_____ _ __ __ __ / ____| | | / _| \ \ / / | | __ ___ __| | ___ | |_ \ \ /\ / /_ _ _ __ .---. | | |_ |/ _ \ / _` | / _ \| _| \ \/ \/ / _` | '__| / . \ | |__| | (_) | (_| | | (_) | | \ /\ / (_| | | |\_/| | \_____|\___/ \__,_| \___/|_| \/ \/ \__,_|_| | | /| .-------------------------------------------------------------------------' | / .-. | | / \ Title : GOD OF WAR - CHEST GUIDE | | |\_. | Purpose : Assist players in finding every Chest in the game. | |\| | /| Platform : PlayStation 2 | | `---' | Author : Chris A. (keltin_2002) | | | Email : keltin_2002@yahoo.com | | | | | | Version : 1.8 / | |-------------------------------------------------------------------' \ | \ / `---' o // | }---------------------------------------------------\ 0#############| > SPOILER ALERT : There Are Spoilers In This Guide ) | }---------------------------------------------------/ \\ o .-------------------------------------------------------------------------. / .-. .-. \ | / \ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / \ | | |\_. | TABLE OF CONTENTS | /| | |\| | /| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |\ | |/| | `---' | | `---' | | |-------------------------------------------------------------| | \ | | / \ / \ / `---' `---' 1. History 2. Introduction - The View - The Types - Chest Totals - Eyes, Feathers, and Keys - The Nyads 3. Finding the Chests - Aegean Sea - The Gates of Athens - The Road to Athens > The Houses - Athens Town Square - Rooftops of Athens - Temple of the Oracle - Sewers of Athens - Desert of Lost Souls - Pandora's Temple - The Rings of Pandora - The Challenge of Atlas - The Challenge of Poseidon - Muse Key Room - Challenge of Hades > The Boulder Trap - The Cliffs of Madness > Path to Aphrodite's Necklace > Path to Hera's Necklace - The Architect's Tomb - The Path of Hades - Temple of the Oracle Destroyed 4. Credits & Copyrights .-------------------------------------------------------------------------. / .-. .-. \ | / \ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / \ | | |\_. | HISTORY | /| | |\| | /| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |\ | |/| | `---' | | `---' | | |-------------------------------------------------------------| | \ | | / \ / \ / `---' `---' Version 1.8 - 6/22/05 :Added a new section to the Introduction titled "The Nyads" which gives :detailed information about the Nyads, what they do, and how to interact :with them. Also created a separate section just for the Gorgon Eyes, :Phoenix Feathers, and the Muse Keys. Version 1.7 - 6/20/05 :Added a few notes of clarification to the Muse Key explanation, the :Magic chest next to where you get Zeus's Fury, and to the Hidden Chests :at the end of The Rooftops of Athens (Item 22 of that Chapter). :Thanks to Ryan Copaciu (metalgear781@yahoo.com) and :David Floyd (DFloyd@mileskimball.com) for confirming that these items :could use some clarification. Version 1.6 - 6/19/05 :Added an opening note to the Athens Town Square section concerning three :hidden chest in this courtyard that can't be reached until the end of the :Rooftops of Athens chapter. :Thanks to Nikki White (sally_skellington3@yahoo.com) for confirming that :this needed clarification. Version 1.5 - 6/16/05 :Added contributed material concerning a hidden chest in the 9th House on :the Right which is found during the Road to Athens, so a big thanks to :David Floyd (DFloyd@mileskimball.com) for finding this chest and letting me :know that I missed it. Version 1.4 - 6/15/05 :Fixed a minor typo and added a strategy tip to the Conveyor Belt trap :located prior to reaching Pandora's Temple. Tip: Break the spiked wheel :to stop the conveyor belt. Version 1.3 - 6/14/05 :Added contributed material concerning the Rooftops of Athens, so :a big thanks to CrystalBlaze@netscape.net for letting me know that I :missed 2 chest that are hidden in this chapter. :Fixed a few minor typos and updated the Credits & Copyright section. :Major aesthetic reformatting. Version 1.2 - 6/8/05 :Added some notes concerning the Cliffs of Madness chapter and how your :decisions here will change your path and the location of a chest. Version 1.1 - 6/7/05 :Corrected a few minor typos and formatting issues. :Added Total Chest Tally as well as Total Chest count for each area. Version 1.0 - 6/3/05 :Started the initial writing of this guide, and finally finished :it on 6/6/05. .-------------------------------------------------------------------------. / .-. .-. \ | / \ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / \ | | |\_. | INTRODUCTION | /| | |\| | /| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |\ | |/| | `---' | | `---' | | |-------------------------------------------------------------| | \ | | / \ / \ / `---' `---' This guide will list every single location of every single chest in the PS2 game God of War. This is basically a complete walkthrough of the game with respect to the chests. As such, it will describe every area of the game as the game progresses which is technically a spoiler for those of you that haven't finished the game yet. I'll try to keep it to a minimum, so whether this is your first time through or a repeat attempt, use this guide to grab every chest the game has to offer. /- 0####|=================> The View \- In this guide, I'll refer to chest locations in one of the three following ways: -- Plain View : These are chest that are in your face and can't be missed. -- Obstructed View : These are chests that are in places such that the camera angle doesn't divulge their location unless you step into the right spot. Since the camera angle is fixed, it is possible to continue forward in the game so that the camera angle never turns to show you the chest you just walked past. -- Hidden : These are chest that are hidden. You have to do something special to find these such as break a wall, open a door, do a special jump, etc. /- 0####|=================> The Types \- There are 5 types of chests in the game. Each chest is opened by standing in front of it and Holding down the R2 shoulder button. -- Green : These offer Health Orbs needed to replenish your Health Bar. -- Blue : These offer Magic Orbs needed to replenish your Magic Bar. -- Red : These offer Red Orbs (Experience) needed for upgrading your weapons and magic. -- Combo : These Combo Chests continually change between Green & Blue. Depending on what you want/need from the chest, wait for the desired color to be displayed and then grab the chest with R2. This locks the chest to that color until you either open it or let go. -- Unlit : These chests contain either Gorgon Eyes, Phoenix Feathers, Muse Keys, or Red Orbs. In several locations, there are multiple chests, so the listing for such a case will be in the form of the following: "Plain View : (3) Combo & Magic & Red Orbs" This means that in that particular location there are three chests available out in the open in plain sight. One of the chests will be a Combo (Health/Magic) Chest, one will be a Magic (Blue Orbs) Chest, and the final will be a Chest containing Red Orbs. Note: If you max out everything you have (Blades of Chaos, Blade of Artemis, all Magic Spells), then the game stops giving you Red Orb chests and replaces them all with Blue chests. /- 0####|=================> Eyes, Feathers, and Keys \- -- Gorgon Eyes There is a total of 18 Gorgon Eyes to be found. Every time you collect 6 of them, you get an upgrade to your Health Bar. With a total of 18 available, you can get a total of 3 Health upgrades via the Gorgon Eyes. There are MORE than 18 chances to get the Gorgon Eyes. If you miss one, a later chest will hold a Gorgon Eye. This guide lists the earliest possible locations of all the Gorgon Eyes. By getting them early, the later chests will hold Red Orbs instead of a missed Gorgon Eye. This guide shows you how to get all 18 Gorgon Eyes during the Temple of the Oracle Chapter. -- Phoenix Feathers There is a total of 18 Phoenix Feathers to be found. Every time you collect 6 of them, you get an upgrade to your Magic Bar. With a total of 18 available, you can get a total of 3 Magic upgrades via the Phoenix Feathers. There are MORE than 18 chances to get the Phoenix Feathers. If you miss one, a later chest will hold a Phoenix Feather. This guide lists the earliest possible locations of all the Phoenix Feathers. By getting them early, the later chests will hold Red Orbs instead of a missed Phoenix Feather. This guide shows you how to get all 18 Phoenix Feathers during the Challenge of Poseidon. -- Muse Keys There are only two Muse Keys to be found in the game. However, there are MORE than two chances to find them. If you find them both early, then the later chests will hold red orbs instead of a missed Muse Key. Once you have both keys, use them to open the special room in the Rings of Pandora. !!!---- WARNING ----!!! IMPORTANT: The Muse Keys MUST be used BEFORE you ascend the tower and reach the Cliffs of Madness. Once you leave Pandora's Temple and reach the Cliffs of Madness, you can NEVER go back to the Temple of Pandora. That is why you hear a voice warning you about this as you attempt to ascend the tower to the Cliffs of Madness. If you follow this guide, you will have both Muse Keys by the time you finish the Challenge of Poseidon and as such, this guide instructs you to go to the Muse Key door after you have finished the Challenge of Poseidon. /- 0####|=================> Chest Totals \- In the game, the total number of chests that can be found are as follows: Health ---------- 46 Magic ----------- 26 Combo ----------- 70 Red Orbs -------- 148 Gorgon Eye ------ 18 Phoenix Feather - 17 ~~ There ARE 18 Feathers, but 1 comes from the Nyads! Muse Key -------- 2 Total Chests ---- 327 Interesting Tip: As you progress through the game, there are MANY things that you can break and smash such as barrels, statues, vases, cracked walls, etc. Breaking these things typically gives you a few red orbs. As you're going through the game and you're wondering whether or not an item is breakable, simply try to grab it (hit the O Button). If you see the "blocked grab" animation (Kratos gets knocked backward) then the item IS BREAKABLE. Otherwise, Kratos simply grabs air with no animation which means you can't break that item. There are a few exceptions to this such as the occasional door, the final statues at the end of the game, under-water breakables, and perhaps a few others. But as a general rule, this stands true. /- 0####|=================> The Nyads \- During the Challenge of Poseidon, you will encounter the Nyads which are Poseidon's daughters. When you meet one, you interact with her by hitting the O Button (the grab button) to kiss her. There are FOUR Nyads to be found. The Nyads are there to give you Gorgon Eyes and Phoenix Feathers IF, and only IF, you do not have all 18 of either item by the time you meet them. As said earlier in this guide, there are a total of 18 Gorgon Eyes and 18 Phoenix Feathers to be found in the game. However, there are more than 18 chances to find them. If you miss a chest early in the game that holds either a Gorgon Eye or a Phoenix Feather, a later chest will contain that missed item. However, if you did find the Gorgon Eyes and Phoenix Feathers early in the game, then the later chests will give you red orbs. The same is true for the Nyads. If you encounter the Nyads and do not have all 18 Gorgon Eyes or all 18 Phoenix Feathers, then the Nyads, depending on which one you kiss, will give you one of these missing items. Each Nyad has a set and specific gift that she will give you (assuming you haven't already found all of the items that she is assigned to) if you kiss her, and the gifts are as follows: Nyad #1 - Gorgon Eye Nyad #2 - Phoenix Feather Nyad #3 - Gorgon Eye Nyad #4 - Phoenix Feather Their locations are as follows: Nyad #1 - Plain view when you start the Challenge of Poseidon. Nyad #2 - Behind the cracked carving of the Nyads. Nyad #3 - Behind a cracked wall to the left of the save point. Nyad #4 - Same area as Nyad #3 but can be found behind a cracked wall to the right of the Statue of Poseidon. See the section for The Challenge of Poseidon below for more detail on the Nyad locations. If you reach the Nyads and have all of the Gorgon Eyes, then Nyads #1 & #3 will not give you anything. If you reach the Nyads and have all of the Phoenix Feathers, then Nyads #2 and #4 will not give you anything. Currently, this Guide shows you how to get all of the Gorgon Eyes and 17 of the 18 Phoenix Feathers BEFORE you reach the Nyads. This means that ONLY Nyad #2 will give you anything which is a Phoenix Feather. That is, if you follow this guide, you will already have all 18 of the Gorgon Eyes, so Nyads #1 & #3 which are assigned to give you Gorgon Eyes will have nothing to give you. Also, if you follow this guide, you will have 17 of the 18 feathers so when you meet Nyad #2 which is assigned to give you a feather, she WILL grant you the 18th feather when you kiss her. Once you get that 18th feather, you will have them all meaning that Nyad #4 will have nothing to give you since she was assigned to give you a feather. .-------------------------------------------------------------------------. / .-. .-. \ | / \ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / \ | | |\_. | FINDING THE CHESTS | /| | |\| | /| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |\ | |/| | `---' | | `---' | | |-------------------------------------------------------------| | \ | | / \ / \ / `---' `---' \------------------------------------------------/ O| [ Aegean Sea ] |O /------------------------------------------------\ ( Area Totals = 14 Chests ) ( ) ( Health ---------- 5 ) ( Magic ----------- 1 ) ( Combo ----------- 0 ) ( Red Orbs -------- 6 ) ( Gorgon Eye ------ 2 = (2/18) ) ( Phoenix Feather - 0 ) (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~) 1. Plain View : Health On the first ship after your first fight, drop down the hatch hole and this is found just before the battle with the first Mini-Hydra Battle. 2. Plain View : Red Orbs Found in the middle of your path as you progress after defeating the first Mini-Hydra 3. Hidden : (2) Red Orbs & Red Orbs After the fight with the Second Mini-Hydra, but BEFORE you jump down the hole that the Hydra created, there are two doors at the far end of the ship past the hole the Hydra made. Use R2 to open them and get the chests. 4. Obstructed : Red Orbs After the second Mini-Hydra fight, you must balance across beams to the next ship. As you progress along the beam, there will be a beam that forks to the right. Follow it to get the chest. 5. Plain View : Health On the second ship, after the above, it's next to the Save Point. 6. Plain View : Health After the above, it's in a niche on the second floor at the far end of the ship where the archers are/were (the crate kicking area). 7. Obstructed : Red Orbs After the above, once you climb all the way to the top of the main mast, you will be on a small platform with a rope that you can grab and slide down on which will take you to the next ship. BEFORE you grab the rope, walk to the left of the platform and balance walk out across the beam to reach the chest. 8. Hidden : (2) Red Orbs & Gorgon Eye (1/18) After the above, you slide down the rope to the next ship. There are three cracked walls here. The one in the center is your path forward. The ones on the right and left have the chests. 9. Plain View : (2) Health & Magic Right after acquiring Poseidon's Rage. They are next to the climbable net that leads to the Hydra Boss fight. 10. Plain View : (2) Health & Gorgon Eye (2/18) After the Hydra Boss fight, they are on the platform that you jump to in order grab the rope and leave the ship. \------------------------------------------------/ O| [ The Gates of Athens ] |O /------------------------------------------------\ ( Area Totals = 27 Chests ) ( ) ( Health ---------- 9 ) ( Magic ----------- 3 ) ( Combo ----------- 2 ) ( Red Orbs -------- 9 ) ( Gorgon Eye ------ 2 = (4/18) ) ( Phoenix Feather - 2 = (2/18) ) (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~) 1. Plain View : (2) Health & Magic Before you leave the ship after "interacting" with the women, these chests are located at the foot of the ladder which is your exit. 2. Hidden : (2) Health & Phoenix Feather (1/18) After exiting the ship, follow the path to the platform which you raise by by pulling the switch. Just to the right of that platform/switch is a hole in the wall. Jump through the hole and land in the water. Jump up on the landing just north of you and follow the hallway for these chests. 3. Plain View : Health After the above, ride the platform to the top and there is a green chest in your path just before meeting the Minotaurs. 4. Plain View : Magic After the above, you defeat the Minotaurs and this chest is in your path as you make your way to the next platform. 5. Obstructed : Health After the above, ride the platform up to the area where you fight the three Cyclops. As soon as you get off the platform, go hard right to find a ladder that leads to a lower area. The chest is down there. 6. Plain View : Combo Same area as above. In the yard where you fight the Cyclops, across the yard in front of your exit door is a chest. 7. Obstructed : Red Orbs Same area as above. In the yard where you fight the Cyclops, across the yard to the RIGHT of your exit door is a small alleyway that leads to the chest. 8. Obstructed View : (2) Magic & Gorgon Eye (3/18) After the above, get to the room with the tall square columns. This is the room just before you fight Medusa. Break the wooden boxes on two of the columns to lower them. BEFORE you go forward to the ladder, jump to the taller column to your right and the camera angle will change to show you the ledge with the two chests. 9. Plain View : Red Orbs After the above, continue and this chest is in your path on the ledge with the ladder. 10. Obstructed View : Red Orbs In the same room as above, after you've jumped to the column with the climbable netting, instead of jumping to the exit, jump slightly to your left to another column. The camera angle will change to reveal yet another column you can reach that holds this chest. 11. Plain View : Combo After the above, in the room where you fight Medusa, this chest is waiting. 12. Hidden : Red Orbs After defeating Medusa, follow the path to a tall ladder that leads to the bow and arrow machine. At the top of the ladder, but BEFORE you actually climb off the ladder and onto the landing, pull back and do a double jump away from the ladder. You will land on a ledge with this chest. 13. Obstructed View : Red Orbs From the above listed ledge, you'll see a niche/alcove in the wall to your left. Double jump from the ledge to the alcove to get the chest. 14. Hidden : (2) Red Orbs & Red Orbs After the above, approach the Bow and Arrow machine BEFORE you have turned it by pulling he switch. Fire the arrow from it's starting location and the arrow will break the wall of a building across the courtyard revealing two chests. You can't get them right now, but they will be obtainable later in your path. See Back-Track Section Below. 15. Hidden : Phoenix Feather (2/18) In the same above room, pull the switch TWICE to turn the bow and arrow machine so that it is facing left. Fire at the wall and the wall will break open to reveal this chest. 16. Plain View : Health Same room as above next to the save point. 17. Plain View : Gorgon Eye (4/18) After the above, use the bow and arrow to break the door and go forward. Go LEFT and take the ladder down. There is a chest here next to a gate. IMPORTANT : Open the gate now, and THEN backtrack to the ladder and go back up top (where the bow and arrow machine is). BACK-TRACK : Chests From Original Bow And Arrow Machine Puzzle (Item 14) After the above, take the ladder on the right hand side of the hallway and work your way up to the climbable wall. As soon as you start climbing the the wall, go LEFT to reach the small ledge. From this ledge, jump down to the building below you with the red/pink roof. Once on the roof, the camera angle will change to show you the exposed chests. Double jump over to them to obtain them. Once done, drop down and go through the gate that you opened in the above chest discovery. 18. Plain View : Health After the above, you come to a spot where you need to push over the statue. The chest is in your path after knocking over the statue. 19. Obstructed : Health After the above, climb up the ladder on the opposite building to fight the Gorgons. The chest is to the left in a small area on this level next to the wall. Just walk left once you get off the ladder to see it. 20. Plain View : Health After the above, cross the rope and drop down. The chest is here. 21. Obstructed : (2) Health & Red Orbs After the above, use the Bow and Arrow machine to break the second door. Also use the Bow and Arrow machine to kill the four Minotaurs. Once done, walk forward to a ladder that leads down. Get on the ladder and climb UP instead of down. At the top of the ladder, you'll find two chests. 22. Hidden : Red Orbs From the above location, BEFORE going back down the ladder to continue, stand at the edge facing the ladder. Double jump straight out and away from the ledge you are standing and you will land on yet another hidden ledge. This jump is made easier if you get back onto the ladder (make sure to stay at the top of the ladder) then pull back and do a double jump out and away from the ladder to hit the hidden ledge. \------------------------------------------------/ O| [ The Road to Athens ] |O /------------------------------------------------\ ( Area Totals = 19 Chests ) ( ) ( Health ---------- 1 ) ( Magic ----------- 1 ) ( Combo ----------- 0 ) ( Red Orbs -------- 13 ) ( Gorgon Eye ------ 2 = (6/18) : 1st Upgrade ) ( Phoenix Feather - 2 = (4/18) ) (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~) 1. Plain View : Magic In the Minotaur Puzzle Room where you stone the Minotaur on the switch you will find this chest. This chest is re-usable until you have defeated the puzzle (gotten out of the room). Once you leave this room, you CAN come back and get this chest as it will have re-spawned if you used it prior to solving this puzzle. See below for details on how to get this chest. 2. Plain View : Health Right outside the Minotaur Puzzle Room just outside the gate is where this chest is. BACK-TRACK : Chest from Minotaur Puzzle Room (Item 1) After above, there will be some rubble to your right, jump up onto it then jump over to the other side. You'll be in front of the gate that leads to the Minotaurs Puzzle Room. Open the gate to enter the Minotaurs Puzzle Room and claim the chest. 3. Next, you travel the road toward the Athens Town Square. There are Houses on either side of the road. All of them can be entered, and most of them contain Chests. To enter the 1st floor, hit the door with your Blades of Chaos to break the door open. To enter the 2nd floor, jump up next to the building to do a ledge hang and then pull yourself up. There are 13 Chests to be found in these houses. For the following, if a house lists "---" that means there's Nothing in that particular House. Contributed Material: -- Tip for the 9th house on the right -- A big thanks to David Floyd (DFloyd@mileskimball.com) for finding a chest I missed in these houses! For the 9th house on the right, there is a 2nd chest on the 2nd floor of this house. HOWEVER, it is a bit tricky to obtain. As you approach this house, you will notice a crate against the southern wall of the house. This crate IS breakable, but do NOT break it! Instead, jump up onto this crate and then double jump up to the ledge of the 2nd floor of this house. Pull yourself up and smash the door to find this chest. If you break the crate, it will NOT re-spawn and you will NOT be able to get this hidden chest, so you WILL want to keep all of your enemy battles far and away from this area to avoid inadvertently breaking the crate. The Minotaurs especially WILL break this crate as they are trying to hit you. So, back up and have them follow you and take them out around the corner far and away from this crate. If this crate is smashed, you'll have to restart or just forget about getting it. ++++ Houses On The Right Side ++++ House 1 : --- House 2 : Red Orbs on 2nd Floor House 3 : --- House 4 : Gorgon Eye (5/18) on 2nd Floor House 5 : Red Orbs on 2nd Floor House 6 : Red Orbs on 1st Floor House 7 : --- House 8 : --- House 9 : Red Orbs on 1st Floor, Red Orbs on 2nd Floor -- Thanks to David Floyd (DFloyd@mileskimball.com) for finding -- the chest on the 2nd floor of House 9! ++++ Houses On The Left Side ++++ House 1 : --- House 2 : Red Orbs on 1st Floor House 3 : Red Orbs on 2nd Floor House 4 : Phoenix Feather (3/18) on 1st Floor House 5 : --- House 6 : --- House 7 : --- House 8 : --- House 9 : Gorgon Eye (6/18) & Phoenix Feather (4/18) (Double Room w/2 doors) - This Gorgon Eye will give you your 1st Health Bar upgrade - House 10 : --- House 11 : --- House 12 : Red Orbs & Red Orbs (Double Room w/2 doors) House 13 : --- 4. Obstructed: Red Orbs After the above house searching, get to the two ropes that you must swing on in order to cross the chasm. On the second rope, climb all the way UP to the top to see the chest. Face it and swing toward it to jump to the ledge and get it. After the above, you reach the stairs that lead up to the Courtyard where you fight the 3 Cyclops. Before entering the courtyard and triggering the fight, check the Left and Right side of the stairs for these chests. 5. Hidden : Red Orbs From the bottom of the stairs, take your 1st Left to find a breakable door that hides this chest. 6. Hidden : Red Orbs From the bottom of the stairs, take your 2nd Left to find this chest on a small balcony. 7. Hidden : Red Orbs From the bottom of the stairs, take your 2nd Right to find a breakable door that hides this chest. \------------------------------------------------/ O| [ Athens Town Square ] |O /------------------------------------------------\ ( Area Totals = 10 Chests ) ( ) ( Health ---------- 1 ) ( Magic ----------- 0 ) ( Combo ----------- 3 ) ( Red Orbs -------- 3 ) ( Gorgon Eye ------ 2 = (8/18) ) ( Phoenix Feather - 1 = (5/18) ) (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~) *NOTE : After the Cyclops fight, you may/will notice there is a ledge above and to the left of door that you take in order to follow the woman with the key (the door that leads to the room with the polished floors and cracked wall carvings). On this ledge are three chests that you can NOT reach at this point. You can only reach these chests at the end of the Rooftops of Athens Chapter - see Item 22 in the Rooftops of Athens section. So, go forward for now, and you will be able to get these chests later. 1. Hidden : Red Orbs After fight with Cyclops, in the courtyard on left hand side is a small alley that leads to a breakable door that hides this chest. 2. Hidden : Red Orbs Just North of the above chest is another breakable door that hides this chest. 3. Hidden : Gorgon Eye (7/18) Continue from above to reach a room with polished floors and carvings on the wall. Straight ahead is a cracked carving. Break it open to get this chest. 4. Hidden : Combo To the right of the above on the far wall is another cracked wall carving. Break it open to get this chest. 5. Plain View : Health Continue from above to the top of the stairs and this chest will be in your path. 6. Hidden : Red Orbs To the right of the above is a breakable wooden door. Break the door and enter the room. On the left is a cracked wall carving. Break the carving to reveal this chest. 7. Plain View : Combo In the same room as above, on the far end wall, there is an opening which leads to a small balcony. This chest is on the balcony. 8. Hidden : Gorgon Eye (8/18) From the above, continue to the break in the path where you must jump across to the next balcony to continue chasing the woman that has the key to the trapdoor. However, INSTEAD of jumping straight across to the landing spot on the other side, pull LEFT as you jump (do a double jump for this) and Kratos will hit and grab the ledge. Ledge walk (hand-over-hand) to the left and around the ledge till your back is toward the opposite building. Double jump back and away from the ledge to reach the ledge of the opposite building. Break the door there to get this chest. 9. Obstructed : Combo After the above, drop down to the ground below to find this chest next to the gate at the far end of this area (opposite side of the ladder). 10. Obstructed : Phoenix Feather (5/18) After the above, continue onward, watch the woman commit suicide, and find the save spot to your right. Walk toward the save spot and then jump over the balcony to fall to a slightly lower balcony for this chest. \------------------------------------------------/ O| [ Rooftops of Athens ] |O /------------------------------------------------\ ( Area Totals = 35 Chests ) ( ) ( Health ---------- 4 ) ( Magic ----------- 4 ) ( Combo ----------- 6 ) ( Red Orbs -------- 11 ) ( Gorgon Eye ------ 6 = (14/18) : 2nd Upgrade ) ( Phoenix Feather - 4 = (9/18) : 1st Upgrade ) (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~) 1. Plain View : (2) Health & Magic On the small balcony just outside the room where you first battle the wraiths is where you'll find these two chests. 2. Plain View : Health After the above, enter the room and this chest is easily seen next to the broken stairs and exit doorway. 3. Hidden : Gorgon Eye (9/18) In the same room as above (the wraith battle room), to the RIGHT of the above mentioned chest is a breakable wooden door. Smash it for this chest. 4. Plain View : Health After the above, continue up the stairs to find this chest on the roof that you have to battle the wraiths and Cyclops on. 5. Hidden : (2) Red Orbs & Phoenix Feather (6/18) - This Phoenix Feather will be your first Magic Bar Upgrade - After grabbing the above chest, do not leave the roof yet. Go hard right from the above chest to the break in the Northern wall. Walk forward to the edge of the roof as if you intend to jump off the edge (you can't). Once you've reached the edge, walk to your right to find a hidden alcove that holds these chests. -- A big thanks to CrystalBlaze@netscape.net for finding these chests and -- letting me know about them! 6. Obstructed : Red Orbs After the above, after exiting the Wraith battle room, take a left to get this chest. 7. Plain View : Health From above, continue to see this chest on your right just before you reach the broken bridge. 8. Obstructed : Red Orbs After the above, you have to cross the chasm that was once a bridge. You have to jump across the wreckage to continue your journey. On the first column that you jump to and do the wall climb on, work your way to the right hand side of the pillar so that the pillar is between you and the archers. Work your way all the way down on that side and you'll see a new path of vines leading back to the left. Go left, and work your way back up so that your back is toward the ledge of the building. Double jump to the ledge and get the chest. While you're there, open the door and kill all the enemies! 9. Plain View : Red Orbs After the above, continue forward and find this chest in your pathway as soon you have reached the far side of the broken bridge. 10. Plain View : Combo Continue forward and this chest is to the left of the door that leads to the room with the save point. 11. Hidden : Combo Continue from above to your left to reach the Crossbow Puzzle room. This chest is behind the 2nd door on the right. 12. Hidden : Red Orbs In same room as above, take the first door on left, climb up the ladder and find this chest in the small room at the top of the ladder. 13. Plain View : Magic Continue from above and find this chest to the left of where you obtain Zeus' Fury. - NOTE : This chest will re-spawn and can be re-used infinitely. So feel free to back track to this chest at anytime to replenish your magic. Using this chest constantly is a great way to rack up orbs by using Medusa's Gaze to stone and smash your enemies. You can come back to this chest anytime up until you finish the Temple of the Oracle chapter and enter the Athens Sewers. --Thanks to David Floyd (DFloyd@mileskimball.com) for pointing out that this --chest will replenish itself infinitely. 14. Hidden : (3) Magic & Gorgon Eye (10/18) & Phoenix Feather (7/18) After getting Zeus' Fury, go kill the archers and enter the newly opened room. Break open the cracked wall to find these chests. 15. Obstructed : (2) Combo & Gorgon Eye (11/18) Continue from above. Go to the save room, climb ladder. Once on roof, head to the right to find another ladder. Climb up to the ledge at the top of the ladder to find these chests. 16. Plain View : Combo From above, go to the 2nd rooftop and see this chest to the right of the path that leads to the 3rd rooftop. 17. Hidden : (5) Combo & Combo & Red Orbs & Red Orbs & Red Orbs From above (the 2nd roof top), before proceeding to the 3rd rooftop, go to the left to find a small ledge with a rope that you can swing on which leads to another rope and finally across to another building. Once you get to the new building, you'll find these chests and 4 or more archers in the distance pounding the crap out of you. Use Zeus' fury to take them out and then open all the chest. 18. Hidden : Gorgon Eye (12/18) - This Gorgon Eye will give you your 2nd Health Bar Upgrade - After the above bit of exploration, you go back to your rooftop progression. Once you reach the 3rd rooftop, the rooftop where you have to jump over to the vines and make your way to the coward at the gate, do not jump over to the vines yet. Go to the upper left hand corner (Kratos' left as he is facing the vines on the far wall) of this rooftop, and you'll notice the edge is cracked or missing (if it is only cracked, hit it to break it). Get next to the edge of the roof and jump out just a little bit and as you're in the air pull to the left and you will fall on a ledge with this chest. 19. Plain View : Magic From above, continue by jumping over to the vines and pull yourself up. This chest is to the left of the ramp that leads up to the coward at the gate. 20. Plain View : (2) Phoenix Feather (8/18) & Gorgon Eye (13/18) Continue by crossing the coward's bridge and in the next room these are on the left and right side of the doorway which leads to the next room. 21. Plain View : (2) Red Orbs & Red Orbs Continue from above to the elevator room and find these on the left and right side of the elevator's entrance. 22. Hidden : (3) Red Orbs & Gorgon Eye (14/18) & Phoenix Feather (9/18) At the end of this chapter (technically, it's the beginning of the next chapter which is called the Temple of the Oracle - but it makes more sense to put it here) you come to the broken bridge that crosses the Athens Courtyard (the spot you fought the Cyclops - you also see the cut-scene of the Oracle being kidnapped). Once you cross over the broken bridge you come to a save point (definitely save your game here). At the save point, to your right and slightly below you is a ledge with the chests. To get to it, face away from the Save point and jump out a little bit away from the ledge you are standing on and then IMMEDIATELY pull slightly left and back TOWARD the same ledge that you just jumped from and hit your double jump to jump back toward the ledge. When done correctly, Kratos will grab the ledge (the ledge with the Save point from which you just jumped) and do a ledge hang. Ledge walk (hand-over-hand) toward the building until you're across from the opening. Double jump away from the ledge to get the chests. *Note - These are the chests mentioned in the opening note of the Athens Town Square section. \-------------------------------------------------/ O| [ Temple of the Oracle ] |O /-------------------------------------------------\ ( Area Totals = 22 Chests ) ( ) ( Health ---------- 2 ) ( Magic ----------- 1 ) ( Combo ----------- 3 ) ( Red Orbs -------- 8 ) ( Gorgon Eye ------ 4 = (18/18): Final Upgrade ) ( Phoenix Feather - 4 = (13/18): 2nd Upgrade ) (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~) 1. Hidden : Red Orbs After the save point, work your way up the stairs toward the temple. You'll fight several soldiers here, and halfway up is a cracked wall that conceals this chest. The fight usually breaks the wall for you, but if not, check the wall after the fight in order to find this chest. 2. Plain View : (2) Health & Magic Continue from above and these chests are on the left and right side of the bridge that leads to the Temple of the Oracle. 3. Plain View : (2) Phoenix Feather (10/18) & Gorgon Eye (15/18) Continue from above to the entrance of the Temple. On the left and right side of the door which leads into the temple is where these 2 chests are located. 4. Hidden : Red Orbs After getting the above chests, BEFORE entering the Temple, go all the way to the LEFT side and up a bit to find a ledge. Jump up for a ledge hang and then pull yourself up to get this chest. 5. Hidden : Red Orbs After getting the above chests, BEFORE entering the Temple, go all the way to the RIGHT side and up a bit to find a ledge. Jump up for a ledge hang and then pull yourself up to get this chest. 6. Obstructed : Red Orbs Continue from above to the Main Temple room where the Harpy Puzzle is waiting. As soon as you enter the Temple, go to the right to get the camera angle to change which shows this chest slightly above you on a ledge. Jump up on the ledge to get it. 7. Obstructed : Gorgon Eye (16/18) Same as the above, except from the entrance of temple, go left and stay close to the back wall to get the camera angle to change and reveal this chest on a ledge that is slightly above you. Jump up on the ledge to get this chest. 8. Plain View : (2) Combo & Combo In the same room as above (Main Temple Room), you must use the statues at the far end of the room to solve the puzzle. These chests are located behind the statues (one chest behind each statue). 9. Plain View : Combo After solving the Harpy puzzle, continue to the door that leads to the stairs which take you to the second floor and the rafters. This chest is on the right hand side of the door. 10. Hidden : Gorgon Eye (17/18) After solving the Harpy puzzle, you must balance across the beams of the second floor to continue. As you cross the rafters, you will notice on the left hand wall (the wall where the two statues where originally located) a large white stained glass window. There is a small ledge below this window. Double jump over to the ledge and break the window to reveal this chest. 11. Plain View : Health After crossing the rafters, this chest is next to the save point. 12. Plain View : Red Orbs In the Courtyard where the Oracle is hanging from the rope, this chest is on the first small platform that you must jump up on to reach the 2nd platform and the timed route that leads to saving the Oracle. 13. Hidden : Phoenix Feather (11/18) AFTER you have saved the Oracle and viewed the cut-scene, jump back onto the route that you were just timed on (left of the platform, wall climb past the paddle wheels, etc). Work your way all the way back around to the far side of the courtyard where you have to balance across the beams. At the first platform, you will notice that it is secured to the wall on a beam of its own. Walk to the right along this beam to find a ledge with the chest. 14. Hidden : (2) Red Orbs & Red Orbs After getting the above chest, move the stacked statues from the left hand side of the platform over to the RIGHT hand side. Now, get back on the tall platform and jump over to the statues and then do a double jump from the statues off to the right and land on a cliff for two chests. 15. Hidden : Gorgon Eye (18/18) - This Gorgon Eye will be the 3rd and Final Gorgon Eye Upgrade - After getting the above chests, drop down to the lower courtyard and go to the right hand wall. Work your way down to find a small alcove with a cracked wall. Break the wall to get this chest. 16. Hidden : Red Orbs From the above chest, keeping working your way down to find another small alcove with a cracked wall. Break the wall to get the chest. 17. Hidden : Phoenix Feather (12/18) - This Phoenix Feather will be your 2nd Magic Bar Upgrade - After leaving the Oracle Courtyard, you reach a save point and the Sword Path which leads to the sewers. Before taking the sword path, go left and all the way up the stairs to the monument and the Statue of Athena. Go and jump to the right of Athena to reach this chest. Note: this area is Suicide Bluff, and it is the spot from which Kratos tries to commit suicide at the beginning and end of the game. Its also the monument that leads to the God of War's throne room. 18. Obstructed : Phoenix feather (13/18) From above, continue across the sword path and go down the spiral stairs to the entrance of the sewers. BEFORE entering the sewers, pull back and away from the sewer entrance to get the camera angle to change and reveal this chest that is under/behind the stairs. \------------------------------------------------/ O| [ Sewers of Athens ] |O /------------------------------------------------\ ( Area Totals = 16 Chests ) ( ) ( Health ---------- 0 ) ( Magic ----------- 0 ) ( Combo ----------- 9 ) ( Red Orbs -------- 7 ) ( Gorgon Eye ------ N/A : All Found ) ( Phoenix Feather - 0 ) (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~) 1. Plain View : (2) Combo & Combo These are on the left and right side of the pathway as soon as you enter the sewers. 2. Plain View : Red Orbs On the first ledge that has archers, climb up, kill the archers, and go to the far left side of this ledge to get this chest. 3. Plain View : Combo Same ledge as the above. Located at the mid-point of this ledge to the right of the above chest. 4. Plain View : Combo Continue forward from above and find this chest on the left hand side of the pathway. 5. Hidden : Red Orbs Continue forward and you come to a point in the "road" where its raised and you have to climb up - this is the FIRST raised area in the sewers, you'll be facing a gate in the wall where the water passes through. Jump up as usual, and once you are up on the raised portion, you walk a ways (and fight some enemies) and then have to drop back down on the other side. Once you are back down, instead of just walking forward to continue your journey, pull backwards toward the wall/raised area you just dropped down from and Kratos will walk into a small room to get the chest. 6. Plain View : (2) Combo & Combo Continue forward from the above and find these on the left and right hand side of the pathway. 7. Plain View : (2) Red Orbs & Red orbs Continue from above and find these on the right and left hand side of the path in front of a raised area. 8. Plain View : Combo Continue forward from above, find a ladder leading up to a ledge with archers. This chest is to the left of the ladder. 9. Plain View : Red Orbs From above, climb the ladder to kill the archers. This chest is on the left hand side of this ledge. 10. Plain View : Combo Continue forward and reach end of sewers. Climb ladder up and out of the sewers and find this chest on your right. 11. Plain View : Red Orbs Continue forward to reach the entrance to the Desert of Lost souls. This is on the right in front of the large statue next to the entrance of the desert. 12. Plain View : Combo From the above, continue through the entrance to the Desert and see this chest straight ahead on the left. 13. Obstructed : Red Orbs Same area as above, once you go through the gate that leads to the Desert, immediately go to your right to get the camera angle to change and reveal this chest. \------------------------------------------------/ O| [ Desert of Lost Souls ] |O /------------------------------------------------\ ( Area Totals = 12 Chests ) ( ) ( Health ---------- 0 ) ( Magic ----------- 0 ) ( Combo ----------- 6 ) ( Red Orbs -------- 6 ) ( Gorgon Eye ------ N/A : All Found ) ( Phoenix Feather - 0 ) (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~) There are 6 chests in the Desert. Each contains red orbs. 1. Plain View : Red Orbs West of the Statue of Athena. 2. Plain View : Red Orbs North of the above chest against West wall. 3. Plain View : Red Orbs North East of the above chest 4. Plain View : Red Orbs South of Exit door near the fallen statue. 5. Plain View : Red Orbs Eastern Wall near 2nd Siren. 6. Plain View : Red Orbs North West of 3rd Siren. 7. Plain View : Combo In front of exit directly in front of Athena's Statue. 8. Plain View : (2) Combo & Combo Inside exit room to the right of the save point. 9. Plain View : Combo In small room behind the block you must use during the conveyor belt section. TIP: To make your life a LOT easier on this puzzle/trap, BEFORE pulling the block from the alcove and triggering the soldiers to appear, go to the right and face the large spinning spiked wheel. It can be destroyed! Hit it with Square, Square, Triangle three or four times (making sure to flip back away from the wheel before you bump into it) and it will break! This stops the conveyor belt and makes this section much easier. 10. Plain View : (2) Combo & Combo Continue from conveyor belt past the first horn. These are on the right and left hand side of the stairs as you work your way up to the 2nd horn. \------------------------------------------------/ O| [ Pandora's Temple ] |O /------------------------------------------------\ ( Area Totals = 7 Chests ) ( ) ( Health ---------- 1 ) ( Magic ----------- 0 ) ( Combo ----------- 4 ) ( Red Orbs -------- 1 ) ( Gorgon Eye ------ N/A : All Found ) ( Phoenix Feather - 1 = (14/18) ) (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~) Note: Before crossing the bridge, you'll be next to a save point. There is a vulture sitting on the left wall. Kill the vulture for a green health orb and then save! 1. Plain View : Combo After you cross the bridge, this chest is to the right of the Temple Entrance just below the burned guy's ledge. 2. Plain View : Combo Same area as above, but on the left hand side of the temple entrance. 3. Plain View : Combo Same area as above, but on the ledge with the burned guy. 4. Plain View : Red Orbs After the fight with the Cyclops, continue up the stairs then go hard left at the top of the stairs to see this chest. 5. Plain View : Combo Same area as above. Found to the right of the crank handle. 6. Plain View : Phoenix Feather (14/18) Same area as above. Go hard right to the cliff's edge to see this chest. 7. Plain View : Health From above, enter the Temple's main room and find this chest sitting against the left hand wall. \------------------------------------------------/ O| [ Rings of Pandora ] |O /------------------------------------------------\ ( Area Totals = 2 Chests ) ( ) ( Health ---------- 0 ) ( Magic ----------- 0 ) ( Combo ----------- 1 ) ( Red Orbs -------- 1 ) ( Gorgon Eye ------ N/A : All Found ) ( Phoenix Feather - 0 ) (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~) 1. Plain View : Red Orbs In the room with the statues that shoot the light beam (Temple of the Crystal Eye), this chest is to the right of the statues. 2. Plain View : Combo Same area as above. This chest is to the left of the light beam statues. \------------------------------------------------/ O| [ The Challenge of Atlas ] |O /------------------------------------------------\ ( Area Totals = 29 Chests ) ( ) ( Health ---------- 2 ) ( Magic ----------- 4 ) ( Combo ----------- 7 ) ( Red Orbs -------- 13 ) ( Gorgon Eye ------ N/A : All Found ) ( Phoenix Feather - 2 = (16/18) ) ( Muse Key -------- 1 = 1st Key ) (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~) 1. Plain View : Combo In first room you reach after you obtain the Blade of Artemis. This chest is located to the right of the exit door. 2. Plain View : Magic Same area as above, on left hand side at the top of the broken staircase. 3. Obstructed : Red Orbs From the above chest, continue to balance beams and go to the ledge where the archers were (you just killed them with Zeus' Fury right?). Once you reach the ledge, go hard right BEFORE you pull the switch to find a small alcove that holds this chest. 4. Plain View : (2) Health & Magic From above area, pull switch, go down rope. Once at bottom, cross the next rope to the far end balcony to find these chests. 5. Plain View : (2) Magic & Combo After obtaining the Shield of Hades, get past the soldier trap and enter the next area where these chests are waiting. 6. Plain View : (3) Magic & Combo & Red Orbs From above, continue to the room with the shield door puzzle and the spinning wall. Get past the spinning wall to the next area. These chests are located in the small alcoves that line the wall of this new area. The red orbs are actually at the end of the hallway, just follow the path around past the ladder to see the red orb chest. 7. Obstructed : Red Orbs From the above area, climb up the ladder and take the balance beam to the LEFT instead of across to the shield. As you walk down this beam, the camera angle will change to reveal this chest in a small alcove. Double jump over to the alcove to get it. 8. Obstructed : Red Orbs From the above chest, continue down the same beam to the far end wall. The camera angle will change to reveal this chest. Double jump over to the alcove to get it. 9. Plain View : Health Continue from above to the saw floor room. This chest is to the right of the door that leads to the Statue of Atlas. 10. Hidden : (2) Red Orbs & Phoenix feather (15/18) From the saw room, go through the north door and continue to the bridge that leads to the tower with the Handle of Atlas (split floor room). Once on this bridge, find the broken edge about mid-way down the bridge. Face the broken ledge (Kratos will have his back to the screen) and double jump straight out and across to land on the opposite ledge. Go left to get the red orbs and go right to get the Phoenix Feather. 11. Obstructed : Combo From above, continue down bridge to exit. As soon as you cross through the exit, go right (away from the tower) to find this chest near the edge of the ledge. 12. Obstructed : Red Orbs From above, continue to wall climbing sequence. During the climb, when you reach the first high gap that you must jump across to the LEFT to continue, (this will actually be the third gap that you've jumped) jump over and immediately climb down instead of up. Go all the way down to find a ledge with this chest. 13. Obstructed : Red Orbs Continue from above. Once you reach the tower, instead of entering the tower, go all the way down to reach a ledge with this chest. 14. Plain View : Combo From above, climb back up to the tower. Cross over to the tower and find this chest next to the switch. 15. Obstructed : (2) Red Orbs & Red Orbs After the split floor timed fight, go back and pull the switch to drop the chain. Jump to chain and climb UP instead of down to find the ledge with these chests. 16. Hidden : First Muse Key Continue to the Statue of Atlas and walk BEHIND the Statue of Atlas to find a hidden chest. Inside is the first Muse Key. If you miss it here, you can also find it in Poseidon's Challenge - but get it here so that the other chest in Poseidon's challenge will give you more red orbs. 17. Obstructed : Phoenix Feather (16/18) Continue from above to the 2nd floor. Once you reach the 2nd floor, go left along the ledge toward the Statue of Atlas to reveal this chest. 18. Plain View : Red Orbs From above, pull switch to get Atlas to throw the Globe. Then go left to opposite ledge and go toward the Statue of Atlas to find this chest. 19. Hidden : (2) Red Orbs & Red Orbs From the above ledge, back-track toward the switch ledge until you hit a column that prevents you from going further down this ledge. The chests are hidden in a niche at the far end of this ledge. To get there is a bit tricky, but face the column and then angle a bit to the left of it, your goal is to jump out away from the ledge and then pull back for the double jump and land on the ledge again on the other side of the column. Timing is everything here, so jump outward and as you are going outward, pull back toward the ledge and then hit jump again for the double jump. Once you do it correctly, you'll land on the ledge on the other side of the column. Walk all the way to the end to find the chest in a recessed niche. You'll also find another archway that leads to the other side of the room, balance/walk across it to get the 2nd hidden chest in another recessed niche. 20. Obstructed : Red Orbs After getting the above chests, drop down and go through the door that the Atlas globe just opened. Once through the door, immediately go hard left to get the camera angle to change and reveal this chest. 21. Plain View : Combo After getting the skull of the Architect's 1st son, drop down to the bottom of the ladder and the chest is waiting for you here. 22. Plain View : Combo Continue from above to reach the end of the hallway and the exit door. This chest is here to the left of the exit door. \-------------------------------------------------/ O| [ The Challenge of Poseidon ] |O /-------------------------------------------------\ ( Area Totals = 34 Chests* ) ( ) ( Health ---------- 4 ) ( Magic ----------- 2 ) ( Combo ----------- 10 ) ( Red Orbs -------- 16 ) ( Gorgon Eye ------ N/A : All Found ) ( Phoenix Feather - 2 = (18/18): Final Upgrade ) ( Muse Key -------- 1 = Final Key ) (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~) *Note - 1 Feather comes from a Nyad instead of a chest. 1. Plain View : (4) Health & Magic & Red Orbs & Red Orbs Start this challenge by riding the round crusher found on the track of the inner rings of Pandora's Rings (found right after using the skull key). Ride the crusher over to the ladder. Jump to ladder and climb up to the save point and find these chest waiting. 2. Plain View : Combo Continue from above to the Cerberus fight. This chest is in the circular area at about the 1 o'clock position. 3. Plain View : Combo Continue from above to just outside the circular area and see this chest to the left of the moveable block (the Cyclops will attack you here). 4. Plain View : (4) Red Orbs & Red Orbs & Red Orbs & Red Orbs Continue from above to the spinning circular room. These chests are located behind the timed gates that become available as the room spins. One chest behind each gate. 5. Plain View : Combo In the same room as above, the room finally stops at the 5th gate and remains open. Just outside this exit is the chest. 6. Obstructed : Second Muse Key From above, continue down the path to the ledges. Jump up the ledges to the final and fourth ledge. Once on this ledge go RIGHT (to the left is the exit). Go all the way to the right to find this chest. Once obtained, then continue back to the left to continue your journey. 7. Plain View : (2) Health & Magic Continue from above to the save point. These chests are on the left and right hand side of the path just before you reach the save point. 8. Plain View : (2) Combo & Combo Continue from above to the Sacrifice Room. These chest are on the right and left hand side of the doorway which leads to the sacrifice room. 9. Obstructed : Phoenix Feather (17/18) Continue from above to the room where you find the Trident. Once you enter the room, jump into the water on the left hand side and climb up the ladder to the ledge that holds this chest. 10. Obstructed : Health Same area as above, except you need to jump into the water on the RIGHT hand side and then climb the ladder on this side to find the chest. 11. Plain View : Red Orbs From the above area, after getting the Trident, swim down the hole found in the waterway on the right. Swim to the room with the switch and the Cerberus Pups. The chest is in this room on the left. 12. Plain View : Combo From the above room, return to the area where you received the Trident. Take the exit behind the Statue of Poseidon and find this chest on the right about mid-way up the path. 13. Hidden : NYAD # 2 - Phoenix Feather (18/18) - This is your 3rd and final Phoenix Feather Upgrade - During the swimming portion of this challenge, you swim to the right of a carving of Poseidon and face a cracked carving of the Nyads. Break this carving to reveal the 2nd Nyad. Use O Button to kiss her and she will give you the Phoenix feather. 14. Plain View : Combo From 2nd Nyad, go left to reach a circular room. This chest is on the left hand side of this room. 15. Hidden : Red Orbs In the above room, the North wall is cracked. Break it open and destroy all the vases inside to reveal this chest. 16. Plain View : (2) Health & Combo Back track to the 2nd Nyad and go right this time to reach a circular area with a switch that is surrounded by a red force field. Defeat all enemies to lower the force field. The chests are here at the 11 O'clock and 2 O'clock position. 17. Hidden : (2) Red Orbs & Red Orbs From the above circular area, swim back to the exit. BEFORE taking the exit, surface and jump up on the right hand ledge to find a cracked wall. Break the wall for this chest. Repeat on the left hand side for the 2nd chest. 18. Hidden : (4) Red Orbs & Red Orbs & Red Orbs & Red Orbs Continue from above to the save point. At the save point go LEFT and break the wall to reveal the 3rd Nyad. Kiss her and then swim UP to reach a small area that has these four chests. 19. Hidden : NYAD # 4 From the above save point, swim right to the Statue of Poseidon. BEFORE swimming down to continue your journey, look to the RIGHT of the Statue of Poseidon to find a cracked wall. Break the wall to reveal the 4th Nyad. Kiss her using the O Button. 20. Plain View : (2) Combo & Combo Continue from above to the room/temple that has the Statue of Poseidon's Wife (Amphitrite's Temple). These chests are located on the back area across from where the save point is on the left and right hand side of this area. 21. Plain View : (2) Red Orbs & Red Orbs From above, pull the switch to raise the platforms. Jump over to the ledge that holds the Statue of Amphitrite. The chests are here on the left and right hand side of the statue. \-------------------------------------------------/ O| [ Muse Key Room ] |O /-------------------------------------------------\ ( Area Totals = 2 Chests ) ( ) ( Health ---------- 0 ) ( Magic ----------- 0 ) ( Combo ----------- 0 ) ( Red Orbs -------- 2 ) ( Gorgon Eye ------ N/A : All Found ) ( Phoenix Feather - N/A : All Found ) (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~) You now have both Muse Keys. Return to the Rings of Pandora and rotate the room until the black Muse Key Door is revealed. Use the keys and enter the room. This room will give you your 4th and LAST Health Bar upgrade, as well as your 4th and LAST Magic Bar upgrade, and 5 full bars of red orbs. 1. Plain View : (2) Red Orbs & Red Orbs These chests are on the left and right hand side of the room and are clearly visible as soon as you enter the room. \-------------------------------------------------/ O| [ The Challenge of Hades ] |O /-------------------------------------------------\ ( Area Totals = 33 Chests ) ( ) ( Health ---------- 9 ) ( Magic ----------- 3 ) ( Combo ----------- 4 ) ( Red Orbs -------- 17 ) ( Gorgon Eye ------ N/A : All Found ) ( Phoenix Feather - N/A : All Found ) (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~) 1. Plain View : (2) Health & Magic Continue from the Muse key room to the save point found outside the main room of the Challenge of Hades. These chests are at the bottom of the ladder that is to the right of the save point. 2. Plain View : (2) Health & Health From above, take the ladder up and enter the main room of the Challenge of Hades. These chests are located at the base of the large statues that are on the left and right hand side of the stairs that are located at the far end of the room (the stairs lead to a dark room at this point). 3. Hidden : (2) Red Orbs & Red Orbs The stairs at the far end of this room are framed by a wall/banister on either side. Jump onto this wall/banister and follow it all the way to the top. There you will see the flaming bowls that are being held by the statues. Jump toward the bowl and Kratos will do a ledge hang from the lip of the bowls. Ledge walk (hand-over-hand) all the way around the bowl to reach a niche in the wall that holds the chest. This can be done on each side of the stairs for each statue. -- Thanks to DragonicFlare (Love_Chic2003@yahoo.com) for finding these and -- listing them in her Walkthrough. I missed them! -- Another thanks to mikehubley@gmail.com for emailing me about these -- hidden chests and confirming that a Chest Guide might be useful. 4. Hidden : Red Orbs At the door which triggers the "sacrifice" fight with the Centaurs, there is a small ledge just above the door. Jump up onto the ledge and break the cracked wall to reveal this chest. 5. Plain View : Combo Past the sacrifice door, up the hallway a bit, and on your right. 6. Obstructed : Combo Once you exit the above mentioned hallway, immediately go LEFT to get the camera angle to change and reveal this chest. 7. Plain View : (3) Red Orbs & Red Orbs & Red Orbs In the same area as above, climb up onto the 2nd level via the ledge that is located just right of the exit door. These chests are here on the 2nd level. 8. Plain View : Health From the above, enter the maze and continue past the arrow traps. This chest is in your path on the left (just before you're attacked by a Gorgon). 9. Plain View : Red Orbs Continue from above to the circular room with the Centaurs and Gorgons. This chest is found in the north doorway of this room 10. Plain View : Health From above, continue to the rising platform. Kill the archers and take a right BEFORE going up on the platform. This chest is at the end of the hallway. 11. Hidden : (2) Red Orbs & Red Orbs From above, continue from the top of the rising platform to the first pushable "Hades Block" (it will be on your left). Push this block forward until it falls down into the floor and reveals the trap floor. Cross the trap floor to get these chests (the trap reverts to a normal floor after you get these chests). 12. Plain View : Health Continue from above to the next pushable Hades Block. Push the block until it falls into the floor. Enter the newly revealed room to find this chest in the upper right hand corner of this room. 13. BOULDER TRAP AREA --After the above, you continue to the Flaming Boulder Trap Area -- In the boulder trap area, there are 9 doors. There are 5 doors on the left and 4 doors on the right. You can open each of these doors. One is the exit. For the following "---" means there is nothing behind the door. ++++ Left Doors ++++ Door 1 : --- Door 2 : --- Door 3 : EXIT Door 4 : --- Door 5 : --- ++++ Right Doors ++++ Door 1 : --- Door 2 : Health Chest Door 3 : --- Door 4 : --- You CAN take the exit immediately, BUT there is a room at the end of this hallway/trap. If you go to the room at the end of this hall you will find the following chests: Plain View : (3) Health & Red Orbs & Red Orbs 14. Plain View : Combo Continue from the exit of the Boulder Trap area to reach an open area where you will be attacked by some Minotaurs and Archers. This chest is in the upper left hand corner of this area. 15. Plain View : Combo From the above area, take the RIGHT path first. Kill the archers and find this chest about mid-way up the path. 16. Plain View : Magic Back-track from the above area and take the left path now. Cross the rope to a circular platform for a battle with Soldiers, Minotaurs, and Centaurs. The chest is on the right hand side of this area at the 3 o'clock position. 17. Plain View : Red Orbs From above, continue through a series of hallways. The exit path will be on your left, but continue past the exit to a dead end that has this chest. 18. Obstructed : Red Orbs Go past the save to the balance beams with the rotating knife poles. On the first platform, take small beam on right, double jump to next platform and there is a beam immediately on your right. Take this beam to reach a ledge with this chest. 19. Obstructed : Red orbs Back-track from above back to main platform, continue forward to find a beam on your right that leads to another ledge with this chest (this is on the same side/wall as the above chest). 20. Obstructed : Red Orbs Continue to the spinner that has a regular ledge that you can walk on in place of its 4th blade pole. Before jumping onto this spinner's ledge, go immediately to your right to find a long platform. At the end of this platform is the chest. 21. Obstructed : Red Orbs From the above, continue to the rope that you slide down on to reach the exit. BEFORE sliding down the rope, follow the beam to the right for this chest. 22. Plain View : (3) Health & Magic & Red orbs After the Minotaur Boss Fight, continue into the room that holds the Architect's 2nd Son. These chests are located on the right and left hand side of this room. Get the son's skull while you're here! \-------------------------------------------------/ O| [ The Cliffs of Madness ] |O /-------------------------------------------------\ ( Area Totals = 30 Chests ) ( ) ( Health ---------- 4 ) ( Magic ----------- 3 ) ( Combo ----------- 6 ) ( Red Orbs -------- 17 ) ( Gorgon Eye ------ N/A : All Found ) ( Phoenix Feather - N/A : All Found ) (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~) IMPORTANT : There are basically two things to do here. One is to get Aphrodite's Necklace, and the other is to get Hera's Necklace. You can attempt either one in whatever order you like, the game doesn't make that decision for you. HOWEVER, I strongly suggest that you go for Aphrodite's Necklace first! If you go after Hera's Necklace first, you WILL have to do a lot of back-tracking to get Aphrodite's Necklace. Further, by going for Hera's necklace first, there is a chest that will get replaced by a switch! See items 7, 8, 9 & 21 below for more details. So, go for Aphrodite's Necklace first in order to save yourself a LOT of back-tracking (thus making your path/journey through here shorter) and in order to make another chest available to you. 1. Plain View : Health Once you step off the hands of the newly raised statue, you are in a circular area where you fight some Satyrs for the first time. This chest is on the right hand side of this area. 2. Plain View : Health Just outside the above listed area, you'll find this chest in your path on the right just before you reach the harpy cut-scene. 3. Plain View : Combo Continue from above to the end of the bridge. This chest is to the left of the book near the save. 4. Hidden : (2) Red Orbs & Red Orbs In the same area as above, go to the right of the book and behind the statue to find a cracked wall. Break the wall to get these chests. 5. Obstructed : Magic Continue from above forward through a small pathway. Once you exit the pathway, immediately go LEFT to find this chest behind some breakable barrels. ++++ Path to Aphrodite's Necklace ++++ 6. Plain View : Combo From above, continue to the right all the way around to the platform. Raise the platform to reach the save point and begin your quest for Aphrodite's Necklace. At the top of the platform, take a RIGHT. You'll bump into some boulders in the path. JUMP OVER the boulders to continue. You'll find this chest about mid-way up the path. 7. Plain View : Health Continue from above to a large cave with a cat-walk. After the fight, take the cat-walk to the 2nd level of this room to find the chest against the back wall. NOTE: If you attempted Hera's Necklace first, you would have been able to pull a switch that lowers a rope thus opening a path above this cave meaning you could completely SKIP this cave and the resulting fight. You'd miss the chest that is in here though. (see item 9) 8. Plain View : Red Orbs Drop down from the above and continue to a platform. Raise the platform to get to the save point, notice the stone block hanging by a rope to your right (do NOT interact with it right now). Continue to the timed, block pushing trap room. Get the block to the ledge in time, jump up to the first ledge, and this chest is waiting for you. After you get the chest, jump over and get Aphrodite's Necklace. 9. Plain View : Red Orbs From above, back-track to the save point. There is a stone block hanging by a rope on your right. Jump ONTO the stone block to cause it to drop down to the level below you. Once you are down at the next lower level, you will see this chest. NOTE: If you attempted Hera's Necklace first, you would have been able to pull a switch that would have lowered this rope for you. However, in doing so, that switch actually replaces a Chest (see item 21) ++++ Path to Hera's Necklace ++++ 10. Plain View : Health Continue from above (to the right) to the next cave entrance (it has a golden Minotaur carving above its entrance). BEFORE going into the new cave, take the ladder to your right to reach a lower ledge and this chest. 11. Plain View : Magic Continue from above to the area with the twin platforms that you must move and align to reach the far side. BEFORE getting on these platforms, get the chest that is against the back wall. 12. Obstructed : Combo Continue from above to finally exit the cave. Once you cross through the exit, immediately go LEFT first to get the camera angle to change and reveal this chest. 13. Obstructed : Red Orbs From above, continue to the right and reach the statues of Hera and Aphrodite. Use Aphrodite's Necklace, and then jump to the right of Aphrodite to reach the area behind her statue. The chest is here. 14. Hidden : (3) Red Orbs & Red Orbs & Red Orbs From the above chest, go through the opening on your left to find a pool of water. Jump in and swim though the waterway to reach a fountain area. There are 3 cracked walls here; one cracked wall behind each waterfall. Break each wall to claim each chest. Note: When you are standing at Aphrodite's Necklace Statue, you can actually see this area off in the distance! 15. Plain View : Red orbs Back-track to Hera's Necklace Statue and take the ladder down to the next area. Continue past the Satyrs to the slider rope. Before jumping onto the rope, the chest is to the right. 16. Plain View : Combo From above, take the slider rope down and enter the cave. The chest is in the cave against the back wall. 17. Hidden : (4) Combo & Red Orbs & Red Orbs & Red Orbs Continue from above to the Rock puzzle. BEFORE attempting to complete the puzzle, push the "T" block over to the tallest straight block on the left hand side of the room. Next, push the small single block over next to the "T" block. Jump up onto the single block, then to the "T" block, then to the tallest block, and finally to the ledge that has the chests. Once done with these chests, solve the puzzle and get Hera's necklace. 18. Obstructed : Combo From above rock puzzle, back-track to newly lowered ladder. Climb up the ladder to reach the wall climbing area. During the wall climb, once you reach the 2nd gap, jump across and then head UP instead of to the right. Head up and then to the far left to reach a ledge that holds this chest. 19. Obstructed : Red orbs From the above ledge, climb all the way up to reach a new ledge with this chest. 20. Plain View : Red Orbs From the above ledge, jump over to the next ledge on your right to get this chest. 21. Obstructed : Red Orbs From the above 2nd ledge, jump to the right to reach the 3rd and final ledge. Here, climb down and work your way to the right to reach another ledge with this chest. NOTE: If you attempted Hera's necklace first, this will NOT be a chest but will actually be a switch that lowers the rope located at item 9 above. 22. Obstructed : Red Orbs From the above, back-track all the way back to the regular path and continue to your right. Once you reach the exit, BEFORE you go down far enough to fall from the wall and reach the pathway, head LEFT to reach yet another ledge that holds this chest. 23. Plain View : (2) Magic & Red Orbs Continue to Hera's Necklace Statue and use Hera's Necklace. These chests are on the top left moving ledge; its the top ledge on the same side as the Aphrodite and Hera Necklace Statues. Jump back and forth on these platforms to reach these chests. \-------------------------------------------------/ O| [ The Architect's Tomb ] |O /-------------------------------------------------\ ( Area Totals = 7 Chests ) ( ) ( Health ---------- 0 ) ( Magic ----------- 0 ) ( Combo ----------- 2 ) ( Red Orbs -------- 5 ) ( Gorgon Eye ------ N/A : All Found ) ( Phoenix Feather - N/A : All Found ) (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~) 1. Plain View : Combo Go through the wooden gate on the right. This chest is in the hallway on your left. 2. Hidden : (2) Combo & Red Orbs Continue from above to circular area at the top of the stairs for a fight with a Cyclops and the Cerberus pups. After the fight, take the ladder on the right to the upper ledge and break the door to get these chests. 3. Hidden : (2) Red Orbs & Red Orbs Same area as above. The LEFT ladder is broken, so make your way to the crane via the center ladder. Go all the way out to the end of the crane to the switch that drops the block. From here, double jump over to the left platform and break the door there to get these chests. 4. Obstructed : (2) Red Orbs & Red Orbs Continue from above through the Architect's room. Get his wife's head to open the door. Continue through door and down the stairs between the Chimera Statues. Once at the foot of the stairs, go RIGHT to reach a small area that holds these chests. \-------------------------------------------------/ O| [ The Path of Hades ] |O /-------------------------------------------------\ ( Area Totals = 21 Chests ) ( ) ( Health ---------- 2 ) ( Magic ----------- 2 ) ( Combo ----------- 6 ) ( Red Orbs -------- 11 ) ( Gorgon Eye ------ N/A : All Found ) ( Phoenix Feather - N/A : All Found ) (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~) 1. Plain View : (2) Combo & Health On the 1st platform you reach, these chests are on the right and left hand sides near the save point. 2. Plain View : Red Orbs From the above, jump straight ahead and across three platforms to reach the 4th platform that holds this chest. 3. Obstructed : Red Orbs From the above, back track one platform and then head right, and then head straight to the last platform to get this chest. 4. Plain View : Red Orbs At the first blade pole you reach, as you are crossing it, jump to the 2nd platform on your right to get this chest. 5. Plain View : Red Orbs From above, get back on the blade pole and continue to the end to reach a platform that holds this chest. 6. Plain View : Red Orbs From the above platform, take the blade pole on your left up to the platform on the right that holds this chest. 7. Plain View : (2) Red Orbs & Red Orbs From the above platform, take the left blade pole forward to the last platform where these chests are waiting. 8. Plain View : Combo From above, backtrack to the regular path, work your way forward to the save point and this chest is to the right of the save. 9. Plain View : Combo From above, work your way across the moving platforms (kill the Archers with Zeus' Fury). Once on the far side, the chest is on the raised area to your right. Jump up to this raised area, and the chest is against the back wall. 10. Plain View : Combo From above, work your way to the first Vertical Blade Column. This chest is located to the right of this column. 11. Plain View : (2) Combo & Red Orbs Work your way up to the top of the first Vertical Blade Column and these chests will be waiting for you. 12. Plain View : (2) Health & Magic From above, work your way to the second Vertical Blade Column, then work your way to the top of that column. These chest will be waiting for you at the top of this column. 13. Obstructed : Red Orbs From above, you'll reach a series of small platforms. Go RIGHT to the last platform to get this chest. 14. Plain View : (2) Combo & Magic Backtrack from the above chest to take the left path which leads to the Satyr Trap/Puzzle. These chests are located on the right and left hand side of this area. 15. Plain View : Red Orbs From above, make your way to the 2nd small platform. Jump to the large platform on the right to get this chest. 16. Plain View : Red Orbs From above, jump back to the small platform and then jump to the large platform on the left to get this chest. \-------------------------------------------------/ O| [ Temple of the Oracle Destroyed ] |O /-------------------------------------------------\ ( Area Totals = 7 Chests ) ( ) ( Health ---------- 2 ) ( Magic ----------- 2 ) ( Combo ----------- 1 ) ( Red Orbs -------- 2 ) ( Gorgon Eye ------ N/A : All Found ) ( Phoenix Feather - N/A : All Found ) (~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~) 1. Plain View : (2) Health & Magic After being saved by the Grave Digger, these chests are located next to the save spot. 2. Plain View : Combo From above, continue forward to the 2nd floor of the temple. This is where the rafters used to be. Kill the archers and cross the beam to the far side to get this chest. 3. Plain View : (2) Red Orbs & Red Orbs Continue from above past the save point and the dying Oracle, descend the first set of stairs to find these chests waiting for you. 4. Plain View : (2) Health & Magic From the above chest, go left down the next set of stairs to find these chests waiting for you. And that's it! Once you get those last chests, back-track to the Save Point and SAVE your game. The final Battle with Ares is next! Good luck! .-------------------------------------------------------------------------. / .-. .-. \ | / \ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ / \ | | |\_. | CREDITS & COPYRIGHTS | /| | |\| | /| ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ |\ | |/| | `---' | | `---' | | |-------------------------------------------------------------| | \ | | / \ / \ / `---' `---' /- 0####|=================> Credits \- Well, obviously myself for putting this Guide together. Also, a big thanks to Toni M. (DragonicFlare) here at GameFaqs for writing her full walkthrough. Without it, I'd have missed the chests near the top of the Statues in the Challenge of Hades. Now, go download her Walkthrough for a more detailed look at God of War than I have presented here! If you're looking to beat the game on God Mode, then go check out my God Mode Guide. Thanks to http://www.network-science.de/ascii/ for having an Ascii Generator that came in handy for the opening and closing text banners. For contributed material, a big thanks goes out to: -- DragonicFlare (Love_Chic2003@yahoo.com) -- mikehubley@gmail.com -- CrystalBlaze@netscape.net -- David Floyd (DFloyd@mileskimball.com) -- Nikki White (sally_skellington3@yahoo.com) -- Ryan Copaciu (metalgear781@yahoo.com) /- 0####|=================> Copyrights \- As for the Copyright stuff, I wrote it, so I have the copyright. Standard stuff there. If you want to use part of this Guide for some reason, just drop me a line and give me credit where credit is due. I'm not a big stickler for this copyright stuff, so if you can use something you see here, just let me know and at least give me credit! :) Concerning the sites that have my permission to post this Guide, they are: ----------------------------- www.gamefaqs.com www.neoseeker.com www.1up.com www.supercheats.com ----------------------------- There may be other sites that have asked permission, or that link to GameFaqs' database, where you'll see this guide. That's cool. I doubt I'll update the guide and thus it's version number every time a site asks for, and is granted, permission to post this guide. Finally, If you find a chest that I somehow missed, let me know about it, and I'll go check it out. You'll receive credit if it is a valid tip. 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