r/thewitcher3

Yo! I just started The Witcher 3 for the first time ever.

I’ve been a competitive gamer most of my life (LoL + Dota 2), but recently I got burned out on the competitive grind. I wanted to switch to games that are just fun and immersive again.

For some reason, I picked The Witcher 3.

I’m about 30+ hours in, and honestly… I did NOT expect it to be this good. The story, world, characters, and even the small interactions all feel insanely well made. It’s crazy that a game this old still feels better than a lot of modern releases.

The world feels alive in a way I haven’t experienced in a while. It actually gave me that same “I’m inside the world” feeling I had with Kingdom Come Deliverance 2.

It also made me realize I’ve spent years chasing ranks instead of just enjoying games like this.

Now I’m even thinking of starting a YouTube series going through all the legendary games I missed.

PS: I have ALOT more to say about the game, I just don't wanna make this post too long.

Also I know one thing for sure, I wont need 10+ years to discover Witcher 4, that's for sure!

Any beginner tips for Witcher 3?

https://reddit.com/link/1tivcjr/video/6n7975ukac2h1/player

Following video above shows what I'm experiencing. Once Geralt is in a body of water he just doesn't move/can't move. I can't even open up the menu after it closed in the above video.

I have tried various fixes - saving and then reloading that save, restarting the game, pressing dive as soon as I jump in, checking the IK_C=(Action=DiveDown) functions in the input settings to make sure there isn't any IK=None lines.. Afraid to verify files on steam as last time that screwed up a lot of my mods.

While I do have mods installed, none of them affect water or Geralt's ability to swim, and on each of the mods installed, this is not a reported bug so unlikely to be mod related.

I did have to do a clean wipe of the game a few days ago due to another bug, reinstalled mods including Brothers in Arms - I know the thread says this must only be used in a new clean game, and not uninstalled then reinstalled but would be surprised if this caused a water-related bug.

1)      Brothers in Arm Ult Edition

2)      HD Reworked Project NextGen Edition

a.      MOD TESTER - HD Rework Project

3)      HDMR HD Monsters Reworked

4)      Characters Reworked Project

5)      God Mode – Next Gen

6)      All Quest Objectives on Map

7)      (Next Gen Edition) Friendly HUD

8)      E3 Quen

9)      Combo Blood (3-in-1)

10. Often Dismember

11. Tweaks

12. Better Icons

13. Improved Horse Control

14. Hairworks – white beard

15. Geralt White hair/real hair (choose one)

16. Better trophies

Above are all the mods I have installed.

Any help/advice would be appreciated. Script Merger has a few conflicts but generally according to the threads they can be ignored.

I defeated the boss and followed a guide for good ending. Got the diagrams but can't loot the boss as a cutscene occurs as soon as I killed the boss. I was taken outside and can't even re enter the devil's pit anymore as it stays locked.

Help me.

Hi fam, Complètely new to this game and i really like it. Thing is i messed up my perks répartition in the first hours because I didn’t get how to properly craft a build. After a few roamings on Google I now know what I want, but I have at least 3 perks which are completely useless. I am currently at level 4 I know you can respec for 1000 gold in Novigrad but it seems a long way to me, I just entered the Velen zone, and have 150 gold to myself. So should I live for now with 3 useless perks or start again to properly fire up the build I want ?

Wow, it’s so awesome to be back! I’m about 60 hours in now in Skellige. Novigrad and Velen were just as awesome as I remember, but does anyone else feel like Skellige can get a little tedious when replaying? I find the exploration there for one thing to be super annoying. Always having to run around a mountain, not having a boat when I need one, etc. I’ll see a sign post 100 feet away, but then I have to snowboard down a mountain to get there and die 3 times lol.

I still love the area and the quest themes, but I think this stuff didn’t really bother me on my first play through 10 years ago.. crazy to think.

I almost cried when Geralt told Emhyr that Ciri was dead. I knew nothing about the endings beforehand so it was a nice surprise seeing her at the inn.

Also happy 11th anniversary to this incredible game, I wish I had played it sooner!

Is there a way to level up weapons/ armour with your character? I really love the sword the lady of the lake gave me but I have other swords that are more powerful now same with the forgotten wolf armour, its my favourite but its really weak right now in comparison to other armours I find even at grandmaster level.

Is there anyway to power scale equipment with your characters level or am I being irrational? :(

Been enjoying the game so far. Been wondering if I should do the main story first, side quest are has its moments but not really enjoying it at the moment. Was gonna do the story first and continue with the side Q after. Is there a bunch of quest that’ll be unavailable upon completion?

So I have this game for the switch, and I’m absolutely dying to start it. I was about to start it a few weeks ago, but saw somewhere that there was speculation of an upcoming enhanced S2 edition.

I forget what the supporting conditions were, does anyone know? Something about a confirmed content/performance update coming to the game, which people thought would be a great time to drop a S2 version?

The reason I’m wondering is, if by the time the update does release, if there is no S2 version along with it, I’ll probably start the game right then.

Pretty much the title.. I’ve noticed the alchemy plants are no longer growing/refreshing in the greenhouse (even after days/weeks), same with the garden outside. Is that a bug/glitch, or just something that happens after a certain point? It’s not REALLY an issue, as I’ve finished the story and DLC, gotten the mutagenerator, and have all mutagen slots filled with red mutagens AND unlocked all the BaW mutations now. But just curious if anyone else has encountered this or what…