God of War category
Artifacts
13 entries tagged Artifacts. Every entry is sourced from the God of War games, their in-game lore, or the official reference material.
- Alchemist's RingThe Alchemist's Ring was a green ring that held the soul of the dwarven alchemist Andvari, who locked himself within it to escape the Soul Eater of the Volunder Mines. Recovered by Kratos and Atreus, the ring still spoke with the voice of the dwarf trapped inside.
- Amulet of Uroborus: the gem that bent timeThe Amulet of Uroborus was a golden amulet set with a blue-green gem that could manipulate time and space. Stolen from the Oracle Aletheia and turned against Kratos, it passed into his hands and let him rebuild what had been broken.
- Amulet of YggdrasilThe Amulet of Yggdrasil was a piece of jewellery Kratos claimed after slaying the dragon Nidhogg. Worn as part of his armour, it held empty settings into which he fitted enchantments gathered from across the Nine Realms.
- Andvari's Hammer: the lost tool of the master smithAndvari's Hammer was a smithing tool that belonged to Andvari, the renowned Dwarven alchemist and old friend of Brok. Long after Andvari's disappearance, Kratos recovered the hammer from the depths of the Landsuther Mines at Brok's request.
- Flame of OlympusThe Flame of Olympus was an absolute power, mightier than the gods themselves and lethal to any who touched it. Within it Pandora's Box was hidden, and only by extinguishing the flame could the King of the Gods be made to fall.
- Golden FleeceThe Golden Fleece was a powerful golden armlet that had once belonged to the Argonaut Jason. Worn by Kratos, it could turn aside and reflect any attack, from a Gorgon's stone stare to a blow from the Blade of Olympus itself.
- Hades' HelmHades' Helm, known also as the Helm of Darkness and the Cap of Hades, was a helm forged by the Cyclopes that granted invisibility to its wearer. Given to Hades after the Great War, a second such helm was borne by the hero Perseus in his duel against Kratos.
- Jötnar ShrinesThe Jötnar Shrines were wooden triptychs carved by the Giants to record the histories and prophecies of their kind. Scattered across the Nine Realms, they foretold Ragnarok and the fates of those caught up in it, including Kratos and his son.
- Mask of CreationThe Mask of Creation was a primordial wooden mask bound to the Rift of Creation, sought by Odin for the boundless knowledge it was said to grant. Its pieces were scattered across the Nine Realms, and Atreus restored it before destroying it during Ragnarok.
- Pandora's BoxPandora's Box was the artifact forged by Hephaestus to contain the Evils born of the Great War. Hidden within the Flame of Olympus and guarded across an age, it granted the power to slay a god to whoever opened it, and held within it one final power: Hope.
- Pandora's Box: the vessel of Olympus's evils and the power of HopePandora's Box was an artifact forged by Hephaestus on Zeus's order to contain the Evils unleashed by the Titanomachy. It was the only means by which a mortal could gain the power to slay a god, and it carried within it the hidden power of Hope.
- Thamur's ChiselThamur's Chisel was the great stonemason's tool, frozen within the head of his fallen corpse in Midgard. A shard of its magic tip could carve the secret rune that opened the way to Jotunheim, making it the key to the last hidden road into the realm of the Giants.
- Thamur's Chisel: the giant's tool that carved the way to JotunheimThamur's Chisel was the great mason's chisel of the dead giant Thamur, frozen with his corpse in Midgard. A fragment of it could carve the travel rune to Jotunheim, making it the key Kratos and Atreus needed to reach the realm of the giants.