Assassin’s Creed Valhalla Dawn of Ragnarok DLC Trophy Guide & Roadmap

The following guides show everything region by region and include everything you need:

• Assassin’s Creed Valhalla – Wealth Guide
• Assassin’s Creed Valhalla – Mysteries Guide
• Assassin’s Creed Valhalla – Artifacts Guide

For this trophy, you’ll need to upgrade the Hugr-Rip to maximum. You can upgrade it at any of blacksmiths located in the Shelters around the map (see Aesir Spelunker).

You need Silica, Fragments and Muspelheim Embers to upgrade the Hugr-Rip. You gain Silica by raiding the locations denoted by two crossed red axes on the world map and opening the large chests within, in the exact same way that you collected Cargo in the main game. The only difference is that instead of monasteries you are raiding Mylna (Mills) which are buildings connected to giant water wheels located on the game’s rivers. There are 10 in total and you’ll need 60 Silica to fully upgrade the Hugr-Rip.

Fragments are more common and are dropped by the various enemies such as the Jotun, Muspels and Giant Ravens located within Svartalfheim. You should gain more than enough for this trophy just by killing the enemies you meet in the story quests and side activities, but if you need more you can always roam around the world map and farm it.

The Muspelheim Embers are located on the Muspelheim Monoliths (see Flying Fortress) located around the map. You’ll need the Power of the Raven to get up to them and will need to visit all nine of them and obtain their Ember by looting it. You’ll obtain one Ember automatically (and unlock the blacksmith who provides the upgrades you use them for) by completing the World Event ‘The Ballad of Kraka and Skavi’ in Svaladal.

By fighting in various challenges, called Tales, you earn a special currency (Tokens of Kára) which you can use to purchase unique armor and weapons from her. To boost the amount you receive, you can activate various ‘Boasts’ before you begin a Tale, which essentially act as negative modifiers such as giving more enemies health and fighting drunk.

To unlock more Boasts, you need to find the Heroic Sagas which are Artifact collectibles. There are 12 in total, and although you only need four for this trophy, you need to collect all 12 anyway for Over the Hills…. For their locations, check the Artifact Locations Guide.

Shelters act as the hubs of each region in Dawn of Ragnarok, similar to Ravensthorpe from the main game. Here you can find blacksmiths, shops, stables etc. There are four in total, the first of which you’ll discover as part of an early main story quest and the other three you’ll have to find as part of the ongoing ‘Seeking Shelter’ quest. The Shelters won’t appear on the map automatically, but you do get a rough location and when you approach the area you will discover orange arrows painted on objects in the world such as carts, barrels and rocks. Eventually they’ll lead to an underground cavern you can dive into and find the Shelter.

You ultimately need to find the second Shelter in Gullnamar and the Shelters in Svaladal and Vangrinn as part of the main quest anyway, since they are where each region’s individual story arcs begin and end.

To remove the curse, you need to fit each of the five armour pieces with a Motsognir Clarity rune. These can be obtained by finding and completing the five ‘Jotun Blight’ Artifacts dotted around Svartlfheim. For their locations, check the Artifact Locations Guide.

Once you equip a rune to an armor piece, it will change from silver to gold and named ‘Blessed’ instead of ‘Cursed’. Do this for all five pieces.

Once done, find two enemies in any location (preferably in a bigger area where you’re unlikely to be seen by others patrolling) and activate the Power of Jotunheim. Teleport-Assassinate one enemy, then quickly do the same to another, then activate the Power of the Raven and fly away out of the detection zone.

You won’t need to reach a Monolith for the main story, but you will for the World Event ‘The Ballad of Kraka and Skavi’ in Svaladal and ultimately all nine of them to get enough Muspelheim Embers to fully upgrade the Hugr-Rip. The best way to find exactly where you are going is to zoom in on the Monolith on the world map and press to set a waymarker on the glowing golden dot which is the Ember. As soon as you set foot on a Monolith, this trophy will pop. You don’t need to collect the Ember.