An NVIDIA Driver Crash/Soft Lock that prevents the game from loading is under investigation. In the meantime, we've implemented a work around for the cause of the crash to change how shader compilation works. This change may cause some micro-stuttering during initial load, but will hopefully avoid the driver crash that prevents game from starting.

Please verify files after patching.

Celebrate the God of War 20th Anniversary with two new items added to the God of War Ragnarök Steam Points Shop!

Thank you to all of our fantastic PC players who have embraced God of War, we appreciate your support and hope you join in the anniversary celebrations with us!

As a gift to everyone who owns God of War Ragnarök, the Dark Odyssey collection is now available in-game at no additional cost!

Inspired by the working name of God of War (2005) and the skin that originally appeared in God of War II as a reward for beating the game on God Mode difficulty, we have brought back the black and gold theme for the anniversary.

Dark Odyssey Armor & Appearance for Kratos

• Dark Odyssey Kratos Appearance
  
• Dark Odyssey Armor Set for Kratos (Dark Odyssey Breastplate, Dark Odyssey Bracers, Dark Odyssey Belt)

Dark Odyssey Companion Armor

• Dark Odyssey Vestment for Atreus
  
• Dark Odyssey Witch Frock for Freya

Dark Odyssey Weapon Appearances & Attachments*

• Dark Odyssey Leviathan Axe [Appearance] & Dark Odyssey Knob [Attachment]
  
• Dark Odyssey Blades of Chaos [Appearance] & Dark Odyssey Handles [Attachment]
  
• Dark Odyssey Draupnir Spear [Appearance] & Dark Odyssey Hind [Attachment]

Dark Odyssey Shield Appearances & Rönd

• Dark Odyssey Guardian Shield [Appearance]
  
• Dark Odyssey Dauntless Shield [Appearance]
  
• Dark Odyssey Stone Wall Shield [Appearance]
  
• Dark Odyssey Shatter Start Shield [Appearance]
  
• Dark Odyssey Onslaught Shield [Appearance]
  
• Dark Odyssey Spartan Aspis Shield [Appearance]
  
• Dark Odyssey Rönd

*Please note, the weapon appearances are made for the fully upgraded version of each weapon and will only be available for use upon reaching that upgrade.

With the addition of the new Dark Odyssey weapon attachments and shield rönd in the patch, we have added the ability to use the ‘Edit Appearance’ feature on those components of Kratos’ arsenal.

You’ll be able to pick whatever visual suits your look with the functionality you want for your build!

Tomorrow on January 30th we will be releasing a patch to the PC and PlayStation versions of God of War Ragnarök with a few changes.

For all PlayStation and PC players, the Edit Appearance feature (AKA the Transmog system), will no longer require gear to be fully upgraded to level 9 and will instead be available from the beginning of the game.

After this update, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 players will also get access to the Armor of the Black Bear set (no NG+ save required) via the first available Lost Items chest in new and in-progress saves.

When signed into an account for the PlayStation Network when playing God of War Ragnarök on PC, you will gain access to the Armor of the Black Bear set for Kratos at the first Lost Items chest in the Realm Between Realms (previously only accessible in a New Game+ run) and a resource bundle.

This set includes:

• Cloak of the Black Bear (Chest)
  
• Wraps of the Black Bear (Wrist)
  
• Belt of the Black Bear (Waist)

The resource bundle includes:
• 500 Hacksilver
  
• 250 XP

For in-progress saves, you will be able to access the armor set and resource bundle in the Lost Items chest after the update is live.

If you do not wish to log-in to an account for PlayStation Network while playing God of War Ragnarök on PC, you will still be able to access the Armor of the Black Bear set in a New Game+ run (the same as before).

Signing into the PlayStation Network will now be optional on God of War Ragnarök PC.