{"id":170687,"date":"2026-06-10T00:00:47","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T21:00:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/witcher-origin\/"},"modified":"2026-06-10T00:00:47","modified_gmt":"2026-06-09T21:00:47","slug":"witcher-origin","status":"publish","type":"mod","link":"https:\/\/vpesports.com\/minecraft\/mods\/witcher-origin\/","title":{"rendered":"The Witcher &#8211; An Origins Addon"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/r8KbnyM.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"1125\" height=\"396\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/i.imgur.com\/rhybyuj.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"898\" height=\"488\" \/><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline; font-size: 24px;\"><strong>The Witcher &#8211; An Origins Addon:<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><em>&#8220;Witchers were made to kill monsters. It doesn&#8217;t matter who posted the notice, the coin has to be right, that&#8217;s all.&#8221;<\/em><\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong style=\"font-size: 14px;\">&#8211; Geralt of Rivia.<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Inspired by <em>The Witcher<\/em> series of books and games, this new Origin adds a brand new way to play Minecraft. The main features of this mod include:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">New Origin: <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Witcher<\/strong><\/span><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Five Witcher signs with unique effects &#8211; <strong><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Igni<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #00ccff;\">Aard<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #00ff00;\">Axii<\/span>, <span style=\"color: #ff9900;\">Quen<\/span>, and <span style=\"color: #ff00ff;\">Yrden<\/span>.<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Two types of sword, <strong>Silver and Steel<\/strong>, only craftable by Witchers, with varying degrees of upgrades.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">Several <strong>armour sets<\/strong> unique to Witchers alone.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>Seven Witcher&#8217;s potions<\/strong>, with useful effects and a <span style=\"color: #99cc00;\"><strong>toxicity<\/strong> <\/span>mechanic.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>39 contracts<\/strong> related to vanilla Minecraft mobs, which allow you to hunt these foes and return their trophies to villagers for rewards.<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong>And more!<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><strong><b>General outline of the Witcher&#8217;s powers:<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #008000; font-size: 14px;\"><b><strong>+<\/strong> Has access to five unique signs, which can be selected via a radial menu, and cast with a separate key.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #008000; font-size: 14px;\"><b><strong>+<\/strong> Has the ability to dash in eight directions.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #008000; font-size: 14px;\"><b><strong>+<\/strong> Has access to crafting recipes for Witcher specific weapons, armour, materials and potions.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #008000; font-size: 14px;\"><b><strong>+<\/strong> Can craft Witcher Swords, which deal more damage to an enemy when enhanced with Blade Oils.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #008000; font-size: 14px;\"><b><strong>+<\/strong> Can craft refillable Witcher potions, which apply useful effects. Refill by sleeping beside a campfire with Alcohest in your inventory, or by interacting with a brewing stand while holding an empty potion vial and Alcohest in your inventory.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px;\"><b><strong><span style=\"color: #008000;\">+<\/span>\/<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">&#8211;<\/span><\/strong> <span style=\"color: #008000;\">Toxicity mechanic that increments by imbibing Witcher potions. Higher toxicity values will increase the Witcher&#8217;s strength, but will apply negative effects until you reach an overdose threshold.<\/span><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #008000; font-size: 14px;\"><b><strong>+<\/strong> Can receive a contract from a contract board (craftable) once per day. Killing the Mob on the contract using the correct sword will reward you with its trophy.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #008000; font-size: 14px;\"><strong>+<\/strong> Contracts can be exchanged for another of the same rarity by interacting with a contract board.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #008000; font-size: 14px;\"><b><strong>+<\/strong> Returning trophies to a villager will grant you various rewards, experience and upgrades.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #ff0000; font-size: 14px;\"><b><strong>&#8211;<\/strong> Witchers are only able to wear chainmail, leather, or Witcher armour. They do not wear helmets at all.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #ff0000; font-size: 14px;\"><b><strong>&#8211;<\/strong> Witchers cannot use a shield.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #ff0000; font-size: 14px;\"><b><strong>&#8211;<\/strong> Witchers mine 20% slower than a regular human.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #ff0000; font-size: 14px;\"><b><strong>&#8211;<\/strong> Witchers are more vulnerable to magic attacks.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif; color: #ff0000; font-size: 14px;\"><b><strong>&#8211;<\/strong> Witchers will be debuffed temporarily upon passing through a Nether Portal.<\/b><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>If you have Patchouli installed, you will receive a extensive guidebook on how to properly use this Origin when you select it. Refer to that for more details!<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><em><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>Only Origins and Fabric API are required to run this mod, but if you do not have the other three dependencies you will lose access to features within the mod. Extra Origins is responsible for the sign radial menu, Origins Keybinds allows you to use all the abilities of the Witcher, and Patchouli provides the guidebook on spawn.<\/b><\/span><\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px;\"><strong><b>I have no immediate plans to add major updates to this mod as of 12\/10\/2022. I may periodically return to this mod to update it after Origins has had several updates, or I have a good idea for additions and find some free time.<\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 14px; font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\"><span style=\"color: #000000;\"><b>You have my permission to use this mod in any modpack or server if you choose to. I do ask that you do not modify, reupload or directly monetise this mod, though this is not enforced. Hope you enjoy playing this Origin! I will not be porting this mod to Forge or backporting to earlier versions of Minecraft. Sorry!<\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><span style=\"font-family: helvetica, arial, sans-serif;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Adds the Witcher as a playable origin, with new abilities, weapons, armour and mechanics! 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