Fiend

Fiend

Species	Relicts
DLC	Base game
Oil	Relict Oil
Bombs	Samum Devil's Puffball
Location	Velen Skellige

The Fiend is a Relict, a walking mountain of muscle with a horned head full of teeth. A third eye sits in the middle of its forehead. Fiends lurk in Velen, around Crookback Bog.

Lore

Kavin Jell managed the Villepin Estate near Vizima. He once had to write a hard letter to his lord. The lord's son had gone hunting a fiend and died on the spot. His squire, his guide, the beaters, the peasants who came along and even his hounds died with him.

Fiends have rarer cousins called bumbakvetches. Both kinds live in thick forests, swamps and bogs. When they can, fiends avoid humans. When they cannot, they kill them, and with little effort.

Behaviour

A fiend's wounds heal quickly. Its strongest weapon is the third eye. With it, the fiend draws its prey into a trance. The victim sees nothing but that single burning eye, and it is the last thing they see before they die. The fiend's one known fear is loud noise.

Weaknesses

Coat the blade with Relict Oil. Keep Quen up at all times, because the fiend's blows are extremely hard to dodge. Igni is very effective against it. Samum and Devil's Puffball bombs work well, because their blast plays on the fiend's fear of loud noise. Axii stuns it for a moment and opens it up for a few blows.

Watch for the hypnosis. When the fiend stands still and the ground starts to shake, it is about to use its third eye. Interrupt it with a Sign or a stun before it finishes. Drinking Enhanced Cat beforehand makes the hypnosis useless.

At range, the fiend paws the ground and charges like a bull. The charge can nearly kill in one hit, so roll clear of it. Up close, it gores with its horns from the front. Stay at its sides or behind it.

Contracts and Quests

Quest	Quest Giver	Location	Reward
Return to Crookback Bog	Phillip Strenger	Crookback Bog, Velen	100 crowns

A fiend is fought in Return to Crookback Bog, a quest in Velen. The quest is the search for Anna, the Baron's wife, in the Crones' lair. At the Crones' house, the Crones send their creatures to attack. Drowners and water hags come first, and then a fiend joins the fight. Once all the monsters are dead, the story turns back to Anna and her curse.

Drops

Name	Image
Fiend Dung
Fiend Mutagen	-
Fifth Essence
Lesser Green Mutagen
Lesser Red Mutagen
Fiend's Eye	-
Lesser Blue Mutagen
Monster Bone	-
Monster Blood
Monster Brain
Monster Claw
Monster Hair	-
Monster Heart
Monster Hide
Monster Liver
Monster Saliva
Monster Tongue
Monster Tooth
Raw Meat

All Monster Categories

All Relicts

Name	Image	Variant of	Oil	Signs	Bombs	Location	DLC
Chort		-	Relict Oil	-	Devil's Puffball	Velen Skellige Kaer Morhen White Orchard	Base game
Crones		-	Relict Oil	Quen	-	Velen	Base game
Doppler		-	Relict Oil	-	-	Novigrad Skellige	Base game
Fiend		-	Relict Oil	-	Samum Devil's Puffball	Velen Skellige	Base game
Fugas		-	-	-	-	-	Base game
Godling		-	-	-	-	Velen Novigrad	Base game
Grottore	-	Spriggan	Relict Oil	Igni	Dimeritium Bomb	Toussaint	Blood and Wine
Howler		Chort	Relict Oil	-	Devil's Puffball	-	Base game
Imp		Doppler	Relict Oil	-	-	Novigrad	Base game
Kernun		Leshen	Relict Oil	Igni	Dimeritium Bomb	-	Base game
Leshen		-	Relict Oil	Igni	Dimeritium Bomb	Velen Skellige Kaer Morhen Novigrad	Base game
Morvudd		Fiend	Relict Oil	-	Devil's Puffball Samum	Skellige	Base game
Shaelmaar		-	Relict Oil	Aard	Samum Dragon's Dream	Toussaint	Blood and Wine
Shaelmaar from the Emperor of Nilfgaard		Shaelmaar	Relict Oil	Aard	Samum	Toussaint	Blood and Wine
Spriggan		-	Relict Oil	Igni	Dimeritium Bomb	Toussaint	Blood and Wine
Sylvan		-	Relict Oil	Igni	Samum Devil's Puffball	Velen	Base game
The Caretaker		-	Relict Oil	Quen	-	-	Hearts of Stone
The Monster of Tufo	-	Shaelmaar	Relict Oil	Aard	Samum	Toussaint	Blood and Wine
Wicked Witch		-	-	-	-	Land of a Thousand Fables	Blood and Wine
Woodland Spirit		Leshen	Relict Oil	Igni	Dimeritium Bomb	-	Base game