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An action RPG game developed by Guerrilla Games and published by Sony Interactive Entertainment. It was released exclusively for the PS4 on February 28, 2017 and for PC on August 7, 2020

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How do I unlock the "All Skills Learned" trophy after hitting Level 50?

I'm level 50, but I only have 2 points to spend and 2 abilities left to unlock. Side quests only give XP so what now? Level 50 is the max level so XP from quests do nothing. In fact, I think I've ...
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Where can I find a large number of fish?

Nearly every crafting/carry capacity upgrade needs fish bones/skin for the final, end-game items. I want to stop carrying animal bits as soon as possible, since my inventory is full of stuff I may or ...
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Which Machines fall under each category?

There are four trophies regarding killing one of every type of Machine in each category. However, there is nowhere in-game that tells you what category each Machine falls under. The most information I'...
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Is there a speed difference between the mounts?

As answered on Which Machines can I mount?, you can mount one of three machines. Striders Broadheads Chargers While you can get different mounts, I have not noticed much of a speed ...
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What are the benefits/drawbacks of armor tiers?

The game has what appears to be three tiers of armor; Light (green), Medium (blue), and Heavy (purple). As far as I can tell, the only differences between the tiers are their stats, with stats ...
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How much are overridden Machines buffed?

I recently overrode a Watcher, because I thought it would be funny. Another Watcher came up and kicked him a few times, while I shook my head in disappointment, thinking my Watcher would die in less ...
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How to balance stealth and making everything in the area hostile

Granted, I'm fairly early on in the game still, but so far, I'm having a hard time finding a good balance in combat. I've found that by far the easiest way to take down machines is to simply hide in ...
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I missed a collectable during the prologue. Do I have to start over to get all of them?

A bit too late into the prologue did I notice that the little hexagons that float around indicate collectables that I can scan with the Focus. At that point I had already squeezed through a door which ...
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Is there any way to un-nock arrows?

When letting go of L2, Aloy un-nocks her loaded arrow. However, if you've unlocked the Double or Triple Shot skills, you are able to load 2 or 3 arrows onto your bow, respectively, by pressing R1. ...
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How do I get "10 vulnerable machine kills"?

While the trophy description seems extremely straightforward, I think there is more to it than it sounds. The description is simply: Killed 10 Machines weak to Fire while burning, or weak to Freeze ...
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Does the Ropecaster's Tear stat affect immobilization?

In the same vein as this question, does adding a +Tear modifier to a Ropecaster have any effect on its primary function of immobilizing machines? For example, is it possible for a tie rope to, say, ...
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How many enemies can I tag?

When you use your focus, enemies are highlighted in colour, and you can press R2 to tag them, which places an arrow over their head. So far I've tagged up quite a few, but is there a maximum amount ...
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How can I tell which canyons can be explored?

There are several deep canyons in the game, such as the one due east of Daytower Gate. In general if it looks like Aloy wouldn't be able to get back out, I assume the feature is just for decoration ...
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Do items in Buy Back disappear?

Trying to make some inventory space and a few shards, I sold a few high value items to a merchant and saw I could buy them back. This is great in case I later need one of these. I'm wondering though,...
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Is there a maximum number of tripwires I can set?

When trying to fight an exceptionally difficult enemy in a Cauldron I came up with the genius idea to use my resources to make over a hundred shock tripwires to constantly immobilize it. Will this be ...
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Which Machines can I mount?

When starting the game, I was under the impression that you could mount any overridden Machine, regardless of size (like riding a Behemoth in Shadow of Mordor). However, out of the handful of species ...
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Do Corrupted Zones populate randomly?

I've been playing Horizon Zero Dawn while in a party with a friend playing it as well. While he went and did a lot of side quests in the valley, I explored and cleared the Corrupted Zones as I found ...
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Why can't I get past the Daytower after clearing all corrupted zones in the valley?

As soon as I was able to leave the Sacred Grounds, I stopped doing the main quest and began exploring. When I attempted to go to the second Tallneck, however, I ran into the Daytower and I was told ...
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Is there a known issue with the Focus Tracking?

During the prologue mission where Aloy has to use the tracking feature to evade the Watchers, everything worked perfectly fine. After the prologue, tracking Watchers has been hit or miss: During the ...
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Is it possible to buy all the skills?

As there are quite a few skills available in the game, is it actually possible to buy all the skills? Below I have included a screenshot of my level 9 skill tree.
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Does the placement of Ropecaster shots make a difference?

I just bought the Ropecaster, but haven't had much time to experiment with it, as I'm not too far into the game. So far, I've only experimented a bit on the first Sawtooth, but I fired all 8 shots ...
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