God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla DLC Trophy Guide & Roadmap (2024)

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God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla DLC TrophyRoadmap

  • Estimated trophy difficulty:3/10 (can do everything on easiest difficulty, can also exit game at shops to save and back up save to PS+ cloud)
  • Approximate amount of time to 100%:6-8 hours (on easiest difficulty)
  • Offline Trophies:12 (1God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla DLC Trophy Guide & Roadmap (1), 11God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla DLC Trophy Guide & Roadmap (2))
  • Online Trophies:0
  • Number of missable trophies:0
  • Glitched trophies: 0
  • Does difficulty affect trophies?:No, can do everything on easiest difficulty
  • Hardest Trophy:God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla DLC Trophy Guide & Roadmap (3)God of Hope (beating the endbossis the hardest part depending on your loadout)
  • Minimum Playthroughs: 10 playthroughs minimum (1 death, 6 to finish story, 3 to get all Boat Captain Keys)
  • PS4/PS5 Autopop & Save Transfer: Yes, but only from PS4 > PS5 (not from PS5 > PS4), it autopops all trophies instantly upon loading the PS4 save on PS5.Delete your PS5 save (back it up to PS+ cloud beforehand) > have the PS4 save on console > boot up PS5 version > it will automatically import the PS4 save. Click on “VALHALLA” in title screen and everything autopops.
  • PS4/PS5 Crossbuy:Yes, theDLC is free for both PS4andPS5
  • Free-Roam / Level Select after Story?:Yes, can replay it as many times as you want after story
  • Supports Manual Saves?:No, there’s only 1 Autosave. But you can exit the game at any shop to save. Then back up the save in PS+ cloud. If you die can copy back the save to respawn at the shop.
  • Release Date:December 12, 2023

Introduction

Welcome to the God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla DLC Trophy Guide!This free DLC is a roguelite mode where you play through chambers filled with enemies. The goal is to reach the end without dying. If you die, you respawn in the hub area, called “The Shore”. However, each run is relatively short, taking only 20-30 minutes on the easiest difficulty. You can also save your progress mid-game by visiting a shop and exiting the game. This can be used to upload your save to PS+ cloud, if something goes wrong you can copy back the save and respawn at the shop. Each run you complete advances the story. The story chapters can be viewedby pressingTouchpad > Goals > Valhalla. Most of the trophies come automatically from story progress. Focus on playing through the story and try to do the Mastery Quests along the way. You unlock more gameplay features as you complete runs. You are then able to buy permanent attribute upgrades. If you play on easy you should buy the upgrades for more damage to get through it faster. To play the DLC you must download a separate file from PS Store called “God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla”. Then the DLC can be started from the Title Screen by clicking on “VALHALLA”. Also see How to Start God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla DLC. This game mode doesn’t carry over your main game progress as it takes place in a different world.

Step 1: Finish All 6 Story Chapters+ Do Mastery Challenges

On your first attempt let yourself die to advance the story. Then finish each attempt in one life without dying to advance the story. Between attempts it will give you some cutscenes. Keep doing this until you earn the trophy God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla DLC Trophy Guide & Roadmap (4) God of Hope for finishing the story. Everything can be done on the easiest difficulty. If you need to exit the game, visit a shop and choose to return to the main menu, this will save the game without losing progress (you can also back up the save to PS+ and copy it back if you die).

Along the way, already start working on the Mastery Quests. These can be seen by pressing Touchpad > Goals > Mastery. The easiest ones are the “Rage” and “Shield” Masteries. These only require you to select a different Rage/Shield before each attempt. More Mastery Quests become available as you advance the story. Other easy ones are for getting each weapon’s Light/Heavy Relic Glyph. Write them down on a piece of paper and cross them off as you find them, they come randomly from loot chests.

Step 2:Boat Captain Keys & The Forum Arena

The Boat Captain Keys start spawning after reclaiming Pandora’s Statue during the final story Chapter “The Work, Part 3: Benevolence”. It will now spawn 1 key per attempt, always in the first chamber, next to the first chest, in front of the wooden painting. They look like purple glowing items on the ground. You will need another 3 full playthroughs for this. Collect the Key in the first chamber on each attempt, it always spawns in the same place. You must beat Týr at the end of each run to make another key spawn, if you die it won’t spawn a key.

After the story you will also gain access to the third and final arena, called “The Forum”. The three arenas can be played in the foggy maze before the Týr boss (one on the right, one on the left, one in the middle upstairs).

If you haven’t gotten God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla DLC Trophy Guide & Roadmap (5) Wayfarer for visiting all 9 Realms, make sure that at the start of each run you pick a different weapon bonus from the first chest. What weapon bonus you pick determines what Realm you will visit before the foggy maze area. The 2nd last Realm you visit is always tied to what weapon bonus you selected at the first chest. These realms will never randomly appear, so the only way to get them is to pick between the Axe, Blades, or Spear from the first chest.

God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla DLC Trophy Guide

Main Game Trophy Guide:
God of War Ragnarok Trophy Guide

God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla DLC Trophy Guide & Roadmap (6)God of Hope
Master Valhalla and master thyself.
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Automatic story-related trophy, unlocks after Chapter 6:The Work, Part 3:Benevolence (seen under Touchpad > Goals > Valhalla).

This is for finishing the Valhalla DLC story. After defeating Týr for the 4th time you will unlock this.

God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla DLC Trophy Guide & Roadmap (8)Invitation Accepted
Discover the secret of Valhalla
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Automatic story-related trophy, unlocks after Chapter 1: The Invitation (seen under Touchpad > Goals > Valhalla).

For this you must die once. Then you get a cutscene and start a new “cycle” of the DLC. The trophy unlocks after the first death cutscene.

God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla DLC Trophy Guide & Roadmap (10)Dark Odyssey
Participate in the sacrifice
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Automatic story-related trophy, unlocks after Chapter 2:Homecoming (seen under Touchpad > Goals > Valhalla).

The earliest you can do the Sacrifice is on the 3rd run (died once, did another run to return to shore, start 3rd run). Continue playing through the realms until you meet Helios. This is a forced ‘story’ moment and can’t be missed if you play through enough realms in one attempt. In the Helios section you will have to do the Sacrifice to advance, can’t miss it. This will end your 3rd run and return you to the shore.

God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla DLC Trophy Guide & Roadmap (12)Blood, Sweat, and Týr
Battle Týr
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Automatic story-related trophy, unlocks after Chapter3: The Host(seen under Touchpad > Goals > Valhalla).

The earliest you canbattle Týr is on the4th run (died once, did another run to return to shore, do sacrifice on 3rd run, then play 4th run to the end until Týr). On the 4th run continue playing through the realms until you reach the Týr boss fight. This is a forced ‘story’ moment and can’t be missed if you play through enough realms in one attempt. Defeat Týr and exit through the gate to finish this run and earn the trophy.

God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla DLC Trophy Guide & Roadmap (14)Scry Me a River
Reclaim Kratos’ Oath Stone
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Automatic story-related trophy, unlocksat the start ofChapter 4:The Work, Part I: Acceptance (seen under Touchpad > Goals > Valhalla).

The earliest you can do this is during your 5th run (after you defeated Týr for the first time and started the next run). You will come to a point where you must pick up a glowing orb.This is a forced ‘story’ moment and can’t be missed if you play through enough realms in one attempt. On your way to defeat Týr the 2nd time you will automatically get this and it initiates the next story chapter.

God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla DLC Trophy Guide & Roadmap (16)Wayfarer
Visit all 9 Realms in Valhalla
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In total there are 9 realms.
  • 3 Realms are dependent on which starting weapon perk you pick. In the first chamber you can pick a buff for the Axe, Blades, or Spear. What you pick will determine what Realm you get before the final Realm (the 2nd last realm before you reach the foggy maze). So you must pick each weapon once and then finish a playthrough with it. If you always pick the same weapon you’d always end up in the same 2nd last realm. These realms can’t be randomly gotten as they are hardcoded to which of the 3 weapon perks you picked in the first chest.
  • 6 Realms are random. While finishing the story you are very likely to visit each Realm at least once. The only ones you never go to by luck are the 3 weapon-specific Realms.
God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla DLC Trophy Guide & Roadmap (18)No Kratos, No Scry
Reclaim Pandora’s Statue
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Automatic story-related trophy, unlocksduring Chapter 6:The Work, Part 3:Benevolence (seen under Touchpad > Goals > Valhalla).

The earliest you can do this is during your 7th run (after defeating Týr 3 times, on the next run after that). You will come to a point where you must pick up Pandora’s Statue.This is a forced ‘story’ moment and can’t be missed if you play through enough realms in one attempt. On your way to defeat Týr the4th time you will automatically get this.

God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla DLC Trophy Guide & Roadmap (20)Fight at the Forum
Participate in a fight at The Forum arena
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The Forum is the 3rd and final arena, found in the foggy maze area in the final area before Týr boss. The arenas unlock gradually from story progress. You don’t need to play the first 2 arenas, just playing one match in the third arena is enough.

Here’s how to unlock the Arenas:

  • Arena #1: The Aegan Boat – unlocks after defeating Týr the 2nd time (on your run to defeat him the 3rd time, in “Chapter 5: The Work, Part 2: Vigilance”). It then spawns on the far right side of the foggy maze.
  • Arena #2: The Desert of Lost Souls –unlocks after defeating Týr the3rd time (on your run to defeat him the4th time, in“Chapter 6:The Work, Part 3:Benevolence”). It then spawns on the far left side of the foggy maze.
  • Arena #3: The Forum – unlocks after defeating Týr the4th time (on your run to defeat him the 5thtime,after finishing“Chapter 6:The Work, Part 3:Benevolence”). It then spawnsupstairs straight ahead in the foggy maze. You must defeat 7 Chosen before you can enter this arena.

After you play a match in the third arena you get this trophy.

God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla DLC Trophy Guide & Roadmap (23)Easy Come, Easy Go
Acquire more than 15,000 Fleeting Echoes on a single attempt
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For this you must get 15,000 Fleeting Echoes in A SINGLE RUN. It doesn’t count cumulatively across all your runs.

This will come automatically when doing the trophy God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla DLC Trophy Guide & Roadmap (25)Fight at the Forum.Because to enter the Forum arena you must defeat 7 Chosen and then the Arena gives you more than enough points. So don’t worry about this, just do the Forum Arena.

Alternatively, this can also be obtained before unlocking the Forum Arena.It can be done by defeating all Chosen inthe foggy Maze before Týr and playing 1-2 arenas. The first arena unlocks after defeating Týr 2 times. The second arena after defeating him 3 times. The arenas are found in the foggy Maze before Týr, you will get a tutorial message when they unlock. Each Chosen you defeat in the maze gives a score multiplier, so the more of them you defeat the more points you get. With one arena you might only get to 14,000 points. But with 2 arenas and defeating all Chosen you can easily get more than 15,000. So just keep playing until you unlocked all arenas, then this will be trivial. At the blue stone at The Shore you can also buy upgrades that give you more Fleeting Echoes per enemy encounter but this isn’t necessary for this trophy, if you play all 3 arenas and defeat all Chosen you can easily get over 30,000 per run.

God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla DLC Trophy Guide & Roadmap (26)Understood the Assignment
Complete 9 Mastery Quests
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Mastery Quests can be viewed by pressing Touchpad > Goals > Mastery. It’s recommended to always pick a different Spartan Rage & Shield on each attempt to work on these from the beginning. After finishing a Mastery you must talk to the Valkyries at The Shore (hub area) to make it count as “completed”.

There are 24 Mastery Quests total, they become available gradually as you make more story progress and unlock new features. You only need to finish 9, so you can pick the easiest ones.

Recommendations of easy ones:

  1. Rage Mastery I – defeat an encounter in Lower Realms with a different Spartan Rage equipped (simply select a different Spartan Rage before each attempt)
  2. Rage Mastery II – defeat your opponent in The Proving Grounds with each Spartan Rage(simply select a different Spartan Rage before each attempt)
  3. Rage Mastery III – defeat Týr with each Spartan Rage(simply select a different Spartan Rage before each attempt)
  4. Shield Mastery I – defeat an encounter in Lower Realms with different Shield equipped (simply select a different shield before each attempt)
  5. Shield Mastery II – defeat your opponent in The Proving Grounds with different shields (simply select a different shield before each attempt)
  6. Shield Mastery III – defeat Týr with different shields (simply select a different shield before each attempt)
  7. Travel Mastery – choose doors that lead to all 7 types of rewards (pick a door with a different symbol each time until you got one of each)
  8. Greek Labyrinth Mastery – open 9 greek chests (the chests in the final area before Týr where you must defeat the Chosen in the foggy maze. Greek chests are the golden chests that cost Fleeting Echoes where you activate the final portal Týr. Simply defeat all Chosen and use the Echoes to open as many chests as possible per run. Later you can open 5 per run, so this can be done in just 2 runs after reaching the end of the story).
  9. Permanent Upgrade Mastery – purchase 15 permanent upgrades (done at the red/blue stone at The Shore – it’s recommended to buy the damage and defense upgrades)

Other easy challenges are the ones that require you to find one of each Light/Heavy Runic Attack Glyph. However, this involves some luck, they are randomly found in chests. If you want to go for these, write down all Runic Glyphs you still need. When you open a chest check if it’s one you need and if so cross it off your list. You can also press Touchpad > Goals > Masteries while at a chest to check which ones you still need.

God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla DLC Trophy Guide & Roadmap (28)Style Points
Equip a Cosmetic Armor
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After you died for the first time, complete the next run until you are returned to the hub area. In the hub area, before starting your next run, interact with the yellow glowing pillar to change your cosmetic appearance. This is purely cosmetical and doesn’t affect your attributes. You go back to the hub area “The Shore” between each run.

God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla DLC Trophy Guide & Roadmap (32)You Again?
Find all 3 Boat Captain Keys
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The Boat Captain Keys are only available after reclaiming Pandora’s Statue in Chapter 6: The Work, Part 3: Benevolence, asseen under Touchpad > Goals > Valhalla. That’s after unlocking God of War Ragnarok: Valhalla DLC Trophy Guide & Roadmap (35) No Kratos, No Scry.

Then on your next attempt, in the first chamber it will spawn a purple key in front of the painting, next to where you open the first chest.

It will spawn 1 key in this place per additional run you successfully finish. You have to defeat Týr each time! If youdie it won’t spawn the next key. The 2nd and 3rd key spawn in the same spot, in the first chamber in front of that same painting. So just keep defeating Týr, start another attempt, collect the next key in the first chamber, repeat until you got 3 keys.

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God of War Ragnarok Trophy Guide


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