• Witcher 3 Blood And Wine Walkthrough

Blood and Wine Paintings & Shields are decorative items in The Witcher 3. They can be hanged on the walls of Corvo Bianco, the vineyard Geralt gets in the new expansion. You can either get them as quest rewards, or buy them from art dealers. This guide will show you where to find paintings & shields. Unparalleled novel-like story spanning over 150 hours of gameplay. With over 100 hours of core and side-quest gameplay and over 50 hours of additional content, The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt combines the intense, plot-driven pull of traditional RPGs with the freedom of choice only open world games can offer.

I’ve spent more than 100 hours in The Witcher 3 over the past year. It’s become the background of my gaming life, a boundless, monster-ridden home I can always return to. As the last Witcher (for now), The Witcher 3: Blood and Wine is a grand goodbye, a final series of stories that sends Geralt off into the immaculately rendered sunset. It’s a literal fairy tale ending for gaming’s favorite monster-massacring curmudgeon.

(Warning: minor Witcher 3: Blood and Wine spoilers ahead.)

Throughout it all, you’re faced with questions, some more subtle than others. Is Geralt happy being a Witcher? What does it mean to hunt a killer who believes he’s doing the right thing when you’ve got innocent blood all over your lobstered gauntlets? In a realm full of wannabe Knights In Shining Armor, what does it actually mean to be a hero? In a world as frequently grim and hopeless as The Witcher’s, why play hero at all? Using well-worn scenarios and quest structures (with a few nice surprises thrown in for good measure), Blood and Wine reflects on Geralt’s many adventures and asks: what was the point of it all?

It’s a new adventure in a new place, but it’s also The Witcher 3 distilled. You’ve got a new landmass called Toussaint that’s basically a fairy tale version of France, and it’s a Witcher playground in the same sense as previous locations like Novigrad, Velen, and Skellige. You can go wherever you please and take on sidequests, monster contracts, and treasure hunts. There’s a standalone main story about hunting a murderous Beast on behalf of Toussaint’s duchess. There’s also a new system that lets you modify signs (read: magic) with powerful mutations. You can own and upgrade a vineyard, if you want.

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The new systems, home ownership and sign mutations, are nice. The former adds a couple of much-needed quality of life features, and the latter gives you new powers to pursue. You can store stuff in your house and upgrade it to include stations for alchemy, weapons and armor, and even a nice stable for your horse, Roach. New sign mutations include things like a freeze effect for your psychic blast, powerful (and costly) additions to tried-and-true powers. They’re fun, but not game-changing.

Nothing in Blood and Wine is game-changing. That’s not the point.

Blood and Wine isn’t Geralt’s craziest or most epic adventure. It’s not even his best. While some of the quests are surprising and exciting, others are standard witchy business—following endless footprint trails or killing samey processions of monsters under the barest of pretenses. But there’s also a quest that involves retrieving a statue’s penis. (Protip: DO THAT QUEST.)

The main story ranges from OK to great. One member of its supporting cast, especially, is brilliantly written and acted, among The Witcher 3’s best. He and Geralt share some fantastic one-on-one conversations that speak volumes about both of them. It’s quintessential Witcher. There might be an epic plot of slaughter and intrigue unfolding around them, but these characters shine most in intimate moments.

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Unfortunately, the whole thing hits a patch of quicksand in the middle, nearly drowning in errands that verge on busywork. The 10+ hour main quest is, however, ⅓ of Blood and Wine. There’s plenty of other stuff to do.

Blood and Wine bears its finality with grace, contemplation, and—despite all the high-minded undercurrents—an unyielding sense of playfulness. Compared to other Witcher settings, Toussaint is a ridiculous place. It’s cartoonishly colorful, and many of the people and creatures who inhabit it are pastiches of high fantasy tropes. I came across suicidally brave knights, beautiful princesses (who secretly thought the knights were doofs), beasts torn straight from the pages of well-known fairy tales, and more people unironically using the word “succor” than I thought possible. But they all had twists, and in some cases, they were pretty twisted.

The Witcher 3 has always had a sense of humor, but, more than ever, Blood and Wine plays its “grumpy dad who thinks he’s Batman in a world where all myths are real” shtick for laughs. Blood and Wine pokes fun at Geralt, fantasy, fairy tales, France, and even video games in equal measure. At times it’s like watching a roast. Some of the jokes are biting, but they’re told with love, and they’re more rewarding if you’re invested in the subject matter.

For instance, Geralt treats knights with the sort of disdain you’d normally reserve for spoiled children, and knights in turn completely don’t get his terrible dad jokes. You can get drunk and have Deep Conversations with all sorts of humans and monsters alike. There’s a character whose initials spell out “DLC,” and (spoilers for Blood and Wine’s first ten minutes) he dies horribly.

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Yet even the game’s funnier elements are often turned back at players in moments of reflection. At the end of an early sidequest involving a smitten (and often hilarious) knight, I thought for sure I’d screwed up. He didn’t end up with the woman of his dreams, and he blamed me. But then I realized he’d been acting like a Nice Guy (TM) the entire time. He waxed romantic about love and battlefields, but when it came right down to it, he only acted heroic so a pretty lady would fuck him. When she wasn’t interested, he threw a temper tantrum. “Not everybody gets a happy ending,” said Geralt, master of the weirdly profound double entendre.

As one last hurrah for Geralt, Blood and Wine succeeds. Sure, I can dock it for having a handful of ho-hum quests and a few issues that have plagued Witcher 3 since the start (some enemies spam annoying attacks and exploit holes in the animation system; anything involving horseback combat is pretty janky; I encountered a few graphical glitches and one crash bug), but those issues are minor in the grand scheme of things.

The Witcher 3 has been a game I can always count on for a good adventure, for escapism that leaves me with something to think about. The Witcher series has always been about living with what you’ve done. Yeah, you can save scum or replay to make sure everything’s peachy in the end, but the game shows its soul when you, the player, make mistakes. It has a way of forcing you to reflect, to confront what you’re feeling whether it’s regret or justification.

Blood and Wine is equal parts triumphant and somber, a reminder of all the great times we’ve had with Geralt and some of the shitty things we’ve done in his shoes. It’s about facing down the totality of Geralt’s in-game legacy and—instead of regretting or redoing it—coming to terms with it. Toussaint in all its colorful silliness might seem like an odd place to end Geralt’s grim tale, but looking back on it all, I think I get it. He’s a lone hunter, an outcast who drifts in and out of people’s lives. He’s spent the past year drifting in and out of mine, there when I need him, forgotten when something new and shiny comes out. You’d think that the only real end awaiting him would be a lonely one—fearful people ganging up on him, a fatal mistake in battle, or a monster that’s a bit too fast or powerful—and maybe it still is. But after all the time we’ve spent coming to know and love this guy, why end on that?

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CD Projekt could release a bunch more DLC episodes and milk The Witcher 3’s characters and mechanics dry, but by then we’d be as sick of the game as Geralt is of, well, most things. He’d be worn out, and so would we. So instead we get one last (mostly) happy snapshot, and then we part ways.

The developer command console is a powerful tool in The Witcher 3 and that extends to the new expansion, Blood and Wine. Every item has an associated item ID, allowing the right PC-user to spawn anything from the Toussaint region right into Geralt’s inventory. The DLC includes 30 new weapons and 100+ new armor pieces, along with other sundries like dyes and diagrams. Our goal here is to collect every available item ID for Blood and Wine and compile a full list for easy browsing. Find all the details, along with a quick how-to guide to get you started using console commands, right here.

Dev Console Guide – DLC Item IDs List

The developer console in The Witcher 3 is very similar to other dev consoles in games like Fallout 4 or Skyrim. Basically, it is an unlocked cheat command window, allowing any player to spawn items, change game parameters, skip quests, activate any of the classic cheats, or completely alter the game in profound ways.

We’re going to keep it simple here and show you how to activate the developer console and how to summon items.

How to Activate the Developer Console:

1. Download the Developer Console Mod on NexusMods.com here. This is a reputable mod and will help you enable the developer console.
2. Unpack the file and place the “bin” and “content” folders into the Witcher 3 game directory.
   • SteamsteamappscommonThe Witcher 3bin
   • SteamsteamappscommonThe Witcher 3content
3. Open The Witcher 3 and load a previous save.
4. Press tilde [~] or F4 to activate the developer console window.

Useful Console Commands:

Note: Use commands at your own risk. The commands listed below are well-tested and should work fine for any system, but we can’t guarantee the stability of commands meant for internal use only.

• god
  • Invincibility [toggle, input god a second time to deactivate]
• levelup
  • Increases Geralt’s level by one.
• killall
  • Kills all enemies in sight.
• healme
  • Heals Geralt.
• cat(1)
  • Activates nightvision, similar to Cat potion effect. Deactivate with: cat(0)
• setlevel(#)
  • Replace # with any number. Sets level — cannot level down.
• addskillpoint(#)
  • Replace # with any number. Adds number of skill points, Ex: addskillpoint(15)
• addmoney(#)
  • Replace # with any number. Adds crowns to Geralt’s inventory.
• addgwintcards
  • Adds one of each available card to Geralt’s inventory.
• witchcraft
  • Adds one of every item in the game to Geralt’s inventory.

How to Add Items:

Adding items is slightly more complicated compared to other basic commands.

• additem(‘itemname’,’#’,’inv’)
  • REQUIRED: Replace itemname with the name of the item.
  • NOT REQUIRED: Replace # with the amount of the item you want added to Geralt’s inventory.
  • NOT REQUIRED: Replace inv with the number of the slot the item will be placed in Geralt’s inventory.
• Examples:
  • additem(‘Horse Saddle 4’)
  • additem(‘Horse Bag 3’)

Now that you know how to add items to your inventory with console commands, you’ll find the list of item ID codes below.

Blood and Wine DLC Item Codes

Work-in-Progress: Check back soon as we add new DLC item IDs to the list.

Blood and Wine – Unique (Best) Sword Item IDs

• additem(“Aerondight EP2”)
• additem(“Unique steel sword”)
• additem(“Unique silver sword”)
• additem(“Gwent steel sword 1”)
• additem(“sq701 Geralt of Rivia sword”)
• additem(“Hanza steel sword 3”)
• additem(“q704 vampire silver sword”)

Blood and Wine – Vampire Set Item IDs (Hen Gaidth & Tesham Mutna)

• additem(“q704_vampire_mask”)
• additem(“q704_vampire_armor”)
• additem(“q704_vampire_gloves”)
• additem(“q704_vampire_pants”)
• additem(“q704_vampire_boots”)
• additem(“q704 vampire steel sword”)
• additem(“q702_vampire_boots”)
• additem(“q702_vampire_pants”)
• additem(“q702_vampire_gloves”)
• additem(“q702_vampire_armor”)
• additem(“q702_vampire_mask”)
• additem(“q702 vampire steel sword”)

Witcher 3 Blood And Wine Walkthrough

Blood and Wine – Dyes Item IDs

• additem(‘Dye Black’)
• additem(‘Dye Turquoise’)
• additem(‘Dye White’)
• additem(‘Dye Gray’)
• additem(‘Dye Brown’)
• additem(‘Dye Green’)
• additem(‘Dye Blue’)
• additem(‘Dye Orange’)
• additem(‘Dye Yellow’)
• additem(‘Dye Pink’)
• additem(“Dye Solution”)
• additem(“Recipe Dye Black”)
• additem(“Recipe Dye White”)
• additem(“Recipe Dye Gray”)
• additem(“Recipe Dye Turquoise”)
• additem(“Recipe Dye Brown”)
• additem(“Recipe Dye Green”)
• additem(“Recipe Dye Red”)
• additem(“Recipe Dye Blue”)
• additem(“Recipe Dye Orange”)
• additem(“Recipe Dye Yellow”)
• additem(“Recipe Dye Pink”)

Blood and Wine – Grandmaster Witcher Set Item IDs

• additem(“Bear Pants 5”)
• additem(“Bear Boots 5”)
• additem(“Bear Gloves 5”)
• additem(“Bear Armor 4”)
• additem(“Bear School steel sword 4”)
• additem(“Bear School silver sword 4”)
• additem(“Lynx Pants 5”)
• additem(“Lynx Boots 5”)
• additem(“Lynx Gloves 5”)
• additem(“Lynx Armor 4”)
• additem(“Lynx School steel sword 4”)
• additem(“Lynx School silver sword 4”)
• additem(“Gryphon Pants 5”)
• additem(“Gryphon Boots 5”)
• additem(“Gryphon Gloves 5”)
• additem(“Gryphon Armor 4”)
• additem(“Gryphon School steel sword 4”)
• additem(“Gryphon School silver sword 4”)
• additem(“Wolf Pants 5”)
• additem(“Wolf Boots 5”)
• additem(“Wolf Gloves 5”)
• additem(“Wolf Armor 4”)
• additem(“Wolf School steel sword 4”)
• additem(“Wolf School silver sword 4”)
• additem(“Red Wolf Pants 1”)
• additem(“Red Wolf Gloves 1”)
• additem(“Red Wolf Boots 1”)
• additem(“Red Wolf Armor 1”)
• additem(“Red Wolf School steel sword 1”)
• additem(“Red Wolf School silver sword 1”)
• additem(“Red Wolf Pants 2”)
• additem(“Red Wolf Gloves 2”)
• additem(“Red Wolf Boots 2”)
• additem(“Red Wolf Armor 2”)
• additem(“Red Wolf School steel sword 2”)
• additem(“Red Wolf School silver sword 2”)

Blood and Wine – Tournament Rewards Item IDs

• additem(“Geralt of Rivia Crossbow”)
• additem(“sq701_geralt_armor”)
• additem(“Tourney Geralt Saddle”)
• additem(“sq701_geralt_shield”)

Blood and Wine – Common Weapon & Armor Item IDs

• additem(“Knights steel sword 1”)
• additem(“Knights steel sword 2”)
• additem(“Knights steel sword 3”)
• additem(“Squire steel sword 1”)
• additem(“Squire steel sword 2”)
• additem(“Squire steel sword 3”)
• additem(“Toussaint steel sword 3”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl1 steel sword 1”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl1 steel sword 2”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl2 steel sword 1”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl2 steel sword 2”)
• additem(“mq7001 Toussaint steel sword”)
• additem(“Knight Geralt Armor 3”)
• additem(“Knight Geralt A Armor 3”)
• additem(“Knight Geralt Gloves 3”)
• additem(“Knight Geralt A Gloves 3”)
• additem(“Knight Geralt Pants 3”)
• additem(“Knight Geralt A Pants 3”)
• additem(“Knight Geralt Boots 3”)
• additem(“Knight Geralt A Boots 3”)
• additem(“Knight Geralt Armor 1”)
• additem(“Knight Geralt Boots 1”)
• additem(“Knight Geralt Gloves 1”)
• additem(“Knight Geralt Pants 1”)
• additem(“Knight Geralt Armor 2”)
• additem(“Knight Geralt Boots 2”)
• additem(“Knight Geralt Gloves 2”)
• additem(“Knight Geralt Pants 2”)
• additem(“Knight Geralt A Armor 1”)
• additem(“Knight Geralt A Boots 1”)
• additem(“Knight Geralt A Gloves 1”)
• additem(“Knight Geralt A Pants 1”)
• additem(“Knight Geralt A Armor 2”)
• additem(“Knight Geralt A Boots 2”)
• additem(“Knight Geralt A Gloves 2”)
• additem(“Knight Geralt A Pants 2”)
• additem(“Toussaint Armor 2”)
• additem(“Toussaint Boots 2”)
• additem(“Toussaint Gloves 2”)
• additem(“Toussaint Pants 2”)
• additem(“Toussaint Armor 3”)
• additem(“Toussaint Boots 3”)
• additem(“Toussaint Gloves 3”)
• additem(“Toussaint Pants 3”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl1 Armor 1”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl1 Boots 1”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl1 Gloves 1”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl1 Pants 1”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl1 Armor 2”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl1 Boots 2”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl1 Gloves 2”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl1 Pants 2”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl1 A Armor 1”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl1 A Boots 1”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl1 A Gloves 1”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl1 A Pants 1”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl1 A Armor 2”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl1 A Boots 2”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl2 Armor 1”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl2 Boots 1”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl2 Gloves 1”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl2 Armor 2”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl2 Pants 1”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl2 Boots 2”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl2 Gloves 2”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl2 Pants 2”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl2 A Armor 1”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl2 A Armor 2”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl2 A Boots 2”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl2 A Gloves 2”)
• additem(“Guard Lvl2 A Pants 2”)

Blood and Wine – Corvo Bianco Decoration Item IDs

• additem(“ff701_fist_fight_trophy”)
• additem(“cg700_gwent_statue”)
• additem(“q603_auctioned_painting”)
• additem(“q305_painting_of_hemmelfart”)
• additem(“mq7024_painting_battlefield”)
• additem(“mq7024_painting_ciri_portrait”)
• additem(“mq7024_palace_painting”)
• additem(“mq7024_mandragora_painting_02”)
• additem(“mq7024_gen_painting_portrait_a”)
• additem(“mq7024_gen_painting_landscape_a”)
• additem(“mq7024_painting_stilllife”)

Blood and Wine – Horse Equipment Item IDs

• additem(“Toussaint saddle”)
• additem(“Toussaint saddle 2”)
• additem(“Toussaint saddle 3”)
• additem(“Toussaint saddle 4”)
• additem(“Toussaint saddle 5”)
• additem(“Toussaint saddle 6”)
• additem(“Toussaint horsebag”)
• additem(“Toussaint horse blinders”)
• additem(“Toussaint horse blinders 2”)
• additem(“Toussaint horse blinders 3”)
• additem(“Toussaint horse blinders 4”)
• additem(“Toussaint horse blinders 5”)
• additem(“Toussaint horse blinders 6”)

Fully explore the region of Toussaint with every how-to and guide for Witcher 3: Blood & Wine on Gameranx:

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