Great Sage — overview
The Tensura: Reincarnated addon that gives the Great Sage its voice: Japanese skill announcements, ceremonies, a Voice of the World reincarnation, a menu, Assess Mode and voice commands.
In Tensura, the Great Sage (大賢者, Daikenja) is the flat, calm voice that tells Rimuru everything he has just acquired. In Tensura: Reincarnated, all that was left of it was a chat line. Great Sage gives it its voice back: every skill you unlock is announced out loud, in Japanese, by name, while the Sage's geometric core opens on screen and the name slams into place on the exact syllable it is spoken. The mod has grown since then: a menu, a gaze that reads creatures, spontaneous remarks, offline voice commands, a whole birth narrated by the Voice of the World — and, at the very top, an evolution that waits.
What the mod does
It announces what you gain
An acquired skill triggers the announcement: 告 Koku, the rank (Yunīku Sukiru…), the name, then "…no kakutoku ni seikō shimashita". Ten skills at once? One announcement, grouped by rank. All the details in skill announcements.
It announces what you become
Species evolution and the five milestones — Hero Egg, Demon Lord Seed, Harvest Festival, True Hero, True Demon Lord — each have their own line and their own staging. With shader rendering (0.0.7) they become real full-screen scenes during which you can be neither hurt nor pushed. See Ceremonies and evolutions.
It gives you birth
The Voice of the World replaces Tensura's reincarnation screen: you are dead, it tells you so, and it asks what you want. You do not pick from a list — you draw a figure, and the world reads what you meant. See reincarnation and the Voice of the World.
It answers, reads and comments
| Feature | Key | Article |
|---|---|---|
| Great Sage menu | G | Great Sage menu |
| Assess Mode | V / B | Assess Mode |
| Magic Sense | N | Magic Sense and auras |
| Speak to the Sage | unbound | Voice commands |
| Panic stop | Delete | Controls |
The menu leads to skill analysis (master a skill without using it), the Records (every skill in the pack), the Observations (everything you have scanned), Battle Mode and the growth tree. The Sage also drops spontaneous remarks while you play: ore behind the block you just broke, lava three blocks away, a tool about to break…
And at the top of the tree
The capstone of the growth tree is Raphael, Lord of Wisdom. Its evolution is replayed shot by shot from episode 35 of the anime. See Raphael's evolution.
Versions
The public version is 0.0.6.1. 0.0.7 is in early access (four builds between 16 and 27 September 2026): shader rendering, ceremony scenes, the Sea of Souls, skill fusion, the Voice of the World for the whole server… Articles flag what only exists in that version so far. Full history: Changelog; what comes next: Roadmap.
Going further
- Installing the mod: Getting started
- What is voiced, mod by mod: Voice coverage
- Other Tensura addons: Addon compatibility
- Available languages: Languages
- Shader rendering and what it changes: Shader rendering
- Gamerules: Gamerules · commands: Commands · configuration: Configuration
- Frequently asked questions: Frequently asked questions · thanks: Credits