Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide

Up until this point, nothing is missable. So just play whichever way you want.

All allies joined
*missable*

Given Aloy’s actions, all possible optional allies joined the defense.

In order to recruit allies, you need to finish several side quests scattered all over the map.
Note, that some quests will only unlock later in the story, but they will stay available until the end of the game.

The allies are:

• Nil – *missable*
  • Side Quest: Cause for Concern – Farewell
    • Nil can be found waiting outside bandit camps and invites Aloy to raid the camps with him when their paths cross. If she speaks to him, he will give her the quest.
    • After clearing out all six Bandit Camps, Nil invites Aloy to join him on the mesa south of Meridian, overlooking the Spearshafts for their final farewell. Here, Nil challenges Aloy to a duel to the death. DECLINE!
• Aluki
  • Side Quest: A Moment’s Peace
    • Near the Temple of the Sun in Meridian, a man with an eyepatch, named Vilgund, can be heard calling out to “able-bodied adventurers.”
• Elida
  • Side Quest: Sun and Shadow
    • In Brightmarket (located in the Sundom, northwest of Meridian), Aloy encounters a nobleman leaning over a bridge and searching the river. The man, Lahavis, explains that his young daughter, Elida, has gone missing after last being seen in the family’s garden.
• Janeva
  • Side Quest: Sunstone Rock
    • While traveling through the Jewel (the jungle south of Meridian), Aloy hears a commotion at Sunstone Rock, a small settlement far to the south of the Sundom. Upon approach, Aloy sees that Carja guards are attempting to take down two Behemoths who have descended on the settlement. After helping dispatch the Behemoths, Aloy is greeted by the guards and told to visit Janeva inside.
• Nakoa
  • Side Quest: A Daughter’s Vengeance
    • While at Mother’s Rise, Aloy encounters a young Nora man named Yan making supplication to All-Mother. Yan tells Aloy that his prayers are for All-Mother to watch over his sister Nakoa, who had left to find and exact vengeance upon Zaid, a brutal Carja captain.
• Uthid
  • Side Quest: Traitor’s Bounty
    • When Aloy arrives in Sunfall during the main quest Deep Secrets of the Earth, she gains access to the Citadel’s throne room by blending in with a group of outlanders who are gathering to listen to High Priest Bahavas list the day’s bounties. Among them is a high bounty for a Shadow Carja traitor named Uthid.
    • While Aloy listens to Bahavas list Uthid’s crimes, a woman in the crowd remarks quietly to Aloy that Uthid has been falsely accused and cryptically requests that Aloy seek her out in Shadowside for more information.
• Vanasha
  • Side Quest: Queen’s Gambit
    • At the end of Traitor’s Bounty, Vanasha reveals that the death of High Priest Bahavas has created a window of opportunity for the captive Dowager Queen Nasadi and her son, Prince Itamen, to defect from Sunfall and escape the Shadow Carja. She asks for Aloy’s help in securing the arrangement.
  • This will also unlock you:
    

    Aided the defectors

    Aided the escapes of Uthid and the child king Itamen from the Shadow Carja.
• Namman
  • Side Quest: Honor the Fallen
    • In Meridian, Sun-Priest Namman wishes to support Sun-King Avad’s push for peace by helping three pilgrims from different Tribes in the region mourn loved ones lost during the Red Raids.
• Talanah
  • Side Quest: Redmaw
    • Visit the Hunters Lodge in Meridian and see their quest line through to the end.
  • This will also unlock you:
    

    Hunted Redmaw with Talanah

    Rose through the ranks of the Hunters Lodge and helped Talanah defeat Redmaw.

Ended the war machine threat

Ended the threat of the ancient war machines.

New Game+ Completed

Completed a New Game+ playthrough on any difficulty.

Ultra Hard Completed

Completed a New Game+ playthrough on Ultra Hard difficulty.

Overworld

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Tallnecks Overridden

Scaled a Tallneck and accessed its information.

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Bandit Camps cleared

Took back a settlement from a bandit clan.
Took back all settlements from the bandit clans.

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Corrupted Zones cleared

Killed all the corrupted machines in a Corrupted Zone.
Killed all the corrupted machines in every Corrupted Zone.

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Cores Overridden

Reached the Core of a Cauldron.
Reached the Core of every Cauldron.

All Suns
– at one Ground
– at all Grounds

Earned at least a Half Sun mark in all three trials
– at one Hunting Ground.
– at all of the Hunting Grounds.

Blazing Suns
– at one Ground
– at all Grounds

Earned a Blazing Sun mark in all three trials
– at one Hunting Ground.
– at all of the Hunting Grounds.

These achievements are pretty self-explanatory.
Override all the Tallnecks and the locations for the other activities will be revealed on the map.

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Vantages found

Found and accessed a Vantage datapoint.
Found and accessed all of the Vantage datapoints.

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Metal Flowers found

Discovered a strange metal flower.
Found all of the Metal Flowers.

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Banuk Figures found

Found a wooden effigy left by a Banuk traveler.
Found all of Arnak’s figures.

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Ancient Vessels found

Found an ancient vessel once used by the Old Ones.
Found all the Ancient Vessels.

There are:

• 12 vantage points
• 30 metal flowers
• 6 banuk figures
• 12 ancient vessels

for all of which you can actually buy a map at the Meridian merchants.

Miscellanious

First Modification

Used a Weapon Coil or Outfit Weave on a modifiable weapon or outfit.

Modifications are uncommon drops from killed machines.
To use them, open your menu, go to crafting, choose weapons or outfits, pick a weapon/outfit with an empty slot and choose a mod to equip.
You’ll be given your first outfit with a slot just before the Proving.

Downed 23 Grazer dummies

Found and knocked over all of the Grazer training dummies in the Nora region.

Their locations will be added within the next few days, for now refer to: Link

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