The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt News

The best Witcher 3 mods

Looking for the best Witcher 3 mods? The Henry Cavill effect has seen The Witcher 3's popularity shoot through the roof - a monster-hunting renaissance that actually surpassed the number of concurrent Steam players the game saw on launch day back in 2015.

A lot has changed in the world of videogames in the five years since Wild Hunt's release, but one thing that's improved are the mods and mod processes available for the game. Modding is now a fairly simple process, and can be done with ease once you know how, and once you know what risks to look out for when installing multiple mods. As always, exercise caution when downloading and installing mods.

Although The Witcher 3's world has stood the test of time, we've included texture and shader mods to sharpen the graphics, as well as gameplay mods to make the 200 hour long jaunt through The Witcher's fantasy universe that much better. Here are the best Witcher 3 mods available right now.

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The best fantasy games on PC

There's nothing quite like escaping into another world, immersing yourself in its history and people, and getting to grips with your new virtual life. Fantasy games are especially good at offering these sorts of experiences, but the genre is so packed with great adventures that it can be hard to pinpoint where exactly to place your attention.

Luckily for you, we've put together this list of the best fantasy games on PC. As always, we want to highlight a varied selection of titles, from mammoth RPGs to 2D action-platformers. There's even a sports game in the mix this time around. And please don't worry if we've missed your favourite fantasy game - there's every chance that it could be added at a later time.

So, whether you're looking to slay some dragons in a sprawling open world or try something a little stranger, we've got you covered with our list of the best fantasy games on PC. All you need is a sense of adventure and the patience for copious amounts of lore. Let's go!

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This "excessively vast" Witcher 3 mod adds a ton of new enemies and armour

The Witcher 3 has many mods that help bring small measures of joy to players, such as making Dandelion "younger and cuter", and allowing Yennefer to barge her way into Geralt's sex scenes. But few mods bring such "excessively vast" amounts of content to the game as the new Shades of Iron content pack.

Modders Amasiuncula, Ard Carraigh, Menschfeind, and Kayjay spent five months creating the mod which has 542 brand-new items and 125 formidable new enemies. Of the 542 new items, 18 are exotic armour sets for Geralt and eight are new armour sets for female characters that you can use to fight against the brand-new enemies. Each piece of armour has newly-introduced mechanics which greatly mix up character customisation options and playstyles.

Currently, the new enemies aren't placed in the world due to balance issues. "In time, the enemies included in Shades of Iron will roam the world. Maliciously. Waiting for your arrival," the developers let people know in a recent article. You can find full details of the enemies you can expect to see soon in the same post.

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Netflix's The Witcher pauses filming on Season 2 due to COVID-19 outbreak on-set

Filming has been halted on Season 2 of Netflix's The Witcher after several crew-members tested positive for COVID-19. This is the second time production has been affected by the ongoing pandemic.

Per Deadline, four people involved on-set have been diagnosed with the virus. As such, cameras have been packed away for the time-being so everyone can be appropriately tested. Nobody on the lead cast was among the four whose tests came back positive, and filming won't resume until Netflix believes the set is completely safe.

The second season of the TV show based on the RPG games is being produced in Arborfield Studios in London, where filming was paused once before, in March. That break ended up running into August due to prolonged lockdown restrictions in the UK. The stop-start schedule has led to further complications, as the actor originally cast to play Eskel, Thue Ersted Rasmussen, had to step away due to a scheduling conflict, replaced by Basil Eidenbenz. Hopefully that was the first and last casting swap the series needs to make.

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This Witcher 3 mod makes Dandelion "younger and cuter"

The Witcher 3's Dandelion is, to put it lightly, an acquired taste. A philanderer, schemer, and a ruddy poet to boot, it's a miracle that CD Projekt Red was able to make him tolerable, let alone likeable. He's in his 40s by the time Wild Hunt rolls around, and his growing maturity is a large part of his character arc. Now, however, you'll have the option to significantly de-age the boisterous bard using a simple mod.

Creator Dia's retextured Dandelion strips him of his wrinkles and aims to make him appear "younger and cuter". Whatever you think of his smoothed-out face, surely we can all agree that the missing moustache is no great loss?

What you're seeing in the screenshot below is a combination of several mods. There's the facial retexture mod mentioned above, UncleArtr's beardless Dandelion mod, and fenutus' recoloured outfit. He now resembles a man half his age, which might not make a ton of sense in the context of the game's story but might work well on a second, third, or - if you're me - fourth playthrough.

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