Many players have not yet reached 100% collection of the abandoned villages in God of War 5. The following is a guide for collecting all the abandoned villages in God of War 5. Let’s take a look.
Guide to collecting all abandoned villages in God of War 5
Vanaheim - Abandoned Village
Nolen Three Goddess Treasure Chest: 1
Legendary Chest: 3
Legends: 2
Odin's Raven: 1
Undead Warrior Cave: 1
Relic crafting materials: 1 (not shown in area overview)
#1 – Odin’s Raven from the Forest of East Bari
Enter the area. After collecting legends at the end of the eastern Bali Forest, lower the wall and swing on the water. Follow the path until you have to slide down a rope and enter the next pavilion on the left. Crows can be seen from the balcony. before swinging with a spear.
#2 – Legend (Rune Reading – Prayer to Freya)
Use the spear swing from the crow and follow the climbing section through a cave. The legend is on the wall to the left (blue letters) when you reach a rotatable crane swinging with a Chaos Blade.
#3 – Legendary Chest (Shattered Star Shield – Shield)
To the left of the legend, use the Chaos Blade to pull the rubble away and squeeze through the gap behind it. Follow this linear path until you climb a golden chain. To the right is a legendary chest, surrounded by the purple mist of poisonous plants. You have to throw the ax at the plant to freeze it before you can reach the chest.
#4 – Legend (Scroll – Housework)
Climb up the next ledge from the Legendary Chest and then long-rope across the water. Once you land, throw the spear on the left wall, swing it, and go right. In this area you can find the Legend Scroll on the floor to the left.
#5 – Cave of the Undead Warrior (Chaos Spark)
Enter the cave behind the Legend Scroll, where the Dragon Man is.
#6 – Legendary Chest (Dragon of Restoration – Shield Attachment)
After clearing the water hole, squeeze through the gap behind it to reach the Legendary Chest.
#7 – Treasure Chest of the Three Goddesses of Norun
Go back to where you placed the spear on the wall, and swing to the side you came from. Then go left and at the end of the path is another climbing section that leads to a rotating crane. Throw the ax to turn the crane, pull the flaming brazier with the Blade of Chaos, and swing it into two Nornir braziers to light them. Then the third Nornir brazier is by the river, next to Nornil's chest. After lighting all 3 braziers, you can open it.
#8 – Legendary Chest (Helios Flare – Light Rune Attack) Continue along the linear path,
Until you reach the next rotatable crane. Get out of the car and enter the small cave where there is a Hack Silver Chest. In the corner of that cave, you can press: Circle: a pillar to remove it as an obstacle blocking the crane. Climb back up, turn the crane to swing, walk towards the ledge where the Legendary Chest is, turn the crane again and jump across.
#9 – Gnar Cup (needs to craft the holy artifact “Sword of Tyrfin”) Defeat Braton, Ulver marked with a red icon on the map. It does not count as 100% completion for the area, but you will need it to craft the relic "Tirfin Hilt" as the trophy "Collector". It can be crafted at the blacksmith. If the path past the Legendary Chest is blocked, you must return to Camp Freyr in the middle of Vanaheim and paddle up the Bari Forest River. From there you can follow another road to the abandoned village. Sometimes the enemy won't spawn right away, if he's not there it will run around until it spawns.