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Added various mods and mod-inspired content to the game to improve visuals and overall game quality.

Additionally, PC players with compatible hardware have an additional option to turn on ray traced reflections and shadows.

Added ray traced global illumination and ambient occlusion.

These are the official patch notes, but CD Projekt also said, somewhat oddly, that they're also "just the highlights." Have a look at the full list of changes below. (They're handy when you're looking for things to do, but man, there are a lot of them.) Smaller changes including improved herb harvesting, scalable subtitle fonts, and increased fall damage height, and of course there's a new photo mode, which should lead to some spectacular shots.

There's also a new map filter that hides some icons, including boats and all those "?" that build up over weeks and months on the Path. A "Quick Sign Casting" option will let players choose and cast Geralt's signs without having to access the radial menu-I don't personally recall that being a great chore, but now you can just skip it altogether. There are a number of interesting quality of life changes in the update as well. And if you really want to go all-in on the eye candy, CD Projekt has also added a new, PC-exclusive "Ultra+" graphical setting that "significantly increases the visual fidelity of the game," although I imagine you're going to need some pretty serious hardware to make it happen at an acceptable framerate (DLSS 3 will help, too).

Visual updates are the most obvious changes, of course: Ray tracing, 4K textures, and improved reflections and shadows all promise to make an already-gorgeous game look even better, for those who have the hardware to handle it.