What changed in The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt in 2023

A reworked version of the REDengine 3 editor will allow players to create and edit content in the game.

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'.

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 leaving the area and coming back could cause Lambert to stand in the water instead of sitting in the boat, blocking progress.

Added an option to switch potions and apply oils from the radial menu.

Fixed some instances where characters' hair could look too bright when Ray Tracing was enabled.

Fixed a crash that occurred when Ray Tracing was enabled and all the other Ray Tracing options were off.

Frames allowed by the 'Maximum Frames Per Second' setting will now be counted properly when DLSS Frame Generation is enabled.

Fixed an issue where the loading screen would stutter while having Ray Tracing enabled.

Removed an unnecessary body of water from Oxenfurt sewers.

Added an HDR calibration option.

Fixed an issue where fog could look as if it were 2D in some places.

Grass collision now works properly.

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.

Fixed an issue where the mountains in Kaer Morhen could disappear when changing the camera angle while Geralt is under water.

Fixed an issue where Geralt's health rapidly depleted when diving.

Fixed an issue where loading a certain checkpoint save could cause the game to freeze if Ray Tracing was enabled.

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

With the exception of potions and decoctions, it's now impossible for Geralt to eat or drink underwater.

The ambient music from the quest will no longer continue playing after completion.

Fixed an issue where purple splashes could appear on the screen when riding Roach through puddles of water.

Spider webs will no longer change color when moving the camera with Ray Tracing enabled.

Added support for Intel Xe Super Sampling, an upscaling technology that uses machine learning to improve performance and image quality.

Added the community-made mod Next Gen Script Fixes by Sergeanur.

Through Time and Space - Fixed an issue where the mist in the Poisoned Valley was pink instead of white.

Addressed the issue where the DirectX 11 version of the game could crash on launch or after loading a save on certain AMD GPUs.

Fixed an issue where a grid of light spots could appear on the ground and walls in certain weather conditions with Ray Tracing enabled.

Fixed an issue where repeatedly disabling and enabling ray-traced reflections and shadows could cause black shadows to appear at the edge of objects.

Performance improvements to ray-traced global illumination and ray-traced reflections.

Fixed some lighting issues with Screen Space Reflections when ray-traced global illumination is off.

Fixed an issue where some textures on characters during cutscenes would appear as not fully rendered.

Fixed an issue with ray-traced vegetation shadows 'popping', depending on Geralt’s proximity and angle.

Improved stability of the game running on GeForce RTX 40 Series Graphics Cards related to DLSS 3.

Fixed the lack of a dialogue option that would progress the quest during the objective 'Let Avallac'h know everything's ready.'

Fixed an issue with the Korean localization of Ciri's and Geralt's Gwent card descriptions.

Trying to start a New Game+ on an incompatible save would block the player from starting the expansions in standalone mode until the game was restarted.

Black artifacts covered stone arches.

Issue occurred when NVIDIA HairWorks was disabled.

Players who had previously turned Ambient Occlusion off will need to do so again.

Quest could stay active even after the diagrams were looted.

Door to the warehouse could become permanently locked if the player knocked, entered and then immediately left the building.

It can be found in Options → Video → Graphics.

Fixed an issue where the 'My Rewards' section was not localized.

Addresses performance issues that appeared after Patch 4.01.

Could be impossible to interact with Avallac'h during the objective.

New mode prioritizes performance over range and precision for compatible hardware.

Game could crash during transition to Ciri's Story: Out of the Shadows.

Quest couldn't be completed if a required monster nest was destroyed during exploration.

SSR setting wasn't working despite being turned on, affecting performance for some players.

Armor should now change appearance when Alternate Nilfgaardian Armor is turned on.

Could be impossible to participate due to an invisible obstacle.

Lip-sync animation now matches voice-over during 'The Wolven Storm'.