GamesRPGThe WitcherThe Witcher 3: Wild HuntNow that The Witcher 3 has proper mod support, one dev says you “can’t complain anymore” that you can’t romance the Crones because you can “make it yourself"When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
GamesRPGThe WitcherThe Witcher 3: Wild HuntNow that The Witcher 3 has proper mod support, one dev says you “can’t complain anymore” that you can’t romance the Crones because you can “make it yourself"When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission.Here’s how it works.
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The Witcher 3 has always been a popular game to mod, so last yearCD Projekt REDannounced that it’d be leaning into this directly with the release of anofficial PC mod editor. Aplaytest for these modding tools went live on Steam last week, allowing a select number of users to give the editor a go, and one of the game’s quest designers is already challenging modders to create their own romance mod for the Crones of Crookback Bog, which feels rather cursed.
“Not sure if you got the memo chooms, but we are cooking,” The Witcher 3 quest designer and associate director of the Cyberpunk 2077 sequel, Paweł Sasko, writes on Twitter, sharing the modding tools. “You can’t complain anymore that there is no option to romance witches from Crookback Bog, you can make it yourself.”
Not sure if you got the memo chooms, but we are cooking. You can’t complain anymore that there is no option to romance witches from Crookback Bog, you can make it yourself 🥹https://t.co/eP4Z0iy8mrApril 19, 2024
Not sure if you got the memo chooms, but we are cooking. You can’t complain anymore that there is no option to romance witches from Crookback Bog, you can make it yourself 🥹https://t.co/eP4Z0iy8mrApril 19, 2024
If you’ve played The Witcher 3, you’ll know that of all NPCs to add romance options for, the three Crones – or Ladies of the Wood – might be some of the most unusual choices. Without heading into spoiler territory, they aren’t exactly the friendliest bunch, and the tapestry depicting them as beautiful ladies isn’t entirely accurate, either, as they all take on a rather terrifying, monstrous appearance. Needless to say, I’m not sure who was complaining about the lack of romance options here in the first place, but now that the idea has been planted, it seems like it’ll probably only be a matter of time before someone takes Sasko’s suggestion seriously.
There’s still no wider release date for The Witcher 3 REDkit, so for now, users wanting to give it a go will have to request access and hope they’ll be let in. However, it’s planned to launch at some point this year, so watch this space, and look forward to the flood of weird and wonderful mods that’ll inevitably come with it.
Be sure to check out our roundup ofthe best Witcher 3 modsavailable now to spice up the RPG.
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