Key points
- Fairly extensive graphics settings, with good amount of configuration files for fine tuning.
- Has official modding tools.[1]
- Poor performance on AMD systems with HairWorks enabled. AMD recommends adjusting the Catalyst Control Center tessellation multiplier.[2]
General information
- PC Report
- Official Website
- Official Forums
- Official Witcher Wiki
- The Witcher 3 Nexus Mods
- GOG.com Community Discussions
- GOG.com Support Page
- Steam Community Discussions
Availability
DLC and expansion packs
Name |
Notes |
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Expansion Pass |
Includes Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine. |
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Hearts of Stone |
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Blood and Wine |
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Temerian Armor Set |
Free DLC |
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Beard and Hairstyle Set |
Free DLC |
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Alternative Look for Yennifer |
Free DLC |
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New Quest 'Contract: Missing Miners' |
Free DLC |
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Nilfgaardian Armor Set |
Free DLC |
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Elite Crossbow Set |
Free DLC |
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New Quest 'Fool's Gold' |
Free DLC |
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'Ballad Heroes' Neutral Gwent Card Set |
Free DLC |
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New Quest 'Scavenger Hunt: Wolf School Gear' |
Free DLC |
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Alternative Look for Triss |
Free DLC |
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New Quest 'Contract: Skellige's Most Wanted' |
Free DLC |
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Skellige Armor Set |
Free DLC |
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New Quest 'Where the Cat and Wolf Play...' |
Free DLC |
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Alternative Look for Ciri |
Free DLC |
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New Finisher Animations |
Free DLC |
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New Game + |
Free DLC |
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Essential improvements
Patches
- The retail release requires a launch file to play. Further patches require activating on GOG.com.[3]
Skip intro videos
The Witcher 3 Config Tool
The Witcher 3 Config Tool enables an extensive range of options.
- Witcher 3 Hunter's Config tool allows more control over graphics options and settings.
Photo Mode
- The Witcher 3 photo mode can be achieved by using internal console command. Camera angle and game condition (time of day, weather, pause/resume, etc.) can be manipulated as needed (also works while in realtime cutscene).
Game data
Configuration file(s) location
Save game data location
Video settings
In-game graphics settings.
Template:Video settings
Input settings
In-game control settings.
Template:Input settings
- Mouse sensitivity can only be changed in-game if Hardware Cursor is disabled. It can then be enabled again to disable mouse acceleration.
Audio settings
Template:Audio settings
Localizations
Language |
UI |
Audio |
Sub |
Notes |
English |
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Arabic |
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Brazilian Portuguese |
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Traditional Chinese |
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Czech |
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French |
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German |
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Hungarian |
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Italian |
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Japanese |
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Korean |
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Polish |
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Russian |
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Spanish |
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VR support
Issues fixed
Unable to summon your horse
Framerate drops in large cities
- Even on high end GPU's, it is possible to experience choppy framerate when in Novigrad or other large cities
Poor performance on Nvidia Kepler GPUs
- This occurs on Kepler GPUs due to issues with certain Nvidia driver versions.
Axii's alternative mode not working
- This bug occurs when points are spent both in Delusion and Puppet
Proper HUD positioning for different aspect ratios
- For 16:10 change the value of
uiVerticalFrameScale
to 1.1253
.
- For 21:9 change the value of
uiHorizontalFrameScale
to 1.3125
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Fixing Stutter When Using a Controller
- Stutter happens due to The Witcher 3 rapidly switching the control display to 360 controls and Keyboard and Mouse controls.
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Other information
Improve performance on AMD-based systems
Change in-game cinematic framerate
Disable cinematic upsampling
Disable radial blur when using Witcher Senses
Improve HairWorks performance
Improve HairWorks performance on AMD hardware
API
Technical specs |
Supported |
Notes |
Direct3D |
11 |
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Shader Model support |
5 |
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Executable |
32-bit |
64-bit |
Notes |
Windows |
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Linux | |
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Middleware
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Middleware |
Notes |
Physics |
PhysX |
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Audio |
Wwise |
XAudio2 |
Interface |
Scaleform |
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Cutscenes |
CRI Movie 2 |
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System requirements
Windows |
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Minimum |
Recommended |
Operating system (OS) |
7, 8, 8.1 (64-bit) | |
Processor (CPU) |
Intel Core i5-2500K 3.3GHz AMD Phenom II X4 940 |
Intel Core i7-3770 3.4 GHz AMD FX-8350 4 GHz |
System memory (RAM) |
6 GB |
8 GB |
Hard disk drive (HDD) |
35 GB | |
Video card (GPU) |
Nvidia GeForce GTX 660 AMD Radeon HD 7870 DirectX 11 compatible
| Nvidia GeForce GTX 770 AMD Radeon R9 290 |
Linux |
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Minimum |
Operating system (OS) |
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Processor (CPU) |
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System memory (RAM) |
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Hard disk drive (HDD) |
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Notes
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 Notes regarding Steam Play (Linux) data:
References