How to Use the NEW Alternative Character Appearances in Witcher 3 Next-Gen

A quick guide on how to activate and use the newly added Alternative Appearances for Dandelion and Nilfgaard in The Witcher 3 Wild Hunt Next-Gen Update (v4.00). With a bonus of how to actually make Geralt wear the armor inspired by the Netflix TV Show.

Table of Contents:
0:00 How to activate Alternative Appearances
0:42 Dandelion Alternative Appearance
0:59 Nilfgaardian Armor Alternative Appearance

The Witcher 3 had sixteen free DLCs released before the launch of the Next-Gen update. Three of these were Alternative Appearances - for Ciri, Yennefer and Triss.

Update 4.0 brought two new free Alternative Appearances - for Dandelion and for the Nilfgaardian armor.

To activate and use an alternative appearance of a character in The Witcher 3, first exit to main screen if you are currently playing the game. Open the main menu of the game, go to Options, then Gameplay. Scroll to the bottom and select which characters you want to appear with their alternative outfits.By default, they are set to OFF.

Here is a preview of Dandelion. If you ask me, this looks like a totally different character now. CD PROJEKT RED changed only the outfit, not the character model. He now wears clothes inspired by the bard Jaskier (Dandelion's original Polish name) from the Netflix TV Show The Witcher. He's also clean shaven.

The more curious situation is with the Nilfgaardian armor appearance. The developers added the ugly black thing from the show as new alternative appearance. It doesn't apply to the old Nilfgaardian armor set, available for purchase from the quartermaster at Crow's Perch. This was one of the sixteen Free DLCs I mentioned earlier.

In case you really liked the black armor from the show, I have good news. You can dress up in the Nilfgaardian armor mentioned earlier, go to the bottom right corner of Velen and visit the House of Respite. Keep in mind that guards may not let you if you wear something else.

In the northern corner of the house, you will find a Nilfgaardian Guardsman Armor Set and a great-looking helmet, which actually goes into the Mask slot.

Now, this armor set does change its appearance depending on how you have the Niflgaardian Alternative Appearance option set up in the main menu! Enjoy!

[ichideitak]

oh yes the testicle nilfgard armor form the tv show great

[franglais-riders]

The alternative armour is awful. A mix of used condom and bin bag 🤮. I have not found how to get to the previous armour on the Xbox one but I had few bugs since the update. I will get there.

[Trickster-syrp]

Thx only content creator who showed how to do this on new gen 😊

[vladsinge]

Straight to the pointc, useful, thank you

[josephallard]

I have the Witcher 3 Wild Hunt Complete Edition on PC along with the new next-gen update, but I do not have the ability to change any character's appearance. They don't show up in the "Gameplay" folder.

[NinjaCat]

I also have this in the Normal Version so on the PS4

[Zetavu]

are the alternative cosmetics for Yen, Ciri and Triss those of Netflix? because they look different to me

[OnThMov]

I heard somewhere that you can change Dandelions name to Jaskier. I still haven’t found a way so is this just a rumor or am I missing the option to do so?

Not a big fan of the Design change but I do like Jaskier better than Dandelion

[KingNazaru]

I see on other videos that some time ago the Witcher 3 mutagens had their appearance changed. But despite playing on PS5 with all the dlcs, the mutagens look exactly the same as they do on the base game. Can you assist me?

[RoseScar]

It's so disgusting and atrocious, they can't have thought it looks good, has to be meme material

[ra]

This set is not available to me, I am doing everything the videos are saying . Playing new game plus. I am able to get Into officers lounge but there is no chest or helmet.

[xChrisyFTWx]

I have none of these options on next gen, Xbox series x. Any help?

[mateuszpanasiuk]

Man, i dont know what is going on but i dont have this option

[lapetiteoliv]

On PlayStation i don’t have the mask/helmet

Anyone having the same issue ?

[PaddeeBA]

Dandelion from the show was cool and all (at least season 1, stopped watching after that) but this outfit looks like ass, they did /not/ do that Jaskier justice

[AB-frei]

We never got the swords from the trailers/promo art and the hood/cloak/cape but we got this awful ugly abomination
What a disgrâce

[jimmy_x]

Netflix armour looks like dogshit in comparison. Made by that dwarf Smith in velen