Witcher 3 glitch special pt. 6 - Addendum I
3This glitch special series still wasn't over - it was just on a break. Now, after some more research, I can present some new mentions about the menu loophole and the bow glitch variations.
0:00 - tests with boats and the menu loophole. In this first clip we sit down in the helm while the water bow glitch is active. Geralt doesn't really mind to sit down. Instead he stands while the boat seemingly moves on its own.
0:18 - much like with ladders, if you have any momentum when you try to take helm with the water bow glitch on, Geralt keeps walking to that direction for a little bit while being immune to collision and gravity. So in theory you could pass through walls using boats as well.
Also, unlike previously mentioned, you CAN submerge Geralt even during water bow glitch, but you need to fall through the water surface from some height - as happens here.
0:53 - you can start the bow glitch even while on a boat. The effect is fairly predictable - Geralt just starts shooting with an air bow once again...
But there are some unfortunate side effects of doing the menu loophole while on a boat. As you can see, Geralt's HUD is the ground one despite he is sailing. You can't do most ground actions right now, nor can you do most boat actions either - can't reverse or increase boat's speed for instance, so moving is more limited. Most importantly, you cannot get up from the boat ever again, so you're stuck if you do this glitch, unless you manage to get the boat to sink somehow (which is difficult with your limited movement).
You can whistle on boat if you're close enough to land. You can sheathe or unsheathe your sword too, but can't attack. Can quick travel, but that won't free you of this predicament!
1:02 - re-equipping the bow and then trying to shoot with it causes Geralt to "shoot" with it with a very limited animation.
1:18 - taking the helm causes some odd results sometimes, like here Geralt sinks into water before re-appearing on the helm.
1:27 - okay, that's enough of sailing. Here's the ground reload variation of the bow glitch. It looks like Geralt has OCD and he has to keep fixing his leathery gloves or else he won't be satisfied. This state has some subtle differences from the firing variation, such as...
1:50 - ...moving in water and diving are nearly impossible since Geralt rises up to the water surface and stops moving every time the reload animation takes place.
(Not on the vid: you can also aim with bombs during reload variation, unlike with shooting variation which automatically throws away the bombs you have in hand if you try to aim.)
2:41 - harassing some fisherman while in water bow glitch variation.
3:05 and 3:27 - other instances of getting submerged while in water bow glitch variation.
3:40 - you can start a "subtle" variation of water bow glitch by standing feet a little in water and aiming your bow at an obstacle like Roach. Since it's a non-shooting variation, it again has a little different effects than the normal water bow glitch. In this clip I aim with the bombs, and Geralt enters a glitched aiming mode where he can walk, unlike normally with bombs.
4:03 - Geralt briefly considers becoming a veterinarian.
4:10 - getting beat up by guards while in water bow glitch.
4:36 - exploring a small out of bounds area inside a mill with the walk through walls-glitch. You hear quite a loud noise inside the building. There isn't any running machinery, though. Yeah... and you get stuck in the room in the end.
5:07 - dying from heights in water bow mode.
Other Videos By AKheon
Other Statistics
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt Statistics For AKheon
AKheon currently has 72,435 views spread across 27 videos for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. About 2 hours worth of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt videos were uploaded to his channel, roughly 1.26% of the content that AKheon has uploaded to YouTube.