Lore-friendly Witchers – Less-friendly (looking) Witchers. The best mods for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – January 2017 Edition

Truth be told, when I was playing the game, I didn’t find anything disagreeable about the looks of the witchers. Until I saw this mod. This little modification actually contains two separate mods, which contribute to making the witchers look more in line with the source material. The first one takes care of the eyes – makes them glow in the dark and appear even more feline (this applies both to Geralt and the rest of the witchers).

The other part of this mod is focused on the White Wolf himself, and it makes him… well, whiter. Geralt’s complexion is paler, and you can notice blood vessels on his cheeks. His eyebrows are no longer dark (because why would they be dark, in the first place?). Putting it shortly, the changes are purely cosmetic, but they reinforce the immersion significantly – you can really see why the common folk finds witchers intimidating and feels inclined to call them “bloody mutants”. At the same time, the effect isn’t as severe as in the case of poisoning with elixirs, so Geralt’s countenance is still a magnet for the ladies.

1. Download the Lore-friendly Witchers mod from Nexus Mods
2. Download True Mutantism mod
3. Download Real Witcher Eyes mod

Installation guide

I also recommend complementing this one with another, similar mode: Lore Friendly Ciri. This applies similar changes to Ciri, washing up her make-up (which I never liked), changing the color of her eyes slightly towards pure green, and darkening her hair a little bit, so it looks more “ashen” and less like she was devoid of pigment like Geralt. The changes apply both to Ciri as a kid and a grownup.

As I’ve already mentioned, Lore-friendly Witchers consists of more than one part. That’s why you need as many as three files to get the whole mod: “Real Witcher Eyes”, “True Mutantism” and “True Mutantism: Hearts of Stone” (the last one makes the mod compatible with the mark on Geralt’s face from Hearts of Stone).

1. All three archives have to be exported to the “Mods” folder in the game’s main directory. (Alternatively, use the Nexus Mod Manager).
2. It should also be mentioned that the author has prepared an alternative version of the mod, in which the color of the eyes changes, but the pupils are as wide as in the vanilla. If this sounds better to you, download the “Real Witcher Eyes: Vanilla Pupils” instead of “Real Witcher Eyes”.