Trophy Guide (3)

Complete trophy guide for horizon zero dawn, including collectibles like Metal Flowers, Banuk Figures, and how to get the Shield-Weaver Outfit.

Collectibles

Vantage Datapoints

• First Vantage found: Found and accessed a Vantage datapoint.
• All Vantages found: Found and accessed all of the Vantage datapoints.

Metal Flowers

Metal Flowers are one of the collectibles in the game, with there being a total of 30 of them hidden across the map. You can purchase maps from merchants once you exit Mother’s Embrace (the starting area), which highlights general areas for all of the collectibles, including Metal Flowers. Of course, the maps only reveal a general location for the collectibles, but you can use your Focus to help find them. Keep a listen as you’re looking for one, as there is the distinct sound of the flower opening up when you get close enough.

• First Metal Flower found: Discovered a strange metal flower.
• All Metal Flowers found: Found all of the Metal Flowers.

Banuk Figures

Banuk Figures are one of the collectibles in horizon zero dawn, with there only being six total. You can purchase maps from merchants once you exit Mother’s Embrace (the starting area), which highlights general areas for all of the collectibles, including Banuk Figures. . Banuk Figures are found in high places, requiring you to climb to the upper reaches of a mountain usually. You can easily tell where you need to climb by looking for painted walls.

• First Banuk Figure found: Found a wooden effigy left by a Banuk traveler.
• All Banuk Figures found: Found all of Arnak's figures.

Ancient Vessels

Ancient Vessels are one of the collectibles in the game, with there being a total of 12 of them hidden in ancient debris piles. You can purchase maps from merchants once you exit Mother’s Embrace (the starting area), which highlights general areas for all of the collectibles, including Ancient Vessels. . You know you have found the correct pile when the icon over it is purple, as Ancient Vessels are treated as very rare items.

• First Ancient Vessel found: Found an ancient vessel once used by the Old Ones.
• All Ancient Vessels found: Found all the Ancient Vessels.

Got the Shield-Weaver Outfit

The Shield-Weaver Outfit is a powerful piece of armor that you can obtain late in the game. It can be found in The Bunker, some ruins similar to the one you fell into as a kid, north of the Main Embrace Gate. However, the outfit is locked behind a door that requires you to solve two puzzles, both of which require Power Cells. These are hidden throughout the game, usually in some place you explore while doing main story missions. They are not missable, as if you forget to get them the first time around, you will be able to go back later in the game to retrieve the power cells. The location of the power cells are as follows:

• Ruins - On a desk behind some stalagmites/stalactities you can break (can’t get here as a child)
• Found during The Womb of the Mountain. It’s in a room that is accessible by crouching through a vent.
• Found during Maker’s End. Once you reach the top of the place and do the story bit there, the one door will open. Instead of taking that door, you can use the footholds behind it to reach the very top, where the Power Cell is located.
• Found in the Grave-Hoard ruins. After solving the puzzles to open the ancient door, go through it and look for a side room that you can open, which has the Power Cell.
• Found in GAIA Prime during The Mountain That Fell. After you view a hologram with some scientists, you need to go forward with a zipline. Instead, look for a path that you can climb down, leading to a room with the Power Cell.

Upon retrieving all five Power Cells, head on over to The Bunker to find two sets of locks preventing you from getting the armor. Both sets of puzzles can be solved by using your Focus, but the answers are following this. The first answer is Up, Right, Down, Left and Up (from left to right). For the second one, you want to put them in the following order: Right, Left, Up, Right and Left (again, left to right). Grab the armor after you’re done to finish up.

• Got the Shield-Weaver outfit: Recovered an ancient technology and put it to use.

Story Trophies

1. Followed Rost’s teachings: Learned to hunt and fight alongside Rost.
2. Defeated the Sawtooth: Defeated the Sawtooth that threatened the Nora.
3. Triumphed in the Proving: Overcame adversity and placed first in the Proving.
4. Fought back the corruption: Destroyed the corruption inside the Nora valley.
5. Learned of the ancient past: Learned of the ancient past at Maker’s End.
6. Crashed the Eclipse network: Infiltrated the Eclipse battle camp and crashed their network.
7. Discovered the truth: Discovered the truth of Zero Dawn.
8. Broke the siege of All-Mother: Defeated the invaders and went inside the sacred mountain.
9. Recovered a powerful weapon: Explored the Mountain That Fell and recovered a powerful weapon.
10. Victorious with the War-Chief: Found the Nora War-Chief and defeated the killers in the Ring of Metal.
11. Saved Meridian from its foe: Helped Erend investigate Ersa’s fate, and foiled a plot against Meridian.
12. Ended the war machine threat: Ended the threat of the ancient war machines.

All Allies Joined

There was some confusion surrounding this trophy at first, some deeming it as missable, but it’s very simple and only requires you to complete specific sidequests. There is no need to choose specific options during dialogue or make any particular choices.