The Flight of Fafnir

Rewards:

615 XP

Dragon Tear

Rare Enchantment—Brilliant Scale of the Chained

After the second water drop, a beach beside Alfheim tower will be visible. You’ll need Atreus’ shock arrows to be able to blow up the rubble blocking the ledges. You can also close the realm tear nearby and loot a Niflheim Cipher from a chest past the realm tear. When ready, climb up another ledge and follow the trail that leads to a large door. This favor automatically starts after finding Fafnir inside.

Like before, you’ll have to find and destroy three shrines to unseal Fafnir’s binding anchor. You can destroy them in any order but for convenience, you can follow the walkthrough below:

Shrine 1

From the entrance, loot the wooden chest. Turn to the left and drop down the ledge. Be careful of Fafnir’s fire breath and use the rocks as cover. Using your compass, turn to the north and enter the cavern there to find the first shrine with a lone shadow standing guard. Destroy them then climb the wall nearby to reach a cavern with a lore marker and a coffin. Loot the coffin and lift the grate to return to the entrance.

Shrine 2

From the entrance drop down to the lower ground and head south this time. Find the marked ledge by the stream then jump on the cliff and climb to the top. In this cavern, you’ll find another shrine protected by reavers and a traveler. Kill the former first then concentrate on counterattacking the traveler after evading its attacks. Once the area’s clear, destroy the shrine, pick up the loot and open the gate leading back to the main entrance again.

Shrine 3

From the entrance, drop down to the lower ground again and this time, follow the trail to the northeast. This shrine is located in front of Fafnir itself, protected by a shadow and two reaver guards. Once you’re within attacking range, Fafnir will be able to summon delayed lightning strikes like Otr.

Breaking the guards’ shields will be tough without the appropriate melee Skill from Kratos. However, you can still use Fafnir’s attacks against them by luring them to the lightning strike zone and evading at the right time or simply use your runic attacks. Once clear, proceed in destroying this shrine.

After destroying the last shrine, realm tears will appear near the anchor. You have to defeat all enemies before you can dispel the binding. You’ll be fighting off revenants and vikens. Surprisingly, Fafnir will stop his attacks as well, allowing you to focus on these enemies and pummel them. Concentrate on one viken at a time because they have a chance to heal if left alone for some time. Once all enemies are defeated, return to the anchor and finally dispel the binding to free Fafnir and complete the favor.