diff --git a/doc/classes/ProjectSettings.xml b/doc/classes/ProjectSettings.xml
index 3fc9e94427ec..3c27e47b8c19 100644
--- a/doc/classes/ProjectSettings.xml
+++ b/doc/classes/ProjectSettings.xml
@@ -557,7 +557,7 @@
When set to [code]warn[/code] or [code]error[/code], produces a warning or an error respectively when using an expression whose type may not be compatible with the function parameter expected.
- When set to [code]warn[/code] or [code]error[/code], produces a warning or an error respectively when performing an unsafe cast.
+ When set to [code]warn[/code] or [code]error[/code], produces a warning or an error respectively when a [Variant] value is cast to a non-Variant.
When set to [code]warn[/code] or [code]error[/code], produces a warning or an error respectively when calling a method whose presence is not guaranteed at compile-time in the class.
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.cpp
index 983a19470ad0..a5728374cf20 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_analyzer.cpp
@@ -3453,9 +3453,7 @@ void GDScriptAnalyzer::reduce_cast(GDScriptParser::CastNode *p_cast) {
if (op_type.is_variant() || !op_type.is_hard_type()) {
mark_node_unsafe(p_cast);
#ifdef DEBUG_ENABLED
- if (op_type.is_variant() && !op_type.is_hard_type()) {
- parser->push_warning(p_cast, GDScriptWarning::UNSAFE_CAST, cast_type.to_string());
- }
+ parser->push_warning(p_cast, GDScriptWarning::UNSAFE_CAST, cast_type.to_string());
#endif
} else {
bool valid = false;
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_warning.cpp b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_warning.cpp
index 1fe9b0425c83..f2ba75b032c4 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_warning.cpp
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_warning.cpp
@@ -105,7 +105,7 @@ String GDScriptWarning::get_message() const {
return vformat(R"*(The method "%s()" is not present on the inferred type "%s" (but may be present on a subtype).)*", symbols[0], symbols[1]);
case UNSAFE_CAST:
CHECK_SYMBOLS(1);
- return vformat(R"(The value is cast to "%s" but has an unknown type.)", symbols[0]);
+ return vformat(R"(Casting "Variant" to "%s" is unsafe.)", symbols[0]);
case UNSAFE_CALL_ARGUMENT:
CHECK_SYMBOLS(5);
return vformat(R"*(The argument %s of the %s "%s()" requires the subtype "%s" but the supertype "%s" was provided.)*", symbols[0], symbols[1], symbols[2], symbols[3], symbols[4]);
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_warning.h b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_warning.h
index 1aef6fa81bbe..6a3d84c0c78e 100644
--- a/modules/gdscript/gdscript_warning.h
+++ b/modules/gdscript/gdscript_warning.h
@@ -68,7 +68,7 @@ class GDScriptWarning {
INFERRED_DECLARATION, // Variable/constant/parameter has an implicitly inferred static type.
UNSAFE_PROPERTY_ACCESS, // Property not found in the detected type (but can be in subtypes).
UNSAFE_METHOD_ACCESS, // Function not found in the detected type (but can be in subtypes).
- UNSAFE_CAST, // Cast used in an unknown type.
+ UNSAFE_CAST, // Casting a `Variant` value to non-`Variant`.
UNSAFE_CALL_ARGUMENT, // Function call argument is of a supertype of the required type.
UNSAFE_VOID_RETURN, // Function returns void but returned a call to a function that can't be type checked.
RETURN_VALUE_DISCARDED, // Function call returns something but the value isn't used.
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/cast_int_to_array.gd b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/cast_int_to_array.gd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..b53e814eea7a
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/cast_int_to_array.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+func test():
+ var integer := 1
+ print(integer as Array)
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/cast_int_to_array.out b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/cast_int_to_array.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..e3e82c2b7e1d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/cast_int_to_array.out
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+GDTEST_ANALYZER_ERROR
+Invalid cast. Cannot convert from "int" to "Array".
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/cast_int_to_object.gd b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/cast_int_to_object.gd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..323e367f8e97
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/cast_int_to_object.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+func test():
+ var integer := 1
+ print(integer as Node)
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/cast_int_to_object.out b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/cast_int_to_object.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7de40418bf05
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/cast_int_to_object.out
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+GDTEST_ANALYZER_ERROR
+Invalid cast. Cannot convert from "int" to "Node".
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/cast_object_to_int.gd b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/cast_object_to_int.gd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f6cd5e217e44
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/cast_object_to_int.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,3 @@
+func test():
+ var object := RefCounted.new()
+ print(object as int)
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/cast_object_to_int.out b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/cast_object_to_int.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..8af0847577a4
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/errors/cast_object_to_int.out
@@ -0,0 +1,2 @@
+GDTEST_ANALYZER_ERROR
+Invalid cast. Cannot convert from "RefCounted" to "int".
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/warnings/unsafe_cast.gd b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/warnings/unsafe_cast.gd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..1a6d10f8f752
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/warnings/unsafe_cast.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+# We don't want to execute it because of errors, just analyze.
+func no_exec_test():
+ var weak_int = 1
+ print(weak_int as Variant) # No warning.
+ print(weak_int as int)
+ print(weak_int as Node)
+
+ var weak_node = Node.new()
+ print(weak_node as Variant) # No warning.
+ print(weak_node as int)
+ print(weak_node as Node)
+
+ var weak_variant = null
+ print(weak_variant as Variant) # No warning.
+ print(weak_variant as int)
+ print(weak_variant as Node)
+
+ var hard_variant: Variant = null
+ print(hard_variant as Variant) # No warning.
+ print(hard_variant as int)
+ print(hard_variant as Node)
+
+func test():
+ pass
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/warnings/unsafe_cast.out b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/warnings/unsafe_cast.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c1e683d942da
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/analyzer/warnings/unsafe_cast.out
@@ -0,0 +1,33 @@
+GDTEST_OK
+>> WARNING
+>> Line: 5
+>> UNSAFE_CAST
+>> Casting "Variant" to "int" is unsafe.
+>> WARNING
+>> Line: 6
+>> UNSAFE_CAST
+>> Casting "Variant" to "Node" is unsafe.
+>> WARNING
+>> Line: 10
+>> UNSAFE_CAST
+>> Casting "Variant" to "int" is unsafe.
+>> WARNING
+>> Line: 11
+>> UNSAFE_CAST
+>> Casting "Variant" to "Node" is unsafe.
+>> WARNING
+>> Line: 15
+>> UNSAFE_CAST
+>> Casting "Variant" to "int" is unsafe.
+>> WARNING
+>> Line: 16
+>> UNSAFE_CAST
+>> Casting "Variant" to "Node" is unsafe.
+>> WARNING
+>> Line: 20
+>> UNSAFE_CAST
+>> Casting "Variant" to "int" is unsafe.
+>> WARNING
+>> Line: 21
+>> UNSAFE_CAST
+>> Casting "Variant" to "Node" is unsafe.
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/errors/cast_freed_object.gd b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/errors/cast_freed_object.gd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..6b766f4d3d0d
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/errors/cast_freed_object.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+func test():
+ var node := Node.new()
+ node.free()
+ print(node as Node2D)
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/errors/cast_freed_object.out b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/errors/cast_freed_object.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..90d81dd9a1af
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/errors/cast_freed_object.out
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+GDTEST_RUNTIME_ERROR
+>> SCRIPT ERROR
+>> on function: test()
+>> runtime/errors/cast_freed_object.gd
+>> 4
+>> Trying to cast a freed object.
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/errors/cast_int_to_array.gd b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/errors/cast_int_to_array.gd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..00817c588fa3
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/errors/cast_int_to_array.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+func test():
+ var integer: Variant = 1
+ @warning_ignore("unsafe_cast")
+ print(integer as Array)
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/errors/cast_int_to_array.out b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/errors/cast_int_to_array.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..545d7a4906ed
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/errors/cast_int_to_array.out
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+GDTEST_RUNTIME_ERROR
+>> SCRIPT ERROR
+>> on function: test()
+>> runtime/errors/cast_int_to_array.gd
+>> 4
+>> Invalid cast: could not convert value to 'Array'.
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/errors/cast_int_to_object.gd b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/errors/cast_int_to_object.gd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..44673a45137b
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/errors/cast_int_to_object.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+func test():
+ var integer: Variant = 1
+ @warning_ignore("unsafe_cast")
+ print(integer as Node)
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/errors/cast_int_to_object.out b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/errors/cast_int_to_object.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7c39b4639632
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/errors/cast_int_to_object.out
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+GDTEST_RUNTIME_ERROR
+>> SCRIPT ERROR
+>> on function: test()
+>> runtime/errors/cast_int_to_object.gd
+>> 4
+>> Invalid cast: can't convert a non-object value to an object type.
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/errors/cast_object_to_int.gd b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/errors/cast_object_to_int.gd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..830d0c0c4acf
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/errors/cast_object_to_int.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,4 @@
+func test():
+ var object: Variant = RefCounted.new()
+ @warning_ignore("unsafe_cast")
+ print(object as int)
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/errors/cast_object_to_int.out b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/errors/cast_object_to_int.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..f922199fb301
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/errors/cast_object_to_int.out
@@ -0,0 +1,6 @@
+GDTEST_RUNTIME_ERROR
+>> SCRIPT ERROR
+>> on function: test()
+>> runtime/errors/cast_object_to_int.gd
+>> 4
+>> Invalid cast: could not convert value to 'int'.
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/features/type_casting.gd b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/features/type_casting.gd
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..c63ea16c32c1
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/features/type_casting.gd
@@ -0,0 +1,24 @@
+func print_value(value: Variant) -> void:
+ if value is Object:
+ @warning_ignore("unsafe_method_access")
+ print("<%s>" % value.get_class())
+ else:
+ print(var_to_str(value))
+
+func test():
+ var int_value := 1
+ print_value(int_value as Variant)
+ print_value(int_value as int)
+ print_value(int_value as float)
+
+ var node_value := Node.new()
+ print_value(node_value as Variant)
+ print_value(node_value as Object)
+ print_value(node_value as Node)
+ print_value(node_value as Node2D)
+ node_value.free()
+
+ var null_value = null
+ print_value(null_value as Variant)
+ @warning_ignore("unsafe_cast")
+ print_value(null_value as Node)
diff --git a/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/features/type_casting.out b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/features/type_casting.out
new file mode 100644
index 000000000000..7da5a4c0a4ca
--- /dev/null
+++ b/modules/gdscript/tests/scripts/runtime/features/type_casting.out
@@ -0,0 +1,10 @@
+GDTEST_OK
+1
+1
+1.0
+
+
+
+null
+null
+null