God of War

God of War: trophy and platinum guide

God of War

PS4

God of War trophy guide for PS4, with Guerranera's video, a step-by-step roadmap and a trophy checklist. God of War (2018) PS4 base-game list with 37 trophies; not God of War Ragnarök.

God of War (2018) PS4 base-game list with 37 trophies; not God of War Ragnarök.

Watch the Guerranera video

Video chapters

Finish the story and track combat totals

The story chapter starts at 03:32 and continues through Last Wish. All Will Fall requires 2,000 kills and is a separate counter from completing the story.

  • The Journey Begins · Defend your home from The Stranger
  • A New Friend · Survive the Witch’s Woods
  • Feels Like Home · Allow the Light Elves to return home
  • Dragon Slayer · Defeat the Dragon of the Mountain
  • Troubling Consequences · Defeat Magni and Modi
  • Hello, Old Friend · Retrieve the Blades of Chaos
  • Promise Fulfilled · Heal Atreus
  • Round 2 · Rescue Atreus
  • Past Haunts · Ride the ship out of Helheim
  • Twilight Beckons · Defeat Baldur
  • Last Wish · Spread the ashes
  • All Will Fall · Kill 2,000 Enemies

Explore and complete side activities

Explore the Lake of Nine for Beneath the Surface and complete Veithurgard. Track all Brok and Sindri favours, all dragons and all wayward spirits. The Unfinished Business segment starts at 12:58.

  • Beneath the Surface · Explore all the Lake of Nine has to offer
  • Death Happened Here · Fully explore Veithurgard
  • Dangerous Skies · Free all of the Dragons
  • Like Oil and Water · Complete all of Brok and Sindri’s Favors
  • Unfinished Business · Assist all of the wayward spirits

Use separate collectible checklists

Odin's ravens are covered at 08:15 and artifacts at 09:18. Treasure maps must be used to find their treasures. Keep Jötnar shrines as another distinct collection.

  • Curator · Collect all of the Artifacts
  • Allfather Blinded · Kill all of Odin’s Ravens
  • Treasure Hunter · Use treasure maps to find all of the dig spots
  • The Truth · Read all of the Jötnar shrines

Finish both optional realms

Collect the realm language ciphers. Complete every Muspelheim trial; the video segment starts at 04:45. Darkness and Fog requires all treasures in Niflheim's central chamber.

  • Trilingual · Learn the languages of Muspelheim and Niflheim
  • Fire and Brimstone · Complete all of the Trials of Muspelheim
  • Darkness and Fog · Retrieve all treasure from the Workshop’s center chamber

Defeat every Valkyrie

Chooser of the Slain requires all nine Valkyries. Use the segment at 05:19 and revisit upgrades if a fight blocks progress.

  • Chooser of the Slain · Defeat the nine Valkyries

Complete upgrades and crafting

Maximise health and rage, fully upgrade the axe and blades, and craft the Traveller and Ancient armour sets. Check an Atreus outfit, runic gem and enchantment separately. The Best Moves requires fully upgrading a runic attack, not just acquiring a gem.

  • Dwarven Ingenuity · Upgrade a piece of armor
  • Nice Moves · Obtain a Runic Attack Gem
  • Iðunn’s Orchard · Fully upgrade your Health
  • Quick Tempered · Fully upgrade your rage
  • Best Dressed · Craft an outfit for Atreus
  • Enchanted · Slot an Enchantment into your armor
  • The Best Moves · Fully upgrade a Runic Attack
  • Worthy · Fully upgrade the Leviathan Axe
  • Why Fight It? · Fully upgrade the Blades of Chaos
  • Path of the Zealot · Obtain Traveler armor set
  • Primordial · Obtain Ancient armor set
  • Father and Son · Obtain all other trophies

Source and scope

Editorial roadmap accompanying Guerranera's video, based on the author's published description and references and checked against the trophy archive. It is not a full transcript of the narration.

  • Contains story spoilers. Timestamps come from the video's published chapters.
  • Section buttons with timestamps link to chapters published by Guerranera.

Trophy lists

Buying the game

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