God of War: Ragnarok is out now, and as players journey through the Nine Realms of Yggdrasil, they’ll uncover many interesting secrets and lore about the God of War. But one of the coolest easter eggs in God of War: Ragnarok is completely unrelated to God of War—it’s a bunch of references to some completely different game.
Warning: Small God of War revelations about an in-game collection, follow along below in the video. Read at your own risk!
God of War: Ragnarok includes a collectible suit called Kvasir’s Poems. There are 14 of them all hidden throughout the game, and each one is a reference to a different game that was at least at one point a PlayStation exclusive. Players have found poems related to Horizon: Zero Dawn, MLB the Show, Death Stranding, Unchartedand more.
The content of the poems is not the only reference, although reading through them it is quite clear what they are about. All of them have funny names, synonymous with the names of the aforementioned games; so, “Sunrise of Nothingness”, “Grand Social Ground Globe, Performance”, “Abandonment of the Afterlife” and “When pursuing a place not marked on the map. ” The poem refers to the Journey which is, interestingly, just “The Trip”.
We’ll let you figure them all out on your own, but here’s an example to give you an idea of how they’re structured:
If you don’t want to chase them on your own, we’re currently working on tutorials not only for all 14 poems, but also for all the hidden secrets of God of War: Ragnarok. We’ve also got this helpful visual guide to poems specifically:
And you can find help with every aspect of the game, including tutorials, in God of War: Ragnarok . Wiki Guide.
Rebekah Valentine is a news reporter for IGN. You can find her on Twitter @duckvalentine.
