Template:Location InfoboxMuspelheim is an optional and unlockable location in God of War (2018) and is one of the Nine Realms of Norse Mythology. Muspelheim is known as known as "The Realm of Fire" and the domain of Surtr.
The main Favour in this realm is to traverse the volcano. This can only be completed by going through the trials, which can drop unique rewards only found in Muspelheim, such as Smoldering Ember and Crest of Flame.
Much like Niflheim, this realm can only be unlocked when all four Muspelheim Ciphers are collected in Midgard.
The Muspelheim Trials
The trials can be initiated by interacting with the sword at the center of each arena. At that point, there are different options that can be selected, such as to start the trial or to warm-up. After all of the trials (Normal and Hard) are completed, the Impossible difficulty gets unlocked.
Warm-Up
This option brings about endless waves of enemies until the sword gets interacted with again.
Trial I
Normal
- Defeat all fifteen Draugr in a given time limit.
Hard
- Defeat all enemies in quick succession. Defeating enemies too slow will allow killed enemies to revive.
- First wave - three Draugrs
- Third wave - three wolves and two
Impossible
- Defeat 20 Draugrs without taking any damage.
Trial II
Normal
- Endless waves of enemies are spawned. The goal is to survive for 5 minutes.
- Health gems drop from enemies
Hard
- Defeat all enemies, which include Hel-Walkers, wolves, and Draugrs
- All enemies quickly regenerate health
Impossible
- Defeat all enemies in 4 minutes
- Enemies include Hel-Walker, Draugr, and ice Revenants.
Trial III
Normal
- An elite enemy and its allies spawn. The elite is invulnerable until all allies are defeated.
- More allies will spawn and the cycle repeats until the elite is defeated
Hard
- Defeat 5 enemies in 2 minutes
- Enemies must be defeated within a gold ring on the arena
Impossible
- Defeat 10 enemies in 3 minutes
- Enemies must be defeated within a gold ring on the arena
Trial IV
Normal
- Defeat 100 enemies
Hard
- Prevent enemies from capturing Atreus
Impossible
- Defeat all enemies, which include Dark Elves
- All enemies quickly regenerate health
Trial V
Normal
- Defeat all enemies within a time limit
- Time limit can be extended by defeating enemies (time limit starts at 1 minute)
Hard
- Defeat 20 enemies without taking any damage.
Impossible
- Defeat all enemies within a time limit
- Time limit can be extended by defeating enemies (time limit starts at 1 minute)
- Enemies are at a higher level than the enemies on Normal (around Level 7)
Trial VI
Defeating Gondul, one of the nine Valkyries, is the main focus for this trial.
Reaching this Trial will complete the only Favour of this realm.
Surtr's Hidden Trials
After completing three Impossible trials and collecting three keys, Surtr's Hidden Trials is unlocked and is accessible at the summit of the volcano.
For this trial, the goal is defeat as many enemies as possible in 8 minutes. Defeating 20 enemies yields Bronze, 35 enemies yield Silver, and 50 enemies yields Gold.
The enemies levels range from Level 5 to Level 8.