The official Steam description confirms new battles against “the Nine Titans.” It does not provide a nine-name encounter list or say that every form is playable, so this page does not present those details as confirmed.
What the official description confirms
The official description confirms Attack on Titan 3 re-tells the story of Attack on Titan from the beginning to the climax. That single fact drives the expected roster: every Titan that matters to that narrative is represented across the campaign. Steam goes further by explicitly promising new battles against the Nine Titans and describing this as their first collective appearance in the game series.
Every Titan type expected
The table below groups forms strongly indicated by the full-story scope, with how each has historically fought. The Nine Titans are confirmed as a group, but Koei Tecmo has not mapped individual names to specific boss fights.
| Titan | Class | How it fights | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pure Titan | Standard | Roaming threat; the classic shambling horror that defines the series | Expected (story core) |
| Abnormal / Deviant | Variant | Erratic, unpredictable movement that breaks normal ODM patterns | Expected (story core) |
| Armored Titan | Shifter | Thick armor plating and devastating charges; nape exposed at moments | Expected (story core) |
| Colossal Titan | Shifter | Enormous scale with a steam shroud that burns at close range | Expected (story core) |
| Female Titan | Shifter | Agile combatant able to harden her skin for defense | Expected (story core) |
| Beast Titan | Shifter | Throws projectiles and commands Pure Titans from a distance | Expected (later arcs) |
This table is not a confirmed encounter list. It is kept separate from the official collective confirmation until Koei Tecmo reveals which forms are fought, controlled or shown only in story scenes.
How Titans fight in the series
The series has always made Titan combat a traversal problem, not a health-bar problem. You reach a Titan with the ODM gear, anchor on a limb or structure, and strike. The flow is: close distance, disable what you can, then go for the kill. The evolved ODM gear promised for A.O.T. 3 points to the same loop made faster and more spectacular, which is why the gameplay page is the place to track that.
Weak points: the nape
In the series, every Titan has one shared weak point — the nape. Slicing a Pure Titan’s nape destroys it; slicing a shifter’s nape ejects the human inside and forces them out of the Titan form. That single rule is what the entire combat loop is built around: you fight past armor, limbs and momentum to put your blades exactly there. Expect it to stay the core of A.O.T. 3.
- Immobilize first — severing limbs or targeting weak joints stops the biggest Titans from swinging.
- Nape is the kill point — all damage is a setup for the final cut.
- Shifters fight back — armored and hardened targets need their defense broken before the nape opens.
Titan shifters vs Pure Titans
A useful distinction carried through the series: Pure Titans are mindless, endless threats, while Titan shifters are specific humans with defined identities, intelligence and powers. The story scope means both appear, but they fight very differently. The shifter line-up overlaps heavily with the character roster, so the two pages are worth reading together.
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FAQ
What Titans will be in Attack on Titan 3?
Steam officially confirms new battles against the Nine Titans. Koei Tecmo has not yet published an individual encounter list or said which forms are playable.
How do you kill a Titan in Attack on Titan 3?
The series rule is the nape: use ODM gear to close distance, immobilize the target, then cut the nape. The same loop is expected to carry into A.O.T. 3.
Are Titan shifters in the game?
Yes at the group level: the official Steam description confirms the Nine Titans. Individual battles and playable forms have not been detailed.
What is the Titan weakness?
The nape, for every Titan in the series. Shifters are ejected from their Titan form when their nape is cut.
Does Attack on Titan 3 have Abnormal Titans?
Expected. Abnormal, unpredictable Titans are part of the series’ core enemy design, though nothing is confirmed yet.
Official sources
- Koei Tecmo — official Attack on Titan 3 site: gamecity.ne.jp/shingeki3
- Steam — Attack on Titan 3 store page: store.steampowered.com