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God of War: Ragnarok

How to get the Darkdale Armor

By
Ben Chard

If you purchase the Deluxe Edition of God of War: Ragnarok, you’ll obtain the Darkdale Armor set and weapon hilts. This page will detail when you can obtain them and the stats on them.

The Darkdale Armor set is exclusive to the Deluxe Edition of God of War Ragnarok.

Where to Find the Preorder and Deluxe DLC in God of War: Ragnarok

For those of you that decided to purchase the Digital Deluxe or higher versions of God of War: Ragnarok, you may be wondering where all this fancy armor is once you start the game?

The answer to that question is a rather simple one, you’ll need to progress through the start of the game until you reach Sindri’s House in the Realms Between, shortly after the game’s second boss fight. This will take most players around two-three hours as they traverse the Wildwood in Midgard during Fimbulvetr.

Once you reach Sindri’s House, you’ll be introduced to how you can upgrade your existing gear and select a new shield to replace the broken shield from the battle with The Huntress. Following this tutorial, he’ll introduce you to the chest next to him, examine this to obtain any DLC including the Darkdale Armor set.

(1 of 2) you will obtain all of your items once you examine the chest next to his workbench.

you will obtain all of your items once you examine the chest next to his workbench. (left), You will need to progress until you reach Sindri’s House (right)

Darkdale Armor Stats

The Darkdale Armor set focuses on a balance of both Strength and Defense but offers an increase in Runic on top of it. Runic impacts the damage and effectiveness of any Runic Attacks you use, making it a potent stat if that’s where you want to focus your playstyle.

Alongside this, all three pieces come with their perk already unlocked from the start. All three perks focus on making your Rage a lot more useful, such as increasing how you gain Rage.

Name Strength Defense Runic Perk
Darkdale Plackart 4 4 1 Enraged Slayer: Killing an enemy while in Spartan Rage restores some Rage and Health
Darkdale Arm Guards 5 1 Raging Affliction II: Increases the rate at which Rage is gained when attacking status-afflicted enemies and using Runic Attacks
Darkdale Waist Guard 5 1 Raging Affliction II: Increases the rate at which Rage is gained when attacking status-afflicted enemies and using Runic Attacks

Grip of Darkdale

You’ll get an Axe Attachment alongside this armor set, and the Darkdale axe attachment focuses on buffing your Cooldown. It also comes with its Perk unlocked from the start which increases the effectiveness of Frost Awaken.

Name Strength Cooldown Perk
Grip of Darkdale 3 2 Deadly Awakening: Killing enemies with a Frost Awaken attack causes a Frost shockwave and re-Frost Awakens the axe.

Darkdale Handles

You’ll also get a Blades of Chaos Attachment alongside this armor set, and the Blades of Chaos attachment focuses on buffing your Luck. It also comes with its Perk unlocked from the start which increases the effectiveness of Flame Whiplash.

Name Strength Luck Perk
Darkdale Handles 3 2 Deadly Flames: Killing enemies with a Flame Whiplash attack causes a Burn shockwave and increases Burn status inflicted for a duration.
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Guide Information
  • Publisher
    Sony Interactive Entertainment
  • Platforms,
    PS4, PS5
  • Genre
    Action Adventure, Fighting, Hack-n-slash
  • Guide Release
    5 November 2022
  • Last Updated
    9 January 2023
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God of War Ragnarök is an action-adventure game developed by Santa Monica Studio released on November 9th, 2022. Follow Kratos, and his teenage son Atreus as they journey through the Nine Realms to prevent Ragnarök from occurring. As you progress through the story, you’ll uncover many secrets left by the Giants regarding the impending doom that awaits them.

This guide offers information on all the essential aspects of the game, including:

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