Update 3.1 at December 4 - added a few new mods, updated the load order file, updated several mod installation instructions.

Version: major update 3.0 at November 2022.

- Over 100 new mods in total for you to pick (you can easily spot them as they have the ==NEW== marks).

- "White Wolf Overdose" module is released and available for all patrons of Battlemage tier and higher! With the extensive size & complexity, mod choice options, as well as large amount of merges and mod menus configurations, and so, dedicated support on user side needed, patrons will be able to receive personal support from me with this module anytime.

- Outdated mods or those not needed as better alternatives were added, were removed.

- Mods.settings load order configuration file updated to represent a proper load order addition for new mods. The most all-covering load order file for TW3 modding ever - around 2850 lines pre-tweaked for you to save your time. Click on the download button (zip icon in the page header), place the file where instructed and enjoy <3

- Some typos corrected here and there.

Future updates:

- New modules.

- Corrections of links/typos/LO file if needed.

- To report the issues with the guide (typos, broken links etc) - please drop a message in #suggestions_room in our Discord server.

0) Make sure you have all DirectX and Visual C++ Redistributable installed. Grab there here and here (if the links will be changed by Microsoft at some point, just search yourself).

1) Make sure your game is NOT installed in Program Files and no active overlays are running. Answering possible question - yes, Program Files (x86) is the same. Why so? Most of game clients suggest to istall there by default! True that, but unmodded and modded game are two different things. When game is modded, there are many additional files which didn't exist there in first turn, overlays and standalone engines (like Reshade), etc - and it's needed to be ensured that system has full access to all of them. Program Files is a system folder, and because of this modded games can be often messed up without you even knowing that - so to make sure it won't happen, install your game anywhere - just not in Program Files. If it's same driver that has your Windows installed on it - it's ok too, just once again, not...well, you got it :) GOG is DRM-free so you can install your game anywehre at all basically - it doesn't require for game to be installed inside GOG directory. With Steam, you may just want to create an another Steam directory out of Program Files, and install Witcher 3 there.
Similar situation with overlays - disable Steam overlay, GOG overlay, various things like Afterburner etc - most of overlays can mess up with Reshade and some other stuff, creating unneeded problems with a modded game. NVIDIA overlay is known to be fine - so you may use that sweet Ansel for panoramic screenshots anytime.

2) How to install TW3 mods at all? Is there some kind of mod manager? Quite the contrary to modding in TES/FO series, Witcher 3 mods, without exclusion, should be installed manually. Why so? In Skyrim, for example, there's a single directory where all mods are being stored - the "Data" folder. So no matter the folder structure of the mod, it still goes in Data folder always (asides from ENB files which you install manually in TES/FO games too). In Witcher 3, mods have [three] possible directories where mod files can go, plus for some complex mod player sometimes need to forward hotkey settings into controls file configuration. Lastly mods are often packed in most different ways, so any mod manager, sooner or later, but eventually will mess up mod installations badly, leading to issues and confusion. Yes, multiple mod managers (NMM, Vortex, MO2 and Witcher 3 Mod Manager) support TW3 technically, but on practice, if you want proper work of your modded game, it's mandatory to install them manually. Plus, the way TW3 mods handle their files structure prevents from direct files overwriting when placing the mods into game folder, as all files are stored in each mod own folder. Once again - install TW3 mods manually. I won't be able to provide any troubleshooting support if the mod manager is used.

3) Defining the game directories where the mods will be installed. Remember them, or just refer to this step later if needed. Most of further mod installation instructions in the guide for each certain mod will look like "XXX folder goes to mods folder, YYY folder goes to dlc folder, ZZZ file goes to x64 folder", which should be understood as "download the mod archive, unpack it, and look for folders XXX and YYY, and ZZZ file, which you should place into respectively mentioned directories" - to simplify the instructions and save you, my dear reader, from tons of repetitive and plainly excess text to read <3 - Witcher 3 root folder, aka \Path_To_Your_Witcher3_Installation\The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt GOTY - Witcher 3 mods folder, aka \Path_To_Your_Witcher3_Installation\The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt GOTY\mods - Witcher 3 dlc folder, aka \Path_To_Your_Witcher3_Installation\The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt GOTY\dlc - Witcher 3 mod menu folder, aka \Path_To_Your_Witcher3_Installation\The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt GOTY\bin\config\r4game\user_config_matrix\pc - Witcher 3 x64 folder, aka \Path_To_Your_Witcher3_Installation\The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt GOTY\bin\x64

4) You own Witcher 3 in GOG, and it's GOTY 1.31 English? Surely sure? Great, proceed straight to step 12 (skipping steps 5 to 11).

5) You own Witcher 3 in GOG, but it's not GOTY? Get the GOTY (now also called the "Complete") one. It's mandatory.

6) Your game is GOG Goty, but it's 4.0/"next gen" (named "complete edition" in the library) and/or not in English? Open GOG Galaxy client and go to your Witcher 3 pane. Make sure Galaxy client is opened at fullscreen size. Click on "Extras" button, like shown on the screenshot here, and then download "Witcher 3 GOTY Classic" Part 1 to Part 10, like shown here. Also make sure to disable game autoupdate (crucially important) and select English language. This now may take some time as Galaxy will need to re-download some files. Voila - you have the GOTY 1.31 now!
Now, proceed straight to the step #12 (skipping steps 7 to 11, yup).

7) You own Witcher 3 in Steam, but it's not GOTY? You need to get a GOTY version, and while you'll be doing so anyway, it's strongly recommended to get the GOG, not a Steam one (why - read in FAQ). Get it and proceed to straight to step 12 (skipping steps 8 to 11). If you for some reasons don't want to get GOG GOTY version and you want it in Steam no matter what, get the Steam "GOTY" and proceed to the next step.

8) You own Witcher 3 in Steam, and it's GOTY version (not a complete version, already installed)? Once again - if a few extra bucks spent to support CDPR is not a problem for you - get GOTY version at GOG. But if you don't want - it's possible to manage without it, using 2 extra steps below (step #10 and #11).

9) You own Witcher 3 in Steam, and it's "next gen" update (named "complete edition" in the library - either already installed, or you own the game and plan to install it)? Open "Betas" in the game management options in Steam, and choose version 1.32, as shown here. Install this version, not the complete version.

10) Install 1.32 to 1.31 Patch. First of all, go to your Witcher 3 root folder. Now, proceed to \content\content0. Find the file named "cn.w3strings". Delete it (and only it, nothing else). Now, download the archive somewhere (not in your TW3 game folder, somewhere else). Unpack it. Place "bin" and "content" folders inside your Witcher 3 root folder. Approve overwriting (exactly the overwriting, do not choose "keep both files" option). Done!
Note: Some players were reporting that the 1.32 to 1.31 patch is causing some other issues in return (like NPCs lips not moving during the talking no matter what). If this will be a case for you (and only if you will be 100% sure that's the culprit), you can try to mod 1.32 - but in this case, some mods will not work properly. It's still [much better] then the "nextgen" version with its performance issues and too small amount of mods available in general.

11) Install Community Patch - Base. Note: this step is not needed for GOG game version - proceed to step 12. As mentioned before, Steam GOTY version is not quite a "real" GOTY, and here's when the next patch comes in handy! Basically, it makes needed non-GOTY game scripts equal to GOTY version. Download the "CommunityPatch-Base" archive. Unpack it. Place the "Mods" and "content" folders inside your Witcher 3 root folder. Approve overwriting (exactly the overwriting, do not choose "keep both files" option). Once again note that if you're using GOG GOTY version - you don't need this patch (means if some mod page lists it as required, you can ignore this).

12) Install Mod Limit Adjuster. Witcher 3 is very "capricious" when it comes to mods amount. There's not scrict limit (like 255 plugin in Skyrim, for example), but game can go nuts with basically any mods amount, even just a few - this includes longer loading screens (or complete stucks on them), freezes, crashes, and just wide amount of most weird glitches. In past, it was very tedious to bypass this, as all you could do was to merge mods yourself, which also often leaded to new issues. No more! Mod Limit Adjuster is an engine fix which allows you to use as many mods as you want, simple as that.
First of all, install Ultimate ASI Loader (it's required for Adjuster to work). Download the latest version x64 archive (namely the "Ultimate-ASI-Loader_x64.zip" file). Unpack it. Place the dinput8.dll file inside your Witcher 3 x64 folder (basically, where the witcher3.exe file is located). Make sure you downloaded exactly the 64 bit version of the loader - otherwise, Mod Limit Adjuster won't work correctly.
Note: if you're 100% sure you have downloaded the correct file and installed it properly, but your game still crashes at launch (and only in this case), try to rename the file to d3d11.dll - it's a rarely happening issue to some users, and this solution helps with it.
Now download the Mod Limit Adjuster archive. Unpack it. Place both "ModLimitAdjuster.asi" and "ModLimitAdjuster.cfg" inside your Witcher 3 x64 folder (same where you placed the previous file). Well done - you can now use as many mods as you want - feel the power!

13) Launch the game once before intalling mods themselves. Simply launch the game once (not needed to start the walkthrough, just run the game till the main menu is opened, and then exit) to make sure all base game configuration files are generate, just in case.

14) Apply load order configuration. At this page header, click on the zip file button (this one), then click on "Load Order Configuration". Download the file somewhere and unpack it - inside you'll see the mods.settings file (if "show file extensions" option is not enabled in your Windows, then you'll see it just as "mods" file). It's a small configuration document which will sort the load order of all needed graphics mods (and a few gameplay mods as they may affect the visual look of objects like armors/weapons too) from the guide in proper order for the best visual result and saves your time. Grab this file and place it to \Documents\The Witcher 3 folder. If there's such file there already, just overwrite it. Good job!

15) Check your game after each few mods installed. Always make at least a basic check (launch the game - load a test save - fast travel somewhere/start a random combat) from time to time in process of modding, after each few mods installed. This is needed to prevent situations like if something goes wrong (a wonky script merging, improper mod installation etc) but you having no idea what and when exactly because you last time checked your game 50 mods ago. So, simply check your game often enough to always keep hand on pulse.

16) Optionally yet highly recommended - download and install Sublime Text. It's a simple yet powerful text editor - similar to Windows native Notepad, just many times better. It's very cozy and makes editing various configuration files (which you'll need to do at least few times) and things like .ws and .xml files (mod files if you'll want to edit them) easily and with comfort. It's free and reliable, serving millions of people for many years.

17) Optionally (read below) - download and install WolvenKit. Note #1: this tool is optional, read below.
Note #2: don't foget to install the required official CDPR modkit from here for it to work properly.
WolvenKit is a great and powerfull tool which mod authors are using to make Witcher 3 mods. It can create access the game files, edit them and pack mods. You can still use it for yourself to edit mods - let's say, you don't like the damage of that mod-added sword, or some other things in the mod - so, you can try edit such things yourself, and for this WolvenKit irreplaceable - but asides from that (or making mods yourself), you won't need it. You can also get a bit newer version from its official GitHub page.

1) Install Script Merger. Don't let the name bamboozle you - it's all-in-one tool for Witcher 3 mod conflicts solving. Models & textures overwriting, mods load order, script conflicts, xml conflicts - all that is being solved and sorted out with a help of this single amazing tool. Download the archive, unpack it and place the folder anywhere you want (just not in game folder and not in Program Files). Inside the folder, see the WitcherScriptMerger.exe - launch it and setup your game directory, in case it won't find it automatically. Make a shortcut of this program on your desktop, or quick launch panel, etc - if you're about to install more than just a few texture mods and a Reshade preset, you will be using this tool a lot. Watch the turorial video below - it's mandatory.

2) Develop this good habit when it comes to TW3 conflict solving ↓↓↓↓↓ Do not report "script compilation error" type of issues as "bugs" to mod authors - in general, do not report them at all. Solving the script conflicts between the various mods is purely on the user's side, and if such and error appears - in 100% cases, this is caused by improperly made script merging. Mod authors should not and simply can not help in such cases - as a person who's modding the game with most different combination of mods, authors simply can't be aware on each and every conflict that can appear. Tldr, such "bug" reports on the mod page will only confuse other players and bring yet another report of the issue which has technically nothing to do with the mod itself. Re-do the script merging and see where you could possibly make a mistake, think a bit - and you'll most surely succeed! <3

3) One more extra recommendation for merging: Due to the nature of how Script Merger works (and purely from the perspective of human factor as well), it's better to merge conflicts every now and then rather than just all at once. Basically, don't try to merge 100+ mods only when you'll finish the guide - do this a few times during modding process - let's say, every 10 mods installed, or after every guide section passed.


Not as scary now as it looked at first glance, right? For mdos from graphics part of the guide, you most likely won't need to merge scripts/xmls at all - only in very few cases (mostly the complex mods from UI section) - so during the graphics modding part, just launch Script Merger a few times to see there are no such conflicts. When it comes to gameplay modding - make sure to launch Script Merger after each few mods installed, to see if there are script/xml conflicts, and if so - merging them and launching the game to see script compilation running without errors and game is launching (50% of the check) and then making a basic check if the mod features are working correctly (other 50% of the check). Never install tons of gameplay mods in one fell swoop and only then merge - in this way, it will be much harder to make merges and easier to slip somewhere. Don't rush and do it bit byt bit.
Feel free to refer to this video from time to time if you feel you're stuck with something - this program is your best friend into conflict-free modded game. Just one more time in addition to the note in the video - you can (and should, in vastly majority of cases) merge the .ws and .xml files, but never merge .csv files (it's very rare to happen though). Also, if you messed something up in script/xml merging and think you need to rollback - simply delete the mod merging which caused issues and re-launch Script Merger. It will rollback the state of merged files back to before merge with this mod was made. Now, when you know the main conflict types between the mods, here the deal - all "Bundled Non-text" (model/textures/lighting/fx) mods are already sorted properly thanks to the mod.settings file you've used in previous step - so no matter how many (and in which combination) graphics mods from the guide you'll install, you don't need to worry about that at all :)
We can proceed to modding itself now - preparations are done, stability is ensured and you now have a basic knowledge needed for conflicts solving. Let the path begin!

This section contains bugfixing mods which can be considered essential, like fixing not working skills/oils (yeah, it's 6 years since the game release, it has GOTY version but some skills still simply don't work, thankfully we have mods), interface bugs, moments which are not directly bugs but are extremely annoying etc. So from this section, install all of them.
Asides from the mods fixing bugs, this section will also list some rarely happening but pesky bugs which are (seems to be) still not fixed by the mods, so I'll list a workaround for each of those I know myself, look below the mods themselves ↓↓↓↓↓

Now, a few fixes for some game bugs which still exist and can be pretty annoying.

Bug #1: I've cleared yet another "abandoned site" from monsters/bandits, there's clearly no more enemies left, but the cutscene with people coming back doesn't trigger.

Sometimes, it seems the game simply "forgets" to render one monster/bandit from the pack on the abandoned site, and so, this scene doesn't proceed - as game knows not all enemies were dealt with. To fix this, you need to go far enough so game re-renders this area. 100% working way is to simply fast travel somewhere else and then return to this place - "missing" enemy will appear there.

Bug #2: In White Orchard, I've fought the ghost guarding Kolgrim's crypt (where the Viper sword diagram is). At some point, ghost just disappeared, then appeared again and it's invincible, I cannot kill it no matter what.

This fight is scripted - when you damage the ghost enough (usually that's around 50% of its essense bar ), it disappears and reappears again below, in the crypt. Seems sometimes, if you deal a "burst" of damage, something goes wrong and this bug happens. Load earlier save before fighting the ghost and try to damage it more "gradually", without a bursts of damage.

Bug #3: I realised some my dedoctions (Water Hag, Werewolf, Succubus) just stopped working! They are shown in the buffs UI, but there's actually no effects from them.

Yep, that's pretty pesky bug. Sometimes, some dedoction effects (these 3 are confirmed, maybe some others too) simply go away after cutscenes/dialogues. They are being shown as active, but don't work on practice. This bug was not reported often by players due to nature of its fix. To fix it, you simply need to consume any food. And we know that crunching food almost all the time, as it gives great passive healing, is almost a habit to most of TW3 players - thus, this bug was "automatically" fixed usually and most of players simply never noticed anything.

Bug #4: When I go to "Mods" in game menu and start scrolling through them, everything looks messy. How to solve?

Look up for the "Community Patch - Menu Strings" mod, the last mod in this section list, just a few lines above.

This section look quite massive and scary as for the guide very beginning, but don't worry - these bugfixing mods are not essentilal, meaning bugs fixed buy them are minor, which are not breaking the game functionality - most of them you will, most likely, not even notice - minor visual defects, typos in quest logs, that kinds of bugs. Sometimes, not technically a bugs but an oversights or things that simply could be handled better. So here, just go through the section and see which mods you actually want to have and which you don't want.

A word of general information about texture mods - should you install them or not. If your can run the game on Ultra settings without issues, then you, most likely, won't have any issues with all the mods from this section used together. On decent-to-high-end rigs, you can even sometimes experience a better performance than in vanilla, as in quality mods like HDRP, many textures are optimized better than vanilla ones, while looking better too. If you're not sure if your PC is capable enough, see the FPS drops when using "big coverage" packs, like HDRP - you can also try to avoid the big packs like it, which cover a lot of objects, and still pick the mods which retexture smaller amount of objects, or just single object. To understand this better, let's say some mod modifies landscape and settlement textures - so it's clear it has hundreds of textures and big coverage - so indeed, for low-end rigs, performance hit will be not worth it. At the same time, even on potato rig, one can still install a mod which retextures, let's say, Geralt's knife, or Geralt appearance - because it's a single object/character and even 4k texture for it won't give any FPS impact.
Also, mods improving/changing the look of characters (from Geralt to inconsequential NPCs) have their own section further in the guide, so don't worry you don't see them here :)

Now a few more mods which are optional as using them is pretty much a matter of taste:

Weather and lighting mods are important not less than a great texture mods, as they either improve (already great - but hey, it's no limit to perfection, right) TW3 weather'n'lighting system, or even add brand new weathers to the game, making it look and feel more atmospheric. Remember the main rule here - use only one of the big weather/lighting mods at the same time - there are few exceptions/complementary mods which can be used together, they are mentioned below in the section.

Big weather and lighting mods. Use only one:

Smaller standalone mods. You can use one, few or all of ther together with one of the mods above:

A bit of generally useful information about Reshade and Reshade presets - what's that at all and how to eat it!

List of most beautiful Reshade presets:

This section is not big in terms of numeric amount of mods, but can have a really massive impact on your game look. Better shadows, new light sources and FX, better LODs and grass - such mods are here. All of them can be used together with any weather/lighting mod and Reshade preset, making a solid addition.

Better shadows, new light sources, FX and various visuals:

Better distant look of objects:

Grass - choose only one mod:

Mods in this section are all about improving the visual look of the characters - both generic and named ones, as as changing their appearance or armor/clothes. Better skin & eyes textures, improved character models, better (and new) hairstyles, improved or changed look of their gear and more - here there's something for every preference. About which mods you can use together and which not - there's no unified rule, but usually, you can use multiple mods for Geralt (or other characters), for example, if one mod changes his face textures, second changes beard hairworks, third one changes armor and last one changes face - but only model, for instance. You should not, of course, use multiple mods which affect same details of same chararcters - one will just overwrite another. Most of mods in this section are purely model/texture replacers, so the mod.settings configuration file provided by the guide solves all compatibility aspects without you need to worry about it. A few mods though, which add new features (like always burning HOS mark or glowing witcher eyes depending on condition) also modify scripts, so for these you'll most likely need to use Script Merger and merge scripts. If you're not sure about that, refer to the "Understanding and solving various mod conflicts" section and watch Script Merger tutorial video again.

First of all, install this mod - it fixes eternaly-existing game bug where all NPCs in the game, besides those talking to Geralt directly in dialogues/cutscenes were not moving their lips at all. Yep, we played the game for almost 6 years with this limitaton, and finally can remove it:

These few mods you can use with any other character mods below - they will either serve as a solid base for better look of characters in general (and overwritten by the mods below), or compatible with everything else by default.

Now, let's proceed to the wide assortment of mods to choose from for certain characters. Of course, for..

Geralt:

Various pack covering plenty of different NPCs:

Ciri, Yen and Triss:

Witchers gang:

Keira:

Shani:

Cerys:

Fringilla:

Iris:

Orianna:

Syanna:

Corinne:

Dandelion:

Regis:

Other characters and misc mods:

User interface, or just UI, is everything you see on screen in form of icons, status effects, tooltips and similar things. Initial interface of TW3 was plainly horrible on PC, as it was basically copied from consoles. It became better with time and really better in the GOTY version of the game, but it sill can be improved greatly, which will save you plenty of time and just make game more comfortable.

Various HUD mods, starting from some complex and almost essential ones, to small little gems fixing certain annoying things or making purely matter of taste change:

Now, a few beautiful replacers for the main menu. Use only one, ofc:

New fonts for Witcher 3. Install only one:

In Skyrim, there's a well-known thing - if you want to have actually ultimate modded game, it's better to avoid the huge "all-in-one" mods which overhaul close to every game aspect, as they often are made too subjectively and also rob you out from a freedom of choice towards using other cool mods. As for the Witcher 3, things went somewhat different way here, and many of mods similar in scale here are actually incredible - ofc, each of them will still bring you the perspective of its author related to game difficulty, but, each of mods listed here is a work of art, and while it's not technically required, it's a good idea to pick one of these overhauls as base for your gameplay changes, and improve it with the other mods from the rest of section (but ofc, always read the overhaul page/document thoroughly to get an understanding of which mods you most likely need to avoid to possible sometimes heavy compatibility clashes). Remember: should you decide to use mods from this section, choose only one. Let's take a look!

P.S. remember the "New Game Plus" option? Now forget about it. Similar to "legendary" skills leveling system in Skyrim, NG+ in TW3 was pretty boring as, on practice, you was simply replaying the game keeping your stats and equipment, with enemies scaled to your level. No new skills for bosses, no new abilities for enemies, nothing new at all - just a sponginess system, basically. The initial purpose of almost every well-made gameplay overhaul is to get rid of the sole reason to play NG+ in first turn, making base game itself more fun and challenging not because enemies magically became 30 levels higher, but because they'll have new skills and abilities, and you will have improvements to your own arsenal as well. Even if you personally like NG+ idea, almost all big gameplay mods are either directly incompatible with or, or simply not made with it in mind.

There were more mods in this section before! Ugh?
They were indeed - but as the modding stage goes forward, it's also time to update this section. Some whole game overhauls previously listed here, were removed, because of either it's became possible to replicate all their features with standalone, fresher and better configurable mods, or because of being not supported for a too long time (and also having better alternatives).

Economy...probably, the most blatantly disbalanced, bloated part of the game. According to the books, witchers are poor people, living on the road most of their life also because they are...well, not rich. Ofc, it's clear why CDPR didn't make economy THAT much hardcore - they had to make a tough choice to make game more casual in order for it to become more appealing to casual players, which are the biggest part of gaming community - and that's understandable, but also...not THAT broken, right? In vanilla game, money simply stop having any practical sense after level 15 or so because you're simple basking in loot, rewards and gold, so much gold you simply don't even have where to spend it. Well, now (if you want to, ofc) you can change it, and turn economy and loot system into something actually important. Interested? Check this section out!

First of all, 3 really massive economy overhauls. Choose one of them:

Now, a few more smaller but great complementary mods. All of them can be used with one of the overhauls above.

Lastly, some other neat little mods changing some of more "pinpoint" economy/loot aspects. They also grouped separately as they all are included in LEGO overhaul above, but unlike the whole overhaul, can be used with either EE or LFE:

In this section, you can pick some nice smaller standalone mods which are oriented exactly on combat, changing one of few aspects of it, or adding brand new mechanics, to add a polishing touches to any "whole game" overhaul you're using, or to start building your own setup of gameplay mods if you don't want to use big overhauls.

Various mods focusing on alchemy - rebalance, new effects and items and so on. Also some crafting-oriented mods.

Alchemy:

Crafting:

Signs-related mods - this section contains both mods improving signs visual look, as well as mods balancing or changing their effects.

Signs improved visuals:

Sings gameplay mods:

The next few mods you may or may not need if you're using one of "whole game" overhauls, as those often have own rebalance of signs mechanics and stats - so read such overhaul mod page if you're using it and test these mods with it to see if you actually need them or no.

Animations is a double-edged sword for Witcher 3. At one hand, vanilla animations themselves in the game are really well-made compared to most of other RPGs. At the same time, there's no limit to perfection - you may want to polish them, adjust to your liking, add animations for some actions that were lacking them, etc. Yet, when it comes to modding animations in this game, it's really hard to achieve that without glitches. Thus, there won't be lots of mods in this section - only those which are completely bug-free, or can have some minor bugs, but are too good in general so joy of using them is much higher than minor disadvantages.

Nuff said - let's go, Roach!

Roach gameplay mods:

Roach visuals:

Roach remodels/retextures. Choose only one from these:

Roach gear:

Everything needed to make Witcher 3 minigame better - improved decks, new cards, more challenging AI, useful utility Gwent mods, card retextures and more - bringing Gwent to the brand new level similar to its standalone game version.
Note: Due to complexity of Gwent and the fact it's stored in your save file, NEVER install or uninstall Gwent mods (asides from purely texture/sound replacers) in midgame. Starting a new game when using Gwent overhauls is mandatory - so, to choose the one you want, first test them on separate saves, make your choice, and only then install the preferred overhaul and start a new game.

Gwent overhauls. Use only one:

Gwent QOL mods:

Card retextures, new Gwent music etc. May or may not work with the overhauls:

"Immersion" is a very broad and subjective term - simply speaking, it's everything that helps a player to better "feel" the game or bring the gameplay closer to realistic conditions, like lore-related additions, needs system, various other survival/exploration mods etc. All such mods are located in this section. They may vary greatly, be complex and make game harder or be purely cosmetic - so browse the section fully, as you'll most likely pick at least few mods no matter of your personal gameplay preference.

Survival, exploration and combat immersion:

Various cosmetic immersion:

A section for mods which don't quite fit into some dedicated mod category above - yet, they are incredibly well-made and can have a massive impact on your gameplay, especially together with other mods affecting combat and immersion.

Leveling-changing mods. Use only one.

A similar section, but for the mods smaller in either size or impact, but still can be grandly useful (or tearfully heartbreaking, you'll understand instantly when you'll see) to you depending on mod setup.

Witcher 3 soundtrack is definitely spectacular. But after several walkthroughs, have you ever thought of diversifying it? Replace or remove some sounds which annoy you maybe? Take a look at this section.

Music mods. Choose one:

Sound mods

Now that's a massive section here! Want to your Wolven set have a stylish black colors instead of mixed original ones? Want to customize your weapons visual effects, like oils/runes appearance? Want to find brand new, epic armor sets or weapons in the game, to greatly diversify your arsenal? Seek no more - chew this section with pleasure :)
One note you should remember though - most of mods which add new armors or weapons (unless they have a specific patches provided by the mod author) are made with vanilla game in mind, which means the stats of items may be over/under powered if you're playing with "whole game" overhauls like W3EE and others. Redux, once again, is the most compatible overhaul in this case - I'm using it with several weapon/armor expansion mods and balance is just fine.

Mods changing existing armor/weapons stats/look, or featuring changed/improved mechanics:

First of all, these 5 awesome mods - you can use them with any other of the mods below in this whole section.

Nice! Now the rest of the mods from this subsection:

Mods adding new armors/weapons/clothes:

First things first. Unfortunately, default Witcher 3 mod-making engine simply doesn't have the tools needed to make quest/new land mods. There's an absolutely titanic work which aims to allow that, but it's being made and update by a single person, so it's a very slow process and tools lack proper documentation, so making a quest mod for TW3 is still a very limited and incredibly time-consuming process. Thus, don't expect the mods in this section to be anyhow even remotely same in scope and complexity as popular Skyrim quest mods, for example. Mostly it's something really simple when it comes to new quests, or some quest changes/corrections (asides from pure bugfixes in sections above). This said, there is a couple of absolutely monumental works which are actually the fully-fledged quest mods on practice.

Mods in this section don't directly affect combat or overall gameplay difficulty, and don't fit directly under any other "big" mod category. What they do is changing the most different gameplay aspects to allow you save time, have a better control of some cosmetic effcts (or add some new cosmetic effects), or remove/change certain annoying aspects of the gameplay and generally make your walkthrough more comfortable. Here, you may find some little gem and say "woah, how came nobody did this before". Take a look!

Now, quite a few mods with a same goal: to make Cat potion usage less tedious and/or give you new controls over it. There are both simple and more complex mods here. Read their descriptions to see which one (or more) you want to grab. Note: if you're using Redux as your game overhaul, you won't need the "toggle" mod/features from these - Redux has Cat toggle feature inbuilt.

Nice, let's continue.

If you can't, unfortunately, run this game on a decent FPS even on medium settings, but still want to mod your TW3, this section may be useful to you. Ofc, this means you should not use any graphics mods to begin with - solutions below will simply allow you to get more FPS with vanilla game look, so you can get a decent performance and install gameplay mods on top. Please use the tools/instructions below with a caution - and take into account I'm not able to provide a troubleshooting support for them.

A word of clarification about this section. Mods listed in at are really great feature-wise and deserve the great respect to their authors. They are placed here because either of being highly lore-unfriendly/disbalanced, being really buggy, or beig problematic in gameplay due to their nature (usually some features which are way to much out of the base game design). To use them or not - that's totally up to you, just please take into account I won't be able to provide troubleshootung support related to bugs and other problems if you'll have these mods installed.

Before starting this module - implement the module above (the "Wonky Dandelion" one). Then return here.

So, first of all - implement the first module in this section (the "Wonky Dandelion" one, and ofc skip this if you've already did so while using "Stylish Striga" module). Then return here.

White Wolf Overdose, the most epic module between them all, is already available at my Patreon page for all patrons of Battlemage tier and higher - with support on the mod list choice options, menus configurations and script/xml merging.