The Witcher 3 PS4 and PC patch now available; Xbox One patch coming next week

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt patch 1.04 for consoles and 1.05 for PC have started to roll out according to a number of online reports.

Patch 1.04 is only making its way to the PlayStation 4 version of The Witcher 3 with the Xbox One patch missing as of this writing. The previous 1.03 for consoles showed up on PlayStation 4 on May 27, while the Xbox One version came two days later. This doesn’t necessarily mean Xbox One owners shouldn’t expect the patch to hit their console today, but we recommend being a bit more patient for it to pop up.

CD Projekt Red community manager Marcin Momot gave us a preview of what patch 1.04 for consoles and 1.05 for PC would feature earlier this week. The patch will enlarge the font of some HUD elements and subtitles, improve camera smoothness, and stop Geralt from interracting with candles near chests and other interactive elements.

Here's the full patch notes of today's patch:

• Geralt will not longer interact with candles near chests and other interactive elements.
• General stability and performance improvements
• Significantly Enlarged GUI and HUD elements (including fonts) on consoles and slightly on PC.
• Improved camera smoothness
• Performance improvements during some cutscenes.
• Fixed case where game was crashing on loading a save in certain situations
• Various bug fixes and user experience improvements in GUI panels.
• Fixed issue where some players were unable to run after Wandering in the Dark quest
• Fixed issue where players were unable to talk to Eight after the Lord of Undvik quest
• Too many wild hunt minions were spawned during Ciri's Story: Fleeing the Bog quest.
• Fixed issue where Keira could sometimes fall under terrain during Wandering in the Dark quest
• Fixed issue where Player was unable to move freely during Blindingly Obvious quest
• Fixed issue where Player was unable to activate portal during Wandering in the Dark quest
• Fixed issue where Player could get trapped in Turseach castle ruins
• Fixed issue where Roche was not present at Hanged Man's tree during Eye for an Eye quest
• Fixed issue where Player was unable to talk or interact with certain NPCs
• Fixed issue where Sirens in quest Lord of Undvik could be invulnerable.
• Fixed issue where player was unable to use certain actions after Carnal Sins quest
• Fixed issue where Geralt was sometimes unable to mount Roach
• Fixed issue where some players where experiencing infinite loading screen during King's Gambit quest.
• Fixed issue where Simun was not properly spawned in An Unpaid Debt quest
• Fixed issue where player might have had a progression break after choosing certain dialogue option when talking to Dijkstra in Count Reuven's Treasure quest

[Via NeoGAF]

Update: The full patch notes have been released. Here's what's been changed:

• Patch 1.05 has just gone LIVE for PC and should be available for download everywhere now. Please find the complete list of changes below:
• Fixes a possible exploit by preventing certain drowners from respawning infinitely.
• Improves the distribution of experience points gained by completing quests with recommended levels lower than the player character level.
• Merchants now offer more weapon types.
• Rebalances the prices of maps that can be purchased from merchants.
• Clarifies a number of crafting diagrams.
• Fixes an exploit whereby players could buy sea shells and sell the pearls inside them at a higher price.
• Increases the variety of loot dropped throughout the game.
• Increases the variety of items available in shops.
• Shops now only offer weapons with levels matching or exceeding the player character level.
• Slightly reduces the amount of coin dropped from chests and monsters.
• Deploys the Bovine Defense Force Initiative.
• Fixes an issue where runestones could not be upgraded to greater runestones.
• Reduces the spawn time of selected groups of NPCs.
• Geralt no longer interacts with candles placed near chests and other openable objects.
• Improves the smoothness of camera movement.
• Fixes a number of issues related to horseback riding.
• Fixes an issue where the player could not deflect arrows/bolts at longer distances.
• Introduces a number of fixes in in-game communities.
• Introduces a number of fixes related to combat.
• Vitality begins to drop if Toxicity exceeds 80%, as originally intended.
• Fixes an issue where Geralt was sometimes unable to mount Roach.
• Improves Geralt's movement, especially when he swims.
• Fixes an issue whereby Geralt could be attached to a sinking boat while aiming his crossbow.
• Fixes a number of issues related to Vitality regeneration.
• Fixes an issue whereby certain actions could be randomly blocked during gameplay.
• Fixes a rare issue whereby Geralt could not mount Roach after fast travelling between points.
• Fixes a number of minor tooltip and wording bugs.
• Adds a series of color-blind friendly features. Improves visibility of tracks, marks, footprints and scent clues. Color-blind friendly features can be enabled in the Options\Gamplay submenu.
• Introduces a number of additional fixes to alt + tabbing.
• Fixes an issue where The Witcher 3 process did not close properly if the user did not have XAUDIO installed.
• Introduces a number of general stability and performance improvements.
• Fixes an issue where in certain situations the game could crash while a save was being loaded.
• Adds some missing translations in localized versions.
• Ciri can no longer unlock fast travel points.
• Improves the behavior of sails when viewed from longer distances.
• Improves performance in selected scenes and cutscenes.
• Fixes an issue where clouds and fog could flicker on some hardware configurations.
• Fixes an issue where Geralt could pass through walls in the fish market in Novigrad.
• Removes repeated sound cues on entry into GUI panels a second time.
• Adds a collision near Kaer Gelen that could cause the player to be blocked inside the building.
• Improves the scale of selected elements of the GUI and HUD.
• Introduces a number of bug fixes and user experience improvements in the GUI panels.
• Introduces a number of small changes in the UI for gwent.
• Improves the alignment of the HUD for the 21:9, 4:3 and 5:4 screen ratios.
• Disables "Input device changed" messages and adds options to disable on-screen combat feedback and floating tags above NPCs.
• Adds an information prompt and Journal entries related to new DLC packages.
• Fixes an issue where some formulae were not displayed in the Alchemy panel when the player possessed level 1 of said formulae.
• Introduces a number of fixes in key bindings.
• Introduces new filters for the Alchemy and Crafting panels.
• Fixes a number of minor issues where music tracks were not triggered in their designated locations.
• Fixes an issue where some players could not interact with an object during the Pyres of Novigrad quest.
• Fixes an issue where some players could not make Geralt run after the Wandering in the Dark quest.
• Fixes an issue where players could not talk to Octo after the Lord of Undvik quest.
• Reduces the number of Wild Hunt minions spawned during the Ciri's Story: Fleeing the Bog quest.
• Fixes an issue where Keira could sometimes fall beneath the terrain during the Wandering in the Dark quest.
• Fixes an issue where certain actions were blocked during the Blindingly Obvious quest.
• Fixes an issue where the player could not activate a portal during the Wandering in the Dark quest.
• Fixes an issue where the player could get trapped in the ruins of Tuirseach Castle.
• Geralt can now always play gwent with Madame Serenity.
• Fixes an issue where Vernon Roche would not appear at the Hanged Man's Tree during the Eye for an Eye quest.
• Fixes an issue where the player could not talk or otherwise interact with certain NPCs.
• Fixes an issue where the sirens in the Lord of Undvik quest could be invincible.
• Fixes an issue where the player could not perform certain actions after the Carnal Sins quest.
• Fixes an issue where some players experienced an infinite loading screen during the King's Gambit quest.
• Fixes an issue where the player could experience a progression break after choosing a certain dialogue option when talking to Dijkstra in the Count Reuven's * Treasure quest.
• Fixes an issue where Simun did not spawn properly during the Unpaid Debt quest.
• Fixes an issue in the Contract: The Oxenfurt Drunk quest where the katakan was not hostile after being lured.
• Fixes an issue in the Contract: Shrieker quest where the shrieker was not hostile in certain situations.
• Fixes an issue where the player could not perform certain actions in the Master of the Arena quest.
• Fixes an issue where wolves were not visible in the Contract: Mysterious Tracks quest.
• Fixes an issue where the player could not fast travel under certain rare circumstances.
• Fixes an issue where the player could not interact with Hattori during the Swords and Dumplings quest.
• The player can no longer take on the Apiarian Phantom contract multiple times.
• Fixes an issue where some players could not progress during the Broken Flowers quest.
• Fixes an issue whereby the "Novigrad, Closed City" entry might have remained in the Journal indefinitely.
• Fixes an issue in the Return to Crookback Bog quest where monsters were spawned inside a building.
• Players can no longer prematurely obtain a key from a halfling, thus blocking the Contract: The Apiarian Phantom quest.
• Fixes an issue in the Greedy God quest where the player could kill a monster twice.
• Adds fail-safes for players being unable to obtain gwent cards after Dijkstra or Lambert can no longer be found in the game.
• Fixes an issue whereby Triss could get stuck on a set of stairs after a scene during the Now or Never quest.
• Fixes an issue where Ermion could not leave Lugos' area during the Sunstone quest.

Update 2: CD Projekt Red has revealed the Xbox One patch will be coming sometime next week

The Witcher 3 PS4 and PC patch now available; Xbox One patch coming next week