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Horizon Forbidden West Guide

The post-apocalypse horizon Horizon Forbidden West guide is a complete game walkthrough and the best tips to get started, contains all the finds and secrets. Descriptions of all mechanics, character development, exploration and description of all achievements and side quests.

Last update: 26 September 2024

This guide to Horizon Forbidden West contains a complete set of information to help you learn the most important gameplay mechanics, find answers to frequently asked questions, complete all available quests, complete all side activities, and discover secrets and collectibles. With our guide, you will be able to complete Horizon Forbidden West in 100%.

Horizon Forbidden West: Guide content

The first few pages focus on the basics. There you will find a beginner's guide as well as pages with numerous tips for combat, stealth, exploration, developing Aloy and her equipment, managing the base, mounts, crafting, unlocking the best skills, using the best weapons and dealing with different types of machines. The FAQ chapter with solutions to common problems focuses on similar topics. You can learn, among other things, how to use the fast travel mechanic, how to override machines, how to get XP and money, how to heal, how to replenish ammo, how to unlock diving equipment, how to get your first weapons, or how to gain skill points.

Our guide also has a detailed walkthrough. It is divided into descriptions of all main quests (including the ending) as well as descriptions of side quests and jobs. In a separate mini-chapter, we have also prepared a list of the boss fights with strategies on how to defeat each elite machine.

Another larger section is the world atlas, which includes descriptions of the game's major optional activities. These include hunting areas, arena battles, Machine Strike mini-game, Tallnecks climbing, and Cauldrons walkthorughs. We have also prepared a chapter focusing on secrets and collectibles. It includes information on Relic Ruins, Black Boxes, Survey Drones, Lenses , and Vista Points, among others.

The main chapters of the Horizon Forbidden West guide are supplemented by a number of smaller ones. These include a trophy guide with details on how to get the platinum trophy, as well as pages on controls, hardware requirements and technical aspects, upgrading the PS4 version to the PS5 version, and information on how long is the game.

Horizon Forbidden West: Tips and tricks

Collect as much loot as possible. Some things will not be useful to you until later or you can sell them. You can move items from a full inventory to a stash.
Scan the area with focus. It can detect, e.g. loot, interactive objects, edges for climbing or enemies. Focus has unlimited use.
Familiarize yourself with the strengths and weaknesses of the machines. By scanning your enemies you can, for example, see their weak points or learn that they are less resistant to certain types of elements.
Try stealth attacks. These are especially useful if you are dealing with opponents stronger than Aloy or you want to avoid alerting the entire area. You can use, e.g. stealth attacks.
Explore the regions carefully. Climbing the Tallnecks can reveal the surroundings. However, you will still need to check all the question marks added to the map - they can mark all sorts of interesting things.
Use dodges during combat. This is especially important when facing opponents who can charge at you or use ranged attacks.
Collect as many skill points as possible. Use them to unlock new skills from up to 6 skill trees. You can get skill points by leveling Aloy up and completing quests.

You can find more information on this topic on a separate page: Tips and tricks.

Horizon Forbidden West: Basics

Horizon Forbidden West: FAQ

World and game info:

Combat:

Exploration:

Character and her statistics:

Horizon Forbidden West: Best skills

Horizon Forbidden West: All bosses

Horizon Forbidden West: All main quests

Horizon Forbidden West: All side quests

Horizon Forbidden West: All errands

Horizon Forbidden West: All companion quests

Horizon Forbidden West: World atlas

Hunting grounds:

Salvage contracts:

Cinnabar Sands:

The Stillsands:

Salt Bite:

The Bulwark:

The Shining Wastes:

Landfall:

Tallneck

Horizon Forbidden West: All secrets and collectibles

Relic ruins - Ornaments:

Lenses:

Horizon Forbidden West: System requirements

Average performance: 720p, 30 fps,
Graphics card: NVIDIA GeForce GTX 1650 4GB or AMD Radeon RX 5500XT 4GB,
Processor: Intel Core i3-8100 or AMD Ryzen 3 1300X,
RAM: 16GB,
Operating system: Windows 10 64-bit (version 1909 or later),
Disk space: 150 GB on SSD.

Read more about the requirements and performance mode on the page in our guide: System requirements.

Horizon Forbidden West: Trophies, achievements

In the latest installment of Horizon, you can get 80 trophies. All of them, along with descriptions and commentary are on a separate page in our guide: All trophies, achievements.

Horizon Forbidden West: Game's length

Horizon Forbidden West is a massive game. In our guide you'll find the Game length page, where we've included all the information regarding gameplay time, taking into account whether you only want to do the main story or whether you'll be tempted to explore the game's expansive world.