The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Hearts of Stone
12 Oct 2015
All releases
13 Oct 2015 - Xbox One
13 Oct 2015 - PlayStation 4
12 Oct 2015 - PC (Microsoft Windows)
12 Oct 2015 - PC (Microsoft Windows)
14 Dec 2022 - PlayStation 5
14 Dec 2022 - Xbox Series X|S
28 Jan 2021 - Nintendo Switch
Tags
Time to beat
Main story
Main story + extras
100% completion
The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt – Hearts of Stone is the first major expansion for The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, released in October 2015. It adds a new storyline set in the existing game world, where Geralt is hired to deal with Olgierd von Everec, a nobleman with a mysterious and cursed past. The expansion introduces new characters, quests, enemies, and the Runewords system, which enhances gear with powerful effects. It emphasises narrative depth and moral choices, consistent with the tone of the main game.
Hired by the Merchant of Mirrors, Geralt is tasked with overcoming Olgierd von Everec, a ruthless bandit captain enchanted with the power of immortality.
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Ashley
4
⚕️Miki⚕️
2
Gameplay-wise, not much is added or changed, besides new items, a weapon upgrade system, and new encounters in the open world, which doesn't provide new map areas but fills in base game areas that were previously empty.
The main highlight is the main and side quests added in that bring a lot of variety and replayability into the mix. New characters are pretty great and memorable, especially Olgierd and Gaunter O'Dimm, with the latter being a quite clever and terrifying villain character that easily rivals the Wild Hunt.
A must play, I gave it a 9/10 due to having much more content and substance Blood and Wine will provide later on, with Heart of Stone being lesser in content amount.
I was worried it’d get boring. Thought it’d be a bunch of fetch quests or the same old grind. But nah. Just more Witcher 3 greatness, and I couldn’t get enough of it.