God of War: Ragnarök: Walkthrough & Boss Guide
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🗺️ Main Story Walkthrough
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This is a spoiler-heavy story outline of God of War Ragnarök, following the Wikipedia plot summary, with short notes on five fights. It is not a full walkthrough: it does not list every quest, collectible or optional boss, and where we could not verify combat details for a fight they are left out.
God of War Ragnarök begins during Fimbulwinter. Kratos and Atreus return home, fight off an ambush by Freya and find their wolf Fenrir dying. Atreus's grief turns him into a bear and he fights Kratos before recovering. Odin offers to leave them alone if Atreus stops searching for Týr. Kratos refuses and duels Thor to a stalemate. Odin then tells Atreus he will leave Kratos alone if Atreus comes to Asgard.
Kratos, Atreus and Mímir shelter at Sindri's home on a branch of Yggdrasil. In Svartalfheim they rescue the pacifist Týr. In Alfheim they learn that only Asgard is doomed and that the other realms will survive under a new champion, implied to be Atreus as Loki. Kratos and Atreus argue about that destiny.
Atreus meets Angrboda in Jötunheim. She shows him a mural suggesting that Kratos dies at Ragnarök and Atreus serves Odin. He receives Giant soul stones and puts one into a snake.
Freya attacks Kratos but agrees to spare him if he breaks the curse binding her to Midgard. Kratos confides in her about his family's deaths in Greece, and after the curse is broken the two make amends.
Atreus goes to Asgard to stop Kratos's death and helps Thor and Thrúd reassemble an ancient mask for Odin. The Norns tell Kratos, Freya and Mímir that Heimdall is destined to kill Atreus. Kratos and Brok forge the Draupnir ring into a spear that can harm Heimdall. In Helheim Atreus frees the soulless wolf Garm and then resurrects Fenrir by moving his soul into Garm, and Kratos and Atreus reconcile.
In Vanaheim Kratos kills Heimdall after Heimdall threatens Atreus. Kratos then takes the Gjallarhorn, which starts Ragnarök.
Atreus returns to Asgard, gets the mask and escapes. Týr, who now says he will fight, asks for the mask; when he calls Atreus Loki, Brok grows suspicious and Týr stabs him. Týr is revealed to be Odin in disguise and is driven off. Sindri blames Atreus for Brok's death and leaves the group. Kratos and Atreus go to Muspelheim to help Surtr reach his primordial form so he can destroy Asgard.
Kratos leads the united realms and sounds the Gjallarhorn to begin the siege. It goes badly at first, then turns when Angrboda arrives with Fenrir and the grown Jörmungandr. Thrúd and Sif defect after learning that Odin used Midgardian refugees as shields. Thor stands down after Kratos persuades him to, and Odin then kills Thor for disobeying. Kratos, Atreus and Freya defeat Odin after Atreus shatters the mask. Freyr sacrifices himself so the group can escape to Midgard as Surtr destroys Asgard.
Angrboda shows Kratos and Atreus a mural that Faye had destroyed, and Kratos sees himself depicted as a god of hope. Atreus sets out to find surviving Giants. Freya kills Gná and reclaims her role as Valkyrie Queen, the real Týr is freed in Niflheim, and in the secret ending Kratos, Freya, Mímir and Sindri attend Brok's funeral in Svartalfheim.
⚔️ Boss Guides
Bjorn
Where
Upcomer's boss-order list names Bjorn as the first boss fight in the game. We could not verify attack patterns or strategy, so none are given here.
Nidhogg
Where
Upcomer's boss-order list places Nidhogg ninth, after Fiske and before the Frost Phantom. We could not verify attack patterns or strategy, so none are given here.
Heimdall
Story context
The Norns say Heimdall is destined to kill Atreus; Kratos kills him in Vanaheim after he threatens Atreus.
Strategy
According to Gameranx, Heimdall is immune to every attack except the Draupnir Spear. In the first phase, throw spears at his feet and detonate them to fill his stun meter; once it is full you can hit him. After the first hit he uses Realm Shift, which slows time and speeds up his attacks. Parry his yellow attacks to stun him and open a window, and dodge his red unblockable attacks. The second phase has faster attacks but much less health. Gameranx lists the Hilt of Hofud relic as the reward.
Odin
Story context
Odin is the last fight in Upcomer's boss order. In the story Kratos, Atreus and Freya defeat him after Atreus shatters the mask, and Atreus traps Odin's soul in a stone that Sindri smashes. We could not verify attack names or phase structure, so none are given here.
King Hrolf (final Berserker, optional)
Where
According to GGRecon, King Hrolf is the last of the Berserkers and appears only after you defeat all the other Berserkers; a small pile of rubble in Midgard becomes his gravestone. We could not verify his attacks, rewards or strategy, so none are given here.
Sources & fact-check
Release facts, mechanics and boss details on this page were checked against these sources on 12 October 2026. Spotted an error? Tell us.