Introduction

As Kratos and Atreus progress through their Journey and explore the vast realms, new weapon components and armor can be gathered and equipped — improving Stats and providing bonuses and special abilities. Loot chests and coffins, complete objectives, and kill enemies to score new gear.

Kratos’ protection consists of a set of armor (Chest, Wrist, and Waist Armor), a Talisman, and Enchantments. His Leviathan Axe and Blades of Chaos have a selection of special abilities, Skills, and Pommels that can be modified. For added defense, Kratos uses the Guardian Shield, which also provides its own set of Skills.

Atreus wears one piece of armor with its own added bonuses and fires the Talon Bow with another set of Skills and a special Runic Summon ability.

There is a lot to keep track of, but upgrading the father and son with the latest and greatest creates a significantly enhanced combat experience. This chapter lists every item and Skill available to the duo and states how to obtain them all.

Use Stat gains to build Kratos into the fighting machine that best suits your needs. If you prefer to observe enemies’ attacks and learn to evade damage, Defense and Vitality may not be as important to you.

If you tend to take a beating, these Stats are vital. Runic Attacks and Summons have the potential to provide devastating damage against your opponents; build up Runic and Cooldown to greatly improve them. Luck is the rarest Stat, but it can speed up your upgrades by providing extra XP and Hacksilver. The following table lists the six Stats and what each one does for Kratos.

Stats