Locked up and horned up part 3

Welcome to IGN’s Walkthrough for God of War. This page contains information on the second step of your Journey - Path to the Mountain - which will include paths to take, enemies to fight, and any collectibles you might find along the way.

Spoiler Warning: This guide will refrain from story spoilers whenever possible, but may indicate possible spoilers in boss fights or other encounters - proceed at your own risk.

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• Journey Reward: 2,000 XP

Journey to the Mountain

Video Guide: Part Four

As you begin your journey through the newly created fissure from your fight with the Stranger, be sure to take a moment and review your skills. The experience you gain from completing journeys and killing enemies can all be used to purchase new skills - though some require your axe to be improved first. Consider getting a close combat skill for your axe, as well as upgrading Atreus’ combat skills, as he’ll be along for the entire ride - and is a lot more useful than you expect.

Head down the ravine and shimmy across the ledge until you reach a gap you can jump across. On the other side, look for markings on a rock wall that you can climb, and then cross up to the right before panning further right to leap the rest of the way to a high ledge.

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The tunnel here leads to an old mining cavern - and you’ll need to find a way up. Collect the nearby clumps of Hacksilver, and look in the far right for a bucket you can knock down to get more Hacksilver. Atreus will mention boosting him up on a ledge near the right side of the cavern. Once up, he can’t continue forward, but there is a bridge you can lower. Look behind you for a wheel you can spin to lower the bridge, then freeze the gear in place so Atreus can cross.

Command Atreus to drop the chain allowing you to climb up, and by keeping the bridge frozen you can cross to a marked wall. Before you do that, turn the other way to run over to a ledge where you can spot a distant chest.

Hop across the ledges to reach it and claim the Hacksilver Chest, then return across the bridge and get your axe back before climbing up and hopping to other ledges up and then left to a new platform. Here you can lower another chain for an easier time backtracking later.

Continue up the next wall until you reach the top, and admire the view of your old home before continuing on. As you run up the next path and sidle through a narrow pass, you’ll find yourself in the next area: The Riverpass.

As you enter, grab some Hacksilver from a corpse on the side as you approach more Draugr.

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Time your assault with Atreus’ arrows to build up combos on your enemies quickly or raise their stun meter. After felling a few Draugr, others will appear that fire projectiles. Make note of your threat indicator - when the purple arrow flares up, you’re about to be attacked from afar.

Luckily your shield can block their blows - and you can then throw your axe at those harassing you from out of reach or have Atreus help whittle them down.

Once this area is clear, look up above to spot a few buckets of Hacksilver, and grab the healthstone in the corner under the fallen tree if you need it. The way out lies by some interesting looking runes by a rock wall

Continue Towards the Mountain

Climb the rock wall after reading the runes and grab some Hacksilver from a corpse on the left before moving onwards. Another blue icy warrior will ambush you here - avoid their frost attacks and pummel them with your fists and arrows to end the fight quickly.

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You’ll soon have the opportunity to test it out - as reaching the next area will soon have you falling into ruins filled with Draugr that animate to life.

Not all of them will come alive at once, so be quick to take out the ones closest and use Atreus to help crowd control - and use your Runic Attack when facing several of them close by. Several projectile-throwing Draugr will appear on a ledge above - keep your indicator in mind as you take out the closer threats before throwing your axe above to finish off the rest of the attackers.

Escape the Ruins

These enemies are much tougher than the regular Draugr. They sport two separate health bars that need to be whittled down, and attack with heavy axes that can overpower your shield or outright cut through it - if you see a yellow light emanate from their attack, get ready to dodge to the side, as blocking these will stagger you greatly. They will usually perform one or two of these unblockable attacks, or a smaller axe thrust that can be blocked at the right time.

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Remember that building up a stun meter on these foes can allow you to completely wipe out one of the health bars and seriously injure them - just don’t get surrounded. You also likely have a full bar of rage to activate your Spartan Rage: like your fight with the Stranger, this allows you to deal a lot of damage in a short amount of time, and hit enemies so hard they might just fly into walls or off the nearby cliff.

Fight hard and careful, and use Atreus whenever possible to distract the enemies until all the Heavy Draugr are dead. Now you can climb a new wall where they broke through and head deeper into the ruins.

Video Guide: Part Five

As you climb up the wall, you’ll hear some really creepy chanting. Proceed with caution, and be sure to break apart some wooden planks on the right as you drop down to get some Hacksilver by a corpse. There’s another corpse with more Hacksilver up on the left behind more wooden planks. Don’t worry about the lifeless Draugr, they aren’t making the noises. As you enter the larger platform, a Revenant will appear.

These witches are cunning and send poison mist your way or with swipes of their staff - but the real annoyance comes from their constant teleport dodging.

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They’ll evade you almost every time, unless you use Atreus and his arrows to stun them long enough for you to sprint up and start smacking them around. Watch out for a counter attack, and then wait for them to teleport again before commanding more arrow salvos.

After defeating the Revenant, head through the tunnel under the bridge to a gap with a far wall you can jump to and climb.

However, if you want some treasure, climb down first. At the bottom you can enter the pit below the area you were first in.

Unfortunately, a level 3 Heavy Draugr will appear to do battle - and it’s very tough. It may use the same moves, but its attacks are outright unblockable, and even its short jab can stagger you if you try and block it. Fight carefully and use your Runic ability to stun it and have Atreus keep peppering away at the monster until you can kill it. Your reward are two buckets above the pit full of Hacksilver, and a large Coffin containing more Hacksilver, as well as Aegir’s Gold and Soft Svartalheim Steel - components you’ll need for getting better gear.

Head back to the tall rock wall and climb up to the top where you can spot your destination beyond a sealed gate. Head right first to open up another large Coffin that contains a Soft Svartalheim Steel. Jump across the gap but be ready for an ambush by Draugr, with more appearing down on the path to the left.

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Finally, climb up the short ledge in the middle of this left path area to find a body holding a stone glowing different colors. Break the stone when it is red to recover all rage, green to recover all health, or white to gain 25 XP! You can also find a chest nearby with more Hacksilver.

With the left path explored, it’s time to head right.

Recross the bridge and look up right for a ledge leading to a Hacksilver Chest. As you continue on to where the icy blue foe attacked - get ready for another big clash in this big area, as multiple types of Draugr and a Revenant will all attack at once.

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Make sure you kill the Revenant first - you may even want to unleash Spartan Rage once you’re sure Atreus has stunned it, then focus on luring the Heavy Draugr away from the projectile-throwing Draugr, so you can dash back and eliminate them, leaving the heavies for last.

With these enemies eliminated, hoist the bridge down a bit by using the nearby wheel until you see the chain down on the left, and hold it in place while you destroy the seal to finish knocking the bridge down.

Cross, and look right to find a Coffin holding Soft Svartalfheim Steel.

Note the piles of dead bodies as you draw near the next gate - it’s likely they weren’t placed here for decoration. On the other side, you’ll be ambushed by crazed humans - human Reavers.

Luckily, these guys are a pushover, and a single runic blast will almost kill all of them nearby. Once you finish them off, watch for mages that show up on the balconies and take them out with axe throws.

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After the next scene, you’ll find what were once Reavers are now becoming the icy blue foes you fought earlier. Leave your axe behind and start pummeling - or use Spartan Rage to tip the scales in your favor. As long as you use your fists, they won’t last long.

After the battle, send Atreus up the wall to lower the chain for you - but he’ll be understandably upset by recent events, so be sure to coax him along with commands until he gets to the chain to get you up. Climb up, and leave the ruins behind.

Continue Towards the Mountain

Outside the ruins, shimmy across the ledge, and you’ll find yourself high above the marketplace that you fell into earlier. If you missed it before, one of Odin’s Ravens will be perched on a nearby ledge. Be sure to look right to find a big Coffin holding Soft Svartalfheim Steel, and then use the nearby chain to drop down to a lower level.

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Video Guide: Part Six

By now you’ve probably heard the cries of a very irate person and the whines of a beast of burden. Continue on the main path to a large stone bridge to locate the source: a Dwarf is struggling to get his pack animal across the bridge.

At the suggestion of Atreus, throw your axe at the white trees across the bridge, and things will move along to the Dwarven Shop of Brok. Here you can upgrade existing equipment like the Leviathan Axe, and craft entirely new gear like armor - if you have the coin and ingredients.

Start by taking the Frozen Flame that Brok has given you to upgrade the Leviathan Axe to level 2. This will allow you to not only deal more damage, but purchase better skills using the experience you’ve gained. You can also craft some armor - pick the Reaver Armor if you’re getting hit alot or the Boar Hide if you want to deal more damage.

Don’t forget to upgrade Atreus’ Talon Bow as well - not only does this give him new skills to purchase, but you can also craft special armor for him as well that can make him more useful in either ranged offense, melee offense, or support. Pick one that suits your playstyle the best, and unlock a skill or two while you’re at it. You should have enough to craft one piece of armor for Kratos and Atreus, and upgrade his bow. If you’re short on Hacksilver, remember that you can sell the Artifacts you find for a decent amount - they serve no other purpose once collected.

After this, you can put your new armor and weapons to the test on a few Draugr that spawn. Watch for the projectile-throwers along the back as you dance around the Heavy Draugr. Take them out, and get ready to move out. You can return to Brok’s Shop whenever you need, but expect to find more shops as you explore.

Proceed Through the Gate to the Mountain

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Return to the Dwarven Shop and move left past the gate to find a raised bridge you can strike down. This leads down to the path overlooking the locked rune chest you found earlier, and you can finally break open the nearby Hacksilver Chest. Look to left to find a chain to climb down into that tunnel with the sealed gate. Before going down the chain, turn around to find a Raven you can throw your axe at. Now proceed to go down the chain and open up the large Coffin for a Soft Svartalfheim Steel, and then open the far gate for a shortcut.

Return to the main gate and bid Brok farewell as you open the gate using the chain and freeze it in place while you enter. There’s a similar chain on the other side if you ever want to go back.

Crawling through the tunnel ahead, it becomes clear that this cave is probably full of dangers, what with the piles of skeletons.

You’ll soon arrive at a steel spiked wall - not something Kratos can punch his way through. However, there’s a wooden board at the top right you can throw your axe at to turn the steel spikes on its hinges.

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At the next spike door, you’ll have to throw it twice to move it to the side - but note that it blocks a passage leading to a Coffin. Throw your axe once more to keep moving the spikes aside to reach it and grab a Soft Svartalfheim Steel.

Up ahead, things look really nasty: A spike pit separates you from a collapsed spiky ceiling. You can hit the raised panel on the left to spin it and raise the ceiling, but it will slowly lower back down over time - and you don’t want to get caught under that.

Hit the panel a few times and then freeze the block below the panel to keep the ceiling in place - for now. As you jump across, you’ll be ambushed by Draugr. Resist the urge to call back your axe and start stomping them - if you launch them into spike walls with heavy attacks they’ll take massive damage and set themselves up for a finisher.

More Draugr will appear back across the pit, so leap back and grab your axe if you want or just keep punching until these new reinforcements are gone. Finally, a Heavy Draugr will appear back under the spiky ceiling - you can let him get crushed if you’re feeling devious, or run over and punch him into the spiky walls.

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Once all the foes are dead, keep the ceiling raised and explore around. You may have broken a wooden barrier in the fight that leads to a Hacksilver Chest. You can also spot a locked chest above marked with Runes, but leave it for now. To get past this area in one piece, you need to be quick.

Stand next to the spike door and call for your axe. Quickly hit it a few times to open a path, then start throwing your axe on the panel to the right of the door to keep the ceiling raised, and refreeze it as soon as you can. Once across, you can finally call your axe back and let the ceiling go down.

Now you can finally leave the cave and head out onto a small plateau that overlooks the mountain in the distance. The road is yet long before you’ll reach it though.

Head up the path towards a large and imposing portal with two giant statues. As Atreus inspects the sand bowl in the center, he’ll translate a riddle.

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It seems to be related to the giant portal and the rings that aren’t moving. Look around to the left to find some Hacksilver next to a body and climb up a nearby ledge to find a mechanism. This will start moving the rings, head back down to inspect the puzzle.

As it turns you can spot some exposed gears, and you can hit with your axe to stop parts of the ring, and pull the axe back when the next-closest ring matches up. Hit the outer one first, and wait for it to align to form a “D” type rune at the end. Now hit the center gear, and wait for the whole line of runes to align before pulling your axe back, with an “A” looking rune next to the “D” rune.

Have Atreus read out the completed word, and the way forward will be revealed.

Hunt with Atreus

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As you exit the small cave, you’ll spot some tracks in the mud, and Atreus will begin a new hunt for this mystery beast.

This hunt will be shortly interrupted by the arrival of another troll: Brenna Daudi. This monster is tougher than the first troll you fought, but you have new skills and gear at your disposal. This troll is also infused with fire, and will spew lava at you with its free hand, or create a massive stomp or weapon slam to spread fire in a circle around it.

Hang back when it does this and focus on ranged attacks, then run in and attack when the way is clear. Dodge the similar jabs and slams it does like the last Troll did, and use your runic attack to keep it off balance when it tries to charge up an attack.

Reaver Shadows will start appearing to harass you with poison projectiles - keep an eye on the arena and sprint over to deal with them, as they’ll usually be far enough away that you can eliminate them without worrying about the troll sneaking up on you.

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As he gets more enraged, he’ll deal more fire attacks you need to dodge - but you can also use your Spartan Rage to keep the troll dazed and interrupted by your constant attacks. Once you can deal enough damage, you’ll be able to finish off the troll for good in brutal fashion.

Your reward for this boss fight is a new Heavy Runic Attack - Ivaldi’s Anvil. Activated much like the light runic attack, this will cause a massive area of effect frost damage to hit lots of targets, which can be great with overwhelmed. You’ll also get lots of Hacksilver and some Soft Svartalfheim Steel from killing the monster, so be sure to grab all the nearby loot.

Video Guide: Part Seven

Be sure to look around the boss arena for more loot. Of on the right side if a small platform you can jump up to find a chest holding Hacksilver. Further right is a stream you can head up to find a dead body at the end with more Hacksilver.

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To continue on, look for a torch near a small cave and pass through - stopping to grab some Hacksilver from a dead soldier. On the other side of the cave you can spot the boar Atreus is hunting down below. Drop down, and move up behind Atreus as he prepares his bow.

Like the stag, you’ll need to gently guide Atreus to his mark, Hold in the L2 and aim until the marker becomes red and then press square. It may not go as planned, but the hunt must go on.

As you drop down to follow the boar, you’ll find yourself at the foot of a ruined village - something bad happened here.

The village seems to be site of a battle between Reavers and Draugr - but it looks like you can help yourself to the loot.

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Look on the side of the platform you jumped down from for a weak wooden wall to break, and loot the Hacksilver Chest. The nearby hut on the right also hides some Hacksilver - just break down the door to let yourself in. There’s another open house a few doors down with more Hacksilver inside.

As you make your way to the lone hut further down the path, look to the left for a ledge you can climb up where a Hacksilver Chest is, as well as a bucket hanging above you can knock down.

Beware as you approach the last hut, as one of the blue-reavers will jump out to ambush you. Clobber him into the side of the building to stun and take him out quickly, then grab some Hacksilver inside.

Atreus will track the boar under a giant pillar, and this time he’ll take the next shot all by himself. After a successful hit, he’ll chase the boar down the foggy path, leaving you to follow and find your wayward son.

Find Atreus

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As the fog envelops you, you’ll enter a narrow maze of paths, and will have to rely on calling out for Atreus to move forward. Move right at the first fork, and then take the first left down a passage.

Run to the next torch and call out to hear him call from the right. Follow the path as it winds through a cave to the other side, ending in another fork in the road. Head left and keep moving up until you vault over a small obstacle and through a narrow gap into the next area.

When you arrive, you’ll be prompted to use both L2 and R2 to help out in a task, before carrying your burden and moving onwards.

Follow the Witch

Begin your slow walk into the Sanctuary Grove. There’s no danger here - it’s a protected area much like your home was until recently. At the end of the path you’ll be invited inside a house, so keep moving.

Once inside, you’re next task will be to find some white-petaled flowers. Leave out the back door and into the garden.

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The outside opens up to a large river, with a path to the left and right. You can walk right to speak to Atreus if you want, but if you’re searching for the flowers, head left towards a stone column and look around it to gather the flowers.

Return back to the other side of the garden and help Atreus gather his plants by giving him back his knife. Now you can return to the home with both ingredients.

After a few scenes, you’ll be on your way again, taking an exit through the Witch’s Cave. You’ll also gain a new item - the Witches Compass. It will track your main objective at the top of your HUD (But you can turn it off in the settings if you don’t want the intrusion).

Head down through the cave to a main platform only to be ambushed by Nightmares. These flying creatures are pretty fragile but dart around and shoot poison projectiles. Block them with your shield and retaliate by throwing your axe or having Atreus hit them.

From the main platform, there’s mysteries abound - but not all of them can be solved just yet. A glowing red gate ahead can’t be open just yet, and a glowing door further past a waterfall lies out of reach.

You can head left down a small path with a body holding Hacksilver, down to the waterfront where a Draugr and his un-animated friend are. There’s a lot down in the water, but Kratos isn’t one for swimming. You can however turn around to find a big stack of stone slabs on a lift that Kratos can pull over towards the water.

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Pull to the side until you can’t move it any farther and let go, then look behind the stack to find a Coffin containing Soft Svartalfheim Steel.

Since the remaining mysteries will have to wait for another day, head back up to the main platform and hop across the stone platforms toward the boat,

Boat Towards Daylight

Now that you’ve done all you can in the cave, head down to the docks and get on the boat to see yourself out of the cave. Once in the water, keep heading through the winding tunnel (you can only dock at actual docks) until you come out to see the distant mountain.

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Passing through the next tunnel, you’ll finally find yourself out onto a great lake - the Shores of Nine, named for the great Lake of Nine. Statues of Norse Gods litter this place...as does something else.

Atreus will point out a glowing statue near the center of the lake, so paddle on over to investigate.

Video Guide: Part Eight

Once the scene here ends, you’ll finally get a good look at the Lake of Nine - and this place really opens up. The changing water level has revealed lots of side areas to explore and side quests to undertake, which you can start doing now. Note that many of these locations may have certain barriers to block your advance until you have the right tools or abilities, this includes returning to the Witch’s Cave.

To explore a new area, look for the white flags that denote dock locations or low shores to push the boat to ground. To get more information about these hidden areas, see the list below:

• Lookout Tower, located on the South end of the lake next to the Witch’s Cave.
• Muspelheim Tower, found in the South on the other side of the entrance to the Witch’s cave.
• Niflheim Tower, located on the inner ring of the Southwest side of the Lake.
• Iron Cove, found in the far Southwest area of the Lake past Niflheim Tower.
• Isle of Death, a small broken island platform found in the West, just North of Iron Cove.
• Forgotten Caverns, located in the inner ring of the Northwest side of the lake between the serpent’s body.
• Helheim Tower, found on the North end of the Lake next to part of the serpent’s body.
• Alfheim Tower, located on the inner ring of the Northeast part of the Lake, located by a giant sealed gate.
• Stone Falls, found to the far East of the Lake past the Alfheim Tower. This location also has a wheel mechanism that opens the nearby golden gate to a hidden region: Veithurgard.
• Volunder Mines, located in the far Southeast area of the Lake past the icy entrance past the Cliffs of the Raven.
• Cliffs of the Raven, found in the South and part of the lake on the East side, close to Vanaheim Tower.
• Vanaheim Tower, located on the South side of the lake close to the entrance to Lookout Tower.

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Investigate the Temple and Bridge

Docking the boat on the center island of Tyr’s Temple, you can disembark on either side under a large bridge. As you come up to the top, the beautiful sight of the mountain will be interrupted by the return of an old friend, who has apparently set up shop inside the temple itself.

Inside the temple, talk to Brok and he’ll give you a stone of the World Tree. Using it, you can open up portals in different regions to use as a fast travel device - but you need to find them first.

Brok also has a lot more for sale, including new armor, talismans, axe pommels, enhancements, and upgrades for things like Atreus’ arrow quiver. Be sure to outfit Kratos in a full suit of new gear and pommel, and upgrade if you have money to spare - and purchase a new skill or two if you are able.

Note that any artifacts you sell to Brok will actually end up on display, as well as selling for a good amount of Hacksilver - collect them all!

Make Your Way to the Tower

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Moving along the long bridge you can find a center platform with a mechanism that rises up to a large horn - however, Kratos isn’t about to blow on giant horns without knowing what it might do.

Back down on the bridge, cross to the Vanaheim Tower where you’ll be ambushed by poisoned Reavers. They are hardly men anymore, and while they may die easy, they’ll explode upon death and require you to retreat unless you want to be killed. On the plus side, Atreus has become confident enough to use more melee attacks and his skills will have developed somewhat.

Outside the tower, you can loot two chests for Hacksilver, and there are some nearby inscriptions that Artreus can’t decipher just yet. When you’re ready to head in, go to the door and open it.

Pass Through the Tower and Caves

On the inside of the tower more Reavers are fighting a Tatzelwurm, and will then turn to fight you. If their tendency to explode is annoying you, you can try freezing them with certain attacks to offset this, as they will not die when killed while already frozen.

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Since Atreus can’t read the other markers in the main hall, turn right to find your way blocked by poison. The Scorn Pole is the source of this poison, and you can freeze it by throwing your axe at the glowing pole.

Grab the Hacksilver from the dead bodies revealed by the absence of poison and then move to the left past the pole to another pole you need to freeze, and follow the path to a cavern with platforms going down. Look above and knock down a bucket of Hacksilver before dropping down yourself.

As you remove the next Scorn Pole from play, the Tatzelwurm that was fighting the Reavers earlier will leap out of the ground to attack. It likes to burrow around out of sight before lunging to attack, but if you time it right you can easily block or dodge out of the way and follow up with stunning attacks to deal with it before it can hit you with its poison barb.

Since you can't interact with the nearby lore marker, climb up the wall by the Scorn Pole and hop across to the other side of the cave where a new door awaits.

On the other side of the door you’ll enter the region known as the Foothills, and come face to face with a new Dwarf, and with it, a new shop! Sindri will promise to enhance your stuff as best you can, so it’s worth checking out his shop as well as Brok’s from time to time.

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The shop now sells Resurrection Stones, items you can carry that let Atreus bring Kratos back from death during a tough fight. They are single use, and you can only carry one at at time, but it’s extremely useful when venturing into the unknown.

Continue Towards the Mountain

Video Guide: Part Nine

Leaving Sindri behind, head up into the Foothills.

On the right you’ll find a coffin surrounded by poison that you can’t reach at first - but look behind the rocks and you can spy a Scorn Pole to disperse it, allowing you to loot an Arcane Waist Guard, as well as some Hacksilver by a dead body. Moving left past an odd mechanism you’ll find a bucket in the trees with Hacksilver, and past it a locked chest.

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Going all the way to the left you can find another Coffin surrounded by poison near Sindri’s Skymover - if you go back to his workshop you can spot the Scorn Pole a little below the cliff, allowing you to loot a Soft Svartalfheim Steel.

Further left only leads to two Coffins that can’t currently be opened with your tools, so head up the middle path to a Hacksilver Chest, and look for a rock wall you can climb to a higher platform.

As you take out the first of the Scorn Poles, a Revenant will appear before dashing back up the path - don’t get hasty and run through more Scorn Poles.

Instead, let her flee and take the left path instead past another Scorn Pole to an area with some Hacksilver on the ground and a Coffin blocked by a nearby Scorn Pole you can dissipate to get Arcane Bracers - wrist armor that increase your Cooldown.

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Back on the path clear out the next Scorn Pole and get the Revenant out of hiding. Have Atreus keep stunning as you give chase, and be ready to get your axe back and clear out other Scorn Poles as the enemy backpedals into other poisonous areas.

If you take the right path after killing the Revenant, you’ll enter small cave leading to another mysterious locked door - the Hidden Chamber of Odin. As with the Wildwoods, you can’t open it now, but a map marker will be added so you can return when the time comes.

Take the left path past the hanging Scorn Pole to a high wall you can climb up to a large platform.

Here, more corrupted Ravagers wait along with Poison Wolves - who will spew poison gunk on the ground in front of them. Whittle them down from afar then dodge around them when they come to attack and take them out before you get poisoned.

Be mindful of this area you explore - there are explosive urns everywhere, and hitting one will detonate the area around it, but also get rid of nearby rubble. You can use this on the urn in the back left to reveal a hidden Coffin holding Arcane Shoulder Wraps and Soft Svartalfheim Steel.

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Leave the rest of the urns alone as you head towards the door at the end - and you’ll be interrupted by a new enemy - the Ogre, as well as more Reavers coming up behind you.

The Ogre is very intimidating, and it uses both unblockable charge attacks and powerful slams or swinging arms that will stagger you if you don’t block at the precise moment. It can (and usually will) run over to a nearby Reaver and toss the enemy right at you if you aren’t paying attention. It’s in your best interest to dash around the arena, freezing Reavers and taking them out so they don’t explode, and throwing your axe at them if you see them raise their arms to heal.

If you have Spartan Rage active, try building up a lot of stun on the Ogre and you’ll be able to deal a lot of damage as well as ride the monster around and use it to smash into the Reavers.

Once back on the ground, be wary of its spinning fists and use your Runic abilities to keep it off-balance when you can. If you left some urns alone, you can also use them to your advantage if you can lure enemies close before detonating them - just be careful it doesn’t blow up in your face.

When the Ogre goes down, you can continue on your way after looting it for a Symbol of Truth Enchantment, 5 Soft Svartalfheim Steel, and a Frozen Flame (used to upgrade your axe!).

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Entering through the giant door, you’ll find yourself at the Mountain’s Base. There’s a real neat giant face carved right into the side of the mountain you can admire as you look up at the climb ahead of you.

Ignore the coffin blocked by the blue roots and keep moving up the mountain path to where the giant face in the rock seems to be spewing smoke. You can grab some Hacksilver to the right of the main path and spot another chest covered in those blue roots.

As you reach the Black Breath, you’ll find that it’s impassable - but the arrival of a friend may provide the means to circumvent this dark magic.

To continue following our complete God of War walkthrough, be sure to click the link below to jump to our next walkthrough guide.

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