Who Blew The Horn? God of War Ragnarök 

Theory: The Rift in Odins Basement is connected to or an entrance to Athena’s higher plane of existence, The runes on the Mask were not Norse. Odin stated that it held the truth, and Athena said “I see truths where I did not before”. They are also both a glowing green colour. The only problem is that Athena is grey in GOW 2018 but apart from that it could make sense

what if brok got drunk and blew the horn

I have to agree with you about the fact that "it's changed internally". I think they had a specific purpose for it, they didn't include it in Ragnarok for whatever reason so now he's trying his best to keep it going. "One day I'll tell everyone" "There is a hint in the world"

Cory still hyping up this mystery even though the Norse saga is over is really strange

I think at this point it doesn’t really matter since in the long run it didn’t end up mattering really who blew the horn or if a gallahorn was blown.

Fun fact: If you bring enemies right next to the fake Tyr he automatically gets rid of them or stuns them

Even on my first playthrough I was sure it was obviously Baldur and I was not even thinking about it!

Cory said that whoever blew the horn was following kratos this could be Athena and obviously the higher realm of existence is related to the mask somehow so this could make sense. Also did anyone else notice that Thors body disintegrated unlike any of the other norse gods? I think it may have something to do with him sacrificing himself for Kratos essentially dying instead of him which then also granted him access to the higher realm of existence the same way Athena got there

I also just feel like the writers and director just completely forgot about the whole “Eitr Imbued” thing from the first game😂Had no use or relevance in GoW Ragnarok

I think it’s Atreus time traveling and knows that at the time he was sick and Kratos wasn’t around that area cause he’s been there

I'm 100 percent just gonna ignore what the director said and believe it was kratos in the future

Men, Cory… You’re Mentally Torturing Kuba’s Sanity 😂

A part of me would think it'd be really fun if the horn blower was Atreus from the future, during his travels with Angrboda to find the giants, and it involved time travel. Did anyone find it weird at all that GOW Ragnarok had no interaction with the world serpent for the whole game? That the horn was missing entirely from Tyr's bridge? Maybe Atreus went back to thank the serpent and revela their relationship to each other, or tell them where to spit up Kratos and Atreus, OR to find the marbles of giants who got sent through time due to plot shenanigans. The mask initially pointed to Garm as a piece of itself, which could imply a connection between the two. Now that Fenrir is at Atreus' disposal, what if they begin to discover the existence of and the capabilities of beings connected to a higher plane (such as Athena and possibly Thor)? Since fenrir can wily nilly rip wholes in space, who is to say that he can't interact with time? Travel between realms is shown heavily to be a very finicky matter since Tyr had to build a whole system to help people travel, and the only other way was to use Yggdrasil, the literal crux of existence to maneuver through space. Garm just being able to do that seems to be a way bigger deal than they let on. Their discovery of this almost "higher order pantheon" would tie in nicely with the theme of the next generation being better and progressing more than the last generation. Then at the end when Atreus and Angrboda find and release the giants back to some sort of corporeal form (or whatever they end up doing with them) they reunite with Kratos to report back their findings of a group of beings capable of wielding power beyond imagination. To find out more, Atreus and Kratos set out to a land known for its incredibly advanced technology, one of the only civilizations known to keep a record of their history, with gods who are so connected to the idea of ascending to a higher order or power that it seems an obvious choice to go. Especially because Kratos has been there already, and then BAM egypt can be set up. Side note: has anyone thought of discussing how OP the giants are in GOW? Their ability to manipulate souls is something a little underexplored in my eyes and makes me wonder if they are somehow connected to the higher order beings.

Cory: everything happens for a reason in the game and nothing will be left unexplained Also cory: never mentions anything about who blew the horn

It was Baldur. Then SM saw how popular it was and changed it to a mystery but couldn't figure it out and chose to ignore it.

Gjallarhorn sounds nothing like the serpent horn we heard in 2018

I didn't know that the horn blowing was such a big mystery. I always assumed it was Baldur.

The rift in odins basement was just a portal to that moment where the horn was being blown odins entire goal was just to find out who blew the horn and now we’ll never know

Yeah I get you Kuba completely but hey at least thank you for doing a Brief recap of this man and I personally almost believe it'll be someone like Atreus from the future somehow

I feel like Cory Barlog just made that and is now reading all theories from fans to pick the best answer.

4:24 i really wish we could see more of the helhiem zues in ragnarok

My theory is whoever blew the horn was going to be explained in second game, but then they decided to go with only two games so.. they just didn't explain it. This thing should have been TRILOGY cos Ragnarok felt rushed cos they had to close everything and didn't develop chars sadly. Baldur getting his whole game and Thor/Odin gotta share one with plenty other chars and Ragnarok on top. Whoever decided this thing should be two games made Sony lose tons of money.

I feel like a lot of people (including you) are forgetting the fact that Cory said there are "stuff" in the 2018 game that will make sense "later" and "MUCH later" so I don't think this has anything to do with "change of plans" by the writers. I hate that you of all people are jumping to this conclusion.

I never realized how big of a deal that horn blow was. I just figured it was either baldur or magni/modi, forget which one lived lmao.

I think that it was originally supposed to be Baldur, Odins tracker but, maybe time constraints made them cut out that part of the story. Cory stated that we would find out who blew the horn in ragnarok but, after all the theories started giving more hype they decided to just leave it a mystery purposefully until they can flesh out a more meaningful explanation. My theory is that it was Odin in tyrs form since he's the only aesir God jormy wouldn't immediately try to destroy.

Maybe Athena? There has to be some sort of endgame for this series and I think that Athena would be the Thanos of the saga?

Mimir was technically “following in their footsteps”

Hey kaptain kuba, are you going to make a video about the mask? Obsidiani spitha is obsidian spark in Greek. I think the mask has different words from different mythologies

I think it was Hildisvini, hoping to ask Jormungandr about finding a way to bypass Orin’s block on realm travel to Vanaheim, but he was unsuccessful in this regard due to still being trapped in his boar form.

Could you do a video on where they're going next? My theory: Over the centuries Greece was rebuilt as The Etruscan Civilization & Alexander the Great united it with Egypt & Persia, so there's 3 pantheons to deal with. Menrva (Athena) leads the remaining 8 Olympians: Turan (Aphrodite), Tivr (Luna), Fufluns (Dionysus), Zerene (Demeter), Aplu (Apollo), Artume (Artemis), Hestia (No Etruscan name) & Herself. The Ennead & Ogdoad would be interesting to see as well. Ptah, Neith (Mother of Ra) & Atum are the 3 creator gods in different versions of Egyptian Mythology.

No matter how many times I see it kratos starting ragnarok always gives me chills. I really like the theory to bad he said it’s not what happened

What are your predictions about God of War 6 ? Will it be set in Egypt ? If yes then what are the gods Kratos is going to face ? Will atraus and freya be with him ? Will mimir get a new body ? Will kratos and Freya marry each other? What will be atraus's story with angroboda after Ragnarok ? What will sindri do next ? What will Thor's daughter and wife do after Ragnarok ? Will Kratos become the Al Father ?

Atreus is able to communicate with the Serpent without the horn by just yelling lol. So I'm guessing it wasn't him time travelling who blew the horn. It's got to be someone else who knew where they were and could also change the weather - red sky, rain etc.

I like the “kratos blew it to tell jormungandr to drop them where he did to fight Baldr” theory” hehe

I always assumed it was just Baldur looking for them. At the end Baldur says "I knew hurting the big snake would bring out you two" which I took as him trying the same trick earlier but failed because of Kratos and Atreus being on the elevator, heading to Freyas. This, along with Cory Barlog himself putting out the tweet about it being someone "following in their footsteps", it seems like a solid bet.

Modi ran away after Atreus was hurt. So Baldur could’ve blown the horn to look for Kratos.

Actually keep playing for 69420 hours and you wil lfind out that "ðeos Ŋűť§ BLEW IT

It's heartbreakig hearing you like that, I can feel the disappointment after many many questions that are still not answered in ragnarok and the subsequent loss of will to try and theorize further

The person called "lazy writing" blew the horn.

It was Baldur forsure, just like he was asking Mimir where they were he asked jormungandr too. At the end Baldur says “i had a feeling wounding the snake would bring you two out” since talking to it first when he blew the horn wasn’t successful.

I am admittedly disappointed with how they handled Hraesvelgr considering the importance of the creature to Loki in Norse Mythology but perhaps they'll do more with her in future games.

I blew the horn

Santa Monica had one job and we still don’t know who blew that horn..

It can’t be the Gjallarhorn because it sounds completely different than the serpent horn, it wasn’t Baldur because if it was we would’ve heard fighting noises cause guess what Jormy hates the Aesir

It very well could be someone from an entirely different pantheon, we do hear about them throughout the game. And if Mimir knew of Kratos before they met and Faye had prophecies about him I don’t see a reason why other gods from different realms wouldn’t know about him and Ragnarok.

heimdall: see this horn? I'll be the who one started ragnaro- kratos: GIVE ME THOSE!

Hey kuba. Have you noticed that garm the wolf that Loki turns into fenrir is somehow connected to the mask. The mask leads Loki while he is in hel to garm then stops working after he is free. Then when garm is tearing claw marks between realms they look the exact same as the tear in Odins basement.

Sounds to me like DLC where Atreus goes back in time and calls the OG

Kaptain Kuba, there's a hint that's been staring everyone in the face and I would like this theory to get some traction and reach the devs so we would see their reaction. Here's my best theory on it, back in God Of War 2018, Kratos was wondering why the serpent dropped him and Atreus near Thamur's corpse, that is a major hint that indicates that whoever talked to the serpent asked him to drop Kratos and his son at that location because that were Baldur landed after fighting with the son and Kratos needed to be there in order to fight Baldur and kill him to bring Fimbulwinter that'll lead to Ragnarök. I thought that maybe in thee first draft they were going to time travel but not in the traditional way of God Of War 2 or Back To The Future, because that breaks the laws of causality, they were going to do it like inHarry Potter 3 or Watchmen (the series), where what's happened already did, so I think that maybe the idea was that Kratos and Atreus start the game by trying to stop Ragnarök by preventing Baldur's death, but then they realize that they should bring about Ragnarök and go back in time to rectify that by asking the serpent to drop their past selves next to Baldur. This is a major departure and it would've changed the whole game (seeing how the story ended up being in God Of War Ragnarök), but I don't know maybe it was just a chapter that could've been cut. I'm a little bit bothered because Cory kept teasing fans who were asking him about this in the past 4 years, and he's teasing right now because so many people are asking the questions after finishing the game. Some people say that it was Baldur trying to lure out Kratos and Atreus, but if that's true, you can add it to one of the most disappointing reveals in entertainment history (the first one for me is how Nick Fury lost his eye in the MCU, and that's another discussion in itself)

It was Odin shapeshifted as Tyr. Someone walking in their footsteps looking for them but wouldn't cause the world serpent to attack.

If it was Baldur, he and the serpent would've ended up fighting. Baldur doesn't speak the same language as Jormungandr, and the serpent has hatred for the Aesir. Tyr was most likely already locked up at that point of time. Unless he was still roaming at that time and following Kratos and Atreus from afar and only got locked up later in the story. Angrboda, maybe? Maybe she was already trying to make contact with Atreus and decided to talk with the World Serpent about him or to ckeck Atreus's progress in the prophecy storyline. Odin disguised as Tyr or another giant? Maybe, but I think atthat point of time he would most likely still be recluded in Asgard, to maintain his presence unknown. It is likely that Sindri and Brok would notice his presence. And it is likely that the serpent would notice Odin in disguise and initiate a fight. Or some kind of comotion. Atreus coming back in time? Probably. Thor has giant blood in him, and it is likely that his Jottun heritage has made Jormungandr go back in time. We know that the Giants had the ability to foresee the future, maybe they had the ability of some way to go back in time as well. Maybe Atreus will gain this ability and go back in time and talk to the serpent at the moment that his younger self is ill. So, my bet is either Tyr, Angrboda or Atreus himself.

After hearing the scene from 2018 and then Kratos using gjallarhorn more than a few times, I'm personally convinced it's not Kratos. The horn to summon jormmie sounds completely different: has like a low, grumbly sorta tone and also shorter. Gjallarhorn sounds more melodic, higher pitched and lasts longer.

Okay i might be completely wrong but i Think the person who blew the Horn was Faye. I say this because Faye was the only one other than Baldr who was tracking Kratos and Atreus’s Steps throughout their Journey in God of War 2018. Atreus even says that Mother had been tracking all our steps even before we took it, it’s like she was with us all along. With Cory’S tweet about someone who was tracking Kratos and Atreus, this might be the only logical answer. Now how did Faye come while she was dead or what she wanted with the Serpent, i can’t answer lol. This is just my assumption. 😂

Ya I thought it was pretty obvious that it was just Baldur trying to find them. Especially when at the end of the game he does the same thing and hurts the serpent to draw them out. They had just killed Magni, and this was a scene meant to let us know that the Aesir know what we’ve done

Maybe by Cory saying he'll create the moment to answer this, it'll be explained in the upcoming TV show in Prime Video's take of 2018's God of War!

I've always thought Baldur was trying to harass the serpent into giving him Kratos' directions

What I really wanted to know is what would've happened if Atreus used Odin's mask. Also, is the mask somehow related to Athena and the higher form of existance? Becauw Odin was obsessed about what happens after he dies

Now we just wait a few more years for answers to the other questions and now new ones

I think its Atreus and Angrboda going back in time to get some giant marbles or something like that

We will find out in another 5 years and in a different pantheon when nobody gives a shit anymore. The story in this game was a huge let down. Waited almost 5 years for answers just to be left with more questions. Oh and the world serpent plays such a huge role in ragnarok, world serpent was in the game for a total of 5 minutes, wow how awesome.

Still gonna believe it's Loki doing time shenanigans, calling the Oldest Snakey-boi

issue I had with Ragnarok is there were effectively the exact same amount of Aesir gods you fight as the previous game. GOW 2018: Magni, Modi, 2x fights with Baldur Ragnarok: Heimdall, Odin, 2x fights with Thor The entire plot of 2018's story was dad and boy spreading the ashes of dead wife, while one is *literally Ragnarok* Also didnt like how a lot of events could be just explained away as "Giant Stuff." (like the portal to escape from Surtr). the thing I really loved about the previous god of war, was that despite never even seeing these characters, and most of these characters having died long before the events of 2018, they were still explained with great detail. Just by listening to their stories by Mimir, you know what those people are capable of, but now that you get to meet some of these characters in Ragnarok, all that lore and the abilities of these characters just get passed off as "Giant Stuff." Definitely enjoyed GOWR but it still felt lazy.

I'm convinced the horn being blown was meant to be past Faye or kratos and atreus from the future but was cut content in the sequel

This was one of the things I wanted answered, and it’s one of the many things that didn’t get answered

In the words of Jar Jar Abrams: “Mystery Box” 🤦‍♂️

I don't know if this will ever get read, but I do have a theory about Valhalla and why we never see it in the game. Valhalla is probably a transitional demiplane, like the Utangard for Jotunheim. But while Utangard can only be accessed by giants in their sleep, Valhalla is only accessed by humans if they die as devoted warriors of Odin. Angrboda did say that the Utangard can be disorienting. Similarly, Odin mentions the Einherjar come out of Valhalla "a little foggy," before "blessing" three Einherjar with what I interpreted as their sentience and identity (at least the parts that make them loyal to Odin).

I could believe it was Kratos, There's this weird Timeloop that's happening with Jormungandr during the clash the Thor at Ragnarok, the Snake that Atreus Soul Revived rumored to be "Young Jormungandr", and Jormungandr somehow knowing about Ironwood to tell Atreus about it BEFORE he went there, being called by the Gjallarhorn, and then fighting the clash with Thor as told in prophecy to hit Jormungandr so hard that he's sent back in time. I could just be rambling about nothing or its far fetched. But i can get behind this theory.

I think it was Odin. He was the original one following their footsteps and we know he could have shapeshifted into somebody to avoid a grand scale battle.

I always thought that it was Baldur and Modi asking where Kratos went.

guys i found where that horn sound came from it was from ragnarok when kratos enters ragnarok if you listen closely you will hear the horn sound

Next vid: Hidden New gods in Asgard: Viðar, Bragi and Hoðr.

I thing it was Atreas because then he was with Sindri, Atreas said that he tried to call the serpent. Or Kratos in the future

Guys that doesn't sound like Gjallarhorn, it sounds exactly like the horn to call the serpent

If/when the next GoW game comes out, something’s telling me that Athena’s going to be that person following Kratos or Atreus

Odin maybe? He's always making crazy plans that carefully follow paths

Its true that the ones who "were following in their footsteps" could very well be Baldur, but I doubt that's what's going on here. Rather I think he was referring to what has yet happened, in which case I think it's Atreus and Angrboda (and possibly Thrud) are the prime suspects. I believe the next game will be an Atreus game, in which they travel the Norse realm completing the aftermath of Ragnarok, the Rebirth aspect when the fallen Gods come back to life, but it won't be the Norse Gods they revive rather it'll be the Giants.

Who blew the horn? Kratos in thumbnail: 📯🎶

3:18 The snake is smart it would likely know that bulder is Invincible, If it really was boulder who blew the horn I doubt the snake would’ve bothered to start a fight knowing he couldn’t finish it

You know when kratos leaves Greek there was a old man commanding him and followed him everywhere it could be him

The bauldur theory actually still kinda holds up since he died after jormangundr was sent back in time and thus bauldur was not present for Ragnarok at the time jormangundr was sent back. A paradox for sure but retcons fix everything these days

Could you make a video in why Athena didn't make an appearance in Ragnarok?

This comment is off-topic but it makes a lot of sense.I have a theory about Thors soul being inside his hammer because just before Odin is about to kill Thor he drops his hammer but we only hear him drop it and not see him drop it and when Odin kills Thor he disenegrates and falls directly towards the hammer

If it was a time travel thing, would it be crazy if there were 2 kratos in the battlefield

Could it possibly be Athena? Since Athena did appear shortly after Kratos started going back to the cabin? it ultimately doesn't matter but it it's my personal best guess even if most seem to assume Athena was a figment of Kratos' imagination. It does also perfectly fit the clue of it being someone who is following Kratos' tracks.

I think its odin disguised as tyr trying to sweat out the serpant for the location of kratos and atreus or something else

“Go forth in the name of peace among the realms”

I don’t know if you’ll make any theories anytime soon, but I’d like to drop this question/theory basis here. Who is the Soul inside of Jormungandr? Personally I like to think it is Hrimthur who’s soul was the basis, as the Jötunn himself is described by Freya as being fine with Vanir, yet having an intense hatred for the Aesir (Thor the fat dobber in particular) (I’m sure the name is probably dropped in the marbles cutscene, or the name could be read off the ball in the cutscene in Gryla’s home.)

My theory is, next game (or upcoming game) is going to be called God of Mischief, i think we all know who the game will follow, on his quest he has to time travel to make sure everything happens the way its meant to happen, or try to change something, so Loki is the one that sounded the horn

i always thought it was Baldur and that Jormungander may have not known he was aesir.

The snake knew who kratos was. He just thought kratos was working with Odin

I’ve got a quick theory I believe Thor went to the higher plane as his death was kinda similar to Athena’s as he just dissolved

I like to think it was Angrboda visiting Jörmungandr letting him know Atreus will be okay.

Maybe the real horn was the friends we made along the way.

2 more things unanswered 1. the dragons we freed in previous games didn't showed up cory mentioned these are specific dragons. 2. Hell didn't showed up maybe loki will put another giants soul in the bird in dlc or a comic loki angrboda and thrud arc can continue and don't forget sindri

Future Atreus & Thrud. Thrud is wielding Mjolnir at the end of GOWR, she and Atreus get into a fight and are sent back in time because of the power of Mjolnir, just like Jörmungandr. Atreus doesn’t know what is going on because, here in this sequence, he is passed out and doesn’t remember what happened.

Then came after Thor made it calm to talk

mimir literally said he mistranslated and said they were friends of thor and then restated his sentence that they weren't that's why the world serpent got mad.

Atreus blew the horn to bring the snake back to joutenhime after he is done looking for them every where, he went back in time to do it since it was sent back in time because of thor

I know you're burnt out from theories but have you heard the theory about ymir and Athena ascending to pleroma (why Athena is green and the rift in Odin's basement is the same color green) and the deity of ALL creation (demiurge) twisted Athena. And that what Odin saw that he could not comprehend but knew was true is the four deity's of pleroma. Since demiurge created all the different pantheon's (Greek, Celtic, Norse, Egyptian, etc...) They are going to use him to tie everything in way down the line. Check out abdbays video on what the rift actually is. I think you'll really like it and it makes allot of sense.

considering this is right after Magni dies, it was probably Thor, looking for Kratos but since Kratos went to Hellheim he could not be found