Death Stranding 2 has a few boss fights that players will encounter in the main story and through secret locations, and each of these boss fights features is intense design and fearsome trouble. The best boss fights in Death Stranding 2 bring Sam a heap of tar-soaked trouble, so why not take a look at the most fun and difficult of the bunch?
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These intense boss fights in Death Stranding 2 provide players with a memorable design and an intense challenge, so even the most skillful of Sams might end up swallowed by one of these deadly BTs, or Ghost Mechs that provide such an incredible battle ahead.
This list contains major spoilers for Death Stranding 2, so if players want to keep the boss fights a surprise for their own playthrough, then reading ahead is not advised.
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Giant Head BT
A Giant Head with Fingers for a Mouth
- Featured in: Main Order 6
The first boss fight in Death Stranding 2 is the Giant Head BT, which emerges from the tar, witnessed entirely by Sam in an intimidating display of power. The Giant Head BT is fierce, but certainly not one that will take players lengthy attempts to destroy. This BT doesn’t move all that much, and its attacks are not that strong. However, this BT will try and consume Sam with its open and gaping mouth to create a voidout, which is essentially a game over, so try to keep a good distance from this enemy.
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Octopus Mech
A Mechanical Squid for Tentacle Choking
- Featured in: Main Order 12
Investing in the strange tar will see players surprised by a gigantic Mecha Octopus, a Ghost Mech that will swim through the tar and attempt to wrangle and wrestle Sam with its tentacles. This is the second boss fight featured in Death Stranding 2, so new players might feel intimidated by the sheer size of this boss fight and their lack of weaponry that’s effective weaponry, as Blood Grenades will not help here. Instead, players will need to rely on bullets and explosives, and an abundance of them due to the hardened and armored shell of the Octopus Mech.
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Giant BT Spider
A Kaiju BT That Stomps Across the Beach
- Featured in: Main Order 47
As players race back to Mexico to find Tomorrow, they will be stopped in their tracks by a hulking Kaiju, one that will make Sam tremble in his porter boots. The Giant BT Spider, or crab-like BT, is one of immense size with thin and sharp legs as tall as any skyscraper could be. Sam will have to bring his best for this fight, weaving between stomping legs with a fast-moving skeleton, while trying to weaken each leg with an arsenal of explosives and bullets that other players might be so generous as to provide him with.
5
Red Samurai
A Katana-Wielding Robot Who Predicts Every Attack
- Featured in: Main Order 48
As players make it to the beach in the final mission of Death Stranding 2, they will come across the Red Samurai, who has been the mysterious ally from the start. Now controlled by Higgs, this Ghost Mech is a fierce adversary who can teleport, predict attacks, and lay devastating blows with his katana from near and far. However, the Red Samurai is easily bested in a one-on-one simply because the Battle Guitar that Sam holds has infinite ammo during this fight, so long-range blasts will be a joke against a teleporting foe, but that doesn’t mean players should underestimate a close-up melee brawl.
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Higgs
An Epic Finale Featuring Guitar-on-Guitar
- Featured in: Main Order 48
The final boss fight in Death Stranding 2 is against the main antagonist, Higgs. In an effort to stop the Last Stranding and get revenge on the man who has caused so much pain, Sam and Higgs come to blows in an epic finale with Battle Guitars. Whether it’s fighting through the obstacles and cover of APAS’ servers and tombs, or fighting atop a giant BT, this fight is by far the most epic, with a clash of guitars and roar of emotion, but it’s not overly hard. Players can heal easily thanks to the Cryptobiotes Sam can eat, and the fact that the Battle Guitar has infinite ammunition.
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Giga BT
The Ginormous BT Humanoid
The Giga BT is intimidating in size, providing players with an endgame boss fight that will cause immense fear to reign within Sam and Dollman as they look up at this literal giant BT. With its incredible size, the Giga BT is subdued by its slow and heavy moving speed, but one wrong move will see players attacked and almost killed instantly. With an umbilical cord attached, players will want to focus their fire on the red bulb that appears to cause this Giga BT to stun, which gives them a few moments of respite as they blast the Giga BT back to the beach with plenty of rockets.
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Neil Vana
An Unstoppable and Skilled Fighter Who Uses DOOMs to Conquer
- Featured in: Main Order 16, Main Order 31, Main Order 45
A mysterious stranger drags Sam into the tar, and now Sam is being hunted in this Strange Realm. The identity of this strange man with his bandanna might have players confuse him with Solid Snake, but despite being a fakeout, this is someone who shouldn’t be underestimated. Players will face Neil Vana three times in Death Stranding 2, and each encounter is harder than the last. Neil is extremely deadly and tactical, hiding behind corners and using his skeletal mercenaries to subdue Sam, while teleporting away if he gets too hurt. While his boss fight repeats across three stages, the arenas and weaponry always make it an intense fight.
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The Lord of Tar Lake
The Moby Dick of Boss Fights
The Lord of Tar Lake comes in as the hardest boss fight in Death Stranding 2. Players will be able to take on this optional boss fight as soon as they connect the Fisherman to the Chiral Network after bringing the F5 East Distribution Center online. The Lord of Tar Lake is no joke, as players are required to send in the bait with another powerful BT just so the Lord of Tar Lake has something to consume before the big fight. The fight itself involves a whale BT, one that swims elegantly through the air with a size unseen. With its laser beam attacks and ability to swallow a large area of Tar Lake with one gulp, this beast requires an entire military’s worth of arsenal to take it down for good.