The God of War Ragnarok mine puzzles in Svartalfheim are in Jarnsmida Pitmines and the Applecore, and they're pretty hard to figure out for unaccustomed players. Still, you'll need to solve these puzzles to find the god Tyr down below - they're not optional - but we can help you with that. If you want to solve either of the mine puzzles in God of War Ragnarok, our guide and walkthroughs below will help you navigate.
God of War Ragnarok Jarnsmida Pitmines puzzles walkthrough
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After a disastrous mining wagon journey, Kratos and Atreus arrive in the Jarnsmida Pitmines of God of War Ragnarok. After you've cleared the initial enemies use Sonic Arrows to destroy a cluster of Soundstone blocking the walkway to the right. Go that way and eventually you'll reach a big box blocking your path. Above it is a water channel turning a wheel and if you throw the Leviathan Axe at the yellow wooden panels of the channel it will freeze it and stop the wheel. This’ll lower the box, allowing you to swing across and find one of the many Nornir Chests in God of War Ragnarok.
Carry on through the pitmines and use Atreus to help Kratos reach another platform to the next puzzle using a bridge – you need to use the axe to freeze a gear and hold the bridge at the correct level.
Now you’ll spot two cranes holding massive stone blocks and a water channel that can be redirected to flow onto one of two wheels. For this puzzle, you need to get up to the tower of the water wheel to the left of the water channel. Redirect the water flow to raise the stone block on the left, grapple onto it, then recall your axe to raise the block up to the correct level. Now you can cross the water channel and head up the rest of the path to reach the Applecore. These mechanics should already be familiar from the God of War Ragnarok water puzzles in the wetlands of Svartalfheim.
Explore this area a little more and you’ll uncover more water channels that you can redirect. Using the same logic as the previous puzzle, you can move a massive crane around to your position by changing where the water channel goes. Climb onto the rock that the crane is holding and recall the axe to reset the crane get taken to a new path that has an Artifact collectible and a Legendary Chest containing a great attachment for the Blades of Chaos.
God of War Ragnarok Applecore puzzles walkthrough
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Crawl through the pitmine tunnels and you’ll eventually board a boat that leads down into the heart of the Applecore: a labyrinth of linear tunnels and looping areas that are easy to get lost in.
Once you’ve got off the boat, go up the path to reach the first puzzle. There’s a crane claw in the water below that needs to be raised so that you can swing across. Start by clearing the Soundstone to get the water flowing, then block the channel with water to direct the flow to the waterwheel.
Progress through the Applecore until you reach the next big puzzle: another claw needs lifting out of the water so that you can reach a lift that will take you up to the next door. The problem is the flow of water in the channel above the claw means the nearby wheels aren’t moving, so the crane and the lift can’t be raised.
Like before, you need to solve this by redirecting the flow of the water, first by climbing up to the right and grappling a sluice gate to raise the lift, then by freezing the main channel to redirect the water onto the wheel on the left. This will raise the claw, allowing you to swing over. Then just recall the axe to lower the lift again and get inside.
Go deeper into the Applecore and you’ll reach a point where you need to fix and raise a zipline by clearing some Soundstone below. Slide down and you’ll be at the next major puzzle. While it might seem like you need to raise another crane claw, you need to save that for later as there’s another crane holding a wooden box that needs to be moved first.
To do this, help Atreus onto a climbing path near the zipline, and then freeze the water channel on the left to get the waterwheel, and therefore the box, moving. Once Atreus is in position, press Square to get him to release some Soundstone chunks into the water channel. This’ll gum it up, allowing you to recall the Leviathan Axe.
Now you can hoist the claw. Do this by freezing the water channel on the right to divert the flow. Swing across onto the wooden box, then get Atreus to shoot the Soundstone chunk blocking the channel to release the water and move the box back. With that, you’ve made it to the end of the Applecore!
While you might be relieved to be done it’s worth a return trip later as there are a few collectibles and secrets you can access with later powers an abilities. Thankfully these puzzles will remain mostly solved, and other paths can become accessible with the right God of War Ragnarok special equipment, so you won’t have to re-do everything detailed in this guide.
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