The Quest for Tyr Puzzles
This guide shows how to solve all the water-wheel puzzles in The Quest for Tyr quest in God of War Ragnarok.
1) Aurvangar Wetlands Water Puzzle 1
In the Aurvangar Wetlands, you will come to a water wheel blocking your path as shown in the picture below. From the water wheel, go right.
Here you will see a geyser as shown below. Throw your axe at the base of the geyser to freeze it. Then jump to reach the platform behind the geyser. Now, climb up the wooden platform behind the geyser as shown in the picture below.
From the wooden platform, use the zipline to come down. Then turn left and jump down and climb up another wooden platform as shown in the picture below. From this platform, you will be able to pull the wheel to create a path as shown in the second picture below.
2) Aurvangar Wetlands Water Puzzle 2
Go through the previous gate and you will reach another gate blocking your path at the location shown in the picture below.
At this location, you will find a cap over a geyser as shown in the picture below. Pull the cap to free the geyser. Here, you can see another geyser up on a giant rock, which you won’t be able to freeze from the lower level. Freeze the geyser on the lower level and jump to the other side. Then turn left and use your grapple to climb up the wooden platform there.
From this platform, you will be able to freeze the geyser, which is on a giant rock. As you freeze this geyser, all the water will flow to the other geyser, which will make the wheel rotate as shown in the picture below. This will open the gate and you will be able to proceed ahead.
3) Aurvangar Wetlands Water Puzzle 3
Go through the previous gate and you will reach another gate blocking your path at the location shown in the picture below.
Throw your axe at the weak point to drop the block as shown in the picture below. Then climb up the block to reach the platform ahead. Pull the chain here to half open the gate as shown in the second picture below.
From the chain location, turn left to see a geyser as shown in the picture below. Freeze this geyser and jump to the platform behind it and then go left. Here you will see a cap over a geyser as shown in the picture below. Pull the cap to free the geyser.
Now, you will see two geysers here (Geyser 1 & Geyser) 2 as marked in the picture below.
Freeze geyser 1. This will make all the water flow to geyser 2, rotating the wheel. This will make the block attached to the wheel lower down as shown in the picture below. When the block is coming down, hit its weak point with your axe so that it drops to the ground.
Now climb up the fallen block. Then look at geyser 2 from there as shown in the pictures below and hit its base with your axe to freeze it. This will make all the water flow to geyser 1, lifting it up. Now you will be able to access the wooden platform containing the second chain. Pull the chain as shown in the third picture below to fully open the gate.
4) Jarnsmida Pitmines Water Puzzle 1
As you enter Jarnsmida Pitmines, climb down the wall and you will see the path blocked with a wooden cart. Freeze the wooden trough above the cart as shown in the picture below. This will make the water overflow and fall on the wooden cart, making it come down. Then jump over the cart to reach the other side, where you will find a Nornir Chest.
5) Jarnsmida Pitmines Water Puzzle 2 (Nornir Chest)
To unlock the Nornir chest, you need to ignite three torches. Torch #1 is next to the Nornir Chest as shown in the picture below. Press L2+R2 to ignite the torch.
After igniting the first torch, turn left and jump down. Here you will see another torch (Torch #3) as shown in the picture below. Don’t ignite it for now. Turn left from the waterwheel instead to see Torch #2 as shown in the second picture below. Use the grapplehook to swing near the torch and then ignite it.
Now swing back to reach Torch #3. Here, you will see water falling down from the waterwheel. Throw your axe at the edge of the wooden trough as shown in the picture below to freeze the water. Now ignite Torch #3 to unlock the Nornir Chest. Make sure to not summon back the axe, otherwise the water will start falling down and extinguish the torch. Now go back to the chest and open it to get an Idunn Apple.
6) Jarnsmida Pitmines Water Puzzle 3
From the Nornir Chest, turn right and proceed ahead. After a little while, make Arteus climb up the platform ahead and direct him to turn the lever as shown in the picture below. This will make the gear turn. The gear will move a platform. Freeze the gear when the platform is in a horizontal position as shown in the second picture below.
Then jump and proceed ahead. Go under the giant rock in front of you. Now turn right and pull the lever up ahead as shown in the picture below. This will make the giant rock ahead of you move up. Go ahead under the rock. Then turn back and freeze the wooden trough as shown in the second picture below. This will make the giant rock come down. Then climb up the rock and call back the axe. This will make the giant rock go up again. Now you can jump to reach the gate and open it.
7) Jarnsmida Pitmines Water Puzzle 4 (Legendary Chest)
After opening the gate, proceed ahead until you get a cutscene with Sindri at the location shown in the picture below.
Before entering the mines ahead of you, turn right and proceed on the path until you reach some blockage as shown in the picture below. Hit the explosive barrel to remove the blockage.
On the right side of the blockage, you will see a lever as shown in the picture below. Pull this lever to move the wooden trough. This will make a giant block come over as shown in the second picture below. Climb up the giant block and then turn around and freeze the mouth of the wooden trough as shown in the third picture below. This will make the giant block move back and it will take you to the other side. Jump down from the giant block and proceed ahead to get the legendary chest and an artefact.
8) The Applecore Water Puzzle 1
The location of this puzzle is shown in the picture below. To solve the puzzle, you have to redirect water to the water wheel and make it rotate.
First, destroy the stones on the wooden trough blocking the water flow. As you destroy the stones, water will start flowing. Then freeze the wooden trough as shown in the second picture below. This will make the water overflow and fall on the wheel, making it rotate. This will make a hook come out as shown in the second picture below. Use the hook to jump to the other side and continue ahead.
9) The Applecore Water Puzzle 2
The location of this puzzle is shown in the picture below.
As you arrive in the area, go right and climb up the walls to reach the top platform and go to its edge as shown in the pictures below. Once you are there, pull the lever there to redirect the water toward a water wheel as shown in the second picture below.
Now go back to the starting platform and freeze the wooden trough as shown in the picture below. This will make the water overflow and fall on a wheel, making it rotate. This will make a hook come out as shown in the second picture below. Use the hook to jump over to the opposite side as shown below.
Once you have jumped over, call back your axe. Then freeze the wooden trough on the left side as shown in the picture below. This will make the water overflow and fall on the wheel, making it rotate. This will make the lift come down. Enter the lift and summon back the axe to get the lift moving.
10) The Applecore Water Puzzle 2
Shortly after the previous puzzle, you will reach the final puzzle of the area. First, turn left and send Atreus up the platform as shown in the picture below.
Now go back to the starting platform and freeze the wooden trough, making the water overflow and the wheel rotate, as shown in the picture below. Then look over to Atreus and press the “Square” button. This will make Atreus rotate the wheel and send some rocks. Now you can call back your axe, but since rocks are there, the wheel will still keep rotating.
Now freeze the wooden trough on the right side as shown in the picture below. This will make the water overflow and fall on a wheel, making it rotate. This will make a hook come up. Use the hook to jump over to the opposite side. Then turn around and direct Atreus to shoot the stones blocking the water. This will make the platform move and you can then start moving ahead.
