Rational UI - Crafting

⭐ ⭐ (482 endorsements) 📥 130,748 downloads 📌 v3.0.0 📅 2/7/2025
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By ChromedWolf · Alchemy and Crafting

⬇ Download Mod Source: Nexus Mods ↗ 📅 Updated: 10/6/2026 📅 Created: 2/7/2025
⚠️ Install Order · 2 steps
1🧩 Script Merger — Witcher Script Merger Download ↗
2🔧 Community Patch — Community Patch - Base Download ↗

Install in this order, then this mod last — most mods fail to load without their framework and dependencies in place.

🔍 Analysis

  • 👍 0.4% endorsement rate
  • ✅ Updated 5 days after the latest game patch — actively maintained
  • 🏆 #1 of 68 Alchemy and Crafting mods in this game by downloads

📋 About This Mod

(Remastered) A collection of configurable improvements to the user interface of the crafting panel. Better sorting and categorization, and more.

This mod only works with the "Remastered" version of the game!

The main goal of this mod is to improve how the crafting panel displays and categorizes crafting recipes. During the game, you acquire dozens of schematics, and without a proper way to manage them, it could soon become difficult to find what you are looking for. This mod aims to help you.

  • []All the new Weapon and armor recipe groups are given a fitting prefix, so they sort together in the crafting panel (i.e., "Weapons: Steel Sword", "Armor: Boots", etc.). Crossbows and bolts count as weapons.[/]

    []"Upgrades" is split into "Upgrades: Glyphs" and "Upgrades: Runestones".[/]

    []"Tools" category is split into "Tools: Weapon kits" and "Tools: Armor kits". (from v2. 0. 0)[/]

    []Equipment categories are listed first in the crafting menu: armor, weapons, upgrades and tools groups come first, in that order, then the rest alphabetically. (from v2. 0. 0)[/]

    []The "Junk" category is hidden from the crafting panel. In vanilla, it only contained the "Haft" item, which was not used anywhere in-game.[/]

    []Each recipe now displays how many of the craftable items you already own (as a total of items equipped, in inventory, and in stash). (from v2. 0. 0)[/]

    []You can turn on an option to instantly craft recipes, skipping the progress animation. (from v3. 0. 0)[/]

    []Glyphs (armor upgrades) can only be crafted by armorers, runestones (weapon upgrades) only by blacksmiths. In vanilla, any craftsman could craft both. (from v2. 0. 0)[/]

    []Armor repair kits can only be crafted by armorers, weapon repair kits only by blacksmiths. In vanilla, any craftsman could craft both. (from v2. 0. 0)[/]

    []A new diagram for "Geralt's Shirt" is added to the list of known recipes, already learned as a starting schematic (not available in shops or as loot). Compatible with existing savegames, when this option is enabled, the recipe is automatically added when loading a savegame. (from v2. 0. 0)[/]

    []New diagrams for Geralt's starting gear (four armor pieces, two swords), with the same exact behavior as the previous "Geralt's Shirt" recipe. (from v2. 0. 0)

All features listed above can be turned on and off in the brand new settings panel. The entire mod is completely configurable to your liking and adaptable to every setup!

The recommended way to install this is with "The Witcher 3 Mod Manager"

Alternatively, if you want to install it manually, unzip it and place

  • []"modrationalcrafting" into the "mods" folder[/]

    []"dlcrationalcrafting" into the "dlc" folder[/]

    []"rationalcrafting.xml" into the "/bin/config/r4game/user_config_matrix/pc/" folder

Starting from v3. 0. 0, you will also need to install Sharedutils by Aeltoth. This mod won't work correctly if you don't!

If you are updating from v2. 0. 0, completely remove all this mod's files from your game installation before installing v3. 0. 0

The current version of this mod only works with the Remastered version of the game, released in September 2026.

An old version compatible with "Next-Gen 4. 04" is still available in the Misc section of the downloads page, but will not receive any further updates. Development has now completely moved to Remastered.

"Classic 1. 32" is not supported.

This should be fairly compatible with everything that does not directly try to do that same thing.

All mod features have been implemented exclusively by

📊 Mod Details

Game
Witcher 3 Mods
Author
ChromedWolf
Version
3.0.0
Downloads
130,748
Endorsements
482
Category
Alchemy and Crafting
Created
2/7/2025
Updated
10/6/2026

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