The Forbidden Sands - Nornir Chest 2 - God of War Ragnarok Guide - IGN (2024)

This Nornir Chest is found in a spot underground of The Elven Sanctum, however, its entryway is blocked with sand until you clear the sandstorm in the Song of the Sands Favor.

• Prerequisite: Complete the Song of the Sands Favor
• Type: Torch

Lighting all three torches for this Nornir Chest involves setting up at least one Hex Bubble chain with Sigil Arrows under time pressure. To make this easier, we highly recommend purchasing your companion’s Arrow Surplus Skill, which gives them four arrows to work with rather than just three.

Once you’ve completed Songs of the Sands, head to the North-East corner of The Forbidden Sands to The Elven Sanctuary. Here, instead of leaping up to the top of the ledge, attack the broken section at the bottom: this reveals a space you can crawl through. You’ll find the Nornir Chest at the bottom.

The Forbidden Sands - Nornir Chest 2 Solution

First, you’ll need to clear out the Nest Vines. To do this, look for some Twilight Stone in front of and to the sides of the Nornir Chest (you’ll have two to choose from). Throw your axe into one at the correct angle, and it’ll bounce about the room and cut all three vines. It may take the axe a few laps before it can cut all three in time.

The trick to this Nornir Chest is to use the fireball explosions when Hex Arrows are fired into a lit flame. To begin, look for the N-Rune’s torch off to the left of the Nornir Chest, which has a warm campfire lit next to it. Fire a Sigil Arrow at the campfire, and it’ll place a Hex Bubble that immediately explodes, lighting the torch!

Next is the C Rune’s torch, which is to the right of the Nornir Chest at the base of a column. The campfire is some distance away, so you’ll need to set up a Hex Bubble Chain. Since the arrow you fire at the campfire will also set a Hex Bubble down, this effectively gives you two bubbles to work with.

Start with the bubble closest to the torch. Fire at the same spot three times to make an enlarged Hex Bubble: place it some distance away from the torch as you can while still being in range of the torch. You can tell you’ve done this correctly because the top of the torch will glow pink.

Next, set up another triple-size Hex Bubble between the first one and the campfire: make sure the middle of the second Hex Bubble is close to the edge of the first so that the chain travels correctly. Finally, fire a Sigil Arrow at the campfire itself. If you’ve set things up correctly, the bubbles will ignite each other, and then the torch!

The last and most difficult torch is the R Rune’s, which can only be lit after you’ve lit the C Rune’s torch described above. Look up above the column next to the C Rune torch to see a Nest Wall that you can retract temporarily with a Sonic Arrow.

In order to reach the R Rune’s torch, you’ll have to set up three triple-size Hex Bubbles; you can make one by firing at the same spot three times. The challenge is that enlarged Hex Bubbles will expire after about 10-15 seconds. Thus you’ll have to quickly do the following:

• Set up the two triple-size Hex Bubbles up the column and below the Nest Wall. To give yourself the most time, set up two normal-sized Hex Bubbles, wait for your arrows to recharge, then enlarge them to triple size.
  • Remember, the middle of a bubble has to be close to the edge of another bubble in order for the chain to travel correctly.
• Switch to Sonic Arrows and fire one at the Nest Wall to retract it.
• Switch back to Sigil Arrows and fire one at the C Rune’s torch to set off the chain.