The free God Of War Ragnarök DLC has been made available for a couple of weeks, in this guide you will find the best tricks and tips for God Of War Ragnarok Valhalla!
The announcement at the 2023 Game Awards of the free DLC for God Of War Ragnarök (here you can find all the announcements of the event) made passionate fans of Kratos’ latest adventure scream with emotion. However, something was missing from the ending, something that really marked the end to this chapter, and here is the Santa Monica Studio literally gives us a free DLCby title Valhalla. This DLC completes the story left unfinished in the main campaign and also adds a new game area, Valhalla. But it has something different: this dlc is a real one roguelite, with dungeons full of enemies to constantly face, without difficulty, with upgrades that we will unlock as we continue. Very complicated, especially for those who have never played roguelites, which is why we decided to create this guide to help you during your journey through Valhalla.
Make the right choice | God Of War Ragnarok Valhalla: tips and tricks
One thing you will always find in every “room” you enter are the chests not porte, each of them has a content type inside it. There are 7 contents within the game:
- Glyph for advantage (allows you to use unique abilities and playstyles)
- Glyph for statistics (they allow you to improve Kratos’ statistics, such as strength, defense, etc.)
- Glyph for weapon (they are bonuses for weapons)
- Glyph for runic attack (gives special abilities for reloading weapons)
- Mixed glyph (a mix of stats, runic attacks and other bonuses)
- Restoration (allows you to recover life points or anger points)
- Ephemeral echoes (these are game points with which you can purchase temporary upgrades in dungeons)
Choose the one that best suits you among these 7 options, adjusting yourself based on how you are doing during the attempt. Remember to grab as many Ephemeral Echoes as you can and save them for upgrades.
Follow the suggestions | God Of War Ragnarok Valhalla: tips and tricks
At the beginning of each attempt, before entering the arena again, check the pillars at the entrance. These two pillars, in fact, when selecting the shield and the type of rage to use, one of these will be illuminated. By clicking on it, the game suggests that by choosing rage x and shield y, Valhalla will reward you with additional seals of mastery. These sigils of mastery are critical, because they are the main currency in the game to purchase ultimate upgrades, which will make your next attempt easier. With these seals, you can in fact increase Kratos’ statistics, including energy, anger, resurrection stone, strength, vitality, defense and all the other character statistics.
Complete secondary objectives | God Of War Ragnarok Valhalla: tips and tricks
Another fundamental thing: during the attempts, check the diary, you will find a series of objectives to complete, linked to enemy moves and kills. If you complete these objectives, Valhalla will reward you with new armor, armor that allows you to customize your character and unlock dialogues with the Valkyries. A way to add a personal touch to your game, but also to find out more about character lore, which for a game as beautiful as this is always worth it, with its magnificent and mysterious characters. With each objective completed, one of the Valkyries will compliment you, then ask if you want to hear their story.
Make good use of ephemeral echoes | God Of War Ragnarok Valhalla: tips and tricks
After dealing with a horde of enemies in an arena or two in a row, you’ll enter a quieter “chamber”, where you can choose which door to go through (remember the famous doors with the glyph symbols?). Well, beyond the doors, there is also an altar with the symbol of ephemeral echoes. From this altar you can choose the temporary power-ups you will need in the attempt: choose wisely. Remember that the ephemeral echoes are not infinite and to receive more you must kill the enemies in the dungeons. Our suggestion is to preserve the echoes and spend them when you have enough to purchase an upgrade for the Leviathan, the Blades of Chaos, or the Draupnir spear, as well as boost runic attacks and recover health or rage. You can also spend them to purchase keys that unlock locked areas of a zone, where chests containing more armor, bonuses, perks and relics are located.
Purchase upgrades | God Of War Ragnarok Valhalla: tips and tricks
The tip that you absolutely must follow to be able to move forward in the DLC is to purchase upgrades. If you don’t buy upgrades, it will become increasingly difficult to survive. So, once you’re dead and back on the beach, go to the upgrade altars. There are two: influence table (the one with the blue sign) and reflection table (the one with the red sign, with the Greek symbol of War). With the influence table you can modify the rules of Valhalla, for example accessing more seals of mastery and spirit when you kill a chosen one of Valhalla. With the reflection table, more simply, increase Kratos’ stats, so more energy, more rage, stat increases, glyph slots and armor appearances. Here too, choose wisely the options that best suit your play style.
Do not give up!
Inevitably, especially if you have never played the roguelite genre, at first you will find yourself confused. It will be complicated precisely because you don’t have the upgrades that make the game easier, so the first attempts will most likely not go well. You will die multiple timesuntil you gain enough resources to purchase upgrades, become stronger and progress through the dungeons, accompanying Kratos on his personal journey as he tries to fully accept his past. It will be toughboth for you and for him, but join forces, fight together, persevere and you will reach the end of the journey.
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