Horizon Forbidden West - Main Quest Walkthroughs and Guides

List of Main Quest walkthroughs for Horizon Forbidden West (Horizon Zero Dawn 2), including each main quest's location, unlocking conditions, description, and clear rewards.

Horizon Forbidden West - Main Quest Walkthrough and Guide List

All Main Quest Walkthroughs and Guides in Horizon Forbidden West

Horizon Forbidden West - Main Quest Walkthrough and Guide List

Below is a list of all main quest walkthroughs in Horizon Forbidden West. Included are each main quest’s location, unlocking condition (availability), description, and clear rewards. Main quests are compulsory main story activities and without completing them, the game and the storyline cannot continue.

Click on a main quest to go to its walkthrough page with an in-depth guide on how to clear it.

For a list of Side Quests, check our Horizon Forbidden West Main Quest List and Guide page:

All Side Quest Walkthroughs

For a list of Errands, check our Horizon Forbidden West Errand List and Guide page:

All Errand Walkthroughs

Trophies

Trophy Objectives
PlayStation 4 - Bronze TrophyStory Trophy 1 Story-related trophy 1
PlayStation 4 - Bronze TrophyStory Trophy 2 Story-related trophy 2
PlayStation 4 - Bronze TrophyStory Trophy 3 Story-related trophy 3
PlayStation 4 - Bronze TrophyStory Trophy 4 Story-related trophy 4
PlayStation 4 - Bronze TrophyStory Trophy 5 Story-related trophy 5
PlayStation 4 - Bronze TrophyStory Trophy 6 Story-related trophy 6
PlayStation 4 - Bronze TrophyStory Trophy 7 Story-related trophy 7
PlayStation 4 - Bronze TrophyStory Trophy 8 Story-related trophy 8
PlayStation 4 - Bronze TrophyStory Trophy 9 Story-related trophy 9
PlayStation 4 - Bronze TrophyStory Trophy 10 Story-related trophy 10
PlayStation 4 - Gold TrophyStory Trophy 11 Story-related trophy 11.

Trophy and Achievement List

List of Main Quests

Main Quest Details How to Unlock
1) Reach for the Stars
  • Quest Location: The Cut
  • Quest Giver: Varl
  • Quest Level: Level 3
  • Unlocked by default.
Description
  • A long search has led Aloy to a mysterious ancient facility. Together with her friend Varl, she must comb through the ruins for a backup of GAIA – her last hope for repairing the terraforming system that can heal the world.
  • Reward/s: 500 Exp
Objectives
  • Gather Medicinal Skybrush
  • Eat the Medicinal Berries
  • Go to the Ancient Ruins
  • Examine the Machine Carcass
  • Craft Arrows
  • Go to the Ancient Ruins
  • Find an Entrance to the Ancient Ruins, Scan the Machine (Optional)
  • Find an Entrance to the Ancient Ruins, Kill the Machine (Optional)
  • Find an Entrance to the Ancient Ruins
  • Search the Ancient Ruins for a GAIA Backup
  • Examine the Rubble in the Collapsed Wall
  • Examine the Corpse
  • Search the Camp for Parts to Repair the Tool
  • Craft the Tool
  • Clear the Rubble with the Pullcaster
  • Scan the Area
  • Use the Grapple Point
  • Search the Ancient Ruins for a GAIA Backup
  • Lower the Ladder
  • Search the Ancient Ruins for a GAIA Backup
  • Kill the Burrower with a Silent Strike
  • Search the Ancient Ruins for a GAIA Backup
  • Kill the Machines
  • Search the Ancient Ruins for a GAIA Backup
  • Examine the Console
  • Talk to Varl
  • Go to the Data Center
  • Go to the Shuttle
  • Search for the Shuttle Clamp Controls
  • Climb up the Launch Tower
  • Shoot the Shuttle Cable Connectors
  • Kill the Machine, Destroy the Slitherfang’s Acid Sac
  • Go to the Data Center
  • Search the Data Center for a GAIA Backup
2) The Point of the Lance
  • Quest Location: Meridian
  • Quest Giver: Blameless Marad
  • Quest Level: Level 4
  • Clear Main Quest 1: Reach For The Stars
Description
  • After having failed to find a backup of GAIA in the Far Zenith facility, Aloy and Varl travel to Meridian in search of a new lead – but find they are not the only ones seeking answers.
  • Reward/s: 1,500 Exp
Objectives
  • Examine the Orb that Contained HADES
  • Climb up to the Base of the Spire
  • Climb the Spire
  • Return to Marad and Varl
  • Modify Your Spear, Talk to Your Friends (Optional)
  • Return to Marad and Varl
3) To The Brink
  • Quest Location: Daunt
  • Quest Giver: Kahrn
  • Quest Level: Level 5
  • Clear Main Quest 2: The Point of the Lance
Description
  • To Enter the Forbidden West and track down Sylens, Aloy must first attend an Embassy on the border of the Cargo Sunday. But dangerous new machines threaten to halt the proceedings.
  • Reward/s: 2,500 Exp, +2 Skill Points
Objectives
  • Go to Chainscrape, Find Erend, Go to Erend’s Last Known Location
  • Go to Chianscrape OR Find Erend and Go to Erend’s Last Known Location
  • Go to Chainscrape, Talk to the Guards
  • Upgrade Your Bow
  • Find Erend, Go to Erend’s Last Known Location
  • Kill the Machines Near the Oseram Trapper
  • Talk to the Oseram Trapper
  • Search for Erend’s Tracks
  • Follow the Tracks
  • Kill the Machine
  • Talk to Erend
  • Clear the Daunt, Go to the Source of the Explosions
  • Clear the Daunt, Kill the Machines
  • Clear the Daunt, Talk to the Oseram Worker
  • Talk to Vuadis
  • Talk to Ulvund
  • Return to Vuadis
4) The Embassy
  • Quest Location: Chainscrape
  • Quest Giver: N/A
  • Quest Level: Level 7
  • Clear Main Quest 3: To The Brink
Description
  • With the Daunt cleared of machines, the Embassy between the Carja and Tenakth tribes can at last begin. Aloy must travel to Barren Light to attend.
  • Reward/s: 3,500 Exp, +2 Skill Points, +1 Carja Blazon
Objectives
  • Go to Barren Light
  • Talk to the Guards
  • Follow Lawan
  • Talk to Commander Nozar
  • Go to the Embassy Location
  • Kill the Rebels
  • Kill Regalla’s Champion
5) Death’s Door
  • Quest Location: Barren Light
  • Quest Giver: N/A
  • Quest Level: Level 10
  • Clear Main Quest 4: The Embassy
Description
  • Aloy heads to the location of the coordinates she recovered from the Spire. Sylens is leading her somewhere… but the sage’s motives are as mysterious as the new lands she must cross.
  • Reward/s: 5,000 Exp, +2 Skill Points
Objectives
  • Go to the Coordinates Recovered from the Spire
  • Examine the Device
  • Watch the Hologram
  • Follow the Orb’s Trail – Investigate Sylens’ Workshop (Optional)
  • Examine the Orb
  • Enter the Facility
  • Gather Resources for the Igniter – Gather a Leaplasher Spark Coil
  • Craft the Igniter
  • Ignite the Firegleam
  • Find a Way to the Inner Gene-Locked Hatch
  • Restore Power to the Terminal
  • Find a Way to the Inner Gene-Locked Hatch
  • Explore the North Side of the Facility
  • Unlock the Door
  • Find a Way to the Inner Gene-Locked Hatch
  • Search the Facility for a GAIA Backup
  • Examine the Access Console
  • Find a Way to Lower the GAIA Repository
  • Examine the GAIA Repository
  • Kill the Mysterious Attacker
  • Shoot the RECLUSE SPIDER Arm Couplings
  • Shoot the RECLUSE SPIDER Stem Couplings
  • Search for a Way Out
  • Ignite the Firegleam
6) The Dying Lands
  • Quest Location: Stone’s Echo
  • Quest Giver: Zo and Varl
  • Quest Level: Level 15
  • Clear Main Quest 5: Death’s Door
Description
  • Aloy must join Varl and Zo in Plainsong, home of the Utaru tribe, to seek permission to enter a sacred cave. If she can locate and MINERVA inside, she may be able to reboot GAIA.
  • Reward/s: 7,500 Exp, +2 Skill Points, +1 Utaru Whisperer
Objectives
  • Go to Plainsong
  • Talk to Varl and Zo
  • Meet Varl and Zo Outside the Chorus
  • Follow Zo to the Cordon
  • Kill the Machines
  • Follow Zo to the Cordon
  • Enter the Sacred Cave
  • Explore the Sacred Cave
  • Override the Door
  • Go to the Repair Bay Core – Kill the Machines
  • Go to the Repair Bay Core
  • Go to the Repair Bay Core – Find a Way Up
  • Go to the Repair Bay Core – Override the Network Uplink
  • Go to the Repair Bay Core – Override the Network Uplink
  • Go to the Repair Bay Core – Override the Network Uplink
  • Go to the Repair Bay Core
  • Override the Network Uplink
  • Kill the Grimhorn – Kill the Machines
  • Override the Repair Bay Core
7) The Eye of the Earth
  • Quest Location: Repair Bay: TAU
  • Quest Giver: N/A
  • Quest Level: Level 17
  • Clear Main Quest 6: The Dying Lands
Description
  • Aloy, Varl and Zo explore a mysterious facility atop the mountain west of Plainsong. Could MINERVA be hiding inside?
  • Reward/s: 8,500 Exp, +2 Skill Points
Objectives
  • Enter the Facility
  • Climb the Elevator Shaft
  • Search the Facility for MINERVA
  • Examine the Console
  • Go to the Lab
  • Examine the Fabrication Terminal
  • Return to the Control Room
  • Talk to GAIA
  • Exit the Base Through the West Door
8) The Broken Sky
  • Quest Location: The Base
  • Quest Giver: GAIA
  • Quest Level: Level 17
  • Clear Main Quest 7: The Eye of the Earth
Description
  • Aloy must travel to the heart of Tenakth territory in search of AETHER – one of GAIA’s lost subordinate functions.
  • Reward/s: 8,500 Exp, +2 Skill Points, +1 Tenakth Conqueror
Objectives
  • Go to AETHER’s Coordinates
  • Enter the Tenakth Stronghold
  • Go to the Throne Room – Watch the Visions (Optional)
  • Talk to Dekka
  • Meet Kotallo at Stone Crest
  • Follow Kotallo – Kill Regalla’s Rebels (Optional)
  • Talk to Kotallo
  • Follow Kotallo
  • Talk to the Guard
  • Go to the Bottom of the Bulwark
  • Go to the Observation Point
  • Scan the Bulwark
  • Find a Path up the Bulwark
  • Investigate the Passage
  • Scan the Ancient Debris
  • Talk to Kotallo
  • Find a Cannon
  • Kill the Tremortusk and the Rebels
  • Loot the Tremortusk
  • Return to the Bulwark
  • Destroy the Bulwark – Use the Cannon
  • Destroy the Bulwark – Shoot the Weak Point
9) The Kulrut
  • Quest Location: The Bulwark
  • Quest Giver: Hekarro and Kotallo
  • Quest Level: Level 18
  • Clear Main Quest 8: The Broken Sky
Description
  • With the Sky Clan’s challengers on their way, the Kulrut is ready to begin. To claim AETHER, Aloy must ensure the competition succeeds.
  • Reward/s: 9,000 Exp, +2 Skill Points
Objectives
  • Go to the Memorial Grove
  • Talk to Hekarro
  • Go to the North Barricade
  • Talk to Dekka
  • Kill the Machines
  • Kill the Slitherfang
  • Find Hekarro
  • Enter the Camber below the Throne
  • Recover AETHER
  • Return to the Base
  • Talk to Dekka
  • Return to the Base
  • 0/1 Deliver AETHER to GAIA
10) Cradle of Echoes
  • Quest Location: The Base
  • Quest Giver: GAIA
  • Quest Level: Level 20
  • Clear Main Quest 9: The Kulrut
Description
  • GAIA has picked up a distress signal, seemingly sent by ELEUTHIA – another of her missing subordinate functions. With help from Erend and Varl, Aloy must investigate.
  • Reward/s: 10,000 Exp, +2 Skill Points
Objectives
  • Talk to Varl
  • Examine the Zenith’s Corpse
  • Investigate the Battlefield
  • Return to Erend
  • Talk to Varl
  • Investigate the Facility
  • Examine the Central Processor
  • Search the Facility for the Asset
  • Examine the Console
  • Prepare for Battle
  • Kill the Specter
  • Exit the Facility
  • Kill the Specter
  • Examine the Weapon
  • Talk to Varl and the Clone
  • Talk to GAIA
11) The Sea of Sands
  • Quest Location: The Base
  • Quest Giver: GAIA
  • Quest Level: Level 22
  • Clear Main Quest 10: Cradle of Echoes
Description
  • In pursuit of POSEIDON, one of GAIA’s lost subordinate functions, Aloy must journey through a vast desert to reach the ruins of Las Vegas.
  • Reward/s: 12,000 Exp, +2 Skill Points
Objectives
  • Go to POSEIDON’s Coordinates
  • Search the Ruins for a Way Underground
  • Investigate the Flooded Ruin
  • Gather the Machine Parts – Go to the Machine Herd
  • Gather the Machine Parts – Search for Tracks
  • Gather the Machine Parts – Follow the Tracks – Kill the Machine Herd (Optional)
  • Gather the Machine Parts – Follow the Tracks
  • Gather the Machine Parts – Kill the Machine Herd
  • Recover the Compressed Air Capsule
  • Return to Morlund
  • Craft the Diving Mask
  • Find POSEIDON
  • Find the Red Light
  • Investigate the Red Light
  • Drain the City – Find the Primary Pump Node
  • Drain the City – Activate the Primary Pump Node
  • Drain the City – Find the Secondary Pump Node
  • Drain the City – Activate the Secondary Pump Node
  • Drain the City – Return to the Sunken City
  • Drain the City – Find the Pump Maintenance Station
  • Drain the City – Find an Entrance to the Pump Maintenance Station
  • Drain the City – Activate the Emergency Purge
  • Find POSEIDON
  • Kill the Tideripper
  • Find POSEIDON – Talk to Morlund and His Crew (Optional)
  • Recover POSEIDON
  • Return to the Elevator Shaft
  • Climb to the Surface
  • Exit the Ruin
  • Return to the Base
  • Deliver POSEIDON to GAIA
12) Seeds of the Past
  • Quest Location: The Base
  • Quest Giver: Varl
  • Quest Level: Level 24
  • Clear Main Quest 11: The Sea of Sands
Description
  • To recover Demeter, one of GAIA’s lost subordinate functions, Aloy must traverse a vast expanse of wilderness to reach the far western coast.
  • Reward/s: 12,000 Exp, +2 Skill Points
Objectives
  • Talk to Varl
  • Go to DEMETER’s Coordinates
  • Kill the Ambushers
  • Go to DEMETER’s Coordinates
  • Search the Facility
  • Examine the Console
  • Find Test Station Ivy
  • Kill the Strangers
  • Enter the Facility
  • Examine the Paired Console
  • Enter the Facility Tunnels
  • Search the Tunnels for an Exit
  • Find an Entrance to Test Station Elm
  • Search Test Station Elm
  • Restore Power to the Control Room Door
  • Return to Alva
  • Examine the Paired Console
  • Enter the Tunnels
  • Search the Tunnels for an Exit
  • Find an Entrance to Test Station Ivy
  • Kill the Dreadwing
  • Search the Test Station Ivy
  • Craft the Vine Cutter
  • Return to the Data Core
  • Destroy the Metal Flower’s Vines
  • Enter the Data Core
  • Recover DEMETER
  • Return to the Base
  • Deliver DEMETER to GAIA
13) Faro’s Tomb
  • Quest Location: The Base
  • Quest Giver: N/A
  • Quest Level: Level 26
  • Clear Main Quest 12: Seeds of the Past
Description
  • To find and recover Omega Clearance from Thebes, Ted Faro’s private bunker, Aloy must hornet across the bay to the ancient ruins of San Francisco.
  • Reward/s: 13,000 Exp, +2 Skill Points
Objectives
  • Find Alva – Go to Fall’s Edge
  • Investigate the Quen Outpost
  • Go to Legacy’s Landfall
  • Go to Thebes
  • Kill the Thunderjaw
  • Go to Thebes
  • Talk to Alva
  • Find an Entrance to Thebes
  • Enter the Ruptured Pipe
  • Find an Entrance to Thebes
  • Open the Main Door
  • Search Thebes for Omega Clearance
  • Kill the Corruptors.
  • Search Thebes for Omega Clearance
  • Scan the Device
  • Search Thebes for Omega Clearance
  • Search for a Way Past the Locked Door
  • Recover Ted Faro’s Omega Clearance
  • Kill the Bodyguards
  • Escape Thebes
14) Gemini
  • Quest Location: The Dig Site
  • Quest Giver: N/A
  • Quest Level: Level 30
  • Clear Main Quest 13: Faro’s Tomb
Description
  • With Omega Clearance secured, GAIA should be able to subdue and capture HEPHAESTUS at Cauldron GEMINI. Aloy must prepare for the mission.
  • Reward/s: 15,000 Exp, +2 Skill Points
Objectives
  • Return to the Base
  • Talk to GAIA
  • Talk to Varl
  • Talk to GAIA
  • Protect Beta
  • Return to Beta and Varl
  • Pursue HEPHAESTUS Into the Cauldron
  • Force HEPHAESTUS Back to the Core – Follow the Conveyors
  • Force HEPHAESTUS Back to the Core – Explore the Two Cauldron Chambers
  • Force HEPHAESTUS Back to the Core – Explore the Two Cauldron Chambers – Override the Network Uplink
  • Force HEPHAESTUS Back to the Core – Explore the Two Cauldron Chambers – Kill the Machines
  • Force HEPHAESTUS Back to the Core – Explore the Two Cauldron Chambers – Override the Network Uplink
  • Force HEPHAESTUS Back to the Core – Go to the Second Cauldron Chamber
  • Force HEPHAESTUS Back to the Core – Override the Network Uplink
  • Force HEPHAESTUS Back to the Core – Kill the Machines
  • Force HEPHAESTUS Back to the Core – Override the Network Uplink
  • Return to the Assembly Chamber
  • Kill the Slaughterspine
  • Override the Network Uplink
  • Return to Beta and Varl
15) All That Remains
  • Quest Location: Tilda’s Mansion
  • Quest Giver: Tilda
  • Quest Level: Level 31
  • Clear Main Quest 14: Gemini
Description
  • Aloy wakes to grief and sorrow – and seeks to understand why a Zenith risked everything to save her.
  • Reward/s: +2 Skill Points
Objectives
  • Meet Tilda Upstairs – Examine the Art (Optional)
16) The Wings of the Ten
  • Quest Location: Tilda’s Mansion
  • Quest Giver: N/A
  • Quest Level: Level 32
  • Clear Main Quest 15: All That Remains
Description
  • Aloy has a plan to end Regalla’s rebellion, defeat the Zeniths and rescue Beta and GAIA. But first, she must reunite with her companion…. and lay a dear friend to rest.
  • Reward/s: 16,000 Exp, +2 Skill Points, +1 Tenakth High Marshal, +1 Tenakth Reaver, +1 Regalla’s Wrath
Objectives
  • Return to the Base
  • Talk to Zo
  • Craft the Sunwing Override
  • Go to the Peaks above the Base
  • Override a Sunwing
  • Mount a Sunwing
  • Fly West
  • Fly to the Tallneck
  • Land on the Tallneck
  • Override the Tallneck
  • Call Your Sunwing
  • Gather a Horus Energy Cell
  • Fly to the Memorial Grove
  • Drop the Horus Energy Cell on Regalla’s Forces
  • Defeat Regalla
17) Singularity
  • Quest Location: Memorial Grove
  • Quest Giver: N/A
  • Quest Level: Level 35
  • Clear Main Quest 16: The Wings of the Ten
Description
  • With the fate of the Tenakth decided and Sylens’ cooperation secured, Aloy must call her allies tougher to prepare for the fight ahead.
  • Reward/s: 17,500 Exp, +2 Skill Points
Objectives
  • Return to the Base
  • Assemble Your Companions
  • Go to the Rendezvous Point – Talk to Your Companions (Optional)
  • Call Your Companions at the Campfire
  • Go to the Launch Tower – Kill the Specters (Optional)
  • Go to the Launch Tower
  • Go to the Launch Tower – Kill the Specters (Optional)
  • Go to the Launch Tower
  • Go to the Launch Tower – Kill the Specters (Optional)
  • Go to the Launch Tower
  • Go to the Launch Tower – Kill the Specters (Optional)
  • Go to the Launch Tower
  • Go to the Top of the Tower
  • Kill Erik
  • Go to the Top of the Tower
  • Defeat Tilda
  • Return to the Control Center

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