God of War 3 Cheats, Codes, and Strategy Guide - Optimize your Kratos build and dominate the Pantheon. This guide provides technical insights into combat mechanics, trophy requirements, and advanced speedrunning tactics for God of War III.
God of War® III concludes Kratos' epic vendetta against the Olympian Gods. Mastering the game requires more than just button-mashing; it demands an understanding of weapon scaling, hit-box manipulation, and efficient resource management. Below, I have compiled verified strategies to help you navigate the challenges of Olympus and maximize your efficiency.
Mysterious Website for Platinum Spartans
Players who achieve the Platinum Trophy are directed to a specialized URL featuring a compass and atmospheric rain effects, serving as a digital badge of honor for completing the game's most rigorous requirements.
Optimizing Red Orb Collection
Completion Bonuses
Completing the main campaign unlocks the Challenges Of Olympus, Combat Arena, Chaos difficulty, and the Fear Kratos costume. Note: Equipping the Fear Kratos costume triggers a 4x damage multiplier for both Kratos and his enemies, but it will disable the ability to earn trophies.
Chaos Mode
Beat the game on Spartan, God, or Titan Mode to unlock Chaos Mode (Very Hard).
Costumes
Unlockable costumes are managed via the Treasures menu.
Additional Modes
10 Godly Possessions
These items act as gameplay modifiers (cheats) and can be toggled in the Items Menu after your first completion. Warning: Activating any Godly Possession disables trophy progression.
Zeus Mountain Skip (Conveyor Belt)
Trophy Requirements
To ensure trophies register, avoid using Godly Possessions or the Fear Kratos costume.
Secret Trophies
Speed Run Strategy and Costume Analysis
For speedrunning, costume selection is critical. Ares Armor provides a 200% boost across all fields, while Tycoonius is ideal for orb farming at 400% EXP. When using the "Dairy Bastard" costume, you gain infinite MP, which allows for aggressive use of the Claws of Hades and Army of Hades (AoH) to clear rooms without standard combat engagement. For those interested in technical speedrunning, I recommend reviewing the archives maintained by the community, such as AKheon's Glitch FAQ, which details the mechanics used by top-tier runners like satvara and tyrhhjy.
1000 Hit Combo Trophy
The most reliable method is to use the Claws of Hades after defeating Hades. In a high-density enemy area, hold L1 and repeatedly press Circle to perform the Soul Rip. This keeps the combo counter active without killing the enemies too quickly.
Fear Kratos Costume Overview
The Fear Kratos costume is a high-risk, high-reward unlockable. While it provides a 4x damage output, the 4x damage received makes it unsuitable for standard playthroughs where survival is key. Note that cutscenes will revert to the default Kratos model, maintaining the narrative consistency of the game.
God of War® III concludes Kratos' epic vendetta against the Olympian Gods. Mastering the game requires more than just button-mashing; it demands an understanding of weapon scaling, hit-box manipulation, and efficient resource management. Below, I have compiled verified strategies to help you navigate the challenges of Olympus and maximize your efficiency.
Mysterious Website for Platinum Spartans
Players who achieve the Platinum Trophy are directed to a specialized URL featuring a compass and atmospheric rain effects, serving as a digital badge of honor for completing the game's most rigorous requirements.
Optimizing Red Orb Collection
To farm Red Orbs efficiently, locate a group of Olympian skeletons. Reduce their numbers to approximately ten, then position Kratos with his back against a wall. Equip the Claws of Hades (Level 2 or higher). Execute the Soul Rip attack (L1 + CIRCLE). Because this move deals minimal damage but hits repeatedly, you can rack up over 1,000 hits quickly. Backing against a wall prevents Kratos from lunging forward, keeping the enemies within the attack's hitbox. This is particularly effective on higher difficulty settings where enemies have more health.
Completion Bonuses
Completing the main campaign unlocks the Challenges Of Olympus, Combat Arena, Chaos difficulty, and the Fear Kratos costume. Note: Equipping the Fear Kratos costume triggers a 4x damage multiplier for both Kratos and his enemies, but it will disable the ability to earn trophies.
Chaos Mode
Beat the game on Spartan, God, or Titan Mode to unlock Chaos Mode (Very Hard).
Costumes
Unlockable costumes are managed via the Treasures menu.
- Fear Kratos - Beat the game. Increases attack damage by 4x. Enemies deal 4x damage. Trophies are disabled.
Additional Modes
- Challenge of Olympus - Beat the game on any difficulty.
- Combat Arena - Complete all Challenges of Olympus.
10 Godly Possessions
These items act as gameplay modifiers (cheats) and can be toggled in the Items Menu after your first completion. Warning: Activating any Godly Possession disables trophy progression.
- Zeus' Eagle - Infinite Rage of Sparta
- Hades' Helm - Max out Health, Magic and Item Meters
- Helios' Shield - Increase the Hits Counter by 3 times
- Hermes' Coin - Collect 10 time the amount of Red Orbs
- Hercules' Shoulder Guard - Increase damage taken by a third
- Poseidon's Conch Shell - Infinite Magic
- Aphrodite's Garter - Continue to use Athena's Blades (the main weapon from the game's intro / while active, switch to another weapon to Combat Grapple)
- Hephaestus' Ring - Automatically win all Context Sensitive Attacks ("Quick Time Events")
- Daedalus' Schematics - Infinite item use
- Hera's Chalice - Causes the Health Meter to slowly drain over time, never completely emptying it
Zeus Mountain Skip (Conveyor Belt)
- Upon reaching the conveyor belt, hug the left wall and move as close as possible to the roller.
- Jump toward the platform typically occupied by an archer, maintaining your position on the extreme left.
- This pathing bypasses the combat trigger, allowing you to proceed directly to Pandora's Box.
Trophy Requirements
To ensure trophies register, avoid using Godly Possessions or the Fear Kratos costume.
- Mr. Hand (Bronze): Discover the secret 'Hades Room'.
- Hit Man (Bronze): Perform a 1000-hit combo.
- Rip One! (Bronze): Rip apart 1 Olympus Sentry.
- Nice Tan (Bronze): Blind 100 enemies with the Head of Helios.
- Obedience School (Bronze): Deliver 50 kicks to Hounds.
- It's getting hot in here... (Bronze): Burn 100 enemies with the Bow of Apollo.
- Souled Out (Bronze): Summon every Soul with the Claws of Hades.
- Bloody Hell (Bronze): Cover Kratos in 500 buckets of blood by killing the enemies.
- No Guts, No Glory (Bronze): Gut 3 Centaur Generals.
- Hitting Your Stride (Bronze): Upgrade any weapon to the next level.
- Eye Candy (Silver): Collect all of the Gorgon Eyes.
- Feather Plucker (Silver): Collect all of the Phoenix Feathers.
- Are You Horny to Win? (Silver): Collect all of the Minotaur Horns.
- Maxed Out! (Silver): Completely upgrade all the weapons.
- Vengeance Complete (Gold): Beat the game.
- Up to the Challenge (Gold): Beat the Challenge of Olympus.
- Unhuman (Gold): Beat Titan Mode.
- Priceless (Gold): Collect all of the 'Godly Possessions'.
Secret Trophies
- Ladies Man (Bronze): Successfully entertain Aphrodite.
- Hooker (Silver): Kill Hades.
- Titan Slayer (Silver): Kill Cronos.
- Sibling Rivalry (Silver): Kill Hercules.
- Releasing the Flood Gates (Bronze): Kill Poseidon.
- Burnt to a Crisp (Bronze): Acquire the Bow of Apollo.
- Mr. Hand (Bronze): Discover the secret Hades Arm room.
- Shine Lord (Bronze): Kill Helios.
- Shoe Delivery (Bronze): Kill Hermes and acquire his boots.
- I didn't do it... But I wish I did! (Bronze): Kill the Poseidon Princess.
- Handy Man (Bronze): Sever Gia's hand.
- Open Sesame (Bronze): Open the Gates of Tisiphone.
- Rescue Me (Bronze): Save Pandora.
- Three Wise Men (Bronze): Solve the Puzzle of the Three Judges.
- Retribution (Silver): Kill Zeus.
- Freezer Burn (Silver): Acquire the Boreas Icestorm.
- Seeing Things From a Different Perspective (Silver): Solve Hera's Gardens.
- aMAZEd (Gold): Beat the Labyrinth Without Dying or Failing.
- King of the Hill (Platinum): Unlock all Other Trophies.
Speed Run Strategy and Costume Analysis
For speedrunning, costume selection is critical. Ares Armor provides a 200% boost across all fields, while Tycoonius is ideal for orb farming at 400% EXP. When using the "Dairy Bastard" costume, you gain infinite MP, which allows for aggressive use of the Claws of Hades and Army of Hades (AoH) to clear rooms without standard combat engagement. For those interested in technical speedrunning, I recommend reviewing the archives maintained by the community, such as AKheon's Glitch FAQ, which details the mechanics used by top-tier runners like satvara and tyrhhjy.
1000 Hit Combo Trophy
The most reliable method is to use the Claws of Hades after defeating Hades. In a high-density enemy area, hold L1 and repeatedly press Circle to perform the Soul Rip. This keeps the combo counter active without killing the enemies too quickly.
Fear Kratos Costume Overview
The Fear Kratos costume is a high-risk, high-reward unlockable. While it provides a 4x damage output, the 4x damage received makes it unsuitable for standard playthroughs where survival is key. Note that cutscenes will revert to the default Kratos model, maintaining the narrative consistency of the game.