The Witcher 4 coin reference explained

During the game awards, highly anticipated The Witcher 4’s trailer hit the big screen, unveiling Ciri as the new protagonist. It seems that this is just the first step in implementing the next installment in the series, as there are rumors about the developer's plans to create a trilogy around Siri's lore.




Among the teasers CD Projekt Red has fed its fan base, a series of images showing coins are making the rounds and sparking intense speculation. Sebastian Kalemba, Sports Director The Witcher 4 After announcing that the project, the game has now entered the full-scale production stage, the first image of the coin was released. Since then, more developers on the project have teased the community with these coin images. It is still not clear what this coin means, as well as its implications for the upcoming game, as most of the related posts have been without context.

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The coins are likely a nod to elements synonymous with the Witcher franchise


Much of the discourse surrounding the coin's shared images stems from the elaborate runes engraved on it. There is a crescent moon shape that runs along the border of the coin, and its center looks like a hill with an entrance below it. Above it sits the Sun, partially eclipsed by the Moon, releasing rays of light across the sky.

While these elements are interesting, this is not the first time it has appeared Witcher suffrage When the official Gwent artwork for the standalone game came out in 2020, it featured many of the same elements (the mountain, the moon, and the entrance to the cave), with Eclipse as the lone exception.

It's also worth noting that Sebastian Kalemba is the head of the art department for the Gwent game, which might explain some of the similarities. On his X (formerly known as Twitter) account, Sebastian revealed the other side of the coin, writing “day and night pass and the blood remains the same” in Tolkien runes.

Although it is debatable what that line means, the monster shown in the trailer reaffirms to Siri that fate cannot be changed no matter how hard one tries.


Coins can represent key stories in Witcher Lore

Of all the speculations, the most popular one links the solar eclipse on the coin to the curse of the black sun, otherwise known as the black sun. Mage Altibald's prophecy describes an eclipse that signals the beginning of the end of humanity. According to him, 60 girls will be born on this black sun and the curse will turn them into treacherous demons who will facilitate the return of Lilith, goddess of the night, and end the world.

Doubt surrounded the prophecy's authenticity, with many suggesting that the words were the idle ramblings of a madman. Thus, the prophecy was eventually referred to as the madness of the mad Eltibald. However, the Dauk Menhirs writings, the Vozgor Necropolis tombstones, and the Vetots legends lend credence to Eltibald's prediction.

Each of these pieces spoke of the end of the world held by Lilith and sixty golden-crowned women born under the black sun. Since the prophetic words and coin depictions share significant overlap, it stands to reason that The Witcher 4The coin reference to may allude to the apocalypse.


Another bit of speculation gaining traction among the fan base is the reference to the coming combination of coins spheres. Coins, which sport celestial bodies and stones, may represent an arrangement of monoliths stacked together, in contrast to mountain depictions from earlier theories. This cataclysmic event took place 1,500 years before the events of the story when the realms of the multiverse collided. It will be interesting to see what direction CDPR eventually takes, as they are multiple narrative devices on which to build a potential Ciri trilogy.

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The Witcher IV

The Witcher IV is a Single-player, Open-world RPG from CD PROJEKT RED. At the start of the new saga, players take on the role of Siri, a professional monster slayer, and embark on a journey through a brutal dark-fantasy world. Powered by Unreal Engine 5, it aims to be the most immersive and ambitious open-world Witcher game to date.

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