This Mod List Will be updated with new mods constantly. This tab exists so you can easily see if there have been any mods added or incompatible ones taken out.


Next Gen:
This list is compatible with the Next-Gen version of the game.
This is not meant for Old Gen.

If you want to use Brothers in Arms then make sure you install BiA versions of mods.


For more information please see our F.A.Q.

The Witcher 3 Mod Manager is useful if you want to enable/disable mods. Some mods still need manual work, so this is purely optional. Instead of dragging and dropping in the Mods folder you do so in the mod manager, entirely up to you!

Download: The Witcher 3 Mod Manager

Follow the installation video above if you don’t know how to install.

Our Script Merger settings solving dependencies for this mod list. Place in :\Users\Documents\The Witcher 3.

Follow the installation video above if you don’t know how to install.

Although not a true reshade, this mod is best used with HDR, but works well with SDR too. If you want the best possible HDR experience this mod is really recommended.

Download: RenoDX for The Witcher 3 – Full Installation

Note: Performance Friendly, about 2-3 fps loss at most.

A DLL needed for RT optimizations.

Download: RTXGI unlocker and setting auto-updater

Note: Drag and drop the bin file inside the Witcher 3 root folder. Make sure the xinput9_1_0.dll appears inside bin\x64_dx12\ next to witcher3.exe.

A collection of RT optimization mods to improve fps while still mainting the visuals.

Download: AiO RT Tweaks v.3.2 – Quality and Performance

Note: Extract all ini files inside ‘\bin\config\platform\pc’. Requires the mod above.

Fixes the water color mismatch when using Ray Tracing Reflections.

Download: RT Water Reflection Fix

Fixes an issue with Ray traced reflections causing blue hue on Geralt’s clothes.

Download: RT Reflections Fix

CHOOSE ONLY 1 LIGHTING MOD EITHER TOOK OR BVLC

This mod preserves the vanilla lighting base and applies new changes and fixes, balances to make the regions better.

Download:
● Better Vanilla Lighting Changes 2.1
● Global Lighting Fix V2

Note: You MUST use Global Lighting Fix V2 if you do not use Ray Tracing.

CHOOSE ONLY 1 LIGHTING MOD EITHER TOOK OR BVLC

A great lighting mod for Witcher 3.

Download: TookLightingNextGen

CHOOSE ONLY 1 LIGHTING MOD

Expands settings.

Download: Tweaks (Next Gen version)

The best graphical mod for Witcher 3.

Download: The Witcher 3 HD Reworked Project NextGen Edition

Note: The mod should not affect performance, use Ultra+ settings. Be mindful that vram consumption will increase a bit from using it.

Retexture of the terraintextures of the main game.

Download: Environment Overhaul

Reworks the monsters to be higher quality.

Download:
● 1- HD Monsters Reworked 5.0 Next Gen – Part 1
● 1- HD Monsters Reworked 5.0 Next Gen – Part 2
● HDMR 5 LOD Optimization Next Gen

Reworks animal textures to be higher quality.

Download: HD Animals Reworked

Dramatically improves the visual quality of flying birds.

Download: HD Birds

This mod changes the visual FX of torches.

Download: New Torch FX

A high-quality grass overhaul covering all regions; compatible with both old-gen and next-gen game versions.

Download: Meadows Remastered

Improves several effects throughout the game.

Download: NextgenBetterFX

Enables shadow casting for the majority of the lightsources (braziers, candles, lamps and torches) in Toussaint.

Download: More Shadows for Toussaint – Next-Gen Edition

Brings a much higher quality to the vegetation billboards across all regions of the game.

Download: Vegetation Billboards Remastered V3

This mod enhances the optical appearance of silver swords.

Download: Lore-friendly Silver Swords 2.1b

Brings high resolution shadows to all characters of the game.

Installation: Characters HiRes Shadows

Makes moss 3D and improves the textures.

Download: Moss – Better Rocks DX12 only

Note: You MUST have DX12 mode on.

Collection of fully imported classes (all attributes) without any functionality on its own.

Needed for Ray Traced Water Reflections Fix.

Download: modSharedImports – NEXT-GEN

The mod provides pre-made localized strings for a number of standardized submenus for Options -> Mods menu to help with resolving a problem with menu entries limit.

Download: modMenuStrings

True Rain completely rebuilds The Witcher 3’s rain system from the ground up using real-time refraction technology.

Download: True Rain 3D – Definitive Edition

Note: There is no loss in performance whatsoever, so use the latest 3D version.

If you use lighting mods and noticed weird glowing blue water at dawn, dusk or cloudy weather, this mod was probably made for you.

Download: True Water

Makes mirrors behave like mirrors!

Download: RTX Mirrors

Note: Obviously don’t use this if you don’t use RT.

Fixes dandelion’s scarf clipping bug.

Download: Dandelion Scarf Fix

This mod aims to fix all scabbard clipping in the game, particularly around Relic and Witcher weapons.

Download: Scabbard Clipping Fix – NEXT GEN

Let you customise the sword effects.

Download: Sword FX

Note: You must run Menu Filelist Updater which is also linked earlier in the list for this mod to work.

This mod improves the military factions in the game by giving them more lore-friendly variety.

Download: Faction Appearance Project

Improves Ciri’s hair.

Download: Ciri Better Hair Mod

Improve’s Yen’s hair.

Download: Yennefer Better Hair

This mod adds 19 hairstyles and 12 beards to your game.

Download: New Hairstyles and Beards

Changes Geralt’s Hair Physics when playing at 60fps to something resembling the vanilla behavior at 30fps.

Download: Hair Physics 60fps Fix

Note: Great mod if you don’t use HairWorks. If you do, then this mod doesn’t do anything, so don’t install it.

Fix for NPC character physics (hair, fur, clothing, medallions, weapons, etc.) when playing at 60fps. Physics only work “correctly” at 30fps. This mod attempts to fix this issue.

Download: PhysicsForAll

Note: Great mod if you don’t use HairWorks. If you do, then this mod doesn’t do anything.

Mod improves and fixes meshes and textures of the HMS Oxenfurt-Tretogor and Roche’s ship.

Download: RedanianRoyalShip

Upscaled and polished vanilla hairstyles for main female characters.

Download: HQ Female Hairstyles

Fix missing monster hit sounds and impact reactions. Merge-free.

Download: When You Hear It You Feel It

Fixes the way NPCs spawn right in front of the player’s face when wandering around the city of Beauclair in Toussaint.

Download: Beauclair_NPC_Spawn_Fix

Fixes rendering of ocean bottom

Download: Fix Ocean Bottom (Next-Gen 4.04)

Fixes wrong and missing mimics in gameplay.

Download: Gameplay Mimics Fix

A visual bugfix that fixes how most of the Toussaint Knight trousers interact with barefeet.

Download: Fix for shoeless knight pants

The look of the E3 2014 Quen sign is back.

Download: E3Quen 4.0

Change the appearance of Quen Sign closer to the E3 presentation.

Download: E3Quen

Adds the E3 Runes textures in 4K both the steel and silver sword.

Download: E3 Runes

Changes how the Aard effects look, based on the E3, VGX videos, Bruxa Aard and Gargoyle Stomp.

Download: The Aard

Removes the few seconds of forced walk speed after loading a save or fast-travelling.

Download: modNoForcedWalkOnLoad

Improved mesh quality of all known haystacks

Download: Next_Gen_Haystacks

Fixes the lights inside the morgue in Novigrad.

Download: Morgue Lights Fix

Fixes top notch swords – Better textures and models – Enables oils, runes and FX functions.

Download: Top Notch Swords Fix

Collection of all NPCs released, for the MAIN GAME and Heart of Stone.

Download: 00 – zzjay NPCs

Anna – Syanna – Vivienne – Dettlaff – Regis face textures.

Download: 00 – BW NPCS – AIO

Makes tweaks to the sewers in Novigard, making them more cinematic, darker and better suited for HDR and OLED screens.

Download: Novigrad Sewers Lighting Improved

Fixes loot sounds of Buckthorn, trophies and horse items.

Download: Fix Loot Sound (Next-Gen 4.04)

Reimplementation of many unused civilian appearances in Novigrad and Oxenfurt.

Download: modCommunityExtended

Improved Textures for Margarita. Both clean and dirty versions.

Download: 00 – Margarita

Another face retexture for Yennefer, based on her trailer appearance. Featuring less makeup and a younger look.

Download: 02 – Yen Natural – Makeup

This mod fixes the LOD distance of the Oak Tree in Bald Mountain

Download: Bald Mountain Oak Tree LOD Fix

Fixes the broken shadows on the windows in Vizima when using Ray Tracing.

Download: Vizima RT Glass Fix

Replacing reduced NPC sword models with normal ones.

Download: NPC Swords

Experience more realistic sunrises and sunsets with longer shadows.

Download: Long Shadows (Next-Gen)

Note: Install manually.

Changes the bark and moss textures for all oak trees in the game, with newly remastered assets from the original UHD Oaks.

Download: UHD Oaks Redux

A UHD rework of all the trees in the Blood and Wine DLC.

Download: UHDBaWTrees

Upscaled textures of the vanilla HUD elements. Players using high resolutions will benefit the most from this.

Download: Upscaled HUD Elements

Restores more than 250 NPC names to the game that were either incomplete, missing, or incorrect.

Download: DLC Names From The Path

Adds some lightsources to yrden sign and alternative igni.

Download: Alt Igni and Yrden lightsource

Ride your horse, cast signs, heavy attack, sail, block, parry and climb while holding a torch.

Download: Better Torches Next-Gen

Fixes the shadow issue on the hood of the Grandmaster Cat Armor

Download: Cat Hood Fix

Note: Install manually.

A spiritual successor to the original “Concept Witchers” Improving on every aspect of that mod

Download: Concept Witchers Redux

Mod fixes/improves look of the Passiflora interior.

Download: PassifloraOverhaul

Fixes the shadow issue on the hood of the Grandmaster Cat Armor

Download: Cat Hood Fix

Note: Install manually.

NextGen remaster of True E3 Armour by mrblubb9.

Download: 3. True E3 Armour Remaster HDC

This mod adds glowing eyes to all instances of the Wolf School medallion in the game.

Download: Prime Medallions

Adds the cloak from Killing Monsters Trailer.

Download: Killing Monsters Cloak

Note: Make sure to copy paste the text in input.settings at the bottom so that you can toggle the cloak on with the key 8.

Highly customizable and changeable animation mod.

Download:
SCAAR – AIO Vengeance
SCAAR Patch – 4.04 Next-Gen REDkit update

Note: Install manually.

Utility for quickly adding the currenly installed mod menus into the filelist.txt files that were introduced by the next-gen patch

Download: Windows – tw3-menu-filelist-updater

Note: Place in The Witcher 3 game folder and run it. Run it twice to be sure.