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Ragnarok - Best Enchantments

Check out the best Enchantments to amplify damage, increase the effect of status effects from Runic Attacks, and grant better chances of survival in God of War Ragnarok (GoW Ragnarok). Read on to learn more about each focus on best enchantments and how you can use them to enhance your gameplay and more!

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Best Damage Enchantments

Enchantment Effect How to Get
Asgard's Fortitude ・12 Strength
・3 Cooldown
Set Perk: Increases the damage of all Kratos' Heavy attacks and abilities based on his Cooldown
Defeat Hardrefill the Callous
Asgard's Justice ・3 Cooldown
・12 Luck
Set Perk: Increases the damage of all Kratos' Heavy attacks and abilities based on his Cooldown
Complete A Scar Is Born
Asgard's Might ・12 Defense
・3 Cooldown
Set Perk: Increases the damage of all Kratos' Heavy attacks and abilities based on his Cooldown
Defeat Beigardr the Feared
Asgard's Security ・12 Runic
・3 Cooldown
Set Perk: Increases the damage of all Kratos' Heavy attacks and abilities based on his Cooldown
Obtained in The Realms at War
Asgard's Virtue ・7 Strength
・7 Defense
・3 Vitality
・3 Cooldown
Set Perk: Increases the damage of all Kratos' Heavy attacks and abilities based on his Cooldown
Obtained in The Realms at War
Kinetic Resilience RESILIENT MOMENTUM
Combo finishers provide extra charge of the Permafrost, Immolation, and Maelstrom skill gauges, and the charge lost when getting hit is greatly reduced. (Req. 220 Strength)
Complete The Casualty of War: The Stein
Muspelheim's Endurance ・12 Defense
・3 Runic
Set Perk: Increases Kratos' Melee Damage when the Permafrost, Immolation, or Maelstrom skills are fully charged based on his Runic.
Complete the Onslaught Challenge
Muspelheim's Essence ・12 Luck
・3 Runic
Set Perk: Increases Kratos' Melee Damage when the Permafrost, Immolation, or Maelstrom skills are fully charged based on his Runic.
Complete the Phantom Challenge

The Asgard Set focuses primarily on enhancing the damage of Kratos' Heavy Attacks, while the Musphelheim Set increases Melee Damage in general when Permafrost, Immolation, and Maelstrom are fully charged.

You must equip 3 pieces of the same Realm Set to activate its Perk.

Best Runic Enchantments

Enchantment Effect How to Get
Attuned Runic Gem MOMENTOUS RUNE
Increases the damage of Runic Attacks when the Permafrost, Immolation, or Maelstrom skill gauges are fully charged. (Req. 80 Runic)
Complete The Casualty of War: The Hourglass
Seal of Runic Storm RUNIC STORM
Using Runic Attacks of three different weapons in quick succession grants a buff of increased Stagger Resistance and creates a Storm of Bifrost.
Complete The Burning Skies
Sigil of Doom SIGIL HUNTER
Axe and Blades Melee Attacks against Hexed enemies have a high Luck chance to trigger bonus Sigil Elemental Explosions.
Complete Trail of the Dead
Stunning Fang STUNNING MIGHT
Hitting Stunned enemies unleashes shockwaves and has a chance to grant a stack of increasing Strength and Stun damage. (Req. 220 Defense)
Complete The Casualty of War: The Scroll
Svartalfheim's Honor ・10 Defense
Set Perk: Increases stun damage inflicted based on Kratos' Defense.
Complete Conscience for the Dead
Svartalfheim's Safety ・8 Strength
・3 Defense
Set Perk: Increases Stun damage inflicted based on Kratos' Defense.
Complete Garden for the Dead
Vanaheim's Fortitude ・20 Cooldown
・2 Luck
Set Perk: Increases Kratos' Melee damage against Status-Afflicted enemies based on his LUCK.
Complete the "For Vanaheim!" favor
Vanaheim's Honor ・8 Runic
・5 Luck
Set Perk: Increases Kratos' Melee damage against Status-Afflicted enemies based on his Luck.
Crafted in the Workshop
Vanaheim's Virtue ・9 Strength
・4 Luck
Set Perk: Increases Kratos' Melee damage against Status-Afflicted enemies based on his Luck.
Complete the Reunion

The selected enchantments are meant to enhance Runic Attacks making it easier to inflict Status Effects for damage over time and efficient crowd-control. The Vanaheim and Svartalfheim Sets reward players who want to play strategically and inflict Status Effects on enemies as they deal damage.

You must equip 3 pieces of the same Realm Set to activate its Perk.

Best Survival Enchantments

Enchantment Effect How to Get
Celestial Panacea CELESTIAL PROTECTION
25% Resistance to all Status Effects. This includes Frost, Burn, Blind, Daze, Poison, Shock, and Bifrost.
Obtained from the Wishing Welll
Crest of Desperate Heroics LAST GRASP
When Kratos' health drops to a critical level, grants a short invincible barrier, buff to Strength, and Health Burst when complete. (Req. 100 Vitality)
Complete Casualty of War: The Brooch
Eir's Armament DESTROYER'S HEALTH BURST
Very high LUCK chance to grant a Health Burst on any successful Runic Attack kill. (Req. 40 Vitality)
Complete In Plain Sight
Emblem of Elusion SWIFT EVASION
Gain a burst of speed and travel an increased distance when evading.
Complete The Lost Treasure
Fossilized Keepsake STUNNING SHIELD
Slowly regenerate a protective barrier that absorbs a single attack. When the barrier is destroyed it emits a concussive shockwave that Stuns nearby enemies.
Complete The Casualty of War: The Toy
Greater Regenerating Essence GREATER REGENERATING ESSENCE
Adds a greater amount of constant Health regeneration. (Req. 170 Vitality)
Kill the Slag Horn
Regenerating Essence REGENERATING ESSENCE
Adds a small amount of constant Health regeneration. (Req. 60 Vitality)
Complete Quaking Hollow
Remedy of the Bifrost BIFROST PURIFICATION
Successful attacks against enemies will cleanse small amounts of Bifrost from Kratos' health bar (Req. 130 Defense)
Crafted in the Workshop
Token of Elemental Evasion EVASIVE CLEANSE
Dodge rolling will hasten the expiration of Burn, Poison, and Frost Status Effects on Kratos. (Req. 130 Defense)
Raid a Kol Raider Camp

These enchantments are meant to heighten your chances of survival by granting greater defenses and even heath regeneration when certain conditions are met. These enchantments do not require other pieces of a given set but, some will require a stat to be of a certain level for the perk to activate.

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