Assassin’s Creed Valhalla The Forgotten Saga DLC Trophy Guide & Roadmap

First, you need to unlock the Draugr’s Toll Outfit which is automatically earned on your way to completing the third quest, Shifting Loyalties (Brodir Questline). Refer to Freedom Fighter for completing the questlines. Once you have it, equip the Armor at Odin’s Camp and start a new run.

This will make the fight against Hel slightly more challenging as your healing effects are reduced by half. As a trade-off, your damage output increases the lower your health is. You can also upgrade the Draugr’s Toll armor to make it slightly easier, but it would be better to save your currency to upgrade the Dwarven Defender Outfit. You earn the armor upgrade currency after each defeated boss and can spend it in Odin’s Camp before your next run.

As for the fight against Hel herself, it has two phases. In phase one, she will spawn a dog. Kill the dog first. It’s very fast and it can be an annoyance if left alive. Then, focus on Hel until her health bar is halfway down. During the second phase, she will revive the dog. Again, prioritize the dog and then attack Hel while trying to avoid her roots from the sides and ground of the arena. Quick pro tip: if you’re about to die or have lost too much health by the time you’ve reached the second phase, quit out the game to start over. This will prevent you from starting an entirely new run.

1. The Wholesome Warrior (Skjaldmaer Questline): after the first lokkbox, you’ll have to choose if you want to continue left or right. Go right and you’ll eventually reach a rope line leading towards a hidden cave. Take this rope line to reach a cave and interact with the sword in the ground to spawn a Shield Maiden enemy you’ll have to fight. Once you’ve beaten her, abandon your run from the Pause Menu and start over. Repeat the same process another three times to complete this first quest. Completing this quest will earn you the Permanent Favor Summoned Courage which will restore 50% of your health when you die (can only be used once)
2. Dark Dealings (Dani the Dead One Questline): this quest takes place in the second area. Right at the start, talk to the dwarf in the ruins and he’ll ask you to locate a key in order to rescue his brothers from the prison cells found before the boss of this area. To find the key, use Odin’s Sight to find the enemy carrying it. The enemy carrying the key is random, so if you can’t find it immediately, keep scanning all enemies in all the different areas of the map to find it. Once you’ve retrieved the key, free Dani’s brothers and then start a new run. Now reach the second area and talk to Dani again. Talking to Dani again will spawn new enemies for you to fight and when defeated this second quest will be done. Completing this quest will earn you the Permanent Favor Open Lines which will repair the broken rope line that leads to the Hidden Merchant of this area.
3. Shifting Loyalties (Brodir Questline): the third and final quest takes place in the third area (the swamps). Close to the Hidden Merchant (Wolfsbane) for this area is an NPC called Brodir you can talk to. After talking to him, use the lifts behind him to reach an enemy camp. Here you need to defeat the Slave Master Marrow and confirm the kill. If you just kill the Slave Master Marrow and then confirm the kill, the other enemies will instantly die. Now start a new run and talk to Brodir when you reach the swamps again. Now head for the Hidden Merchant for this area and get 3 stones from him. Leave the cave and Brodir will be there to collect the stones. Now start a new run, but this time take the opposite bridge to the one you took on your first visit of the swamps when you first met Brodir and defeat the Left Hand of Nidhogg, a shapeshifting werewolf-looking creature. Completing this quest will earn you the Permanent Favor A Wolf’s Pledge which will spawn a wolf for a quick attack when your health is low.

1. Have plenty of health available. The higher your health bar, the more hits you’ll be able to sustain during this fight. This, of course, strongly depends on what your health stats are at the start of the run and if you’re lucky enough to find Health Upgrades during the run itself.
2. Depending on what you had during your previous run, it might be useful to spend some Memories on specific Favors. Two Favors that might turn out pretty useful are Keepsake and Vivid Memory, respectively allowing you to keep one of the weapons or shields and an Ability you had during your previous run. A highly useful set is the Dagger, which lands hit very fast, and Lightning Fury, which allows you hit the dragon even mid-air and deals a ton of damage when upgraded to Level 3.
3. As for your Armor, the Dwarven Defender is a must for this mainly due to its 20% damage increase against bosses and its health restoring capabilities. Upgrading it to its last level will also make this run pretty much a joke as you’ll be restoring health at all times. The Dwarven Defender Armor can be found halfway through the second area, where the skull walls are.
4. It gets easier the more passive skills you have bought at Odin’s Camp. The skills increase your resistances, your health, your damage output etc. This is a bit grindy but the more skills you have the easier it gets.
5. On your way to Nidhogg, prioritize Health, Weapon, and Ability Upgrades. If you’re lucky, adding a new Adrenaline Shot will surely make a difference. Anything else during your run can be ignored. The goal here is to minimize the risk of losing health. We want to have as much health as possible by the time we reach Nidhogg.
6. When you reach Nidhogg, you’ll notice four different white health bars under its main yellow one. These white bars represent its 4 paws’ health and need to be prioritized in order to attack its neck and make a dent on its main yellow health bar. The first two white bars starting from the left of the screen are its front paws whereas the last two white bars are its back paws. After you’ve incapacitated two or three of its paws, he’ll start flying mid-air, so you’ll have to wait for it to come back down. Once it does, repeat the same for the two remaining paws. Now the white bars will be gone and you’ll be able to attack its body. Specifically, you want to aim at the blue light coming out of its neck. If you attack it here, you’ll deal a ton of damage. Once you’ve taken out half of its health, his paws will be healed again. Now you have to repeat this entire process, destroy the paws and attack its neck again. After this, Nidhogg will lie on the ground and after a few seconds he starts glowing and blue minions run towards him, then he revives once more at half health (this is normal). Complete the procedure a third time by again attacking its paws. During this final phase, blue minions will spawn trying to attack you. These die in one hit, so quickly get rid of those before continuing to hit Nidhogg’s neck. Quick pro tip: if you’re about to die, quit out the game to start over. This will prevent you from starting an entirely new run.

1. Elk Tracker: reveal the locations of all the Elk Shrines on the World Map for your next run. Requires 50 Memories.
2. Silent Assist: the sentry sounding the horn that triggers Helfire in Døkkerland will stay silent this time. Requires 50 Memories.
3. Vivid Memory: recover one of the Abilities you had at the end of the last run. Receive it along with your Starting Gear. The Ability will be automatically be mapped to . Requires 75 Memories.
4. Keepsake: recover one of the weapons or shields you had at the end of the last run. Receive it along with your Starting Gear. Requires 75 Memory.
5. Elk Herd: all regions have an increased number of Elk Shrines. Requires 150 Memories.
6. Inflated Currency: merchants offer a 30% discount for items that require Coins or Gems. Requires 150 Memories.
7. Awesome Advantage: rune rewards you receive will only contain Legendary Runes. Number of uses: 3. Requires 15 Thoughts.
8. Famed Fortune: some weapon chests you open will only contain Legendary Weapons. Number of uses: 3. Requires 15 Thoughts.