Arrow Redirection - One Level Only

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By BlickJustice · Abilities

⬇ Download Mod Source: Nexus Mods ↗ 📅 Updated: 5/16/2026 📅 Created: 5/16/2026

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📋 About This Mod

The mod removes the exaggerated second level of Arrow Redirection that returned projectiles to their senders.

An idea similar to my modification for the third game - Arrow Deflection Skill - One Level Only. The second and third game add an option to return bolts and arrows to their owners if the player buys a talent upgrade. A nice lightsaber reference, but I think deflecting projectiles without getting hurt is a cool enough witcher feature not to go overboard with it. The first game did it in the book fashion (simple deflection after buying the talent).

So, the Arrow Redirection now has only one level available - the possibility to mutate the skill is unchanged.

The mod conflicts directly with mods that edit geralt_skills.xml - if these mods are extensive overhauls that edited important things in the file, please use them instead of Arrow Redirection - One Level Only, as my edit is more of a miscellaneous thing.

There's also an indirect conflict with Project Mersey - The Witcher 2 Fix Pack, as that mod includes a file that adds level 2 descriptions to all unacquired skills, so as long as Arrow Redirection isn't active, its second level description will still be there - a misc thing. In order to "fix" it, there are several optional files that revert the unacquired descriptions to the vanilla state:

1) Main - Arrow Redirection - One Level Only: the change that removes the second level from Arrow Redirection

2) Optional - (PM combataunts on)Vanilla skill desc - packed: packed base_scripts. Unacquired level 2 descriptions reverted to vanilla, retained the other Mersey change (talents can be spent freely on any skill tree from the start), the witcher's combat taunts are on (Project Mersey - Combat Taunts Enabled edit, CTE can be removed in case of using this file)

3) Optional - (PM combattaunts off)Vanilla skill desc - packed: packed base_scripts. Unacquired level 2 descriptions reverted to vanilla, retained the other Mersey change (talents can be spent freely on any skill tree from the start), the witcher's combat taunts are off (PM default)

4) Optional - (PM) Vanilla skill descriptions - unpacked: the file that reverts the level 2 descriptions to vanilla, only unpacked - for use in your custom-built base_scripts file

Installation:

The Witcher 2/CookedPC

The change requires only the main file (watch out for file conflicts), choose one of the optional files if you use Project Mersey and would be bothered by seeing the mention of the 2nd level while the skill is now one level only. After buying the Arrow Redirection Skill, it doesn't matter, the 2nd level description will disappear.

Just in case, always backup your currently used base_scripts.dzip by moving the file elsewhere or renaming it with .bak extension - so you can revert to the previous version of the file at any moment.

📊 Mod Details

Game
Witcher2 Mods
Author
BlickJustice
Version
1
Downloads
44
Endorsements
2
Category
Abilities
Created
5/16/2026
Updated
5/16/2026

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