Can you kill the Crones of Crookback Bog?

Use Blink if they are close by to deal damage to them both. Otherwise, hit them one at a time, until they teleport. Whittle down their health, while dodging their attacks and the Crones will be dead in no time.
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Is it better to kill the tree or the Crones?

Which should you choose? There's no clean or tidy outcome for this quest, but the most generally positive solution is to kill the Ghost in the Tree.
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Should I kill the Crones in Witcher 3 Ladies of the Wood?

If you release it , the orphans are not turned into soup by the crones as the spirit saves the children and then kill the followers of the crones but in the process , Anna and Baron dies . If you kill it , Anna and Baron lives but the followers of crones also live and Crones turn the children into the swamp in soup .
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Do the Crones kill the orphans?

If during the Ladies of the Wood, when Geralt is tasked with killing, he decides to slay the spirit in the heart of the tree, then the orphans in the bog will be sacrificed to the Crones.
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Are the crones of Crookback Bog evil?

The Crones' are the major antagonists in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt serving as the main antagonists of the Velen arc. The three women, named Whispess, Weavess and Brewess, are witches living in Crookback Bog in Velen. Despite their evil nature, the people of Velen depend on them.
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Why You Should Sacrifice The Children of Crookback Bog In The Witcher 3 - The Whispering Hillock

Can the Crones be killed Witcher 3?

Use Blink if they are close by to deal damage to them both. Otherwise, hit them one at a time, until they teleport. Whittle down their health, while dodging their attacks and the Crones will be dead in no time.
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Do you ever fight the Crones Witcher 3?

During the "Bald Mountain" quest, Ciri will have to face off against the Crones once and for all. After you fight them, two of them will wind up dead (or should, anyway, it is a tricky fight). However, Weavess uses her ability to turn into a flock of ravens to escape.
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Is it better to save Anna or the orphans?

Saving Anna will result in the orphans being sacrificed and eaten by the Crones, and saving the orphans will result in the death of Anna after she is turned into a hag, which in turn will result in Tamara cutting ties with her father, and the Baron will hang himself.
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Is the Whispering Hillock spirit evil?

The Whispering Hillock Walkthrough. The quest is embedded within “Ladies of the Wood”. The quest can also be done before the event of “Ladies of the Wood” if you so happen to discover the tree first. It involves an evil spirit inside a tree (which might not be so evil after all depending on your point of view).
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Is it better to kill the Whispering Hillock?

There's hardly a 'lesser evil' choice in this quest as all possible outcomes have severe consequences. To be brief, by killing the spirit you help rid the crones of a powerful enemy and it's implied they eat the children. But if you let the spirit loose it wrecks havoc in Velen and the crones punish Anna.
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Is it better to kill or save in Ladies of the Wood?

To complete this quest, it is required to complete The Whispering Hillock. During this quest, the player has to make a difficult decision that will affect the fate of the Strenger couple. The recommended choice in the Whispering Hillock quest is to kill the spirit.
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Can you free Anna from the Crones?

If that's the case then yes, you can save her life. During the quest “The Whispering Hillock” you need to kill the tree spirit as the Crones tell you too. This leads to the Crones murdering the kids, but it also spares Anna's life as well as the village of Downwarren.
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Do the Crones kill Ciri?

The Crones argued whether to devour Ciri, but decided they would simply eat a limb before handing her over to the general of the Wild Hunt - Imlerith.
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Can you save the kids of Crookback Bog?

Freeing the Whispering Hillock after starting Ladies of the Wood will prompt Geralt to request for the orphans in Croockbag Bog to be saved. The Whispering Hillock will hold its end of the bargain and save them which will prompt the Crones to curse Anna into a water hag.
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What happens if you free the tree spirit before meeting the Crones?

That route is for people who want to free the spirit but don't want Baron to die. You free the spirit, it kills people of Downwarren. Normally if you free the spirit, Anna will turn into a waterhag, Baron will die, but because you do it before meet the crones, Anna will be mad, Baron will take her away.
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How do you save Anna and the orphans?

So the only way to save the children AND Anna is to begin The Ladies of the Wood quest as normal up until the point where you get Johnny's voice back for him but when he wants you to follow him back to the orphanage to meet the Crones, leave and go do the Whispering Hillock thing and free the Tree Spirit.
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What is the best option in the Whispering Hillock?

The recommended choice in the Whispering Hillock quest is to kill the spirit. The battle is not overly difficult, but if you do still have trouble, you can choose to trick it in order to kill the spirit while avoiding combat.
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How do you keep the baron alive?

Theres another option, all together:
  1. kill tree spirit -> children dies, Anna+Baron lives, villager lives.
  2. free tree spirit before talking the first time to the crones -> children, Anna, Baron save, villager dies.
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What happens if I free the Whispering Hillock?

Spirit is free: If the spirit is freed, it saves the children from the Crones, and eventually places them in the care of Marabella at Novigrad. However, the spirit attacks Downwarren, killing most of the villagers. The Crones punish Anna for losing the children and curse her as a water hag.
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Can you save the baron's wife and the children?

However, if you free the spirit before talking to the village elder of Downwarren about it, the orphans will be rescued, Anna won't be turned into a water hag and Strenger will attempt to find a cure.
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What is the best choice in return to the Crookback Bog?

The correct choice is the Hollyhock bloom doll and picking this one will lift the curse and Anna will become human again.
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Does the Baron cure his wife?

By choosing the correct doll, Anna is turned back into a human being. Unfortunately, the curse is tied to her life, meaning even though the spell is broken, she still dies. However, Anna gets some time to say goodbye to both The Baron and her daughter.
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Are the Crones afraid of the Wild Hunt?

The Crones fear The Wild Hunt due to the apocalypse (the white frost) that they can bring into Velen and other areas. While Ciri was escaping from the Wild Hunt, she teleported herself to Crookback Bog. The Crones found her and took her to their cabin.
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Are the Crones in The Witcher evil?

A Witcher's Bestiary to Season 2 Monsters

The Crones of Crookback Bog are some of the creepiest monsters that roam the Witcher universe, and you're about to find out why. Witcher's beware — the Crones are vile creatures of evil deeds.
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Should I free the monster in the tree Witcher 3?

While there's no clear "best" choice, you are able to save more lives by choosing to kill the spirit rather than free it, but it is up to you whether or not those lives are actually worth saving.
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