Hail to the King - God of War (2018) Guide - IGN (2024)

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Hail to the King is the final Dwarven Favor in the game. You unlock it by completing all of Sindri and Brok’s individual favors. Return to Brok’s Shop in the center of the Lake of Nine to be given the quest. You’ll travel to Konunsgard for the favor. The entrance is King’s Hollow, which is to the left of the Light Elf Outpost through a cave.

Recommended Level- 5-7

Rewards for Completion-Runic Attack, Dwarven Armor Set Recipe, 3290 XP

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When entering Konunsgard proper, you need the Blades of Chaos to burn down the bramble covering a chain. Slide down the chain and collect the little bit of Hacksilver glowing on the ground. Climb up the small wall across from the chain to find a Lore Marker dead ahead.

Left of the Lore Marker is a small shop run by Sindri in case you need last minute items before exploring Konunsgard. Stock up on anything you need and then venture out to the fallen dwarven kingdom.

Down the trail on the left there is a poisonous cloud and its source. Freeze it with your axe and then deal with the Hel-Walkers with your blades. At the end of the poison path is a coffin. Hel-Walkers will emerge when you open it, so you have to kill them before getting the loot.

When the icy foes are toast, return to the coffin and look beyond it to find one of Odin’s Ravens. Recall the axe and toss it at the raven to remove another spy.

Return back to main path and cross the wooden bridge. The path down is littered with Hel-Walkers. Slice and dice your way down to the heart of Konunsgard until you spy another poison tower. Freeze it and you’ll walk right in front of the Stronghold entrance. Pick up the first of three keys to the Stronghold by the fallen knight. The remaining two are split apart with one being off to the left and the other to the right. Journey off to the left first to get the second key.

Freeze the poison and then burn the bramble on the left path and continue into a cave-like area. There will be two Wulvers ahead that need to be dispatched before going further. Take note of the light crystal station near the Wulvers location; you’ll have to return here shortly.

Around the bend is a Soul Devourer waiting to be fought, if you so choose. Near the Soul Devourer is a coffin encased in bramble that has some loot inside. There is also a source of Hel’s Wind. You don’t need the wind right now, so continue up the path and shimmy across the gap, over the light crystal housing.

After shimming, kill two wolves waiting on the other side . Look over the small stream to see a light crytal hanging above the water. Chop it down with a gnarly axe throw and let the stream carry it down to you. Retrieve the crystal and make your way back to the housing. Wolves and Wulvers will attack you along the way, so drop the crystal when needed and show the monsters who’s boss.

With the crystal in place, light it up to create a light bridge above you. This leads toward the door that needs the Winds of Hel. You can now run with the Winds of Hel right to the next anchor point and then to the door itself without losing the winds. Grab the hacksilver on the other side of the door and then go ahead to find the second key to the Stronghold.

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Dropping down the chain near the second key brings you right back near the wooden bridges from the get go of the area. Continue down slope to return to the poison tower and the entrance to the Stronghold. This time venture to the right to find the third and final key.

After crossing a tiny wooden plank, kill the Hel-Walker and focus on the tiny pond. You can spot the top of a coffin poking out of the water. Throw your axe at the wooden dam to the left to lower the water. Hel-Walkers will emerge. Wipe the floor with them to gain access to the coffin and its loot.

Hop across the log to find a Ogre chilling on the path. While you start to fight the looming beast, Hel-Walkers will appear on the high ground and throw projectiles at you. Try and get space to pick off the Walkers so that you may solely focus on the Ogre.

Walk under the rocks where the Hel-Walkers were and follow the small path to the right. This will lead to a spot you can climb up to where the Hel- Walkers actually were. Stop on the middle platform and look out over the rocky horizon. Next to the rock lump on the right is one of Odin’s Ravens. Aim your axe a little higher than the bird to take it out. Continue along the rocky path to find a coffin with loot.

After passing the coffin and rounding the corner, you’ll spot the second favor in Konunsgard. The third dragon of the free the dragons favor is chained up. The quest is titled The Fire of Reginn and lines up with the remainder of your current favor about the dwarf king. We’ll be tackling two birds with one stone.

Wait for Reginn’s fire to subside and then jump the gap to continue forward. Across the gap there are Wurms and Draugrs kneeling at one of three dragon shrines. There are also some red sap chunks in the rock you can try and trigger with shock arrows. Focus on killing the enemies and destroying this first shrine.

Opposite of the dragon is a door with nornir symbols locking it. You need to use nearby sap chunks to ring the three bells. There are two bells to the left of the door and one to the right. Have all three ringing at the same time to unlock the door.

Continue forward and cut down the fire jar hanging from the ceiling. This will fall onto a couple of Wurms that need to be killed before opening a gate across the way. Through the gate there is a wooden bridge held up by a chain. Cut through the weakest link to lower the bridge and make a path forward. Stop on the bridge though and look to the right to find one of Odin’s Ravens perched up close.

Just past the raven is an impossible to miss Lore Marker.

Across a small gap there is another fight waiting for you. There is a Dark Elf and a couple of Wurms to handle, all while avoiding the lightning from Reginn. Pick off the Wurms first so you can solely focus on the elf. When that fight is over, go grab the third and final Stronghold key as well as destroying the second dragon shrine.

Slide down the rope back to the open area where you fought Draugrs and Wurms. Walk underneath the dragon to find the last shrine guarded by a couple Draugrs. With all three dragon shrines destroyed, go back to the anchor you passed on your way into this area and release Reginn for the Scale of the Mighty. Look past the anchor on the rocks to find another Raven prime for killing.

Return to the front of the Stronghold and start dropping in the keys. After the second key a realm tear will appear and a few Hel-Walkers will emerge. Finish them will the Blades of Chaos then drop in the final key and enter the Stronghold.

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Now inside the Stronghold itself, enter the hallway on the right to find three collectibles. There is a Giant Shrine to add to your collection.

Hop over the small wall to the left to find a coffin with an epic enhancement inside called the "Mark of the Element."

Above the coffin, in the light, there is one of Odin’s Ravens hopping around. With all the loot on the right-hand side of the Stronghold collected, venture around the left side to find a large wooden door. Open it up to find a Traveler and Hel-Walkers that need to be put down.

At the end of the room is the dwarf king’s throne. Push it to the side to find the king himself along with the items you came in search of. Make sure to grab the lore scroll by the king’s corpse before continuing back outside through the secret tunnel the king had made.

Back outside, follow the path beneath a waterfall to find a Legendary Chest just waiting out in the open. Inside is the Prometheus Flame, a heavy runic attack for the Blades of Chaos.

Follow the main path to come up behind a large structure. There is a doorway on the left that leads straight to a Nornir Chest. Next to the chest is a Winds of Hel anchor. The puzzle here is to use the winds to reveal nornir bells that need to be rung.

Grab the winds and go to the left. Place the winds in the anchor point and watch the bell spin around. Remove the winds before the "N" symbol bell appears to lock it in place.

Now take the winds to the right of the Nornir Chest and deposit them into the anchor point there. The two remaining bells will spin around as long as the winds stay in place. Hit the two bells as they spin around and then run to the "N" bell and ring it to unlock the chest.

Leaving the Nornir Chest’s location, continue down the path and look off to the right to spot a Realm Tear Encounter featuring three level seven Hel-Walkers. If you defeat all three of them, you can close the tear.

At the end of the path is a chain that drops down to the first wooden bridge area. Assuming you collected everything as you went through Konunsgard, you have nothing left here. Return to Brok’s Shop in the Lake of Nine to complete the favor and unlock both Brok and Sindri Royal Dwaven Armor. Pick either armor you like, after using the special items, you may by the other set with just Hacksilver.

That does it! You not only explored all of Konunsgard, but completed the last Dwarven favor and a dragon favor to boot!

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