Throw your axe at the gear to the northwest to freeze the platform in place, and then go through the tunnel to the left of the gear that was revealed when the platform lowered. On the right side of the trench will be another wheel to crank, causing the floor on both the left and right sides of the trench to be lowered. Reactivate the Ringed Temple BridgeĪfter the dark elves are dead, follow the path to the northeast to fight a few more dark elves. There will be a short cinematic that leads into a fight with a large number of dark elves. The pillars will spread apart to reveal a large underground area, and the platform you are standing on will start to descend into the Ringed Temple Trench. Go back to the sand table and Atreus will comment that the pillars and ring that you have just raised form an elvish rune, then he will use it to activate the sand table. When both are raised, Atreus will comment that the shape of them together forms a rune. Each one will raise a section of the bridge. To the left and right of the dock will be two large wheels to crank downwards. Watch a cinematic, then face off against a bunch of dark elves. Continue to the north-east, and dock in front of the temple. You’ll have to get back in the boat and look for the clue. Atreus will run to the sand bowl on the platform and find that there aren’t any runes in the area to give you a clue what to write. Pull up to the dock directly in front of you. Paddle the canoe down the river until you reach the Lake of Light.
Interact with it to push it down the beach and into the water. If you hit all three, the boat will be freed. If you miss and don’t get all three, the orbs will regenerate and you will have to try again.
Free the BoatĬircle around the tree to the left so that you can line up all three glowing orbs in a row, then throw your axe through all three at once. Look to your left to find a boat that is wrapped in tentacle vines that you must destroy to continue. Deal with dark elves, destroy vines, and continue to follow the path until you reach Sindri’s shop on the beach. The easiest method of dealing with them is to use Atreus’s bow shots to stun them and use a stun finisher using the R3 button. They can be irritating with their fast attacks and ability to fly.
You will also run into dark elves for the first time. Continue down the path, destroying the vines as you go. Throw the axe through the orb to destroy the vines, and clear your path. There will be a glowing orb in the middle of the vine. Travel down the bridge until you encounter some large pink tentacle-like vines.