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God of War (2018): The Marked Trees

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 12:00:00 +0000

This is Part 1 of The Journey . It covers The Marked Trees — Faye’s last wish, the hunt with Atreus, and The Stranger at the house. Play this before Part 2: Path to the Mountain .

The woods are a closed tutorial. There is no Lake of Nine yet. Do not leave the cabin path to hunt every raven you see; most of the map does not exist until you have a boat.

God of War (2018): Path to the Mountain

Mon, 14 Sep 2026 13:00:00 +0000

This is Part 2 of The Journey . Finish The Marked Trees first. The cabin is behind you. Path to the Mountain is the walk through River Pass to the water.

There is still no boat. Side Favours that need the Lake of Nine are not available yet. Stay on the yellow path.

River Pass

Follow the trail out of the Wildwoods. Bridges, climb points, and draugr packs teach Atreus commands (Square) on top of your axe.

God of War (2018): The Lake of Nine and Alfheim

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:30:00 +0000

This is Part 3 of The Journey . Finish Path to the Mountain first. Freya’s woods should already have put you on the water.

This chapter covers A Realm Beyond and The Light of Alfheim.

A Realm Beyond

The world opens when you can boat. Tyr’s temple sits in the Lake of Nine. The World Serpent is not a side cameo — he is the landmark that tells you the map has changed scale.

God of War (2018): Inside the Mountain

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 10:45:00 +0000

This is Part 4 of The Journey . Finish The Lake of Nine and Alfheim first. The Light should already be handled.

This chapter covers Inside the Mountain and A New Destination.

Inside the Mountain

The peak Faye named is still the goal. The mountain is a dungeon with climb sections, carts, and a dragon problem — not a place to abandon for a random Favour.

Atreus’s bow and your axe levers are the puzzles. Shatter crystals, freeze gears, and call the boy onto nests before you assume a path is soft-locked.
Do not leave mid-climb to boat a Lake of Nine Favour. The game expects you to finish this dungeon stretch as one Journey beat.
Upgrade at shops when the path naturally returns you to open air. Axe runic attacks help more than hoarding hacksilver for a Valkyrie you cannot reach yet.

If a chest sits behind a gate that needs a tool you do not have, leave it. Later Journey gear reopens half of Midgard’s “impossible” doors.

God of War (2018): The Magic Chisel and the Sickness

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 11:00:00 +0000

This is Part 5 of The Journey . Finish Inside the Mountain first.

This chapter covers The Magic Chisel, Behind the Lock, and The Sickness.

The Magic Chisel

Sindri, the hammer, and the chisel. Thamur’s corpse is the set piece. Boss fights here are Journey, not Favours.

Follow the yellow path onto the giant’s body. Scale puzzles and combat packs share the space — clear what blocks the climb, loot what sits on the route.
Shop with Sindri when the story puts him in reach. Chisel-related fights punish soft armour more than River Pass did.
Finish the Journey objective that grants the chisel. Leaving for a Valkyrie or Niflheim run here is how people soft-lock their own story pace.

Behind the Lock

Use what you just cut. The mountain’s sealed door is the point of the last chapter.

God of War (2018): Helheim

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 11:15:00 +0000

This is Part 6 of The Journey . Finish The Magic Chisel and the Sickness first.

This chapter covers The Black Rune, Return to the Summit, and Escape from Helheim.

The Black Rune

The next key. Tyr’s vault / the rune puzzle the plot has been pointing at.

Stay on yellow. The Lake of Nine will still offer Favours; none of them cure the story problem this rune solves. Clear enemies that block the vault path, loot adjacent chests, then leave.

God of War (2018): Jötunheim and Mother's Ashes

Wed, 07 Oct 2026 11:30:00 +0000

This is Part 7 of The Journey . Finish Helheim first.

This chapter covers A Path to Jötunheim, Between the Realms, Jötunheim in Reach, Mother’s Ashes, and The Journey Home.

Opening the hidden realm

A Path to Jötunheim is how the realm actually opens — Mimir, the temple, the pieces you still need. Follow the yellow list. Do not invent a “collect every raven first” requirement; the ashes do not care about ravens.