Lore FortressWhat Happened to the Blade of Olympus? Left in the Dirt
At the end of God of War III, Kratos stabs himself with the Blade of Olympus to release Hope, and the sword is left behind in Zeus' arena, drained and abandoned. Here's the full path from Zeus' forge to that last image, and what Valhalla does with it.
At the end of God of War III, Kratos stabs himself with the Blade of Olympus, which releases the power of Hope and leaves the sword useless. It's last seen abandoned in the ground of Zeus' Battle Arena after Kratos disappears from Olympus. (God of War III; God of War Wiki)
So what actually happened to it?#
In God of War III's last stretch, Kratos impales Zeus against Gaia's heart with the blade, which kills her. Zeus survives that and Kratos beats him to death with his bare hands, then turns the sword on himself. The wiki says the stab released both the power of Hope inside him and the power within the sword, and that the sword was "rendered useless". Kratos walked away from it. The wiki's reading is that the curse that stops him dying, even at his own hand, outweighed the blade. (God of War III; God of War Wiki)
The last anyone sees of the sword, it's stuck in the floor of Zeus' Battle Arena, left behind after Kratos vanishes from Olympus. That's the sword's fate in the Greek games. (God of War III; God of War Wiki)
Why did Kratos stab himself with it?#
To release Hope, the power that dwelt within him. The wiki says the stab freed it and the power in the sword with it. For the full ending, see the God of War III ending explained. (God of War III; God of War Wiki)
The blade's path, in order#
- Zeus forges it in the last battle of the Titanomachy and uses it to banish the Titans to Tartarus. (God of War Wiki, citing the God of War novel)
- At Rhodes in God of War II, Zeus sends it down, tricks Kratos into draining his godly power into it, then takes it back and stabs him with it. (God of War II)
- Kratos regains it and fights Zeus on the Summit of Sacrifice. Athena steps in to protect her father and is impaled with it. (God of War II)
- In God of War III it falls with Kratos into the Underworld, where he retrieves it from a Statue of Pandora. He uses it to slay Cronos and Perses, and finally impales Zeus against Gaia's heart, killing her. (God of War III)
- He stabs himself with it, and it's left in Zeus' arena. (God of War III)
Is it in Ragnarök?#
Not the original. In the Valhalla DLC for God of War Ragnarök, Kratos calls up a version of the blade out of his memories through the Spartan Rage ability Legacy. When Mimir asks whether the sword is full of terrible memories, Kratos answers with "What do you think?" After finishing the DLC, Legacy carries into New Game+ of the main game, though the wiki notes it isn't canon to the main story. (God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla; God of War Wiki)
Was it lost with Olympus?#
Nothing says so. The arena on Olympus is the last place the sword is seen, so that's an inference. The wiki states only that it was left abandoned in the arena. My read is that "lost with Olympus" is a reasonable guess and not something the games say. (God of War III; God of War Wiki)
Related#
The sword's story overlaps with why Kratos killed Zeus, Kratos' weapons and the Blades of Athena.
Frequently asked questions
- What happened to the Blade of Olympus?
- After Kratos stabs himself with it at the end of God of War III, it was rendered useless and left abandoned in the ground of Zeus' Battle Arena once Kratos vanished from Olympus.
- Why did Kratos stab himself with the Blade of Olympus?
- To release the power of Hope that lived inside him, along with the power in the blade itself, per the God of War Wiki. The wiki says he survives because his curse is stronger than the blade.
- Who made the Blade of Olympus?
- Zeus forged it during the final battle of the Titanomachy and used it to banish the Titans to Tartarus.
- Does the Blade of Olympus appear in God of War Ragnarök?
- Only as a conjured version. In the Valhalla DLC, Kratos summons it from his memories through the Spartan Rage ability Legacy.
- Where is the Blade of Olympus now?
- The Greek original was last seen abandoned in the ground of Zeus' Battle Arena. The version you can swing in Valhalla is a manifestation, not that sword.
Sources
- GameGod of War II, Santa Monica Studio, 2007
- GameGod of War III, Santa Monica Studio, 2010
- GameGod of War Ragnarök: Valhalla, Santa Monica Studio, 2023
- BookGod of War (Novel), Cited by the wiki for the creation of the sword
- BookGod of War II (Novel), Cited by the wiki for the sword in God of War II
- WikiBlade of Olympus, God of War Wiki, accessed 2026-11-08, CC BY-SA
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