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The Trial of the Grasses is the mutagenic process that transforms humans into witchers. Ciri has undergone it by the time of The Witcher IV, and players will experience it firsthand.
A comprehensive overview of The Witcher IV, the upcoming open-world RPG from CD Projekt Red featuring Ciri as the protagonist.
A comprehensive chronological timeline of The Witcher IV's development from announcement through production.
Ciri is the playable protagonist of The Witcher IV, a fully trained witcher of the School of the Lynx who carries the Elder Blood gene.
Witcher schools are organizations that train monster hunters through the Trial of the Grasses. Seven schools are known in Witcher lore, plus the new School of the Lynx.
Kelpie is Ciri's black mare and horse companion in The Witcher IV, a fast and spirited horse from the Witcher novels with possibly supernatural qualities.
CD Projekt Red is the Polish game development studio behind The Witcher IV. The franchise has sold over 85 million copies.
Kovir is a wealthy northern kingdom on the Continent and the primary setting of The Witcher IV.
Witcher signs are combat magic cast through hand gestures. In The Witcher IV, Ciri's abilities extend beyond the five traditional signs into elemental manipulation.
The Bauk is a many-legged cave monster from Serbian mythology that appears in The Witcher IV, terrorizing Stromford through fog, voice mimicry, and fear.
The Witcher IV runs on Unreal Engine 5.6, replacing CDPR's proprietary REDengine, with a tech demo running at 60 FPS on base PS5.
The combat system in The Witcher IV centers on Ciri's speed, chain weapons, witcher signs, and elemental magic.
Elder Blood (Hen Ichaer) is the ancient elven gene carried by Ciri that grants her space-time manipulation powers, originating from a centuries-long breeding program.