Wolf
| Wolf | |
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| Species | Beasts |
| DLC | Base game |
| Oil | Beast Oil |
| Signs | Igni |
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The Wolf is one of the Beasts, a wild animal found throughout the lands, from White Orchard to the Skellige Isles. Wolves hunt in packs and live mostly in forests.
Lore
A shepherd named Yngvar remembers a friend who laughed at wolves. With all the griffins and basilisks around, the friend said, plain old wolves were nothing to worry about. Then the beasts ate half the friend's flock.
Wolves were once the true rulers of the forest. People used them to frighten children, and adults shook at the sound of their howling too. After the Conjunction of the Spheres, new monsters pushed the wolves deep into the wilds. These monsters also took the wolves' place in human nightmares.
That does not mean the old hunters stopped being dangerous. Wolves have no magic in them. They breathe no fire and spit no acid. None of that stops them from killing careless travelers and hunters.
Two kinds of wolf are especially dangerous. Wargs are a nasty and fierce breed of wolf. Snow-white wolves now survive only in the wild highlands of the Skellige Isles.
Behaviour
Wolves are agile and fairly clever. They usually leave people alone. When food is scarce, though, they can be driven to attack humans.
Weaknesses
Coat the steel sword with Beast Oil. Igni works well against wolves.
Wolves are dangerous for two reasons: their speed and their numbers. A pack works together to surround its prey. A single wolf is often faster than its target, and another wolf may strike while the first is busy. Do not get surrounded.
Contracts and Quests
| Quest | Quest Giver | Location | Reward |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ciri's Story: The King of the Wolves | - | Lindenvale, Velen | - |
| Beyond Hill and Dale... | - | - | - |
Wolves turn up in many quests. Ciri's Story: The King of the Wolves is a main quest in Velen. In it, Ciri falls down a steep bank and has to follow the riverbed. A pack of wolves attacks, and then Ciri meets a little girl named Gretka. More packs wait further down the path. Gretka fears the Wolf King who prowls these woods. The Wolf King turns out to be a werewolf.
In Beyond Hill and Dale..., a Blood and Wine main quest, wolves attack the boy Joss in the Land of a Thousand Fables. The wolves have to be killed before Joss can tell where the magic beans are.
Drops
| Name | Image |
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| Dog Tallow | 
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| Raw Meat | 
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| Wolf's Liver | 
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| Wolf Pelt | - |
| White Wolf Pelt | - |
All Monster Categories
All Beasts
| Name | Image | Variant of | Oil | Signs | Bombs | Location | DLC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bear | 
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- | Beast Oil | - |
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Base game | |
| Big Bad Wolf | 
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- | Beast Oil | - | Devil's Puffball | Land of a Thousand Fables | Blood and Wine |
| Dog | 
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- | Beast Oil | - | - |
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Base game |
| Panther | 
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- | Beast Oil | - | - | Toussaint | Blood and Wine |
| The Beast of Beauclair | - | - | Vampire Oil | Quen | - | Toussaint | Blood and Wine |
| Three Little Pigs | 
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- | Beast Oil | - | - | Land of a Thousand Fables | Blood and Wine |
| Wild Boar | 
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- | Beast Oil | Northern Wind |
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Hearts of Stone | |
| Wolf | 
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- | Beast Oil | Igni | - |
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Base game |
