How to Boost Your Spirit and Magic Meter in God of War: Sons of Sparta

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Increasing your magic meter in God of War: Sons of Sparta involves collecting the four Olives of Hestia and bringing them to her temple. These olives are hidden across the game, connected to sacred Olive Trees dedicated to different gods of Olympus. You can identify which tree belongs to which god by opening your map and highlighting it with your cursor. Focus on the olive trees linked to Hestia, as they are the only ones that will give you an Olive of Hestia after you complete them. Outside the Sacred Olive Tree in The Grand Cistern, you won’t be able to access the others until after finishing the Sunken Agora part of the main story.

It’s also helpful to earn as many Gifts of Olympus upgrades as possible. These upgrades help you handle optional puzzle mechanics, like destroying purple doors or lowering vines from blue flowers, making it easier to explore and gather olives. To pick up an Olive, you need to interact with it and defeat all enemies on the screen. This battle can involve several waves of foes, so going in with full health, spirit, and magic is the best approach.

You’ll find the four Sacred Olive Trees of Hestia in these locations:

The Grand Cistern
Port of Messenia
Shores of Elafonisos
Vyros Gorge

To boost your Spirit Meter, you need to collect Olives of Nike and deliver them to her temple. Upgrading your spirit four times, this process is similar to Hestia’s olives—fighting waves of enemies around the trees before claiming the fruit. These sacred trees are located at:

Mount Taygetos
Port of Messenia
Stone Hollows
Passage of Monuments

You cannot get all the Olives of Nike immediately, as many are locked behind Gifts of Olympus upgrades you won’t have until after completing the Sunken Agora. Luckily, spirit is easy to replenish through your normal attacks and by collecting small glowing objects scattered around the world, which drop yellow orbs that refill your Spirit Meter.

In the later stages of the game, increasing your spirit makes sense since you’ll encounter tougher enemies and bosses where spammy Spirit Attacks can turn the tide.