God of War Ragnarok: 10 Things The GAME DOESN'T TELL YOU

If u are low in hp and rage, just find a mystic gateway. Interact with it then cancel it, it will refill ur health and rage to full

I'm convinced Falcon doesn't play any of the games he does videos for. The amount of times he mispronounces things that are said in game is incredible lol

Special Mention: There is a relic called the "Mystic Heirloom" that doesn't seem to do anything when you trigger it and it has a 16 second cool down. What it's FOR... is you use it close to these troll statues which are in 3 locations, and you awaken the troll for a troll fight like from the first game. There is also a dragon statue you can use it on to get those last pesky dragon claws necessary to upgrade the armor you get from the Crater. This stone dragon is literally the last dragon in the game, and not really all that tough as dragons go.

For those hesitant to mess with the High Contrast Display and don't want it on at all times, go to gameplay setting and navigate to touch pad shortcuts, there you can set a swipe motion on the touchpad for high contrast display which lets you toggle it on and off.

I almost missed the crater. It was massive, has amazing enemy diversity and loot, has some really beautiful locations, and ties into the story pretty well. It adds a good 5-6 hours on and is completely missable. Crazy.

When traveling in the realm between realms you don't actually have to move for the exit to appear. If you just listen to the conversation going on it automatically appears in front of you when the dialogue is complete.

bonus tip: you can still quick turn in this game. I don't remember the game ever actually telling you how, but in this game since down is for putting away your weapon, you press shield and then down to do a quick turn. It helps a surprising amount and I thought they just straight up removed this from the game but it was just kind of hidden

As someone who is legally blind. I’m loving all the little options Sony has been putting in their games to be more accessible. Just makes things feel so much better instead of struggling with basic gameplay like QTEs or dificult to see items like this.

I’ve just played the first couple of hours and I am already in love. This game was worth the hype

My personal easy-to-miss thing that I severely overlooked was how amazing the Realm Shift build is. With the right setup and a full mastery over your favorite weapons, that can easily turn the tide of battle in as little as five seconds. For it to work, you need the Pommel, Handle and Hilt of the Nine Realms after a certain point in the game, which upon triggering Permafrost, Immolation or Maelstrom will trigger a 1.5 second Realm Shift. The Rönd of the Nine Realms is also mandatory as it triggers the same effect under a Parry (shield doesn't matter, though I would recommend either the Onslaught or Stonewall Shield for efficacy on interrupting Blue Rings). Accompany that with a Boon of the Nine Realms and your damage goes SAILING under the Realm Shift effect. You can also throw in the HILT OF HOFUĐ to extend the Realm Shift timer, allowing more damage with your Runic Attacks and shredding health bars very quickly. I was able to bring down King Hrólf in 3 minutes due to this build, so my recommendation is get yourself a Nine Realms kit as soon as possible.

You should include the Survival armor set - give you stats in EVERY categories if you fully upgraded (7-9)

A good way to know that you have explored every area in god of war Ragnarok is by collecting all 48 ravens

It's better to use fury to get out of a stun and cancel it instantly, it uses very little and lets you break stuns more often as it recharges

We need part 2 because there is a lot things about this great game to know!

For me the high contrast mode was the smartest move by the devs to help all gamers to find every collectible in order to reach 100% completion to each area of the realms.

IMHO, by far, the most valuable resource the game doesn’t give you a great reason to collect (*until you find the pond*) are the shard fragments you can get by using the spear to break them all around the crater. Also in Vanaheim certain plants will give you resources. Hit them with the purple spell then break by throwing the axe

Some of the berserker souls actually have the same attack pattern.

About the Omar creatures, the game actually tells you really early about them when you are doing main quest and even gives the hint of attacking it from behind though. Ragnarok does a good job of giving you information about these things.

A great time to be a gamer. So many games to look forward to, including this one. Happy gaming, everyone 🍻

My biggest end game note that I'd provide is that unless there's a secret realm tear or a few in the game, you will not have enough Dust of Realms to upgrade everything. I did a Completionist Playthrough and bought every piece of gear and spent time gathering materials to upgrade it all, and by the time it came to upgrading my shields & ronds, it boiled down to being left with either one shield, or two ronds unable to be maxed out. Not the most important note to provide, but given that New Game Plus is an implemented feature later on, I would recommend being picky with what you max out in case there's a specific build you want to use in a NGP Playthrough.