The Witcher 3 Easter eggs/Games


 * A virtual Easter egg is an intentional hidden message or feature in an object such as a movie, book, CD, DVD, computer program, or video game. The term draws a parallel with the custom of the Easter egg hunt.

This article catalogues Easter eggs and pop culture references in. For easier viewing, this page has been broken up into sub-pages based on the topic.

Baldur's Gate

 * One of the items that may be found in cupboards or lockers is Balduran's Butter knife.
 * Another item which may be found in cupboards is Silver Pantaloons, which is an easter egg reference to a recurring easter egg throughout the Baldur's Gate trilogy.
 * There is a sword called Daystar, which is a reference to a sword guarded by a lich in the city of Amn.
 * In the Polish version, whenever an unexplorable area (edges of the map) is reached, or if the navigation to the Isle of Mists is canceled, there is a small chance of hearing a voice say "Przed wyruszeniem w drogę należy zebrać drużynę." This is the Polish version of "You must gather your party before venturing forth," spoken by the actor that did the voice-over for the line in Baldur's Gate.

CD Projekt RED



 * Some of the weather vanes use the stylized cardinal logo used by CD Projekt RED.
 * In the Blood and Wine expansion, at the top of Mount Gorgon in Toussaint, there is a painting in-between two columns that show a picture of the game's development team as a tribute.

Dark Souls

 * In the, right before leaving The Land of a Thousand Fables, a Will-o'-the-wisp can be followed to a Bonfire. When lit, Geralt will sit and the game will automatically save, so as to imitate the mechanic. If Geralt dies in the vicinity, the game will load the last save which will be at the bonfire.

Diablo series

 * As a reward for completing Contract: Mysterious Tracks, Geralt will receive the silver sword Azure Wrath, which is a reference to "Azurewrath", an angelic blade once wielded by the fallen angel Izual that appears as a unique/legendary weapon in Diablo II and III.

Duke Nukem

 * When fighting bandits sometimes they will say "I'll rip off your melon and shit down your neck".

Dungeon Keeper

 * When fleeing and screaming, some peasants in and around Novigrad use the same "scream" used when torturing enemy creatures in the Dungeon Keeper games.

Fallout

 * Peasants sometimes remark "War - it just never changes." and some elves in Scoia'tael camps sometimes say "War... War changes everything" which is a famous used in the intro to Fallout 1 - 4.
 * In the village of Lurtch, after the completion of the DLC quest Fools' Gold, one of the peasants will directly quote Fallout and say "War, war never changes." Another female NPC then immediately quips back at him.
 * In the, Murky Delve is filled with a purple mist that causes Geralt to hallucinate things that aren't there. This is like Vault 106 where the player is overcome by a purple tint and they start to hallucinate.

GOG.com

 * T book Gottfried's Omni-opening Grimoire (GOG) explains how to bypass the Defensive Regulatory Magicon (DRM). GOG is a distribution service and publisher for PC games and films, operated by GOG Ltd, a wholly owned subsidiary of CD Projekt based in Warsaw, Poland. GOG delivers video games through its DRM-free digital platform for Windows, OS X and Linux.

Killer Instinct and Primal Rage

 * During the quest The Play's the Thing, you must hire thugs to be ushers at the play. They offer to work for free if you fight them both in an organized fight. If you accept, he says: "It will be a grand fight, killer instinct versus primal rage". This is a nod back to 2 separate fighting games on the SNES and Sega Genesis, Killer Instinct and Primal Rage.

Mass Effect trilogy

 * Some male background characters in Novigrad say "The Reapers are chasing me" which is a reference to the Reapers from Mass Effect.

Monkey Island series

 * In the Blood and Wine DLC's "Fists of Fury" quest, Geralt fights "Mancomb", which is a wordplay on the name of the protagonist of the Monkey Island games, Guybrush. Mancomb looks identical to Guybrush, sporting a blonde pony tail, and the actual "fight" is done by choosing the correct answers to his verbal attacks, referencing the insult sword fighting mechanic in Monkey Island 1 and 3. Mancomb Seepgood is also the name of a pirate Guybrush speaks to in Monkey Island 1.

Portal

 * At some point during the quest Turn and Face the Strange, you can enter a portal only to enter a small room with nothing but a bloodied crate in the center and a chest containing a Cake nearby.

Starcraft

 * In the trophy list, the trophy for unlocking places of power is called "Power Overwhelming", in reference to the original Starcraft Archon quote and cheat of the same name.

The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim

 * The caption of the Black Infantry Archer card in Gwent reads "I always aim for the knee". This is a reference to the infamous line "I used to be an adventurer like you, then I took an arrow in the knee", which is often uttered by Skyrim's guards.
 * While traveling to the Circle of Elements with Lambert during the quest The Final Trial, Geralt says "Was bold and brash once, like you. Then I took a pitchfork in the gut." (It is worth noting that the thing actually happened in the novel The Lady of the Lake by Andrzej Sapkowski). 
 * Occasionally, guards in Novigrad will say "No lollygagging", a phrase also spoken by guards in Skyrim.
 * In the, during a dialog between Shani and a guard in the main quest Whatsoever a Man Soweth..., Shani says to the guard "You were much kinder when I was patching you up. By the way, how's your knee?" to which the guard responds "Fine, dandy. As if no arrow ever struck it."
 * In the, the Professor who informs Geralt about the true identity of O'Dimm says "By deciphering the ancient scrawlings I went blind" (just like ancestor moth priests go blind by deciphering Elder Scrolls in the Elder Scrolls universe).

Tomb Raider

 * During the quest The Great Escape you will find a corpse. Upon examining it Geralt will say "Heheh. Tomb raider. Seemed this one liked elven stuff".
 * During the quest Turn and Face the Strange, after investigating, Geralt will find out a certain small framed, agile Tomb Raider has already recovered the journal of Professor Moreau, infiltrated the underwater elven ruins where his laboratory is located, successfully avoiding all the traps. There is a column she used to zip line across, leaving behind her bow and her climbing gear in the process.

World of Warcraft

 * In the expansion Blood and Wine, a notice on the board at Plegmunds Bridge has an announcement on a notice board titles: Leeroy's Dead. It references a popular World of Warcraft youtube video and later meme in which a WoW player runs into a fight after shouting out their name and gets killed.