Barghest
Details
Class	Specter
Occurrence	Barghests are ghosts which come from the underworld only when summoned
Immunity	Barghests are fearless and cannot be poisoned; coming from the underworld they acquire bodies, so they can be stunned and experience pain, although they are somewhat resistant to these effects
Susceptibility	Barghests are sensitive to silver and very susceptible to knockdown attempts; the Fast Style is most efficient against barghests and experienced witchers use the Group Style while fighting multiple barghests
Tactics	They try to surround their opponent and work as a group — where one barghest appears, more will follow
Alchemy	Beast fangs, ectoplasm, and Death Dust
Additional goods	Barghest skull

Barghest — these creatures, summoned by the Beast, haunt Vizima's outskirts. There are those who claim they are ordinary dogs transformed into monsters by some curse; others believe they came from the spirit world to torment the town's inhabitants. Packs of barghests appear out of the blue, in the middle of the night, to kill those who are late getting home.

Journal Bestiary Entry Edit

"People say that barghests are specters which materialize as ghastly dogs and persecute the living. According to some folk tales these monsters are the scouts of the Wild Hunt. Other legends say the ghosts appear as a sign of divine retribution and embody revenge. However, all tales agree on one point: barghests show the living no mercy."

Location Edit

• Outskirts

Source Edit

• Spending a Bronze talent on the Monster Lore option adds bestiary entries for Graveirs, Ghouls, Drowners and Barghests.
• Barghests
• In Chapter I, an "Old townswoman" (found in a house in the village) will tell Geralt a tale about them in exchange for food. This conversation results in journal enrty.

Notes Edit

• Finding your swordsmanship not up to snuff yet with barghests? Try a heavy club.
• In the Prologue, Lambert claims the Fast Style is best to use against barghests, but the conversation does not result in a bestiary entry.
• In Chapter I, an "Old townswoman" will tell Geralt about barghests in exchange for food. However, the conversation does not result in a bestiary entry for barghests, but it does result in an ingredient entry for Ectoplasm.
• Geralt can loot the remains of barghests in for Barghest skulls, Beast fangs, and/or Ectoplasm without having any journal entry for barghests or those items. Barghest remains do not appear to ever contain Death Dust unless Geralt has read the Barghests book.
• Barghest is the name used in the north of England, especially in Yorkshire, for a legendary monstrous black dog.

Journal image Edit