Always Full Exp (Next-Gen)
witcher-3 — Mods & Enhancements
This mod removes the experience point (XP) penalty for completing quests below your character level in The Witcher 3: Next-Gen Edition. In the base game, quests that are 6 or more levels below Geralt grant only a fraction of the XP (e.g., a level 10 quest at level 20 gives 0 XP), which can severely slow progression in New Game+ or when overleveling through side content. The mod offers multiple variants: 'Always Full Exp' (100% XP for all quests), 'Always Difficulty Exp' (full XP only on Death March or higher, scaling with difficulty), 'Always Mixed Exp' (full XP for main quests but reduced for side quests), 'Always DLC Exp' (full XP for Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine quests), and 'Always Neovalen Exp' (a balanced variant that gives full XP for quests within 5 levels and reduced beyond that).
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🎯 Tips & Tricks
If you're a completionist who does every side quest, install 'Always Mixed Exp' to avoid overleveling too fast—this keeps main quests challenging while still rewarding side content. For a pure story-focused run, use 'Always Full Exp' to rush through the main quest without worrying about XP. For a challenge run, pick 'Always Difficulty Exp' and set the game to Death March.
After installation, open 'mods/modAlwaysFullExp/config.xml' and adjust the 'XPMultiplier' attribute (e.g., set to '0.5' for half XP). You can also set 'LevelDiffTolerance' to '10' to give full XP for quests up to 10 levels below you, instead of the default 6. This is useful for New Game+ where you start at level 30 but quests are level 30-40.
If you're playing New Game+, pair this mod with 'NG+ Scaling' (which scales enemy and quest levels to your current level). This prevents the situation where you get full XP for a level 30 quest but the enemies are still level 30, making combat trivial. Install 'NG+ Scaling' first, then 'Always Full Exp'—the XP mod will now give full rewards for scaled-up quests.
🔧 Troubleshooting
Incompatibility with 'Leveling Mod' (which changes XP curve and level scaling) causing the game to crash on loading a save.
Edit 'mods/modAlwaysFullExp/config.xml' and set 'UseVanillaXP=1' to bypass the mod's custom XP formulas. If that fails, use Script Merger to merge the two mods' 'player.ws' scripts, prioritizing 'Always Full Exp' for the XP calculation lines, and 'Leveling Mod' for level-up bonuses.
Mod doesn't work after the Next-Gen update because the game's XP system was changed (e.g., XP is now affected by enemy level difference).
Ensure you've downloaded the 'Next-Gen' version of this mod (not the classic one). If you have the classic version, it will be ignored. Also, check that the mod's folder is named 'modAlwaysFullExp' (not 'modAlwaysFullExpNextGen')—the game only loads mods starting with 'mod'.
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👍 Pros
- 48,552 endorsements
- 1,894,051 downloads
- Category: Skills and Leveling
👎 Cons
- Requires mod manager installation
- May conflict with similar mods