Legendary Chest God Of War

How to find and open every Nornir chest in God of War

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Opening God of War's Nornir chests is a sure-fire way to find an Idunn Apple and Horn of Blood Mead, which volition improve your health and rage, respectively. Without these items, you'll detect God of War very difficult, so you lot'll want to seek out these chests as soon as you can. Several Nornir chests can be found in Midgard and a few more in Alfheim and Helheim. Then, let's get started and find you lot some chests.

God of War: Nornir Chest locations

To unlock Nornir chests, y'all'll need to find seals and smash them with your axe. There are runes on each chest and there will be seals hidden around the area most the chest. You don't demand to hitting them in order, only yous practise need to smash them all to open the breast.

Some will be in awkward, high places and others in manifestly sight, so keep your optics peeled for a blueish glow. You'll also have a fourth dimension limit to hit the runes, so written report the area start earlier y'all shoot them.

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Midgard Nornir Chests

Midgard Nornir Chests
Location	Directions	Reward
Wild Woods	When hunting deer with Atreus you'll come across a temple and your kickoff breast. It's behind a barricade, and so blast your manner through it and striking the 3 seals in the room to unlock it.	Idunn Apple
River Pass ane	Subsequently y'all've defeated your first revenant, y'all'll discover another chest at the end of a path—I did say in my tips guide to explore every area! The starting time rune is backside the chest with the other two near the bridge.	Idunn Apple
River Pass 2	There'south a second Nornir breast further along in the spiked chamber, where the difficulty ramps upwardly a fleck. Skillful chore yous constitute those Idunn Apples. Towards the end of the puzzle y'all'll find a chest on a ledge higher up. Raise the platform you're standing on to reach one of the runes and the others on the roof of the loonshit and nearby cave.	Horn of Blood Mead
River Pass 3:	Once you've defeated Brenna Dauoi, you'll observe another chest in the fight arena. Two of the seals can be institute either side of the chest, the last existence in the main area you fought in.	Idunn Apple
Witch's Cave	Witch'southward Cave: Once you get into the Witch's cave and become the shock bow for Atreus—a major upgrade in itself— you'll be able to shoot his Light Arrow to create iii bridges. Loop around the side of the cave to find another chest. 1 seal tin be found by the left of the elevator, upwardly the well, and another tin can be found by throwing a bomb constitute near the chest at a platform contrary. The final rune can be found past going past 2 of the light bridges abroad from the chest.	Horn of Blood Mead
Watch Tower	There's a boat docking area on the map virtually the Sentry Tower and what do yous know, at that place'south another chest! There are lots of spikes in this area so throw your axe and the post to lower them. Afterward, recall the axe and throw it at the seal on the left then at the mail with gears on it. Hit the other two seals and become another Idunn Apple tree from the chest.	Idunn Apple
Foothills	Near where Sindri is in the Foothills, only to the southwest, is another Nornir breast. You'll need to freeze gas to reveal 1 of the spinning markers for this chest to friction match the runes on it, so it's a little dissimilar. Start off with the marker behind the chest, then head to the bottom of the pocket-size hill before carrying on to the left.	Horn of Blood Mead
Tyr'south Temple	Once you've reached Tyr's Temple, make your style through it until you reach the second post of the Winds of Hel. In that location will be a big hallway filled with spikes and a Nornir chest at the end. Direct behind y'all in the outset seal. If yous spin around and hug the wall to the left, you'll find another. You should exist able to see the wheel mechanism that lowers the trap, and so look across from it to the right side of the block to find the final seal.	Idunn Apple
Fafnir's Storeroom	You tin find this area during the Fafnir's Hoard quest, but for easiness, it'south northwest of the Lake of Nine. Impale the monster then check behind the chest and the meridian of the waterfall to observe the seals.	Horn of Blood Mead
The Mount one	y at present you lot'll take reached within the mountain and runes will announced effectually the room. There's a Light Crystal subconscious behind some wood, then through your axe to pause through the wood and activate the crystal to summon the bridge. You'll discover the runes you need painted on the walls and you'll need to align the posts to the runes you see. The posts can be found well-nigh the entrance to the cavern before the large ledge, near the light bridge and another to the correct of the cavern entrance.	Horn of Blood Mead
The Mountain ii	Near the Jotnar shrine there's some other chest. One rune tin be found in the rubble about the end of the bridge, i on the upper level of the span and one in the shrine room.	Idunn Apple
Light Elf Outpost	Once you're able to lower the water in Lake of Nine, caput west of the Helheim Tower. In that location'southward a light bridge puzzle to solve near this chest, and you'll discover one seal in the gate and another on its border. There'south besides an like shooting fish in a barrel to observe rune merely past the chest.	Idunn Apple
Witch's Cave two	To access this chest, you'll demand the Winds of Hel, so don't carp looking for it until and then. Return to where the witch lives and then head up to the left to find a big pile of debris. Rebuild the destroyed structure past post-obit the prompts that appear. Afterwards, you lot'll be able to climb the chain that leads to a modest hill that lets you look down upon your newly reconstructed tower-thing. Use the Winds of Hel then insert information technology into the post that'due south halfway down the colina, and three posts with runes on them should appear. The kickoff two runes have B facing the right and B facing up, with the third besides facing upwards. Excerpt the Winds, head downwards to the chest to insert them.	Idunn Apple
Veithurgard	This next breast is left of the large dragon and you can find the seals virtually the ruins, near the ledges abreast the water and to the right of the breast.	Horn of Blood Mead
Konunsgard	This breast is definitely worth seeking out as you'll get a unique reward—the Symbol of Bounty. To get information technology you'll need to complete all of Brok and Sindri's side quests. Once that'south all finished and you meet with them, you'll see a doorway that leads to a balcony. Actuate the Winds of Hel on the blank seal and a rune will appear, so insert the Winds on the other seal to spin it. Throw your axe at the spinning rune to break it and open up the chest.	Symbol of Bounty
Cliffs of the Raven	This chest holds another unique detail, the Symbol of Fervour. Once more, you'll need the Winds of Hel, so utilize it nearly the docks then transfer it near the big gate. Then take the winds to the rune poles and spin them so that they friction match the ones on the breast.	Symbol of Fervour

Alfheim Nornir Chests

Location	Directions	Advantage
Calorie-free Elf Sanctuary	When you attain the big body of h2o, stick to the right until y'all do a sort of loop of the area and get in at Light Elf Sanctuary. In that location are loads of enemies here, and then take them all out and head towards the gate and jump across the span. Fight off even so some other horde of baddies then stick to the right to find a chest. There are viii blank bells and y'all need to strike and 3 will eventually show runes. Follow them in a clock-like direction and striking the bells at three, six, and eleven o'clock to get the runes.	Idunn Apple tree
Platform	Correct as you enter Alfheim and jump on the platform to get to the main rooms, utilise your axe to freeze a gear in identify to find a Nornir breast. All three runes are like shooting fish in a barrel to spot here, and then blast them all to get another Idunn Apple tree.	Idunn Apple tree
Blue door	When walking with Sindri, yous'll approach a blue door. If you follow the path to the left yous'll find a chest with two large veins almost a gate. Use your axe to destroy the veins and you'll spot the runes right away.	Horn of Blood Mead
Main boss	Once the main boss in Alfheim is defeated you'll detect another chest about a door. Clear out the enemies in the room beginning before looking for the runes. With your back to the door, caput to the right and jump up the platforms to striking the bells and turn quickly to striking the runes backside you lot.	Horn of Claret Mead

Helheim Nornir Chests

Location	Directions	Reward
Escape from Helheim	Merely before you attain the gunkhole, you'll spot a breast to the left of the dock. You'll demand Blades of Chaos to open it, then make sure you've got them. There's a big block you can grab and drop downwards the hole to create a road to the chest. Set the brambles and thorns debark with Blades of Chaos to access a block that y'all can motion to become a rune. The 2nd rune is opposite to where you found the block and the last one requires a block above you to be pushed out of the fashion.	Horn of Blood Mead

If you get stuck trying to find these chests, yous can check out this handy video guide from HarryNinetyFour.

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