I’ve always thought of Geralt of Rivia as a big ol’ cat. I know they call him The White Wolf, but come on: The guy is a cat. So it’s been bumming me out that after a recent patch to the game, all the cats in the Northern Realms seem to hate the guy even more than they already did.
Check out what happens when I go by the Inn of the Seven Cats:
So much hissing! Jeez.
I have unfortunately deleted a lot of my archived Witcher 3 footage, but I feel pretty confident that it didn’t used to be that bad. I’m not the only one who noticed — this winter, several threads cropped up with other players asking why the cats so consistently hiss at our favourite Witcher these days.
The cats’ hatred is accurate from a lore standpoint — characters in the Witcher books have noted feline distaste for Witchers, for instance. Many players have also wondered and theorised about why Geralt keeps running into a particular cat — Nibbles, seen in the image above.
I’m not sure I’d necessarily call the change in cat behaviour a “bug”, though the consistency with which the cats do the same reared hissing animation does seem a bit odd. Intentional or no, it’s bumming me out.
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3 responses to “The Witcher 3’s Cats All Hate Me”
Chose the wrong covenant!
Cats are supposed to hate Geralt. It’s in the books. Any cat that doesn’t (such as Nibbles) is probably a sorceress in disguise (or otherwise magical).
Yep, there are a few subtle nods towards the kind cats not being what they seem. Also they have always been like that, patch didn’t make a difference in my experience. 300+ hours in the game so far…
its in the books that cats have an aversion to witchers. something about their mutations