How to Get All Lorestone Collectibles in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
While the vast majority of Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice’s trophies and achievements are impossible to miss, requiring that you simply beat the story, there is one titled Stories From the North that requires a bit of legwork. You’ll have to get all 44 Lorestone collectibles scattered throughout the game’s world in order to nab this one, but don’t worry, we’re here to help. Below you’ll find the location of each and every one. Most are out in the open and easy to see but use this list to spot any that may have escaped your line of sight. Note that you must use your focus to actually collect them.
Beginning
1 – When you begin Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice, this one is located once you get off the boat and look to your right.
2 – Continue until you’re past the bridge. You’ll pass this Lorestone before heading upstairs.
3 – When you complete the first puzzle, you’ll then have to make it across this beam. On the other end awaits this collectible.
4 – Right after you fight your first enemies, look near the gate.
Illusion Trial (Left Gate)
How to Get All Lorestone Collectibles in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
The Illusion and Fire Trials can be done in any order. Go right and you’ll head to the Fire Trial where Surtr awaits, go Left and you’ll be in the Illusion Trial. If you happened to go right first, just head to the next section of this guide, then come back when you’re finished with that.
5 – Once you enter this area head up the hill towards the ruins and search to the right.
6 – Continue on until you reach a large locked gate. There’s an illusion gate to the left (use your focus) that leads to a new path. Follow it, taking out and avoiding enemies as necessary, until you eventually reach a few more of these gates, one of which will leave you in front of a huge castle. Go through and you’ll be able to enter the castle and unlock the two doors inside (make sure to unlock both). Now, go back outside of the castle (lots of backtracking, we know) and reenter through one of the doors you unlocked. Go upstairs, and cross the wooden beam to grab this collectible. Phew, that was a tough one.
7 – After you face the second group of enemies in this area it will be right in front of you on your path to continue.
8 – Right after getting Lorestone #7, continue to the next area and search the back, right section.
9 – Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice’s story will eventually have you investigate a large gate. After doing this, turn around and use the middle illusion gate to fix a broken bridge. Cross that bridge and activate the drawbridge that you come across. This leads to another gate that lets you into a castle. Look for a small cave you can crawl into for this Lorestone.
Fire Trial
How to Get All Lorestone Collectibles in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
As we mentioned before, this trial doesn’t necessarily have to be done after Illusion, it can be done before.
10 – Once you open the first gate in this section go down the right path and through the water. It’s inside of a cave right in front of you.
11 – Continue through the Fire Trial until you complete the second combat encounter (after you flee the burning portion of this area). Face the bridge burning in the distance, then head left to find a path. Take a left on this path and your collectible will be there.
12 – Now continue and pass under the bridge nearby (from where you found Lorestone 11). It’s inside of the burned forest at the back.
13 – Guess what, there’s a second burning area that you must flee. Get through it and when you reach the two houses, search the burned one on the right.
14 – One more trip through fire will lead you to two more houses. Exit out the back door of the second house to where you have to solve a door puzzle, and you should see it.
Fort
How to Get All Lorestone Collectibles in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
The next area is this large, fortress-like building that you must go through. The Lorestones are easy to find here, and there are only two.
15 – After you’re done with the big fight in the area you’ll have to head towards a puzzle. This Lorestone will be on your path and can’t be missed.
16 – Before opening the puzzle door, climb down the ladder near the final symbol. You’ll find the Lorestone near a door. Collect it first so you don’t advance the story.
The Beach
How to Get All Lorestone Collectibles in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
After getting through the fortress-like area, there is a dark, but beautiful beach where you can find six more of these collectibles in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice.
17 – Make your way across the beach where you’ll reach a puzzle door. Check near the water by the door for this Lorestone that sticks out like a sore thumb.
18 – Another one in plain sight that you’ll pass on your way to the door.
19 – While walking along the shore you’ll pass an old ship and the Lorestone will be nearby.
20 – At the end of the beach area are a bunch of wrecks. Enter this area and immediately turn right.
21 – Continue until you reach the tree (you’ll know it when you see it), then go around its left side and check on the shore.
22 – Follow the shore near that same tree and you’ll find it behind the tree.
Labyrinth Shard Challenge
How to Get All Lorestone Collectibles in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
It’s time for some challenges. Don’t worry, since these are part of the story they’re actually really easy to complete. The first one, the Labyrinth Shard Challenge has four Lorestones.
23 – Once you enter the challenge, head left towards the beach and look between the two large rocks you reach.
24 – Enter the maze and go left, left, and left, then head down the hall you find yourself in.
25 – Now go left, right, left (like a marching cadence) to find the Lorestone in an area that’s lit by holes in the roof. If you see no light, you made a wrong turn.
26 – After getting #25, head a bit to the right into a tunnel. When in the tunnel go right, right, left, right to reach a side room.
Tower Shard Challenge
How to Get All Lorestone Collectibles in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
This next challenge has you moving between the past and present, but don’t let it confuse you too much. There are six of these bad boys waiting for you.
27 – When in the past, cross the bridge and go up the stairs. It will be right in front of the fort from the earlier part in the game.
28 – Enter the fortress and look next to the dining table (while in the past).
29 – Inside of the fortress, head to the bottom of the stairs near a broken wall. Must be in the present.
30 – Head to the second floor and make sure you’re in the past. You can’t miss it.
31 – Now head to the third floor and make sure you’re in the past yet again. Before heading through the door up here, turn right to find your Lorestone.
32 – After lowering the second bridge on the third floor, check out on the balcony for this one.
Swamp Shard Challenge
How to Get All Lorestone Collectibles in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
A slightly shorter challenge, this one only holds two stones. This is the last challenge to hold Lorestones as the Blindness Shard Challenge offers nothing.
33 – When you reach the end of the first area and have to fix a bridge, check behind the illusion gate near the watch tower.
34 – Now fix the bridge and head to the house with the lock that requires three symbols. Face the lock and turn around to find this one near the back of that house.
Helheim
How to Get All Lorestone Collectibles in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
Helheim is the next major story area located on a mountain and in some caves. You have to head here as it starts guiding you towards the end of the game. There are six collectibles waiting for you here.
35 – After getting the sword, head to the mountain. When you enter, there will be some stairs and the Lorestone will be at the top of these.
36 – Continue until you reach an area with a bunch of caves (near the reflection symbol). Check to the right and look for the biggest cave. Now stand in the light and search right (may want to turn up your brightness for this one).
37 – Continue out of the cave area where you reach a locked door, but do not open it yet or you won’t be able to get this stone. Look left for a ledge you can climb into a dark area. The stone is in front of you (even though you may have trouble seeing it).
38 – Now you can go through that locked door and continue. You’ll eventually reach a point where a waterfall extinguishes your flame, followed by a section where you must balance over a wooden beam. Go right after you pass the beam and look for some corpses where the Lorestone awaits you.
39 – Now follow the story until you reach a door that has a symbol that looks like the letter ‘M.’ Your collectible is to the left of this door.
40 – After getting through the ‘M’ door you’ll find this one in the tunnel.
Final Four
How to Get All Lorestone Collectibles in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice
The last four are found after beating Fenrir, which is the penultimate boss encounter in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice.
41 – Head up the stairs after beating Fenrir and search the left wall for a ladder you can climb. Now stick to the wall on your right to enter a room with a spiral staircase where the collectible can be found at the bottom.
42 – There will be a story scene that leaves you in front of a large bridge. Before crossing, turn around and collect the Lorestone behind you.
43 – This one’s a little tricky. You need to repair a section of the bridge using your focus (R2). Now head to that section you fixed and line up some floating glass with a wall to make that wall disappear (just keep adjusting your camera). Through that wall that is no longer there is a path to a dungeon where you can find this Lorestone in one of the cells.
44 – Right after the cells is a spiral staircase, you’ll find your final collectible in Hellblade: Senua’s Sacrifice.
If you prefer video guides, PowerPyx has a really useful walkthrough with all of the locations. We’ve provided his video below:
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