The Witcher 3 Patch Notes 4.01 

The Witcher 3 next-gen upgrade came out in December, and is free to everyone who already owned the game. The next-gen upgrade had a whole host of new changes including graphical enhancements, quality of life changes and generally bringing the game into the latest generation of console. 

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Other than the issues experienced by PC players, the update was well received, breathing new life into one of the best RPGs we have ever seen. Just a month later, and we are set to get another patch to iron out some of the performance issues and improve the stability of the game. 

The Witcher 3 Patch Notes 4.01 

PC-SPECIFIC

• Fixed an issue where the Screen Space Reflections setting wasn’t working on PC despite being turned on. Players who had previously set their SSR setting to high may notice a performance impact.
• Added a new performance mode for ray-traced global illumination, which can be toggled by players with compatible hardware. It improves frame rate by prioritizing performance over range and precision.

CONSOLE-SPECIFIC

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• Fixed an issue where consoles could create a higher amount of saves than their set limit, resulting in various issues with saving the game or user settings being reset.  
• Improved Screen Space Reflections quality on next-gen consoles.
• Optimized ray-traced global illumination on next-gen consoles to improve the performance of Ray Tracing Mode.

QUESTS & GAMEPLAY – Available on all platforms

• Battle Preparations – Fixed an issue where it could be impossible to interact with Avallac’h during the objective “Let Avallac’h know everything’s ready.”
• Family Matters – Fixed an issue that could cause the game to crash during the transition to Ciri’s Story: Out of the Shadows when speaking to the Bloody Baron.
• King’s Gambit – Fixed an issue where it could be impossible to participate in the fistfight with the second Vildkaarl due to an invisible obstacle.
• Wine Wars: Belgaard – Added a retrofix for the issue we fixed in 4.00, where the quest couldn’t be completed if the player destroyed one of the required monster nests during exploration.
• A Dangerous Game – The armor in Caesar’s room should now change its appearance when the Alternate Nilfgaardian Armor is turned on.
• Axii Puppet – Increased the health and damage dealt by the puppet. 
• Adrenaline Rush mutation should now work according to its description. 
• Various small fixes to quests and cutscenes.

LOCALIZATION – Available on all platforms

• Fixed various issues with Arabic localization.
• Added the localized versions of Orianna’s song “Lullaby of Woe” in Korean and Simplified Chinese.
• Adjusted Priscilla’s lip-sync animation to match her voice-over in Simplified Chinese during the song “The Wolven Storm”.