God of War Ragnarok features a new type of equipable item that can be used in combat scenarios. This item, referred to as a Relic, can be selected to enable you to perform a variety of effects in combat, and like Runic Attacks, will share lengthy cooldowns. This guide lists the locations of all Relics, including certain special ones known as Hilts - some of which can be crafted by finding certain blacksmith recipes.

Relics can be found across the Nine Realms through different means - some will be found as you progress the story, while others are found from Legendary Chests or completing Side Quest Favors.

Others still can be crafted at the Dwarven Shop as you find the Four Lost Pages that contain blueprints for Relic Hilts. If you're chasing the Lost Pages locations for the Phalanx Trophy, click the links below to jump to...

• Lost Page #1 - Hilt of Angrvadall
• Lost Page #2 - Hilt of Ridill
• Lost Page #3 - Hilt of Dainsleif
• Lost Page #4 - Hilt of Tyrfing

All Relic, Sword Hilts, and Lost Pages Locations

See the locations below for information on where to find each Relic, which are displayed in the order in which you can find them. If you're looking for more, click the links below to jump to a detailed description of each of their locations.

Talisman of Meign

The first relic you can pick up is found as part of the story and literally cannot be missed. During Chapter 2 - The Quest for Tyr, you'll search The Applecore mine for Tyr and solve a water trough puzzle to power a lift up to a room. Inside you'll find a crack in the wall where a dead dwarf has been trapped, and by freeing up the crack in the wall you will get the Talisman of Meign.

Hilt of Gram

The next Relic can be found while on the main story path in Chapter 4 - Groa's Secret. After entering the Temple of Light, you'll need to solve Light Door puzzles to progress. After entering the large intial room with the white light of Alfheim in the middle, you'll progress further to turn a wheel below the main path and solve another puzzle. to open the door.

After solving the light door puzzle, look for the circular door nearby that lets you cross under the walkway to an entirely new puzzle: a chain on the left that controls an elevator with the Legendary Chest with a breakable target, and a Twilight Stone that turns as it’s moved.

The trick is that the Twilight Stone is not at the right angle when it’s level with the elevator’s target.

To get around this, move the Twilight Stone as high as it can go: when you throw your Axe at it, it’ll bounce behind the elevator shaft and get stuck in some white stone. Next, raise the elevator as high as it can go so that the target is level with the white stone: recall the Axe, and it’ll break the target!

Hilt of Angrvadall

One of four Relic Hilts tied to the Crafting Labor known as The Lost Pages, this relic is found as a Lore Blueprint instead of being able to find the relic itself. After completing Chapter 4 - Groa's Secret, you can then explore the large area to the north known as The Barrens, and here you will find an the Elf ruin in the North of the Barrens, and just East of the large Elf gate. The building will be occupied by two Dark Elves and a Dark Elf Lord.

Once they’re defeated, check outside the South-West area of the building: the Lore Scroll will be there, next to a Legendary Chest. You'll now be able to craft this Relic when speaking to the Dwarven brothers at the shop, but will need a unique resource to make it: Skirnir's Gambanteinn.

This item can only be found by undertaking a series of sidequests later in The Forbidden Sands to the east, which you can attempt after Chapter 9 when you can unlock Rune Slates. You'll need to quell this new sandstorm by undertaking the quest, Song of the Sands, which will in turn unlock another favor in the east, Freyr's Gift. Completing this side quest will reveal objects to loot in the different small blue circles of sands in this area, including two halves of a key needed to unlock one last side quest, The Desert Door. Defeat the terrible foe lurking behind the door to gain the item you seek.

Glaive of Dodher

Another relic you'll gain as part of the story won't be found until Chapter 6 - The Reckoning. As your quest takes you through the realm of Vanaheim, you'll reach the Abandoned Village far in the north but must contend with a powerful Aesir Einherjar commander and mini-boss. Located just past the dried-up river with a Nornir Chest, defeating this boss will net you the relic known as the Glaive of Dodher.

Hilt of Ridill

The second of four Relic Hilts tied to the Crafting Labor known as The Lost Pages, this relic is found as a Lore Blueprint instead of being able to find the relic itself.

The scroll can be found inside The Lost Treasury in Midgard, but you'll have to undertake a lengthy sidequest and puzzle just to get inside. This will require finding two halves of a key - one at The Oarsmen to the north, and one at The Derelict Outpost off to the southwest.

With both pieces in hand, return to the large wreckage of the shield and yank it to the right to climb up to the rooftop and open a gate while knocking down a pillar. Return below to yank it to the left and pull out the pillar to stop it from rolling all the way back.

Once the shield is centered, pull the wheel and freeze both gears using Sigil arrows to open the gate to the locked door.

Once you've done this, climb up the Southern wall when in the final room to get to the roof, then turn around. You'll see that you can jump down and breach a point in the floor.

Once you've broken through, the Scroll will be directly in front of you! To craft this Relic Hilt, you'll need the Crackle of Bilskinir, a unique resource. This item can be gained by defeating a Raider Chieftain, Olaf Nautson, as part of the Animal Instincts Side Quest favor in Midgard at the Raider Keeps.

Hilt of Dainsleif

Another of the Lost Pages, this scroll blueprint can be found in the Light Elf ruins in the North-East corner of The Forbidden Sands, where The Elven Sanctum Favor takes place. You'll need to clear out the sandstorm to reach it, first.

It’ll be in the main library room, on a table in the back of the room to the left of the dead tree. It’ll be hiding behind a pile of scrolls.

The Lost Page unlocks the Hilt of Dainsleif at Brok and Sindri’s workshops. This has Kratos slam the ground with an explosion of poison, leaving a hazard behind not unlike those made by Cursed Grims. To craft it, you'll need the Svefnthorn unique resource to make it. This item can be gained by defeating a mini-boss enemy in the Alberich Hollow in Svartalfheim, located above Dragon Beach.

Mystical Heirloom

A curious relic with no combat purposes, this relic is hiding in Midgard in an obscure location.

Once you have completed Chapter 10 - Forging Destiny, and have unlocked a new item to open up pathways, return to Midgard's Lake of Nine, and travel south of Tyr's Temple along a large icy wall above the path to The Lost Treasury. Look for a yellow wind vent in an ice block and destroy it with your new tool to unlock a small area with a dead dwarf holding the relic and a scroll.

Unlike other relics, this one is actually used to awaken secret slumbering mini-bosses that you can find in different realms, and use the resources gained from defeating them to craft a new set of armor!

Hilt of Hofud

The Hilt of Hofud is a story-related relic, and will be gained after you defeat Heimdall in the Vanaheim Abandoned Village during Chapter 13 - Creatures of Prophecy.

Hilt of Hrotti

This relic can only be found after Chapter 13, when you take on the Side Quest favor, Scent of Survival, and unlock the Crater region of Vanaheim.

While in the Crater, you can come across several angry Traveler Champion mini-bosses: One to the east above the path to the Sinkhole, another to the southwest along a path that opens at night, and a third along the path to the Overgrown Tower off on the northwest side.

Defeating the second of these Travelers (in whatever order you choose) will gain you the Hilt Relic to use.

Hilt of Tyrfing

The last of the four Lost Pages crafting labors, this final blueprint scroll can only be found after Chapter 13, when you take on the Side Quest favor, Scent of Survival, and unlock the Crater region of Vanaheim.

While in the Crater, travel east to zipline down into The Sinkholes, and make your way through the areas south to where a dragon flies by, through a gate you need to open to the west, and double back through caves to fight a giant Drake. Past the drake, climb up the tunnels to the north to find the secret Wishing Well area and a shortcut back to the Crater's starting Mystic Gateway.

The path to the shortcut is where you'll find the recipe. Look for the highest broken doorway with a path you can climb through to find a tunnel to the exit, and the scroll will be on the ground to the left.

In order to craft the hilt, you'll need Nar's Cup. Luckily, you may have gained it much earlier as it was along the story path to reach Nidhogg in Chapter 6 - The Reckoning. Just to the right of the door leading to where the Nidhogg battle was in The Northern Wilds you'll find a mini-boss Blatonn, who drops Nar's Cup.

Huldra Project 9

One of a few Relics that can only be purchased after completing the main story, simply return to the Dwarven Shop during Post Game exploration. You'll be able to purchase a modified version of the contraption Brok and Sindri used to create the Mystic Gateway realm travel to use Mimir as a bi-frost attack!

Motosignir's Call

The legendary tuning fork used by Sindri can also be found as a relic during Post Game exploration, in a very unexpected place.

You'll need to travel to Niflheim and look for a new path to the left of the Raven Tree, leading to the Aesir Prison Wreckage. Here, among other things, you can spot a Legendary Chest near the top of the ruined prison, but will require you to move the first bar in the middle of the prison up to the top, and the opposite bar down below it to climb back up and leap up to the top platform of the prison.

Just next to the legendary chest is the special relic - but it's easy to miss!

Hilt of Forsbrandr

A sword forged to bring justice, this defensive relic can only be gained after finding and freeing the souls of all 48 of Odin's Ravens.

Once you have completed this task, you'll be ambushed by the Raven Keeper, who will fight you in the nearby training arena in Niflheim. You'll need to defeat her, and the many enemies she summons - including an icy dragon - and the relic will be yours after defeating them all.

Hilt of Skofnung

This legendary relic is first gained as a key item during the main story in The Word of Fate, and unlocks the ability to summon and fight various Berserkers at each of the Berserker Gravestones throughout the nine realms.

In order to claim its true power, you must find and defeat all 12 Berserkers, and return to the King's Grave to challenge King Hrolf Kraki himself. You can unlock the relic's true power and add it to your active inventory by defeating this ultimate boss battle.