Summary
- Mods for The Witcher 3 range from HD textures for a more immersive experience to weight limit increases for hoarding convenience.
- Useful mods like quest markers, weight limit adjustments, and fast travel from anywhere can enhance gameplay and reduce frustration.
- With over 5 million downloads, The Witcher 3 HD Reworked Project is a popular mod that updates textures for a more polished look.
It's hard to add or modify content to a game that is already an award-winning title. Many of the most downloaded mods for The Witcher 3 are suited for first-time players and replays. The mods vary from graphical upscaling, and quality-of-life improvements, to UI tweaks.
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Many of these mods can make the playing experience better for gamers wanting minor changes to the game. Seeing the most downloaded mods gives an excellent idea of what changes players want. The Witcher 3 came out in 2015, but these mods keep the game feeling fresh and worth playing.
This list only contains mods that directly affect gameplay.
1 The Witcher 3 HD Reworked Project
User Downloads: 5.5M
- Mod Link: The Witcher 3 HD Reworked Project
- Mod Author: HalkHogan
The scale of The Witcher 3 is tremendous for a game in 2015, and it shows its age through some dated textures. This mod turns many dull textures into HD textures and makes them more vivid, all making for a more immersive open-world experience. The mod also touches up lots of textures and gives them more polish.
Background items like barrels, grain, and logs received the least attention, as many appear 2D and neglected. The rework project has left no stone unturned and has changed so many textures that its file size is almost 10GB.
The mod page contains a lot of before and after pictures that compare the original textures to the new ones. The new textures fit in well with The Witcher 3, and it is no wonder the mod has so many downloads.
2 All Quest Objectives On Map
User Downloads: 2.9M
- Mod Link: All Quest Objectives On Map
- Mod Author & Image Credit: Wolfmark
The Witcher 3 is overflowing with good, mediocre, and annoying quests. The sheer amount of quests will often overwhelm players and cause confusion. Rather than scroll through a long list of quests, players can use the map to find nearby missions to tackle. The mod places quest objectives on the map for players to easily track and navigate toward. Hovering the mouse over the icon displays the quest level and suggested level range.
The mod comes in a few versions, some that add colored pins and custom icons, and a performance-friendly version. This mod helps players manage the plethora of quests in The Witcher 3 and can be a good choice for players new to RPGs.
3 Over 9000 - Weight Limit Mod
User Downloads: 2.5M
- Mod Link: Over 9000 - Weight limit mod
- Mod Author: GiecuMan
Hoarding items is a cardinal sin of many gamers. Having too many items to move is bothersome to deal with, especially if there's a ton of good loot in the vicinity, leaving something behind should not be an option. This weight limit mod bumps up the weight limit to an astronomical number to ensure that Geralt never runs into storage issues on his adventures again.
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Players can forget about managing the carry limit and focus on enjoying quests, basking in the sun, and slaying monsters. Now Geralt can hold onto an inhuman amount of food and enough weapons to arm a medieval military.
The mod offers a realistic weight increase for players who feel 9000 is too much. The reasonable limits are 30, 60, and 120. With the amount of loot in the game, it's no shocker that so many players want to avoid managing their inventories.
4 Fast Travel From Anywhere
User Downloads: 2.1M
- Mod Link: Fast Travel from Anywhere
- Mod Author: JupiterTheGod
The fast travel system in The Witcher 3 is balanced, but mods are made to break limits to make games more enjoyable. No longer having to run to a signpost is certainly freeing and removes a repetitive portion of the game that many have not enjoyed. Since players can only fast-travel to signposts, it can be argued that this mod hardly affects gameplay.
Players might miss the quiet moments of traveling with Roach, but it only leaves more moments of action and adventure. This mod can be combined with All Quest Objectives On Map to make finding and starting quests a breeze. The mod author advises players not to teleport during critical missions as it can break quests.
5 Always Full Exp
User Downloads: 1.7M
- Mod Link: Always Full Exp (Next-Gen)
- Mod Author: Tommy1984
Geralt starts off weak, but the level upgrades add a lot of depth to the game and turn him into a killing witcher machine. Completing quests is among the best ways to level up in The Witcher 3, but players may likely focus on older quests to boost their level. By default, being over-leveled for a quest causes the game to give out less XP than it should.
This mod removes that penalty and grants 100% of XP. This change gives players the freedom to pursue any quest they wish without worrying about receiving an XP deduction. There are separate mod versions that allow players to receive less XP on higher difficulties to keep the game more balanced.
6 Slots Slots SLOTS
User Downloads: 1.6M
- Mod Link: Slots Slots SLOTS
- Mod Author: Zur13
Geralt is already powerful enough as a skilled fighter and his mutagens give him an upper hand in fighting monsters bigger than himself. This mod will turn Geralt into a beast by providing the ability to equip over 100 skill slots and multiple of the strongest mutations. This mod is convenient for players wanting to give one of the harder difficulties a try but are getting defeated by stronger monsters.
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Different downloadable versions of the mod provide more balanced options. The balanced version offers a significant buff to Geralt without making him godlike.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt
- Released
- May 19, 2015
WHERE TO PLAY
- Developer(s)
- CD Projekt Red
- Platform(s)
- Nintendo Switch, PC, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, Xbox Series X, Xbox Series S
