Witcher 3 Blender Tools

Native import/export of The Witcher 3 game files in Blender. REDkit companion. No FBX required. Including support for reading Witcher 2 files. Get the latest Release

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Features

	Character import .w2ent character templates define all components needed to assemble your character in a single import. Switch appearances and equipment from the side panel without reimporting. Idle animation loads from the behaviour graph. Mounted props (swords, crossbows, shields) come in with the entity. Additional animations can be loaded from the Animation panel.
	Asset Browser Type-ahead search across every file in the bundles. Texture preview, filter by type, vanilla and mod content side by side. Click to import directly into the scene.
	Character Browser Every journal character and bestiary creature with their in-game portrait. One click imports the full entity.
	Speech Browser & lipsync 60,000+ in-game voice lines with audio preview. One click loads the matching lipsync onto a face rig. Face morphs arrive as Blender shape keys driven from a control bone — the phoneme driver system wires itself up, no manual setup. Compatible with the .re REDkit addon.
	Animation round-trip .w2anims import lands each clip as an NLA track with root motion extracted. Edit, retarget, or author new actions in Blender. Export writes root motion back into the motion extraction block. Native .w2anims format on both ends. Also compatible with the .re REDkit addon.
	Cutscenes .w2cutscene / .w2scene places actors, builds cameras, drops animation sequences onto NLA tracks, and loads dialogue audio alongside. The scene plays back on Blender's timeline and can be modified and exported back into REDkit.
	Mesh pipeline .w2mesh Game assets can be fully completed inside Blender. Export carries the full LOD hierarchy, vertex colours, textures and materials. Built-in LOD generation, collider tools (box / sphere / capsule / convex / trimesh). All embedded in a single export. .w2mi / .w2mg materials rebuild as Blender shader node graphs. Includes .xbm export.
	Worlds & maps .w2l layers bring mesh placements, lights, collision. .w2w imports world terrain heightmaps. Witcher 2 assets use the same workflow.

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Install

1. Download the zip from Releases.

2. Drag and drop the zip onto Blender or in the UI go to → Edit → Preferences → Extensions → Install from Disk → enable Witcher 3 Tools.

3. Open addon preferences and check these paths are set:

   Preference	Set to
   Witcher 3 Path	Root Game install folder (eg. C:\GOG Games\The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt GOTY)
   Uncook Path	Extracted files depot addon will use

   Witcher 3 Path will be automatically found and set if it exists in a standard install location. Uncook Path will automatically use blender's Roaming data folder. Change it to a new empty folder if you prefer.

4. Find Witcher 3 in the n-panel of the 3D viewport. Click on Geralt to load Geralt player entity. This will warm up the bundle and texture caches for the first time.

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Format support - Witcher 3

Format	Import	Export
.w2mesh — Meshes	Yes	Yes
.w2rig — Skeletons	Yes	Yes
.w2anims — Animations	Yes	Yes
.xbm — Textures	Yes	Yes
.w2cutscene — Cutscenes	Yes	Yes
.w2ent — Characters & entities	Yes	—
.w2scene — Scenes	Yes	—
.w2l / .w2w — Layers & Worlds	Yes	—
.cr2w — Lipsync & speech	Yes	—
.w2mi / .w2mg — Materials	Yes	—
.nxs — Cooked Collision	Yes	—
.redcloth — Cloth physics	Yes	—
.flyr — Foliage	Yes	—

Format support - Witcher 2

Format	Import	Export
.w2mesh — Meshes	Yes	—
.w2rig — Skeletons	Yes	—
.w2anims — Animations	Yes	—
.w2l — Map Layers	Yes	—

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Optional companion add-ons

Add-on	Needed for	Source
io_mesh_apx	.redcloth / .apx cloth imports	GitHub — ArdCarraigh
io_mesh_srt	SpeedTree .srt foliage and trees	GitHub — ArdCarraigh
blender_re_animations_plugin	.re export	Ships inside REDkit

Live status for all three shows up in addon preferences under External Addons.

Companion tools

Tool	Role
REDkit	Official mod editor — depot source and export target
WolvenKit 7	Optional JSON CLI functions — nikich340 & WolvenKit team
Radish Tools	World modding pipeline via .yml — rmemr

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Requirements: Blender 4.5+

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Author: dingdio · License: GPL-3.0