This page contains the trophy guide for Horizon Forbidden West.
You will find tips on how to get all trophies and unlock the platinum trophy.
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Last update:14 November 2023
This page contains atrophy guidetoHorizon Forbidden West.
All Trophies Obtained
How to unlock: Obtained all Horizon Forbidden West trophies.
Trophy pop in:platinum
Comment: The game features separate platinum trophies for the PS4 and PS5 versions.
Reached Level 20
How to unlock: Reached player level 20.
Reached Level 30
How to unlock: Reached player level 30.
Comment:Level up ten more times after obtaining the previous trophy.
Reached Level 50
How to unlock: Reached player level 50.
Trophy bang out:silver
Comment:Level up twenty more times after obtaining the previous trophy.
Reached the Daunt
How to unlock: Arrived at the Daunt seeking passage into the Forbidden West.
Comment: This trophy is related to the progress in the main storyline.
The difficulty level doesn’t matter - the trophy is unmissable.
Established the Base
How to unlock: Secured a base of operations and rebooted GAIA.
Recovered AETHER
How to unlock: Defended the Kulrut and recovered AETHER.
Recovered POSEIDON
How to unlock: Drained Las Vegas and recovered POSEIDON.
Recovered DEMETER
How to unlock: Encountered the Quen and recovered DEMETER.
Flew on the Wings of the Ten
How to unlock: Flew into battle and vanquished Regalla.
Discovered Nemesis
How to unlock: Put an end to the Zenith threat and discovered Nemesis.
The main story quests can be completed at any difficulty level.
Comment:This trophy is tied to one of the game’s side quests.
To get this trophy you must complete Drakka and Yara’s questline.
The first mission in question isThirst for the Huntfound in Arrowhand - check our walkthrough for detailed tips.
Saved the Daunt
How to unlock:Resolved all of the problems troubling the Daunt.
Comment:This trophy is tied to one of the game’s side quests.
To get this trophy you must complete the side quests from the game’s starting region, The Daunt.
Aided Cotallo
How to unlock:Helped Kotallo build and test a mechanized arm.
Comment:This trophy is tied to one of the game’s side quests.
Healed the Land-Gods
How to unlock: Helped Zo reboot the land-gods to save Plainsong.
Comment:This trophy is tied to one of the game’s side quests.
Recovered Alva’s Data
How to unlock: Helped Alva retrieve data to help the Quen.
Comment:This trophy is tied to one of the game’s side quests.
First Tallneck Overriden
How to unlock:Reached the top of a Tallneck and accessed its information.
All Tallnecks Overriden
How to unlock:Reached the top of every Tallneck and accessed their information.
Comment:This is the continuation of the aforementioned trophy.
There aresix Tallnecksin the game, all described in our world atlas.
First Rebel Camp Completed
How to unlock: Completed key objectives in 1 Rebel Camp.
Comment:The Rebel Camps are large hostile areas found in the game world.
One of the game’s side activities is taking them over.
We’ve described each camp in our world atlas.
Defeated Asera
How to unlock: Investigated all Rebel Camps and helped Erend defeat Asera.
Comment:This is the continuation of the aforementioned trophy.
The game world containssix rebel camps in total.
Taking over the last one is a separate quest, during which you’ll deal with Asera.
First Core Overriden
How to unlock: Reached the Core of a Cauldron and accessed its information.
Comment:Cauldrons are unique locations found in the game world.
verify Aloy is close to the recommended level, otherwise the boss at the end may prove problematic.
All Cores Overriden
How to unlock: Reached the Core of every Cauldron and accessed their information.
Comment:This is the continuation of the aforementioned trophy.
The game world containsfour Cauldronsin total.
You must explore them all - we’ve listed their locations in our world atlas.
Comment:This trophy is related to the Hunting Grounds, one of the game’s optional activities.
The Hunting Grounds contain trials - challenges.
These can range from eliminating machines in specific ways or killing enemies quietly.
There are three trials in each such area.
Earning the worst mark in each challenge is enough.
You don’t need to fully complete the trials for this trophy.
Comment:This is the continuation of the aforementioned trophy.
The game world containsfour Hunting Groundsin total, although they don’t have to be fully completed.
Getting a Quarter Stripe in every challenge is enough.
We’ve described each trial in our world atlas.
Comment:This is one of the trophies tied to eliminating machines encountered in the game world.
This trophy in particular requires you to kill Acquisition machines, of which there are 18 types in total.
Always visit newly discovered machine sites and you should get this trophy on your own.
You also only need to kill a single machine of each species.
There’s no need to eliminate different variations of the same machine (such as fire or acid).
Comment:This is one of the trophies tied to eliminating machines encountered in the game world.
This trophy in particular requires you to kill Recon machines, of which there are 4 types in total.
Always visit newly discovered machine sites and you should get this trophy on your own.
Comment:This is one of the trophies tied to eliminating machines encountered in the game world.
This trophy in particular requires you to kill Combat machines, of which there are 13 types in total.
Always visit newly discovered machine sites and you should get this trophy on your own.
Comment:This is one of the trophies tied to eliminating machines encountered in the game world.
This trophy in particular requires you to kill Transport machines, of which there are 5 types in total.
Always visit newly discovered machine sites and you should get this trophy on your own.
Rode All Regular Mounts
How to unlock: Rode a Charger, Bristleback, and Clawstrider.
Comment:You’ll find information about ridable machines on theMountspage.
We’ve also described how to get a mount on theCharger - how to override?page.
All Machine Types Scanned
How to unlock: Encountered and Focus scanned every bang out of machine.
Make a habit out of scanning every machine encountered.
This is especially important when fighting elite machines / bosses.
Completed a Long Glide
How to unlock: Glided uninterrupted for 60 seconds.
Comment:This trophy is tied to theShieldwing, obtained at the end of your stay in The Daunt.
We recommend to wait until you unlock a flying mount before you tackle this trophy.
Completed 2 Flying Mount Quests
How to unlock: Completed 2 quests that required a flying mount.
Comment:You unlock flying mounts near the end of the campaign, which is unmissable.
Four different quests requiring a flying mount will unlock as well.
Choose two of them and complete them.
Won 2 Gauntlet Runs
How to unlock: Won first place in two different Gauntlet Runs.
To unlock this trophy you could choose any two gauntlet runs.
You must win each race, crossing the finish line first.
Complete a Set of Salvage Contracts
How to unlock: Completed all contracts at a Salvage Contractor.
After completingThe Embassymain quest you could find a scrapper camp west of Barren Light.
you’re able to take contracts fromLarendthere to deliver unique parts.
Complete all of his contracts to unlock the trophy.
Comment:Rebel Outposts are smaller than Rebel Bases.
There’s a Leader in each outpost, who can be easily identified with your Focus.
Kill the leader and search the corpse to findSoldier Tags.
Do this in three more outposts.
Completed 3 Relic Ruins
How to unlock: Discovered and completed 3 Relic Ruins.
Each of the ruins contain environmental puzzles of varying difficulty.
Your objective is to find and collect an ornament.
This completes the ruins.
Completed Arena Challenge Set
How to unlock: Completed 1 Arena challenge set.
Comment:Arena challenges are optional activities accessible after completingThe Kulrutmain quest.
You’ll then be able to sing up for arena battles in the Memorial Grove.
You don’t have to complete 100% of the arena challenges.
Defeated Machine Strike Challengers
How to unlock: Won a match against 2 different Machine Strike challengers.
Comment:This trophy is tied toMachine Strike, an elaborate board mini-game.
We’ve described the rules of the board game on a separate page dedicated to it.
Obtained All Weapon Classes
How to unlock: Obtained 1 weapon from every weapon class.
Comment:There arenine main weapon typesin the game.
Most of them can be acquired or found during the main story.
you could buy the ones you’re missing from hunters.
Each trader offers random items.
Buy the weapons belonging to a throw in you don’t own yet.
Comment:There aresix main elementsin the game:
Collect weapons using different elements.
Purgewater and Plasma weapons will probably be the last ones you acquire.
Some weapons can fire different elemental ammo.
In this case, choose the correct ammo punch in from the weapon menu.
Performed 3 Melee Combos
How to unlock: Successfully performed 3 different unlockable melee combos.
Comment:This trophy requires you to learn some active skills from theWarrior tree.
Each one unlocks a different melee combo.
Each hit during the combo must connect for the game to consider it correctly performed.
Stealth Killed 10 Machines
How to unlock: Performed a stealth kill on 10 machines.
Comment:This is a very easy trophy.
Sneak up on the encountered machines and press R1 to execute aSilent Strike.
Tore Off 100 Components
How to unlock: Detached 100 components from machines.
Comment:This trophy requires you to hit detachable machine components.
you could learn about them by scanning the machines and reading through their catalog entries.
Detachable components may be containers, weapons or horns.
Picked Up 5 Heavy Weapons
How to unlock: Picked up 5 different heavy weapons.
These are various heavy cannons and guns Aloy can carry temporarily.
You should easily find five different heavy weapons throughout the campaign.
There are over ten heavy weapon types in the game in total.
You’ll find aFabrication Terminalthere.
It lets you browse different machine species and unlock their overrides.
Defeat the Enduring
How to unlock: Defeated the Tenakth melee master known as the Enduring.
Comments:This trophy is tied to theMelee Pits, one of the game’s additional activities.
They let you practice your attacks and spar.
Your objective is to defeat the champions offour melee pits.
Once you do, you’ll be able to face the Enduring.
you might play on a low difficulty level to make it easier to win these challenges.
Fully Upgraded a Valor Surge
How to unlock: Upgraded a Valor Surge to its maximum level.
Comment:Valor Surges arespecial skillsunlockable in different skill trees - we’ve pictured one of them above.
You must purchase skills adjacent to the Valor Surge, then upgrade the special skill tolevel three.
Upgraded 3 Weapons
How to unlock: Fully upgraded 3 weapons.
First, interact with aworkbenchand select one of your weapons.
you better spend resources to upgrade it.
Upgraded 3 Outfits
How to unlock: Fully upgraded 3 different outfits.
Comment:This trophy works very similarly to the one described above.
In this case just upgrade your outfits instead of your weapons.
The lower the outfit’s quality, the easier it is to fully upgrade.
You need specific trophies obtained from wild animals, such as hides, to upgrade the Pouch.
Enhanced Weapon with Coils
How to unlock: Equipped a weapon of any tier with 2 coils.
Comment:This trophy requires a weapon withtwo empty Coil slots.
The final step is inserting Coils into the weapon.
you’re free to find Coils in the game world or buy them from merchants.
Unlocked 3 Weapon Techniques
How to unlock: Unlocked a Weapon Technique for 3 different weapon classes.
Comment:This trophy is tied to developing your character -Weapon Techniquesare unique unlockable skills.
They’re available on different skill trees (example pictured above).
You must first purchase the skills around the technique before it becomes available.
you oughta purchase techniques for three different weapon types to unlock this trophy.
Skill Tree Learned
How to unlock: Learned all available skills on one tree.
Comment:The pageSkill Points - how to earn?contains tips on how to obtain skill points.
you could chooseany of the six trees available, with the Trapper tree being the smallest one.
Remember the lower a skill is located, the more points it costs.
You don’t need to find all the secrets.
You must find a Dyer out in the game world - there’s one in the Plainsong settlement.
Once you do, spend some flowers to dye any of your outfits.
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