To romance Yennefer in The Witcher 3 Remastered, complete The Last Wish and tell her “I still love you, too.” after dealing with the djinn. This is the key decision that establishes Yennefer as Geralt’s main romantic partner. You must also avoid fully committing to Triss, as declaring your love for both sorceresses eventually leaves Geralt with neither.
Several earlier Yennefer scenes are optional. You can pursue them for additional relationship content, but they don’t determine Geralt’s final partner. The crucial romance decision comes during The Last Wish.
Does The Witcher 3 Remastered Change Yennefer’s Romance?
The Remastered version doesn’t introduce a separate Yennefer romance route.
The quests and major dialogue decisions governing Geralt and Yennefer’s relationship work the same way, so the important choices remain centered around The Last Wish.
Earlier romantic encounters provide additional scenes with Yennefer, but they don’t permanently establish the relationship.
The Most Important Yennefer Romance Choice
The decision that locks in Yennefer’s romance occurs during The Last Wish.
After Geralt and Yennefer deal with the djinn, you’ll reach the conversation that determines whether their relationship continues.
Choose:
“I still love you, too.”
This is the essential romance choice.
Telling Yennefer that Geralt still loves her establishes her as his primary romantic partner and allows their relationship to continue through the remainder of the story and into Blood and Wine.
You can also choose:
“Let’s not end on a kiss.”
This continues the romantic interaction, but the declaration of love is the decision that matters for establishing the relationship.
If you instead tell Yennefer that Geralt’s feelings are gone, the two end their romantic relationship.
How to Complete The Last Wish
Before you can make the decisive romance choice, you’ll need to complete Yennefer’s quest The Last Wish.
When Yennefer asks Geralt for help in Larvik, agree by choosing:
“Fine. I’ll help you.”
Continue following the quest as Geralt and Yennefer investigate the djinn.
During the later conversation on the mountain, you can proceed through the relevant dialogue with:
“Why do you want this power?”
Then:
“I understand.”
And:
“Fine. Let’s do it.”
After the djinn storyline is resolved, you’ll reach the conversation where you can tell Yennefer that Geralt still loves her.
Don’t leave The Last Wish for too long. If you progress Ugly Baby to the point where Geralt retrieves Uma from Crow’s Perch before completing Yennefer’s quest, The Last Wish can fail, costing you the opportunity to establish the romance.
The King Is Dead – Long Live the King Romance Scene
Yennefer has an earlier optional romantic encounter during The King Is Dead – Long Live the King.
During the quest, Geralt and Yennefer eventually encounter an Earth Elemental. Afterward, the room begins filling with poisonous gas.
When Yennefer asks Geralt to think of something, choose:
“Damn, I wanna kiss you, Yen.”
After the pair teleport to Yennefer’s room, another choice can continue the encounter:
“Wouldn’t mind watching…”
This leads to an intimate scene between Geralt and Yennefer.
However, this does not lock Yennefer’s romance. You can see the scene and still decide later that Geralt doesn’t want to remain with her.
The Last Wish remains the relationship-defining quest.
No Place Like Home Yennefer Scene
Another optional Yennefer interaction can occur during No Place Like Home at Kaer Morhen.
Like the earlier Skellige encounter, this scene adds more romantic content but isn’t the decision that establishes Yennefer as Geralt’s permanent partner.
The distinction is important: intimate scenes and primary romance commitments aren’t necessarily the same thing in The Witcher 3.
For Yennefer, the commitment is made during The Last Wish.
How to Avoid Locking in Triss
If you want Yennefer to remain Geralt’s main partner, you also need to understand where Triss’s romance becomes serious.
During A Matter of Life and Death, Geralt can kiss Triss at the masquerade. Doing so doesn’t prevent you from choosing Yennefer later.
The critical Triss decision instead comes during Now or Never.
After helping Triss and the other mages escape Novigrad, she prepares to leave. The romantic commitment involves asking her to remain and then declaring Geralt’s love.
The important choices are:
“Stay with me.”
Followed by:
“I love you.”
Making the full romantic commitment establishes Triss as one of Geralt’s major romance partners.
If your goal is Yennefer, avoid completing this commitment to Triss.
You can still experience earlier Triss romance content without automatically losing the Yennefer route.
What Happens If You Romance Yennefer and Triss?
Geralt can pursue romantic scenes with both women, but committing to both major romances has consequences.
If you tell Yennefer “I still love you, too.” during The Last Wish while also completing Triss’s romantic commitment, the conflict eventually leads to It Takes Three to Tango.
Yennefer and Triss discover Geralt has attempted to maintain relationships with both of them and arrange an encounter to confront him over it.
The result is that Geralt ends up with neither Yennefer nor Triss as his partner.
If you specifically want the Yennefer ending, the straightforward route is to commit to Yennefer during The Last Wish and avoid declaring your love for Triss during Now or Never.
Yennefer Romance Choices
For a quick reference, these are the decisions that matter most:
| Quest | Choice | Effect |
|---|---|---|
| The King Is Dead – Long Live the King | “Damn, I wanna kiss you, Yen.” | Optional Yennefer romance scene |
| The King Is Dead – Long Live the King | “Wouldn’t mind watching…” | Continues optional scene |
| The Last Wish | Agree to help Yennefer | Required to continue her romance quest |
| The Last Wish | “I still love you, too.” | Commits Geralt to Yennefer |
| Now or Never | Commit to Triss as well | Creates dual-romance conflict |
| It Takes Three to Tango | Triggered by committing to both | Geralt loses both main romances |
The most important line is “I still love you, too.” Everything else should be considered in relation to that commitment.
Does Romancing Yennefer Affect Ciri’s Ending?
Yennefer’s romance doesn’t determine what happens to Ciri.
Ciri’s eventual fate is controlled by a separate series of decisions throughout the main story.
You can therefore pursue Yennefer without needing to worry that the romance itself will lock you into a particular Ciri ending.
How to Get Yennefer at Corvo Bianco
The Yennefer relationship can continue into Blood and Wine.
After progressing through the expansion and reaching its post-story epilogue at Corvo Bianco, Geralt can receive a visitor based on decisions made throughout the game.
If Yennefer is Geralt’s established romantic partner, she can be the character who joins him at Corvo Bianco.
To get this outcome, make sure you:
- Complete The Last Wish.
- Tell Yennefer “I still love you, too.”
- Don’t trigger the failed dual-romance outcome by also committing to Triss.
- Complete enough of Blood and Wine to reach the Corvo Bianco epilogue.
There isn’t another Yennefer romance decision in Toussaint. Her appearance continues the relationship you established during the base game’s storyline.
Which Other Romances Are Safe With Yennefer?
Minor romances don’t replace Yennefer as Geralt’s primary partner.
Geralt can have romantic encounters with characters such as Keira Metz, Jutta an Dimun, and Madame Sasha without breaking the Yennefer relationship.
The same applies to Shani in Hearts of Stone. Her storyline is separate from the main Yennefer-versus-Triss romance system.
The major conflict is specifically between committing to both Yennefer and Triss.
As long as you choose Yennefer during The Last Wish and don’t make the full romantic commitment to Triss, Geralt can remain with Yennefer through the ending and potentially reunite with her at Corvo Bianco.
