the Trials are a series of grueling, highly lethal biochemical and alchemical processes used to mutate human children into superhuman monster hunters. The process breaks down and rebuilds the body, granting heightened senses, incredible reflexes, increased longevity, and immunity to most diseases. 

The Main Trials

Becoming a full witcher involves several distinct stages, though the exact curriculum can vary slightly between different Witcher schools (like Wolf, Cat, or Griffin): 

• The Trial of the Grasses: The most famous and brutal step. Initiates consume a toxic mixture of mutagenic herbs, fungi, and elixirs. It subjects them to agonizing pain, madness, and violent reactions. Only about 3 to 4 out of every 10 boys survive this trial, with the rest dying or suffering severe, permanent disfigurement. 
• The Trial of the Dreams: Following the Grasses, this trial uses specialized psychedelic herbs and alchemical magic to further mutate the nervous system, bone marrow, and hormones. It finalizes the mutation process, grants witchers their characteristic vertical, cat-like pupils, and typically renders them sterile. 
• The Trial of the Mountains: Also known as the Trial of the Medallion, this is the final physical and mental test. Apprentices must navigate the treacherous, monster-filled peaks surrounding their home keep (such as Kaer Morhen) to prove their combat skills and earn their signature school medallion. 

The Consequences

The mutation process strips witchers of human frailties but also comes with severe costs. The process permanently removes their emotions, leading to the common misconception that witchers are entirely cold and heartless. Because of the extreme physical toll and high mortality rate, the knowledge of how to perform these trials is “nearly” (unless they taught you them) extinct, – making the creation of new witchers is almost impossible in the modern era, unless you know the rights and alchemy . “ Allegedly “….

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