Like God of War (2018), God of War Ragnarok follows a non-linear progression, wherein players get complete agency over many of the game's side content (called favors). These are unlocked naturally via main story progression and exploration.
The quests are a nice respite in-between the high-stakes main story undertakings, offering useful rewards ranging from essential upgrade materials to new armor sets and runic attacks.
Among the host of side quests in God of War Ragnarok is "The Crucible," a favor that requires players to complete a gauntlet of combat challenges to unlock a powerful armor set for Kratos.
The Crucible can be accessed fairly early in God of War Ragnarok. However, it is recommended that players only attempt to complete the gauntlet of challenges at level 5 or above.
The challenges of the Crucible are basic combat challenges with some modifiers and objectives attached to them, such as killing 20 enemies without taking any damage or defeating everyone in the arena in a certain amount of time.
Players can access The Crucible after obtaining the two seed pieces required to unlock realm travel to Muspelheim. The first one can be found fairly early in Svartalfheim, in a legendary chest in Modvitnir's Rig.
The second seed, however, can only be found after completing the main story mission - Forging Destiny. Completing this quest allows players to enter Alberich Hollow in Svatlfheim, where the seed can be found.
Once players have these two seeds, they can unlock realm travel to Muspelheim and start The Crucible. Here are the six challenges they will need to complete the favor in God of War Ragnarok:
These six challenges are divided into three separate arenas, and completing all of them unlocks a final set of
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