'The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt' free DLC: Details on New Game Plus mode revealed by CD Projekt

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The 16th and final free add-on for "The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt" will be the New Game Plus mode, developer CD Projekt Red announced via the game's Twitter account. The game studio's community lead Marcin Momot revealed a few details on what it would be about. 

"Enemies will be stronger, obviously," Momot wrote in the game's forums.

He also explained that players on level 30 or beyond will retain that level when starting the New Game Plus. Players below that level will be boosted to level 30. IGN also notes that the experience, items, money as well as the alchemy recipes collected will be intact but all the quest items, books and letters along with the Gwent cards, usable items and even trophies won't carry over when players embark on the New Game Plus mode. 

Gamers will also get to pick the level of difficulty when they start with the DLC. In addition, Momot said that players "get a free Clearing Potion at the start so [they] can reset [their] skills and try a different build." With the New Game Plus mode, players will also get the chance to obtain the Death Match achievement.

These are the only pointers Momot revealed about the DLC. In the announcement of the mode, CD Projekt Red said it is still in the process of completing the content. That said, it won't be released this week. The developer also failed to mention when it will be made available for players.

Meanwhile, with all the free DLCs almost out, :The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt" gamers can to look forward to the two paid expansion packs prepared for the role-playing game. The first DLC called "Hearts of Stone," scheduled for release in October, will have Geralt traversing No Man's Land and Oxenfurt to accomplish a Man of Glass-related undertaking. The second expansion titled "Blood and Wine," set to be released in the first quarter of 2016, will take the hunter to a new location called Toussaint.