Cyberpunk 2077: CDPR Hid 5 Witcher Items in Update 2.5 (and Nobody Noticed)
Geralt in Night City? That’s now a thing. CD Projekt Red quietly stashed a silver sword, Ursine armor, and three more Witcher items in the latest Cyberpunk 2077 update—without telling a soul.
Patch 2.5 for Cyberpunk 2077 already promised a lot: Edgerunners season 2 content, dual-wielding, and expanded V customization. But CDPR had an ace up its sleeve: five free pieces of gear straight out of The Witcher 3 universe, totally missing from the patch notes. The secret only broke when a player on X spilled the beans, while The Witcher 3 keeps getting its own console updates.
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5 hidden Witcher items in the update 2.5 files
The loot CDPR tucked away isn’t just a cosmetic wink. These five pieces are pulled straight from The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt lore, and each one tells a piece of Geralt of Rivia’s story. Here’s the full list of discovered items:
- The Ursine jacket and Ursine pants, inspired by the Bear School armor—now with a cyberpunk twist but still rocking that reinforced leather. The description even drops a nod to “an age of silver and steel,” a direct Witcher reference.
- The Professor’s Spectacles, the same glasses Geralt can buy during the Open Sesame! quest in the Hearts of Stone expansion.
- The Sihil sword, etched with ancient runes and sharp rivets, modeled after the saga’s iconic silver blades.
- The Boar Carver knife, a replica of Geralt’s trusty little blade for harvesting monster trophies.
The result? You can turn V into a street witcher in Night City, just as the spiritual successor to the game is already on the horizon. It’s easy to picture players jumping back in to create a Geralt-inspired V and roam Watson with sword in hand, just like you can play as Ciri in The Witcher 3 with a well-known exploit.
Cyberpunk 2.5 has secretly added a series of Witcher 3 themed items including :– Sihil sword– Professor Spectacles– Ursine Jacket – Ursine PantsYou can get these at V’s apartment after Arianne contacts
— (@SynthPotato) date
How to get Geralt’s arsenal for free in Night City
Good news for anyone allergic to endless fetch quests: grabbing these five items requires no boss fights, no car chases, no tricky puzzles. The process is almost laughably simple. Once you’ve installed update 2.5, just wait for a text from Ariadne—a character offering V a brand ambassador gig for new clothes.
After you chat and get confirmation that a package’s been sent, head to V’s original apartment in Watson. The gear is waiting in a box right by the entrance. No need to scour every corner or unlock anything special: it’s all there, free, ready to equip. All that’s left is to draw Sihil and go cyberpsycho hunting—Witcher-style, just like tracking a griffin across the Velen plains.
Why CDPR kept this crossover a total secret
The absence of these items from the official patch notes was no accident. CDPR focused all its comms on Edgerunners season 2, dual-wielding, and the new Richard Night storyline. By letting the community stumble onto this crossover, the studio sparked exactly the kind of organic buzz that keeps a game alive years after launch.
It’s a strategy CDPR is getting better at every year. The studio, which is juggling multiple secret projects, knows that surprise sometimes beats a slick marketing campaign. Sneaking Geralt into Night City without warning is also a way to weave an invisible thread between its two flagship franchises, while we wait for The Witcher 4 in 2028.
Update 2.5 has only been out a few days, and if CDPR managed to hide five Witcher items right under everyone’s nose, who knows what other secrets are still lurking in Night City’s alleys. Data miners, you’ve been warned.
