10 Tips For Getting Started In Horizon Forbidden West

If you're struggling to find your footing in "Horizon Forbidden West," these tips should help you out! For this list, we'll be going over some useful information for diving into Guerilla Games' latest game. Our list includes when and when not to use elemental damage, how you should adjust your settings before jumping in, why you should grab Greenshine rocks as often as possible, and more! Got any other tips to share with new players? Share with us in the comments below!

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Got any other tips for getting started in Horizon Forbidden West? Let us know in the comments!

[SingingGinge]

Another Tip: Don't be afraid to level up your gear and weapons to at least Lvl II early on, even if it's not good or end-game stuff. In the beginning, it'll be beneficial, and there's PLENTY of resources to replenish what you use up, so long as you do minor farming here and there.

[saintsaber]

My two bigget tips are if a youtuber tells you to do the main quests first don't listen DO what you want to do, and second as soon as the main quest poseidon comes up ( i know what i just said ) just do the first part which when completed get you the underwater breather so you can go exploring the underwater sections easily without running out of air.

[ChrisEvans]

I've been playing for over 10 hours and haven't seen more than maybe a quarter of the map because I've been exploring and doing challenges. There's so much to do in this game and I love it! ❤️

[TakeNoteMusic]

My advice after playing this game for a while: have fun with side missions, contracts, and everything in between. But don't be afraid to resume the main story line when you get pummeled by machines and enemies far outside your abilities. It'll happen and it'll be frustrating. You'll come across a machine that you simply cannot beat. That's when you know.

[TheHighwayVideo]

Totally don’t agree with just do the main story— do everything - once the mains story is over-
Psychologically- everything hold less importance. Go slow and do everyone. You can do some of those things you might pass up early.

[lule]

I spent in the first area, before I unlocked Forbidden West, around 11-12 hours. You can do a lot of exploring and losing yourself in the environment and side quests, but some stuff are locked until you acquire certain tool while doing main story. Only word of advice would be, do not explore water before you get specific tool. After that, whole new area opens.

Also, if you do not want to rush through main story and want to stay in this world as long as possible, poke around every single thing that interests you, game rewards exploration.

[OtterloopB]

Best tip: Take your time. Soak it in.

This game is too lush to just breeze through it.

Walk the trails. Swim the streams. The game rewards you for poking around, whether it be a tucked away chest or rare green gems to find.

[skinsthewin]

Uhhh, you are going to REALLY want to use the Freeze Status Effect. Pretty bad advice to say status effects don't matter much. Freeze is quite literally game breaking in both the 1st game and this one. It renders ALL armor plating 100% void while in effect, allowing every hit you land to do massive damage, specially when attacking components & weak points. Best way to take advantage of this is to simply unload on an enemy while frozen with your fastest shooting weapon. It was by far the greatest thing you could do to a foe in the 1st game and is no different in the 2nd & is how all the pros take out the giants in mere seconds. Abuse the hell out of it.

[zz-chqs]

Tipp:
You can turn off the pick up animation, so you can just pick up heal, while traveling. (PS I do not know, if this works on a mount to.)

[asr]

nearly 3 weeks of play, almost lv50 and still haven't tried to meet the Quen yet. There's a lot to do and more than its fair share of farming for the endgame. just take your time, if you hit something you can't get past yet, just remember to check it later.

[tristanscatliffe]

Good tip about removing the tips screen. PS5 loads the game so fast that the tips get in the way.

[TimeGhost]

if you need to harvest a lot of parts fast for upgrades turn on story mode. With story mode on you don't have to knock off the parts individually and they aren't lost when the machine is killed. Instead you can just kill the machine and loot the parts from it's corpse.

[mrmosty]

Use Warrior Bows, especially after freezing machines. Ammo is cheap, they fire fast and most enemies get pretty close to you anyway

[chuckrichardson]

Am I the only one that thinks Varl looked better with his beard

[Jute]

The tip about playing through the prologue in one go is good, I played about 45 mins and had to quit, sadly no autosaves so I had to start again from the beginning and couldn't even skip the catchup vid with Sylens narrating at the very start. Oof,

[j_allen]

I'm 30+ hours in, have only got about 6 to 7 MSQ done, and have only come across ONE sifequest I couldn't go further in. The side quests are great. Some offer new and very important weapons/gear upgrades, and doing them absolutely has an effect on the dialogue as you go. Just B line the main story is terrible advice to be honest

[andrewmohrmann]

I’m really bummed there’s no new game + mode, I really liked going through the hard way first try, then having all the most OP weapons from the beginning for subsequent playthroughs

[velinfransiscahuang]

If I see anything vital around me, it is precisely that spirit of adventure, which seems indestructible and is akin to curiosity. We live in a wonderful world that is full of beauty, charm and adventure. There is no end to the adventures that we can have if only we seek them with our eyes open. My adventure, my horizon forbidden west! 🙂

[sydneyh]

I can't wait to play this game!! I'm so exited!!