Rockbreakers being able to sense your movements through the ground is literally an insane mechanic. And the fact that you can stand on a rock and throw rocks to trick them shows even more attention to detail in this incredible game
I think the same goes for the turtles, whatever their name is in the game - as they also burrow underground for a good bit of time during fights. I was so confused why it wasn't popping out when I just stayed still, until I realized what was going on :o Gotta say though, I *HATE* fighting Rockbreakers. End up fighting one somewhere where you can't get up on top of anything and there's no way to dodge their insanely wide sudden lunges, as Aloy's dodge rolls just don't cover the amount of distance to avoid a collision. My only real annoyance in the game at the moment, how some of the biggest enemies are so impossible to fight when their attacks are significantly larger in area than our dodges. Trying to run around and dodge physical ramming attacks feels so pathetic, when full sprint and dodge roll is like 2 steps for the big enemies lol. Then cheesing them from some cliffside is just boring eventually.
@@sarcasm-83 Rockbreakers are the devil. And yeah I can't stand how long it takes for her to get back up I swear I'm already getting hit again by the time I recover enough to move
@@WestsideMas Yess that's so frustrating. One other big one, slaughterspine I think it was called, also has one attack that shoots several plasma projectiles and the first one knocked me down and the rest just killed me from full health. After having fought it for a good while, I was so frustrated :D But yeah, I guess with experience it gets easier to take away their worst attack-weapons and whatnot.
Expert tip: you can actually fast travel from ruins and sunken caves. All you need to do is scroll up to the ground level on the map and pick your destination. You could do this in zero dawn as well.
This works nearly everywhere, but one place it doesn't work is when you're underground in the Vegas area. If you get lost or stuck down there, your SOL.
Some tips it took me a while to discover, hope they are useful to you: 1. You can hold down on the d-pad to rearange your tools, hide them and only put what you really need for fast access. 2.You can hold up on the d-pad to replenish your herbs so you don't have to look for herbs on the ground during a long fight. 3. Fish needs to be captured while swiming, not with an arrow like other animals.
Didn't take me long to realise that this franchise desperately needs a spin-off game with Studious Vuadis as the main character. Nobody has scroll game like that man does.
rolling isn't the only way to avoid attacks. it's been confirmed that sliding is also invulnerable for the first dozen or so frames of animation. slide-rolling doubles that.
Thanks! It says im 20+ hours in and only 20% finished lol. Im going all the side quests and just taking my time. I’ve waited for 5 years for this game and don’t want to breeze through it. It deserves my extra effort
My husband and I took our time and needed 120 hours to complete the game. And it was never boring. We talked to npcs after quest (there were a lot of nice dialoges like in the first game), found a lot of data point, the totems.. And since I am sick in bed I farmed quite some of the big boys to get and upgrade legendary Gear. I started my second game through and this time I include the Strike games and the Arena. On our firsr play through we opened the Arena way to late in game so it wasn't much point to play.
Not sure if anyone else has mentioned it in the comments, but the key for Rockbreakers is to crouch walk whenever you're in their vicinity. They won't be able to sense your movements.
Killed the first Slitherfang on the third try and only then discovered that I had shot off a gun from it at some point early on which would have made the fight a lot more easier. Smh.
Using the Focused Shot with a Sharp Shot bow will really get you some extra distance while “Skyriming”. I liked clearing the rebel camps from high ground that way.
@@Cleverconveyence Isnt ? got over 400 in my stash. When you actively kill alot of machines from small to big its not a big problem to get this material
@@mrn234 I also have a lot, the problem is that, for some freaking reason, Aloy can only hold 7 in her inventory at a time, every few arrows you need to go to your stash and furnish yourself again
Fast travel does work in the caves and buildings! Pull up your map and you will see a map of the dungeon you're in, and then press your down d pad until you are on the outside map. Then select the campfire you want and fast travel away. I swim into the caves grab what I want then fast travel out. It works!
The term "hint" is thrown around a lot, and it's usually abused into meaning "Explain step by step, I can't be bothered to think." THIS video, however, demonstrates you actually DO understand what a hint is meant to be. You have advice and guidance spoiler free, AND you leave the details up to us to work out, respecting our intelligence. First video of yours I've watched. Hoping all are this good. Well done.
Pro tip: Try to go to thornmash as soon as possible. You will be able to buy glowbast sharpshot arrow. Trust me, it's gonna ease your journey. Play side quests. You will enjoy a lot.
Warning for splitting spike move on spike thrower and high volley for hunter bows, if your overridden sun hawk is flying above you, you might accidentally hit it. Once was killing a snap maw by spamming high volleys but the last one that woulda killed it didn't come back down I was confused but finished it off with a few more arrows and then called my sun hawk to fly to another site, as it grabbed me I noticed a group of like 5 arrows sticking out of its left wing.
Yeah I go mostly melee too, but you do need some more health potions or berries to support that build. But I feel like a melee build is much viable in Horizon Forbidden West then in Zero Dawn. More melee focused combo's and abilities. Pretty fun and rewarding!
My biggest tip is to use the landscape! Almost any enemy can be taken down with smart use of rocks, non-foliage hiding spots, & the high ground. edit: Ah hah! This is the "crow's nest" tip here.
First tip should be "always be sliding". When you master the slide the game becomes something new, I swear. And you get I.frames on startup of the slide plus you get a free slomo shot
You can see future upgrades for your weapons/armor by using the d-pad to scroll right on the upgrade screen at the workbench -- plan out which machines you need parts from if you plan to use a weapon for awhile! I didn't realize this until just about the end of the game :/
Against thunderbirds it’s really fun and also really effective to target their cannon on their chest using an acid shredder gauntlet (talanah’s quests will give you one for example). Brings them down multiple times and since the birds stay far it’s easy to catch the gauntlet coming back. Super fun weapons that to me is under appreciated
You can enable weapon quick-swap in the main menu. This is great if you wanna quickly switch between elemental arrows and armour piercing ones without having to access the wheel. Just simply tap L1 and Aloy with switch between 2 last used weapons/arrow types.
My tactic for stalkers in H:ZD was always to shoot the module-thingy sticking out on their mid-back first, as it's their cloaking device. Shoot it of and they can't go invisible. Next step is to shoot their cannon by their tail, and after that they're a piece of cake.
They are also *extremely* susceptible to Shock damage. Having a Warrior or Hunter Bow with shock arrows almost trivializes Stalkers, so long as you have some awareness of where they are - stun them w/ shock, blow off their stealth generator, stun them again and either pick off other components or finish w/ a Critical Strike.
Some great tips and I have a few more. Piercing arrows will penetrate rebel face armour for a one shot kill. Easier way to fast travel that doesn’t involve zooming in on camp fire icons in settlements is to zoom out till just the settlement icon shows. You can also FT to points of interest on the map like taken over rebel camps & relic ruins. Don’t buy fast travel packs. Save your shards and craft them in your hunters kit.
Tips: Look for sharpshot bow with piercing arrow. it can pierce thru helmet and count it as head shot. purple bow with this arrow can one shot those bandits
If you are in the camp preparing for battle and the karutt, might have spelled that wrong, there is a small path sided by cliffs and then you see 4 dead Fire breathing Fanghorns and one live one. Grab shards from the dead ones . The fanghorn will look mad but will not harm you. Hit it, shoot it, and it will run by but not hurt you. Low on shards you can easily get 50 from these 5 creatures. You can just collect from the dead ones. Go away then return and they will again be dead with shards. Not always the same number. Same area go past the Fanghorn trail. To the left a Huge creature walks around. It looks like a Momoth. Go up high on the rocks between him and the giant T-rex lizards. Sneak shots. First shoot the top where sparks start up on the very top of the head. Those are cannons. Hide if you see red stuff comming out, it will burn you. Get those 2 canons up there off of him. Do not get just to the side up a bit. He is great at shooting out the side. After you kill him, mine always lands on on or both cannons even if I remove them. Don't worry. Scan that Mamoth beast. What lights up are 2 smaller cannons in the front looking like tusks. Shooting arrows works best, but the sword alone can handle it. These are much better weapons than the ones below his legs. Those are huge but fire 5 shots. If you smash at the ones trapped you might get one out, or you sword will actually stop working. Now take the small canons and put them in the clearing. To the right from the original path were the Scorchers. In front of you are 3 Trex like lizards. Go up to the path crossing in front of them. The closest path. Stay just behind that. Shoot them and if they move over follow and shoot, then run back to that line. They can't do anything and run all over. When I do it this way the group becomes 2 often. What happened? There were 3. Yes, a flaw. Glitch. Scan the mountain lower rocks and over towards the scorcher area up high still. What? Yes he is trapped. If you are lucky he can stick his head out. Over by the scorchers. But by the mountain that guy might stick his nose out. Leave him or be like me. I had an apex in there. Hit the rock where his head is close too. You will get him some. Throw a spike a d he can be hit. Arrows do nothing. The sword only works when a hard swing on it is made. It will die if you go too long. Hint, try tripwire. On one side of him then walk it around to the other side to attach. He will be moving and hit that. It goes through. Sometimes breaks. But you can scare him towards it too. He will scream,but so far won't come out. This irked me. Why always hidden in a rock? So I experimented. From the rocks above them you can shoot down and take the tails off if you can. More shards. They are pretty and frightening too. Jump if you are near one as it swipes the tail. You have evaded a harsh attack. The funny thing is they are hard to kill unless they cannot get to you. Happy hunting. To the right there are scorchers. 2 normally will be one if it is Apex. Most times. Get up high and duck behind a rock. The center of the 2 is saft if you dodge. First get the cannons. It takes a bit. Explosion arrows shoot it off. I also remove the power on his butt. Always avoid the weapon by just starting by taking it out of the picture. Regular Firebreathing Fanghorns are nice for loot. Shoot the bright tubes then antlers if you can. Or a mix, they are strong, but easy to kill if you take the power out. They are always with buddied to back them up. Solution, hide or get high. Now How can I get me underwater breathing and how do I kill fish?
I had a learning curve problem with the first game. I got super frustrated by the first real fliers in the game (I've aged poorly into gaming lol) and took like, a couple months off. Jumped back in and figured it out and fell in love with the game. This time around, I've not had the same problem and still love the game a lot. There is a lot for my brain to handle in combat and I know I must be doing something wrong since so many others are talking about how easy normal should be, but nothing has stopped me yet. These tips will help me smooth out my experience. Thanks!
Ropecasters are your friend against mobile opponents. Tie them down and use that time to deal heavy damage and/or cripple them by removing their most important components.
I’m not trying to upstage the channel, or be argumentative, I’m just kinda riffing off what she has to say with a little bit of extra advice. 1. It’s actually very helpful to slide as well as roll, allows for tighter combat, and if you draw your bow WHILE sliding, you get a free concentration burst, which is great for detonating canisters on the underbelly. 2.Another tip for Slitherfangs; keep the earthgrinders. So many upgrades require 10 of those, so it’s smart to try and get 3 from each battle as a secondary goal. 3. That dart gun should be another priority. Not just to use, but if you’re fighting multiple Stalkers, taking the ability to shoot from even one of them makes things noticeably more manageable. 4. Yeah I got nothing else for Rockbreakers. I don’t personally do this a lot, but smokebombs are always helpful in unexpected ways, so you could use those in conjunction with Tearblast arrows. 5. Spikesnouts are one of the best sources of Volatile Sludge, a very important resource for advanced-level ammo. There is no shame in killing the Spikesnouts, looting, and running do you don’t have to fight the bigger ones. 6. Yeah there isn’t much to talk about underwater. But, on the off chance you didn’t already know this: you don’t have to shoot fish while underwater, just swim up and hit triangle. I had a much longer comment here, accidentally deleted, I hate myself, goodbye.
This is how I trick a RockBreaker : *Get on hill so it can't pursue me* *Hit the ground with arrows so it appears right after* *Repeat* Can be long but it works with the big turtles too
Good tips, Zoe. Some of these are universal and apply to both Zero Dawn, and Forbidden West e.g. Warrior bows being the "machine guns" of the bow family, and the Precision bow is the sniper rifle archetype, etc. The funny thing is Zero Dawn, tries to get players to take apart machines piece by piece as well, but a lot of people just pump elemental arrows into the main body to weaken it when surgically taking it apart does more damage than just spamming damage. Keep up the great work!
I'm playing through it, and watching these vids because I'm pretty much just using the reg bow & precision bow for everything. the elemntals aren't doing much at all, and those short range bows are ridiculously bad aim.. try to shoot something with the shock bow, the arrows fling in all directions.
@@kvidal88 that's the idea. You use a warrior bow for close range attack without using the spear. Mainly to add elemental damage. You can even see that pattern by the type of skill associated with the bow. It's always release more arrows in less time.
Am I playing the game too much when I pretty much know where you were on the map just from some of the machines you were fighting and the terrain in the area haha. Good video, I like you played stealth but was far more patient and was able to clear out most rebel camps without them ever seeing me (including the "last" one
Well already finished the game, what a trip it waa. The game was awesome. I had a couple bugs but not bad at all. I still have lots left to do but with all the games releasing I probably won't get back to it..
Lol, I’m about 30 hours in and still doing side quest and hunting. I’m at level 40 with 160 skill points that I haven’t used. In the main story, I just got to Gaia at the base.
Stalkers are easily electrified. One arrow usually suffices even on very hard mode. Advanced electric arrows. Get rid of rockbreakers mining claws they can't go underground after this. Well can't hurt hearing it twice
Ok so like always, I usually only learn 0-2 usefull tips but always the best and most fun tips you could amagine like thd legendary armour or the rock with the rockbreaker trick and the spinning spear? And you reminded me of actually turning up the difficulty once it gets too easy, 1.spinning spear is another reason to get skill points, making the game last longer and giving me reason to het more skill points 2.Armor gives me something to work/grind for making the game last longer and feel more fun 3.The rock trick with the rockbreaker makes them easier and more fun to fight 4.And the difficulty level reminder just helps to keep the game actually fun and mot ridiculously easy
Behemoth tip!! Shoot those cylindrical components on the side of their necks with Tear ammo & they explode. I use the Forgefall bow & those behemoths literally only need 3 arrows if you aim correctly. Sometimes it even affects any other machines near it
Just rolling is diminishing your i frames, what you should be doing is sprint sliding into a roll, combining the two will yield 25 i frames instead of the 11 the roll yields, for a pack of enemies dont go taking out 1 by 1 instead swap to the chain burst surge in the machine master tree
Another tip : rockbreakers, fire/frostclaws & tremortusks have this sac on their belly. It's full of liquid & if you hit it it explodes. If you're lucky, it'll affect nearby machines as well. Best ammo to use is the Skykiller (spike thrower) or any Tear ammo
Thanks for sharing! As in Horizon Zero Dawn, one of my favorite weapons in Horizon Forbidden West is the Sharpshot Bow! These tips will definitely come in handy as I progress beyond Level 30! All the best on all future endeavors!
I knew about the 'being above the machines' trick. I was doing a Rebel Outpost, related to the Daunt I think, and had to take out the machines before investigating. I grappled to the top of a pole right by the pin and was able to stay right there while I took the machines down. They were running all over the place, but never saw me.
about the Crows nest. It does not work always. After I detached some of the long range weapons from a thunderjaw, he ran away and hid out of range of the sharpshooting bow. same happened with the stalkers in HZD FW
I learned how plasma damage works in the Hunting Grounds. Challenge descriptions provide you with a lot of tips about how the combat actually works in this game.
Hey Zoe, love your video's and your actually funny! But you can use a fast travel pack in caves by clicking on the map and then pressing up (depending on how many floors the map has) and when you see the open world teleport to a campfire😁
The breathing tip you killed that poor seagull minding its own business just chilling get a tan. Then all of a sudden a arrow in the head lmaooo you are a monster😂😂
I’m about 3/4 through the game and have realised I’ve missed a lot of things that Aloy can do. I’m rather upset that I haven’t made use of her skills as much as I could have. I had to put the game on easy, to get any enjoyment out of it, because I was getting killed repeatedly. I’ve enjoyed playing it on easy, but I’m disappointed in myself for missing so much. I’m not the type of person to replay a game again. So I have to just be content with what I’ve played. It’s a stunningly beautiful game and I’m still having a ball playing it, but after watching a few of these videos on the game, I’ve realised how I’ve under utilised Aloys skills. 😪 I’m using them more now. I have two of the best armours and 3 of the best weapons and I’m now just going around to build them up to set myself up for the rest of the game. I’m now at level 50 and sadly I’ve realised I’ll never finish the skill tree, unless they make a dlc that bumps up the level cap.
Another detail to note regarding plasma is that there's a delay that allows you to chain max damage blasts. As soon as the time for the status runs out, if you can trigger it again before the explosion, you'll be at max or near max charge for an additional time. It is tough to do consistently, especially if you don't have a build that triggers the status quickly, but if you can do it, it saves a lot of ammo on the bigger enemies
I am not 100% sure, but I think you can also fill the damage meter quicker by shooting another plasma arrow at it while the ticker is counting down (unlike other elemental states) - I think that I noticed this with some spikesnouts
thank you so much very small things you mentioned but several that mattered to me alot they weren't well explained in game this was really useful to my current playthru thx very much so many games I buy 9 months later I barely play it I just keep playing the Horizon games for years at a time I spend hours just running, jumping, a little quest more running, climbing, traversing and I love that spending 4 hours straight to upgrade a particular weapon or arrow pouch by hunting? it so awesome its not a geek violence dream you want more precision arrows? in your pack? you gotta go get 3 skins of this and 4 bones of this and this and this part so you stop the thing thats frustrating you and you go off and do that instead I wish Sony was more open to true modding but they are not they will never give us quest and model/animation adding or injecting they are so closed to the concept of modding their games but I have played skyrim for over a decade and much more but I can spend 20 minutes in this game after wtf rlf and I feel great I spent more than half an hour hunting salmon skins in a silly game and loved it because HZFW gives me the best real world foliage and hair Aloy has lovely hair With my armour look applied and I am climbing the wtf whatever or running the plants the rocks its all seamless It's Nice Nice. bright, colourful, tactical, challenging after a couple years? I like that in a game. that I'm starting to get bored after a couple years and then I newgame+ it for the first time and speedthrough a bit and then I can up the difficulty to full on and I have my gear from the first play and all that land and those quests to explore I am totally pc luv this game
I like to use the ability to zoom in closer when I'm using a tearblast. And you want to talk about cheesing, I like to use my power ability on Sharpshot bow on the Apex machines like the Thunderjaw, Slitherfange and Slaughterspine, and run and hide. Talk about cheesy. And to calm down everybody, yes I have taken them head on. I just go through more materials that way, and it gets annoying when you need their hearts to upgrade your weapons and armors. :D
Rock breakers are super easy. Just get to high ground, tear off components and wait them out. All they take is patience and sometime you need to jump down to bait them but just use stone and cover.
You gotta hit the side quests and rebel camps to get more powerful weapons. After you finish the rebel camps you’ll get a pretty beefy bow that I’m still using in endgame.
In options, turing on always sprinting is sometimes annoying. Makes you come out of foliage by accident, or run off a cliff edge, etc. But, I find it incredibly helpful when engaged with large and/or multiple enemies. Having it on and moving, makes it so you can simply hit square, and go into a slide. And sliding works the same as rolling for damage immunity.
I'm literally soft locked in the game. Got about 50 hours into it, did everything that I possibly could then got to the sea of sands mission and its totally glitched. U have to basically kill a herd and grab specific parts from specific enemies in the herd but the 2 machines you have to kill to get those parts, flat out don't spawn. U can't go collect the parts from anywhere else (maybe u can start farming the parts after u trigger it in this mission but idk) so I can't progress the game. I've tried everything to fix it. Found out online that unfortunately this is a pretty common problem. So here I am restarting the entire game. I'm not going to screw around with side stuff and I will do the sea of sands first to see if it works or not. Other than that, I love the game. These are all great tips.
Hey folks! You can find all my Horizon Forbidden West videos in this playlist
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You really have a thing for narration Zoe. And yes I met your utaru counterpart in the west. Didn't know you were so tough lol.
Rockbreakers being able to sense your movements through the ground is literally an insane mechanic. And the fact that you can stand on a rock and throw rocks to trick them shows even more attention to detail in this incredible game
I think the same goes for the turtles, whatever their name is in the game - as they also burrow underground for a good bit of time during fights.
I was so confused why it wasn't popping out when I just stayed still, until I realized what was going on :o
Gotta say though, I *HATE* fighting Rockbreakers. End up fighting one somewhere where you can't get up on top of anything and there's no way to dodge their insanely wide sudden lunges, as Aloy's dodge rolls just don't cover the amount of distance to avoid a collision.
My only real annoyance in the game at the moment, how some of the biggest enemies are so impossible to fight when their attacks are significantly larger in area than our dodges. Trying to run around and dodge physical ramming attacks feels so pathetic, when full sprint and dodge roll is like 2 steps for the big enemies lol. Then cheesing them from some cliffside is just boring eventually.
@@sarcasm-83 Rockbreakers are the devil. And yeah I can't stand how long it takes for her to get back up I swear I'm already getting hit again by the time I recover enough to move
@@WestsideMas Yess that's so frustrating. One other big one, slaughterspine I think it was called, also has one attack that shoots several plasma projectiles and the first one knocked me down and the rest just killed me from full health. After having fought it for a good while, I was so frustrated :D
But yeah, I guess with experience it gets easier to take away their worst attack-weapons and whatnot.
Lol rockbreakers are easy in this game. You haven't had to deal with the daemon rockbreakers in dawn
@@waynewayne8419 I have
Expert tip: you can actually fast travel from ruins and sunken caves. All you need to do is scroll up to the ground level on the map and pick your destination. You could do this in zero dawn as well.
This works nearly everywhere, but one place it doesn't work is when you're underground in the Vegas area. If you get lost or stuck down there, your SOL.
@@ThatReplyGuy I noticed that too, I wonder if it's bug since you can with all the other places
And cauldrons :D
@@ThatReplyGuy was so frustrated the first time I went down there and couldn’t understand my at back out. Lol.
You cN get lost in tunnels. Use a trap to mark large areas finished or the exit. Rocks might be like bread crumbs.
Side missions will level you up way faster and get you way more gear than the base storyline
True. I'm Level 35 and I haven't even got to North on the frost lands.
Some tips it took me a while to discover, hope they are useful to you:
1. You can hold down on the d-pad to rearange your tools, hide them and only put what you really need for fast access.
2.You can hold up on the d-pad to replenish your herbs so you don't have to look for herbs on the ground during a long fight.
3. Fish needs to be captured while swiming, not with an arrow like other animals.
Whut? All these 3 are more useful for me personally than the whole videos. With all due respect lol
The fish one I found out by accident after shooting a ton of arrows and then thinking I needed a fishing item from a story quest
You can catch a fish by killing it with an arrow but it needs to be close to the surface
You can shoot fish with arrows.
It’s insane to me that rearranging wasn’t explained properly anywhere. Such a game changer for using smoke and traps
Didn't take me long to realise that this franchise desperately needs a spin-off game with Studious Vuadis as the main character. Nobody has scroll game like that man does.
STUDIOUS!
The myth, the legend.... It's STUDIOUS VUADIS!!! This man deserves an award for drama enactment.
I loved him SO MUCH! Glad to know I was not the only one! I lost it when Aloy name him Studious!
@@happynightmareforyou Still a better love story than Craig....
📝🤣
rolling isn't the only way to avoid attacks. it's been confirmed that sliding is also invulnerable for the first dozen or so frames of animation. slide-rolling doubles that.
Thanks! It says im 20+ hours in and only 20% finished lol. Im going all the side quests and just taking my time. I’ve waited for 5 years for this game and don’t want to breeze through it. It deserves my extra effort
I’m also pretty sure I left the game on all day Saturday too even if I wasn’t playing. So that kinda messes with the stats
I’m 42% and have 47 hours in it 😅
@@Kickass_gamer007 I'm 63 hours and 44 % 🙈 taking it slowly, enjoying the views 😄 after such long wait, I almost feel I don't ever wanna finish it 🤣
My husband and I took our time and needed 120 hours to complete the game. And it was never boring.
We talked to npcs after quest (there were a lot of nice dialoges like in the first game), found a lot of data point, the totems..
And since I am sick in bed I farmed quite some of the big boys to get and upgrade legendary Gear.
I started my second game through and this time I include the Strike games and the Arena.
On our firsr play through we opened the Arena way to late in game so it wasn't much point to play.
Not sure if anyone else has mentioned it in the comments, but the key for Rockbreakers is to crouch walk whenever you're in their vicinity. They won't be able to sense your movements.
Ah thank you! Zoe
Killed the first Slitherfang on the third try and only then discovered that I had shot off a gun from it at some point early on which would have made the fight a lot more easier. Smh.
Ya I had no clue I shot a gun off till the fight was over 😂
Zoe did that when she was streaming the beginning
@@CodaBlairLucarioEmperor missed that coz spoilers. I'm going to catch up on her let's plays once I'm deeper into the game.
Right? Completely forgot that an entire mechanic and I'm running around like "tf is this thing.. oh.."
Same
I love that "Skyrim" has become a verb for climbing high spots in games lol
Using the Focused Shot with a Sharp Shot bow will really get you some extra distance while “Skyriming”. I liked clearing the rebel camps from high ground that way.
Rockbreaker tactics, courtesy of the movie Tremors.
Nice!
I'm gonna need a cowboy hat, a rope and a dozen sticks of dynamite!
He was brilliant in guardians of the galaxy though eh? The lead guy from tremors I mean
I had the same thought 😂
I thought the same thing haha
You can Head Shot the guys with Helmets provided you are using "piercing arrows" with the sharpshooter bow. They go right through the helmet.
worth noting that those piercing arrows are expensive. they use volatile sludge, which isn't SUPER common.
@@Cleverconveyence Isnt ? got over 400 in my stash. When you actively kill alot of machines from small to big its not a big problem to get this material
@@mrn234 on hard it is pretty scarce and expensive.
@@mrn234 I also have a lot, the problem is that, for some freaking reason, Aloy can only hold 7 in her inventory at a time, every few arrows you need to go to your stash and furnish yourself again
Fast travel does work in the caves and buildings! Pull up your map and you will see a map of the dungeon you're in, and then press your down d pad until you are on the outside map. Then select the campfire you want and fast travel away. I swim into the caves grab what I want then fast travel out. It works!
Playing this game on very hard is a blast when enemy robots are very aware of you even from far away
The term "hint" is thrown around a lot, and it's usually abused into meaning "Explain step by step, I can't be bothered to think."
THIS video, however, demonstrates you actually DO understand what a hint is meant to be. You have advice and guidance spoiler free, AND you leave the details up to us to work out, respecting our intelligence.
First video of yours I've watched. Hoping all are this good. Well done.
In case anyone didn't know you can shoot shock orbs before they hit you.
I did NOT know this! TY
Pro tip: Try to go to thornmash as soon as possible. You will be able to buy glowbast sharpshot arrow. Trust me, it's gonna ease your journey. Play side quests. You will enjoy a lot.
Warning for splitting spike move on spike thrower and high volley for hunter bows, if your overridden sun hawk is flying above you, you might accidentally hit it. Once was killing a snap maw by spamming high volleys but the last one that woulda killed it didn't come back down I was confused but finished it off with a few more arrows and then called my sun hawk to fly to another site, as it grabbed me I noticed a group of like 5 arrows sticking out of its left wing.
This just sounds like a comedy skit, id laugh my ass off if I did it too lol
Does anybody else go heavy on melee combat, or is it just me? There is something satisfying about taking down big machines up close and personal.
Yeah I go mostly melee too, but you do need some more health potions or berries to support that build. But I feel like a melee build is much viable in Horizon Forbidden West then in Zero Dawn. More melee focused combo's and abilities. Pretty fun and rewarding!
Same here
Yup!!
LEEEEEERRROOOOYYYY JJJENNKINNSSSSS
My biggest tip is to use the landscape! Almost any enemy can be taken down with smart use of rocks, non-foliage hiding spots, & the high ground. edit: Ah hah! This is the "crow's nest" tip here.
First tip should be "always be sliding". When you master the slide the game becomes something new, I swear. And you get I.frames on startup of the slide plus you get a free slomo shot
The over shield Valor surge is by far the best in my opinion. Super useful on high difficulty
You can see future upgrades for your weapons/armor by using the d-pad to scroll right on the upgrade screen at the workbench -- plan out which machines you need parts from if you plan to use a weapon for awhile! I didn't realize this until just about the end of the game :/
Against thunderbirds it’s really fun and also really effective to target their cannon on their chest using an acid shredder gauntlet (talanah’s quests will give you one for example). Brings them down multiple times and since the birds stay far it’s easy to catch the gauntlet coming back. Super fun weapons that to me is under appreciated
Shredders are highly underrated.
Damn love this channel. I’ve watch a couple of vids on tips for beginners. This is by far the best one. The info is way more helpful. Thank you
The Spike is one of my faves. The upgrades you can apply to it are insane. 🎉
You can enable weapon quick-swap in the main menu. This is great if you wanna quickly switch between elemental arrows and armour piercing ones without having to access the wheel. Just simply tap L1 and Aloy with switch between 2 last used weapons/arrow types.
My tactic for stalkers in H:ZD was always to shoot the module-thingy sticking out on their mid-back first, as it's their cloaking device. Shoot it of and they can't go invisible. Next step is to shoot their cannon by their tail, and after that they're a piece of cake.
They are also *extremely* susceptible to Shock damage. Having a Warrior or Hunter Bow with shock arrows almost trivializes Stalkers, so long as you have some awareness of where they are - stun them w/ shock, blow off their stealth generator, stun them again and either pick off other components or finish w/ a Critical Strike.
Some great tips and I have a few more. Piercing arrows will penetrate rebel face armour for a one shot kill. Easier way to fast travel that doesn’t involve zooming in on camp fire icons in settlements is to zoom out till just the settlement icon shows. You can also FT to points of interest on the map like taken over rebel camps & relic ruins. Don’t buy fast travel packs. Save your shards and craft them in your hunters kit.
Great video - just a few hours in to HFW, and this is all super helpful. Bookmarking this to refer to as I level up. Thank you!
This is a really great video. Very informative! Thank you!
I still haven't gotten around to getting the throwing spike built but I can't wait to do so! It looked amazing in the gameplay trailer.
I like the tips, it is informative and presented in the best possible way...
Use the slide technique to reduce most weapon's draw time. You can also a slide-roll-uncrouch combination for effective enemy dodging.
FYI: You can fast travel in sunken caves if you select the entrance to the cave which is indicated by a white square with an arrow on it.
I think you can also use the d pad to switch the map to the regular world map and fast travel anywhere
Yeah @@retrac2w if you D-Pad to the map you can fast travel inside
Tips: Look for sharpshot bow with piercing arrow. it can pierce thru helmet and count it as head shot. purple bow with this arrow can one shot those bandits
There is a piece of music that sounds so much like the Witcher 3 is gives me goosebumps. So much nostalgia.
These are really good and actually unique. Keep up the good work.
wow i never thought about rockbreak in the regard you put, it shows how organic machines are in the game too. thanks!
If you are in the camp preparing for battle and the karutt, might have spelled that wrong, there is a small path sided by cliffs and then you see 4 dead Fire breathing Fanghorns and one live one. Grab shards from the dead ones . The fanghorn will look mad but will not harm you. Hit it, shoot it, and it will run by but not hurt you. Low on shards you can easily get 50 from these 5 creatures. You can just collect from the dead ones. Go away then return and they will again be dead with shards. Not always the same number.
Same area go past the Fanghorn trail. To the left a Huge creature walks around. It looks like a Momoth. Go up high on the rocks between him and the giant T-rex lizards. Sneak shots. First shoot the top where sparks start up on the very top of the head. Those are cannons. Hide if you see red stuff comming out, it will burn you. Get those 2 canons up there off of him. Do not get just to the side up a bit. He is great at shooting out the side. After you kill him, mine always lands on on or both cannons even if I remove them. Don't worry. Scan that Mamoth beast. What lights up are 2 smaller cannons in the front looking like tusks. Shooting arrows works best, but the sword alone can handle it. These are much better weapons than the ones below his legs. Those are huge but fire 5 shots. If you smash at the ones trapped you might get one out, or you sword will actually stop working. Now take the small canons and put them in the clearing. To the right from the original path were the Scorchers. In front of you are 3 Trex like lizards. Go up to the path crossing in front of them. The closest path. Stay just behind that. Shoot them and if they move over follow and shoot, then run back to that line. They can't do anything and run all over. When I do it this way the group becomes 2 often. What happened? There were 3. Yes, a flaw. Glitch. Scan the mountain lower rocks and over towards the scorcher area up high still. What? Yes he is trapped. If you are lucky he can stick his head out. Over by the scorchers. But by the mountain that guy might stick his nose out. Leave him or be like me. I had an apex in there. Hit the rock where his head is close too. You will get him some. Throw a spike a d he can be hit. Arrows do nothing. The sword only works when a hard swing on it is made. It will die if you go too long. Hint, try tripwire. On one side of him then walk it around to the other side to attach. He will be moving and hit that. It goes through. Sometimes breaks. But you can scare him towards it too. He will scream,but so far won't come out.
This irked me. Why always hidden in a rock?
So I experimented. From the rocks above them you can shoot down and take the tails off if you can. More shards. They are pretty and frightening too. Jump if you are near one as it swipes the tail. You have evaded a harsh attack. The funny thing is they are hard to kill unless they cannot get to you.
Happy hunting.
To the right there are scorchers. 2 normally will be one if it is Apex. Most times. Get up high and duck behind a rock. The center of the 2 is saft if you dodge. First get the cannons. It takes a bit. Explosion arrows shoot it off. I also remove the power on his butt. Always avoid the weapon by just starting by taking it out of the picture.
Regular Firebreathing Fanghorns are nice for loot. Shoot the bright tubes then antlers if you can. Or a mix, they are strong, but easy to kill if you take the power out.
They are always with buddied to back them up. Solution, hide or get high.
Now How can I get me underwater breathing and how do I kill fish?
I had a learning curve problem with the first game. I got super frustrated by the first real fliers in the game (I've aged poorly into gaming lol) and took like, a couple months off. Jumped back in and figured it out and fell in love with the game. This time around, I've not had the same problem and still love the game a lot. There is a lot for my brain to handle in combat and I know I must be doing something wrong since so many others are talking about how easy normal should be, but nothing has stopped me yet.
These tips will help me smooth out my experience. Thanks!
Ropecasters are your friend against mobile opponents. Tie them down and use that time to deal heavy damage and/or cripple them by removing their most important components.
Glinthawks are much easier to hit in the sequel. A real pain in Zero Dawn.
Set them on fire. They hate that.
Excellent video and loved the humour and joking comments. Thanks for sharing.
I’m not trying to upstage the channel, or be argumentative, I’m just kinda riffing off what she has to say with a little bit of extra advice.
1. It’s actually very helpful to slide as well as roll, allows for tighter combat, and if you draw your bow WHILE sliding, you get a free concentration burst, which is great for detonating canisters on the underbelly.
2.Another tip for Slitherfangs; keep the earthgrinders. So many upgrades require 10 of those, so it’s smart to try and get 3 from each battle as a secondary goal.
3. That dart gun should be another priority. Not just to use, but if you’re fighting multiple Stalkers, taking the ability to shoot from even one of them makes things noticeably more manageable.
4. Yeah I got nothing else for Rockbreakers. I don’t personally do this a lot, but smokebombs are always helpful in unexpected ways, so you could use those in conjunction with Tearblast arrows.
5. Spikesnouts are one of the best sources of Volatile Sludge, a very important resource for advanced-level ammo. There is no shame in killing the Spikesnouts, looting, and running do you don’t have to fight the bigger ones.
6. Yeah there isn’t much to talk about underwater. But, on the off chance you didn’t already know this: you don’t have to shoot fish while underwater, just swim up and hit triangle.
I had a much longer comment here, accidentally deleted, I hate myself, goodbye.
This video was quite helpful. Thank you
This is how I trick a RockBreaker :
*Get on hill so it can't pursue me*
*Hit the ground with arrows so it appears right after*
*Repeat*
Can be long but it works with the big turtles too
Just finished the game. I will definitely take these tips into consideration on my second playthrough.
Whole video FULL of tips & TRUE to the title. KUDOS 👏🏼👏🏼
This is more like a curiosity but I’ve noticed that when Aloy is going to jump into the the water if you hold circle she will take a dive
i wish the dive would transition into underwater swimming, but she still pops up to the surface
Eurogamer
It's really amazing👌👍, good jab Like!!!❤️
Great tips, thanks Zoe! Loving this game!!
Good tips, Zoe. Some of these are universal and apply to both Zero Dawn, and Forbidden West e.g. Warrior bows being the "machine guns" of the bow family, and the Precision bow is the sniper rifle archetype, etc. The funny thing is Zero Dawn, tries to get players to take apart machines piece by piece as well, but a lot of people just pump elemental arrows into the main body to weaken it when surgically taking it apart does more damage than just spamming damage. Keep up the great work!
I'm playing through it, and watching these vids because I'm pretty much just using the reg bow & precision bow for everything. the elemntals aren't doing much at all, and those short range bows are ridiculously bad aim.. try to shoot something with the shock bow, the arrows fling in all directions.
@@kvidal88 that's the idea. You use a warrior bow for close range attack without using the spear. Mainly to add elemental damage. You can even see that pattern by the type of skill associated with the bow. It's always release more arrows in less time.
you have one of the most beautiful narrator voices I have ever heard. I really appreciate your vids and narration. Have a beautiful day Zoe
Am I playing the game too much when I pretty much know where you were on the map just from some of the machines you were fighting and the terrain in the area haha. Good video, I like you played stealth but was far more patient and was able to clear out most rebel camps without them ever seeing me (including the "last" one
0:52 whats the soundtrack used? (Also thanks for the tips, used the Rockbreaker one and was surprised at how it worked lol)
What armor is that? Please 🥺 4:19
Well already finished the game, what a trip it waa. The game was awesome. I had a couple bugs but not bad at all. I still have lots left to do but with all the games releasing I probably won't get back to it..
Thanks! good tips, specially about the stalker.
love the stalker mines idea, definitely pocketing that one
I miss the special armor you got in zero dawn. The Banuk Armor was also cool
Really good practical tips. I'm at level 30 and having a blast.
Lol, I’m about 30 hours in and still doing side quest and hunting. I’m at level 40 with 160 skill points that I haven’t used. In the main story, I just got to Gaia at the base.
I've not actually changed outfits so even in normal mode i find myself having a nice challenge in the latter fights.
Stalkers are easily electrified. One arrow usually suffices even on very hard mode. Advanced electric arrows. Get rid of rockbreakers mining claws they can't go underground after this. Well can't hurt hearing it twice
Ok so like always, I usually only learn 0-2 usefull tips but always the best and most fun tips you could amagine like thd legendary armour or the rock with the rockbreaker trick and the spinning spear? And you reminded me of actually turning up the difficulty once it gets too easy,
1.spinning spear is another reason to get skill points, making the game last longer and giving me reason to het more skill points
2.Armor gives me something to work/grind for making the game last longer and feel more fun
3.The rock trick with the rockbreaker makes them easier and more fun to fight
4.And the difficulty level reminder just helps to keep the game actually fun and mot ridiculously easy
You can often shoot the heavy weapons off machines after they're dead.
Behemoth tip!! Shoot those cylindrical components on the side of their necks with Tear ammo & they explode. I use the Forgefall bow & those behemoths literally only need 3 arrows if you aim correctly. Sometimes it even affects any other machines near it
thank you i found you video helpful
Good tips! Well done!
Awsome video thankyou
You're awesome,these tips definitely helped 👏
Just rolling is diminishing your i frames, what you should be doing is sprint sliding into a roll, combining the two will yield 25 i frames instead of the 11 the roll yields, for a pack of enemies dont go taking out 1 by 1 instead swap to the chain burst surge in the machine master tree
Where do you get the neat outfits? I can’t find them and I hate the ones I have access to
Didnt respond to mine so did digging on one in thumbnail and its utaru winterweave
From thornmarsh
You get mountainside flowers, dyes, and add the colors to your outfits through a ?stitcher is it? A vendor.
Another tip : rockbreakers, fire/frostclaws & tremortusks have this sac on their belly. It's full of liquid & if you hit it it explodes. If you're lucky, it'll affect nearby machines as well. Best ammo to use is the Skykiller (spike thrower) or any Tear ammo
Thanks for sharing! As in Horizon Zero Dawn, one of my favorite weapons in Horizon Forbidden West is the Sharpshot Bow! These tips will definitely come in handy as I progress beyond Level 30! All the best on all future endeavors!
I knew about the 'being above the machines' trick.
I was doing a Rebel Outpost, related to the Daunt I think, and had to take out the machines before investigating.
I grappled to the top of a pole right by the pin and was able to stay right there while I took the machines down.
They were running all over the place, but never saw me.
Loved the "you can skyrim the mountains" 😂😂😂😂
very useful video! :D
so so so sooop helpful. 🙏🏾
about the Crows nest. It does not work always. After I detached some of the long range weapons from a thunderjaw, he ran away and hid out of range of the sharpshooting bow. same happened with the stalkers in HZD FW
Yes, if the machines know they can't get to you, they will retreat if they can. Good AI.
Hey these were great!
I learned how plasma damage works in the Hunting Grounds. Challenge descriptions provide you with a lot of tips about how the combat actually works in this game.
Hey Zoe, love your video's and your actually funny! But you can use a fast travel pack in caves by clicking on the map and then pressing up (depending on how many floors the map has) and when you see the open world teleport to a campfire😁
Thanks for the tip! I missed that. Zoe
0:50 Is it me or is Aloy looking super gorgeous there
I wish I just discovered this game, and could play it allover agian while it being new to me. Its just an AWESOME game
The breathing tip you killed that poor seagull minding its own business just chilling get a tan. Then all of a sudden a arrow in the head lmaooo you are a monster😂😂
They were all great but my favorite was the Stalker tactics.
Any tactics for Clamberjaws?
I’m about 3/4 through the game and have realised I’ve missed a lot of things that Aloy can do. I’m rather upset that I haven’t made use of her skills as much as I could have. I had to put the game on easy, to get any enjoyment out of it, because I was getting killed repeatedly. I’ve enjoyed playing it on easy, but I’m disappointed in myself for missing so much. I’m not the type of person to replay a game again. So I have to just be content with what I’ve played. It’s a stunningly beautiful game and I’m still having a ball playing it, but after watching a few of these videos on the game, I’ve realised how I’ve under utilised Aloys skills. 😪 I’m using them more now. I have two of the best armours and 3 of the best weapons and I’m now just going around to build them up to set myself up for the rest of the game. I’m now at level 50 and sadly I’ve realised I’ll never finish the skill tree, unless they make a dlc that bumps up the level cap.
Another detail to note regarding plasma is that there's a delay that allows you to chain max damage blasts.
As soon as the time for the status runs out, if you can trigger it again before the explosion, you'll be at max or near max charge for an additional time.
It is tough to do consistently, especially if you don't have a build that triggers the status quickly, but if you can do it, it saves a lot of ammo on the bigger enemies
I am not 100% sure, but I think you can also fill the damage meter quicker by shooting another plasma arrow at it while the ticker is counting down (unlike other elemental states) - I think that I noticed this with some spikesnouts
thank you so much
very small things you mentioned
but several that mattered to me alot
they weren't well explained in game
this was really useful to my current playthru
thx very much
so many games I buy
9 months later I barely play it
I just keep playing the Horizon games
for years at a time
I spend hours just running, jumping, a little quest
more running, climbing, traversing
and I love that
spending 4 hours straight to upgrade a particular weapon or arrow pouch
by hunting?
it so awesome
its not a geek violence dream
you want more precision arrows?
in your pack?
you gotta go get 3 skins of this and 4 bones of this
and this and this part
so you stop the thing thats frustrating you
and you go off and do that instead
I wish Sony was more open to true modding
but they are not
they will never give us quest and model/animation adding or injecting
they are so closed to the concept of modding their games
but I have played skyrim for over a decade and much more
but I can spend 20 minutes in this game after wtf rlf
and I feel great
I spent more than half an hour hunting salmon skins in a silly game and loved it
because HZFW gives me the best real world foliage and hair
Aloy has lovely hair
With my armour look applied and I am climbing the wtf whatever or running
the plants
the rocks
its all seamless
It's Nice
Nice. bright, colourful, tactical, challenging
after a couple years?
I like that in a game.
that I'm starting to get bored after a couple years and then I newgame+ it for the first time
and speedthrough a bit
and then I can up the difficulty to full on and I have my gear from the first play
and all that land and those quests to explore
I am totally pc
luv this game
Dodge, dip, duck, dive and dodge.
If you can dodge a wrench, you can dodge the 5-ton machine coming to barrel roll you.
Alternate Shock arrows, then R1 Critical Strike on all big machines. Easy then. Particularly like the Rockbreaker/Stalker tips - arrows on red traps.
I like to use the ability to zoom in closer when I'm using a tearblast. And you want to talk about cheesing, I like to use my power ability on Sharpshot bow on the Apex machines like the Thunderjaw, Slitherfange and Slaughterspine, and run and hide. Talk about cheesy. And to calm down everybody, yes I have taken them head on. I just go through more materials that way, and it gets annoying when you need their hearts to upgrade your weapons and armors. :D
Rock breakers are super easy. Just get to high ground, tear off components and wait them out. All they take is patience and sometime you need to jump down to bait them but just use stone and cover.
I started the game on hard difficulty and it feels like none of the quest rewards or shop items keep up w/ how challenging the enemies are
You gotta hit the side quests and rebel camps to get more powerful weapons. After you finish the rebel camps you’ll get a pretty beefy bow that I’m still using in endgame.
@@seancamacho4273 I didn't finish the game and only went through 3 camps, how many more are left?
@@kekkekov9264 honestly dawg I stopped playing it lol I started playing elden ring and it ruined horizon for me.
In options, turing on always sprinting is sometimes annoying. Makes you come out of foliage by accident, or run off a cliff edge, etc. But, I find it incredibly helpful when engaged with large and/or multiple enemies. Having it on and moving, makes it so you can simply hit square, and go into a slide. And sliding works the same as rolling for damage immunity.
Agree. I wish you could turn on auto-sprint but still be able to toggle it off again with L3
I like having it on, in general, but for mounts it's a pain to control so, off for mounts. (Separate settings)👍
I'm literally soft locked in the game. Got about 50 hours into it, did everything that I possibly could then got to the sea of sands mission and its totally glitched. U have to basically kill a herd and grab specific parts from specific enemies in the herd but the 2 machines you have to kill to get those parts, flat out don't spawn. U can't go collect the parts from anywhere else (maybe u can start farming the parts after u trigger it in this mission but idk) so I can't progress the game. I've tried everything to fix it. Found out online that unfortunately this is a pretty common problem. So here I am restarting the entire game. I'm not going to screw around with side stuff and I will do the sea of sands first to see if it works or not. Other than that, I love the game. These are all great tips.
that sucks. did you try going to an earlier save? I had an issue and that fixed it for me
In HZD rockbreakers could only detect you if you were running. is walking still camouflage vs them in HFW?
If you use the health Valor fully upgraded you become a tank on normal difficulty.