Glinthawk Stats and Strategy Guide [Horizon Zero Dawn]

This article contains strategies and stats for the Glinthawk

March 9, 2017 Taku Bou Horizon Zero Dawn 1

The Glinthawk is a scavenger in the wild. Similar to the Scrapper, the Glinthawk takes out dead machines. When it swoops down, it takes up the pieces of the obsolete machines and recycles the metal. Because of its speed, it can be quite hard to catch and target especially as it flies in the sky. However, it does have some weaknesses such as its beak and Freeze Sac.

Glinthawk

Stats

Type	Challenge Level
Combat	??

Weapons

Weapon	Description
Freeze Sac	Contains frozen gas that can be compressed into a freezing blast
Metal Claws	Claws to rip your eyes out
Metal Beak	A beak to peck you out.

Melee Attacks

Attack	Description
Peck	Rushes in to peck
Ranged Freeze Attack	Fires a freezing blast
Swooping Claw	Dives down to attack you from above

Special Ability

Special Ability	Description
Freeze Blast	Freezes enemy with a single blast of wind

Vulnerabilities

Freeze Sac
Beak

Resistances

Drops

Drop	Condition
Chillwater	??
Metal Shards	??
Sparkler	??
Wire	??
Machine Core – Small	??
Glinthawk Lens	??
Glinthawk Hearts	??

Habitat

All Terrain – Open Areas

Strategy

When bringing down a Glinthawk, the first to take note is their vulnerability to fire. Their bodies will sustain heavy damage after a a few good fire arrows. However, the one thing you’ll really want to target is their Freeze Sac. Destroying it not only means disabling their ranged Freeze attack but it’s also the largest and easiest weak point to hit. When you land a hit successfully and consecutively, the Glinthawk will fall closer to the ground. When it finally hits the ground, bolt towards it and land a critical hit using R1. Do this however when the three stars in a circle symbol appears next to their health gauge.

After a few more fire arrows and a critical hit, the Glinthawks are grounded. Just land a few blows using regular arrows to either its Beak or Freeze Sac to put it out of its misery.