Valkyrie Elysium: Every Divine Art Location

To really push your damage output to the limit in Valkyrie Elysium, you’re gonna have to start gathering up Divine Arts – the game’s spell equivalent. You’ll either find them out exploring across the game’s nine chapters, or as rewards for both the main quest and side quest.

There are seven types of Divine Arts in Valkyrie Elysium:

• Fire
• Ice
• Dark
• Holy
• Earth
• Lightning
• Non-elemental

All but non-elemental provide bonus damage to your enemies, and their weakness can be seen next to their health gauge.

Taking advantage of their weakness will stagger an enemy into a state of Elemental Crush, and landing another Divine Art of the correct element will push this further and Immobilize them, giving you precious time to deal out some serious damage. You’ll trigger Elemental Crush all the quicker if you’re also using the Einherjar of the same element, as that grants your normal attacks an elemental bonus too.

You can equip up to four Divine Arts at a time, which you set to correspond with a face button of your choice. A good housekeeping tip here is to put them on the same button as the corresponding Einherjar – for example, if you equip Eygon, your lightning Einherjar, to Triangle on the summon wheel (R1), equip Lightning Bolt to Triangle on the Divine Art wheel (R2).

There are typically three tiers of each Divine Art, and each increase in tier will give the spell a greater effect, but at the cost of a higher drain on your Arts Gauge. You’ll refill this quickly by landing normal attacks, however.

And as for finding them, we detail all of their locations below:

Where To Find All Divine Arts In Valkyrie Elysium

Fire Divine Arts

• Fire Lance — Pretty much as it sounds – throw a firey lance.

  • Tier I location: Unmissable – on the critical path in Chapter 1.
  • Tier II location: In the locked tower near the start of Chapter 6, which also houses a Verdant Blossom. The key is a little further into the level, on top of a roof of a building around the mid-point of the map.
  • Tier III location: Completion reward for subquest “A Mage’s Miscalculation”.

• Fire Storm — Summons a pillar of flame from underneath the target.

  • Tier I location: Completion reward for Chapter 2 of the main quest.
  • Tier II location: After you pass the third save point in Chapter 6, enter the building and check out the room under the stairs.
  • Tier III location: Completion reward for subquest “Combat Training For Taika”.

• Ifrit Caress — Creates an exploding cone of fire magic, covering a large surface area. No cameos from a certain summon, though.

  • Tier I location: Completion reward for subquest “This Flower for Thee (1)”.
  • Tier II location: Completion reward for subquest “This Flower for Thee (2)”.
  • Tier III location: Completion reward for subquest “This Flower for Thee (3)”.

Ice Divine Arts

• Hail Shot — Fires a handful of shards of ice at the enemy.

  • Tier I location: In Chapter 1, this can be found next to the save point on the second floor of Be’elze Castle.
  • Tier II location: In Chapter 5, use Kristoffer to break the darkness barrier wall to find this and a Verdant Blossom.
  • Tier III location: Completion reward for subquest “Advice for Cypher”.

• Glacial Blizzard — Rains down ice crystals from above.

  • Tier I location: Completion reward for subquest “Cypher’s Belief (1)”.
  • Tier II location: Completion reward for subquest “Cypher’s Belief (2)”.
  • Tier III location: Completion reward for subquest “Cypher’s Belief (3)”.

Holy Divine Arts

• Grave Edge — repeatedly charge at the target with a beam of holy magic.

  • Tier I location: in the basement of the castle just before the boss of Chapter 1.
  • Tier II location: completion reward for Chapter 3 of the main quest.
  • Tier III location: completion reward for subquest “A Bout with Kristoffer”.

• Extreme Void — Launch enemies into the air with a holy sword emerging from the ground.

  • Tier I location: Completion reward for subquest “Woes of a Gallant Princess (1)”.
  • Tier II location: Completion reward for subquest “Woes of a Gallant Princess (2)”.
  • Tier III location: Completion reward for subquest “Woes of a Gallant Princess (3)”.

Dark Divine Arts

• Punishment Blast — An exploding javelin formed of darkness. Particularly effective in mid-air.

  • Tier I location: Found next to the Verdant Blossom near the end of Chapter 4.
  • Tier II location: Completion reward for Chapter 6 of the main quest.
  • Tier III location: Completion reward for subquest “Secrets Hidden in Danger”.

Lightning Divine Arts

• Lightning Bolt — Surprisingly enough, fires a bolt of lighting. It chains to other nearby enemies.

  • Tier I location: Your first spell, unlocked at the beginning of the game.
  • Tier II location: In Chapter 5, following the fourth save point, use Eygon to break down the lightning barrier wall. This is near where you find the castle gate key.
  • Tier III location: Completion reward for subquest “Training Duel with Eygon”.

• Meteor Swarm — Brings down a barrage of lightning across the battlefield.

  • Tier I location: Completion reward for subquest “Thanks to a Comrade (1)”.
  • Tier II location: Completion reward for subquest “Thanks to a Comrade (2)”.
  • Tier III location: Completion reward for subquest “Thanks to a Comrade (3)”.

Earth Divine Arts

• Mortal Suppression — Fire an orb that draws nearby enemies into its orbit.

  • Tier I location: In Chapter 3, on the south-western outer path of the colosseum, on the east side of the map.
  • Tier II location: Completion reward for Chapter 7 of the main quest.
  • Tier III location: Completion reward for subquest “Secrets Hidden in Danger”.

Non-Elemental Divine Arts

• Heal — Recovers your HP.
  

  • Tier I location: On the critical path in Chapter 1, near where you get your first side quest.
  • Tier II location: In chapter 3, starting at the southwestern save point, cross the bridge to the north, and it’s in the room on your left.
  • Tier III location: Found in a chest after using the Castle Main Gate Key in Chapter 5.

• Convergence — Brings enemies closer together.

  • Tier I location: Completion reward for subquest “Mother’s Ring”.
  • Tier II location: Completion reward for Chapter 5 of the main quest.
  • Tier III location: Completion reward for subquest “A Blacksmith’s Wish”.

• Nibelung Valesti — Pierce enemies with a divine spear – also the only spell with a little cutscene.

  • Tier I location: Completion reward for Chapter 8 of the main quest.
  • Tier II location: Completion reward for subquest “Midgardian Studies (3)”.

And that’s it for all the Divine Art locations in Valkyrie Elysium. As you can see, most are obtained as subquest rewards, though some are found via exploration. Check out our other Vaklyrie Elysium guides for more help, such as where to find every Rune.