'The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt' DLC news: New armor, crossbow, new patch for PC fixes

 The Witcher 3 website

CD Projekt Red will be giving away more free stuff for players of "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt." Ever since the game was released, the game studio has established a tradition of bestowing monster hunters with items and missions. 

A week after the title hit the market, the game studio gave away a Temerian Armor Set for Geralt as well as more hairstyles and beards. Yennefer got a new skin and players got an additional Witcher Conquest. This time, the developer is ready to bring out the fifth and sixth free DLCs for the massive RPG. 

Later this week, fans will get a Nilfgaardian Armor Set along with an Elite Crossbow Pack for free. These goodies come all the way from the Baron's Quartermaster in No Man's Land, and there's more where that came from, literally right from the Skellige Kaer Trolde Castle Blacksmith and the Novigrad Fancy Shop Owner. 

CD Projekt Red is looking to release 16 free post-launch packs for "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt," with two releasing each week. Not like the title isn't sizeable of an adventure enough. That's 200 hours of gameplay waiting. 

On the other hand, in the studio's effort to make the game as bug-free as possible, another patch update fort the PC version of the title is on the way. The patch will bring fixes for the bugs plaguing the game, including the tiny text players can hardly read and the XP glitch. 

Here is the list of changes from the patch:

  • Geralt will not longer interact with candles near chests and other interactive elements.
  • General stability and performance improvements
  • Significantly Enlarged GUI and HUD elements (including fonts) on consoles and slightly on PC.
  • Improved camera smoothness
  • Performance improvements during some cutscenes.
  • Fixed case where game was crashing on loading a save in certain situations
  • Various bug fixes and user experience improvements in GUI panels.
  • Fixed issue where some players were unable to run after Wandering in the Dark quest
  • Fixed issue where players were unable to talk to Eight after the Lord of Undvik quest
  • Too many wild hunt minions were spawned during Ciri's Story: Fleeing the Bog quest.
  • Fixed issue where Keira could sometimes fall under terrain during Wandering in the Dark quest
  • Fixed issue where Player was unable to move freely during Blindingly Obvious quest
  • Fixed issue where Player was unable to activate portal during Wandering in the Dark quest
  • Fixed issue where Player could get trapped in Turseach castle ruins
  • Fixed issue where Roche was not present at Hanged Man's tree during Eye for an Eye quest
  • Fixed issue where Player was unable to talk or interact with certain NPCs
  • Fixed issue where Sirens in quest Lord of Undvik could be invulnerable.
  • Fixed issue where player was unable to use certain actions after Carnal Sins quest
  • Fixed issue where Geralt was sometimes unable to mount Roach
  • Fixed issue where some players where experiencing infinite loading screen during King's Gambit quest.
  • Fixed issue where Simun was not properly spawned in An Unpaid Debt quest
  • Fixed issue where player might have had a progression break after choosing certain dialogue option when talking to Dijkstra in Count Reuven's Treasure quest
  • The Pyres of Novigrad quest is of course going to be fixed as well as the XP glitch. 
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