You can’t use oils in combat, but you can repair your gear
Wild Hunt expects you to prepare for its encounters by using oils, so those cannot be used once you enter combat. You can however go to your inventory and repair your armour or weapons mid-fight. Damaged gear can be a detriment to your overall attack and defence stat, so don’t let it go in the red.
You can reduce fall damage
The Witcher 3 isn’t Skyrim. The fall damage is ridiculous. You never want to jump off any slightly high point. But just in case you have to, you can press the roll button to mitigate most of the damage. It doesn’t work 100 percent of the time, but as long as you get the roll animation going, your fall damage will be a lot less.
Don’t eat the honey you collect
Honey can be looted from chests or from bee hives scattered throughout the world by using an Igni sign on them. It is better to sell it however, due to its high value. Herbalists will usually give you a good price for it (especially the one in White Orchard), and you can always find other cheap food to eat. This is particularly useful in the prologue area where you’re always short on coin.
You can horse-sprint without ever running out of stamina
If you hold the run button while riding a horse you’ll get your horse to sprint and it will lose stamina over time. But if you stick to the roads, and do the above, your horse will automatically follow the road without losing stamina. You can adjust its trajectory slightly if it follows another direction.
You can re-spec your skill points
If you fucked up somewhere in your skill tree and spent points on something you never use, you can re-spec those points using a Potion of Clearance, which is sold by some merchants. Keep an eye out for it and you’ll find it in no time. Heck, buy it even if you don’t think you need it.
