ULTIMATE ENDGAME WEAPONS & Outfits Guide | Horizon Forbidden West | Tips & Tricks

Would you say that burning shores hunter bow and sharpshot bow are better than the arena weapon equivalent weapons?

As someone who isn't rushing through the main questline, I already got the Death Seeker's Bow and after getting access to Tenakth territory, I completed only the Broken Sky and the Kulrut(I haven't yet brought the function back to the Base though). After that, I completed the Salvage contract that gives you the Vindicator Spike Thrower, spammed it in the Arena to get my first legendary weapon. I'm currently working towards these prioritised gear: Forgefall, Sun Scourge, Nora Thunder Warrior and the Utaru Winterweave

They aren't necessarily "late game" gear except for some like the Skykiller of course. There are some difficulties involved in attempting all that early on like not getting Tiderippers spawning. Everything was done on Very Hard
Speaking of which, how do you get Tiderippers to spawn?

Yeah took you long enough

The only problem with "end game" gear is... its absolutely pointless. Once you finish the story the game is over. That is unless you like pointless repetitive shit you've done the entire game while leveling. Boring af

You can also make outfits look like other outfits

The end game weapons all seem to favour explosive damage, which is nice for dealing loads of damage, but then I end up with half of the weapon slots doing the exact same thing 😂

Man i wish they put in field of view man this mess so up close it makes my head hurt playing

Dont we have a suit like last time? It was like god armour…

the tremortusk reminds me of the elephander from zoids new century.

Wish we could hide the ammo types we don’t care about. That selector gear just gets so crowded with copies of the same thing…

Hint for anyone struggling with arena, just get the legendary spike thrower first.

Quick question as I love this guide if I’ve sold an outfit. Can I buy it back? If so how because I go to certain merchants and can’t find the outfits I’ve sold

Thanks

Watching this after I beat the game and only have 1 legendary weapon unlocked lol. Now the real grind begins

I'm not one to comment or subscribe but you've really nailed these HFW videos mate. As someone new to gaming you've been a savior. Really appreciate the way you go about it. Cheers legend!

I didn't like warrior bows too much until I began playing with Carja's Bane. I like combining it with burning enemy damage coils, then using the fire option from the bow and switching it to normal arrows once the machine is burning. I slap a melee follow-up coil on it too, and I'll usually hit the machine at least once when I get it burning to pile on the damage. It's amazing how quickly that bow can bring down a machine when you're speed firing arrows at it.

I have a 100% tear boost coil on the glowblast. It’s a monster bow man.

My go to set up is the glowblast sharp shot bow fully upgraded with damage boosting and tear boosting coils along with the sun scourge frost ammo fully upgraded or not it really don’t need any coils it’s a beast buy itself those two alone can get me through any machine in the game in just a couple shots.

HOLY CRAP! This is an information megabomb in lightspeed. I just can’t follow.

Hey Arktix, I have been trying the Tenakh Vanquisher build you recommended (plus the defy death valor surge) but my only problem is the continuous vibration due to the critical health indicator. Have you figured out a way to turn off this annoying feature?

I always hated how you’d get one shot by plasma detonation when wearing the thunder warrior so I ended up having a backup set of armour to switch to that was plasma resistant to soak the damage and not die

You don’t get ragallas armor you get armor from haccaro but it was not ragallas.

I wasn’t waiting for this video but I love horizon and videos about it so it adds up the same

So I’m just getting back into the game after a year, trying to farm some top tier upgrade mats and get some of the last top tier NG weps I need, so forgive me if some of this info is in one of your vids somewhere already

Just curious, as I know a bunch of stuff has been balanced/nerfed and whatnot after all this time, like braced shot ik was… so about skykiller for example, I remember at one point I saw people saying the spike trap ability with explosive spikes was insanely powerful, but you seem to only use splitting spike, which I never even got as it seemed underutilized by a lot of people. Was spike trap nerfed or is there some other reason you prioritize splitting spike? Similarly, I had always used blast forge with the clip dump ability I forget the name of that you use, but I used it with explosive bolts, and you appear to only use the regular bolts. It’s true I am starved for blast paste, is that why you seem to avoid them entirely? Also, that instant brittle Sun scourge build seems awesome, I had been running acid/fire coils on it (I haven’t done any of the supremely tedious farms for legendary upgrades yet so I only have a couple coil slots) and just using elite canister rope caster for freeze, as you can only carry so much volatile sludge at a time and canisters are so much cheaper. Is it really that much more worth it to use advanced freeze arrows before you have a full instant brittle setup running, or should I stick with canisters for now?

I went bankrupt trying to farm upgrade mats and had to farm tremortusk tusks for some shards just to upgrade and buy blastpaste for ammo and traps lol, never used shredders but I do have ancestors return, wondering if I should focus on upgrading that before Sun scourge/forge fall or armors for long term ammo efficiency so I can start building up a reserve of stuff for dlc… it seems like weapon abilities aren’t worth it on shredders btw since you don’t conserve ammo with them?

Unfortunately I don’t remember whether I spared or killed regalla, but either way I must have sold her gear bc I sold a ton of stuff to try and afford upgrades and coils lmao, RIP

Sorry for the 21 questions, awesome content btw, wish I found your channel when I was originally playing lol, thinking about doing an ultra hard run on NG+ for the new legendaries after dlc tho so I’ll be sure to utilize it then haha

Just got the game after a year and I've been playing for a week now, and your videos are absolutely the best. Literally trying to watch everything you've posted in preparation for burning shores 😅. Incase people don't say it enough, THANK YOU, and you've got a permanent Fan in me. Keep up the amazing work

I wish there was some way to upgrade earlier weapons to legendary. Theres some really neat purple weapons that I feel bad for not using to their full potential. Like the Warden and Lightning Hunter bows.

Hell, theres even a blue weapon that offers something that none of the other weapons do. The Spinthorn spike thrower has the highest knockdown in the game, and I suspect it might also have the best DoT of any spikethrower, though I've not actually maxed out the higher drillspike throwers to compare yet, but inherent 40% DoT boost before coils even come into it will be tough to beat. Only way I can see the purples and legendaries competing is if their base damage is so much higher that the 40% doesn't come into play.

Please make new video including new game+ weapons

I can't find your ultra-hard play through 100% guide from the beginning. Can you please help me?

I just wanted to ask if you're going for the Platinum on horizon forbidden West is there a difficulty trophy and also what's the best way and level to do the arena or at least to start

You need to buy a filter

I’ve been enjoying this game a lot, but min/maxing has made my head spin. Great video OP!

The weapon and clothing variety is crazy big no complaint but zero dawn it was the same 4 weapons. For me I used the stealth armor from the banuk and shield weaver when things went south

I have the elite rope caster maxed out and even when I overdraw it or use the weapon technique the ropes only attach like 20% of the time?

What’s that weave or coil that you can only loot from a certain mob/side quest ??

Good work , I can tell u put alot of effort into this. Very helpful. Thank u

Great video but what about purge water? What do you use for that? I had been using the lightning hunter bow because it has both Lightning types of arrows and purge water

You are a real hero for the Horizon-Community!

Just want to thank you a lot! Such a great content, also for experienced players!

Also it is crazy that you reply to every comment a Video being 10 months old! Thank you for your Videos and keep up the good work! You deserve way higher amount of attention - we can See the passion you put into yours Videos! :))

Is the low health build actually useful on UH?. I mean I'm level 50 and I'm still being killed in one hit by some attacks.

My problem with HZD was that i got the Shield weaver early and didn't wanna use different ones.After a while it takes out the fun of the game.With HFW though that problem is no more for me and i can change the style of playing

Great video! Are Purgewater Arrows not needed anymore in the endgame as they are not discussed at all? And why Regala's Wrath over Delta Sharpshow?

These are all awesome - one thing that is lost though is the incredible time sink of upgrading all of these. Getting a single legendary fully upgraded can take several hours or more of farming. I have mentioned this in other threads, but for me personally overly arduous nature of upgrade farming really detracts from the game overall. @arktix - I have to image that fully upgrading your typical load-out took you 30 hours+ of farming.

Hey, with death seekers shadow being nerfed (207->175 tear / 211 -> 175 shock buildup damage) do you think it’s better to just get Marshal Hunter bow?

Or can you point me in the correct direction for best end game (pre ng+) for 1.18?)

Cheers, and thank you for your guides. Learnt so much about this game and the mechanics of combat, so thanks

Thank you for not spoiling story

I only have 2 crit hit chance coils and can't buy more or even find it anywhere else. How did you get 3 coils on the forgefall ?

The Tears of the land god has the Drenched state just so you know

Horizon MMO rumors, if true, sound so awesome

With outfits there is a really good one you didn't cover, Utaru Winterweave is incredibly good.

It fits really well with almost every weapon type and is more versatile then the others believe it or not. Silent Strike Heal will overheal your health which is a great initiator. You don't need heavy weapon movement when you can initiate with the Bolt Blaster. Low Health Builds are done better with this due to being incredibly hard to spot and more Smoke Bombs. Since you're in Stealth having Stealth Range coils let you boost damage even more.

With Hunter Bows this boosts damage helping you do more damage while ripping off the components you want to loot.
With Sharpshot this boosts damage and helps you remove components you don't want to loot.
Bolt Blaster's Sustained Burst can empty the entire clip to start.
Shredder Gauntlets can be chained/exploited to never detonate to not cost any resources complimenting any build.
Spikes and Blast Slings are another great initiator against medium health machines.
Warrior Bow's, especially Melee Follow Up obviously work great with getting into melee range.
Trip Casters naturally work with this.


Part of the difficulty in Forbidden West is machines which have side/rear parts tend to be only visible when you're in those positions. Your damage will be lower if you're not ripping out parts so head on fights tend to be much slower and harder.

Thanks! Your guides have been super helpful for me in my quest to 100% Forbidden West. :) Keep up the great content!