[Game Version 06.02]

As a gift to everyone who owns God of War Ragnarök, the Dark Odyssey collection is now available in-game at no additional cost!

Inspired by the working name of God of War (2005) and the skin that originally appeared in God of War II as a reward for beating the game on God Mode difficulty, we have brought back the black and gold theme for the anniversary.

Dark Odyssey Collection

Dark Odyssey Armor & Appearance for Kratos

• Dark Odyssey Kratos Appearance
• Dark Odyssey Armor Set for Kratos (Dark Odyssey Breastplate, Dark Odyssey Bracers, Dark Odyssey Belt)

Dark Odyssey Companion Armor

• Dark Odyssey Vestment for Atreus
• Dark Odyssey Witch Frock for Freya

Dark Odyssey Weapon Appearances & Attachments*

• Dark Odyssey Leviathan Axe [Appearance] & Dark Odyssey Knob [Attachment]
• Dark Odyssey Blades of Chaos [Appearance] & Dark Odyssey Handles [Attachment]
• Dark Odyssey Draupnir Spear [Appearance] & Dark Odyssey Hind [Attachment]

Dark Odyssey Shield Appearances & Rönd

• Dark Odyssey Guardian Shield [Appearance]
• Dark Odyssey Dauntless Shield [Appearance]
• Dark Odyssey Stone Wall Shield [Appearance]
• Dark Odyssey Shatter Start Shield [Appearance]
• Dark Odyssey Onslaught Shield [Appearance]
• Dark Odyssey Spartan Aspis Shield [Appearance]
• Dark Odyssey Rönd

*Please note, the weapon appearances are made for the fully upgraded version of each weapon and will only be available for use upon reaching that upgrade.

Edit Appearance for Weapon and Shield Attachments

With the addition of the new Dark Odyssey weapon attachments and shield rönd in the patch, we have added the ability to use the ‘Edit Appearance’ feature on those components of Kratos’ arsenal.

You’ll be able to pick whatever visual suits your look with the functionality you want for your build!

[Game Version 06.01]

Updates

• Edit Appearance Feature changed to no longer require gear to be fully upgraded to level 9
• The Armor of the Black Bear set will no longer require reaching New Game+ to unlock it. For all new and in-progress saves, you will be able to access the armor set in the Lost Items chest as soon as it is available in-game.

[Game Version 06.00]

Bug Fixes

• Fixed an issue where Brok would not path correctly to the shop in Freyr's camp
• Fixed an issue where Hilts could not be crafted if item was not crafted before a NG+ run
• Special resources required for crafting Hilts can no longer be sold
• Special resources required for crafting Hilts will drop again if player sold the item on accident

Added New Gameplay Options

• Reduced Puzzle Hints: Reduces companion puzzle hints throughout the game to allow for more exploration time and trial and error
• Audio Descriptions: Added new accessibility option that adds audio descriptions to all cinematics in the game

New PS5 Pro Enhanced Options

• PS5 Pro Enhanced Mode: New mode added for PS5 Pro that enables Favor Quality features while running at 60 frames per second
• High Frame Rate mode will unlock framerate when running on variable refresh rate monitors
• PS5 base Favor Performance mode is boosted on PS5 Pro
• PlayStation Spectral Super Resolution option available as an upscaler in addition to Temporal Anti-Aliasing

[Game Version 05.05]

PS5 USERS

Please ensure that both God of War Ragnarök and God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla have been updated before accessing the game again.

BUG FIXES

• Fixed a rare crash associated with the Burden Glyph in the menu.
• Added additional debug information to help track a very rare crash when starting God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla from the main menu.

[Game Version 05.04]

PS5 USERS

Please ensure that both God of War Ragnarök and God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla have been updated before accessing the game again.

BUG FIXES

GAMEPLAY

• Fixed an issue where rifts would not close and block progression after many hours of play
• Fixed an issue preventing the Rönd of Purification from being unlocked successfully
• Adjusted score calculations (Settings / Difficulty Hud Visualization to enable) to increase reward for higher risk taking and avoiding death
• Fixed an issue with final score calculation being lower than expected after using suspend and resume
• Fixed an issue where health stones would erroneously re-appear
• Fixed an issue that was preventing the Axe Weapon Glyph: Bare Force from ever being offered
• Fixed an issue where the Axe Labor: Pride of the Frost would not update correctly
• Improved re-roll tokens to not present the previous runic options at Runic Glyph chests
• Three burden opportunities per attempt can now be guaranteed if the player has an open burden glyph slot when arriving at the Labyrinth
• Fixed an issue preventing the Hind of Deadly Vitality and Hilt of Weightless Recovery from being fully upgraded in New Game +
• Various glyph and combat balance tuning for improved game health

GENERAL STABILITY

• Fixed an issue where the Lost Items chest would be open after returning to base game preventing the acquisition of Valhalla completion unlocks
• Fixed an issue where Kratos could fall through the world when interacting with a rift
• Fixed an issue where the Chest Breaker upgrade would not work in the Vanaheim sanctuary
• Fixed a crash related to burdens and challenges in the menu
• Fixed an issue where a part of Mimir and Sigrun's story would be skipped
• Kratos did some work on his shoulders to round them out a bit more
• Various additional smaller stability fixes

[Game Version 05.03]

PS5 USERS

Please ensure that both God of War Ragnarök and God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla have been updated before accessing the game again.

BUG FIXES

CINEMATICS

• Fixed an issue where audio would not play and characters would be out of sync during the first cinematic after death
• Cleared lingering Draupnir Spear particles when cinematic starts

GAMEPLAY

• Reduced difficulty of first Týr fight on the 'Show Me Will' difficulty setting
• Increased difficulty of some arena challenges
• Tuning adjustment to 'The Forum' to make difficulty more appropriate
• Slightly reduced health gain and chance of proc on Spear kill perk while in Valhalla
• Various combat tuning and balance updates
• Fixed an issue where Greek Labyrinth Mastery would not increase in the "Open Greek Chests" value if Kratos forfeited a reward selection after spending Fleeting Echoes to open a chest
• Fixed an exploit when using the Spear against Ormstunga
• Fixed an issue with the encounter not ending when kicking Einherjar outside of the arena
• Fixed an issue where Týr would teleport away and not come back
• Fixed an issue where not all Hunter armor pieces were available
• Fixed an issue where encounter would not end if Nightmare was ejected from a creature near the arena boundary
• Fixed an issue where Kratos could erroneously stay in Spartan Rage when interacting with Shield Maidens

GENERAL STABILITY

• Resolved multiple crashes including when opening certain chests or rifts, non-English language specific crashes, and memory leak on PlayStation 4
• Fixed an issue where Kratos would be falling through the world
• Fixed an issue where Kratos would fall out of the arena when interacting with a rift on the Aegean Ship
• Fixed an issue with Kratos falling through the world after walking through a Mystic Gateway
• Fixed some issues with textures not streaming in properly when entering arenas

UI/UX

• Fixed an issue with the "Time Extended" message displaying in timed challenge trials when it should not
• Fixed an issue with subtitles overlapping UI when in vendor menus
• Fixed some instances of the navigation assist pointing to incorrect locations
• Fixed an issue where the timer would overlap the Warrior Soul health bar
• Fixed instances where the "Elites Killed" counter would remain after timer expired
• Corrected the "Costly Damage" burden to show appropriate duration in description
• Fixed the King of the Hill challenge timer overlapping progress bar
• Fixed an instance when the timer would never reach zero on the Aegean Ship encounter
• Fixed an issue which would cause a screen reader to read the Tablet of Reflection prompt twice in a row
• Fixed instances where subtitles were not formatted properly
• Fixed an issue where "Flawless Kills" and "Flawless Parries" Challenge UI updated any time Kratos was hit
• Added a 'Download in Progress' screen if attempting to launch God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla before God of War Ragnarök is fully installed
• Fixed an issue with the options menu displaying when opening the glyph tutorial for the first time

[Game Version 05.03]

PS5 USERS

Please ensure that both God of War Ragnarök and God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla have been updated before accessing the game again.

BUG FIXES

CINEMATICS

• Fixed an issue where audio would not play and characters would be out of sync during the first cinematic after death
• Cleared lingering Draupnir Spear particles when cinematic starts

GAMEPLAY

• Reduced difficulty of first Týr fight on the 'Show Me Will' difficulty setting
• Increased difficulty of some arena challenges
• Tuning adjustment to 'The Forum' to make difficulty more appropriate
• Slightly reduced health gain and chance of proc on Spear kill perk while in Valhalla
• Various combat tuning and balance updates
• Fixed an issue where Greek Labyrinth Mastery would not increase in the "Open Greek Chests" value if Kratos forfeited a reward selection after spending Fleeting Echoes to open a chest
• Fixed an exploit when using the Spear against Ormstunga
• Fixed an issue with the encounter not ending when kicking Einherjar outside of the arena
• Fixed an issue where Týr would teleport away and not come back
• Fixed an issue where not all Hunter armor pieces were available
• Fixed an issue where encounter would not end if Nightmare was ejected from a creature near the arena boundary
• Fixed an issue where Kratos could erroneously stay in Spartan Rage when interacting with Shield Maidens

GENERAL STABILITY

• Resolved multiple crashes including when opening certain chests or rifts, non-English language specific crashes, and memory leak on PlayStation 4
• Fixed an issue where Kratos would be falling through the world
• Fixed an issue where Kratos would fall out of the arena when interacting with a rift on the Aegean Ship
• Fixed an issue with Kratos falling through the world after walking through a Mystic Gateway
• Fixed some issues with textures not streaming in properly when entering arenas

UI/UX

• Fixed an issue with the "Time Extended" message displaying in timed challenge trials when it should not
• Fixed an issue with subtitles overlapping UI when in vendor menus
• Fixed some instances of the navigation assist pointing to incorrect locations
• Fixed an issue where the timer would overlap the Warrior Soul health bar
• Fixed instances where the "Elites Killed" counter would remain after timer expired
• Corrected the "Costly Damage" burden to show appropriate duration in description
• Fixed the King of the Hill challenge timer overlapping progress bar
• Fixed an instance when the timer would never reach zero on the Aegean Ship encounter
• Fixed an issue which would cause a screen reader to read the Tablet of Reflection prompt twice in a row
• Fixed instances where subtitles were not formatted properly
• Fixed an issue where "Flawless Kills" and "Flawless Parries" Challenge UI updated any time Kratos was hit
• Added a 'Download in Progress' screen if attempting to launch God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla before God of War Ragnarök is fully installed
• Fixed an issue with the options menu displaying when opening the glyph tutorial for the first time

[Game Version 05.01]

Below you will find the new content, as well as bug fixes and a known issue included in this patch.

Accessing God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla

Head to the PlayStation Store and download God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla. The DLC will not be automatically downloaded as a patch to the base game, you will need to download it separately from the store.

In order to play God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla, you will also need to have God of War Ragnarök fully installed. If you are re-downloading GoWR and downloading GoWR:V at the same time, please wait until the base game has completely finished before trying to access the DLC.

Once the base game and DLC have been fully installed, you will be able to access God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla via the main menu in God of War Ragnarök.

New in Patch [05.01]

• God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla DLC – to find out more details about content, please head to our blog post here.

Bug Fixes

Equipment

• Fixed an issue that caused the banner of the Draupnir Spear to no longer look upgraded when used in transmog.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Flawless Berserker waist armor to not have a glowing effect.

Localization

• [Arabic Only] Fixed an alignment issue that caused an icon to overlap with the controller diagram.

Known Issue

• If a user installs God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla before installing God of War Ragnarök, then tries to launch the DLC before the base game has finished downloading they will get an infinite loading screen.
  • WORKAROUND: Finish downloading God of War Ragnarök before attempting to access the DLC.

[Game Version 05.01]

Below you will find the new content, as well as bug fixes and a known issue included in this patch.

Accessing God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla

Head to the PlayStation Store and download God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla. The DLC will not be automatically downloaded as a patch to the base game, you will need to download it separately from the store.

In order to play God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla, you will also need to have God of War Ragnarök fully installed. If you are re-downloading GoWR and downloading GoWR:V at the same time, please wait until the base game has completely finished before trying to access the DLC.

Once the base game and DLC have been fully installed, you will be able to access God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla via the main menu in God of War Ragnarök.

New in Patch [05.01]

• God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla DLC – to find out more details about content, please head to our blog post here.

Bug Fixes

Equipment

• Fixed an issue that caused the banner of the Draupnir Spear to no longer look upgraded when used in transmog.
• Fixed an issue that caused the Flawless Berserker waist armor to not have a glowing effect.

Localization

• [Arabic Only] Fixed an alignment issue that caused an icon to overlap with the controller diagram.

Known Issue

• If a user installs God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla before installing God of War Ragnarök, then tries to launch the DLC before the base game has finished downloading they will get an infinite loading screen.
  • WORKAROUND: Finish downloading God of War Ragnarök before attempting to access the DLC.

[Game Version 04.02]

Please find below the Bug Fixes and a workaround for a Known issue in Patch v. 04.02.

Bug Fixes

Audio

• Fixed a case where music from the final quest would play whenever loading in from the main menu or restarting checkpoint in Midgard during post-game in New Game+.
• Fixed a case where dialogue lines were skipped after a cinematic when acquiring the Mysterious Orb quest in New Game+.

Combat

• Fixed a rare case where the application would crash when browsing the Sparring Arena menu and selecting 'Ingrid' as the companion.
• Fixed a case where Kratos could branch into weapon move-sets while in the Fury Rage mode.
• Fixed a rare case where Gná could trigger her Stomp too soon after Wing Shard, which would cause unavoidable player death on Give Me God of War difficulty.
• Fixed a case where restarting from checkpoint before the cinematic leading into the Björn boss fight would cause Kratos' Rage Meter to disappear and not allow the player to change which Rage they had equipped.

Equipment

• Fixed a case where Kratos' shield would visually disappear if the player upgraded the currently equipped shield to level 9.1 (or above), but did not equip the upgraded version via the prompt.
• Fixed a case where base game resources would not be available to buy/sell at the shop after updating to Patch 04.00.
• Fixed a case where the Pommels of the True Flame disappeared from Blades of Chaos weapon menu when upgrading them from level 8 to level 9.
• Fixed a case where the player would not receive a Gilded Coin when upgrading a shield to level 9.1.
  • Gilded Coins not received due to this bug will be retroactively granted via the Lost Items Chest.
• Fixed a case where the player would not receive a Gilded Coin when upgrading Leviathan Axe, Blades of Chaos, or Draupnir Spear to level 9.1 unless their equipped attachment was upgraded beforehand.
  • Gilded Coins not received due to this bug will be retroactively granted via the Lost Items Chest.
• Fixed a case where the amount of the crafting resource Divine Ashes in-shop was inconsistent with the amount needed in-game to upgrade armor.
• Fixed a case where the sled loot would drop a New Game+ resource during base game progression after updating to Patch 04.00.
• Fixed a case where the Digital Deluxe Edition gear Darkdale Waist Guard or Risen Snow Armor could not be updated past level 9 during New Game+ progression.
• Fixed a case where the recipe for Soldier's Sauroter was missing from the shop in New Game+, preventing player from upgrading the component.
• Fixed a case where there were missing weapon components from the shop/Lost Items Chest, but were shown as available.
• Fixed a case where multiple enchantments would not be rewarded during Favors, Treasure, or Crucible Chests.
  • Enchantments not received due to this bug will be retroactively granted via the Lost Items Chest.

World

• Fixed a case where Gná's Camp would become available after player completing Muspelheim Challenges, which caused the player to become stuck.

UI/UX

• Fixed a case where weapon appearance would not be able to be changed for a 9.1 weapon until player upgrades to the 9.2 and above variants
• Fixed an issue of missing line within credits.

Trophies

• Fixed an issue where the "Spit Shine" trophy was not earned when the player upgraded a New Game+ armor piece to level 9.

PS4-Only

• Fixed an issue where an environment would take a moment to load-in after the player skipped a cinematic after sprinting to a door.
• Fixed a case where two characters would not appear in their intended spots after skipping the cinematic and quickly progressing on the path.
• Fixed an issue where Hardrefill the Callous would not spawn in the Berserker Soul arena and player would remain stuck inside.

Known Issue

• Loading a manual save created on PS5 from an imported PS4 New Game+ save will boot the player to the main menu.
  • WORKAROUND: When you are importing PS4 New Game+ save data to a PS5, keep playing after the initial load-in until you have created a new Autosave. Once that has occurred, you can create new Manual Saves that will not be affected by the above issue.

Please note that this Manual Save must be in a new slot and not overwriting your old save data. If you overwrite your old save data, that file may still experience the issue.