About this mod
This mod tweaks some characteristics of sword combat to make it feel more like Ghost of Tsushima.
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Ghost of Rivia is a group of tweaks I made to make sword combat feel more like Ghost of Tsushima. It was not intended to be made public since these changes might be very niche, but it was requested that I released it. So here we are.

Combat changes in this mod:
- Disabled Combat Stance: While not holding block, Geralt's pose remains neutral, as if he wasn't in combat. Yet, all combat funcions like parrying and dodging work normally.
- Deadly Counter Mutation works on enemies at 100% HP: By equipping this mutation, you can counter-kill human enemies at full health, making it possible to one-strike enemies when performing a perfect counterattack.
- Counterattack Skill deals 500% damage at max level: When timing your counterattacks correctly, your next damage will be increased to 500%. If counterattacking monsters, this damage will be dealt immediately. If counterkilling humans, this damage will be stored until your next attack.
- Dodging triggers the Counterattack Skill: Self-explanatory. By hitting the dodge key, your next attack will deal 500% increased damage.
- Sword-Draw Strike: By hitting a preset hotkey with or without your sword sheathed, you can perform a Sword Draw Strike that deals 500% increased damage.
- Cooldownless Undying Skill: Disabled the cooldown timer on the Undying skill, so as long as you have at least 1 adrenaline point, you can keep retriggering it repeatedly.
modGhostOfRivia: Full version containing all features in this mod.
modGhostOfRiviaStance: This version only disables the combat stance, nothing else.
modGhostOfRiviaNoStance: This version contains all the main features, except disabling the combat stance.
- Download and unpack the desired version into your The Witcher 3\Mods folder;
- Run the Script Merger as necessary;
- If present, add/customize the hotkeys located in the README.txt file to your input.settings file, located in Documents\The Witcher 3.
- Remove modGhostOfRivia from your The Witcher 3/Mods folder;
- Run the Script Merger as necessary.
Special thanks to:
- Myrdo for the input.xml config and Wolven Workshop community directions;
- nikich340 for the invaluable extra coding help;
- error_noaccess for letting me adapt his amazing code into this mod.
- Mods that go well with this:
- Outfit seen in the screenshots/videos is a combination of AMM (body outfit and mask), Old Hat and Eyes for Geralt.