Witcher

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"A lone wolf who has undergone extensive physical training and mysterious rituals in the past to become a monster slayer for hire." Swift Combatant.

Check the Witcher's Journal in-game for detailed information about this Origin.

Positive:

• Use your primary active ability to dash in one of eight directions.

• Use your secondary active ability to open a radial menu, allowing you to select your active Witcher sign.

• Press load hotbar activator to cast Quen, a protective ward that blocks the next source of damage you would otherwise take.

• Use your ternary active ability to cast your selected Witcher sign:

  • Igni - Cast a wave of fire around you, damaging and burning entities caught in the area of effect.

  • Aard - Cast a telekinetic shockwave that shoves entities in front of you back.

  • Axii - Cast a hypnotic charm that stuns and blinds entities temporarily.

  • Yrden - Cast a slowing circle of runes that reduces the speed of any entity other than Witchers.

• You can sleep besides a campfire while holding Alcohest to consume it and refill your potions.

• Press save hotbar activator while near a Brewing Stand to spend Alcohest to restore an empty Witcher potion in your mainhand.

• Press save hotbar activator while near a Contract Board to recieve a random contract.

  • Contracts can be received once per day (not including sleeping).

• Press save hotbar activator while near a Contract Board and holding a contract in your mainhand to exchange for a random contract of the same rarity.

  • Contracts can be exchanged every 5 minutes.

• Press save hotbar activator while looking at a Villager to turn in a Trophy for rewards.

Crafting:

• You can craft Steel Swords.

• You can craft Silver Swords.

• You can upgrade your swords into Relic Weapons.

• You can craft Witcher armour which can be upgraded to provide various set bonuses.

• You can craft several key Witcher items: Alcohest, Campfires, Dimeritium Ingots, Enriched Dimeritium Ingots, Contract Boards.

• You can craft Blade Oil, which can be consumed to empower your Silver and Steel swords when held in the offhand.

• You can craft Witcher's potions, which grant various effects:

  • Swallow - Regeneration effect + Instant Health.

  • Cat - Movement Speed + Night Vision in the dark.

  • Blizzard - Slow and weaken enemies on hit.

  • Black Blood - Inflict Wither on attackers.

  • Thunderbolt - Raises attack damage.

  • Maribor Forest - Restores high saturation.

  • Full Moon - Increases Maximum HP.

Neutral:

• Starts with a journal containing all info about the Origin.

• Drinking Witcher potions raises toxicity meter, granting increased strength but increasing negative effects as the meter rises:

  • >60%: Nauseated and Slowed.

  • >85%: Damage over Time.

  • 100%: Instant Death.

Negative:

• You cannot use a shield.

• You cannot wear helmets.

• You cannot wear any armour besides leather, chainmail, and Witcher armour.

• You mine 20% slower than a human.

• You gain weakness and nausea temporarily after passing through a Nether Portal.

• You take more damage from magic sources.

A Witcher showcasing their abilities.

Part of the Witcher Origin addon.