Witcher 3: New Gwent Cards and Pig Quest Coming This Week

CD Projekt Red, the developer of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt, has announced the new free DLC coming to its game this week across PlayStation 4, Xbox One, and PC. The open-world RPG will get a new quest and a modifier for the card game Gwent, which players can play in-game.

In the quest, players will take the main character Geralt into a town whose citizens disappeared. As the description states, "Geralt and a village idiot team up to learn the secret of an abandoned village inhabited entirely by pigs." It sounds like a humorous take on an often bleak world. Players will start this quest by talking to NPCs who invite Geralt for food in the Lurtch village in No Man's Land.

The other piece of DLC features an addition to the popular card game, Gwent. The DLC adds another card set to the game, neutral cards called "Ballad Heroes." When a player starts a game of Gwent, the new cards will appear. The collectible card game has been popular among players, and recently the creators talked about the development of the game for the Witcher 3.

This is the latest in a series of sixteen free content packs planned by CDPR for the game. Last week's DLC brought players an armor set and a crossbow set. The rest of the content will be released weekly through June and July.

The developer has also announced plans for more substantial expansions, the first of which is called Hearts of Stone. This pack will launch in October.