God of War Ragnarök: Complete "Across the Realms" Guide

As an avid God of War fan and professional gamer, I‘ve fully completed the "Across the Realms" favor which has you hunting down rare ingredients across multiple realms. It‘s one of the more challenging side quests, but the legendary consumable reward is well worth the effort.

In this comprehensive guide, I‘ll provide detailed directions to find every obscure ingredient location so you can finish the quest and claim your prize.

At a Glance

The Goal: Gather ingredients from across different realms to prepare an ancient legendary dish
The Reward: Meal of Comfort (+5 to all stats), Whispering Slab, 1000+ XP
What You‘ll Need:

• Access to multiple realms
• Ability to defeat tricky enemy encounters
• Navigation/traversal skills to locate hidden items

Before You Begin

While the ingredients span across realms, you need to unlock realm travel first:

Complete the Recommended Quests

• Main Story Quest: Finish up to Chapter 13
• Favor Quests:
  • "Scent of Survival"
  • "Return of the River"

Unlock Realm Gateways

Realm	Gateway Location
Svartalfheim	The Applecore
Vanaheim	The Plains
Alfheim	Temple of Light

I especially recommend using your Realm Travel sled whenever possible, as it allows quick traversal across land and water. This helps to speed up ingredient hunting significantly.

With preparations complete, we can dive in and gather our obscure ingredients!

Nordic Gourd Location

We start closeby for the Nordic Gourd:

At the base of the cliff below the Eternal Campsite, you‘ll spot a heart-shaped icon with the initials S and E. Interact with it to obtain the gourd and cross it off your list.

Quick Tip: Pay attention for those unique heart icons, as they indicate hidden ingredient locations!

Prongfruit Location

Next up is Prongfruit, found within the rocky terrain of Svartalfheim:

After using the gateway to travel to Nidavellir, ride the rail system to reach the suspended wooden bridges. Follow along the left mountain pass until you reach the green heart icon. The Prongfruit itself rests on a ledge near a legendary chest, just waiting to be picked up.

Pro Tip: Use your sonic arrows or a precision throw to hit the chest‘s opening switch if you can‘t climb up to it normally.

Bantam Melon Location

For this ingredient, we‘ll have to carefully traverse some precarious terrain in Vanaheim to claim it:

I highly advise exercising extreme caution here, as the poison dripping from above spells instant death! Once at The Sinkholes entrance, ascend while avoiding acid streams then work inward. Along the water route, you‘ll see an orange heart icon near the target melon. Retrieve it quickly before getting melted by liquid death.

Expert Advice: Specific resist armor or an immunity idol can mitigate poison damage if you do get hit.

Elven Cap Location

The final step is recovering the Elven Cap from the lush realm of Alfheim:

Travel to the Hjarta gateway then journey left towards The Burrows. I recommend taking your watercraft here for faster movement. Pass through the glittering cave adorned with our last vibrant heart icon then loot the cap from a side nook.

Insider Tip: Resting at a Mystic Gateway will fully restore your health before major battles.

Completing the Quest

With all the obscure ingredients finally obtained, transversal back to Midgard and return to the Eternal Campsite.

A brief cooking scene later and the legendary Meal of Comfort is complete! Consuming this grants a +5 boost to Strength, Runic, Defense, Vitality, Luck and Cooldown stats for a duration. It‘s perfect right before a tough boss fight or realm trial.

Additionally, you get the Whispering Slab artifact plus 1000 XP for Kratos and 350 XP for Atreus. Useful rewards that will aid your adventure across the Nine Realms!

Let me know if you have any other questions in your own quest to find ingredients across the realms. I wish you glorious victory in all your future battles!