How to Beat Soul Eater: Boss Fight Guide

The Soul Eater is a main story 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 Soul Eater!

Soul Eater Overview

Information

Soul Eater
Recommended Level	Level 5 (All Difficulties)
XP Rewards	500 Kratos XP 500 Atreus XP (Give Me Balance)

Rewarded Resources

Resource	Type
Bonded Leather x5	Resource
Chaos Flame x1	Weapon Upgrade
Shattered Rune x25	Resource

Rewarded Enchantments

Soul Eater Location

Location Summary

Location Summary
Two Soul Eaters are encountered after reaching Surtr's Forge in Muspelheim and talking to Surtr during The Summoning.

The Summoning Quest Walkthrough

How to Beat Soul Eater

Soul Eater Tips and Strategies
Defeat the Draugr Minions First Deal With One Soul Eater at a Time Throw Your Axe at the Exposed Core Attack Before Grappling the Core

Defeat the Draugr Minions First

During the encounter at Surtr's Forge, multiple Draugr minions will spawn alongside each Soul Eater. Use Kratos' Blades of Chaos to quickly tear through multiple Draugr and give yourself an easier time focusing on the Soul Eaters.

Deal With One Soul Eater at a Time

Prioritize taking down one Soul Eater at a time instead of spreading damage between two to immediately reduce the number of attacks you have to dodge and to have an easier time during the fight.

Throw Weapons at the Exposed Core

Like the Forest Ancient and Frost Ancient, the Soul Eater is only vulnerable to attacks toward its glowing red core. While the boss uses its ranged attacks, throw your Leviathan Axe or Draupnir Spear into its exposed core to quickly fill up its stun meter and leave it open for massive damage.

Utilize the Dropped Explosive Rocks

Throwing your weapons toward the Soul Eater's core also makes it drop explosive rocks, which you can pick up and throw at the boss to deal even more damage and stun build-up.

Attack Before Grappling the Core

After filling up the Soul Eater's stun meter, it falls to the ground and leaves its core exposed for an extended period. We recommend dealing as much damage as possible with Kratos' regular attacks before grappling the core to maximize your damage output during the fight.

Soul Eater Attack Patterns

Fireball Barrage

The Soul Eater crosses its arms before releasing a barrage of fireballs at delayed intervals toward Kratos, inflicting the Burn debuff and dealing moderate damage on contact.

To effectively deal with this attack, block and evade each fireball and throw the Leviathan Axe toward its core between barrages to stagger the Soul Eater.

Scattered Embers

The Soul Eater bends backward, supporting itself with all of its limbs before releasing scattered embers around the arena, each flame breaking Kratos' guard and causing heavy Burn buildup on impact.

Watch for the Soul Eater's unique pose and the attack's yellow ring indicator, and dodge out of each ember's path to avoid getting hit.

Fiery Shockwave

The Soul Eater gets on all fours before releasing a unblockable fiery shockwave that deals moderate damage and inflicts Burn on hit. React to the attack's red ring indicator and quickly roll backward out of the shockwave's radius to avoid getting hurt.

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