CD Projekt Red used a Gamescom demo of The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt - Songs of the Past to put Letten on the map and send Geralt after a missing Dandelion. The preview starts with Geralt waking from an alcohol-induced, nightmare-ridden slumber, then moves into a search that turns a new region into the story’s main route forward.
Karolina Kuzia-Rokosz said, “When we're building a new place on the map, the most important thing is to stick to the principles we already know.” She added that, “The new place has to feel like it belongs, but is still fresh and different.” That design rule is the clearest signal that Letten is being built as a real extension of The Witcher 3 rather than a detached add-on.
Manor de Lettenhove leads the trail
Geralt and the preview’s guide go to Manor de Lettenhove to question Dandelion’s family before the search narrows toward the well outside Letten. Lilla is the one pushing hardest in that direction, saying Dandelion has wound up at the well, while the grandmother expects he will turn up eventually. That split inside the family gives the demo a practical shape: one route leads to patience, the other to immediate pursuit.
Karolina Kuzia-Rokosz also said, “We want to give you this experience of visiting a new place you haven't visited before; the idea is for you to feel at home, but also feel like this place is new.” For players, that means the demo is not just showing a location name; it is establishing how the DLC wants Letten to function inside the world, with familiar rules and a new texture. A related look at CD Projekt S.A. becoming Cd Projekt RED in August shows how the company has kept tightening that identity over time.
The well outside Letten
Geralt’s visions of the well turn the search from a family visit into an investigation. The well is described as oppressive and claustrophobic, and thorny vines there are draining the lifeblood from wandering animals and unfortunate travelers. That makes the destination feel like a hard break from the safer mood attached to Letten itself, where emerald pastures sit against the darker witch’s domain.
Karolina Kuzia-Rokosz said, “We take extra care to make sure that these places are intertwined with each other and that there's a story behind them.” That is the useful takeaway from the demo: Songs of the Past is building its map and its mystery together, so the new area is doing narrative work instead of serving as a backdrop. Whether Dandelion is actually at the well is the question the preview leaves in Geralt’s hands, and the search now runs through Letten instead of around it.
