The real-life historic event that provides the basis for Fimbulwinter (which happens at the end of the game) started in 535 AD. So age seems kind of useless in the context of what Kratos is. By my estimates, he’s at least 200 years old. After an hour or so I have deciphered how old kratos is. Seems like Kratos was like "hey you're a good warrior and so am I. He's pretty much ageless, being a god. Therefore, we can estimate that God of War 4 took place in 534/535 AD; We can also roughly correspond the date at the end of God of War III to the historic destruction of Sparta via cataclysmic earthquake, which happened in the year 464 BC. I am on the side that thinks time shenanigans will play some part in the coming games, still not sure about Kratos being Tyr theory (some part of me kinda doesn't want him to be Tŷr, but rather Tŷr being an example to Kratos of there actually being 'good gods'). So till Gow 3 he must have been in his late 40s to early 50s. Well Kratos has served the gods for 10 years by the time of the first god of war and his daughter was around 10ish I think can't remember exactly, so really he'd be about 50 by the time of the original god of war (that's if the devs did their history properly and did follow historical Spartan men being allowed to marry after finishing the Agoge), How did you get that Kratos has been in the Nordic region for that long? He's pretty much ageless, being a god. I made a comment making an estimation of his age, and the year that GOW III takes place. Cookies help us deliver our Services. [This is in line with Barlog's statements of "about 1000 years" passing between GOW3 and GOW4]. Now we can take that to mean it's been that long since Tyr died or at least the last time he used it, possibly due to Jörmungandr appearing, raising the water level and hiding the temple. The reason him and boy aren't very close is because Kratos was always away hunting and stuff. Very old, he will get a walking stick next game. He can age a little bit, within reason, but it's an incredibly slow process, and doesn't seem to affect his physical abilities, bone structure/density, lung capacity, muscle mass, cartilage, etc. When he released the contents of Pandora's Box at the end of three and tried to kill himself again, I think whatever was in that box made him full blown immortal, which is why we see that he crawled off after running himself through. For shame, fans. I have deduced that GOW 4 takes place after 500 AD as that’s when elder futhark runes, which are seen continuously throughout the game, completed it’s alphabet. Press question mark to learn the rest of the keyboard shortcuts. We can then assume he spends a couple of years in this position before selling his soul to ares. So I think Kratos will use this magic to stop the sun and moon and cause the sun and moon to be swallowed. Spartan men are supposed to marry around 20, to which they might produce a child, but they are only allowed to live with their family around 30. It is this rage that drives Kratos forward in all of his quests. Since Zeus only discovers Pandora after Kratos kills Ares, and the feeble mortal Daedalus is still alive when Kratos arrives, Kratos was the God of War for twelve years, making him about 50. From there we could assume the years that pass until the end of GOW3. Nice speculation regardless. It’s stated in the first game that kratos was the youngest captain in the spartan army, which means at minimum he is 30 years old at this point as that’s the earliest age a Spartan could graduate. This means that roughly 999 years has passed between the end of GOW3 and the end of GOW4. So first of all kratos existed at the time of the poet homer before the classical age of Greece in the 8th century BC. After an hour or so I have deciphered how old kratos is. It’s stated in the first game that kratos was the youngest captain in the spartan army, which means at minimum he is 30 years old at this point as that’s the earliest age a Spartan could graduate. In Greek mythology, Kratos (or Cratos) is the divine personification of strength. Daedalus's notes say about twelve years passed from when Zeus commissioned him to build the Labyrinth to when Daedalus is imprisoned within it. I just dug up the calculations I did, and can now make precise statements on the age of Kratos, with an error range of only 4 years. The near-complete destruction of Greece, for example, is likely to have warped the history of Europe beyond recognition. By the end of God of War 1 we can suppose he is at least in husband late 20s. So if we were to make kratos as young as possible he would be about 1350 years old as when he got to Scandinavia he spent 5 decades with his wife faye before she passed. Now, to answer your question about Kratos aging, it doesn't seem like he can die of old age. Now, to answer your question about Kratos aging, it doesn't seem like he can die of old age. Seems to me Kratos is just arriving. So first of all kratos existed at the time of the poet homer before the classical age of Greece in the 8th century BC. At the very least Kratos has been in the Nordic land for about 11, 12 or 13 years as Atreus seems to be around this age. He's pretty much ageless, being a god. It is said that he served ares for 5 years and then seek ways to kill him for another 5. I also hope that if they do go down the whole time travel route that they don't over do it and don't over complicate things. So Kratos can be around 22-23 years old in this game. He is the son of Pallas and Styx.Kratos and his siblings Nike ("Victory"), Bia ("Force"), and Zelus ("Zeal") are all essentially personifications of a trait. His anger over Ares’ betrayal in the original God of War was what drove him to conquer Pandora’s Temple. Using irl timeline is kinda wonky since we don't even know if they're in the same universe. like normal aging does. But how old was Lysandra when he took her unawares in the night Probably 15. This is well within the reasonable range of Barlog's statements, taking place in the AD's but taking place over 250 years before the Viking age. He didn't seem very close to Faye either. We don’t know the eaten of aging of demigods, so previous to gimme becoming a god we don’t know. We know he can survive falls from any height, and can take a serious pummeling from his foes (as evidenced by Baldur, Zues and the like), so killing him is exceptionally hard, if not impossible to do. Like all the pregger gals back then. When we first use the realm travel room in Tyr's temple with Faye, she says that the temple has been 'asleep for 150 winters'. I figure Kratos is functionally immortal unless killed, which I'm not even sure can happen. More that, gods age normally up until a certain point, then they just stop when they reach whatever determined age it is and assume their final form - Kratos shouldn't change from this current state at all any more, at least not directly from signs of ageing in any capacity. Therefore, Kratos is roughly 27 when he makes his deal with Ares. Kratos can easily find himself as among the oldest DC characters there are. God of War is a third person action-adventure video game developed by Santa Monica Studio and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. In the digital comic it shows Kratos learning and training to control his anger by fighting wolves without actually fighting them, he tells Atreus about this so he wasnt a total stranger to him and also in the comic, Faye is still alive and shows her and Kratos were quite close and even in the game you can tell he cared deeply for her, I mean then entire plot of the game is Kratos and Atreus taking her ashes to the mountain because they BOTH loved her, so it's fair to say it wasn't just meet Faye, fuck, boy is born, then Kratos leaves the land only for him to return when Faye dies. I think it's also worth noting that the World Serpent being sent back in time was only possible due to Thor hitting him so hard, not through some type of object and the only magic that is linked with time is the Vanir temporal magic that Mimir talks about when you're making your way up to Thamur's hammer, but that magic was only used to freeze time rather than reverse it. So your theory is that he took almost a 1000 years to get from gow3 to gow4? Similar to how Atreus was all sick and shit until he realized he was a god and now he's all set to be an immortal, If Spartan people can get wives at age 30, Calliope died at age 8, And in Gow: Ascension he must be at least 38. Factoring in calculations on Kratos's age at the end of GOWIII based of earlier info (see footnote if you care for this), this places him squarely between the ages of 1047 and 1051. He was still in the Nordic land, just not spending much time with his son. The first trilogy takes place over the span of a year so he is still in his early 40s by the end of the 3rd game. Let's bang.". And hey, why all the complaints of old Solid Snake and not old Kratos? This links to my theory that temporal magic will help Kratos cause ragnorok as Mimir said that the magic can freeze time and thus the sun and moon from moving, but it couldn't stop Sköll and Hati, so they stopped using it as one of the signs of the beginning of ragnorok is that the two wolves will finally catch and swallow the sun and moon, darkening the skies. like normal aging does. He'll catch a few wrinkles and grow some gray hairs, but Grandpa Kratos can still blast your ass into another dimension. He can age a little bit, within reason, but it's an incredibly slow process, and doesn't seem to affect his physical abilities, bone structure/density, lung capacity, muscle mass, cartilage, etc. This subreddit is dedicated to discussion of the games and sharing news about them. Born in the Greek city-state of Sparta, Kratos is the demigod son of Zeus and a mortal woman named Callisto, although he would remain unaware of who his father was for most of his life. GOW 4 takes place in the pre Viking era which is 500 BC to 700 AD. Therefore we can assume that if this is true, Kratos will end up being MUCH MUCH older by the time his story ends. Well that’s my guess anyway. Add Caliope's age at death to 30 and that's roughly when Kratos would start the events leading to the first game. While we don't know how long he served Ares, his daughter doesn't age appreciably. Press J to jump to the feed. I don't see how anyone could become an actual general at 20. Or posting anything related to GOW really. If we were to make him as old as possible he would be just under 1550 years old as the game takes place before 700 AD. Getting back to his age, I think you are pretty close...I'd bet he is around 200. 2018’s God of War stated that Tyr’s Temple had been submerged for 150 years, inside of which a vase had depicted Kratos’ time as the Ghost of Sparta. Although Calliope was younger than Atreus is, I think. While it’s never been outright stated as to how old Kratos is, there’s enough evidence to reach an estimate. His current chronological age is probably at least a couple hundred years old. Excellent work. Ten years of service to the gods he is in his early 30's for the first Gow game. It was never revealed how old Kratos was in the original games and it's also never revealed how many years have passed since the end of GoW3 and the start of GoW'18, but it's clear it's been quite some time with Kratos being considerably older. like normal aging does. They may not have the amount of ranks then as we do now, but still, general at 20? Though, it could be argued that the blood of Zeus can muck up … By using our Services or clicking I agree, you agree to our use of cookies.