{"id":501472,"date":"2025-11-16T21:05:42","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T21:05:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.xbox.com\/en-us\/?p=163822"},"modified":"2025-11-16T21:05:42","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T21:05:42","slug":"first-look-at-dawn-of-ragnarok-assassins-creed-valhallas-fiery-new-expansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/arcader.org\/news\/first-look-at-dawn-of-ragnarok-assassins-creed-valhallas-fiery-new-expansion\/","title":{"rendered":"First Look at Dawn of Ragnar\u00f6k, Assassin\u2019s Creed Valhalla\u2019s Fiery New Expansion"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dawn of Ragnar\u00f6k<\/a><\/strong><\/em> comes to Xbox One and Xbox Series X|S on March 10, when it will take Assassin\u2019s Creed Valhalla<\/a> <\/strong><\/em>players on a new journey into Norse myth in the vast dwarven realm of Svartalfheim. Dawn of Ragnar\u00f6k<\/em> focuses on Odin (aka Havi), who delves into this strange new land on a quest to rescue their son, Baldr, from the unkillable fire giant Surtr.<\/p>\n

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Set thousands of years before the events of Assassin\u2019s Creed Valhalla<\/em> (and experienced as a vision by Eivor), Dawn of Ragnar\u00f6k <\/em>is the series\u2019 biggest expansion yet, with an estimated 35-plus hours of content. Svartalfheim is a huge realm filled with massive dwarven buildings, literal mountains of gold, and a skyline dominated by the twisting branches of Yggdrasil, the World Tree. It\u2019s a world under occupation by Surtr\u2019s forces, the Muspel fire giants, who\u2019ve allied with the Jotnar frost giants to hunt for powerful relics hidden throughout Svartalfheim.<\/p>\n

Their presence has twisted the landscape with ice and magma, and \u2013 apart from a few hidden dwarven shelters \u2013 there are no safe havens here. Most Muspels and Jotnar will attack Odin on sight, and in addition to wielding fire and ice powers, their ranks include new enemy types like the Flame Keepers, who can resurrect fallen enemies and prolong battles indefinitely if you\u2019re not careful.<\/p>\n

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Odin has an important edge, however: the Hugr-Rip, a mythical bracer that lets them steal powers from certain marked enemies. Powered by a new resource, Hugr \u2013 which can be drawn from giant flowers or gained by sacrificing part of Odin\u2019s health at special shrines \u2013 these new abilities last for short bursts of time, and include the following:<\/p>\n