Ekimmara
| Ekimmara | |
|---|---|
 | |
| Species | Vampires |
| DLC | Base game |
| Oil | Vampire Oil |
| Signs | Igni |
| Bombs | Devil's Puffball |
| Location | |
The Ekimmara is one of the Vampires. It is a savage killer that looks like a huge bat. Ekimmaras are hunted in Novigrad, among other places.
Lore
An anonymous city guardsman once laughed off the danger. Ekimmaras, he said, are nothing more than overgrown bats. Those were his last words.
Despite village gossip, ekimmaras are not undead humans. Like other vampires, they are monsters that came into the world with the Conjunction of the Spheres. Garlic, holy water and religious symbols mean nothing to them.
Ballads and legends have them wrong in other ways too. Ekimmaras look nothing like handsome, pale nobles with charming eastern accents. Like katakans and nekurats, they look much more like overgrown bats. Nor do they drink from the necks of maidens with a gentle, kiss-like bite. They tear their victims to shreds with long, sharp claws. Then they lap the spilled blood off the ground.
Behaviour
Ekimmaras are unusually cruel and very swift. They land blow after blow in quick succession. Each strike can smash even the best Mahakaman armor into tiny shards. They also heal their wounds over time.
Weaknesses
Coat the silver sword with Vampire Oil. Igni works especially well, and a Devil's Puffball bomb is useful too.
An ekimmara regains health as the fight goes on. Never try to tire it out, and never wait for it to bleed to death. Cut it down as fast as possible instead. If there is a chance, burn the body to ash and scatter the ashes to the four winds.
Contracts and Quests
| Quest | Quest Giver | Location | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| Following the Thread | Notice board | Hierarch Square, Novigrad | Diagram: Eirlithrad |
| Contract: The Mystery of the Byways Murders | Milan | Byways, Velen | Crowns, Ekimmara trophy, Bloed Aedd |
An ekimmara is hunted in Following the Thread, a secondary quest in Novigrad. The notice hangs on the board in Hierarch Square. A supervisor explains that a "brave fool" is already chasing the beast. Claw marks lead from the crime scene to the river. Across the water, the trail ends at a building where the witcher Lambert is already fighting the ekimmara. Once it is dead, its body yields an Ekimmara Hide.
The hunt is only the start. Lambert is after Jad Karadin, the man behind the death of his friend Aiden, a witcher of the Cat School. The rest of the quest follows that trail.
Sarasti, the target of Contract: The Mystery of the Byways Murders, is an ekimmara as well.
Drops
| Name | Image | Category | Effect | Value | Weight |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ekimmara Hide | 
|
Alchemy Ingredient | - | 294 | 0 |
| Ekimmara Mutagen | - | Mutagen | +50 Vitality | 20 | 0 |
| Lesser Blue Mutagen | 
|
Mutagen | +5% Sign intensity | 20 | 0 |
| Lesser Green Mutagen | 
|
Mutagen | +50 vitality | 20 | 0 |
| Lesser Red Mutagen | 
|
Mutagen | +5% attack power | 20 | 0 |
| Monster Blood | 
|
Crafting Component | - | 15 | 0 |
| Monster Brain | 
|
Crafting Component | - | 15 | 0 |
| Monster Ear | 
|
Crafting Component | - | 15 | 0 |
| Monster Eye | 
|
Crafting Component | - | 15 | 0 |
| Monster Hair | - | Crafting Component | - | 15 | 0 |
| Monster Tongue | 
|
Crafting Component | - | 15 | 0 |
| Vampire Fang | 
|
Alchemy Ingredient | - | 105 | 0 |
| Vampire Saliva | 
|
Alchemy Ingredient | - | 30 | 0 |
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