Get ready to unleash your creativity and join the official modding contest for The Witcher 3 REDkit! This May, CDPR released the Witcher 3 REDkit, an end-to-end solution that allows users to create new experiences and modify every aspect of The Witcher 3. Based on revamped versions of the same tools used by the developers nearly a decade ago, this kit is now available for free to anyone who owns The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt on PC. You can claim it on Steam, GOG.com, or the Epic Games Store. For more details, visit the official website of the editor.
The release of REDkit has already inspired a wave of fantastic new mods for The Witcher 3, but there’s still so much more to come. To celebrate the innovative, the amazing, and the downright wacky, CDPR and their partners have put together a set of amazing prizes to win, including:
- NVIDIA GeForce RTX 4080, sponsored by NVIDIA
- Gaming headsets, mice and keyboards, sponsored by Razer
- The Witcher team jerseys and playing cards, sponsored by Dyenamik
- The Witcher varsity jackets, sponsored by InsertCoin
Here are some details from CDPR about the contest:
We invite you to craft a completely new questline made of 2-3 interconnected quests! Here’s your chance to tell your own tale and forge an adventure of your own making — whatever that might be! For each submission, we’ll be looking for creativity, originality, and technical excellence to shine through.
If the main task isn't up your alley or if you need a warmup, you can also take part in smaller Modding Challenges along the way! A themed challenge will be unveiled every couple of weeks to give you an opportunity to showcase your individual skills. There will be 3 in total, with the first one appearing soon!
In order to submit your mod, you will need to upload it on Nexus Mods at https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3 and provide a link in the submission form available on the official contest website. You will also find there a handy set of Frequently Asked Questions!
You can participate in as many tasks as you want. However, please keep in mind that:
- In the main category you can participate individually or in teams of up to 5 people (you can only be a member of one team);
- Entries in the main category can be submitted until October 14th, 2024 3:59 PM CEST;
- In challenges you need to participate individually, but you can take part in as many challenges as you wish (you can only submit one mod to every challenge)
- Entries in challenges need to be submitted within specific deadlines, as communicated in respective challenge announcements;
- In order to be eligible in the contest, mods can't have been published prior to April 16th, 2024 1PM CEST
- Submitted mods can be updated until the submission phase deadline.
Modding Challenges will be judged by CD PROJEKT RED and Yigsoft team members. For the Main Category, a shortlist of submissions will be made by CD PROJEKT RED and Yigsoft judges. The final result will be decided by a community vote.
Challenge #1
Get ready for the first challenge of The Witcher 3 REDkit Modding Contest!
Are you ready to take Geralt to the beach with the summer clothes challenge? Create a new summer look for your favourite The Witcher 3 character and enter the contest to be in with a chance of winning.
Rules from CD PROJEKT RED:
In order to submit your mod, you will need to upload it on Nexus Mods at https://www.nexusmods.com/witcher3 and provide a link in the submission form available on the official contest website.
You will also find there a handy set of Frequently Asked Questions!
Please remember that:
- You need to participate individually, but you can take part in as many challenges as you
- Wish (you can only submit one mod to every challenge);
- Entries in this challenge can be submitted until July 30, 2024 3:59 PM CEST;
- In order to be eligible in the contest, mods can't have been published prior to April 16th, 2024 1PM CEST;
- Submitted mods can be updated until the submission phase deadline;
- Modding challenges will be judged by CD PROJEKT RED and Yigsoft team members.
If you want to know more, the contest's complete set of rules and regulations can be found here.
Whether you're a seasoned modder or a newcomer, this is your chance to leave your mark on the world of The Witcher 3. Dive in, experiment with the tools, and help us make The Witcher 3 an even richer experience for everyone. Your creativity could shape the future of this beloved game, and we’re excited to be part of this journey with you. Happy modding!
30 comments
Good luck to the participants!
Make sure you take 2-decades to release modding tools for the next game, I'm sure it will help even more.
i mean even creating a good level asset from scratch before a close july 30th deadline is another bummer
Will this contest help? I mean it can't hurt. Hopefully whoever wins this actually gets their prize, I've seen too many companies jerk around the winner though and not actually payout until a social media stink was made. I can kind of smell that coming here too, again, good luck to whoever wins it and I hope you get your prize.
I enjoyed the game and will play it again at some point, but I have no real hope for a modding scene to develop. Even for Skyrim AE, which is easily the most modded game, there's been a decline as the game, even on re-release, is just slowly aging out too much. Mods can only enhance things, but at some point you've just played the base content enough times that even with mods it's time to just move on. Maybe next time they can release the modding tools while the game's community is still active and interest is there, but I don't know that I have confidence in either them or Bethesda anymore.
I wish more companies would follow their example.