Custom Player Characters
🟠 Updated over a year ago⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.
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🔍 Analysis
- 👍 1.5% endorsement rate — high engagement, a strong quality signal
- 🏆 #33 of 243 Gameplay Changes mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Overview:
This mod allows you to smoothly play as any Witcher, Witcheress or Sorceress. Fully customizable appearance. New magic combat system and new questline for Sorceress type, fully voiced. All Geralt animations adapted for female player. Female Geralt voicelines for all languages. Easy integration in redkit projects. Made on the edge of modding possibilities.
The trailer sequentally reveals main mod features:
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The mod grants you a lot of new gameplay possibilities:
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[]play as Witcher, Witcheress or Sorceress with any custom appearance
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]you can use any existing npc appearance, armor set appearance or construct your unic one (there is also real-equipment mode - allows you to be synced with Geralt equippment)[]retargeted female animations for gameplay and cutscenes, no more stretched skeleton
[]new magic combat system for Sorceress, with spells improved over usage
[]new story quest for Sorceress, which allows you to learn new spells
[] female Geralt voicelines for better immersion (enabled automatically for female player types, doesn't replace vanilla Geralt speech)
List of available languages (text for the mod, speech for the Sorceress quest):
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[]English: text + speech
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]Russian: text + speech[]Turkish: text
[]Spanish: text
[]Polish: text
[]French: text
[]Chinese: text
[]Czech: text
- Thai: text (int The Witcher 3/dlc/dlcCustomPlayerCharacters/content/: rename thai.w3strings to tr.w3strings if you use this mod)
Installation: --> video guide <--
0. Make sure you have latest NextGen version of the game and Hearts of Stones, Blood and Wine installed.
1. Download main Custom Player Characters 7z file.
2. Unpack archive contents into your game directory.
3. Verify installation: there should be dlcCustomPlayerCharacters folder in <game dir>/dlc/ and modCustomPlayerCharacters in <game dir>/mods/.
4. Install Community Patch - Shared Imports.
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[]English: text + speech
Custom Player Characters lets you play as any Witcher, Witcheress, or Sorceress in The Witcher 3, with fully customizable appearance. It adds a new magic combat system and a fully voiced questline for Sorceress types, plus adapted animations for female players. A popular gameplay overhaul with 1,831 endorsements.
✨ Key Features
📊 Pros & Cons
✅ Pros
- Huge community trust (1,831 endorsements) and over 118k downloads — this mod is proven.
- Adds a whole new way to play with a magic combat system and voiced questline, not just a skin swap.
- Female player animations mean you're not stuck with Geralt's stiff walk — it's a proper transformation.
⚠️ Cons
- Last updated August 2025 — might not be compatible with the latest game patches, so check before installing.
- Only covers Sorceress questline — Witcher and Witcheress types might lack the same depth.
For Witcher 3 players who want to break free from Geralt and roleplay as a custom female character with new abilities. Perfect for those who've finished the main game and crave fresh gameplay. Skip if you're happy with Geralt or want a simple cosmetic change — this is a full gameplay overhaul.
💡 Beginner Tips
- Use a mod manager like Vortex to handle installation and load order — it'll save you headaches with script merges.
- Check the mod's forum posts for compatibility notes with other gameplay mods, especially those that alter combat or animations.
- Back up your save before starting the new questline — it's fully voiced and might have branching choices.
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Witcher 3 Mods
- Author
- nikich340
- Version
- 3.0.4
- Downloads
- 118,138
- Endorsements
- 1,831
- Category
- Gameplay Changes
- Created
- 7/6/2024
- Updated
- 8/30/2025
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