Wondering what the health bar colors of enemies mean in God of War Ragnarok? Here’s the answer:
The Health Bar color indicates the Gear Level of an enemy. Based on this you can tell how difficult an enemy will be. You can also view this in the in-game Codex in the “Life Bars” section.
- Green = Enemy is Weaker (at least 1 Gear Level below you)
- Yellow = Equal Gear Level
- Orange = 1 Gear Level above
- Purple = 2 Gear Levels above (difficult fight, can kill you in 1-3 hits)
- Red = 3 Gear Levels above (impossible, will 1 hit you and you don’t deal any serious damage, enemy will have a skull icon)
This applies to all normal enemies and also bosses. If you find a boss too difficult and they have a purple health bar, upgrade your gear level by one and the boss will show an orange health bar. The fight will feel much easier in comparison. To put it in perspective, fighting a purple health bar boss on Story difficulty, is comparable to fighting an equal gear level on Balanced difficulty. It pretty much means they are +1 difficulty level with each increase in their health bar color.
Remember: Green and Yellow are easy. Orange and Purple are hard. The only time you encounter Red health bar enemies would be the Level 9 endgame bosses if you attempt them with weak gear, those kill you in 1 hit and you won’t deal them any noticeable damage until you upgrade you gear.
You can see your gear level in the weapons menu, top left corner. Upgrade your gear at the blacksmith to bring up your overall rating. God of War Ragnarok doesn’t use a traditional leveling system, your level is instead set by your average gear level.
For more guides check out God of War Ragnarok Wiki & Strategy Guide.
Dylan says
You can definitely kill a red health enemy just a bit harder
PowerPyx says
I only had red health bar on bosses and they instant killed me even on easy difficulty. Couldn’t deal them any noticeable damage.
But if you get a normal enemy with red health bar I suppose those would still be killable (I never encountered a normal one with red health in my game).
czarflo says
I just defeated Gna with red health on No mercy difficulty. So proud!
Jeremy Flowers says
There seem to be two bars a white and a yellow one with Dreki. I don’t understand how it keeps refilling. Seems like the game is bugged.
Joe says
Can you help me? I recently started a new game plus save file on Give Me Story and **every** enemy is red, I cant get past the tyrs temple mission because of it
Blackbulls32 says
The white bar below the main bar(yellow bar) is called the stun meter bar… once it refills and fully charged the next hit you hit the enemy will do a massive damage to the enemy…