Wyvern is the second Titan in Sonic Frontiers and the final boss of Ares Island. Where Giganto is a big lumbering brute, Wyvern is a fast, aerial fight that mixes high-speed rail running, homing attack platforming, and a Super Sonic bullet-hell style showdown. It looks chaotic at first, but once you understand how the missiles and parries work, Wyvern becomes a very manageable fight.
This guide walks you through every step of the Wyvern battle, from reaching the Chaos Emerald to closing out the final QTE without wasting your hard-earned rings.
Where You Fight Wyvern And How The Battle Starts
You encounter Wyvern at the climax of Ares Island, the second main island in Sonic Frontiers. Just like Giganto, you must collect the Chaos Emeralds and progress the story before the game will let you challenge the Titan. When Wyvern is available, it circles high above a huge tower in a desert arena. To start the fight, you need to climb that tower, trigger the encounter, and then chase Wyvern along a holographic road in the sky.
Once you grab the final Chaos Emerald during this sequence, Sonic transforms into Super Sonic and the real boss battle begins.
Preparation Before Triggering Wyvern
While you can technically beat Wyvern with pretty modest stats, going in prepared makes the fight a lot more comfortable.
Things you should do before starting the fight:
- Upgrade Strength and Defense using Kocos and the Hermit Koco. Higher Strength means your combos during Super Sonic phases hit much harder.
- Raise your Ring Capacity and stock up on rings around Ares Island. Your time as Super Sonic is equal to your ring count, so more rings means more time to finish the fight.
- Unlock a few combat skills. You do not need anything ultra specific, but having a combo you like and a few flashy moves helps burn Wyvern’s health when he is staggered.
From my experience, the fight becomes far less stressful if you treat it as a “boss marathon” and go in with as many rings as you reasonably can. Wyvern is not hard once you know the patterns, but he can be ring-hungry if you take too long.
Getting To Wyvern: Tower Climb And Sky Road Chase
Before you can punch Wyvern in the face as Super Sonic, you have to reach him.
Climbing The Tower
When the fight sequence begins, Wyvern circles a huge tower. Your goal is to reach the top of this tower:
- Head straight for the main tower in the arena. Ignore nearby platforms unless you really need extra rings.
- Use springs, rails, and wall-runs to climb. The layout is similar to other exploration structures, just taller and more focused.
- There are a few enemies on the way up, but you can safely boost or jump past them if you do not want to fight.
At the top there is a small ledge that functions like a diving board. Stand on it and wait for Wyvern to pass close by. When you see the homing attack reticle appear on Wyvern’s head, perform a Homing Attack to latch on and start the next phase.
The Holographic Red Road
After the cutscene, Sonic ends up on a red holographic road chasing Wyvern through the sky. This is where you can accidentally lose a bunch of rings if you are careless:
- You will see laser gate emitters that you need to homing attack through when gaps appear.
- Glowing orbs or electric balls roll down the track toward you. Use quickstep or shoulder button dodges to slip left or right and avoid them. Getting hit here spills rings that you really want during the boss.
The goal is simply to stay on the path, dodge hazards, and keep your rings. Eventually the road delivers you to Wyvern’s body, where Sonic can grab the Chaos Emerald and transform.
How Super Sonic Works Against Wyvern
Once you become Super Sonic, the rules change:
- Super Sonic cannot take normal damage. You will not lose health from enemy hits.
- Instead, your ring count drains constantly over time, and if it reaches zero, the fight ends in a failure.
- You need to deplete Wyvern’s health before the ring timer runs out.
This means the key question is not “How do I avoid damage?” but “How do I finish Wyvern quickly?”. The answer, just like with Giganto, revolves around parrying and counterattacks, but Wyvern adds a missile mechanic that makes the flow of the fight a bit different.
Phase 1: Missiles, Parries, And Safe Damage Windows
Wyvern’s first phase is almost like a training session for your parry timing.
Here is the loop:
- Position yourself in front of Wyvern
Fly toward his front side at roughly head or upper body height. This alignment makes it easier to see and react to his attacks. - Parry the homing missiles
Wyvern’s first major move is to fire missiles that track toward Super Sonic. Instead of dodging them, fly near a missile and hold the parry buttons (both shoulder buttons). Sonic will catch and redirect the missile back at Wyvern, dealing damage and often staggering him. - Punish when Wyvern is staggered
When the missile hits, Wyvern will reel back and become vulnerable. This is your big chance to unload combos. Any Super Sonic combo works, but faster moves that keep you glued to his head tend to perform best. - Parry physical attacks
After missiles, Wyvern may swipe or lash out with melee attacks. Just like other Titans, these are very parry-friendly. Hold the parry buttons when you see him winding up, and you will trigger a counter that gives you another window to attack.
The most important thing is to always look for the missile parry. It feels like a small detail, but it is a huge part of the design for this fight. Parried missiles do damage, shorten the distance, and set up easy follow-up offense.
Phase 2: Extra Lasers, Ring Pressure, And QTEs
Once you have chunked enough health off Wyvern, the fight transitions into a second phase. Visually it looks wilder, but your plan does not change much. You still rely on missile parries, melee parries, and burst damage.
Some key differences in phase 2:
- Wyvern adds large laser attacks and glowing red ring patterns. The red rings look threatening, but in practice they mostly act as visual noise and tell you the fight is entering a more intense pattern.
- Wyvern starts to chain melee attacks together. Where you might have only needed one parry earlier, now you often need to parry twice in a row before he becomes vulnerable. That means you must release and press the parry buttons again after the first counter so the second one can register.
- After enough damage, the fight triggers one or more big QTE sequences. These usually involve pressing a button when expanding circles line up or mashing a button to force Wyvern’s mouth open. Failing some of these can cause an instant defeat even if you still have rings, so stay focused when they appear.
In practice, phase 2 feels like phase 1 with tighter timing and more spectacle. As long as you are respecting the multi-hit patterns and handling the QTEs, the core strategy stays the same.
Common Mistakes And How To Avoid Them
Wyvern is not mechanically the hardest Titan, but there are a few classic ways players lose this fight.
Losing too many rings on the red road
If you keep getting clipped by orbs or lasers on the sky road, you will start the Super Sonic section with very few rings. That means an extremely short timer. Take your time and focus more on dodging projectiles than going maximum speed. You do not get a bonus for finishing the road faster.
Trying to dodge everything instead of parrying
It is tempting to treat Wyvern like a traditional action boss and just boost around dodging missiles. That strategy wastes your timer and does very little damage. Remember that parried missiles hurt Wyvern, bring you closer, and open him up, so they are your best friend.
Not re-pressing the parry buttons for multi-hit strings
In later cycles, Wyvern can attack more than once in a row. After a successful parry, you need to let go and hold parry again to catch the next hit. If you just hold the buttons the entire time, the second attack may slip through and knock you away.
Panicking during QTEs
The final QTEs can be intimidating because a failure often means a full restart. The trick is to treat them like fishing prompts: wait for the visuals to line up and press decisively rather than mashing randomly. Once you have seen the sequence once or twice, it becomes very manageable.
Recommended Skills And Difficulty Tweaks
You do not need a hyper specific build to beat Wyvern, but a few things help a lot:
- Strong basic aerial combos so that whenever Wyvern is staggered, you can shred his health quickly.
- Familiarity with parry mechanics from regular Guardians and earlier encounters. If you are still unsure about parry timing, practice it on smaller enemies first.
- If you are really struggling, temporarily lowering the difficulty gives you more room to learn the patterns without losing so many attempts to QTE mistakes or slow damage.
From a gameplay perspective, Wyvern is all about confidence with parry and comfort with high-speed chases. Once you are comfortable catching missiles and sending them back, the entire fight clicks. You go from feeling like you are running away from a giant flying machine to feeling like a guided Super Sonic missile yourself, riding rails, catching rockets, and turning Wyvern into scrap in style.