God of War Niflheim Guide - Ivaldi's Treasure, Realm Tears, More

In this God of War Niflheim Guide, we will guide you on the realm of Niflheim. Niflheim is one of many realms in the game and it is one of the hardest realms to explore. This is because of the reason that the complete realm is shrouded in a deadly fog that even Kratos cannot withstand for a long time. This is also coupled with resetting enemies and traps, which means that the realm is always filled with deadly enemies and traps.

We have curated this God of War Niflheim Guide in which we will guide you on everything that you need to do to complete the realm in a systematic order. The fog makes navigation very difficult and since it continuously deteriorates your health, you cannot afford to keep going in circles here. Our God of War Niflheim Guide will ensure that you easily find all the treasure located here, find and defeat the Valkyrie, and craft some of the most epic gear found in the game.

Niflheim Realm – Detailed Guide

Niflheim is also called the Realm of Fog. Each visit to this cursed realm is unique because the enemies and traps always reset and they are always varied. The traps remain the same but each time you will encounter different enemies. These enemies are also high level which means that you cannot just jump to this realm with low-level gear. We recommend that you complete Muspelheim and then come to complete Niflheim.

The fog is the major factor here that you look to look after. If you are not careful, the fog will kill you easily. Your health will continuously go down once you are inside the fog so you need to be quick on your feet. This time can be increased if you craft some epic gear that requires Mist Echoes. Mist Echoes are Niflheim’s exclusive resource and they cannot be found anywhere else. The best gear found in the game requires Mist Echoes so this area is very important to complete if you want that gear.

To access Niflheim, you will be required to collect four Niflheim Language Ciphers. Once you have all four language ciphers, simply head to the Realm Travel Room and select Niflheim. Once the realm travel is complete, head outside and you can now explore the Realm of Mists. You need to explore the realm completely to unlock some achievements and complete some favors. You will also need enough Mist Echoes to craft the Niflheim epic gear which is not found anywhere else.

Niflheim Exclusive Gear

Niflheim contains the best Armor set and items found in the whole game. This is the reason that this realm is full of dangerous traps, deadly enemies, and the never-ending fog that slowly kills you. We have detailed all armor pieces and items that can be crafted with Mist Echoes in Niflheim.

Armor Sets

There are three armor sets that can be crafted in Niflheim using Mist Echoes. Each of these sets focuses on different stats but their bonuses are the same which are providing extra resistance to the Cursed Mist and providing health regeneration. These armor sets are

Endless Mist Armor Set
Cursed Mist Armor Set
Deadly Mist Armor Set

Talisman

Talisman of Cursed Power is an exclusive talisman found and crafted in Niflheim. When activated, it releases a wave of Niflheim Cursed Mist, which weakens enemies around you.

Enchantment

You will be able to craft Perfect Artifact of the Blight in Niflheim. This enchantment grants extended resistance to the Niflheim Cursed Mist.

Axe Pommel

Mistbourne is crafted using Mist Echoes and it grants low-chance activation of Healing Mist on any hit.

Blades Pommel

Blightguard grants a small chance to activate an explosion when hit causing weakness to enemies. This is exclusively available in Niflheim.

Niflheim Walkthrough – God of War

As soon as you cross the bridge and enter the realm, you will find some chests and coffins on the side. Open them up and collect Mist Echoes. You will need them later to craft some epic gear and items. Keep following the path until you come to the Lore Marker warning you not to go any further. Keep heading straight on the bridge. Keep an eye out for chests and coffins on the sides.

The mist can be easily avoided here by moving to the sides of the path. When you reach the end of the bridge, you will come across Sindri who has set up his shop here. He is also here on a mission, which is to craft gear that neutralizes or at least dampens the effects of the mist. He will give you a favor, which requires gathering enough Mist Echoes to access Ivaldi’s workshop in the middle of the realm.

Accept the favor and move on the path. You will notice that while you are in fog, a bar will appear at the top of the screen, which will be always depleting. Kratos can sustain the cursed fog to this limit. If the meter depletes, Kratos will start taking damage and eventually die. You can prolong this later by crafting and equipping specialized Ivaldi’s gear. Every time you open a chest, you will also get some more time to sustain the fog.

After you walk past Sindri’s shop, you will come across another Lore Marker, which will inform you about the great treasure found inside the mist. It will also tell you that if you die in the fog, all progress will be lost. You need to be careful about this as if you do not return to the safe zone with the collected loot, you will die and all progress will be lost. Every time you return to the safe zone, the traps and enemies will be reset.

When you reach the main Lore Marker which informs you of all this, you can now formally enter the main area of Ivaldi’s workshop where you will come across deadly enemies and traps. The realm consists of six different areas. One of them is Ivaldi’s workshop, which you need to access at this time. The other five areas are connected through corridors, which are filled with traps. Both spinning blades or moving wall traps are located in these corridors.

Both of these trap types have gaps in between them which allow you to tuck between to be safe. Make sure to avoid blades and the walls to avoid getting dead. The path can be chosen on your will. You can pick any path as the initial area will give you some enemies and chests and then you are free to head in either direction. You will find chests and coffins in the corridors as well. Look for them in openings and gaps between the traps.

As you move along a trap corridor, you will arrive in the next area where more enemies and treasure chests will be present. You will also find Nornir chests here in safe zones between the monster zones. These will be rune bell ones so you will be required to find and ring all bells to open them. If you find a Nornir chest, look for the bells on cliffs and ledges around it. You will find a Legendary Enchantment in this chest.

Once you have explored the back area of your choice, a confirmed Nornir Chest will spawn in the first area. Remember the signs on it and head back to find the moving contraptions. Hit them to rotate them to match the signs on the chest to unlock it. Remember that the chest will be present in the initial area but the contraptions will be located in areas after the trap corridors.

At this point, you will have enough Mist Points for the favor. We recommend that you head back and give Sindri the Mist Echoes so he can craft an entrystone for you. Once you have the entry stone, he will give you another favor to use it to gain entry to Ivaldi’s Center Chamber and collect the Niflheim Armor Set located within.

Head back to the starting area and use the entrystone to gain access to the workshop. Head inside the chamber and collect the Rusted Royal Armor sitting next to the corpse. Collect the armor and take it back to Sindri. This will complete this favor and after this, he will give you one final favor to close the three Realm Tears located inside the workshop. These Realm Tears are not like normal Realm Tears and you must pay a price of rare resources before opening one.

To collect the resources required to complete this favor, you will be required to explore the farthest areas of the realm as one of the resources Anchor of Fog is only found in chests in the farthest areas of the realm. Head back outside and start exploring the realm. Kill enemies, open chests and take all loot back safely to keep collecting resources. You can also craft and upgrade Ivaldi’s Armor Sets to make yourself more powerful during this time.

Ivaldi’s Center Chamber

Inside Ivaldi’s Center Chamber, you will find many different chests. Some of these chests can be opened right at the start but some will need you to pay some rare resources before they can be opened just like the Realm Tears. We have detailed all the chests and containers found in the center chamber below along with their resource requirements and loot found in them.

Legendary Chest 1 – Requires 1,000 Mist Echoes. Contains Perfect Artifact of the Blight
Legendary Chest 2 – Requires 2,500 Mist Echoes. Contains Eye of Niflheim
Legendary Chest 3 – Requires 5,000 Mist Echoes. Contains Mists of Miflheim
Legendary Chest 4 – Requires 7,500 Mist Echoes. Contains Axe Pommel ‘Bligh Bringer’
Legendary Chest 5 – Requires 7,500 Mist Echoes. Contains Blades Pommel “BlightGuard’
Realm Tear 1 – 10,000 Mist Echoes & 1 Anchor of Fog. Close it to get Blades of Chaos Heavy Runic Attack ‘Gift of Apollo’
Realm Tear 2 – 20,000 Mist Echoes & 1 Anchor of Fog. Close it to get Axe Pommel ‘Mistbourne’
Realm Tear 3 – 15,000 Mist Echoes & 1 Anchor of Fog. Close it to get Talisman ‘Talisman of Cursed Power’

Anchor of Fog is yet another very rare resource and you will only find it in later areas of Niflheim. Along with Anchor of Fog, Niflheim Alloy Fragment, Haze Weave, and Aesirbane are also a very rare resource found in chests in later areas of the realm.

Realm Tears

There are three Realm Tears inside the center chamber that you need to close to complete the final favor for Sindri. These Realm Tears are very hard and we suggest that you equip the best armor, purchase all skills, and equip the best items before tackling them.

Realm Tear 1

The first Realm Tear fight consists of only Ogres but these are no ordinary Ogres. The first Ogre is a whooping level 8 while a level 7 Ogre joins the fight after some time. Continue the fight and another level 6 Ogre will join the fight eventually. The best strategy here is to focus on one Ogre until you weaken it enough and then ride it to damage other Ogres. Continue doing this until you have defeated all but the last Ogre. The last one will be easy to handle on its own.

Realm Tear 2

The second Realm Tear fight consists of two Wulvers and a Soul Devourer. As you kill a Wulver, another one will spawn but will be a level higher than the one slain. This will continue until level 8 Wulvers spawn. Kill the level 8 Wulver and more Wulvers will not spawn. The Soul Devourer is much easier to kill than the Wulvers so you can avoid it until the Wulvers are taken care of.

Realm Tear 3

The third Real Tear will unleash three level 8 Revenants. Each will be a different type of Revenant. One of these Revenants will be a Summoner, which will keep summoning level 8 Nightmares during the fight. Take care of the Summoner first before focusing on the others.

Valkyrie Hildr

In one of the farther areas above the workshop, you will come across a fierce Valkyrie named Hildr. She will need to be defeated to complete the realm exploration. Her location makes it all very difficult before she is located in one of the farthest areas and to reach her you will be required to face many monsters and traps.

We recommend that if you are going to fight Hildr, avoid all enemies in areas before her and run straight to her as if you start the fight with low health; being killed will make you lose all the progress. She also happens to be one of the most difficult Valkyries in the game. For tips on how to beat her, check out our God of War Valkyries Guide here.

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God of War Niflheim Guide – Ivaldi’s Treasure, Realm Tears, Mist Echoes, Valkyrie