Jötunheim in Reach

Follow this God of War (2018) walkthrough to find Mimir's Eye within the World Serpent's stomach and prepare for the final encounter with Baldur.

You find yourself back in Midgard with the Temple looming ahead. Be sure to light the brazier here before heading across the bridge and into the Realm Travel room. Inside, head over and lock in Jötunheim, it seems there’s one final failsafe from Týr as the travel crystal is missing. Mimir can use his eyes however one is missing, perhaps the Huldra brothers may know something.

Head over and speak to them, it appears the statue of Thor that the World Serpent consumed a while back may have a hidden compartment in it. The only problem is, the World Serpent swallowed it so the only course of action is to have a discussion with it.

As Mimir warns you, if there’s anything you wish to do, now is the time to do it and he’s not wrong. Speaking to the World Serpent sets in motion the events leading to the end of your journey. You’re free to resume exploring Midgard and the other realms once the journey is over and nothing is missable, in fact, a lot of the remaining content is best left for the post game for several reasons. You’ll need to be at your strongest to take on the game’s ultimate challenges, as such, this will trivialize the final encounter and render it rather anticlimactic. This guide will tackle all of this in the post game however if you’re eager to complete as much as possible now, visit these sections for more details:

• Valkyries
• Muspelheim
• Niflheim

When you’re ready, head out the door and over to the switch, turning it to reach the horn. The World Serpent believes the statue still lies in its stomach and as such, has agreed to let you row into it to claim it.

Boat into the Serpent’s mouth

Use the switch to head back down and get onto the boat at the west dock. The Serpent’s gaping mouth lies in front of you, hold your breath and begin the row into its mouth.

How to Find Mimir’s Eye

All alone in the darkness, continue to row north and dock at the small makeshift beach to your left to find a Hacksilver chest. Return to the boat and take it down to the only other dock where the remains of the statue rest.

Dock at the beach on the left first to find a lone Hacksilver chest.

Breaking the boards to your left reveals a wall that you can scale but first, look to the right to spot a spinning board. Toss the axe at it and continue to do so until the platform rotates as far as it can before freezing it in place with the runic gear below the board.

Climb the wall to your left to jump to the platform you just rotated. Recall the axe and the platform will return to its original position, allowing you to climb the wall ahead where a Legendary Chest containing Mimir’s Eye. Before dropping back down, leap across the gap to another Legendary Chest containing a Niflheim Cipher Piece if you haven’t completed the disc yet or a random Enchantment.

Leap back across the gap and take the zipline down to the bottom, returning to the boat. As you row the boat back up the Serpent, a sudden tremor knocks you aside. The tremors continue as you row closer to the mouth and the third and final tremor sends you hurtling out of the Serpent and back onto land. Freya makes a sudden appearance along with an old enemy, the final encounter is about to begin.

How to Defeat Baldur

The first phase against Baldur mostly plays out the same as your first encounter with him back at Kratos’ house. He’ll perform dashes towards you while trying to pummel you, all of these can be easily blocked or parried allowing for some easy attacks. What’s different this time is Freya will constantly envelop both Kratos and Baldur in her vines to prevent the duo from attacking each other. Rapidly press the button or key to escape and resume attacking Baldur. Continue this until Baldur signals the end of the first phase by hurling a boulder at his interfering mother.

As Freya attempts to tie the duo down again, only Kratos is caught up in it and Baldur prepares to kill both father and son. Atreus’ selfless act of protecting his father causes Baldur to bleed, it appears the quiver strap that Kratos repaired with the mistletoe arrow has broken Baldur’s invulnerability. Freya decides to step in again, this time inhabiting the body of the fallen Thamur and whisking Kratos away. Once you land in the Frozen Lake, rotate Kratos to stop the onrushing Baldur.

The second phase, and the true fight now begins, Baldur is a lot faster than his previous encounters but all of his attacks can still be blocked and parried and his punches remain the same. Freya will conjure up a Frost Shockwave that will shoot toward the two of you, block these when they approach and continue your assault until Baldur loses a little health. Baldur will suffer an attack to his shoulder and will retaliate by infusing himself with Frost.

The third phase is where it gets interesting as you’ll need to change over to the Blades of Chaos in order to do sufficient damage to him. His first new attack is the ability to throw Ice Shards at you from range.