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Essays 27 January 2017, 15:03

Witcher 2 Gear – so classy!. The best mods for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – January 2017 Edition

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Witcher 2 Gear:
  1. Creator: Holgar96 / Valas991
  2. Size: 143.2 MB
  3. Release date: February 2016
  4. Current version: 3.0 (March 2016 – requires an “unofficial” update)

I wouldn’t dare say there’s anything wrong with the wicked armors in The Witcher 3, but the mods adding more gear for Geralt are so abundant that I felt obliged to mention at least one of these. I chose to write about a particularly bulky and interesting project – The Witcher 2 Gear. The name is rather self-explanatory: it introduces gear from The Witcher 2 into The Witcher 3. More precisely – it swaps selected armors from the vanilla game. If you’re afraid this mod will delete your favorite stuff from the game, don’t worry – the author chose 40 most common (least effective) items; the mod keeps away from the witcher gear and other unique pieces of inventory.

In my opinion, however, that wouldn’t be a huge problem, since the inventory from Assassins of Kings wasn’t bad at all. Mind you that the armors aren’t 100% identical as the originals – they have been revamped as to match the level of detail of The Wild Hunt. As for thee downsides, there are two: first, the choice of armors to be replaced in the vanilla seems rather random, and second, the vanilla statistics remain unchanged. In the most radical case, an elegant outfit was replaced with the Vran Armor, which, despite of its cool looks, adds only 1 damage resistance point. Last but not least, let’s also mention this mod includes armors, trousers, gloves and shoes, but only those worn by Geralt – NPCs are not affected.

  1. Download this mod from Gamepressure.com

Installation guide

  1. The author’s support for this mod ended before the 1.31 version, so you will have to download it from here – it’s an unofficial version prepared by another Nexus Mods user.
  2. Extract the archive to the “Mods” folder, in the game’s directory, or use the Nexus Mod Manager.

Christopher Mysiak

Christopher Mysiak

Associated with GRYOnline.pl since 2013, first as a co-worker, and since 2017 - a member of the Editorial team. Currently the head of the Game Encyclopedia. His older brother - a game collector and player - sparked his interest in electronic entertainment. He got an education as a librarian/infobroker - but he did not follow in the footsteps of Deckard Cain or the Shadow Broker. Before he moved from Krakow to Poznan in 2020, he was remembered for attending Tolkien conventions, owning a Subaru Impreza, and swinging a sword in the company's parking lot.

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