God of War category
Weapons
22 entries tagged Weapons. Every entry is sourced from the God of War games, their in-game lore, or the official reference material.
- Arms of SpartaThe Arms of Sparta were the spear and shield Kratos carried as a mortal general before he served Ares. The Last Spartan kept them in his absence and returned them to him during the search for Deimos, after which Kratos gave them to his brother and left them at his grave.
- Barbarian Hammer: the weapon of the Barbarian KingThe Barbarian Hammer was a massive spiked warhammer wielded by Alrik, king of the Barbarians, with the power to summon Cursed Souls from the Underworld. Kratos took it for his own after crushing Alrik in battle.
- Blade of ArtemisThe Blade of Artemis was a great curved sword once wielded by the Goddess of the Hunt to slay a Titan. Bestowed upon Kratos during his war against Ares, it carried him through that campaign and beyond before returning to its mistress.
- Blade of OlympusThe Blade of Olympus was the sword Zeus forged from the heavens and the earth to banish the Titans to Tartarus and end the Great War. Capable of slaying gods and Titans alike, it later held the godly power of Kratos and became one of the most powerful weapons in the world.
- Blade of the GodsThe Blade of the Gods was a colossal sword forged by the gods, set into the ground outside Athens as a footbridge to a great statue of Athena. Grown to the size of a god, Kratos wrenched it free and used it to kill Ares, claiming the mantle of God of War for himself.
- Blades of AthenaThe Blades of Athena were the chained blades the goddess Athena bestowed upon Kratos when he became the God of War. They served as his primary weapons during and after his reign on Olympus, until they were ruined in the River Styx and reforged into the Blades of Exile.
- Blades of ChaosThe Blades of Chaos were a pair of fire-imbued chained blades forged in the Underworld for Ares and bound to the arms of Kratos. They became the signature weapons of his Greek era and the symbol of the bloodshed that earned him the name Ghost of Sparta, returning years later in the Norse realms.
- Blades of ExileThe Blades of Exile were a refashioned form of the Blades of Athena, the third and final set of chained blades that Kratos wielded in Greece. Created by the astral form of Athena from his ruined weapons, they carried him through his last war against Olympus.
- Bow of ApolloThe Bow of Apollo was a fire-imbued bow named for the sun god Apollo. Kratos took it from Peirithous, the doomed lover of Persephone, who was imprisoned in the Underworld within a cage of brambles.
- Claws of HadesThe Claws of Hades were chained weapons wielded by Hades, god of the Underworld, who used their magic to tear the souls from his enemies. Kratos stole them in battle, claimed the god's own soul with them, and carried them as a means of ripping and summoning the souls of the dead.
- Draupnir SpearThe Draupnir Spear was a wind-imbued spear forged for Kratos from the enchanted ring Draupnir, created by the Lady of the Forge and sanctified with a drop of his blood. Built to be the undoing of Heimdall, it could endlessly duplicate itself and command the wind.
- Gauntlet of ZeusThe Gauntlet of Zeus was a colossal gauntlet forged by Hephaestus and used by Zeus to chain the Titans in the depths of Tartarus. Recovered by Kratos from the Temple of Zeus, it became the weapon with which he slew Persephone.
- Guardian ShieldThe Guardian Shield was a retractable round shield worn on Kratos's gauntlet through the Norse era. A gift from his wife Faye, it served him to parry, block, and turn aside attacks until Thor's hammer shattered it.
- GungnirGungnir, the Spear of Heaven, was the signature weapon of Odin, forged by the master smith Ivaldi. It slew the primordial giant Ymir to ensure Odin's rise as the All-Father, and was the weapon with which Odin once stabbed himself in his quest for knowledge.
- HofuðHofuð was the magic sword of Heimdall, watchman of the Aesir. Forged by the Asgardian master-smiths and imbued with Bifröst energy, it granted its wielder the power to realm shift. Kratos claimed it from Heimdall's corpse after slaying him in Vanaheim.
- IngridIngrid was a sentient sword forged by the Vanir god Freyr, imbued with its own will and said to be impossible to steal. Lost to Odin, lent to Atreus, and reclaimed by Freyr at Ragnarok, the blade fought on its own in the hand of its rightful bearer.
- Leviathan AxeThe Leviathan Axe was a frost-imbued axe forged by the Huldra Brothers Brok and Sindri to oppose the power of Mjolnir. Granted to Laufey and passed to Kratos before her death, it became his primary weapon throughout the Norse era and the counter to Thor's hammer.
- MjolnirMjolnir was the legendary hammer of Thor, forged by the Huldra Brothers Brok and Sindri. Infamous for the death it brought upon the Jotnar, it was among the most powerful weapons in the Nine Realms, rivaled only by the Leviathan Axe made to oppose it.
- Nemean CestusThe Nemean Cestus were a pair of great metal gauntlets shaped as snarling lion heads, said to have come to Hercules after he slew the Nemean Lion. Kratos tore them from his half-brother in battle and used them to shatter both the demigod and the rare stone called Onyx.
- Nemesis WhipThe Nemesis Whip was a weapon of paired chains tipped with claw-like daggers, crafted by Hephaestus from the Omphalos Stone. Intended to kill Kratos, it was instead turned against its maker and wielded by the Ghost of Sparta.
- Spear of DestinyThe Spear of Destiny was a magical weapon belonging to the Sisters of Fate, held in reserve for emergencies. Kratos claimed it from the Dark Rider on the Island of Creation, taking up a weapon said to hold the power to kill Zeus himself.
- Talon BowThe Talon Bow was a yew longbow carved by Faye for her son Atreus and used by him throughout the Norse journeys. Though not magical by nature, it was enchanted over time to fire arrows of light and lightning, and later sigil and sonic shots.