God of War Ragnarok For Vanaheim! Favor Walkthrough

For Vanaheim! is a Favor (Side Quest) for Birgir in God of War Ragnarok. This walkthrough will guide you through all objectives of the For Vanaheim! Side Quest. For an overview of all quests in the game see God of War Ragnarok All Favors.

Requirement: Access to The Crater (Complete Favor: Scent of Survival)
Reward: 3000 Kratos XP, 750 Atreus XP, 75 Whispering Slab, Rond of the Nine Realms

Objectives:

• Reach Birgir’s Location
• Rescue Birgir
• Send Birgir through the Mystic Gateway

Starting Location: For Vanaheim!

For Vanaheim! is started automatically when entering The Crater in Vanaheim after completing Favor: Scent of Survival.

Reach Birgir’s Location

Head west and go all the way north to a cave you can swing through.

Climb the wall and head forward to the Celestial Altar to change the day to night.

Head towards the now accessible gate and kill the Ogre, then open the gate.

Follow the path through, ignoring the red chest on the left for now as heading here will result in an optional boss fight. Crawl through the gap to face the dragon, The Crimson Dread.

The Crimson Dread is a red dragon that uses a variety of close range attacks as well as fire attacks. It will use an unblockable charge attack that is often followed up with a block break attack. It will also use a variety of regular bites that can be blocked, parried or dodged. When at close range it can use an unblockable fire attack where it breathes fire in front of it, which you will want to dodge backwards to avoid. It will also breathe a line of fire towards you when at range.

Several times throughout the fight, the dragon will fly up into the air and breathe fire as it flies over you. It will continue doing this until you shoot it down, so use your Draupnir Spear and throw it at the dragon’s head to bring it crashing down, giving you a chance to unload on it. This stun period is your best opportunity to use Spartan Wrath, runic attacks and companion attacks to deal heavy damage, though you can also use these during the regular close range attacks to try and stun lock it a bit.

Once you get the dragon’s health bar completely down, you will have a few QTEs to finish it off.

Rescue Birgir

After defeating the dragon, climb the wall at the back of the area to find Birgir.

Send Birgir through the Mystic Gateway

Interact with the Mystic Gateway nearby to rescue Birgir.

This finishes For Vanaheim! Side Quest in God of War Ragnarok.

For all other quests refer to God of War Ragnarok Walkthrough.