USkills
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- 🏆 #24 of 29 Skills and Leveling mods in this game by downloads
📋 About This Mod
Replaces some skills
Old: Extends effective duration of all mutagen decoctions
New: Increases effectiveness of decoctions by (up to 100%)
Only for vanilla decoctions
Compatible with XML mods that modify decoctions
Decoction tooltip and Decoction HUD show modded values
No effect for Noonwraith and Chort
Safe to install/uninstall even with active decoction effects
Lightning Reflexes (renamed to Power Shot)
Old: Time slowed by an additional 50% while aiming the crossbow
New: Crossbow bolts have (up to 100%) chance to knock down or stun opponents
Anatomical Knowledge
Old: Increases crossbow critical hit chance
New: Headshot causes (up to 100%) damage to enemy health
Most enemies are headshottable
Sometimes hard to do headshot, depends on an enemy
When skill equipped, headshottable enemies are marked with a skull (from Deadly Counter mutation)
"Immune to instant kill" enemies excluded
Additionally excluded for technical reasons: boars, endregas, cyclops, kikimores and spiders
Crippling Shot (renamed to Charged Shot)
Old: Critical hits dealt with the crossbow disable monster special abilities
New: Increases crossbow DoT damage by (up to 300%)
Broadhead bolt, Exploding bolt, Effect Transfer skill...
Steady Aim (renamed to Devana Bomb)
Old: Time is slowed a further 45% while aiming bombs
New: Bombs receive (up to 100%) chance to make target bleed
Cold Blood (renamed to Effect Transfer)
Old: Each bolt that hits its target adds Adrenaline Points
New: Active sword effects apply to crossbow, chances increased by (up to 100%)
3 Greater Morana runestones on sword in hand, 15% chance to poison = 30% chance to poison for crossbow bolt
Advanced Pyrotechnics (renamed to Fast Hand)
Old: Damage dealt by a bomb's explosion generates 0. 1 Adrenaline Points
New: Bombs are thrown without any delay
Same as in Next-Gen Manticore armor or Old-Gen Wolf armor
Enchantment: Depletion (renamed to Harmony)
Old: Hitting enemies with Aard reduces their Stamina
New: Increases weaker physical resistances to match strongest
Before enchantment: +12% piercing, +18% slashing, +25% monsters
After enchantment: +25% piercing, +25% bludgeoning, +25% slashing, +25% monsters
Enemy health bar
Disables enemy stamina bar
Disables red glow when it is time to dodge
Steady Shot (renamed to Double Shot)
Old: Crossbow bolts deal 25% more damage
New: Shoot two bolts at once
See also: Path Of The Tough
📊 Mod Details
- Game
- Witcher 3 Mods
- Author
- crthdr
- Version
- 0.7
- Downloads
- 850
- Endorsements
- 29
- Category
- Skills and Leveling
- Created
- 8/11/2025
- Updated
- 10/31/2025
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