The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt modders recently released the next-gen update for the game’s popular Lore-Friendly Economy Mod. This is the latest of several popular mods making the jump to the next-gen version of The Witcher 3.
CD Projekt Red launched the Witcher 3: Wild Hunt’s next-gen update on December 14, introducing a range of new features for PC, PS5, and Xbox Series X/S. This includes the addition of ray tracing, 4K textures, a new type of weather, improved meshes, water, animations, a photo mode, an alternate camera setting, and multiple patches. The Witcher 3’s PC version also got a new “Ultra+” setting, which increases the number of background NPCs, extends render distance for foliage, and features improved shadows, textures, and details.
Lore Friendly Economy was one of the most popular mods for The Witcher 3, and its next-gen update is available now from Nexus Mods. The mod’s primary function is to bring the economy of The Witcher 3 more in line with the books. As the mod’s original creator explained, the Witcher novels emphasized how Geralt routinely struggles to make ends meet, often going hungry as he wanders the Continent as a traveling Witcher. However, it’s not hard for The Witcher 3’s Geralt to end up rolling in gold. The Lore Friendly Economy mod attempts to fix this inconstancy.
The mod leaves quest rewards alone but dramatically reduces the buying and selling price for items in The Witcher 3. Merchants will also pay very little for junk items or not accept them at all. While a few items may still bring in thousands of gold pieces, they are rare, mostly found later in the game, and players must explore to find them. The purpose of this is to bring gold from loot into line with the rewards players get from side quests, thereby making the quest rewards much more significant. Loot prices also scale to the quest rewards in an area, so looting can still be worthwhile.
Mod author stefan3372 uploaded the original version of The Witcher 3’s Lore-Friendly Economy mod to Nexus Mods in 2017. Over 14,000 users downloaded it a total of nearly 30,000 times since the mod’s release. And while it might not be every player’s cup of tea, many consider Lore-Friendly Economy one of the best mods for The Witcher 3. Nexus user hackaim uploaded Lore-Friendly Economy – Next Gen on January 16, though the mod page still lists Stefan3372 as the mod’s primary author.
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt is available now for PC, PS4, PS5, Switch, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S.
Source: Nexus Mods
