The Hunt: Confirmed Boss Profile

Who is The Hunt?

The Hunt is a former comrade of Soul whom Soul fights atop a speeding wagon. PlayStation Blog describes this battle as one of the opening moments of the game, establishing both the relationship and the moving-wagon setting.

This profile deliberately omits the axe detail circulated by press previews. The requirement for this page is first-party prose, and the cited PlayStation source does not name or describe The Hunt’s weapon. A press observation should not silently become an official equipment fact.

How many phases are officially described?

The cited first-party source describes zero numbered or named phases for The Hunt. It confirms an encounter but does not provide a phase transition, health bar count, attack list, weakness, resistance, reward, or recommended level.

Why is the source boundary important here?

PlayStation Blog gives a compact but precise first-party account: former comrades cross blades on a speeding wagon in the opening moments. Press previews may describe additional visible details, including an axe, but those observations come from a different evidence tier. This page neither calls them false nor blends them into official prose.

Detail	First-party status
Name “The Hunt”	Confirmed
Former comrade of Soul	Confirmed
Speeding-wagon encounter	Confirmed
Opening portion of the journey	Confirmed
Named weapon	Not stated in the cited first-party source
Phase count	Not stated

Anything worked out from press coverage rather than an official statement is labelled as analysis when it appears.

What can be said before launch?

The former-comrade relationship places the fight inside Soul’s personal story rather than a random enemy list. The speeding wagon also establishes a moving combat setting. Anything more granular needs a named, dated source.

Compare the fully described Seven Stars encounter for the current two-phase example, Mó Yuan for another character-linked boss, and the official content status for the boundary between revealed material and unknowns.

The moving setting is still useful information: it identifies where the officially described confrontation occurs and places it early in Soul’s route. It does not establish the encounter’s exact duration, whether the wagon changes mechanics, or what happens immediately afterward. Those questions stay open until a source answers them.

Sources

• PlayStation Blog: gameplay deep dive and pre-order announcement

Last verified: October 17, 2026.