[Update] According to The Witcher 3 Official Facebook page, the update is now live on all formats

　　[Original Story] In a few hours, The Witcher 3 fans will be able to enjoy the final expansion for the game, called Blood and Wine. The expansion will be preceded by a new update which will add plenty of new features as well as support for Blood and Wine. While consoles have yet to receive the update, it's now been confirmed that The Witcher 3 1.20 update is now available on PC.

　　A few minutes ago, CDPR Community Manager Marcin Momot has confirmed that The Witcher 3 1.20 update is now available for download for the Steam. GOG and Origin versions of the game. The update, which is around 2.5 GB big on PC, has yet to be made available on consoles, but they should become available in just a few hours.

　　A few minutes ago, Marcin Momot has also confirmed that currently available The Witcher 3 mods are not compatible with the new update, and they will require new versions. More on the matter will surely come in once more people have completed downloading the new update

　　In case you have missed the full The Witcher 3 1.20 update notes, you can check them out right below.

　　Improvements

　　Adds book titled 'A Miraculous Guide to Gwent' which displays number of gwent cards missing from player's base-game collection and information on where to find them, thus facilitating completion of achievement titled Collect 'Em All. Tome in question can be obtained either from gwent playing scholar in Prologue or from merchant near St. Gregory's Bridge in Gildorf district of Novigrad.Adds option to display herb names above available interactions.Adds option in Options/Gameplay to enable enemy level upscaling. If foes are too easy to defeat due to level difference, upscaling will render them a challenge. Change will not affect experience point gain, loot, or quest rewards. Option can be enabled or disabled at any time, even during combat (however, Vitality/Essence of foes is then fully restored).Adds option in Options/Gameplay to disable automatic drawing and sheathing of sword.Increases incidence of, and thus chances of finding, several monster-based ingredients required for crafting high level alchemy formulae.Improves Player Statistics panel, adding maneuverable Geralt model. Improves visuals in panel for better readability.Adds new functionality to books and scrolls. When first collected, they can be read immediately using single button without need of navigating to Inventory panel. All found but not yet read books and scrolls are stored in Quest Items and Other categories. Once read, books and scrolls can be sold as their content is saved in Books section of Glossary.Improves overall visuals in Character Development panel.Improves Inventory whereby items are divided into additional subcategories within their grids: weapons and armor; oils, potions and bombs; quest items and others; food and equestrian gear; crafting and alchemy. Additionally, introduces redesign of tooltips enabling their resizing with single button. Also, item comparison is easier than ever given addition of summary of changes in stats.Improves Inventory navigation when using gamepad. Slots are divided into sections and right stick can be used to jump between them.Improves Crafting panel in merchant shops. Adds option to purchase missing diagram components directly from Crafting panel when talking to merchant, as well as clearer descriptions and option to resize item descriptions.Introduces redesign of Repair panel in merchant shops. Adds single button enabling players to repair all equipped items.Improves Remove Upgrade panel in merchant shops.Improves Quick Access Menu whereby it can be accessed in one of two modes, with action either paused or slowed depending on button used.Adds functionality whereby crossbow bolts can be switched via Quick Access Menu rather than being equipped from Inventory.Adds counter for bombs and crossbow bolts to Quick Access Menu.Improves region maps by adding pin filtering, more intuitive quest tracking, and a region overview for faster navigation.Adds three new custom pins allowing players to mark areas for future reference.Improves Adrenaline Bar which better displays number of stored Adrenaline Points and their status.Improves display and behavior of Buffs, displayed in more intuitive manner showing time left, strength percentage, stacks, charges, or permanence where applicable. Buff icons now blink for approx. 10 seconds before expiration. For improved visibility, names and exact expiration times for all effects are only visible when Quick Access menu is active.Changes icons for decoctions, rendering them recognizable at first glance.Changes icons for oils, rendering them recognizable at first glance.Changes gwent card icons in shops, rendering factions recognizable at first glance.Changes icons for mutagens.Adds feature whereby equipment exceeding player character level can be previewed on character.Improves sorting in Journal whereby active quest tab is always open and tracked quest is at top of quest list.Improves quest item visuals so that Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine quest items are now tagged with blue and red exclamation points, respectively.-Gwent-

　　Quest titled Collect 'Em All is now marked as failed if player does not succeed in collecting Milva, Vampire Bruxa and Dandelion gwent cards during gwent tournament in quest titled A Matter of Life and Death.-Visual-

　　Fixes PC-specific issue whereby there was no change in appearance between Nvidia Hairworks 3-day beard (stage 2) and full beard (stage 4).Fixes issue whereby Geralt's clothing was not properly restored after sex scenes.Fixes visual issue whereby guards holding torches would have inverse kinematics when animated.Fixes PS4-specific visual issue whereby texture of water puddles would not fade properly.-Gameplay-

　　Updates description of Superior Blizzard potion. Potion now slows time for a short period whenever an enemy is slain. Additionally, during this period actions do not deplete Stamina if 3 Adrenaline Points are available.Fixes issue whereby indicator for Oil charges would appear incorrectly in New Game Plus mode.Fixes issue whereby Flood of Anger skill could endlessly increase Sign intensity.Fixes issue whereby Ciri could be missing her scabbard in certain situations.Fixes issues whereby damage from Northern Wind bombs could be calculated incorrectly.Fixes issue whereby pool of experience points would invert to negative value when player reached level 70 cap or used Potion of Clearance.Fixes PC platform-specific issue whereby only the 'E' key would open Stash chest despite user manually changing relevant key binding