Hunting monsters in any video game is a thrilling experience in itself, which is perhaps why everyone loves Geralt of Rivia. As a witcher, Geralt’s main means of earning income is taking requests to hunt down monsters, brigands, and the like. Obviously, his tasks can differ in many ways —a good example being Emhyr var Emreis hiring Geralt to track down Ciri — but the fact of the matter is that his main bread-and-butter is killing monsters to earn a bit of coin.
One such monster that Geralt encounters frequently in his travels are drowners, which are probably some of the most iconic monsters in the franchise. The number of times Geralt has had to deal with drowners is numerous across the games and books, which makes it even more perplexing that most people don’t really have that much of a clue about the details of this particular beast.
While there are many queries people have about this particular beast, here are ten of the most pressing questions about these creatures that have gone unanswered to this day.
10 How Do Drowners Have The Patience Of Keeping Their Meat Underwater For Days?
In the bestiary entry for drowners, it’s mentioned that a drowner who isn’t very hungry will have the patience to keep their food underwater for days on end, “curing” their meat in the most disturbing way imaginable.
However, for mindless creatures who feast on anything and everything possible around them, it seems highly unlikely to imagine that drowners would have the patience to wait for a few days with fresh meat right in front of them.
9 If They Are Cowardly Creatures, Why Do Drowners Never Run When They Realize That The Odds Are Stacked Against Them?
The bestiary entry also mentions that drowners are cowardly creatures that never take too many risks while venturing inland, preferring to only attack solitary figures as opposed to an entire group.
This means that these creatures have the capability to experience fear… and yet, whenever Geralt has them against the ropes, these beasts try to flee.
8 Why Does A Witcher Well-Versed In Combat Like Geralt Face A Problem When Dealing With Drowners?
While drowners devolve into your run-of-the-mill easy monster encounter further down the line, it must be said that these creatures pose a significant problem to Geralt at the start of The Witcher 3.
While this might make sense in the context of gameplay, it’s still somewhat perplexing that a trained witcher like Geralt who’s fought extremely troublesome beasts over the course of the past two games faces such a huge problem when it comes to a few drowners.
7 How Can They Take Multiple Hits With A Sword On Land But Die With One Hit In The Water?
This is again more of a gameplay nuance, but the fact that drowners take multiple sword hits on land but die with one crossbow shot in the water is just ridiculous.
Of course, it wouldn’t be fun to hit a drowner with numerous crossbow bolts underwater.. but it would make way more sense.
6 Why Do Drowners Not Attack Geralt If He Dives Deeper Underwater?
Most gamers who’ve been accosted by drowners underwater have noticed that diving deeper than usual prevents Geralt from being attacked by these creatures.
Why is this the case? It’s not like drowners can’t go as deep as Geralt does — water is their natural habitat, after all!
Speaking of which…
5 How Is It Possible That A Human Swims Faster Than Creatures Who’ve Adapted To The Water?
Another thing that should be noted when it comes to encountering drowners in the water is that they are surprisingly slow! To put this into context, Geralt can swim at full speed and outrun them, which makes no sense.
While the drowners won’t stop giving chase, it’s still quite nonsensical that a human in full armor — even with mutations — is somehow faster than a creature who has adapted to the water.
4 Why Don’t Swimming Drowners Follow You Inland?
The final quizzical point when it comes to underwater drowner encounters is that they never follow Geralt once he makes his way to land.
This makes no sense since drowners are shown to have the ability to travel inland and even attack people who venture too close to their territory. Why is Geralt suddenly exempt from this rabid attack pattern?
3 Why Are The Details Of A Drowner’s Origin So Obtuse?
The first two Witcher games describe a drowner to be the reanimated corpse of men who’ve drowned — a haunting story that is quite fitting when it comes to these creatures.
However, the bestiary entry of The Witcher 3 debunks this, stating instead that this origin story is nothing more than a false claim. Drowners are simply creatures that came into this world as a result of The Conjunction Of The Spheres, and nothing more.
Why are these details so convoluted across the games? Even if we take the description mentioned in the third game to be the truth, this still poses another question…
2 Why Do People Still Keep Stock In The Lie That These Creatures Are The Bodies Of Drowned Men?
Even though it has been made abundantly clear that drowners came to the world due to The Conjunction Of The Spheres, the people of the Continent still believe the urban legend surrounding these creatures — something that has already been discussed before.
While it’s understandable that a regular peasant would not be all that knowledgable, it’s still quite perplexing to see just how many people consider this falsehood to be legitimate.
1 Are These Creatures Truly Mindless If They Can Experience Grief?
Drowners are constantly described as creatures with a basic intellect, compared to that of basic fish like carp and pike.
However, if that’s the case, then it’s quite suspect to see a drowner mourn the death of his kin in battle — usually with a loud shriek.
This might imply that the idea of drowners being mindless isn’t really all that true.
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