Assassin’s Creed Valhalla to get a 40 hour long God Of War style expansion

Dawn Of Ragnarök is getting into God Of War territory (pic: Reddit)

A leak from Chinese stores seems to confirm a new Assassin’s Creed Valhalla expansion that will deal with Norse mythology.

You may have already heard rumours of an upcoming new Assassin’s Creed Valhalla expansion, that expands on the game’s Norse mythology elements. Only last week, insider Tom Henderson drew attention to it, saying it will be about 40 hours long and release in March 2022.

While Ubisoft has yet to make any official announcement, evidence of its existence was apparently leaked via Chinese stores, namely several screenshots and a general description of the expansion.

Most of the screenshots are pretty nondescript but if you want to avoid spoilers completely than stay away from the Assassin’s Creed subreddit.

According to the Google translated description, the expansion is titled Dawn Of Ragnarök and will take place in the Nine Realms. From the sound of it, you won’t technically play as Eivor in the expansion but instead Odin himself, as the description reads ‘Eivor must personally experience the fate of Odin.’

It also mentions something about a ‘brand new supernatural power of the thunderbolt,’ which sounds like a new ability you can use throughout.

It’s difficult to parse exactly what the expansion involves without an official English description but what we do know is that it will release on March 10. Since that’s only three months away, you can expect Ubisoft to share more concrete details soon.

In fact, it will most likely happen later today, as Ubisoft has an Assassin’s Creed Valhalla livestream ready to go on YouTube at 5pm. It hasn’t said exactly what the livestream will be about, only saying ‘There is more to come in Assassin’s Creed Valhalla.’

This will make Dawn Of Ragnarök the third major expansion to the game, following Wrath Of The Druids and The Siege Of Paris, which were set in Ireland and France respectively and dealt with more grounded scenarios.

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Assassin’s Creed Origins and Odyssey also leaned more heavily on Egyptian and Greek mythology, respectively, towards the end of their DLC run although Valhalla seems to be embracing it more fully than either.

The length of the DLC is perhaps unsurprising given there’s still no hint of Assassin’s Creed Infinity being ready any time soon. That’s no doubt thanks to the pandemic, and so a major new expansion based on existing assets works gives Ubisoft a useful way to create something that’s almost a new game but in half the time.

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla is available for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, PC, Stadia, and Amazon Luna.

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