God of War Ragnarök: Aurvangar Wetlands Water Wheels Puzzle Guide

GOD of War Ragnarök has received incredible reviews and is well received by fans.

However, there are a number of tricky puzzles in God of War that must be solved in order for you to progress in the game.

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One of those is the Aurvangar Wetlands waterwheel puzzle that had us scratching our heads.

If you’re also struggling with this problem, don’t worry because we’ve got it covered.

How to solve the water wheel puzzle in Aurvangar Wetlands

After finding the Ormr, a waterwheel puzzle blocks the path that allows you to exit the swamplands.

If you throw your ax at the link between the chains above, you can knock over the counterweight.

Climb over to use the chain hoist system. If you pull the chain down, part of the gate will also fall down, blocking the path.

On the left is a boardwalk that you can jump over. Here you see a second chain to pull.

There is a geyser nearby that you can freeze with your axe. Once it’s frozen, cross it and follow the path to the left.

You will then encounter a large group of enemies, so prepare to take them out.

Use your chainrings to pull yourself to the top of the geyser cap.

You can’t freeze this geyser while standing on it, but stay up here and freeze the first geyser again.

This will cause pressure to build up in the geyser you’re standing on, causing the wheel to spin to lower another counterweight.

Recall your ax and throw it at the weak spot in the chain above the counterweight before it reaches the top.

Now climb onto this counterweight and freeze the geyser you just stood on.

This increases the pressure and lifts the counterweight and Kratos.

Opening the chest here will reward you with some Forged Iron. There is also a Kvasir poem that you need to grab.

Pulling the chain will complete this puzzle, allowing you to exit the swamplands.

Find out more about God of War Ragnarök in our review.

Written by Kirk McKeand and Georgina Young on behalf of GOOD LUCK AND HAVE FUN.

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