Changes: Rat

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This article is about the animal. For the gang, see Rats. For the quest in The Witcher, see The Rat.

Rats are medium-sized, long-tailed rodents living in inhabited areas such as Novigrad and Vizima. Before the domestication of cats, rats had been a great problem to human societies, most often solved by hiring a rat-catcher playing on a musical instrument.^[1]

Large, savage rats living in the wilderness are called skrekks. Mutated forms of the species are pseudorats,^[2] and the cursed people who are able to take the form of half-human, half-rat are wererats.^[3]^[4]

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

When Geralt run into Triss Merigold in Novigrad she has a contract to get rid of rats in warehouse of some merchant. Then with Keira Metz he has to destroy the rat holes with either bombs or Igni spell to receive 100 for each destroyed nest.

Depending on whether you set option "enemy upscaling" off or on, they can be the weakest or the strongest enemies in the game.

Associated quests

Bugs

Rats will sometimes grunt with a female voice when bumped into by the player. This can be noticed during the quest A Towerful of Mice.

Notes

Keira Metz is terrified of rats, despite being able to easily do away with them.
Like all other enemies in the game, rats can be affected by enemy upscaling. This normally isn't a problem until you have to face several rats all at once, creating an almost impossible fight. To fix this, simply turn off enemy upscaling.

Videos

Fighting rats in The Witcher 3

Gallery

References

[1] The Last Wish

[2] Wiedźmin: Gra Wyobraźni

[3] Sword of Destiny

[4] The Witcher

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-{{DisambigMsg|This article is about = the animal|For = the gang|see = Rats|For second page = the quest in {{Tw1}}|see second page = The Rat}}{{Infoboxbestiary2|name = Rats|image = Rats in Novigrad.jpg|class = [[Beast]]|variations = [[Pseudorat]]<br>Skrekk|occurrence = Basements, cellars, sewers and cargo holds.}}
+{{DisambigMsg|This article is about = the animal|For = the gang|see = Rats|For second page = the quest in {{Tw1}}|see second page = The Rat}}
+{{Infobox Bestiary2
+|Name = Rat
+|Image = Rats in Novigrad.jpg
+|Class = [[Beast]]
+|Variations = [[Pseudorat]]<br>Skrekk
+|Occurrence = Basements, cellars, sewers and cargo holds.
+}}
+'''Rats''' are medium-sized, long-tailed rodents living in inhabited areas such as [[Novigrad]] and [[Vizima]]. Before the domestication of [[Cat (creature)|cats]], rats had been a great problem to [[human]] societies, most often solved by hiring a rat-catcher playing on a musical instrument.<ref>{{TLW}}</ref>
+Large, savage rats living in the wilderness are called skrekks. Mutated forms of the species are [[pseudorat]]s,<ref>{{WGW}}</ref> and the cursed people who are able to take the form of half-human, half-rat are [[wererat]]s.<ref>{{SoD}}</ref><ref>{{Tw1}}</ref>
-'''Rats''' are just medium-sized, long-tailed rodents living in inhabited areas such as capitals[[Free City of Novigrad| Novigrad]] and [[Vizima]]. Before the domesticating of [[cat]]s their existence had been a great problem to [[human]] societies, most often being solved by hiring a rat-catcher playing on musical instrument.<ref>''[[The Voice of Reason]]'' short story</ref>
-Large, savage rats living in the wilderness are called '''skrekks'''. Mutated forms of the species are '''[[pseudorat]]s'''<ref>''[[Wiedźmin: Gra Wyobraźni]]''</ref>, and the cursed people who are able to take the form of half-human, half-rat are '''[[wererat]]s'''<ref>''[[Sword of Destiny]]''</ref><ref>''[[The Witcher (PC)]]''</ref>.
-Also when [[Catriona (plague)|Catriona Plague]] breaked out, the first to go were the cats and [[dog]]s, then the rats and finally the people.  but this fact is known for small number of humans so there is no deratisation or something like that.
 == {{Tw3}} ==
-When Geralt run into [[Triss Merigold]] in Novigrad she has a contract to get rid of rats in warehouse of some merchant. Then with [[Keira Metz]] he have to destroy the rat holes with either bombs or Igni spell to receive 100{{Xp}} for each destroyed nest.
+When Geralt run into [[Triss Merigold]] in Novigrad she has a contract to get rid of rats in warehouse of some merchant. Then with [[Keira Metz]] he has to destroy the rat holes with either bombs or Igni spell to receive 100{{Xp}} for each destroyed nest.
-Depending on whether you set option "enemy upscaling" off or on, they can be the weakest or the strongest enemies in the game.
+Depending on whether you set option "enemy upscaling" off or on, they can be the weakest or the strongest enemies in the game.
 === Associated quests ===
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 * [[Now or Never]]
-=== Video ===
+==Bugs==
+* Rats will sometimes grunt with a female voice when bumped into by the player. This can be noticed during the quest [[A Towerful of Mice]].
-[[File:Fighting rats in The Witcher 3|none|thumb|330x330px]]
-== Trivia ==
+== Notes ==
+* Keira Metz is terrified of rats, despite being able to easily do away with them.
-* In {{tw1}} there is an optional secondary quest under name [[The Rat]].
+* Like all other enemies in the game, rats can be affected by enemy upscaling. This normally isn't a problem until you have to face several rats all at once, creating an almost impossible fight. To fix this, simply turn off enemy upscaling.
-* In [[Witcher|book series]] there is a gang which [[Ciri]] is member for time and they call them selves [[Rats|The Rats]].
-* Keira Metz has kind of phobia and its scared of them although she is obviously more powerful.
+== Videos ==
-* There is a bug in [[The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt]], where rats will sometimes grunt with a female voice when bumped into by the player. This can be noticed during the quest [[A Towerful of Mice]].
+<gallery position="center">
+File:Fighting rats in The Witcher 3
+</gallery>
 == Gallery ==
 <gallery>
-File:Gwent cardart Epidemic.png|Rats eating plague's victim.
+Gwent cardart monsters rat.png
-File:Gwent cardart Epidemic 2.png|
+File:Gwent cardart neutral epidemic alpha.png|Rats eating plague's victim
+File:Gwent cardart neutral epidemic.png
-File:TW3-rat concept.png|Concept art.
+File:TW3-rat concept.png|Concept art
-File:Inhabits of Velen.jpg|Veleni "delight".
+File:Inhabits of Velen.jpg|Veleni "delight"
 </gallery>
-== Notes & references ==
+== References ==
 <references />
 [[ru:Крыса]]
 [[Category:The Witcher 3 bestiary]]
 [[Category:Creatures]]
+[[Category:Wiedźmin: Gra Wyobraźni bestiary]]