Abstract
- PC is the easiest way to expertise The Witcher 3 with mods that improve gameplay and visuals for an optimized expertise.
- Mod set up in The Witcher 3 is straightforward: obtain, add to “Mods” folder, and revel in extra immersive gameplay.
- Numerous mods out there improve gameplay with options like improved signal results, auto loot, full EXP, and extra.
When one talks about among the best video video games ever made, it is solely a matter of time earlier than The Witcher 3 is introduced up on this dialog. CD Projekt Pink began from very humble beginnings with the primary title within the collection, which ended up paving the best way for a sequel and in the end culminated within the last title of the trilogy that’s thought of by many to be a wonderful open-world motion RPG that’s nonetheless going sturdy as a playable — and extremely pleasurable — title.
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Taking part in The Witcher 3 on the PC is arguably the easiest way to expertise this masterpiece, primarily as a result of how one can combine a complete host of mods to enhance one’s time spent with the sport. The finest Witcher 3 mods that somebody can set up of their copy of the sport can do an awesome job of optimizing the title in some ways.
Up to date January 19, 2025, by Mehrdad Khayyat: After taking a break from The Witcher’s world, now CD Projekt RED is as soon as once more again at it, because the fourth entry is below improvement. That is already sufficient for the fan base to come back again to The Witcher 3 and revisit the previous reminiscences.
That being mentioned, there are certainly some ways to make the brand new run a novel one. The Witcher 3 is likely one of the video games with essentially the most mods launched, and a few of them actually make it a recent expertise, even for completionists.
How To Set up The Witcher 3 Mods
Like most video games, The Witcher 3 makes it comparatively easy so as to add mods on PC, at the very least at face worth. Right here is the overall course of:
- Head into The Witcher 3‘s set up listing.
- Create a brand new folder entitled “Mods.”
- Obtain a mod.
- Add the mod’s information to the “Mods” folder.
If a mod’s description has particular set up directions, please persist with these. This system Vortex can be a great tool for coordinating and managing mods for The Witcher 3.
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Richer Retailers
Downloads: 44,816
The very last thing anybody needs to expertise in a Western RPG is for gamers to hoard a ton of loot till they’re on the point of being encumbered, solely to achieve a service provider and discover out that they do not have sufficient gold for gamers to unload every part they’ve acquired. It might be real looking, however the frustration gamers expertise due to this overshadows every part else within the eyes of many.
The Witcher 3 is not any exception right here, and gamers who do not need to be annoyed by the numerous touring pedlars current within the recreation will love what this easy mod brings to the desk. As acknowledged within the title, it offers retailers extra gold for Geralt to accumulate by promoting all of the loot he acquires throughout his adventures.
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Firearms
Downloads: 48,580
What if The Witcher 3 featured weapons? This mod solutions this query, excellently. Firearms add new weapons to the sport as ranged weapons that completely align with the sport’s general ambiance.
Firearms add a number of Flintlock weapons together with totally different ammunition varieties. It is a well-thought mod that’s fairly cautious to not make the sport far simpler. The ammunition is scarce, which makes it work nearly like a crossbow in order that the participant can not at all times depend on weapons.
Aside from that, Geralt can not simply outright purchase weapons. The participant should comply with a development path to unlock firearms. It is also necessary to be looking out for brand new supplies to craft ammunition. To extend the harm price, gamers can go after higher-tier ammo varieties.
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All Containers Glow With out Witcher Senses
Downloads: 52,714
Gamers hate the thought of holding down a button to attempt to discover interactable gadgets, and it is a disgrace that The Witcher 3 would not escape this criticism. Positive, Witcher Senses might make sense from a lore standpoint, however that does not make it any much less irritating for gamers to carry down a button to do every part from fixing investigations to discovering lootable containers.
With this mod, lootable containers will glow no matter whether or not gamers are utilizing Witcher Senses or not. Containers with uncommon loot have a blue aura, making it simpler for gamers to solely take a look at issues which might be related to Geralt and will not weigh him down unnecessarily.
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Clear Display screen
Downloads: 66,797
Many display screen results happen when gamers are going via the world in The Witcher 3. Whereas stuff just like the display screen being marred by a Water Hag’s mud assault and water stains whereas rising from underwater nonetheless make sense, different inclusions may be moderately irritating.
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Primarily, the rain, filth, and glare that stains the display screen develop into annoying after a degree. Gamers need to roleplay as Geralt, not fake to be a cameraman behind him. Individuals who discover these display screen results to be irritating can obtain the Clear Display screen mod, which removes all of the display screen results that seem within the recreation. Gamers can obtain extra toned-down variations that solely have an effect on sure elements of the sport, which is nice for these with particular caveats about this facet of The Witcher 3.
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Blood Trails
Downloads: 68,408
Fight in The Witcher 3 is a dance of loss of life that Geralt can take part in, slashing and dicing each people and monsters to bits very quickly. His effectiveness in fight may be elevated fairly a bit with a wealth of strikes that allow him transfer round freely as enemies fall to his may separately.
The Witcher 3 is fairly gory, however there’s at all times scope for this motion to be visually poetic in its personal approach. Blood Trails provides a streak of pink to Geralt’s assaults as he slices and dices his approach via enemies, making for a blast as gamers flip the battlefield right into a celebration of gore time and time once more.
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Grammar Of The Path
Downloads: 70,772
The Witcher 3 is a story-heavy title the place gamers will probably be listening to dialogue and studying texts fairly a bit. This makes it necessary to make sure that the sport would not have any typos in its presentation which may detract from the general expertise.
The Grammar of the Path mod serves as a easy but nice mod that takes care of the numerous typos and different such errors within the recreation’s textual content. It is a huge endeavor that has gone a great distance in guaranteeing that gamers do not get jolted out of their immersion after witnessing such a typo within the recreation.
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Pleasant Meditation
Downloads: 93,924
Meditation is a key a part of The Witcher 3, with Geralt needing to relaxation as much as restore his potion inventory, conveniently move the time, and even heal up at decrease difficulties. Nevertheless, the thought of going to a distinct display screen altogether to set off this will appear barely dated for a recreation that ought to be capable of render this act in actual time, particularly on fashionable {hardware}.
For these gamers, the Pleasant Meditation mod is the best way to go. It is a easy tweak that enables gamers to press or maintain a button to set off Geralt’s meditation, with the atmosphere and climate being altered accordingly. The cinematic nature of this mod cannot be emphasised sufficient, and gamers who need to admire the altering state of the world of The Witcher 3 will love what this mod has to supply.
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Immersive Sound
Downloads: 99,650
Immersive Sound is an easy but nice mod that gamers can obtain if they do not need the world to sound moderately odd at moments. An important instance of that is how this mod tweaks Geralt’s feedback in order that he would not touch upon the climate altering a couple of minutes after it already occurred, which made him sound fairly silly.
The Place of Energy sound results have additionally been altered to be much less annoying when gamers frequent these areas an excessive amount of. An important change this mod makes is growing the gap from which Geralt can work together with gadgets, which permits him to work together with sure NPCs like innkeepers from behind the counter with out having to go round in some cases, which could be a moderately easy but noticeable immersion breaker for some.
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Pleasant HUD
Downloads: 103,287
The HUD of The Witcher 3 actually does its job, for essentially the most half. That being mentioned, there are nonetheless substantial enhancements that may be made on this space, which may be achieved with this mod.
The Pleasant HUD mod provides quite a lot of choices that enable gamers to customise their HUD components and structure. Gamers who take into account the HUD to be important for immersion’s sake will discover this to be one in every of their private must-have Witcher 3 mods.
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Quick Launch
Downloads: 142,368
Most fashionable video games begin off with many introductory movies which might be often non-skippable. These embody movies mentioning the developer, the writer, and the engine used, amongst different such info that turns into actually irritating to witness again and again.
Fortunately, there is a easy mod that stops all of the intro movies within the recreation from taking part in. This lets gamers leap into the sport from the get-go as an alternative of sitting via this redundant info each single time they only need to sit down and benefit from the recreation.
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New Hairstyles And Beards For Geralt
Downloads: 145,926
Whereas there is not any denying that the varied seems to be for Geralt throughout the sport’s many hairdressers are fairly respectable, some folks might discover it a bit limiting. Positive, CD Projekt Pink added in a variety of new seems to be, however extra selection is at all times higher. Fortunately, a number of mods do an awesome job of letting gamers change Geralt’s look as a lot as they need.
This self-explanatory mod does an awesome job of letting gamers cycle via a wealth of latest and interesting seems to be for gamers to take pleasure in. Gamers could make Geralt look so totally different that he may be arduous to acknowledge after a degree, with one look enhancing his beard to a ridiculous extent whereas others give him the look of characters like Olgierd.
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Names From The Path
Downloads: 146,074
Authenticity and completeness are one thing that almost all gamers treasure, particularly within the fashionable age when many video games are shipped out in an unfinished state. This unacceptable apply is slowly turning into the norm, to the purpose the place video games with none technical points or minimize content material are praised to the moon and again for fulfilling this naked minimal.
Given how huge The Witcher 3 is, it is solely a on condition that this recreation additionally options some minimize content material that did not make it to the ultimate product. Names from the Path is a mod that serves to revive a few of this eliminated content material, restoring and correcting greater than 250 NPC names within the recreation to permit for a larger sense of immersion as gamers discover the sport’s great world.
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Characters Reworked Mission
Downloads: 185,055
There isn’t any denying that the characters in The Witcher 3 look wonderful, with the sheer high quality of the fashions and textures being exemplary. It is a disgrace that CD Projekt Pink is abandoning REDengine, because it gave their video games a novel look. Whether or not Unreal Engine will be capable of replicate this recreation really feel is one thing that gamers will not know till a brand new Witcher recreation involves mild, however gamers can at all times take pleasure in what they’ve proper now.
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Gamers who really feel just like the character fashions in The Witcher 3 may use a facelift can use the Characters Reworked Mission mod to boost the great thing about these folks in-game. The change is refined however one thing that long-time followers of the title will discover in the event that they’re conversant in its visible high quality.
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Brothers In Arms
Downloads: 255,315
Brothers in Arms is a mod that’s downright essential for gamers who need to benefit from the definitive Witcher 3 expertise. Whereas it is true that the vanilla recreation itself has been polished to a T, there’s at all times scope for enchancment on this division. This mod brings greater than 5,000 fixes to the desk, sprucing the sport to a stage that may blow most gamers’ minds.
Quests, dialogue, gameplay, journal entries, and visuals are all cleaned as much as omit as many errors as doable. This mod additionally restores some minimize content material, letting gamers expertise CD Projekt Pink’s masterpiece the best way they supposed. It is a essential mod and an awesome instance of what passionate followers can obtain after they put their minds to one thing.
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Hoods
Downloads: 280,222
Provided that a variety of one of the best trailers for The Witcher 3 characteristic this character sporting a hood in order that different folks aren’t fazed by his distinctive look, it is moderately odd to see that there aren’t any hoods in The Witcher 3 that gamers can put on to hide their identification. The sport suffers from a good bit of clipping if gamers put on various armor units, however including hoods and cloaks may have executed an awesome job of including extra visible selection to Geralt’s outfits.
Gamers who need their model of Geralt to put on hoods and look even cooler than he already is can use a mod that provides these hoods to the sport. It is a easy visible change that gamers can toggle on or off at any time when they please, making it far more enjoyable to interact in fight and conversations with Geralt amping up the mysteriousness.
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New Clouds
Downloads: 414,290
The world of The Witcher 3 is stuffed with stunning landscapes with pollution-free climate that at all times makes the sky shine in the course of the daytime. Whereas the sport was fairly beautiful when it launched, by at this time’s requirements, some graphical elements may be outdated, together with the clouds.
New Clouds may sound like an pointless mod, however it’s solely after the set up that one can understand the numerous distinction. This high-quality cloud texture pack offers the panorama views a recent life, forcing gamers to take a second and take some screenshots, irrespective of if it is early within the morning or close to sundown.
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AutoLoot
Downloads: 606,375
It won’t be essentially the most irritating factor on the planet to loot gadgets in The Witcher 3; nevertheless, there are occasions when having to loot every container within the recreation’s world can develop into considerably irritating.
With the AutoLoot mod, this situation turns into a factor of the previous. Now, gamers can configure this technique to loot the gadgets they need from containers with none handbook enter, which is actually nice certainly.
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Lifelike Climate
Downloads: 711,180
Appropriate with The Witcher 3: Full Version, this mod simply offers a formidable really feel to all of the totally different climate types within the recreation. By enhancing the rain, snow, and storm results, Lifelike Climate does a implausible job of elevating The Witcher 3 expertise.
Apart from contributing to the visible high quality, this mod additionally provides extra climate types to each area of the sport, even those that by no means had intense climate initially. Relating to Skellige, the mod provides extra snow to the area to offer it a significantly better look.
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Improved Signal Results
Downloads: 757,550
The varied Indicators that Geralt can use in The Witcher 3 do an awesome job of constructing his arsenal much more numerous and pleasurable to discover. Nevertheless, some folks may discover the consequences of those Indicators to be considerably underwhelming, particularly given their utility in fight.
Gamers who do not need to be disillusioned time and time once more whereas utilizing these Indicators ought to positively obtain the Improved Signal Results mod. It may be a easy change, however it does make a world of distinction with regards to enhancing the texture of fight in The Witcher 3.
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Extremely Gore 2
Downloads: 774,476
Relying on how gamers method fight in The Witcher 3, the sport can get fairly brutal at occasions. Nevertheless, some folks really feel just like the ratio of sword kills to dismemberment is approach too low within the recreation for the visceral nature of the fight to come back out swinging.
The Extremely Gore 2 mod goals to make dismemberment a daily incidence within the recreation. Watching an enemy’s limbs fly off with a last sword swing makes for a satisfying feeling that by no means will get previous, irrespective of what number of occasions gamers repeat this transfer.