The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt

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The King is Dead

The King is Dead

Defeat Eredin.

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How to unlock the The King is Dead achievement in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Definitive Guide

Eredin is a tricky little bugger if you're not careful. You'll encounter him in the final mission of the game, after you dethaw when Ciri breaks the Winter magic staff causing the great freeze to end.

My best advice is to use the "hit and run" approach, as that's what I used. He hits hard, and he is capable of dropping something like ice bombs on you, so lots of bobbing and weaving is necessary. I would run up to him, blast him with Igni, throw a couple of Strong Attacks at him and run like hell away before he could counter. He is also capable of moving from one end of the ice to the other in a blink, so constantly keep moving so you don't take a sword to the back when he pulls his little Houdini acts of his.

At about half health he is going to drag you through a portal where the majority of the rest of the fight will occur. Again, hit and run is your friend here.

When he is down to about 10% health he will disappear and you will have to follow him through the portal one last time. Another hit or two and you'll enter a cutscene of Geralt slicing him across his gut and Eredin will reveal to you the secret he promised at the beginning of the fight.

When he informs you that you have been betrayed, he will die and the achievement will pop.
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23 Jun 2015 17:56

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it's very easy to kill this monster.
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By VaSaMiAn on 26 Mar 2016 11:49
Achievement wont pop for me no matter how many times i beat him.
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By Da CheekyBrit on 21 Jun 2016 23:42
This achievement and the one for completing the game wont pop no matter what I do, I've ran through the final section numerous times and wont work. really pissed off at this. I have GotY edition if it matters but it really shouldnt.
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By SPOONMAN 82 on 29 Dec 2017 16:13
It unlocked for me after restarting and loading a previous save... just before you talk to Avallach.
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By InfinityOnH1gh on 28 Dec 2018 17:15
Didnt unlock for me on the goty edition.
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By iceyz on 09 Feb 2020 05:14
If anyone gets the bug where you can do no damage to Eredin after going through the portal and it's zoomed out over the boat, just keep dodging and make sure to heal with your Raffard's decoction and eventually it will bring you into the fight.

He will still take damage from bombs that do fire damage (grapseshot and dragons dream) I had the supirior version of each for a total of 8 bombs, I missed 1 and had 1 left at the end of the fight. Goodluck.
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By ll BENNO ll on 13 Dec 2020 15:22
Glitched for me. Loading my manual save right before Avallach didn't work.
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By CognitiveCaveat on 02 Jul 2021 23:33
Also bugged for me.

Any solutions to get it to pop?
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By Twits Funeral on 04 Sep 2022 10:47
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Story-related, cannot be missed.

This achievement will unlock after successfully completing the main quest entitled "On Thin Ice" during Act III.

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Story related, cannot be missed.

This will unlock in Act III after completing the quest, "On Thin Ice".

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Receive after killing the head of the Wild Hunt. How I beat him on hard. He constantly jumped behind his back and dealt one blow, after teleporting to the platform, the tactics hardly change, only now Eredin makes targeted magical attacks, which are better to dodge . The boss is simple, the main thing is not to stop. Next, he will open a portal back to the ship (don’t miss it, I didn’t notice the first time). We jump into the portal and finish it off, you will get an achievement on the video!
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01 Sep 2015 13:35

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I’ll add to the hint above, in version 1.11 this trick works, the difficulty level is maximum.
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By Smoky on 15 Nov 2015 13:57
Everything works on 1.11, I personally checked it on difficulty FOR DEATH
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By java23 on 30 Nov 2015 04:31
I'm surprised no one has written about Aard. This sign is very underrated, although, it seems to me, it is simply irreplaceable in the battle with Eredin. The fact is that its main feature in battle is breaking through a block, and it helps a lot against this boss. Eredin stands in the block after every missed blow. At these moments you can use Aard and continue your series of strikes.
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By HeySvintura on 09 Nov 2017 17:41
Surprisingly, after you go through both expansions at lvl 32 and return to finish the story, Eredin will fall in two hits, because... your level will exceed it if you did not select the "increase the level of opponents" option.
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By GiMMer on 06 Apr 2020 18:42
Yesterday I found a simple walkthrough of Eredin, I was playing a new game+!! and so you will need the skill when you press square for a long time and Geralt attacks in a continuous combination, so if you move to the edge of the mast on the ship and attack Eredin there, he will stand in the block, but there is a peculiarity, he has his back to them, and took out all the lives and The main thing is that Geralt doesn’t get tired! after we stop, eredin moves you to the field, there almost all his lives will show him for a moment and he will go away from you into the portal, then behind him, and again on the ship we use this tactic =)
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By AntonX on 21 Oct 2015 07:25
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The boss is very easy, the main thing is to use the rolls at the right time)
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05 Apr 2016 23:41