In the God of War series, Kratos will find Chests all throughout his quests. There are several different types of chests, which then yield different things when opened.

Types of Chests

• Item Chest: a type of Magical chest found in all of the God of War series. It appears "unmarked" without any particular color glowing on top. When Kratos opens it, he may receive a Gorgon Eye, Phoenix Feather, or a certain amount of Red, Green, or Gold Orbs. In God of War II, some hidden chests contain Urns of Power. In God of War III and God of War: Ghost of Sparta, they appear as Gaia chests (Gold chests).
• Red Orb Chest: releases Red Orbs.
• Green Orb Chest: releases Green Orbs.
• Blue Orb Chest: releases Blue Orbs.
• Gold Orb Chest: releases Gold Orbs (only found in God of War II).
• Combination Chest: flashes between green and blue. Opening it on a certain color will release either magic (blue) or health (green). In God of War II, some of them flash between gold and blue.
• Gaia Chest: three hidden chests on the Island of Creation, which grant about 4,000 red orbs, a health upgrade, and a magic upgrade, respectively.
• White Chest: only present in God of War III, and contain a combination of either red and green orbs, or red and blue orbs.

God of War (2018) Chests

• Wooden Chest: they contain items like World Serpent Scales and Hacksilver.
• Stone Chest: they contain items like gear, Solid Svartalfheim Steel and Symbols for sockets.
• Legendary Chest: they contain items like Runic Attacks and Summons, Talisman, and Pommels.
• Cipher Chest: they contain items like Cipher of Muspelheim and Cipher of Nifleim.
• Nornir Chest: these are locked using magic. They contain items like Horns of Blood Mead and Idunn Apples.

God of War Ragnarök Chests

• Wooden Chest: they contain items like World Serpent Scales and Hacksilver.
• Stone Chest: they contain items like gear, Solid Svartalfheim Steel and Symbols for sockets.
• Legendary Chest: they contain items like Runic Attacks and Summons, Talisman, and Pommels.
• Nornir Chest: these are locked using magic. They contain items like Horns of Blood Mead and Idunn Apples.

God of War Ragnarök: Valhalla Chests

• Greek Chest: Found in the Upper Realms; require a payment of Fleeting Echoes to open. They may contain ability perks, armor skins, Relics or Divine Triumphs.

Gallery

Greek Chests

A collection of Red Orb chests, found in God of War III

From left to right; a Blue Orb chest, a treasure chest containing a Minotaur Horn, and a Green Orb chest

Blue orb chest

Green orb chest in God of War III

From top to bottom; Gaia's Gifts

All types of chests found in God of War

Norse Chests

Fake-out chest with drauggr inside.

Second fake-out chest with frost drauggr.

Concept art

Trivia

• In God of War (2018), there are two fake-out chests in Midgard. Kratos opens this chest but gets surprised by a drauggr who he tosses out and fights. Upon death, the drauggr drops the loot Kratos would have gotten from that very chest.