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Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide

Posted on August 8, 2020

If ou play Horizon Zero Dawn and want to get all achievements in the game (Include DLC), this guide will explain every achievement and show you how to get them, let’s check it out.

Table of Contents

  • Story
  • Level Ups and Skills
  • Machines & Combat
  • Overworld
  • Miscellanious
  • DLC – Frozen Wilds
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Story

Just so you know, you can play on whichever you difficulty you like, because you actually need to finish an entire NG+ run on Ultra Hard.

Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Followed Rost’s teachings
Learned to hunt and fight alongside Rost.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Defeated the Sawtooth
Defeated the Sawtooth that threatened the Nora.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Triumphed in the Proving
Overcame adversity and placed first in the Proving.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Fought back the corruption
Destroyed the corruption inside the Nora valley.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Victorious with the War-Chief
Found the Nora War-Chief and defeated the killers in the Ring of Metal.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Saved Meridian from its foe
Helped Erend investigate Ersa’s fate, and foiled a plot against Meridian.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Learned of the ancient past
Learned of the ancient past at Maker’s End.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Crashed the Eclipse network
Infiltrated the Eclipse battle camp and crashed their network.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Discovered the truth
Discovered the truth of Zero Dawn.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Broke the siege of All-Mother
Defeated the invaders and went inside the sacred mountain.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Recovered a powerful weapon
Explored the Mountain That Fell and recovered a powerful weapon.

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

Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
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:
      Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
      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:
      Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
      Hunted Redmaw with Talanah
      Rose through the ranks of the Hunters Lodge and helped Talanah defeat Redmaw.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Ended the war machine threat
Ended the threat of the ancient war machines.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
New Game+ Completed
Completed a New Game+ playthrough on any difficulty.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Ultra Hard Completed
Completed a New Game+ playthrough on Ultra Hard difficulty.

Level Ups and Skills

Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Reached level 10
Reached player level 10.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Reached level 25
Reached player level 25.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Reached level 40
Reached player level 40.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Reached level 50
Reached player level 50.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Reached level 60
Reached player level 60.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
All Skills learned
Learned all available skills.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
All Frozen Wilds Skills
Learned all of the new skills in the Frozen Wilds.

This is rather straight-forward. Kill everything you come across, complete all quests and invest all your skill points.

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Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide

Amoung those skills, you will find what you need to unlock:

Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Stealth killed 10 machines
Performed a stealth kill on 10 machines.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
3 Strikes From Above
Killed 3 enemies using the Strike from Above skill.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
5 Dismount Strikes
Killed 5 enemies using the Dismount Strike skill.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
5 Machine Types Repaired
Used the Machine Repair or Mount Repair skill on 5
different types of machine.

Machines & Combat

Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Headshot 30 human enemies
Killed 30 human enemies by landing headshots on them.

Self-explanatory. There are by far enough human enemies in the game to unlock this without any problems.

Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Tore off 10 components
Detached 10 components from machines during combat.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Tore off 5 heavy weapons
Detached 5 heavy weapons from machines during combat.

It’s completely impossible not to tore off 10 components while playing the game.
Heavy weapons on the other hand are somewhat rare.
There are but 3 machines in the game, which are equipped with such weapons:

  • Ravager – 1 “Ravager Cannon”
  • Thunderjaw – 2 “Disc Launcher”
  • Deathbringer – 2 “Gun Turret”
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
10 Vulnerable machine kills
Killed 10 machines weak to Fire while burning, or weak to Freeze while frozen.

This is actually impossible to miss. I won’t spoiler why, though.

Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
7 types of machine overridden
Unlocked and used the overrides for 7 different types of machine.

You’ll automatically unlock the ability to override machines early on in the story. You won’t be able to override all machines from the get go, though. In order to unlock more overrides, you need to complete the Cauldrons (the sci-fi dungeons), which are revealed on your map by overriding a tallneck.
Here’s the full table of overrides:

Cauldron PSI
Watchers
Tallnecks
Striders
Chargers
Broadheads
Cauldron SIGMA
Grazers
Scrappers
Lancehorns
Sawtooths
Cauldron XI
Glinthawks
Stalkers
Bellowbacks
Behemoths
Cauldron RHO
Longlegs
Shell-Walkers
Tramplers
Ravagers
Snapmaws
Cauldron ZETA
Rockbreakers
Stormbirds
Thunderjaws
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
All Acquisition machines killed
Killed at least one of every type of Acquisition machine.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
All Recon machines killed
Killed at least one of every type of Reconnaissance machine.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
All Combat machines killed
Killed at least one of every type of Combat machine.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
All Transport machines killed
Killed at least one of every type of Transport machine.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
All machines catalogued
Encountered and Focus scanned every type of machine.

Well, scan and kill every type of machine in the game.
Already killed machines can still be scanned with your focus.

READ:  Horizon Zero Dawn How to Fix Crashing and Optimization

You can use your notebook to check, which machines you’ve already scanned.

Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide

Overworld

Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
First & All
Tallnecks Overridden

Scaled a Tallneck and accessed its information.

Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
First & All
Bandit Camps cleared
Took back a settlement from a bandit clan.
Took back all settlements from the bandit clans.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
First & All
Corrupted Zones cleared
Killed all the corrupted machines in a Corrupted Zone.
Killed all the corrupted machines in every Corrupted Zone.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
First & All
Cores Overridden
Reached the Core of a Cauldron.
Reached the Core of every Cauldron.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
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.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
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.

Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
First & All
Vantages found
Found and accessed a Vantage datapoint.
Found and accessed all of the Vantage datapoints.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
First & All
Metal Flowers found
Discovered a strange metal flower.
Found all of the Metal Flowers.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
First & All
Banuk Figures found
Found a wooden effigy left by a Banuk traveler.
Found all of Arnak’s figures.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
First & All
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

Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
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.

Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
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

Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Got the Shield-Weaver outfit
Recovered an ancient technology and put it to use.
For this one, please check out:
Horizon Zero Dawn How to Unlock “Shield-Weaver” Outfit (Power Cells Locations)
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
All trophies obtained
Obtained all Horizon Zero Dawn trophies.

This should unlock without the Frozen Wilds achievements below.

DLC – Frozen Wilds

Yes, the DLC is already included and does not need to be purchased separately.

READ:  Horizon Zero Dawn How to Get Golden Fast Travel Pack (Unlimited Fast Travel)

All of the achievements below refer to the snowy area in the north-east corner of the map:
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide

Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Took the Shaman’s Path
Survived the Shaman’s Path and found Ourea’s retreat.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Won the Werak Challenge
Challenged Aratak at the Frostfigures and won.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Completed the Second Expedition
Successfully assaulted Thunder’s Drum.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Conquered the Mountain
Drove out the threat within the mountain.

These 4 are the story achievements of the game and therefor impossible to miss.

Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
All Quests completed
Completed all side quests and errands in the Frozen Wilds.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
All Activities completed
Completed the Tallneck, Bandit Camp and Hunting Ground in the Cut.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
All Control Towers disabled
Disabled all Control Towers by overriding or destroying them.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
All Pigments Found
Found all of the Pigments in the Cut.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
All Animal Figurines found
Found all of the Animal Figurines in the Cut.

Self-explanatory. Pretty identical to the base game activities.

Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Drained the Flood
Completely drained the floodwater from inside the Greycatch.

This is part of the side quest “Waterlogged”. While the quest itself is pretty self-explanatory, there’s somewhat of an optional pipe puzzle in the facility, which also needs to be completed for the achievement to unlock. It doesn’t matter, in which order you complete quest and puzzle.

Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Won Ikrie’s Challenge
Met Ikrie again at the Snowchants Hunting Ground and took first place in her challenge.

Complete the side quest “Survivor”, upon which Ikrie will be unlocked. Find her at the Snowchants Hunting Ground in the north of the region and complete “Ikrie’s Challenge”.

Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
First Spear Modification
Applied a modification to your spear.

Complete the errand “Secret Shared”, and you’ll unlock a mod slot for your spear. Put a mod inside it via the crafting menu.

Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
First Bluegleam Trade
Traded Bluegleam for a special weapon or outfit.

Bluegleam is a limited resource, found all throughout the Cut. Getting enough Bluegleam for one trade is super easy.

Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Fully Improved Weapons
Acquired the improved versions of three weapons from Varga.

Find Varga, a merchant in the south-east of the new region.
Once you’ve aquired the Forgefire, the Stormslinger and the Ice Rail, which are awareded for completing the main mission of the DLC as well as killing the leader of the only bandit camp, Varga will give you 3 errands to gear up the 3 beforementioned weapons. Upon completing all 3 errands, the achievement will unlock.

Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Killed 15 Scorchers
Killed 15 Scorcher machines.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Killed 10 Frostclaws
Killed 10 Frostclaw machines.
Horizon Zero Dawn 100% Achievement Guide
Killed 6 Fireclaws
Killed 6 Fireclaw machines.

Well, have fun with the DLC exclusive machines.
Killing the 6 fireclaws can only be done, after completing the DLC’s story.

 

That’s all we are sharing today in Horizon Zero Dawn How to Fix Crashing and Optimization, if there are anything you want to add please feel free to leave a comment below and we’ll see you soon.

Credit to Brachragon

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