How to Beat The Hateful: Boss Fight Guide

The Hateful is an optional boss in God of War Ragnarok (GoW Ragnarok). Read on to learn about its attack patterns, rewards, and the best tips and strategies for how to beat The Hateful!

The Hateful Overview

Information

The Hateful
Recommended Level	Level 2 (All Difficulties)
XP Rewards	250 Kratos XP 75 Atreus XP (Give Me Balance)
Bestiary Entry
I have never encountered a Draugr like this one before. It fights as if fueled by an infinite hate. It emerged from a scar in the earth that closed once we defeated the monster. If we encounter more of these holes, we must close them and put down any creatures that emerge.

Rewarded Resources

Resource	Type
Hacksilver x250	Currency
Dust of Realms x5	Resource
Chaos Spark x1	Weapon Upgrade
Sovereign Coals x2	Resource

Rewarded Attachments

Name	Type
Cursed Empress Handles	Blades of Chaos Attachment
Fortified Frost Knob	Leviathan Axe Attachment

The Hateful Location

Location Summary

Location Summary
The Hateful are optional bosses located in Draugr Holes found across multiple Realms.

Svartalfheim Locations

The Applecore

Map Location	In-Game Location

One Draugr hole containing The Hateful can be found inside the southeastern door before the puzzle and doors leading to Tyr's cell inside The Applecore mines.

Midgard Locations

Alfheim Locations

Vanaheim Locations

How to Beat The Hateful

The Hateful Tips and Strategies
Defeat Draugr Minions First Avoid The Hateful's Flaming Attacks Reflect Its Flaming Projectiles Use Spartan Rage Wisely Stay On Guard for Unblockable Attacks

Defeat Draugr Minions First

We recommend defeating The Hateful's Draugr minions first before facing him head-on. Doing this allows you to put full focus on The Hateful and gives you an easier time dodging and parrying its unblockable and block-break attacks.

Freeze Minions with Freezing Throw

Combine Frost Awaken and Freezing Throw to freeze the Draugr minions and make them easier to clear out. Once frozen, we recommend isolating them away from The Hateful and spiking them against the arena walls.

Split Attention with Atreus

You can also focus The Hateful's attention on Atreus by commanding him to use his bow attacks against them. Doing gives you an easier time taking down each of the Draugr minions.

Avoid The Hateful's Flaming Attacks

The Hateful's unblockable and block-break attacks inflict the Flame debuff on hit. This debuff deals significant damage over time and has a considerable duration, so avoid getting hit by these attacks as much as possible.

Reflect Its Flaming Projectiles

When The Hateful launches its Molten Spray attack, make it a habit to parry the incoming molten shards instead of dodging them. Doing this sends the projectiles back toward The Hateful, dealing moderate damage on hit and causing them to stagger momentarily.

Use Spartan Rage Wisely

When fighting The Hateful, we recommend saving Spartan Rage for low-health situations. Healthstones are scarce inside The Hateful's arena, and its Flame attacks inflict significant damage over time, so only activate Spartan Rage when necessary.

Stay On Guard for Unblockable Attacks

As the fight goes on, The Hateful tends to mix more unblockable attacks into its combos and attack patterns. Avoid being reckless with your attacks and always stay vigilant for sudden flaming attacks when fighting against this boss.

The Hateful Attack Patterns

Triple Axe Rush

The Hateful rushes toward Kratos, performing two alternating axe swings and finishing its combo with a simultaneous strike. Each axe swing comes out in a consistent rhythm, so block or parry each axe swing as it comes out to avoid getting hurt.

Farther into the fight, The Hateful can start its Triple Axe Rush with an unblockable twin slash instead, so always stay alert for this variant of the combo.

Flaming Upward Slash

The Hateful sets its right axe ablaze before launching an unblockable upward slash toward Kratos, dealing moderate damage on hit and inflicting the Burn debuff. This attack has a significant amount of wind-up, so react to its distinct animation and red ring indicator and move out of its path to avoid getting hit.

Flaming Axe Combo

The Hateful swings downward with its right axe before setting it ablaze and launching an unblockable Flaming Upward Slash. The attack's first slash has a similar start-up animation to Triple Axe Rush, so stay alert and react to the unblockable slash's red ring indicator when it occurs.

Molten Spray

The Hateful conjures a mass of molten rock before launching it toward Kratos in a conic spray, inflicting the Burn debuff and dealing moderate damage on hit. To efficiently deal with this attack, parry the incoming molten rock shards to reflect them at The Hateful and momentarily stagger them.

God of War Ragnarok Related Guides

List of All Bosses

Main Bosses

All Story Bosses
Bjorn	Thor
The Huntress	Dreki
Alva	Gryla
Vanadis (Freya)	Forest Ancient
Fiske	Nidhogg
Frost Phantom	Garm
Gulltoppr	Heimdall
Frost Ancient	Flame Phantom
Soul Eater	Hrist and Mist
Odin

Optional Bosses

All Optional Bosses
The Hateful	Slag Horn
Crag Jaw	Ash Tyrant
The Corpse Eater