CD Projekt Red is bringing back Dandelion, AKA Jaskier, AKA Julian Alfred Pankratz, Viscount de Lettenhove for The Witcher 4, according to his longtime Polish voice actor Jacek Kopczyński. The informal confirmation of the many-named bard's involvement brings The Witcher 4 to a tally of three returning characters and counting.
In the 19 months since the game's official announcement in December 2024, Dandelion's inclusion in CDPR's next open-world RPG has been a matter of near-universal expectation. The character was repeatedly named among the most logical legacy figures to carry into the new saga, and there had already been vocal fan arguments that The Witcher 4 should keep Dandelion even if his eventual role in Ciri's first solo game proved relatively small.
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What little doubt may have remained among fans about Dandelion's involvement in The Witcher 4, Kopczyński dispelled during a recent panel appearance at PSX Extreme Party 2026 in Warsaw on September 5. Speaking with Polish journalist Dawid Muszyński, the actor said he had already recorded some Dandelion lines for The Witcher 4, though only a small amount, according to a Wiedźminlandia...
