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Completing the first six challenges will unlock this chest.
There is one pathway heading left, one straight ahead, and another heading right.
Each of them leads to an arena that contains two trials, at first.
Completing eachduo of trialswill unlock one rune on theNornir chest.
Weapon Mastery is the simplest challenge in all of Muspelheim.
You are simply requiredto eliminate all the enemies it throws at you within the time limit.
The opposite is true when you run into enemies with afire shield bar.
Use the icy Leviathan Axe to temper those flames.
Thegrey shield bar is whittled away quickest with the Draupnir Spear.
Rinse and repeat until all the enemies are gone.
The shields can be damaged by any of the previously mentioned weapons.
Sustaining any damage will end the trial.
A good rule of thumb here is toplay defensively, always.
And, if you could manage it, don’t give your enemies any room to breathe.
Sometimes an aggressive offense is the best defense.
At the start of the match, Nightmares will appear.
Be light on your feet as they launch projectile attacks, as you know.
He’s easy to miss and will hit you with an arrow you never saw coming.
The Dodher Gradunger, aka the Nordic bull-like beast is a handful up close.
Keep your distance and use your own projectile attacks, aka theDraupnir Spear, to finish him off.
There will be 21 eliminations in total that you will need to make here.
This heavy melee attack with theLeviathan Axe requires you to simply hold R2.
Thischallenge is made much simpler by spamming this attackthroughout.
There’s a bit of timing at play, and you don’t want to leave yourself too vulnerable.
After some practice, this attack will be your best friend in this challenge.
However, you must collect and tosssix orbs into the rift in 60 seconds.
And then after a short break, you have to15 orbs in 150 seconds.
Do you see the pattern here?
Truthfully, this trial isn’t very difficult if you know how to handle yourself.
Just be sure to make use of yourcompanion’s arrows when wisps enter the fray.
As the Bergsra enters the arena,assault it with everything you have.
You must largelykeep enemies out of various rings throughout the arena for multiple durations.
Thefirst wave will only be one ring and last 35 seconds.
This is rather easy.
Thesecond wave will have you jumping between two rings and will last a full 60 seconds.
Thefinal wave will have you covering three rings for the span of 90 seconds.
This third wave is the most difficult, obviously.
One of the best ways to clear enemies is touse sweeping attacks with the Blades of Chaos.
The best advice is to double-check youdon’t remain to protect one ring for too long.
Be sure tostay on the move the best it’s possible for you to.
Each shield in God of War Ragnarok adds a new element to the combat.
Inside you will find a Chaos Flame to upgrade your Blades with.
This will complete the Crucible favour which should have netted you the Undying Pyres armor set.
This trial requires you todefeat 20 enemies in 150 seconds.
There are two approaches you’re able to take to this challenge.
During the fight, both a Troll and a Bergsra will spawn.
Either strategywill bring this trial to a swift end.
Like most trials,this is another one that demands you to be quick on your feet.
Yourhealth will depreciate constantlythroughout the trial and will only replenish as you kill enemies.
Basically,stay alive by quickly killing 22 enemies.
There’s no real strategy to this trial other than to be quick and aggressive.
Make use ofheavy runic attacksto dole out damage quickly to multiple enemies at once.
In the latter portion of this challenge,Nokkens will spawn keeping your enemies alive.
We’ve identified these combinations in the table below.
This is another challenge with a timer.
But the trick is that you have tokill enemies to increase the timer and ensure it never reaches zero.
Perhaps, forgo R3 finishers on the smaller enemies as that can waste precious time.
The most difficult enemy typesthat will spawn during this trial arewulversanddark elves.
Wulvers are fast and can take a beating.
Be quick and aggressive with these enemies.
The combinations rely solely upon the three swords, not the trials they contain.
So, pick the trials that you found the easiest to move quickly to the newly unlocked challenges.
Put simply, you will need tokill 99 enemies without dying.
There are only a handful of enemies that enter the arena with the elite at a time.
The first elite will be anEinherjar Champion.
The second will be aStalker.
You simply must break their shield to make them vulnerable.
In this trial, you’re going to haveendless waves of enemies tossed at you for 300 seconds.
You’ll also beforced to stay within a circle.
Obviously, treading outside the circle will inflict damage and eventual death in the flames.
This is another challenge where you shouldmake use of defensive and health restorative gear.
Equip armor sets that we mentioned in the Endurance challenge and make use of Spartan Valor.
The Wyverns are especially aggressive, and the troll would be a great weapon to use against them.
However, thering will move around the arena.
It will even force you into areas withpoisonous totems that you must freeze with your axe.
Of course,stepping into the lava will cause Kratos constant damage.
The two toughest enemies that will spawn in this challenge are awulverand awyvern.
Like other phantoms throughout the game,Kratos will have to take on a fire elemental phantom.
Enemies will spawn into the arena at this point but focus on the pillars first.
Once the pillars are eliminated, you’re able to destroy the phantomand finish off the enemies.
In battling the phantom,default to dodgingas its slamming attacks can be devastating.
Otherwise, pummel the elemental orb and destroy it like you would any other phantom.
Adodher beast will spawn with a fire shield.
Other opponents that will spawn will include various draugr enemy types.
Just as the name implies, you will have todefeat five elite-key in enemies one after the other.
No ordinary enemies will spawn in this challenge.
So, be cautious.
There’s nothing special about these fights.
There’s no time limit or fire ring.
Simplyuse the same attack patterns and strategies you’d employ when fighting these enemies in the mainline story.
Justbe wary of your health.
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