God of War Ragnarok: How to Pet Speki and Svanna | 'Besties' Trophy Guide

God of War Ragnarok is full of character arcs and changes, but perhaps the biggest changes can be seen in Kratos. As the game goes on, he becomes a much warmer character who’s willing to open up and share his emotions with his loved ones.

Some of the first characters that players will meet in the game are Kratos’ sled dogs, Speki and Svanna. As is the case with any game that includes dogs, players were eager to try and pet them, but found that they were unable to during the opening of the game. Luckily, there is a way to pet them and earn the “Besties” trophy, however, it isn’t as simple as walking up to the pair of dogs and giving them a nice, well-deserved head scratch.

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How to Unlock the ‘Besties’ Trophy

The ‘Besties’ trophy requirements are simple: pet Speki and Svanna, but, as mentioned above, you’ll need to do a little bit of work in order to do so. The trophy becomes available as soon as you get full access to the Lake of Nine with Freya in the main mission The Word of Fate. When you reach the lake, you’ll be given a quick tutorial about how to use Speki and Svanna to track the Norns. Unfortunately for Kratos and Freya, the wolves’ noses can get distracted by the scent of nearby wolf hunters. The game’s tutorial will tell you that in order to get the wolves back on track, you’ll need to take out the distractions.

Ride the sled to the bandit camp on the ice of the lake. Hop off the sled and take out the raiders. Once they’re dead, the quest “Animal Instincts” will start. Track the quest and then take a look at your map. You’ll find three bandit camps marked on it. From here, you’re able to tackle these three challenges in any order you like.

Head to each camp and take out the bandits there. Once you’ve finished the last camp, the raider chieftain, Olaf Nautson, will appear. He’s a pretty simple boss fight as he behaves similarly to the larger raider enemy types. Finish him off and then return to your sled.

Once you make it back to the wolves, interact with the sled and Kratos will walk around it and go to the wolves. He’ll pet them both, reassuring each that they’re safe, and the trophy will unlock. Once you return to the helm of the sled, the “Animal Instincts” quest will be complete.

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