Witcher 3 Remastered Two Included Expansions, One Paid 2027 Story

The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt has three story expansions. Two of them are old. One of them is not. When Remastered launches September 29, 2026, Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine are part of the client. Base-game owners gained access to both at no extra cost on August 25, 2026. Songs of the Past is a different SKU: a paid expansion scheduled for 2027, co-developed with Fool’s Theory. If a store page, a thumbnail, or a friend collapses those three names into “the DLC,” this page is the split.

It is not a quest-by-quest walkthrough. Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine still deserve to be played, not spoiled. Songs of the Past does not have a public quest list worth routing. For Letten, the chain, and wishlist flags, use Songs of the Past. For the remaster feature list, use What’s New. For store claims, use How to Upgrade and Platforms. The calendar parent is the Updates Hub.

Hearts of Stone: Olgierd and the man at the crossroads

Hearts of Stone is a compact Geralt contract, roughly ten hours if you stop for the side work. The employer is Olgierd von Everec, a Redanian noble with a problem that is not a griffin. Gaunter O’Dimm sits in the same story as the man who makes bargains look like favors. You will hear a wedding, an Ofieri merchant, a toad that is not a toad, and a runewright who wants your coin. That is as far as this briefing goes. Endings, pact language, and who smiles last stay off this page.

Play it after you have a comfortable Velen–Novigrad loop, not as a White Orchard detour. The recommended level band in the original game sat in the mid-30s; Remastered has not published a new number, so treat that as “after the Novigrad mess,” not “after the mill.” Geralt is the only protagonist. There is no second hero.

What you actually take home, without spoiling the plot:

• A self-contained story with a different tone from the Bloody Baron swamp.
• New monsters and a merchant circuit that is easy to ignore if you never ride east of Oxenfurt.
• Runewright upgrades and extra Gwent cards for people who already live at inn tables. The Gwent Guide is the rules half; this expansion is one of the places unique cards hide.
• A reminder that a witcher’s worst jobs are rarely the ones on the notice board.

The remaster’s combat pass, Signs FX, skill-tree revamp, and transmog apply here the same way they apply in Velen. Enhanced monster behavior is a reason to oil the blade, not a reason to skip the contract. See Combat and the Skill Tree before you walk into a mid-game expansion underdressed.

Hearts of Stone official launch trailer

Blood and Wine: Toussaint, the Duchess, and the higher vampires

Blood and Wine is the 2016 finale-sized expansion: a full region, Toussaint, with Beauclair as the capital and vineyards instead of Velen’s mud. Duchess Anna Henrietta is the political sun. Regis and Dettlaff are the vampire half of the plot. You go because a knightly land has a monster problem that is also a court problem. You stay because Grandmaster witcher gear, mutations, and a map that wants another 20-plus hours live here.

Again: no ending spoilers. No “who you should side with.” This is a briefing so you do not confuse Toussaint with Letten.

What Blood and Wine still is, on the Remastered client:

• A new open-world duchy, not a corridor.
• Grandmaster crafting for Griffin, Feline, Ursine, Wolven, and Manticore. Fashion versus stats is now a Transmog problem as well as a smith problem.
• The mutation system and the Gourmet food perk that Signs and Alchemy already warned you not to expect in White Orchard.
• The Skellige Gwent faction and another pile of missable cards if you rush the main thread. Read Gwent before you sprint the Duchess’s summons.
• A combat exam against higher vampires that cares about oils, Quen, and the remaster’s tighter targeting.

Owners who never bought Blood and Wine in 2016 do not have to hunt a key on September 29. The August 25 grant put it in libraries (digital) or on a store claim (disc). New Remastered buyers get it in the package. Claim confusion belongs on How to Upgrade, not on a Toussaint map.

Songs of the Past is not in this package

Say it plainly. Songs of the Past is a separate 2027 purchase. It does not arrive because you claimed Hearts of Stone. It does not arrive because Remastered is free for owners. Fool’s Theory is co-developing it with CD PROJEKT RED. The region is Letten, Dandelion’s homeland. Geralt brings a chain weapon. Previews mention a Swarmion. REDstreams have discussed more Gwent cards. Gamescom and VGC footage named an intro quest, A Bed of Thorns. That is a title on a reel, not a walkthrough. This page will not invent Letten quest order, boss HP, or a packing list of oils for a monster that is still a preview clip.

Wishlist it on a store that will actually sell it. A Battle.net purchase of the expansion is also the path CDPR announced for a Geralt-inspired Diablo IV skin. That skin is not a Witcher 3 item. Details: Songs of the Past.

What to do in 2026 instead of waiting:

1. Claim Remastered on September 29 and confirm Hearts of Stone and Blood and Wine are in the library.
2. Finish White Orchard properly — Getting Started and the Walkthrough — then play the 2015 campaign as far as you mean to.
3. Play Hearts of Stone when the level band makes sense.
4. Play Blood and Wine so Toussaint is an ending you had, not a region you skipped because a 2027 trailer was prettier.
5. Park a save. Letten is a coda, not a replacement finale.

The remaster remains a single-player RPG. None of the three expansions add a second campaign protagonist. Ciri’s playable sequences stay in the base story; see Ciri. Geralt is still the man who rides into Ofieri tents, Beauclair courts, and, later, Letten’s harvests.

Keep the SKUs on three sticky notes. August 25 was the grant for the two older expansions. September 29 is the remaster client those expansions run inside. 2027 is the paid voyage to Letten. Mix those dates and you will either skip Toussaint or sit in White Orchard waiting for a chain that is a year away. Play Olgierd. Play the Duchess. Wishlist the bard’s homeland. That is the entire expansion map until Fool’s Theory names a month.