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Summary

  • PC is the best way to experience The Witcher 3 with mods that enhance gameplay and visuals for an optimized experience.
  • Mod installation in The Witcher 3 is simple: download, add to "Mods" folder, and enjoy more immersive gameplay.
  • Various mods available enhance gameplay with features like improved sign effects, auto loot, full EXP, and more.

When one talks about some of the greatest video games ever made, it's only a matter of time before The Witcher 3 is brought up in this conversation. CD Projekt Red started from very humble beginnings with the first title in the series, which ended up paving the way for a sequel and ultimately culminated in the final title of the trilogy that is considered by many to be an excellent open-world action RPG that is still going strong as a playable — and highly enjoyable — title.

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The Witcher 3: The 27 Most Important Choices You’ll Have To Make In The Game

The Witcher 3 is full of incredibly important choices that impact the game's world. Here are a few of the most vital.

Playing The Witcher 3 on the PC is arguably the best way to experience this masterpiece, mainly due to how one can integrate a whole host of mods to improve one's time spent with the game. The best Witcher 3 mods that someone can install in their copy of the game can do a great job of optimizing the title in many ways.

Updated January 19, 2025, by Mehrdad Khayyat: After taking a break from The Witcher's world, now CD Projekt RED is once again back at it, as the fourth entry is under development. This is already enough for the fan base to come back to The Witcher 3 and revisit the old memories.

That being said, there are indeed many ways to make the new run a unique one. The Witcher 3 is one of the games with the most mods released, and some of them really make it a fresh experience, even for completionists.

How To Install The Witcher 3 Mods

Like most games, The Witcher 3 makes it relatively simple to add mods on PC, at least at face value. Here is the general process:

  • Head into The Witcher 3's install directory.
  • Create a new folder entitled "Mods."
  • Download a mod.
  • Add the mod's files to the "Mods" folder.

If a mod's description has specific installation instructions, please stick to those. The program Vortex can also be a useful tool for coordinating and managing mods for The Witcher 3.

35 Richer Merchants

Downloads: 44,816

A merchant who sells meteorite ore from the first Witcher game
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The last thing anyone wants to experience in a Western RPG is for players to hoard a ton of loot until they're on the brink of being encumbered, only to reach a merchant and find out that they don't have enough gold for players to unload everything they've acquired. It may be realistic, but the frustration players experience because of this overshadows everything else in the eyes of many.

The Witcher 3 is no exception here, and players who don't want to be frustrated by the many traveling pedlars present in the game will love what this simple mod brings to the table. As stated in the title, it gives merchants more gold for Geralt to acquire by selling all the loot he acquires during his adventures.

34 Firearms

Downloads: 48,580

The Witcher 3 - Firearms Mod

What if The Witcher 3 featured guns? This mod answers this question, excellently. Firearms add new guns to the game as ranged weapons that perfectly align with the game's overall atmosphere.

Firearms add multiple Flintlock weapons along with different ammunition types. This is a well-thought mod that is quite careful to not make the game far easier. The ammunition is scarce, which makes it work almost like a crossbow so that the player cannot always rely on guns.

Other than that, Geralt cannot just outright buy weapons. The player must follow a progression path to unlock firearms. It's also important to be on the lookout for new materials to craft ammunition. To increase the damage rate, players can go after higher-tier ammo types.

33 All Containers Glow Without Witcher Senses

Downloads: 52,714

All Containers Glow without Witcher Senses mod for The Witcher 3

Players hate the idea of holding down a button to try and find interactable items, and it's a shame that The Witcher 3 doesn't escape this criticism. Sure, Witcher Senses may make sense from a lore standpoint, but that doesn't make it any less irritating for players to hold down a button to do everything from solving investigations to discovering lootable containers.

With this mod, lootable containers will glow regardless of whether players are using Witcher Senses or not. Containers with rare loot have a blue aura, making it easier for players to only check out things that are relevant to Geralt and won't weigh him down unnecessarily.

32 Clean Screen

Downloads: 66,797

Water droplets screen effect in The Witcher 3

Many screen effects take place when players are going through the world in The Witcher 3. While stuff like the screen being marred by a Water Hag's mud attack and water stains while emerging from underwater still make sense, other inclusions can be rather irritating.

Cut quests from The Witcher 3
The Witcher 3: The 10 Quests That Were Cut From The Game

The Witcher 3 is packed with tons of amazing content. But no one would expect that some of its most interesting quests never made it into the game.

Mainly, the rain, dirt, and glare that stains the screen become annoying after a point. Players want to roleplay as Geralt, not pretend to be a cameraman behind him. People who find these screen effects to be irritating can download the Clean Screen mod, which removes all the screen effects that appear in the game. Players can download more toned-down versions that only affect certain aspects of the game, which is great for those with specific caveats about this aspect of The Witcher 3.

31 Blood Trails

Downloads: 68,408

Blood Trails mod for The Witcher 3

Combat in The Witcher 3 is a dance of death that Geralt can participate in, slashing and dicing both humans and monsters to bits in no time. His effectiveness in combat can be increased quite a bit with a wealth of moves that let him move around freely as enemies fall to his might one at a time.

The Witcher 3 is pretty gory, but there's always scope for this action to be visually poetic in its own way. Blood Trails adds a streak of red to Geralt's attacks as he slices and dices his way through enemies, making for a blast as players turn the battlefield into a celebration of gore time and time again.

30 Grammar Of The Path

Downloads: 70,772

The Witcher 3 Professor Shakeslock Whatsoever a Man Soweth quest Hearts of Stone

The Witcher 3 is a story-heavy title where players will be listening to dialogue and reading texts quite a bit. This makes it important to ensure that the game doesn't have any typos in its presentation that might detract from the overall experience.

The Grammar of the Path mod serves as a simple yet great mod that takes care of the many typos and other such mistakes in the game's text. It's a massive undertaking that has gone a long way in ensuring that players don't get jolted out of their immersion after witnessing such a typo in the game.

29 Friendly Meditation

Downloads: 93,924

meditation from the Witcher 3
Geralt Meditating in the Witcher 3

Meditation is a key part of The Witcher 3, with Geralt needing to rest up to restore his potion stock, conveniently pass the time, and even heal up at lower difficulties. However, the idea of going to a different screen altogether to trigger this can seem slightly dated for a game that should be able to render this act in real time, especially on modern hardware.

For these players, the Friendly Meditation mod is the way to go. It's a simple tweak that allows players to press or hold a button to trigger Geralt's meditation, with the environment and weather being altered accordingly. The cinematic nature of this mod can't be emphasized enough, and players who want to appreciate the changing state of the world of The Witcher 3 will love what this mod has to offer.

28 Immersive Sound

Downloads: 99,650

witcher 3 place of power
witcher 3 place of power

Immersive Sound is a simple yet great mod that players can download if they don't want the world to sound rather odd at moments. A great example of this is how this mod tweaks Geralt's comments so that he doesn't comment on the weather changing a few minutes after it already happened, which made him sound pretty stupid.

The Place of Power sound effects have also been altered to be less annoying when players frequent these areas too much. A great change this mod makes is increasing the distance from which Geralt can interact with items, which allows him to interact with certain NPCs like innkeepers from behind the counter without having to go around in some instances, which can be a rather simple yet noticeable immersion breaker for some.

27 Friendly HUD

Downloads: 103,287

The Witcher 3 Geralt Using An Axii Sign In Combat
The Witcher 3 Geralt Using An Axii Sign In Combat

The HUD of The Witcher 3 certainly does its job, for the most part. That being said, there are still substantial improvements that can be made in this area, which can be achieved with this mod.

The Friendly HUD mod adds a number of options that allow players to customize their HUD elements and layout. Players who consider the HUD to be essential for immersion's sake will find this to be one of their personal must-have Witcher 3 mods.

26 Fast Launch

Downloads: 142,368

Geralt's Forgotten Wolf School Gear in The Witcher 3

Most modern games start off with many introductory videos that are usually non-skippable. These include videos mentioning the developer, the publisher, and the engine used, among other such information that becomes really irritating to witness over and over again.

Thankfully, there's a simple mod that stops all the intro videos in the game from playing. This lets players jump into the game from the get-go instead of sitting through this redundant information every single time they just want to sit down and enjoy the game.