{"id":807704,"date":"2026-10-19T16:08:11","date_gmt":"2026-10-19T16:08:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/807704\/"},"modified":"2026-10-19T16:08:11","modified_gmt":"2026-10-19T16:08:11","slug":"witcher-3-switch-2-patch-rolls-out-today-with-a-number-of-changes-including-alterations-to-resolution-and-visual-clarity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/807704\/","title":{"rendered":"Witcher 3 Switch 2 patch rolls out today with a number of changes, including alterations to resolution and “visual clarity”"},"content":{"rendered":"

CD Projekt Red is currently rolling the promised Switch 2<\/a> patch for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt<\/a> – Remastered, addressing a number of issues in the game.<\/p>\n

The headline changes are adjustments to image sharpening and resolution to “improve visual clarity and fidelity” – changes that have resulted from players saying the game looked blurry to them, particularly when played in handheld mode.<\/p>\n

There are also, as we’ve seen in patches for other console versions of the game<\/a>, changes to lighting in the game to reduce some of the brightness caused by the Remastered edition – one of the main areas of contention since its late September release.<\/p>\n

The full list of changes in patch 5.01 for The Witcher 3 Remastered are as follows.<\/p>\n

Watch on YouTube<\/a><\/p>\n

Gameplay<\/p>\n

Fixed an issue where the “Automatically Apply Blade Oils” feature would work only if enabled during the current game session.
\nFixed an issue where, under specific circumstances, player-controlled boats could start moving uncontrollably and ignore terrain collisions.
\nImproved ladder interaction animations.
\nFixed an issue where Geralt would collide with dead enemies after the Aard finisher.
\nFixed an issue where Vesemir would repeat a line if Quen was cast multiple times.
\nFixed an issue where dodging could have an unintentionally delayed response.
\nFixed an issue where it was possible to throw a bomb even if the option is disabled.
\nFixed an issue where the bonus granted by the Synergy skill displayed incorrect values.
\nAdded damage reflection to the Exploding Shield skill.
\nFixed an issue where Geralt’s Stamina would be fully drained when sprinting and dodging at the same time.<\/p>\n

UI<\/p>\n

Fixed an issue where the “You’ve gained an ability point!” pop-up could stay stuck on the screen.
\nFixed an issue where input hints flashed for a brief moment on the meditation screen.
\nFixed an issue where the Potions tutorial didn’t appear after accessing the Consumables tab.
\nFixed some misaligned progress bars in the UI.<\/p>\n

Visuals & Performance<\/p>\n

Made various visual adjustments, including improvements to Bloom, tone mapping, character lighting, Ray Tracing, and Path Tracing.
\nAdded Bloom, Light Shafts, and Depth of Field options to the graphics settings.
\nMade various optimizations to improve performance.
\nFixed an issue where Dynamic Resolution Scaling could cause visual artifacts in certain configurations.<\/p>\n

Audio<\/p>\n

The fix for voiceover audio becoming significantly quieter than other in-game audio after navigating through the pause menu tabs is now also implemented on consoles.<\/p>\n

Nintendo Switch 2-specific<\/p>\n

Made adjustments to image sharpening and resolution to improve visual clarity and fidelity.
\nFixed a rare crash that could occur when changing between in-game regions.
\nOptimized cache handling for Cross-Platform Mod Support.
\nFixed an issue where HD Rumble could only be felt in the left Joy-Con 2 when climbing a ladder.
\nFixed an issue where map pins could be placed on the black bars surrounding the map.<\/p>\n

Other<\/p>\n

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\nFixed an issue where My Rewards and Twitch\/Bilibili Drops wouldn’t appear in the chest in Vizima if it had been opened previously. As a result of this fix, some of the items may be duplicated. Consider them a bonus!
\nFixed an issue where foliage did not react to collisions.
\nFixed an issue that could affect save file data and added measures to address saves that may have already been affected.
\nUkrainian text localization is now available in all regions.<\/p>\n

The Witcher 3 Remastered update overhauls the 11-year-old role-playing game, visually modernising it as well as adding new animations and tweaking some gameplay systems, including skills and enemy behaviour. It prepares the way for the new Witcher 3 expansion Songs of the Past<\/a>, due to arrive next year, and is an extraordinarily generous upgrade<\/a> in its own right.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"CD Projekt Red is currently rolling the promised Switch 2 patch for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt –…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":807705,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[59,86,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-807704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-technology","tag-gb","tag-technology","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=807704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/807704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/807705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=807704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=807704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=807704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}