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Strongest Armor Sets for Kratos with the location to find all the pieces to craft the five best armors. Unlock Royal Dwarven, Ivaldi Mist, The Traveler, Muspelheim Armor and Tyr Armor. Puzzle solution for 3 Hail to the King’s Objective, 5 Travelers location, Muspelhiem Chiper and Lost Unity pieces location for Armor sets.
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In God of War, you can get some Epic and Legendary armors pretty easily while playing the campaign and the side missions. You will have to locate the best gears in-order to fight with various enemies and when you plan to play the 9 Valkyries Mission. Good armors contribute more health and power and upgrading them to max further adds more to the overall strength. Some armors also offer special abilities like health regeneration, which can help you more while competing against tough bosses. In this guide, you will get essential tips on how to unlock the best armor and what are their best features.
God Of War Best Armor Sets and How To Find Them
Royal Dwarven Armor Location
You will get this one while playing Sindri’s and Brok’s Favor. Hail to the King is one favor you can get by talking to Brok as his shop. After playing this you will get the essential items to build up the armor.
Hail to the King Walkthrough:
You have to visit Konunsgard stronghold where you will meet Sindri just as you start. You will have to find three keys to open the door.
Hail to the King First Key Location: First one is near the dead knight just outside the closed door.
Hail to the King Second Key Location: For the second key, go left and free the torch of poison. Follow the path on right and you will spot a cave blocked by tree sap. Cross the cave and fight an ogre ahead, go left and you will reach a goat statue. There will be stone structures on your right with Wind of Hel energy. Leave it and go right, cross the ledge and fight some wolves ahead.
After killing them on right near the rocks for a crystal. Hit it with the axe, it will fall down and flow with the river. After it stops jump down and takes it. Carry it straight to the end, there is a locked door, cross it and place the crystal on the glowing platform. This will activate a bridge on top. Turn around, take right from the goat statue and pull the wind energy. Cross the bridge place it on the ball before time runs out, pull it again, turn around and run straight, use the energy to unlock the door. Cross the door and climb up from the left you will get the second key.
Hail to the King Third Key Location: For the last key, go down using the chain, freeze the torch and you will be back on the main gate. Now you will be going to the right direction from the main door. Go straight, cross the fallen tree, and go left. Follow the water stream and climb up from the right. Jump over the platforms and you will see a huge dragon. Go to the left end side and you will find a door with seal. Target the crystal near the goat statue first, from a broken tree trunk pick up the crystal and place it near the cage on left. Target it and look just above it for the last one. Once all the three bells are active, the door will open. Just follow the torches and you will reach on the other side of Dragon, the key near the stone structures.
Take it back to the main door, turn left, follow the broken wall and at the end, you will reach a door with a Hel Walkers inside. Go towards the throne, and inside you will get the armor pieces. Return to the dwarves.
Ivaldi Mist Armor Location
For this one, you will have to visit Niflheim and play the maze part at the end of the bridge. There are three chests inside and to open them you will have to gather 2500 Mist Echoes that you can get by killing enemies in the maze. Just go to the travel room and pick Niflheim, exit travel room and walk to the end of the bridge where you will spot Sindri. He will give you a quest for Ivaldi’s workshop, play that and get all the chest, in the end, to get the pieces for constructing the armor. The best part of this armor is that it offers you Regenerating Essence Effect. It will help you a lot in difficult battles as it will restore a small amount of health during the fight.
The Traveler Armor Location
To get the Traveler Armor you will have to kill an enemy the Traveler who looks like a knight in heavy suit. Each time you kill one they drop items that will be later used for crafting. It is one of the best armor in God of War that you can get early. You will need shards to make and below you can get the locations of 5 Travelers around the map. After the first one on the bridge, you will get a special item that will unlock the ability to craft the Traveler’s armor set. Next, you will require around 8 Traveler Armor’s Shards and 12 Traveler’s Grisly Trophies to get all the three pieces of the set. So below is the list of Traveler’s locations explore and kill them.
- Traveler 1 Location: Once the snake moves the bridge in the main story mission and the water level goes down there will be a new dock on the back of the circular building near the mystic gateway. A Level 6 Traveler is on the top of the tower.
- Traveler 2 Location: For the second one you will have to play Favor the Light of Fafnir side quest. You will get this side quest by helping the ghost around Shore of Nine, once you get the quest follow the marker that will take you to the spirits. You have to head there and light braziers. After that, you will have to free a dragon by destroying the runes.
- Traveler 3 Location: You can spot a Level 3 Traveler at the end of the dungeon in Landsuther Mines.
- Traveler 4 & 5 Location: You will spot two more during the main mission The Sickness when you are traveling through Hel.
Muspelheim Armor Location
For this armor also you will have to gather three sets, the armor will offer a good amount of strength, defense, and vitality. There are also three enhancement slots. To get this armor you will have to locate four pieces of Muspelhiem Chiper. Once you have returned to the Muspelhiem and meet Broke the fire armor. You can buy it by playing specific challenges that will help you to earn Smouldering Embers by playing Muspelheim Trails, where at the end you will have to defeat a Valkyrie Boss. After killing the Valkyrie you will have to earn keys by playing Sutr’s Hidden Trail, play the simple ones to get the key.
4 Muspelhiem Chiper Locations for armor set:
- Muspelhiem Chiper 1 Location: Dock at the Forgotten Cavern in Lake of Nine once the water recedes. On an island on the northwest side, look for a chain and climb up, look for the chest on left.
- Muspelhiem Chiper 2 Location: The second one is at the Cliffs of the Raven. Go on the back of a dead giant and look for a hole covered with wooden logs, break it and let Atreus pass through there. He will drop a chain, climb up and look for the chest on left.
- Muspelhiem Chiper 3 Location: For the third one you have to look for the caves that connect Lake of Nine with the Foothills. As you enter the tower go right, after freezing the second gas torch drop down into the hole and see on the left side.
- Muspelhiem Chiper 4 Location: For the final piece you will have to get to Witch’s Cave. There is an elevator that takes you up, look for the passage on your right that is blocked by red roots. Command Atreus to shoot it and then go to the corridor, look for the chest inside.
Tyr Armor Location
For Tyr’s Armor, you will have to be at Lake of Nine. The armor grants low perk activation chance that can offer you a short boost to Strength, Defense or Runic while taking damage. So it is worth to spend time in locating this one.
Tyr’s Lost Unity Cuirass Chest Location: First, to get the recipe for Tyr’s Lost Unity Cuirass Chest, you will have to play Dead Freight Wayward Spirit Favor. You have to reach Forgotten Cavern’s dock, it is visible when the water level drops. Paddle towards the northwest side of Tyr’s temple near the massive head of the serpent. You will spot the spirit on a bit away from the beach and it will tell you about a former crew the Hel-Walkers. Now track the favor and you will get three location, the first one is at the Isle of Death which is a large island on the southwest of Lake of Nine, the second is in Iron Cove, southwest of Isle of Death and for the final one go towards Niflheim Realm Tower, northeast of Iron Cove. Take the elevator and above locate the Hel-walkers. Once done return to the spirit for the reward.
Tyr’s Lost Unity Gauntlets Location: For this item, you will have to play Hammer Fall Wayward Spirit favor. Go east from the temple to Stone Fall dock. Look for a drawbridge on the right and hit the ornate gears. Go up and talk to the spirit. To destroy the statue of Thor, next to the spirit you will see a huge gear. Turn it to open gates to Veithurgard. Paddle ahead and dock the boat. Next follow eastward till you reach the beach there will two giant statues, holding spears. Take the new boat and row between them and keep watching left until you see Thor’s statue. Dock there and destroy it by attacking the chains. You will find more of them around the statue, once it falls to return to the spirit.
Tyr’s Lost Unity Belt Location: For the last piece, you will have to play Anatomy of Hope Wayward Spirit favor. You will have to paddle towards Masons Channel Area, which is located on the northeast side of Lake of Nine. Talk to the spirit and it will tell you about bones. Track the favor and you will reach a location with skeletons. The skull is inside the Forgotten Cavern area, on the left of Ruins of the Ancients and on the right of Alfhiem Real Tower where you dock your boat. Return with the bones and fight a Revenant. After defeating the enemy you will get the reward.
So these are some of the 5 best armors you can find God of War, for more similar guides on the game you can read our God of War Wiki guide.
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