Restored Content - Ciri's Fate

Overview

Spoilers Ahead!

At some point in development CDPR intended for two additional choices to impact the game's ending: Geralt's choice whether to steal the horses with Ciri and Aegar during the quest Payback and what he chooses to say to her right before she enters the tower to destroy the white frost. These choices were likely intended to function similarly to the existing choices involving Ciri where a "Good" choice gives a point towards Ciri's survival and a "Bad" choice gives a point towards the bad ending. While these decisions still exist in the game they have no bearing towards the ending you get. This mod restores their impact on determining the ending the player receives.

Background

Unlike most other cut content restorations the Witcher 3 has received recently, this particular one was not actually discovered to be hidden within the final game's files. Instead, the existence of these cut choices were reported by a user who found them in leaked production documents(check out u/76118722 on reddit. He features quite a few interesting cut content posts!). Upon further investigation, it became pretty clear they were once intended to be choices that impacted the ending. Deciding to steal the horses clearly makes Ciri and her friends very happy while choosing not to(and subsequently beating up Aegar) really upsets her and ruins her friendship with the elves. The game even saves your decision here despite never using it later. At the tower, Geralt has four possible final words to Ciri before she leaves. The first two choices disappoint her and do not show her that Geralt understands her decision. The latter two choices give her confidence and faith that Geralt understands her choice.

Mechanics 

The mod changes how the game determines whether Ciri lives or dies at the end.

In the vanilla game it works as follows:

Quest: Blood on the Battlefield

Choose to drink with Ciri(+1 point toward Ciri dead)

Choose to have a snowball fight with Ciri(+1 point toward Ciri alive)

Quest: Blood on the Battlefield(Only if you chose to visit Emhyr with Ciri otherwise you won't have this choice)

Accept payment for finding Ciri(+1 point toward Ciri dead)

Refuse payment for finding Ciri(+1 point toward Ciri alive)

Quest: Final Preparations

Join Ciri in her meeting with the lodge(+1 point toward Ciri dead)

Let Ciri meet with the lodge on her own(+1 point toward Ciri alive)

Quest: Child of the Elder Blood

Give Ciri the necklace(+1 point toward Ciri dead)

Destroy Avallach's lab with Ciri(+1 point toward Ciri alive)

Quest: Skjall's Grave

Do not visit Skjall's grave with Ciri(+1 point toward Ciri dead)

Visit Skjall