It also turns up fairly often as random loot.

In the books & earlier games

The sword first appears in The Witcher 2, in a rune room in Loc Muinne. When Geralt picks it up he reads a message from its former owner, Aramil, who defied his king and was hunted for centuries through the voids between worlds by the wraiths of the Wild Hunt.