God of War Chests Guide: What They Are, What They Contain and How to Open Them

1. God of War: Chests Guide  

In our article God of War Guide: What you need to know, we mentioned the presence of the chests in the new chapter of the series. As per tradition, there are chests of various types, which in addition to containing different objects, require a more less complex opening system, depending on the type. Let's find out what you need to know about it.

God of War: Chests Guide  

During the adventure, you will often come across chests of various types, from simple to more complex. Inside you can find:

• Money and experience points
• Runestones to equip
• Collectibles and items useful to merchants, which you can then resell
• Fragments of talismans, which once gathered allow you to increase the life or anger bar
• Equipment of various types, such as armor pieces and skins

The chests are opened by pressing the O key once positioned in front of them, however some are blocked by special locks, tentacles or apparently unreachable. As mentioned in our article, sometimes they are not accessible right away, but you will have to obtain the necessary skills and equipment to reach them and unlock them.

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Here are some of them and how to open them:

• Classic chests: Can be opened normally 
• Chests closed by a luminous lock: To open them you will have to find in the surrounding environment and hit with the ax throw, the luminous symbols shown on the chest, sometimes in order, other times as quickly as possible, the puzzles vary but the concept is the same
• Head Locked Chests: This type of chest can be opened once the enemies in the area have been taken out, be sure to give it a good clean
• Chests blocked by tentacles: As the plot progresses, you will unlock an object that will come in handy to annihilate the tentacles, you will have to hit all the weak points in the vicinity of the chests, at the same instant, so once the ax is loaded, throw it making sure to hit all points consecutively, if you miss one, you'll have to try again
• Chests blocked with luminous or explosive devices: They can be opened with the various types of arrows fired by Atreus, which you will unlock during the game

The chests are varied but the concept for opening them is the same. Some are apparently inaccessible, as they are located behind walls or gates, others blocked by tentacles and so on. The ax is your closest friend, we advise you to upgrade and improve it whenever you have the opportunity, often throwing the ax could be the key to open them, the same goes for the bow.

If you cannot reach a chest, do not despair and do not waste time, continue with the story, you will return to the place later, when the situation has turned to your advantage and you will have the necessary to open or unlock them.