The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt news & patch notes

Medallion's humming... that can only mean one thing! It's time to announce we're working on a brand new expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt!

Get ready to return to the Path with Geralt of Rivia in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past, coming in 2027. We’re currently co-developing the expansion with Fool’s Theory and we’ll share more in late summer, so stay tuned! With new content coming to the game, we also need to update our system requirements to ensure smooth performance and compatibility going forward for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt and Songs of the Past. These requirements will become effective starting from the next update. You can find more about them here: https://thewitcher.ly/NewRequirements

The Witcher himself has arrived in the Reigns universe!

In Reigns: The Witcher, Geralt forges his own path… through several tries. In this card decision-making game from Nerial and Devolver Digital, you swipe your way to triumph to keep the story going. Explore the world through Dandelion’s ballads, make your choices, and create your epic path!

Check out the trailer below, and start crafting your legendary story:

See you on the Continent!

Fresh, dedicated orchestration

Breathtaking visuals

What’s next?

• Warsaw - October 31st
• Katowice - November 1st
• Łódź - November 2nd

• In Boston, Massachusetts on May 31st in Emerson Colonial Theatre
• In Poznań, Poland on June 15th during Pyrkon, a Polish Fan Convention who teamed up with us for this celebration

• First, we’ll hold a couple of concerts in Poland and in Boston, United States, in May 2025 to celebrate the anniversary itself!
• After that, we’re going on a tour, visiting cities in Europe later in 2025 and in North America in the first quarter of 2026.

• you need to participate individually, but you can take part in as many challenges as you wish (you can only submit one mod to every challenge);
• entries in this challenge can be submitted until July 30, 2024 3:59 PM CEST;
• in order to be eligible in the contest, mods can't have been published prior to April 16th, 2024 1PM CEST;
• submitted mods can be updated until the submission phase deadline;
• modding challenges will be judged by CD PROJEKT RED and Yigsoft team members.

• you need to participate individually, but you can take part in as many challenges as you wish (you can only submit one mod to every challenge);
• entries in this challenge can be submitted until July 30, 2024 3:59 PM CEST;
• in order to be eligible in the contest, mods can't have been published prior to April 16th, 2024 1PM CEST;
• submitted mods can be updated until the submission phase deadline;
• modding challenges will be judged by CD PROJEKT RED and Yigsoft team members.

• NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, sponsored by NVIDIA;
• Gaming headsets, mice and keyboards, sponsored by Razer;
• The Witcher team jerseys and playing cards, sponsored by Dyenamik;
• The Witcher varsity jackets, sponsored by Insert Coin.

• in the main category you can participate individually or in teams of up to 5 people (you can only be a member of one team);
• entries in the main category can be submitted until October 14, 2024 3:59 PM CEST;
• in challenges you need to participate individually, but you can take part in as many challenges as you wish (you can only submit one mod to every challenge);
• entries in challenges need to be submitted within specific deadlines, as communicated in respective challenge announcements;
• in order to be eligible in the contest, mods can't have been published prior to April 16th, 2024 1PM CEST;
• submitted mods can be updated until the submission phase deadline.

Are you a player?

Are you a modder?

• Enabled Steam Workshop. Manage your mods with ease on Steam! We’ve integrated the Steam Workshop support into The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. While Steam users can still use Nexus Mods or whatever modding platform they like, they now can install any mod available on the game's Steam Workshop with a single click. Just find the mod you like, click “Subscribe” and it will install automatically!

• Added Steam Workshop support for DLC mods (mods that include completely new content).
• Added support for an easier way to add new world IDs in mods.
• Added full support for loading DLC mods - fixed an issue that occurred when loading additional content from mods.

• Steam Discussions in the Community Hub of the tool
• Our official Forums, in the MODS section
• Our official Discord server, in rooms within the REDKIT section

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Steam Workshop Beta

PC-SPECIFIC

• Frames allowed by the "Maximum Frames Per Second" setting will now be counted properly when DLSS Frame Generation is enabled.
• Fixed some instances where characters' hair could look too bright when Ray Tracing was enabled.
• Bald Mountain - Fixed a crash that occurred when Ray Tracing was enabled and all the other Ray Tracing options were off.
• The Beast of White Orchard - Fixed an issue where loading a certain checkpoint save could cause the game to freeze if Ray Tracing was enabled.
• Fixed an issue where the game would start without REDlauncher and open a browser tab request for permission to "Use Cyberpunk 2077 with your Epic Games Account".
• Fixed an issue where input from a gamepad could still work while having the game in a suspended state.
• Fixed an issue where a second cursor with high sensitivity would appear in the Main Menu when "Hardware Cursor" was set to "Off".

VISUAL

• Fixed an issue where fog could look as if it were 2D in some places.
• Fixed an issue where the sky's reflection on the water with Ray Tracing enabled was partially missing at specific locations in White Orchard, Velen and Toussaint.
• Grass collision now works properly.
• Added an HDR calibration option.
• Fixed an issue where the mountains in Kaer Morhen could disappear when changing the camera angle while Geralt is under water.
• Get Junior - Removed an unnecessary body of water from Oxenfurt sewers.
• Fixed an issue where the loading screen would stutter while having Ray Tracing enabled.

QUESTS & GAMEPLAY

• Added an option to switch potions and apply oils from the radial menu.
• Fixed an issue where Geralt's health rapidly depleted when diving.
• The Final Trial - Fixed an issue where leaving the area and coming back could cause Lambert to stand in the water instead of sitting in the boat, blocking progress.

MISCELLANEOUS

• Addressed some issues with loading saves when using the Cross Progression feature on multiple machines with the same GOG account.