![]() ![]() ![]() The final version introduces Harvest Arrows that don’t deal much damage, but they’re specialized for removing components and resources from machines. ![]() The Carja version adds Tearblast Arrows that deal a (slightly delayed) blast of Tear damage. You’ll start with Precision Arrows that deal the most damage of any arrow in the game. More importantly, though, Sharpshot Bows add useful new ammo options. Sharpshot Bows are like the sniper rifles of Horizon Zero Dawn because they greatly increase the distance Aloy can fire. Removing armor makes machines more vulnerable to attacks, while removing components gives you more valuable resources to pick up and removes capabilities from machines. ![]() You won’t get other options for dealing Tear damage until late in the game, so these are a valuable addition to your arsenal. Hardpoint Arrows are great for removing components and armor from machines. Detonating Blaze Cannisters creates explosions that deal massive damage. You’ll also find Blaze Canisters in most Eclipse (human) camps. Since basic Hunter Arrows are cheap to craft, they’re useful for hunting animals (for crafting supplies) or just picking a fight from a distance.įire Arrows will inflict the Burn status and detonate the Blaze Canisters found on most machines. Best ways to use Hunter Bowsīeing your most basic ranged weapon, the Hunter Bow is a good generalized weapon. The Banuk Striker bow adds the ability to overdraw (draw back your shot longer to add damage). The first three versions of the Hunter Bow add a Weapon Modification slot and a new type of ammo as you find or buy the better versions. The Shadow version adds Hardpoint Arrows that deal Tear damage. The Carja Hunter Bow adds Fire Arrows that deal Flame damage and inflict the Burn status. You’ll start with Hunter Arrows, which are your basic ranged ammo. The Hunter Bow is your basic ranged weapon, as well as the first ranged weapon you’ll get. Hunter Bow The Shadow Hunter Bow with Fire Arrow. In The Frozen Wilds DLC, the “A Secret Shared” side quest unlocks one weapon modification slot for the spear (or two for the lance). Toward the end of the main story, you’ll receive a new version of the spear, a lance - that we won’t talk about for story spoiler reasons. You’ll receive upgrades to your spear as part of the main story and when unlocking Skills. It’s also your only melee weapon, so you’ll rely on it a lot when things go sideways during stealth or ranged combat. The spear isn’t a specialized weapon, but that means it’s neither strong nor weak. The benefits from modifications do stack, so you can get multiple increases by adding multiples off the same modification to a weapon.Īloy’s spear is your basic weapon and tool. They do things like increase damage types, or improve handling (fire rate and speed). Modifications adjust the stats for the weapons they’re equipped on. You’ll find modifications everywhere while playing Horizon Zero Dawn - you’ll buy them from merchants or find them by killing machines. Better, rarer versions of the weapons (see above) add additional slots for modifications. Weapon modifications are like upgrade slots for your weapons. The Carja and Shadow versions of weapons add a modification slot and a new type of ammo. These are Banuk versions of weapons added by The Frozen Wilds DLC. There are also variations of weapons available in The Cut in the northeast of the map. Other variants of some weapons can be found in merchant boxes. The basic version will be green, indicating that it’s uncommon, the rare version will be the Carja variant of the weapon, and the very rare version will be the Shadow variant. As you progress further into the game and farther into Horizon Zero Dawn’s world, you’ll find better and rarer versions. You’ll start with the basic version of each - usually given to you during the story or purchased from merchants. Instead of just listing weapons and describing the effects of the various ammos in the game, we’ll describe each type of weapon broadly, and then give you our favorite ways to use them.Įvery class of weapon (except for Aloy’s spear) has three versions to find. In this Horizon Zero Dawn guide, we’ll teach you about weapon modifications, and then move on to the 11 classes of weapons - 12 if you include the spear - available to Aloy (including the weapons available in The Frozen Wilds DLC). As the weapons get better and stronger, they also get more and more specialized. Horizon Zero Dawn has an extensive armory of weapons to use in combat (against both machines and humans). ![]()
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