Alghoul

Alghoul

Species	Necrophages
DLC	Base game
Oil	Necrophage Oil
Signs	Axii

The Alghoul is a Necrophage and a close relative of the Ghoul. It is bigger, stronger and smarter than a ghoul, and it often leads a whole pack. Alghouls gather on battlefields and wherever corpses lie in shallow graves or are left to rot.

Lore

The dwarven warrior Yarpen Zigrin summed it up: "An alghoul's basically a badarse ghoul." Alghouls differ from ordinary ghouls in size, strength and coloring. Above all, they differ in intelligence. Ghouls and graveirs are simple creatures that cannot plan even the most basic ambush. Alghouls and their close relatives, such as cemetaurs, can think ahead. That makes them far more dangerous.

Ghouls are wise enough to recognize a brighter mind when they see one. They let alghouls and cemetaurs lead their packs. A pack led this way terrorizes everything in its path. It attacks lone travelers, caravans and even farms.

Behaviour

Like all necrophages, alghouls feed on the dead, and they live among ghouls in their nests. They are most dangerous at dusk and at night, when they fight with double strength. In battle, an alghoul tries risky moves meant to knock its opponent to the ground. Once the victim is down, the rest of the pack moves in and tears it to shreds.

Weaknesses

Coat the silver sword with Necrophage Oil. When facing a pack, kill the alghoul first. The other beasts lose their edge once their leader falls.

An alghoul can let out a piercing scream. The scream stuns anyone nearby and sends the ghouls around it into a frenzy. When enraged, an alghoul grows spines on its back. The spines hurt anyone who strikes it up close. Axii forces the spines back in.

Like an ordinary ghoul, a wounded alghoul can fall into a blind rage and charge. An experienced witcher steps out of its way and strikes from behind. For an inexperienced one, that charge often ends the Path.

Contracts and Quests

Quest	Quest Giver	Location	Reward
Contract: Woodland Beast	Notice board	Border Post, Velen	Kill the Scoia'tael: Letter of Safe Conduct 30 Crowns Turn in the Scoia'tael: Letter of Safe Conduct
Contract: Bovine Blues	Notice board	Ardaiso Quarry, Toussaint	300 crowns, Slyzard trophy

Alghouls appear in Contract: Woodland Beast, in Velen. They also gather around the cow carcass at Ardaiso Quarry in Contract: Bovine Blues, in Toussaint.

Drops

Name	Image
Alghoul Bone Marrow
Alghoul Claw
Lesser Blue Mutagen
Lesser Green Mutagen
Lesser Red Mutagen
Monster Blood
Monster Brain
Monster Ear
Monster Eye
Monster Heart
Monster Hide
Monster Liver
Monster Saliva
Monster Tongue
Monster Tooth
Rotting Flesh
Alghoul Mutagen	-
Rotten Meat	-

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All Necrophages

Name	Image	Variant of	Oil	Signs	Bombs	Location	DLC
Abaya		Water Hag	Necrophage Oil	Quen Igni	Northern Wind	Skellige	Base game
Alghoul		-	Necrophage Oil	Axii	-	-	Base game
Devourer	-	-	Necrophage Oil	-	-	Skellige Velen	Base game
Drowned Dead	-	Drowner	Necrophage Oil	Igni	-	Velen Novigrad Skellige Kaer Morhen White Orchard	Base game
Drowner		-	Necrophage Oil	Igni Aard	-	Skellige White Orchard	Base game
Foglet		-	Necrophage Oil	Quen	Moon Dust	Velen Novigrad Skellige Kaer Morhen Toussaint Isle of Mists	Base game
Ghoul		-	Necrophage Oil	-	-	White Orchard Velen	Base game
Grave Hag		-	Necrophage Oil	Yrden Quen	-	Velen Skellige	Base game
Ignis Fatuus		Foglet	Necrophage Oil	Quen	Moon Dust	Velen	Base game
Mourntart		Grave Hag	Necrophage Oil	Yrden Quen	-	-	Base game
Mucknixer	-	-	Necrophage Oil	Igni	-	Skellige Velen	Base game
Rotfiend		-	Necrophage Oil	Igni	-	Velen White Orchard Skellige Toussaint	Base game
Scurver		-	Necrophage Oil	-	-	Toussaint	Blood and Wine
Spotted Wight		-	Necrophage Oil	Igni Yrden Axii	-	Toussaint	Blood and Wine
Water Hag		-	Necrophage Oil	Quen Igni	Northern Wind	White Orchard	Base game
Wight		-	Necrophage Oil	Axii	-	Toussaint	Blood and Wine