God of War Ragnarok Trophy Roadmap
- Estimated trophy difficulty: 4/10 (on Story Difficulty, can switch difficulty at any time in gameplay settings)
- Approximate amount of time to platinum: 40-50 hours on Story Difficulty / 50-60 hours on Balance Difficulty / 60-70+ hours on No Mercy Difficulty
- Offline Trophies: 36 (1
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) - Online Trophies: 0
- Number of missable trophies: 0, nothing tied to trophies or 100% completion is missable, can still return to all relevant locations after the story in free-roam
- Glitched trophies: There are some reports that some relics for “ Collector” aren’t craftable despite finding the required Lost Pages and Materials.
- Does difficulty affect trophies?: No, can do everything on the easiest difficulty and use accessibility options
- Minimum Playthroughs: 1
- PS4/PS5 Autopop & Save Transfer: Yes, but only from PS4 > PS5 (not from PS5 > PS4), it autopops all trophies including Platinum instantly upon loading the PS4 save on PS5
- PS4/PS5 Crossbuy: Yes but only if you buy the more expensive Crossbuy Edition for $69,99 (there is a cheaper PS4-only version for $59,99, can be upgraded to PS5 for $10)
- Free-Roam / Level Select after Story?: Yes, there is free roam after story, can return to all areas that are relevant for trophies and 100% completion. Some story-specific areas cannot be revisited but they don’t contain anything tied to trophies or completion. There is no mission select but all enemy drops are placed in your chest if you didn’t pick them up so you can’t miss anything.
- Release Date: November 09, 2022
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Welcome to the God of War Ragnarok Trophy Guide! The game has a very similar structure to the 2018 God of War game. For platinum you basically need 100% completion. All Collectible Types are tied to trophies, except for Lore and Buried Treasures. There are 418 Collectibles in total. You can’t complete most areas on the first visit during the story because you’ll be missing the required skills. All the skills you need are unlocked automatically from the story. Some Collectibles don’t spawn at all until you’ve beaten the story. It’s best to focus on the story first and clean up everything after. Nothing is missable, you can return to all areas that contain collectibles after the story. The story takes around 20 hours and 100% completion another 20 hours (on easiest difficulty). There are no difficulty-related trophies, everything can be done on the lowest difficulty. There’s nothing you need to watch out for during your story run, just have fun and enjoy the game as you wish.
Step 1: Finish Story [20 Hours]
Finish the story on any difficulty. Playing on the lowest difficulty setting is fine. You can also make use of the Accessibility Settings to make it even easier.
Nothing that’s tied to trophies or 100% completion is missable. All relevant areas that contain collectibles can be revisited after the story in free-roam. A handful of story-specific sections become unavailable but they don’t contain anything for completion or trophies, so it’s of no consequence. If you forgot to pick up items dropped by enemies they are automatically placed in the blue chest at the blacksmith. There’s no way to miss anything.
Just like the previous God of War game, it’s impossible to get all Collectibles on the first visit. You won’t have the necessary abilities, they are unlocked later in the story. Some collectibles don’t spawn at all until after the story (Remnants), they cannot be found until you reached the endgame. So don’t worry about Collectibles for now, it’s impossible to complete them during the story. Grab what you find by yourself, then backtrack for the rest after the story.
Step 2: Follow Collectible Guide for 100% Completion [20 Hours]
Simply follow the God of War Ragnarok Collectible Guide for 100% Completion and you will get all remaining trophies. It also includes all Favors (Side Quests).
Even though the trophy list doesn’t outright mention some collectible types, you basically need everything. For example, you also need all 48 Odin’s Ravens to get one of the Relics/Hilts as a reward. To fight Hrolf you must get all Berserker Gravestones. To get all Apples/Horns you need the Nornir Chests. To fully repair the Amulet of Yggdrasil you need the Legendary Chests because they contain the parts. Accessing certain areas requires doing Favors so they are needed too. 100% Completion will also help you reach Gear Level 9 (maximum) to stand a chance against the Level 9 bosses Hrolf and Gna.
The only collectible types not directly tied to trophies are Lore and Buried Treasures. Everything else is needed for trophies.
» God of War Ragnarok Collectible Guide
Useful Tips, Tricks and Guides:
- God of War Ragnarok Wiki & Strategy Guide
- God of War Ragnarok – Collectible Locations Guide (100% Completion)
- God of War Ragnarok – Walkthrough
- God of War Ragnarok – All Favors (Side Quests)
- God of War Ragnarok – All Relics & Hilts Locations
- God of War Ragnarok – All Shields Locations
- God of War Ragnarok – All Jewels of Yggradsil Locations (Amulet Repair Fragments)
- God of War Ragnarok – All Flower Locations
- God of War Ragnarok – All Stags of Seasons Locations
- God of War Ragnarok – All Muspelheim Trials
- God of War Ragnarok – All Armor Set Locations
- God of War Ragnarok – All Runic Attacks Locations
- God of War Ragnarok – All Crafting Material Locations
God of War Ragnarok Trophy Guide
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The Bear and the Wolf Collect all Trophies |
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| Earn all other trophies in God of War Ragnarök to unlock Platinum (DLC items not required). | ||
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The Florist Collect one flower from each of the nine realms |
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| Reward for completing Favor: Nine Realms in Bloom.
Collecting all 9 Flowers is needed for 100% Completion, you will get this automatically while following the God of War Ragnarok Collectible Guide. For a guide for specifically just the flowers refer to God of War Ragnarok All Flower Locations. |
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The Librarian Collect all of the Books |
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Reward for finding all 14 of “Kvasir’s Poems” Artifacts. You will get this while finding all Artifacts for  The Curator.
Collecting all 14 Kvasir’s Poems Artifacts is needed for 100% Completion, you will get this automatically while following the God of War Ragnarok Collectible Guide. For a guide for specifically just the flowers refer to God of War Ragnarok All Book Locations (Kvasir’s Poems). |
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The Curator Collect all of the Artifacts |
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| Reward for finding all 38 Artifacts and also completing the “Casualties of War” favors in the Crater of area of Vanaheim. Those favors count as Artifacts too.
Collecting all 38 Artifacts is needed for 100% Completion, you will get this automatically while following the God of War Ragnarok Collectible Guide. For a guide for specifically just the Artifacts refer to God of War Ragnarok All Artifact Locations. |
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How it Started Equip an Enchantment |
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| Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. Unlocks during Main Mission 06: The Reckoning, after defeating “Nidhögg” main boss. You unlock the Amulet at this point and the game forces a tutorial on you to go into the equipment menu and craft the first Amulet enchantment (mandatory to advance the story). | ||
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Spit Shine Upgrade one piece of armor |
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| Go to any blacksmith shop, for example at Sindri’s House, and upgrade any armor piece by one level. You don’t need to upgrade it to the maximum, one single upgrade is enough for this trophy. | ||
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Spartan Ways Remember the Spartan teachings |
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| Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed. It unlocks at the very start of Main Mission 12: Reunion. At this point Kratos will have learned all 3 types of Spartan Rage, found in the weapons menu: Valour, Wrath, Fury. They are all automatic story unlocks, can’t miss it. As soon as the popup for Main Mission 12: Reuinion shows up on-screen the trophy will unlock. | ||
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Full Belly Obtain all of the Apples of Iðunn and Horns of Blood Mead |
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| Reward for opening all 35 Nornir Chests. Each chest contains either an Apple to increase health or a Horn to increase Spartan Rage. They aren’t fixed to specific chests, which item you get from each chest depends on the total of chests you opened previously.
Collecting all 35 Nornir Chests is needed for 100% Completion, you will get this automatically while following the God of War Ragnarok Collectible Guide. |
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Knock off the Rust Purchase a Skill |
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Press Touchpad  > Skills > Buy any Skill in this Menu. It costs XP, which you get for completing Main Story Missions, Favors, and other Side Activities. |
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A Grizzly Encounter Battle the Bear |
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| Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed (1st boss trophy). Unlocks during Main Quest 01: Surviving Fimbulwinter, after fighting the big bear. | ||
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Blood Debt Battle the God of Thunder |
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| Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed (2nd boss trophy). Unlocks during Main Quest 01: Surviving Fimbulwinter, after fighting Thor. | ||
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Backyard Brawl Battle the Mysterious Valkyrie |
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| Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed (4th boss trophy). Unlocks at the very start of Main Quest 06: The Reckoning, after fighting Vanadís. | ||
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Root of the Problem Battle Níðhögg |
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| Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed (5th boss trophy). Unlocks during Main Quest 06: The Reckoning, after fighting Nidhögg. | ||
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The Cauldron Destroy Grýla’s cauldron |
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| Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed (3rd boss trophy). Unlocks during Main Quest 05: The Lost Sanctuary, after the Gryla boss fight. | ||
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Off the Leash Battle Garm |
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| Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed (6th boss trophy). Unlocks during Main Quest 12: Reunion, after Garm boss fight. | ||
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Comeuppance Battle Heimdall |
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| Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed (7th boss trophy). Unlocks during Main Quest 13: Creatures of Prophecy, after Heimdall boss fight. | ||
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Better Together Battle Hrist and Mist |
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| Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed (8th boss trophy). Unlocks during Main Quest 16: The Summoning, after Hrist and Mist boss fight. | ||
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Phalanx Obtain all Shields |
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| Reward for getting all 5 Shields. 3 are crafted at the blacksmith, 1 is a story unlock, 1 from a legendary chest. You will get this automatically while following the God of War Ragnarok Collectible Guide.
For specifically just the Shields see: God of War Ragnarok All Shield Locations. |
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Collector Obtain all Relics and Sword Hilts |
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Reward for getting all 14 Relics (also called “Hilts”, they are the same thing). They can be checked under Weapons > Relic. They unlock special abilities you can activate with  +  . You will get them all automatically while following the God of War Ragnarok Collectible Guide.
For specifically just the Relics see: God of War Ragnarok All Relics & Sword Hilts Locations. To unlock the 4 craftable ones you also need the 4 Lost Pages to unlock them at the blacksmith (lore collectibles that you automatically get while going for 100% completion). |
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Dragon Slayer Craft the Dragon Scaled Armor Set |
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The Dragon Scaled Armor Set becomes available for crafting at the blacksmith after completing your first Dragon Hunt favor in the Crater area of Vanaheim. The set consists of 3 pieces and requires Dragon Materials to craft:
For all Dragon Hunts see trophy |
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How it’s Going Fully repair the Amulet of Yggdrasil |
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| The Amulet of Yggdrasil becomes available in Main Mission 06: The Reckoning, after defeating “Nidhögg” main boss. You must then repair all 9 slots of it at the blacksmith. Each slot requires 1 Jewel of Yggdrasil. However, 2 slots are already unlocked from the start, meaning you only need to repair the 7 remaining slots (7 Jewels of Yggdrasil).
The Yggdrasil Jewels are found in Legendary Chests, you will get all of them automatically while following the God of War Ragnarok Collectible Guide. For specifically just the Yggdrasil Jewels see: God of War Ragnarok All Jewel of Yggdrasil Locations. |
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Funeral for a Friend Attend the funeral |
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| Reward for completing Favor: A Viking Funeral in Svartalfheim (only available after the story).
Completing all Favors is needed for 100% Completion, you will get this automatically while following the God of War Ragnarok Collectible Guide. |
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Rebel Leader Return the Hammer of the Rebellion |
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| Reward for completing Favor: Spirit of Rebellion in Svartalfheim.
Completing all Favors is needed for 100% Completion, you will get this automatically while following the God of War Ragnarok Collectible Guide. |
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New Friends Fetch Lúnda’s orb |
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| Reward for completing Favor: The Mysterious Orb in Vanaheim.
Completing all Favors is needed for 100% Completion, you will get this automatically while following the God of War Ragnarok Collectible Guide. |
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Full Gufa Free the Hafgufas |
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| Reward for completing Favor: Secret of the Sands & Favor: Song of the Sands in Alfheim (only available after the story).
Completing all Favors is needed for 100% Completion, you will get this automatically while following the God of War Ragnarok Collectible Guide. |
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Making Amends Free the Lyngbakr |
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| Reward for completing Favor: Weight of Chains in Svartalfheim, Lyngbakr Island.
Completing all Favors is needed for 100% Completion, you will get this automatically while following the God of War Ragnarok Collectible Guide. |
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It Was a Good Day Retrieve Mardöll |
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| Reward for completing Favor: Freya’s Missing Peace in Vanaheim, Vanir Shrine.
Completing all Favors is needed for 100% Completion, you will get this automatically while following the God of War Ragnarok Collectible Guide. |
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Invasive Species Complete all of the Crater Hunts |
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| There are 9 Hunts that take place in the Crater area in the north of Vanaheim. They consist of Dragon Hunts and Epic Hunts, which all count as Favors. Completing all Favors is needed for 100% Completion, you will get this automatically while following the God of War Ragnarok Collectible Guide.
Vanaheim (not a hunt but needed to reach ‘The Crater’ area): The Jungle:
The Sinkholes: The Plains: |
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Besties Pet Speki and Svanna |
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| Reward for completing Favor: Animal Instincts in Midgard, Lake of Nine.
Completing all Favors is needed for 100% Completion, you will get this automatically while following the God of War Ragnarok Collectible Guide. |
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Rightful Place Return all the Lindwyrms to Ratatoskr |
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| Reward for completing Favor: The Lost Lindwyrms, started at Sindri’s House.
Completing all Favors is needed for 100% Completion, you will get this automatically while following the God of War Ragnarok Collectible Guide. |
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Pure of Hart Return the Stags of the Four Seasons |
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| Reward for completing Favor: A Stag for All Seasons, started at Sindri’s House.
Completing all Favors is needed for 100% Completion, you will get this automatically while following the God of War Ragnarok Collectible Guide. |
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Trials by Fire Complete the Trials of Muspelheim |
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| Reward for completing Favor: The Final Challenges, in Muspelheim.
Completing all Favors is needed for 100% Completion, you will get this automatically while following the God of War Ragnarok Collectible Guide. |
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Ready for Commitment Fully upgrade one armor set |
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| For this you must upgrade all 3 pieces of one armor set to Level 9 (Chest Armor, Wrist Armor, Waist Armor). It’s important that all 3 pieces are part of the same armor set / share the same name. Don’t mix different set pieces.
For example, the Fate Breaker Set consists of “Fate Breaker Shoulder Guard”, “Fate Breaker Wraps”, “Fate Breaker Belt”. You can tell they are part of the same set because they share the same name and each piece shows a set bonus for having the other pieces equipped. You can upgrade the pieces at any Blacksmith. You should get enough materials automatically while following the God of War Ragnarok Collectible Guide. For specifically just the Crafting Materials refer to God of War Ragnarok All Crafting Material Locations. |
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Ragnarök Battle the All-Father |
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| Automatic story-related trophy, cannot be missed (8th boss trophy). Unlocks during Main Quest 17: The Realms of War, after Odin boss fight. | ||
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Grave Mistake Battle King Hrólf |
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Reward for completing Favor: Fit for a King. Hrolf is the final Berserker boss in Midgard – King’s Grave, after collecting all other Berserker Gravestones. Completing all Favors is needed for 100% Completion, you will get this automatically while following the God of War Ragnarok Collectible Guide. Hrolf is a Level 9 Berserker boss, one of the hardest in the game. You should be Gear Level 9 for this, meaning you have fully upgraded all your Gear to the maximum level. It’s best to keep this as one of your last few trophies after you completed all other regions. Make sure you bought a Resurrection Stone from the blacksmith under Special Items. Also go to Settings > Gameplay > Challenge Level = Give Me Story to play on the easiest setting. Also enable midfight checkpoints via Settings > Accessibility > Combat > Miniboss Checkpoints = ON. This creates a checkpoint halfway through the fight. If you die you will get your Resurrection Stone and Rage back and can keep retrying. |
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The True Queen Battle Gná |
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Reward for completing Favor: Defend Your Valor. Gna is found in the Muspelheim Crucible, but only spawns after the Story. Completing all Favors is needed for 100% Completion, you will get this automatically while following the God of War Ragnarok Collectible Guide. Gna is a Level 9 Valkyrie boss, one of the hardest in the game. You should be Gear Level 9 for this, meaning you have fully upgraded all your Gear to the maximum level. It’s best to keep this as one of your last few trophies after you completed all other regions. Make sure you bought a Resurrection Stone from the blacksmith under Special Items. Also go to Settings > Gameplay > Challenge Level = Give Me Story to play on the easiest setting. If you die you will get your Resurrection Stone and Rage back and can keep retrying. |
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Proud to present you with another Day-1 Trophy Guide.
A 100% Completion Wiki is also available that includes everything there is to do 🙂
Great game. Enjoyable trophy hunt, graphics are amazing. Didn’t encounter any bugs. The Collectibles are all close together and mostly on the natural paths you take to advance through the areas, so even though there’s a lot they are not actually that time-consuming to collect.
Enjoy!,
PowerPyx
How can I autopop from ps4 to ps5? And thanks for the guide
If you played the PS4 version on PS5, you simply boot up the PS5 version and load the PS4 save and it autopops everything.
If you played on PS4, you’d have to put the save on a USB Stick or in PSN Cloud to copy it to your PS5 console, then the PS5 version automatically recognizes the save on your console.
What accessibility options make the game easier?
Thanks
Midfight Checkpoints, for example.
You are the absolute king. Thank you
Yet again an extremely in depth trophy guide, hats off to you guys
hello powerpyx, actually there is a bug, in the pilgrim landing map, the bridge does not go down after breaking the seals, is there a solution? Thanks, I can’t platinum it
Do you get a mid fight checkpoint during the Gna fight on easier difficulties? I assumed you would get a checkpoint on all boss fights if this setting is switched on? Thank you
Wow, brilliant guide. Thank you all for your work :D
A expected, you never disappoint. The don of trophy guides himself. Just thought I’d check and it’s already there. I’m gonna finish the story then we get started on this. Many thanks PowerPyx.
Does anyone know if ps4 version runs at 60 fps on ps5?
Yes, it does. I actually tested that in video editing software. Can confirm PS4 version is optimized to run at 60fps on PS5 (not sure what framerate it has on PS4 though).
The PS4 Version runs at 30 fps on PS4-Consoles.
@Axel
Yes. And it plays 30FPS unlocked on PS4 Pro, according to earlier announcement from SMS.
@PowerPyx
What about the resolution? Is it dynamic 1080p-1656p or 1656p all the time?
1 day early =)
Thank you so much for the guide
Thank you powerpyx for your support and swift update. This will be helpful. Can’t wait to platinum. Mine unlocks in next 10 hours.
Bro you rock!! Thanks for amazing work 👍✊️
So can you clarify which version the cross buy version is? I’ve seen that the PS5 version let’s you have a PS4 version as well. Is that accurate?
Thanks!
Yes.
I bought the „Deluxe Version“ on PS5 and it gave me the PS4 as well.
Thank you!!!!!!!!!!!! You Rock!!
The trophy icon’s for god of war looks nice
Thanks alot. Cheeers
Thanks man
Appreciate the guide ad always. But reading through it, it makes me wish that there were different troohy lists tied to each difficulty setting in games. That way, if you got the platinum for the hardest setting, you’d really feel as if you’d achieved something, while if you “only” got the easy platinum, you wouldn’t feel cheated.
Are Hrolf and Gna easier or harder than Valkyrie Queen in the previous game? Thx
I found them easier.
These are my favourite kind of trophy lists. Where you can finish the story and after completion, go back to find all the collectibles. Thanks for the guide.
Hello powerpyx, thanks for the awesome job, you are my first option to guides, for real, I been following you for so many years, and you always bring great guides and awesomeness clear straight to the trophies
Greetings from Brazil
Danke!
I really really hate autopop trophy only for PS4. Why they didn’t make PS5 > PS4 also?
But thank you for great guide team. Cheers
Agree. For people who are into it, it basically encourages people to play the inferior version, and rewards two platinums for one platinum’s worth of work. It’s one of the stupidest features Sony have ever introduced. The only time I sort of understand it is with online games with irreversible/server based shared progress, feels unavoidable in that context
I don’t really know how the auto-pop up works. does that mean I should play the PS4 version first and then download PS5 i’ll get all the trophies instantly?!
Thank you
Yes – if you play the PS4 version first you can import the save to the PS5 version to instantly unlock platinum again.
Does it make use of the Dualsense controller? Trying to decide if I should play the PS4 version for the autopop platinum or just forget it and play the PS5 version instead.
It has dualsense features. I let the ps4 version be and play the ps5 version. It has more graphic options and stuff. I’m hunting trophies but this isn’t worth it. Maybe I play the ps4 version later too.
Hello! Are there end game enemies to chase like the Valkyrie’s in 2018? I see there is GNA boss but wondering if there is any form of end game outside of side quests?
Sort of… there are several endgame exclusive quests. The two main enemies would be Gna & Hrolf. The game has over 60 bosses total (if you count repeat bosses) but most of those aren’t gated behind the endgame.
Thank you for the trophy guide. As expected, an easy Platinum trophy without any missable trophies just like God of War (2018), which is what I wanted. However, 418 collectibles is a lot and I’m not looking forward to tracking down the ones I’ve missed after the story (which is what I had to do last time).
Sony is still greedy for charging £59.99 for the PS4 version and £69.99 for the PS5 version. They should’ve just charged £49.99 for PS4/PS5 and included a free PS5 upgrade. At the very least, I’m glad I was able to get the PS4 physical edition for £48.75.
Asgard has no Collectibles?
Correct, nothing in Asgard.
Thanks for the guide PP! Y’all are great!
Are there enough upgrade materials available to fully upgrade more than one armor set? Can i start to upgrade one set and switch to a better one later in the story?
Yes. After getting 100% completion you should have enough to fully max out 2 armor sets (1 at the very least). In the story you will only be gear level 5-6, those low-level upgrades are not an issue, the required materials are plentyfull and can be bought from shop or infinitely farmed from Muspelheim Trials. So upgrade during the story as you wish. Only the high-grade (Level 8-9) upgrades are a bit rarer but you won’t reach that level during the story anyway.
Do you have to be online for auto popping the trophies after finishing the plat on PS5 playing the P$4 version?
Will there be an all in one collectibles video?
You don’t have to be online. The autopop works offline too. When you reconnect to PSN just click on your trophies > Options > Sync with PSN and they will show up in your list.
Collectible videos already up on my channel 🙂
The day is upon us.p, friends!
Bless Sony Santa Monica Studios for this great game.
Beyond excited for this, although a bit of a shame there are barely any combat related trophies or miscellaneous ones from a fun-factor perspective. Aside from 3 trophies for skills/armour, every single other trophy is for beating the story, all favours and getting all collectibles. The fun, misc. trophies are amongst my favourites and 1st party Sony titles seldom bother with them. Not any sort of indictment on how good the game will be, looks incredible, but wish they were more creative.
Powerpyx, how would you rate Gna & Hrolf vs. Sigrun from 2018? Guessing that is why the guide is a 4/10…?
God of War 2018 is my 2nd favourite game from the previous generation of consoles, but Sigrun was an utter [expletive] to beat. For context, I was a Souls newcomer to ELDEN RING and the only boss I struggled with like Sigrun was Malenia. Sigrun is a Souls-calibre boss, in my opinion; curious as to what challenge these two post vs. her.
Found them easier than the Valkyrie in 2018 GOW. Everything else in the game would be a 2/10 – 3/10 difficulty. Those fights are really not that bad if you put the game on Story difficulty (can change it anytime in game options) and you can use the accessibility feature for mid-fight checkpoints for Hrolf (doesn’t work for Gna for some reason). Each of these bosses took me 3 tries. Like 10 minutes or so. But if you don’t have maxed out Level 9 Gear it would be pretty annoying (after getting 100% you have enough materials to upgrade everything to Level 9).
Woah, a trophy guide already. Thank’s for posting the guide and your dedication getting it posted by the official release.
Are you able to unlock all skills in one playthrough or do we need to be careful spending?
You get more than enough XP in one playthrough. I had well over 100,000 XP left after buying all skills. It’s not an issue, you get a lot more than you can spend by doing 100% completion.
Thanks for the guide. Are materials for upgrades farmable? Or are there a finite amount you can get in the game?
For the most part they are farmable, although some don’t have very good farming methods. You can repeat Musphelheim Trials and they always give certain materials (each trial gives specific materials), which is the best farming method. Those challenges are quick and easy. Some materials can simply be bought from the shop. Anything that’s not farmed in Muspelheim or bought at shop mostly comes from Red Chests and sometimes dropped by enemies. From doing 100% you should have enough materials to fully upgrade 2 armor sets. But if needed you could keep farming more materials from Trials.
This is not related to God of War at all, but will you revisit Dying Light 2 by any chance? It’s new DLC releasing tomorrow on the 10th has 8 new achievements.
Nothing planned for it. One game dropping after another these days and I’ll be busy with GOW for the foreseeable future.
Maybe unpopular opinion but collectibles are outdated and not fun. I would rather do some very challenging challenges or bosses on even 8/10 difficulty then brainlessly grab hundrets of collects -.-, i guess this is only 1 playthrough for me.
Is there any way to mark all colletibles on map or collect them without using videos?
It’s same as 2018 GOW. They aren’t marked on the map, no way to mark them or ping them. You have to search for them.
They are all pretty close together though, so it doesn’t take that long. Majority of the regions are small and linear. And most collectibles give beneficial gameplay rewards that make you stronger. There’s also a lot of variety with collectibles, it’s not the boring open world “Go from A to B” type of stuff. Lots of little environmental puzzles etc.
Exploration is one of this game’s strengths.
Has anyone figure out what the best armor to upgrade is? I was thinking the dragon one since you have to craft it for one of the trophies, but if there’s a better one I’d rather do that.
I would like to know too! It’s not necessary to upgrade the best armor, but it’s truly nice to have!
I would say there is no “best armor”. I have fully upgraded all of them (have a video on my channel of it). They can all be upgraded. Once fully upgraded they are all roughly equal, just different point distribution. Like some armor will be more focused on Runic and Cooldown, others more on Strength and Defense.
Armor that increases 3 or 4 stats is a good all-rounder BUT the drawback is that it increases each stat less than an armor that is highly specific to just 2 stats.
So it simply depends on your personal playstyle and picking and armor that is best suited to the stats that benefit your playstyle the most. It also depends on the difficulty. I’d say at higher difficulties something with more vitality and defense is probably better than something with high attack, simply to stay alive and take more hits. At lower difficulties I’d prefer something with higher damage output for a more aggressive playstyle.
Personally, I used the Fate Breaker armor for everything because that was easy to fully upgrade (it’s already a high level when you get it so didn’t need many materials).
But really, the game is more about your overall gear level, seen in the top left corner of the weapons menu. When you are level 7 and fight at level 7 enemy it will be easy. When you are level 5 and fight at level 7 enemy it will be pretty tough regardless of how good your armor is (even if it’s fully maxed). It’s all about your average gear level, the armor level itself is kinda irrelevant if your overall level is below the enemy’s.
The ‘best’ armor set is probably the Berserker set if we just look at the stats and the set abilities but I used the armor you start with, the armor set of survival, upgraded to Lvl.9 for Hrolf and Gna fights. It has even higher stats than the Berseker set, the only other set that increases all your stats. The same is true for the default shield attachment (the volition one), Lvl.9 volition also increases every stat. But they don’t have any special abilities or perks, so I don’t think I or anyone else would recommend them over Berserker or Fate Breaker set. I just thought it’d be cool and fun to finish with the armor I started the journey with.
U need to update the website for trophy collector (Hilt of dainsleif relic can be glitched and be uncraftable)
I haven’t heard any reports of this. Are you sure you got the Svefnthorn to craft it and also collected the 4 Lost Pages (lore)? See the Relics guide. You need that item from Ormstunga miniboss at the end of Alberich Hollow and collect the Lost Pages which count as lore, so you get them automatically from doing 100% completion. Otherwise it can’t be crafted. Check the crafting materials in your inventory that you got it. If you didn’t loot it, it can be retrieved from the blue chest at blacksmith.
I’ll keep an eye on it if there are more reports.
I’m getting the glitch where Hilt of Dainsleif isn’t craftable despite me having the item required so that trophy is definitely glitched
Same happened to me the Hilt of Dainsleif is not craftable for me too, Only thing I need for plat.
You need the 4 lost pages to craft Dainsleif make sure to check your labors
beat the main story
have all 14 reclics
have the 4 lost pages and that labor is listed completed
the Collector trophy did not pop
continuing to 100% completion (need to finish Trials)
when i go to the shop, there is a ! icon under the Weapons tab yet there are no new items (there only Weapons avail to look thru are Axe, Blades, Spear, Shield, Sword — no option for Relic)
closed out the game, restarted the system and game, the trophy did not pop
me thinks its a buggo
Was hoping I could farm labors in the Training Arenas , but it seems to not work. They also made sure monster nests aren’t infinite so this could be a long process.
You don’t need the Labors for anything trophy-related. They aren’t needed for 100% completion either.
And I farmed all my skill labours in the training area in Niflheim…
Stupid game is bugged. Cant craft any relics at all. It’s not an option. Beat the game. Got the svartel flame or whatever and no items show up. That entire menu is gone.
I have Axe, Blades, Spear, Shield, no Relics.
.then Armor is Waist, arm, upper, etc.
Seriously. such a piss off.
Did you collect the Lost Pages? They are lore collectibles (you get them automatically when doing 100% in all regions). They are needed to unlock the crafting recipe at the blacksmith.
See the Relics Guide.
It is not bugged I can confirm you need the 4 lost pages to craft The Hilt of Dainsleif.
After you get the Helios flare how do i leave the area, when i run back to the village i can’t jump back across the spear and if i try to continue forward there is no way to go because the the pad is blocked by rocks. I did it after you get the For vanaheim quest, and it is dark atm
Gna is bugged for me. Stuck in a loop I keep on killing her and watching the scene but no favour completion or trophy pop., when I kill her and I travel to another realm then back she I’ll be in a stunned state again. Tried restarting reloading etc same thing . Really sucks
Do you have an older manual save / autosave to reload? Redoing the fight might fix it.
Tried multiple reloads and auto saves, as well as downloading an older synced save. Gna spawned before I can start the favour and it’s stuck in a loop now. Really frustrating.
Bro did u find any solution ?
I have same bug
No fix other than to wait for a patch or replay from the start :/. Some people also have this issue on Reddit. Really sucks…
I killed her again without any luck 🙁
Yeah, still an issue.
I have trophy bug
I killed valkyrie gna and trophy didnt pop up
Every time i reload it bring me to final cutscene and in map it shows this place undiscoverd
I cant get platinum trophy because of this bug
Have you tried reloading an earlier save? Also try rebooting game. If that doesn’t fix it, reinstall the game completely.
I tried everything
The problem is favour didnt start and location still indiscoverd even after i killed her
How to play New game+
There is no New Game+.
At least not yet. Maybe they add it via a patch in the future.
I have discovered that this platinum, is in fact, missable.
I need one Artifact in Svartalfheim. It is called Lofnheid’s Whetstone. It is on the northern section of the Jarnsmida Pitmines near the hidden Mystic Gateway.
I never FOUND this Mystic Gateway and now I cannot fast travel to this location. This also locks me out of the Last Remnant of Asgard in the northern section of the area as well. I can go back through The Applecore to end up on the southern end of the Jarnsmida Pitmines, but the mechanisms that got me to that section from the other side are not operable anymore from the side I am located on. I also cannot use the minecart from the top of the mountain and go down to the northern side again because the minecart no longer exists.
Thus, I am completely unable to get this Artifact and that locks me out of the trophy to get all Artifacts. Unless I’m just blind and can’t figure this out, this makes at least this trophy unobtainable if you don’t get the hidden Mystic Gateway prior to going to the other side of the Jarnsmida Pitmines on the first visit.
It’s not missable. Check my video for Jarnsmida Pitmines – see here. I show how to get back there. You use the Spear to throw a rope. You can then slide down that rope and climb up where the mystic gateway is. I did it myself after the story.
You get back to Jarnsmida Pitmines through Aurvangar Wetlands (take ferry) > Svard Sands (take elevator) > The Applecore (go all the way through to the pitmines).
I watched the video. The place where you throw the rope I cannot reach. I am right outside the entrance to The Applecore, in the upper section of the Jarnsmida Pitmines behind the large grated gates near the water trough mechanism. The grated gates can no longer be opened from my side and interacting with the water troughs just raises or lowers the large stone block behind the right-hand side grated gate. Turning the trough with the Blades of Chaos redirects the water to move the other large stone block in the middle across the area to a Legendary Chest I got earlier in the game. I have no means to get down to the other side beyond those grated gates no matter what I do and nothing is interactable. I cannot use the crank to turn the bridge down and I cannot seem to go down from any ledge anywhere. If there is no means in which to get down to that other side, then I am unable to even get to where you use the Draupnir Spear, thus rendering me unable to reach the Artifact I need for the platinum trophy.
I’d suggest you watch the video for The Applecore first, it shows step by step how to get back to Jarnsmida Pitmines post-story.
Once at Jarnsmida Pitmines you throw a spear at the wind in the wall (past the berserker gravestone) and use that to swing across (same path I take in the Pitmines video). It’s a different path than you took during the story. You can 100% get back there after the story. I hadn’t picked up a single item during the entire story, got everything post-story without issues. That area is just a bit tricky to navigate because you take different paths than you did during the story and it’s all a bit of a maze. But definitely can get back there.
Definitely a bug crafting the final hilt. 100%Ed Svartelfheim but did not get svefnthorn so cannot craft the hilt for collector 🙁
double platinumed yesterday.
42 1/2 hours, but i did some exploring on my own if i followed the guides for locations exclusively
i am sure it is real to do in under 35 hours or even maybe less.
as always thanks a lot for the guide it really helped.
Are the optional Berserker bosses needed for the Platinum?
Yes, you need them all to fight King Hrolf (final berserker, gives gold trophy).
I did not get the Chaos Flame upgrade material after Frost Phantom boss fight. I have even checked the chest near blacksmith’s shop multiple times but no luck. Won’t be able to upgrade Chaos Blades to level 9😭😭
Thank you for this awesome guide got my platinum in 47 hours
I finished all of the regions to 100% including gna and hrolf.
I counted 14 relics and hilts but the Collector trophy did not pop!
I made sure i have each name of hilt and relic and i do. I even upgraded all of them to level 3 to be safe but it wont pop.
Super bugged! This is my last trophy. Help.
I am unable to reach level 9. All armor I am wearing is fully upgraded to 9. I was told it doesn’t matter what armor set you select, since any armor fully upgraded will get you to level 9. All weapons have been upgraded to level 9. As have all their equipped attachments. Game is 100% complete. The only thing I have left to do is fight Gna. I am just shy of level 9. I was just curious what I was missing. Because if it is recommended to be level 9 to have an easier time with Gna.
You must upgrade the weapon/shield attachments too to get to Level 9.
Playing on PS5, I left King Hrolf and his sword hilt relic for my final trophies before the platinum. After I defeated him, I picked up his hilt, and on the screen I got pop ups saying I got the King Hrolf trophy, the Collector trophy, and then the platinum trophy. However, when I checked my trophy menu, all but the platinum are registering! It’s strange, since my PS5 even took an automatic screenshot and 14 second video clip of when when I got the platinum…! It even says my Trophy progress is 100%!
Go to Trophies > press Options Button > Sync with PSN and it will show up. It just hasn’t synced yet, it does that sometimes. Manual sync fixes it (or earning another trophy to autosync)
The collector and the platinum both popped in on the top of my game screen as I earned it but for some reason it’s not registered on my PSN!!. Am I the only one?
You must go to your trophies > press Options-Button > Sync with PSN. Then it will show up.
Brother any solution for Svartelfheim not getting svefnthorn for the collector trophy
Can only wait for a patch I guess. I’m not aware of any guaranteed fix other than to reinstall game and replay it. If you have a save from before you could try that.
The quest defend your valor didn’t trigger for me. I ended up beating gna and the trophy didn’t pop. Am I screwed? It was the last trophy before platinum and I don’t have a save file prior to fighting her
Same here. It’s bugged.
It’s fixed now!
Anyone have problems with the Trials of Muspelheim being glitched? I died while replaying the one trial in the main area where the circle moves around the arena and when I respawned the sword was no longer in the middle so I couldn’t replay the trial and the Gna boss is also inaccessible.
I am mopping up the collectibles and found that the favour “Cure for the Dead” in Vanaheim (Pilgrims Landing) is complete but not marked on the map so Vanaheim remains at 99%. I don’t think is going to lock a trophy out is it – given there isn’t a trophy directly related to 100% each area or complete all favours unless I’m mistaken?
Do I need to get all favours in one playthrough ?
‘The lost Treasure’ is bugged, it says completed on options but remains unchecked on the map.
for Full Belly, do I need to open all 35 Nornir chest for the trophy to pop? I’ve collect all the Apples/Horns but the trophy didnt pop.