Discover A Gift From the Past in Horizon Zero Dawn

Q: How to use Focus in horizon zero dawn?

This is the first playable section of Horizon Zero Dawn, where you control a young Aloy. You'll learn basic movement, how to use Aloy's Focus to scan objects and enemies, and collect your first datapoints.

Q: Where to find Audio Datapoints in A Gift From the Past?

This is the first playable section of Horizon Zero Dawn, where you control a young Aloy. You'll learn basic movement, how to use Aloy's Focus to scan objects and enemies, and collect your first datapoints.

Q: How to solve the Holo Lock puzzle?

This is the first playable section of Horizon Zero Dawn, where you control a young Aloy. You'll learn basic movement, how to use Aloy's Focus to scan objects and enemies, and collect your first datapoints.

Q: What is the Holo Lock puzzle solution?

This is the first playable section of Horizon Zero Dawn, where you control a young Aloy. You'll learn basic movement, how to use Aloy's Focus to scan objects and enemies, and collect your first datapoints.

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Walkthrough

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Immediately after falling, look around using the Right Analog stick, then move forward with the Left Analog stick.
2
Pass through one of the two tunnels.
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Press Square to crouch and pass under stalactites.
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Follow the linear path through a lab and up stairs until you reach a chamber with a corpse.
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Approach the corpse and press Triangle to inspect the device. This grants Aloy her Focus.
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Use the Touch Pad to access menus (Map, Inventory, Quests, Notebook).
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Press R3 to toggle the Focus ability. Focus slows movement but provides a compass and highlights scannable objects.
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Look east and scan the purple glowing object on the stairs with your Focus to identify it as a "Bunker Door".
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Head southwest to find an open doorway. Enter the room, then turn east, northeast to another room.
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Scan the "Code Nexus" to the east. Note the blue circle with a purple wedge.
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Turn north to find a "Holo Lock". Rotate the "Holo Lock" so its wedge is at the 6 o'clock position, matching the "Code Nexus". Turn it twice in the same direction to open the previously locked door.
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Return to the "Bunker Door" and press Triangle to open it.
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Descend two flights of stairs, then proceed until you find another corpse.
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Activate Focus and scan the device on the corpse to trigger the Hologram Datapoint "Happy Birthday Isaac!".
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Continue north through a door.
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Turn east into a small chamber and scan the object on the desk to record the Audio Datapoint "Log: Connor Chasson (Recorded January 1st, 2066)".
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Head northeast to find a corpse and scan it for the "Full Stop" Audio Datapoint.
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Backtrack west and take the north stairs to a large room with corpses.
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Immediately turn east and scan a corpse for the Audio Datapoint "Log: Connor Chasson".
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Scan a corpse to the west for the "Log: Skylar Rivera" Audio Datapoint.
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Continue north up stairs and turn east for the "Log: Mia Sayied" Audio Datapoint.
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Turn southwest to find a corpse with the "Log: Ella Pontes" Audio Datapoint.
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Turn west through a doorway, then turn south and scan a final corpse for the "Log: Jackson Frye" Audio Datapoint. You should now have seven Audio Datapoints and one Hologram Datapoint.
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Continue west down stairs and through the door.
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Turn north through another door, then west and climb back into sunlight to reunite with Rost.

Tips

The passage you take after the initial fall does not matter; you will end up in the same place.
Use your Focus frequently to identify important objects and learn about the environment.
Pay attention to the "Code Nexus" and "Holo Lock" puzzle; the "Code Nexus" shows the correct orientation for the "Holo Lock".
Collect all datapoints to get a more complete picture of the past.

Focus ability
Several Audio and Hologram Datapoints

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