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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.
What CD Projekt Red has and has not said about character progression in The Witcher IV, and which long-running franchise systems remain unconfirmed for this game.
A comprehensive overview of The Witcher IV, the upcoming open-world RPG from CD Projekt Red featuring Ciri as the protagonist.
The RTX Mega Geometry foliage tech demo presented by NVIDIA and CD Projekt Red at GDC 2026.
Stromford is a remote northern village featured in The Witcher IV's cinematic reveal trailer, where Ciri encounters the Bauk.
"School of the Lynx" is the community's name for the witcher order behind the lynx medallion Ciri wears in The Witcher IV. CDPR has confirmed the medallion's shape but not the school.
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.
The chain weapon is Ciri's secondary weapon in The Witcher IV, a versatile mid-range tool replacing Geralt's crossbow.
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.
Witcher schools are organizations that train monster hunters through the Trial of the Grasses. This page covers the six best-documented schools, plus the lynx medallion Ciri wears in The Witcher IV.
Overview of all confirmed and expected locations in The Witcher IV.
Yennefer of Vengerberg is a powerful sorceress who trained Ciri in magic. She is Geralt's partner and Ciri's adoptive mother.
CD Projekt Red is the Polish game development studio behind The Witcher IV. The franchise has sold over 85 million copies.
How Ciri fights in The Witcher IV: acrobatic swordplay, a chain weapon, witcher signs, advanced magic from Yennefer's training, and nerfed Elder Blood powers.
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.
Lan Exeter is the winter capital of Kovir in Andrzej Sapkowski's novels, a canal-laced port city on the River Targo estuary. CDPR has not confirmed it as a location in The Witcher IV.
Tomasz Marchewka, the Story Director of The Witcher IV at CD Projekt Red.
Zireael is Ciri's silver sword in The Witcher IV, a gnome-forged gwyhyr whose name means 'Swallow' in Elder Speech.
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 Wild Hunt is an elite cavalry of the Aen Elle elves who pursued Ciri for her Elder Blood. They were the primary antagonists of The Witcher 3, and CDPR has not said whether they appear in The Witcher IV.
The Witcher IV's open world: set in Kovir and Poviss, roughly the same size as The Witcher 3's map, with reactive NPCs, Kelpie the horse, and the locations shown so far.
The Continent is the primary landmass in the Witcher universe, divided between the Northern Kingdoms and the Nilfgaardian Empire.
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.
Ciara Berkeley, the voice and motion capture actress for Ciri in The Witcher IV.
Kovir is a wealthy northern kingdom on the Continent and the primary setting of The Witcher IV.
The cinematic reveal trailer for The Witcher IV, debuted at The Game Awards on December 12, 2024.
Valdrest is a port town in Kovir shown in The Witcher IV's Unreal Engine 5 tech demo, featuring over 300 NPCs and Slavic architecture.
The combat system in The Witcher IV centers on Ciri's speed, chain weapons, witcher signs, and elemental magic.
Geralt of Rivia is confirmed to appear in The Witcher IV, voiced by Doug Cockle, in a yet-unspecified role.
Romance in The Witcher IV: CDPR has confirmed romance is a core part of the game, with Ciri's bisexuality from the novels opening the door for both male and female love interests.
Philipp Weber, the Narrative Director of The Witcher IV at CD Projekt Red.
The Unreal Engine 5 tech demo presented by CD Projekt Red and Epic during the State of Unreal keynote at Unreal Fest Orlando in June 2025. It shows The Witcher IV technology running on a base PS5 at 60 FPS.
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.
Ciri's innate Source magical abilities in The Witcher IV, distinct from standard Witcher Signs, and what CDPR has and has not confirmed about them.
Confirmed monsters in The Witcher IV: the Bauk from Serbian folklore and the Imperial Manticore, plus CDPR's stated goal of tightening monster hunt gameplay.
How The Witcher IV approaches quest design: no fetch quests, rapid creative iteration, and a new senior quest designer from Kingdom Come: Deliverance 2.
The Imperial Manticore is one of the world's oldest monsters, shown in The Witcher IV's tech demo attacking salt shipments near Valdrest.
Sebastian Kalemba is the Game Director of The Witcher IV and likely the entire new Witcher trilogy. He previously served as animation director and creative director on Cyberpunk 2077.
Mioni is a young woman from Stromford selected as a sacrifice to the Bauk in The Witcher IV's cinematic trailer.
