God of War Alfheim puzzle - root blocked gate in Light Elf Sanctuary solution

God of War Alfheim puzzles can be very difficult to solve sometimes. On your journey throughout this area you’ll come across, Spoils of War artifacts, Idunns apple chest, Nornir Rune Chest, and other surprises. In order to reach all these rewards you’ll have to solve several puzzles. Some of them can be very tricky to solve and take a bit of work. I found one to be particularly hard. It requires you to use both problem solving skills and reflexes. There’s this gate blocked by some red roots in the Light Elf Sanctuary area of Alfheim that I just couldn’t open. After finally managing to solve the puzzle I decided to write this guide. I hope it will help you go through root blocked gate in Light Elf Sanctuary.

How to pass through the door with roots

Once you reach Light Elf Sanctuary area you’ll get attacked by enemies straight away. Once you dispose of them you will see a gate and a triangular crank you can interact with. This is important because this teaches you the gate stays up for just a few seconds. You have to run past it before it drops down. In the new area there’s an Idunn apple puzzle to the left.

To the right you’ll see another gate, but with some red roots blocking it. There is another red root behind the gate and higher up in the air. As you’ve learned by now you need to destroy both red root hearths at the same time to unblock the passage.

In order to destroy the roots and go through the gate you can use one of the following tactics:

#1 – Throw the axe and destroy the first, closer, root node. Once the root regenerates, turn the triangular crank and activate the gate (press circle). The moment you recall your axe, the node will break again, and the gate will open. Quickly throw the axe towards the other root node, and your way through the gate will be open.

#2 Activate the triangular door lever by pressing circle first . Then, throw your axe through the closer root node, and immediately recall the axe. At this moment keep moving towards the gate that opens. Once the gate rises, quickly throw the axe through the upper root node and destroy it.

Don’t be disappointed if you can’t solve this puzzle quickly. You’ll need a few tries before you free the way toward what lies ahead. I used the second method successfully and it took several tries to master it.