God of War (2018) Trophy Guide and Platinum Walkthrough

Play the campaign on any difficulty you enjoy. No trophy requires a harder setting, so the easiest mode is fine.

Pick up collectibles casually. Nothing is missable, and free roam opens once the story ends.

Mop up the collectibles area by area, ravens, artifacts, dig spots, Nornir chests, the 11 Jotnar shrines and the language ciphers.

Head to Niflheim for the best armour in the game and farm the 23,500 Mist Echoes for the central chamber chests. Fully upgrade the Leviathan Axe and Blades of Chaos, which is only possible after the story.

Clear the Muspelheim trials, working through the difficulty tiers.

Take on the 8 Valkyries across the realms once your gear is strong.

Leave Queen Sigrun for last with fully upgraded weapons and the best armour. She is the hardest fight in the game. Beating her unlocks the final trophies and the Father and Son platinum.

Complete the campaign on any difficulty, activate Mystic Gateways, and open the major Lake of Nine landings. Casual collectible pickups are useful, but there is no need to interrupt the story for a perfect first pass.

Unlock Niflheim, learn a repeatable path through the mist, and craft armour that provides enough level and survivability for the optional bosses. Spend Mist Echoes on the central chamber while improving the same loadout.

Complete Muspelheim's normal and impossible trials, then secure the final Frozen Flame and Chaos Flame upgrades. Fully upgraded weapons shorten every remaining Valkyrie attempt.

Clear the eight realm Valkyries first and take their helms to the Council. Challenge Sigrun only when the build, resurrection stone, Runic attacks, and defensive timing are ready.

Four Valkyries are in Midgard chambers, with one each in Alfheim, Helheim, Muspelheim, and Niflheim. The last two sit behind their realm activities, which is another reason to finish the endgame realms before expecting the Valkyrie set to be complete.

Equip the highest-level armour available, fully upgrade both weapons, choose Runic attacks that are fast enough to use safely, and buy a resurrection stone. An upgrade that keeps Kratos alive through an extra mistake is usually more valuable than a small damage increase.

Sigrun combines attacks from the previous eight fights. Learn the visual response for each wing, projectile, dive, and unblockable attack. Use Runic damage after a confirmed opening and stop attacking early enough to defend the next sequence.

The mist maze rewards Echoes, crafting materials, and armour strong enough for the last fights. Bank resources before the timer becomes dangerous and open the central chamber chests until the 23,500-Echo requirement is satisfied.

The first trial route teaches each challenge type, while the later impossible trials demand cleaner combat. Adjust Runic attacks and enchantments for the objective, since a survival trial and a no-damage trial reward different priorities.

Defeat the Valkyrie in each realm after its local grind. This avoids a second trip and leaves only Sigrun once both realm trophies, both Valkyries, and the weapon upgrades are complete.

The final Leviathan Axe and Blades of Chaos upgrades arrive through late-game and optional content, so an incomplete weapon after the story does not mean the save is broken. Check the Frozen Flame and Chaos Flame sources against completed favors, bosses, and realm work. Buy the final upgrade only after the related material appears at a shop, then verify the weapon level before beginning repeated Valkyrie attempts.

Upgrade the Runic attacks and talisman that support the chosen Sigrun plan instead of spending every resource evenly. Fast activation and reliable invulnerability or recovery are valuable because long animations can be punished. Keep one resurrection stone stocked before every attempt. A consistent build that survives a mistake usually reaches the final phase more often than a maximum-damage setup that fails after one missed dodge.

The map separates Midgard regions and the other realms, so inspect the local counters rather than relying only on the global percentage. A missing Raven in the Foothills and a missing artifact at the Lake of Nine need different routes even though both appear as incomplete collectibles. Clear reachable counters, revisit blocked paths after the story, and use Mystic Gateways to avoid repeating boat travel across already finished shores.

The 37 trophies belong to the 2018 game's PS4 list. Playing that PS4 title on PS5 uses backward compatibility and the same trophy set. Do not add Ragnarok objectives or trophies from the Greek games to this checklist. The explicit scope matters for searches using the bare God of War name, and it also prevents players from hunting an item that only exists in a different game.

When the map is nearly complete, list every remaining regional counter before leaving a shop. Carry the equipment and resurrection stone needed for any Valkyrie or combat favor on the same route, then use gateways to connect the unfinished areas. Open the trophy list after each category reaches its required total. If Father and Son does not unlock after Sigrun, the missing requirement will then be a named collectible, favor, trial, or upgrade rather than an uncertain global percentage. Record that missing name before travelling so the final trip has one clear destination and does not reopen regions that are already complete.

Play the story on any difficulty and collect what sits naturally on the route. No trophy requires hard mode, and every meaningful region remains available for cleanup after the ending. This makes a relaxed first pass more efficient than repeatedly leaving the campaign to chase a raven or artifact without the later traversal tools needed for the surrounding area.

Open Mystic Gateways, activate shops, and visit the Lake of Nine landings as they become available. Those actions shorten the postgame sweep even when a region is not ready for full completion. Once free roam opens, work by region and finish all visible collectible counters before moving to another realm.

Collect the language ciphers, enter Niflheim, and learn one safe loop through the mist maze. The maze layout changes, but the room connections follow a recognisable structure. Bank Mist Echoes early while learning. A greedy death loses the unbanked run and delays both the central chamber and the armour upgrades that make the rest of the endgame easier.

The central chamber needs 23,500 Mist Echoes for its trophy-related chests. Treat that total and the armour materials as one project. Upgrade a complete high-level set rather than spreading rare materials across several experiments. A strong Niflheim build improves survivability in Muspelheim and against every remaining Valkyrie, which is why this realm belongs before Sigrun.

Muspelheim trials change their rules. Some reward crowd control, some punish taking damage, and others impose time or kill conditions. Read the objective before spending Runic attacks and swap enchantments when the current build solves the wrong problem. The difficulty setting can be lowered at any time without blocking Fire and Brimstone or the platinum.

Finish the normal trial chain first, defeat the realm Valkyrie, and then work through the impossible requirements. Keep a resurrection stone equipped and enter with full Rage when the objective allows it. The trials also provide materials and combat practice for Sigrun, so completing them before the Queen turns two requirements into one preparation stage.

Each of the eight Valkyries teaches part of the final fight. Pay attention to the response that stops each dive, wing attack, projectile, and unblockable tell. Defeating them with a repeatable defensive plan is more useful than winning through item spam because Sigrun combines their attacks and leaves fewer safe opportunities to improvise.

Take every helm to the Council only after the local realm work is finished. Before summoning Sigrun, fully upgrade the Leviathan Axe and Blades of Chaos, equip fast Runic attacks, and buy the best resurrection stone available. If her health bar displays a much higher level than Kratos, improve gear first. Fighting a large level penalty makes ordinary mistakes unnecessarily lethal.

Use the map counters to sweep Odin's Ravens, artifacts, treasure maps and dig spots, Nornir chests, favors, and the 11 Jotnar shrines. Finish one region before crossing the lake for another. This makes a missing total traceable. A global checklist with no regional state often leaves one raven or artifact hidden among several already completed areas.

One purple language cipher chest becomes inaccessible after the story, but the trophy route is still safe because more ciphers exist than the eight required. Nothing in the base list is missable. If a counter remains incomplete, free roam and the gateways provide a recovery route without New Game Plus or a second campaign.

Before the final fight, confirm the story, favors, treasure, shrines, ravens, artifacts, Nornir upgrades, weapon upgrades, Muspelheim, Niflheim, and the first eight Valkyries. This leaves Chooser of the Slain as the only difficult unknown. When Sigrun falls, Father and Son should follow without another map-wide cleanup.

This page covers the 2018 Norse game and its PS4 list. The same PS4 title is playable on PS5 through backward compatibility, so there is not a separate native PS5 trophy stack to complete. God of War Ragnarok and the Greek-era games need their own checklists and should not be mixed into the 37-trophy total here.