Fate

Fate is a relic silver sword in The Witcher 3, and one of the few named blades you get as a thank-you rather than from a chest. Crach an Craite hands it to Geralt at Kaer Trolde as the reward for helping his children, Cerys and Hjalmar, during King’s Gambit. Outside that quest it also shows up fairly often as random loot.

Its bonuses are a little unusual. Igni and Axii intensity always roll the same value, somewhere between 2% and 10%, and the blade adds a 10% chance to stagger. That makes it a decent pick for a Geralt who mixes Signs into his monster fights, especially if you like to burn foes with Igni and hold them in place with Axii. It has three upgrade slots, so runes can fill in what the bonuses lack.

Fate is older than The Witcher 3. In The Witcher 2 it lay on a covered corpse behind a breakable wall in the dwarven catacombs outside Vergen.

Across the games

In The Witcher 2, Fate is a silver sword meant for monsters, with a base damage of 20-26 and a 10% chance to poison on hit. It weighs 9 and has a single upgrade slot, so it offers less room for runes than many other silver swords.

Damage: 20-26
Poison: 10%

Stats & effects

+2-10% Igni Sign intensity
+2-10% Axii Sign intensity
+10% Chance to stagger

Dismantle result

1 × Cured leather
1-3 × Silver ingot
1-2 × Amethyst dust
1-2 × Amber dust
1-2 × Emerald dust

Crafting materials

How to obtain

Quest rewardLoot / treasure

Given by Crach an Craite after Geralt has helped Cerys and Hjalmar on Spikeroog and Undvik in King’s Gambit. It also appears fairly often as random loot.