God of War achievement guide

How to unlock every achievement, which ones you can miss, and the best order to get them all. Tick them off as you go.

35-45 hours

Time to 100%

4/10

Difficulty

Playthroughs

Missable achievements

11 collectible8 cumulative

Points of no return

None: God of War has zero missable achievements because full free-roam remains available during the post-game to collect everything and finish all challenges.

Recommended order

Step 1

Complete the main story across Midgard, Alfheim, Helheim, and Jotunheim on any difficulty while gathering language ciphers and obvious upgrades.
Step 2

Clear side quests and explore early Midgard territories including The Wildwoods, The River Pass, Forgotten Caverns, Lookout Tower, Fafnir's Storeroom, and Volunder Mines.
Step 3

Return to Alfheim, exploring The Light Elf Sanctuary and The Ringed Temple to finish any missed Nornir chests, Odin's Ravens, and lore artifacts.
Step 4

Revisit The Mountain, Helheim, Thamur's Corpse, Tyr's Temple, and Tyr's Hidden Chamber with late-game gear to collect remaining treasures and lore items.
Step 5

Complete Brok and Sindri's favor questlines by exploring Veithurgard and Konunsgard, freeing the dragons in those regions.
Step 6

Unlock the realm of Muspelheim using its cipher chests, clear all combat trials, and defeat the Valkyrie Gondul at the summit.
Step 7

Unlock Niflheim, farm Mist Echoes in the workshop maze, open all realm tears and center chamber chests, and defeat Valkyrie Hildr.
Step 8

Defeat the remaining Valkyries, bring their helms to the Council of Valkyries, and defeat Queen Sigrun.
Step 9

Clean up any remaining Odin's Ravens, artifact sets, treasure maps, and weapon upgrades across all realms.

All achievements 0/37

Enchanted 88.2% of players Slot an Enchantment into your armor Insert any Enchantment into a socketed piece of armor via the armor menu. Enchantments can be found in chests or awarded as combat drops throughout your journey.

The Journey Begins 86.9% of players Hidden achievementDefend your home from The Stranger Defeat Baldur during his initial confrontation at your home in the Wildwoods. This is an unmissable story achievement completed early in the main quest. Where: The Wildwoods

Nice Moves 84% of players Obtain a Runic Attack Gem Open a Legendary Chest containing a Runic Attack Gem, or purchase one from a dwarven shop. The earliest opportunity is the chest found shortly after entering the River Pass. Where: The River Pass

A New Friend 75.3% of players Hidden achievementSurvive the Witch’s Woods Progress through the Witch’s Woods and bring the wounded boar to Freya's home. This unlocks automatically during the main story quest Path to the Mountain. Where: The River Pass

Dwarven Ingenuity 72.4% of players Upgrade a piece of armor Visit Brok or Sindri at any shop and upgrade any piece of armor using Hacksilver and crafting resources. This can first be done at Brok's shop early in the River Pass. Where: The River Pass

Feels Like Home 63.1% of players Hidden achievementAllow the Light Elves to return home Enter the Light of Alfheim inside the Ringed Temple and restore the Light to the elves. This completes automatically as part of the main story. Where: The Ringed Temple

Best Dressed 61.8% of players Craft an outfit for Atreus Craft any armor set or tunic for Atreus at Brok's or Sindri's dwarven shop. This becomes available as soon as you access your first shop in the River Pass. Where: The River Pass

Dragon Slayer 57.6% of players Hidden achievementDefeat the Dragon of the Mountain Defeat the giant dragon Hraezlyr inside the Mountain during the main story quest. Use the explosive shatter crystals and the crane mechanism to bring the beast down. Where: The Mountain

Troubling Consequences 53.9% of players Hidden achievementDefeat Magni and Modi Defeat Thor's sons, Magni and Modi, in battle at Thamur's Corpse. This battle concludes automatically as part of the main storyline. Where: Thamur's Corpse

Hello, Old Friend 53.1% of players Hidden achievementRetrieve the Blades of Chaos Return to Kratos' home in the Wildwoods during the main quest to retrieve the Blades of Chaos. This is awarded automatically through story progression. Where: The Wildwoods

Promise Fulfilled 52.8% of players Hidden achievementHeal Atreus Venture into Helheim to claim the Bridge Keeper's heart and return it to Freya to heal Atreus. This unlocks automatically during the main story. Where: Helheim

Round 2 50.5% of players Hidden achievementRescue Atreus Return to the summit of the Mountain and confront Baldur to rescue Atreus. This unlocks automatically as part of the main story campaign. Where: The Mountain

Past Haunts 50.1% of players Hidden achievementRide the ship out of Helheim Escape Helheim by piloting the flying ship back through the realm's skies. This is an unmissable story milestone. Where: Helheim

The Best Moves 49.7% of players Fully upgrade a Runic Attack Fully upgrade any light or heavy Runic Attack to level 3 using XP from the weapon skills menu.

Twilight Beckons 47.5% of players Hidden achievementDefeat Baldur Defeat Baldur in the climactic final confrontation outside Freya's home in the River Pass. This unlocks automatically upon finishing the final boss battle of the main story. Where: The River Pass

Last Wish 46.9% of players Hidden achievementSpread the ashes Reach the highest peak in Jotunheim and scatter Faye's ashes into the wind. This will pop during the final cutscene of the main story questline.

Trilingual Collectible 44.5% of players Learn the languages of Muspelheim and Niflheim Locate all four Muspelheim language ciphers and all four Niflheim language ciphers found inside purple cipher chests scattered across the realms. Once both sets of ciphers are complete, Kratos and Atreus can read both languages.

All Will Fall Cumulative 32.1% of players Kill 1,000 Enemies Slay a total of 1,000 enemies across your playthrough. This can be accumulated naturally through story encounters, exploration, and the trials in Muspelheim or Niflheim.

Death Happened Here 31.8% of players Hidden achievementFully explore Veithurgard Discover all collectibles and complete all objectives in the Veithurgard region. This includes opening all Nornir and Legendary chests, slaying Odin's ravens, completing favors, and finding all artifacts there. Where: Veithurgard

Iðunn’s Orchard Collectible 27.5% of players Fully upgrade your Health Find and open nine Nornir chests that contain Iðunn Apples to max out your health bar. You only need nine apples in total to fully upgrade your health.

Like Oil and Water 26.8% of players Complete all of Brok and Sindri’s Favors Finish all five personal favors for the Huldra brothers, concluding with the shared quest "Hail to the King" in Konunsgard. Completing this final quest restores Brok and Sindri's partnership. Where: Konunsgard

Quick Tempered Collectible 25.8% of players Fully upgrade your rage Locate and open nine Nornir chests containing Horns of Blood Mead to fully upgrade Spartan Rage. Collecting all nine maxes out the rage meter.

Beneath the Surface 25% of players Hidden achievementExplore all the Lake of Nine has to offer Explore every dock, island, and sub-area around the Lake of Nine to uncover all the fog on the map. This is completed after the Lake's water level drops for the second time and every surrounding shore has been visited.

Unfinished Business Cumulative 23.4% of players Assist all of the wayward spirits Complete all five Favors for the wayward spirits found around the Lake of Nine.

Why Fight It? Cumulative 23.3% of players Hidden achievementFully upgrade the Blades of Chaos Upgrade the Blades of Chaos to level 5 at a dwarven shop using Chaos Flames, with the final one traded for the Raging Inferno of Muspelheim.

Dangerous Skies 22.8% of players Free all of the Dragons Locate and release the three captive dragons across Midgard: Fáfnir, Reginn, and Otr. To free each dragon, destroy the three binding shrines tethering them in their respective territories.

Worthy Cumulative 22.8% of players Fully upgrade the Leviathan Axe Upgrade the Leviathan Axe to level 6 at a dwarven shop using Frozen Flames, with the final one bought using the Chilling Mists of Niflheim.

Chooser of the Slain Cumulative 16.8% of players Defeat the nine Valkyries Defeat the eight hidden Valkyries across the realms, place their helms at their council thrones, and vanquish the Valkyrie Queen Sigrun. Where: Council of Valkyries

Path of the Zealot Collectible 14.4% of players Obtain Traveler armor set Defeat Travelers across the realms to collect their materials, then craft the chest, wrist, and waist pieces of the Traveler armor set at the shop.

Fire and Brimstone Cumulative 14.2% of players Complete all of the Trials of Muspelheim Clear all combat challenges across Muspelheim's arenas and defeat the final boss challenge. Where: Muspelheim

The Truth Collectible 13.8% of players Read all of the Jötnar shrines Discover and interact with all 11 wooden Jötnar shrines scattered across the realms.

Primordial Collectible 12.6% of players Obtain Ancient armor set Slay Ancients across the realms for their hearts and rubble, then craft all three pieces of the Ancient armor set at the dwarven shop.

Darkness and Fog Collectible Cumulative 12.5% of players Retrieve all treasure from the Workshop’s center chamber Gather enough Mist Echoes and Anchor of Fog items to open all five chests and seal all three Realm Tears inside Ivaldi's workshop. Where: Niflheim

Allfather Blinded Collectible Cumulative 8.3% of players Kill all of Odin’s Ravens Locate and strike down all 51 of Odin's green spectral ravens scattered across Midgard and the surrounding realms.

Treasure Hunter Collectible 8.3% of players Use treasure maps to find all of the dig spots Discover all 12 treasure maps and dig up the hidden loot at every corresponding map location.

Curator Collectible 8.2% of players Collect all of the Artifacts Collect all 45 Artifacts scattered throughout the various realms and regions. None are permanently lost, so any missing artifacts can be retrieved during post-game exploration.

Father and Son Collectible 6.6% of players Obtain all other achievements Unlock every other achievement in the game. This automatically pops once all 36 other achievements are acquired.

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