Learning how to heal in God of War is one of the first things the game teaches you. However, there’s more than one way to recover health in this game, and besides the basics, you’re left to figure out how on your own. Below, we’ll show you three ways to heal in God of War and how to combo them to ensure your health bar is always full.
How to Heal in God of War
The most basic way to recover health in God of War is shown to you early on. When you break pots or defeat enemies, you’ll see a glowing green orb on the ground. If you approach it and press the Circle button when prompted, you’ll have a little health restored. These green health potions are found all over the game, and you’re always guaranteed to get a bunch of them when you defeat a particularly powerful enemy.
It’s all well and good to get health potions outside of battle, but having to chase them down during combat is a real distraction. Luckily, there are a few ways you can have Kratos regenerate health over time, even if he’s fighting.
The first way to regenerate health in God of War is to activate Rage Mode. While Kratos is in his Spartan Rage, he’ll continually heal at a very slow rate. The advantage to this is that while you’re pounding your enemy in Rage Mode, you’ll likely keep them from damaging you. By the time your Rage meter is extinguished, you can heal from critical health to a much more comfortable level.
As the game goes on you’ll also start running into equipment that will allow for a health regen effect at all times. Talismans and certain armor exists that can stack the regen effect to the point where grabbing health potions becomes less of a priority. However, there’s just no way to accumulate health regeneration to the point where you can ignore potions entirely.
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