Launch RedKit and create/load a project.

Use shortcut CTRL+A to open Asset Browser.

By default, it opens a root folder of your depot - ie collection of all files used by the game. So now you’re looking at the intestines of your base game + dlcs.

• to reach DLC assets, you’ll have to traverse to dlc/dlcNAME folders
  • DLC indexes:
• folder names are self-explanatory for the most part, but may require some investigation to reach the specific asset
• you can use Asset Browser’s Search to look by name and extension of the file. See the list of file extensions here.
• its easier to first examine a quest (.W2PHASE), load a level (.W2L), or an entity (.W2ENT), and then locate its parts, rather than try to build something complex from smaller pieces;
• refer to RedKit Wiki for in-depth tutorials on creating and editing game files.

double-clicking on almost anything would make your Asset Browser go to the source folder of it - so expore and have fun.

• most character assets (bodies, bodyparts, hair, outfits, etc) are located under (shocking) characters/ it includes human, monster and animal npcs - so anything that is animated is most likely here; Geralt’s base hair and body are here; Ciri’s hair, body and outfits are mostly here;
• Geralt’s basegame armors and bodypart W2ENTs are under items/bodyparts/geralt_items
• most weapons, tools, ****usable and quest items are located under items/
• most environment models (such as rocks, some trees, parts of buildings, furniture, and misc items) are under environment/
• if your asset belongs to dlc, it will most likely be located under similarly named folders in dlc/dlcNAME/data/…

Navigate to your resource.

1. For the sake of this tutorial, let’s go to characters/models/geralt/head/model in Asset Browser.

2. This is a collection of various states of head for Gerry. So his head(s), eyes, lashes, and his face textures are here.

   

Go RMB → Export Asset and save a W2MESH as an FBX.

1. For this tutorial, I’ll export Gerry’s he_ file (eyes, lashes, teeth) and one of his heads.
   • characters\models\geralt\head\model\he_01_mg__geralt.w2mesh
   • characters\models\geralt\head\model\h_00_mg__geralt.w2mesh

Go RMB → Export Asset and save an XBM as a TGA or DDS.

1. Let’s export Gerry’s textureset for the head, so:
   • characters\models\geralt\head\model\h_01_mg__geralt_a01.xbm
   • characters\models\geralt\head\model\h_01_mg__geralt_d01.xbm
   • characters\models\geralt\head\model\h_01_mg__geralt_n01.xbm

You can export it to any folder on your drive, and then fetch files from any place on your computer, as well. I prefer to keep it under some folder in the same RedKit project.

1. !important! DO NOT change original files in Depot, or export any files to Depot!

2. you can export a lot of files to a lot of raw file types. More on that here.

3. what you should get, more or less: