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God of War Ragnarök: The Applecore water puzzle guide - The Search for Tyr

Complete the Applecore water puzzle with this God of War Ragnarok guide

Kirk McKeand

God of War Ragnarök: The Applecore water puzzle guide - The Search for Tyr
God of War Ragnarök: The Applecore water puzzle guide - The Search for Tyr /

Once you’re deep into the mines on your hunt for Tyr, you’ll come across a large gap and find a claw suspended underwater. There are also a series of troughs and waterwheels above.

The first thing you need to do is look at the water wheel on the left and throw your ax into the trough right above it. This will raise the claw, allowing you to hop across. From here, with your back to the elevator, freeze the trough up and to the left. This will cause the elevator to descend. Hop aboard and recall your ax to head up.

God of War Ragnarok Applecore puzzle

Throw your ax into the trough here. 

God of War Ragnarok Applecore puzzle

Grapple across and freeze this up to lower the elevator. 

God of War Ragnarok Applecore puzzle

In the next puzzle room, freeze this trough and have Atreus release the ore. 

God of War Ragnarok Applecore puzzle

Once you've frozen the troughs on both sides and hopped over, you need to remove the ore with sonic arrows and recall your ax. 

Further into the Applecore, you’ll find a similar puzzle, but this time Atreus will be on a switch while you’re across from him throwing your ax into a series of water troughs.

The first thing you need to do is freeze the trough on your left just in front of the waterwheel right next to it. Then get Atreus to pull the lever. This will send a series of ore deposits up to your ice block, and they’ll stay there once you recall your ax, allowing you to take aim at another trough without losing that waterwheel.

Now freeze the trough on the right level with the waterwheel also on the right. This will raise the claw in front of you and allow you to grapple across. Once here, you have to get Atreus to fire sonic arrows at the stones you used to block up the original trough. This will move the platform and allow you to meet up with Atreus.

Looking for more? Check out our God of War Ragnarok review or our God of War Ragnarok walkthrough.

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KIRK MCKEAND

Kirk McKeand is the Content Director for GLHF.  A games media writer and editor from Lincoln, UK, he won a Games Media Award in 2014 in the Rising Star category. He has also been nominated for two Features Writer awards. He was also recognized in MCV's 30 Under 30 list in 2014. His favorite games are The Witcher 3, The Last of Us Part 2, Dishonored 2, Deus Ex, Bloodborne, Suikoden 2, and Final Fantasy 7.  You can buy Kirk McKeand's book, The History of the Stealth Game, in most bookstores in the US and UK.  With a foreword written by Arkane's Harvey Smith, The History of the Stealth Game dives deep into the shadows of game development, uncovering the surprising stories behind some of the industry's most formative video games.  He has written for IGN, Playboy, Vice, Eurogamer, Edge, Official PlayStation Magazine, Games Master, Official Xbox Magazine, USA Today's ForTheWin, Digital Spy, The Telegraph, International Business Times, and more.  Kirk was previously the Editor-in-Chief at TheGamer and Deputy Editor at VG247. These days he works as the Content Director for GLHF, a content agency specializing in video games coverage, serving media partners across the globe.  You can check out Kirk McKeand's MuckRack profile for more.  Email: kirk.mckeand@glhf.gg

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