In the world of Anthem, there are many different inhabitants. Among them are the colossal Titans. Here we show you where the locations for these powerful bosses are and how you can defeat them.
What are Titans? Titans are large bipedal giants that can be found as boss opponents in Freeplay. They possess an arsenal of various attacks, including wide-area fire explosions and laser attacks.
Titans have an almost impenetrable body armor and possess tons of hit points. Therefore, it is best to challenge these powerful creatures with a complete team. Fighting a Titan alone can quickly become frustrating.
Locations: Here are the locations of the Titans
In Freeplay, there are various locations where Titans can be found. Titans can be part of a World Event or can also randomly appear in the world.
Here you can find Titans in Freeplay
Here we show you a few places on your world map where you can encounter Titans:
Here’s why it’s worth defeating Titans
Since Titans appear relatively often and drop good rewards, it is worth defeating every Titan you come across.
If you weren’t lucky at a location to find a Titan, you can simply end the expedition and fly back to the desired location. With this method, you can even farm Titans on an easy difficulty level.
Here you can find Titans in World Events
If you are looking for a challenging fight against a Titan, you should keep an eye out for World Events. Titans are relatively rare as World Events, but they are among the most intense fights you can experience in Freeplay.
The area “Gorge of the Great Falls” is best suited, as many events can take place in this environment.
The four Titans from the event “Giant Task” can be found here.
How to defeat the Titans
These are the weak points: The Titans have several weak points. These become vulnerable each time the Titan itself launches an attack. They include the two forearms, as well as small openings at the upper back end and in the middle of the torso.
When the weak points are attackable, they flicker in orange flames for a short time. If you shoot at them during this time, you deal increased critical damage.
Cover is important: When fighting a Titan, you should always stay near a massive object that offers you protection. Regardless of which Javelin you are using, Titan attacks can hit you suddenly and unexpectedly.
If you read the Titan’s movements correctly and get to safety early enough, you should be able to avoid most of its attacks.
Attacks: This is what Titans can do
In the following section, you will find a list of all attacks you can expect when fighting a Titan. These attacks are unique among the enemies of Anthem and challenge all your skills as a Javelin pilot.
Here’s an important tip: If you deal enough damage to the weak points before the Titan can complete its attack animation, you can even interrupt the upcoming attack. The Titan stumbles for a moment and occasionally drops ammunition or armor packs.
Abilities that deal high single-target damage, such as the Colossus’ railgun, are ideal for dealing enough damage in a short time.
Fire Rings
What does this attack do? In this attack, the Titan channels its power by touching the ground with its hand. It then creates several large rings of fire that spread widely from the Titan’s position. The burning rings usually appear at different heights.
If you are hit by a ring, you take significant fire damage and your Javelin overheats immediately. This results in you being unable to fly.
How should you respond? As soon as you see the Titan moving its hand towards the ground, you should quickly distance yourself from it. You need to pay close attention to the height at which the rings appear and react accordingly. Skilled Interceptor pilots can jump over the rings, while a Colossus should quickly gain altitude.
In general, you should be as high in the air as possible during this attack if you want to survive it unscathed. For this reason, Storm pilots have a significant advantage due to their long hover time during this attack.
Energy Spheres
What does this attack do? The Titan creates an explosive sphere out of nothing, which can appear at any possible point in the air or on the ground. These usually appear right next to your Javelin to catch you off guard.
Some Titans can also fire them as projectiles, with the energy spheres seeking their target and flying steadily towards you and your teammates.
How should you respond? With this attack, timing is everything. You need to dodge at the right moment to escape the explosion. Colossus pilots have it a bit harder with this attack because they don’t have a dodge maneuver. With the other three Javelins, you should wait until the sphere is almost upon you or almost explodes. Just before that, activate your dodge maneuver and quickly roll sideways.
Your double jumps give you a bit more distance and should be used in combination with your dodge maneuver.
Energy Beam
What does this attack do? This attack involves a glowing laser beam that originates from the Titan’s chest. This attack is usually aimed at a Javelin and tracks it until the energy beam ends. If you are hit by this beam, you suffer continuous heavy damage.
The important thing about this attack is that the Titan reveals its weak point on its chest as long as it is firing the energy beam.
How should you respond? As soon as you see the Titan leaning forward and channeling energy from the ground, you should immediately take cover and break the line of sight to the Titan. If the Titan cannot see you, it cannot hit you.
Once the laser is activated, at least one team member should step into the danger zone and deal as much damage as possible to its weak point. Because compared to its regular weak points, which are attackable more often, the Titan takes the most damage at its chest opening.
Elementals
What does this attack do? In this attack, the Titan summons several small elementals next to its feet. These so-called “Zinder Elementals” are independent enemies and look like small black clouds of energy.
They don’t have particularly many hit points, but they are highly explosive and pursue you quite aggressively.
How should you respond? You should eliminate these elemental creatures as quickly as possible as soon as you see them. Because if a few of them get too close to you, their combined explosions can cost you a lot of health very quickly.
Since these enemies react to combo attacks, the Storm provides an optimal defense strategy against the Zinder Elementals.
An Interceptor, on the other hand, should be a bit more cautious, as although the small clouds invite close combat, it is far from recommended to detonating them by doing so. We have a guide for you that will help you play the Interceptor a bit safer:
Lore: The story of the Titans
Although Titans are now relatively well-known, there is still very little information about where the Titans originally come from or what their exact goals are.
Some clues suggest that Titans are not native inhabitants of the world of Anthem. However, the Anthem of Creation most certainly has something to do with the appearance of these dangerous beings.
According to lore entry, new Titans continuously emerge in the playable stronghold “Heart of Rage”.
What a stronghold is, you’ll find out in our endgame guide.
Are you looking for more tips and tricks for Anthem? We have a comprehensive overview with various guides and assistance:
