Blood and Wine

Blood and Wine is the second add-on adventure for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt. Announced on April 7th, 2015, along with Hearts of Stone, it will be released on May 31, 2016 for all three platforms: PC, PlayStation 4 and Xbox One.

Official statement

 * Blood and wine, a 30-hour-plus tale that will introduce the all-new in-game region of Toussaint, will take Geralt to a land untainted by war, where an atmosphere of carefree indulgence and knightly ritual masks an ancient, bloody secret. 


 * Become professional monster slayer Geralt of Rivia and explore Toussaint, a remote land untouched by war, where you will unravel the horrifying secret behind a beast terrorizing the kingdom. With all trails leading to dead ends, only a witcher can solve the mystery and survive the evil lurking in the night. Introducing an entirely new realm to traverse, new characters and monsters, Blood and Wine is a 30+ hour adventure full of dark deeds, unexpected twists, romance and deceit. 

Features

 * Explore an entirely new part of The Witcher’s vast open world – the land of wine, Toussaint.
 * Embark on over 30 hours of new adventures and discover a land unlike anything you’ve seen in Wild Hunt or Hearts of Stone.
 * Visit new points of interest and set out on new side-quests in a realm rivalling No Man’s Land or Novigrad in size.
 * Kick back and relax in your very own vineyard, a real home away from home.
 * Hunt down an elusive beast terrorizing the kingdom.
 * Unravel the mystery of the strange killings – investigate a series of brutal murders and decipher the pattern to predict who’s going to die next.
 * Discover the dirty secrets of Toussaint’s capital, Beauclair – explore the city by day, ask questions by night.
 * Use new gear, items, and combine them with your skill to slay monsters never before seen in the series.
 * Embark on your final quest in a world still brimming with things to do.
 * Visit a world of fairytales gone wrong and battle surreal creatures you know from children’s tales and books.
 * Dye witcher armors in different colors thanks to an all-new game mechanic.
 * Take on knights in a grand tourney to show your true fighting skill, or set out to discover the gruesome mystery behind a spoon-collecting creature known as a wight.
 * Team up with powerful allies to take down the beast terrorizing the kingdom, or turn a blind eye to what’s going on and play Gwent with an all-new Skellige deck.
 * Meet Regis.

Gameplay
The new region of Toussaint has never before been seen in The Witcher series and contains:
 * Over 90 new quests.
 * Over 40 new points of interest.
 * Over 30 hours of new adventures.
 * Dynamic Point of Interest system – interacting with the main POI of a given area will affect adjacent points of interest (e.g. killing bandits in their main hideout located in a ruined castle will affect the number of enemies in surrounding camps).
 * 14000 lines of dialogue (Hearts of Stone had 6000 lines).
 * 100 individual pieces of armour (this includes new witcher sets).
 * More than 30 new weapons.
 * More than 20 new monsters.
 * New Game + maximum level increased to 100.
 * All new armour dye mechanic – every piece of witcher gear can have its color changed by using a dye. Dyes can be obtained in various ways: they can be bought from the new dye merchant; crafted from a recipe; dropped as loot. Dyes can only be obtained in Toussaint.

Mutations
12 new game-changing abilities. Obtained through new research mechanics. Their true potential can be unlocked by playing NG+ mode.

Example mutations:
 * A sign can land critical hits. Enemies killed with a critical hit from a sign explode.
 * Instead of dying, the Player is healed and gets damage immunity.
 * Opponents knocked down by AARD freeze and die instantly. Opponents that were not knocked down become frozen.

User interface
The user interface (UI) has been greatly redesigned:

Quests
For a complete list of the quests in the expansion, see: Blood and Wine quests.

Gallery
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Notes & references
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