Better Call Ciri – second playable character. The best mods for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – January 2017 Edition

I suppose many a gamer would like for The Witcher 3 to be designed more like GTA V, allowing switching between several playable characters. Better Call Ciri offers a homemade replacement for such an attraction, enabling you to freely switch between Geralt and Ciri. And we’re not just talking about simple character model substitution – the witcheress has her own unique skill and abilities (the same we make use of during certain portions of the story), animations, and interface; she also has her own inventory, she can ride Roach and browse world map and journal.

Unfortunately, for the moment Better Call Ciri is more of a curiosity than a serious proposition, because many things that should work simply don’t. Ciri’s level is set to 0 and she cannot gain experience points, which means she cannot use potions or bombs either. What’s worse, she can neither meditate nor craft items, and the lack of witcher sense prevents her from completing most of the quests. Additionally, I couldn’t use any of her special attacks, not to mention calling Roach. the NPCs around her were suspiciously quiet (even when they should be talking between themselves), and sometimes during conversations she was replaced by a… half-naked Geralt. Despite everything, the mod is a curious little addition – and if the creator fixes some things, it will become a truly interesting proposition.

1. Download this mod from Gamepressure.com

Installation guide

1. Download the „Better Call Ciri 1.1” and „Menu File” files (the former may be loaded directly into Nexus Mod Manager)
2. Copy the contents of the „Better Call Ciri” archive inside the „Mods” folder, in the main game folder (or use the Nexus Mod Manager).
3. Copy the contents of the „Menu File” archive into the main game folder.
4. Now you have to configure the keys – you can make this task easier by downloading the Input.Settings Patcher. app. Place the archive contents wherever you like and run the .exe file.
5. Select four items on the list on the left: „[Combat]”, „[Combat_Replacer_Ciri]”, „[Exploration]” and „[Exploration_Replacer_Ciri]”.
6. Type „IK_8” in the “Insert key” field on the right; just below, in the “Insert action name” field, type „BCToggleReplacer”.
7. Click the red „Add Keybind” button and close the Input.Settings.Patcher app.
8. From now on, you can freely switch between Geralt and Ciri by pressing the „8” key (or any other key of your choice)
9. Additionally, in the options you’ll find numerous parameters which you can freely configure – you can decide i.e. whether Ciri will be able to pick up items.