{"id":1677402,"date":"2026-08-27T13:12:53","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:12:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ZPH2GrquWnrvYRNXEJ6emk"},"modified":"2026-08-27T13:12:53","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T13:12:53","slug":"the-witcher-3-remastered-makes-the-originals-best-hd-mod-obsolete-but-only-because-that-same-modders-been-working-on-the-real-deal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-witcher-3-remastered-makes-the-originals-best-hd-mod-obsolete-but-only-because-that-same-modders-been-working-on-the-real-deal\/","title":{"rendered":"The Witcher 3 Remastered makes the original&#8217;s best HD mod obsolete, but only because that same modder&#8217;s been working on the real deal"},"content":{"rendered":"<article>\n<p>It&#8217;s been a long road, but a mod we called <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-witcher-3s-best-graphics-overhaul-mod-is-getting-even-better\/\">The Witcher 3&#8217;s best graphics overhaul<\/a> will no longer be needed\u2014and for once, I can talk about a mod becoming obsolete with a smile on my face, because the reasons involved here are all good ones.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusmods.com\/witcher3\/mods\/9963\" target=\"_blank\">The Witcher 3 HD Reworked<\/a> is a cornerstone of the game&#8217;s modding scene. We&#8217;re talking over 325,000 unique downloads (725,000 in total), and that&#8217;s just the version that was uploaded back in 2024. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusmods.com\/witcher3\/mods\/1021?tab=posts\" target=\"_blank\">The &#8220;OldGen&#8221; version<\/a>, uploaded in 2015, has an eye-melting 1.7 million unique downloads (5.8 million in total). It&#8217;s a frankly astonishing upscaling and remodelling project that effects thousands of textures, models, and so on in CD Projekt Red&#8217;s classic.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s so impressive, in fact, that CDPR just snapped the guy up for <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/the-witcher\/witcher-3-remastered-guide\/\">The Witcher 3 Remastered<\/a>. <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nexusmods.com\/witcher3\/mods\/9963?tab=posts\" target=\"_blank\">HalkHogan writes<\/a>: &#8220;It&#8217;s been a while since the last news and I would like to clarify any questions and confirm that I am cooperating with CDPR on The Witcher 3 Remaster, and my work will be officially available in the game on September 29 (on PC and consoles). HDRP will no longer be needed.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Almost all in-game characters, monsters, animals, vegetation, armors and equipment for Geralt &#038; Roach and a large part of the environment have been reworked, and I&#8217;ve put a lot of effort into ensuring the highest quality. Thanks and see you later!&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>This means that you&#8217;re not gonna need The Witcher 3 HD Reworked anymore because, well, the guy who made it worked on the remaster. Our own Joshua Wolens spoke to executive producer Jakub Kutrzuba about it earlier this month: &#8220;We are integrating the most popular mod on Nexus mod, the HDD Rework mod, with tons of upgraded textures, meshes. [It&#8217;s] something which is bringing great visual improvement across the whole game.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>As for how it turned out, he <a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/the-witcher\/we-saw-the-witcher-3-songs-of-the-past-in-action-and-the-full-game-remaster-thats-coming-this-year-too\/\">took a peek<\/a> more recently during Gamescom 2026, where he wrote: &#8220;It&#8217;s something else now. Letten is gorgeous from all angles, whether you&#8217;re watching the sunrise crest the hills or stepping into the oppressive darkness of its sinister woods.&#8221; <\/p>\n<div class=\"product\"><a data-dimension112=\"f05907b0-a218-11f1-af73-bb803fb1ba80\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"The Witcher 4\" data-dimension48=\"The Witcher 4\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"><\/p>\n<figure class=\"van-image-figure \" >\n<div class='image-full-width-wrapper'>\n<div class='image-widthsetter' style=\"max-width:396px;\">\n<p class=\"vanilla-image-block\" style=\"padding-top:100.00%;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" id=\"UiHQzGbgDWuTSBXL62v4Fd\" name=\"ciri-geralt-square\" caption=\"\" alt=\"\" src=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/the-witcher-3-remastered-makes-the-originals-best-hd-mod-obsolete-but-only-because-that-same-modders-been-working-on-the-real-deal.jpg\" mos=\"\" align=\"middle\" fullscreen=\"\" width=\"396\" height=\"396\" attribution=\"\" endorsement=\"\" credit=\"\" class=\"\"><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/figure>\n<p><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/will-there-be-a-witcher-4-heres-what-we-know\/\" target=\"_blank\" data-dimension112=\"f05907b0-a218-11f1-af73-bb803fb1ba80\" data-action=\"Deal Block\" data-label=\"The Witcher 4\" data-dimension48=\"The Witcher 4\" data-dimension25=\"\"><strong>The Witcher 4<\/strong><\/a>: What we know about Ciri&#8217;s story<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-best-witcher-3-mods\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Witcher 3 mods<\/strong><\/a>: Good hunting<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/the-witcher-books\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>The Witcher books<\/strong><\/a>: Where to start<br \/><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/witcher-3-console-commands-cheats\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>Witcher 3 console commands<\/strong><\/a>: Cheat death<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pcgamer.com\/games\/the-witcher\/the-witcher-3-remastered-makes-the-originals-best-hd-mod-obsolete-but-only-because-that-same-modders-been-working-on-the-real-deal\/\">Source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It&#8217;s been a long road, but a mod we called The Witcher 3&#8217;s best graphics overhaul will no longer be needed\u2014and for once, I can talk about a mod becoming obsolete with a smile on my face, because the reasons involved here are all good ones. The Witcher 3 HD Reworked is a cornerstone of the game&#8217;s modding scene. We&#8217;re talking over 325,000 unique downloads (725,000 in total), and that&#8217;s just the version that was uploaded back in 2024. The &#8220;OldGen&#8221; version, uploaded in 2015, has an eye-melting 1.7 million unique downloads (5.8 million in total). It&#8217;s a frankly astonishing upscaling and remodelling project that effects thousands of textures, models, and so on in CD Projekt Red&#8217;s classic. It&#8217;s so impressive, in fact, that CDPR&hellip;<\/p>\n<p class=\"excerpt-more\"><a class=\"blog-excerpt button\" href=\"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/the-witcher-3-remastered-makes-the-originals-best-hd-mod-obsolete-but-only-because-that-same-modders-been-working-on-the-real-deal\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1677403,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[336],"tags":[748,34,945],"class_list":["post-1677402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-pc-gamer","tag-games","tag-rpg","tag-the-witcher"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>The Witcher 3 Remastered makes the original&#039;s best HD mod obsolete, but only because that same modder&#039;s been working on the real deal | Arcader 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