Another 4K Terrain Mod for The Witcher 3 Replaces Skellige Textures
Fans of The Witcher 3 who own the game on PC have a new and impressive 4K terrain textures mod to try out. Released by the same modder who recently launched a 4K terrain mod for White Orchard, the new Witcher 3 mod affects the Skellige region of the game.
The New Witcher 3 Mod: 4K Terrain Textures for Skellige
The new “Skellige 4K Terrain Mod” was released yesterday on NexusMods by “Boostin4kix”; the same modder who launched a White Orchard 4K Terrain Mod on the 5th of September. According to Boostin4kix, the new Skellige mod is completely “lore-friendly”; i.e., it doesn’t remove anything it shouldn’t. All it does is replace the game’s terrain textures with enhanced versions; “This texture mod is somewhat lore friendly,” says Boostin4kix; “and doesn’t add things like snow where they don’t belong. I basically just tried to improve upon what was already there, so nothing should appear out of place.”
Boostin4kix has now made 4K Terrain Mods for both White Orchard and Skellige. The modder has said that they plan to make more for The Witcher 3’s other regions; “Yes I’m going to try and continue this mod,” he says; “I want to expand it to at least the major areas in the game, like Velen, and Toussaint”. The modder also addressed the possibility of releasing all of the Terrain Mods as one single package. However, doing so may not be possible due to size restrictions; “I’ve thought about that but it all depends on how big the file will be, if it’s under 5 gigs then yes, 5 gigs is the upload limit for the nexus.”
The mod can be found on NexusMods; despite launching only yesterday, it has already been downloaded around 347 times. The modder’s White Orchard terrain mod has accrued over 1,300 downloads. White Orchard is the least of The Witcher 3’s various regions, however. It seems likely that mods for the larger gameplay regions, such as Skellige, Velen, and Toussaint, will receive much more attention.