Deathbringer Strategy Guide [Horizon Zero Dawn]

This page contains a full strategy guide on how to defeat Deathbringer, including enemy stats, weapons, attacks and item drops.

The Deathbringer is a gigantic machine of war with somewhat of a resemblance to Corruptors. They serve only to wreak havoc and destroy anything and everything in their path. They are heavily-armed and are near-unstoppable once confirming a target to eliminate.

Deathbringer

Stats

Type Challenge Level
Combat ?? (Highly Dangerous)

Weapons

Weapon Description
Repeater Cannon Turret Dual Cannon Turrets. Long range and high rate of fire. Mounted on the side.
Heavy Cannon Turret Dual shoulder-mounted beam cannons. Long range. Tracking.
Grenade Launchers Fires grenades. Long range and high rate of fire. Can destroy obstacles.
Flame Thrower Causes Burn damage.

Melee Attacks

Attack Description
Leg Crush Close range crushing attack. Hits heavily.
??? ??

Special Ability

Special Ability Description
??? ???

Vulnerabilities

  • Cooling Rods
  • Deathbringer Core

Resistances

Corruption

Drops

Drop Rarity
Metal Shards Common
Metal Vessel Common
Crystal Braiding Rare
Metal Burn Common
Deathbringer Heart Rare
+16% Resist Melee attacks Weave ??
+38% Tear Coil ??
+43% Damage Coil ??

Habitat

All Terrain – Open Areas

Strategy

Main Quest Walkthrough – Maker’s End

The best course of action to take is to first kill the Cultists that surround the Deathbringer above the slopes. There will also be some Corrupted Watchers lurking nearby, so hit them next. The best time to face the Deathbringer is when it is alone and helpless, but it is more than capable of quickly ending you.

When you’ve taken out all other nuisances, focus on destroying the Deathbringer’s armor first with Tearblast arrows. You can also use Fire and Shock arrows against it, as they will be very effective against its metallic hide. Once you’ve removed its armor, its glowing orange vulnerable spots will be exposed  which you should target for massive damage. For even better results, you can try to use Shock arrows on its vulnerable spots to momentarily stun it.

If you decide to go all out on the Fire arrows on Deathbringer, it will eventually overheat, causing it to expose its 4 cooling rods (vulnerable spots). These can be targeted as well to badly damage Deathbringer.

Deathbringer’s other (and hardest to hit) weak spot is its core, located at the top of the giant machine. Deathbringer will also expose it once you’ve gotten it to overheat with Fire arrows, though it takes some skill to land shots on it since it has quite a short window of being exposed, not to the mention how hard it is to get a clean shot at it.

Engaging the Deathbringer at close range is generally not advisable as it will crush it when you get near enough. At mid-range, it will use its flamethrower which also deals massive Burn damage.

Always be on the lookout for when the Deathbringer is targeting you with its  Repeater Cannon Turret (it has very long range and rate of fire), so it’s best to strafe and dodge to your side when it does. Note that the range of its Repeater Cannon Turret is enough to hit you even if you hide in the bush, so keep mobile and shoot it when you have the chance. You can try to neutralize the turret by hitting it Tearblast arrows so reduce its damaging potential. Overall, the key to defeating him is staying mobile and weaving from cover to cover. You can pop in and out of harms way by using the wooden structures in the area to land a few shots on it (though the Deathbringer can destroy them using its grenade launchers).

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  1. This was really helpful to me keep up the good work and keep doing what your doing. I have been stuck on that level forever so thank you! And have a great day!