The Desert Door is a Favor (Side Quest) for Kratos in God of War Ragnarok. This walkthrough will guide you through all objectives of The Desert Door Side Quest. For an overview of all quests in the game see God of War Ragnarok All Favors.
Requirement: Complete Favor: Freyr’s Gift
Reward: 1000 Kratos XP, 250 Freya XP, Amulet Enchantment, Skirnir’s Gambanteinn
Objectives:
- Collect Keys from the Desert
- Open Desert Door
- Kill Gravel Belly
Starting Location: The Desert Door
The Desert Door is automatically started after collecting the first of two keys in The Forbidden Sands in Alfheim, which can be accessed after completing Favor: Freyr’s Gift.
Collect Keys from the Desert
Search the crystal outcrops around the desert for the key parts.
Open Desert Door
Head north to the Desert Door, and be prepared for a boss fight when you open it.
Kill Gravel Belly
Gravel Belly is a drake and is not to be taken lightly. Gravel Belly will deal a lot of damage with its attacks, but a lot of the attacks have a lot of build up. It will do regular swipes, unblockable bites and block break tail whips, all of which can be rather easily dodged due to the build up time (however the tail swipe has an especially long build up, so don’t dodge too early or you’ll get hit).
It will also do a charge attack, which can be blocked, and if parried will knock the drake over and allow you to get in some serious damage. The most dangerous attack it will do however is an unblockable slam attack, which will launch debris out in front of it, so you will need to dodge to the side to avoid this. Just before the charge attack and slam attack, Freya will call out to warn you of the attack, so listen out for these to prepare to either parry the charge or dodge the slam. When at range it will also launch barbs from it tail, which can be dodged pretty easily.
Once it reaches half health, it will start doubling up certain attacks, namely the swipes which will lead into a block break swipe, and more notably the ground slam attack will happen twice (even three times once it gets down to the final health bar). As the most dangerous attacks happen when right in front of the drake, it is best to try stick to the side and attack the legs, making it easier to dodge these attacks. It’s quite manageable to get a lot of hits in without taking any damage, which makes Permafrost/Immolation and their upgrades very powerful against Gravel Belly, as these will let you deal more damage if you can get successive hits in without damage.
Take your time with this fight, as being overly aggressive can make it easy to miss a dodge or block, and a mistake can very quickly result in death. There are no health or rage crystals in this battle, so utilise your Spartan Valour for healing.
Once Gravel Belly is dead, collect your spoils.
This finishes The Desert Door Side Quest in God of War Ragnarok.
For all other quests refer to God of War Ragnarok Walkthrough.
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