One shot with a fire arrow will ignite their backs and deal a crippling amount of damage to anything in the explosion radius. This is especially easy against Machines with an explosive canister on their back, such as the Grazer. Set up a perimeter of traps and tripcaster wires, allowing you to herd your prey and kill them all off before any can escape. If you’re looking to grab a ton of wire and shards in a hurry, go after packs of Striders, Watchers, Grazers, and other small-time beasts. As for shards and wire, the most reliable way of obtaining these resources are through hunting packs of beasts. Ridge-wood is found anywhere you go, though it’s most easily found in larger batches along waterfronts. The main basic components to ammunition are ridge-wood, metal shards, and wire. Not only will time slow down, but it gives the player a chance to fast-craft while staying focused on the fight. Luckily, Aloy can craft ammo from the weapon selection wheel in-game, pulled up by holding L1. Not only do these metal beasts drop resources such as Chillwater and Blaze (both vital components for ammunition) but they also drop beast-specific parts that are used for trading and gaining metal shards, the currency of Horizon: Zero Dawn.Īmmunition for bows, tripcasters, and slings are the most crafted items in the game, so much that you find yourself doing it on the fly and in the heat of battle. However, the best resources – the good stuff needed for trading and the heavy-hitting ammunition – comes off of the Machines that live and move across the terrain. Mother Nature will provide many of the base resources needed for crafting, such as wood, herbal items for your healing pouch, and elemental plants needed for specific ammo types. This is a guide covering the basics of crafting and modification, along with a few safe and sane tips to keep your bags stocked and Aloy from dying a harsh death to any number of this world’s mechanical machinations.Īloy’s adventures across this post-apocalyptic world require the player to craft everything needed to survive, from ammo and traps, as well as potions and fast travel items. After all, if you aren’t crafting your own arrows while being chased by an angry Shell-Walker, then who will? Any burgeoning hunter out in the wilds of Horizon: Zero Dawn needs to know the basics to survive.