Catherina can be fought as a boss to rank up her bond in Metaphor: Refantazio. Read on to learn how to beat Catherina, her weaknesses, rewards, as well as the recommended party setup and Archetypes to use against Catherina.

Catherina Overview and Rewards

Catherina the Bounty Queen Quest and Location

Catherina the Bounty Queen Boss
Encounter	Level	Location
First Battle	22	Gauntlet Runner On the way to Giant Sandworm's Nest
Second Battle	31	Gauntlet Runner On the way to Port Brilehaven
Third Battle	35	Gauntlet Runner On the way to Forsaken Tower

Catherina the Bounty Queen Rewards

Catherina Weakness and Resistances

All Elemental Weakness, Affinities and Resistances

Catherina's Elemental Weakness and Resistance remains the same all throughout the three fights.

Recommended Party Setup Against Catherina

Best Characters to Choose

Character	Explanation
Protagonist	The Protagonist serves as the main spellcaster, initially equipped with the Mage Archetype and later transitioning to the Wizard Archetype to continuously exploit Catherina's weakness to Fire.
Strohl	Equip Strohl with the Warrior Archetype or, in later battles, the Swordmaster Archetype to maximize damage output in all three encounters.
Hulkenberg	Hulkenberg will take on the role of your Knight, later becoming a Magic Knight. She will tank damage with Knight's Proclamation while using Synthesis Skills for maximum offensive power.
Heismay	Heismay will not be available during the first battle, but he will be invaluable in the next two. Equip him as a Swordmaster or Brawler to deal significant damage while inheriting a Bot skill from a Mage Archetype to exploit Catherina's weakness.

Best Party and Team Composition

Recommended Archetypes Against Catherina

Wizerd, Swordmaster, Magic Knight, and Brawler

Archetype	Recommended Skills
Wizard	・Bot ・Botra
Swordmaster	・Bamboo Splitter ・Rising Slash ・Martial Lore
Magic Knight	・Knight's Proclamation ・Heavy Rush ・Leap Thrust
Brawler	・Perfect Punch ・Battle Cry ・Diligent Discipline

Since you will face Catherina three times on different occasions, it’s best to level up your Archetypes between battles to keep pace with her increasing strength.

A Wizard is ideal for exploiting Catherina's weakness to Fire, while the rest of your squad, comprising a Swordmaster, Magic Knight, and Brawler, can focus on offense to deal significant damage.

Best Archetypes

How to Beat Catherina

How to Beat Catherina the Bounty Queen
Inherit Fire Skills Have Hulkenberg Tank Damage Attack While Catherina Is Down Same Strategy Per Battle

Inherit Fire Skills

Since Catherina is weak to Fire, it’s essential for your other characters, besides the Protagonist, to inherit Fire skills from the Mage or Wizard Archetypes.

Best Skills to Inherit

Have Hulkenberg Tank Damage

The best strategy is to have Hulkenberg tanking all damage from Catherina's single-target attacks.

Meanwhile, focus on either healing Hulkenberg or dealing maximum damage to Catherina.

Attack While Catherina Is Down

When you hit Catherina with Fire Skills and exploit her weakness, she will fall, leaving her vulnerable to your next attacks.

Use this opportunity to unleash powerful Synthesis Skills!

Synthesis Skills Explained

Same Strategy Per Battle

You will encounter Catherina three times in total, and she will grow stronger with each battle. However, that doesn't mean you won't improve as well.

For each encounter, apply the same strategy, and eventually, Catherina will cease her attempts to engage you in future battles and concede.

Catherina Bond Guide and How to Unlock

Metaphor: ReFantazio Related Guides

List of All Bosses

All Story Bosses

List of Bosses
Homo Gorleo	Captain Klinger	Homo Fulquilo
Undead Grius	Zorba	Homo Avades
Monk Captain Gideaux	Greatworm Homo Butera	Heismay
Homo Jaluzo	Sergeant Xanth	Maintenance Chief Ceiba
Master Sergeant Glechom	Helmsman Cabio and Grand Chief Salva	Glodell
Sea Horror Homo Sabara	Treebeast Alento	Malvirta Drako Eht
Homo Margo	Louis Guiabern	Sogne the Icebound
Homo Gorleo (Second Fight)	Melancholia Zorba	Diabolus Gorleo
Diabolus Avades	Diabolus Butera	Diabolus Jaluzo
Diabolus Sabara	Diabolus Margo	Archdemon Louis Charadrius
More	Destroyer Charadrius

All Optional Bosses

List of Bosses
Fire Dragon Mauna	Grotesque Guptauros	Maneater Manjula
Catherina the Bounty Queen	Goborn King	Demo Man Goddard
Alpha Rockworm Valmo	Kadablich	Roger the Libertarian
Lina the Machinist	Trove Imitec	Fatolich
Kokasados	Orgas	Kokasadors
Homo Pento	Psyocropos	Leogron
Milo the Adonis	Rudolf the Roussainte Lion	Icebeast Chimenzahn
Ziocropos	Ordemos	Mad Sanctor Hyperic
Jin the Charlatan	Serial Killer Vinca	Kokamordos
Bandit Chief Cistus	Homo Sandro	Devourer of Nations
Devourer of Stars	Devourer of Flames	Elegy of the Souls
Redscale Apocalypse Dragon