{"rewrite":{"id":"r_755e018186839e64bf7f96e0","clusterId":"c_e80b3e102e3b5f323a03e93b","slug":"geralt-returns-in-witcher-3-expansion-set-in-dandelion-s-hometown","model":"deepseek-v4-flash","headline":"Geralt Returns in Witcher 3 Expansion Set in Dandelion's Hometown","summary":"CD PROJEKT RED and Fool's Theory are jointly developing \"The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Memories of a Melody,\" the third expansion for the game after \"Hearts of Stone\" and \"Blood and Wine.\" A presentation at gamescom 2026 showed Geralt traveling to the new land Retten, where Dandelion was born, to answer a request concerning family.","whyItMatters":"The expansion pulls Geralt back to the Path not through war or conspiracy, but through a personal request from Dandelion, shifting the story's scale to family matters in a new land untouched by the Continent's wars.","webCardHtml":"\u003cp\u003eThe third expansion for \u0026#34;The Witcher 3\u0026#34; is in development as a joint project between CD PROJEKT RED and Fool\u0026#39;s Theory. At gamescom 2026, a cinema-like booth presentation showed gameplay footage from an early point in the main quest, which the lead animator from Fool\u0026#39;s Theory said was longer than what had been publicly shown.\u003c/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe story opens the morning after the Belleteyn festival, with Geralt still in traditional clothes and apparently unharmed by the night\u0026#39;s drinking. A drunken man holds Dandelion\u0026#39;s treasured lute, and retrieving it leads Geralt to Dandelion\u0026#39;s family home in Retten. The land features residents fishing, rowing boats, beekeeping, horse breeding, and hop harvesting, with hops carted to a brewery, built to make Retten feel like a single living community.\u003c/p\u003e","blueskyPost":"Geralt Returns in Witcher 3 Expansion Set in Dandelion's Hometown. Retten being Dandelion's birthplace is the excuse to revisit a character defined by his words, not his sword.","twitterPost":"Retten is Dandelion's hometown. The third Witcher 3 expansion sends Geralt to a place where the bard's past is the plot.","threadsPost":"Geralt Returns in Witcher 3 Expansion Set in Dandelion's Hometown. The gamescom presentation confirmed the new setting is Retten, Dandelion's birthplace, and the request concerns family. For a character who talks his way out of trouble, home is the one place his words carry weight.","newsletterBlurb":"CD PROJEKT RED and Fool's Theory are making the third Witcher 3 expansion, \"Memories of a Melody.\" Gamescom footage showed Geralt in Retten, the land where Dandelion was born, answering a request about family rather than a war or conspiracy.","attributionJson":"[{\"source\":\"4Gamer.net\",\"url\":\"https://www.4gamer.net/games/202/G020288/20260829009/\",\"title\":\"Geralt's New Adventure Begins in Dandelion's Hometown. \\\"The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Memories of a Melody\\\" Presentation Report [gamescom]\"}]","lintFlagsJson":null,"lintHits":0,"costUsd":0,"inputTokens":4687,"outputTokens":641,"status":"published","repairAttempts":0,"nextRepairAt":null,"factsAttemptedAt":1787977787,"createdAt":"2026-08-29T04:19:16.000Z","publishedAt":"2026-08-29T04:21:47.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-29T04:19:16.000Z"},"cluster":{"id":"c_e80b3e102e3b5f323a03e93b","canonicalTitle":"ダンディリオンの故郷で始まるゲラルトの新たな冒険。「ウィッチャー3 ワイルドハント 追憶の調べ」プレゼンレポート［gamescom］","representativeArticleId":"a_2b0a7b330b9a9b9092e31e20","sourceCount":1,"writtenSourceCount":1,"writeAttempts":0,"isSolo":true,"entitiesJson":"{\"anime_titles\":[],\"manga_titles\":[],\"work_titles\":[\"The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt\",\"追憶の調べ\"],\"studios\":[\"CD PROJEKT RED\"],\"people\":[],\"type\":\"news\",\"domain\":\"games\",\"is_roundup\":false}","contentType":"news","status":"published","firstSeenAt":"2026-08-29T03:18:12.000Z","lastSeenAt":"2026-08-29T03:18:12.000Z","updatedAt":"2026-08-29T04:21:48.000Z"},"attribution":[{"source":"4Gamer.net","url":"https://www.4gamer.net/games/202/G020288/20260829009/","title":"ダンディリオンの故郷で始まるゲラルトの新たな冒険。「ウィッチャー3 ワイルドハント 追憶の調べ」プレゼンレポート［gamescom］"}],"entities":{"anime_titles":[],"manga_titles":[],"work_titles":["The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt","追憶の調べ"],"studios":["CD PROJEKT RED"],"people":[],"type":"news","domain":"games","is_roundup":false},"keyFacts":null}