They’re optional locations that can be accessed by acquiring travel runes found in treasure chests scattered across the game world. Two are of interest if you’re looking for an extra challenge - Niflheim and Muspelheim. Set in Norse mythology, God of War has you travelling to several realms during the course of the story. God of War travel runes, Niflheim and Muspelheim Taking on additional quests and challenges helps as well. Doing so allows you to gain XP and Hacksilver at a faster rate. Although Luck is often ignored, you’re best served finding gear that raises this stat. This is where the Luck stat comes in handy.
But if you’re looking to master every possible ability you’ll need every XP bonus you can find. Over the course of a normal playthough you’ll be able to unlock most of them. XP or experience points in God of War let you buy new skills for Kratos and Atreus. Why you ask? We explain that in the next section. In our first playthrough we focussed on Strength and Vitality, while our second time around had us upgrading Luck. This allows for a certain degree of customisation, allowing you to tweak Kratos’ attributes to suit your play style.
With that in mind, here’s what you need to know before tackling God of War for PS4.
Levelling up, earning currency, gaining more abilities and gear, all of these have more in common with fully-fledged role-playing games than Kratos' past adventures. Not only is the setting different but the combat is also far from what we've come to expect from past entries. If you’ve checked out our God of War review you probably noticed that Kratos’ latest outing is far from the bombastic, over the top fare we’re accustomed to.