This guide will show how to get all achievements (levels, story, miscellaneous, DLC) in Horizon Zero Dawn Complete Edition.
All Achievements
Story
Just so you know, you can play on whichever you difficulty you like, because you actually need to finish an entire NG+ run on Ultra Hard.
Achievement | Description |
Followed Rost’s teachings | Learned to hunt and fight alongside Rost. |
Defeated the Sawtooth | Defeated the Sawtooth that threatened the Nora. |
Triumphed in the Proving | Overcame adversity and placed first in the Proving. |
Fought back the corruption | Destroyed the corruption inside the Nora valley. |
Victorious with the War-Chief | Found the Nora War-Chief and defeated the killers in the Ring of Metal. |
Saved Meridian from its foe | Helped Erend investigate Ersa’s fate, and foiled a plot against Meridian. |
Learned of the ancient past | Learned of the ancient past at Maker’s End. |
Crashed the Eclipse network | Infiltrated the Eclipse battle camp and crashed their network. |
Discovered the truth | Discovered the truth of Zero Dawn. |
Broke the siege of All-Mother | Defeated the invaders and went inside the sacred mountain. |
Recovered a powerful weapon | Explored the Mountain That Fell and recovered a powerful weapon. |
Up until this point, nothing is missable. So just play whichever way you want.
Achievement | Description |
All allies joined *missable* | Given Aloy’s actions, all possible optional allies joined the defense. |
In order to recruit allies, you need to finish several side quests scattered all over the map.
Note, that some quests will only unlock later in the story, but they will stay available until the end of the game.
The allies are:
- Nil – *missable*
- Side Quest: Cause for Concern – Farewell
- Nil can be found waiting outside bandit camps and invites Aloy to raid the camps with him when their paths cross. If she speaks to him, he will give her the quest.
- After clearing out all six Bandit Camps, Nil invites Aloy to join him on the mesa south of Meridian, overlooking the Spearshafts for their final farewell. Here, Nil challenges Aloy to a duel to the death. DECLINE!
- Side Quest: Cause for Concern – Farewell
- Aluki
- Side Quest: A Moment’s Peace
- Near the Temple of the Sun in Meridian, a man with an eyepatch, named Vilgund, can be heard calling out to “able-bodied adventurers.”
- Side Quest: A Moment’s Peace
- Elida
- Side Quest: Sun and Shadow
- In Brightmarket (located in the Sundom, northwest of Meridian), Aloy encounters a nobleman leaning over a bridge and searching the river. The man, Lahavis, explains that his young daughter, Elida, has gone missing after last being seen in the family’s garden.
- Side Quest: Sun and Shadow
- Janeva
- Side Quest: Sunstone Rock
- While traveling through the Jewel (the jungle south of Meridian), Aloy hears a commotion at Sunstone Rock, a small settlement far to the south of the Sundom. Upon approach, Aloy sees that Carja guards are attempting to take down two Behemoths who have descended on the settlement. After helping dispatch the Behemoths, Aloy is greeted by the guards and told to visit Janeva inside.
- Side Quest: Sunstone Rock
- Nakoa
- Side Quest: A Daughter’s Vengeance
- While at Mother’s Rise, Aloy encounters a young Nora man named Yan making supplication to All-Mother. Yan tells Aloy that his prayers are for All-Mother to watch over his sister Nakoa, who had left to find and exact vengeance upon Zaid, a brutal Carja captain.
- Side Quest: A Daughter’s Vengeance
- Uthid
- Side Quest: Traitor’s Bounty
- When Aloy arrives in Sunfall during the main quest Deep Secrets of the Earth, she gains access to the Citadel’s throne room by blending in with a group of outlanders who are gathering to listen to High Priest Bahavas list the day’s bounties. Among them is a high bounty for a Shadow Carja traitor named Uthid.
- While Aloy listens to Bahavas list Uthid’s crimes, a woman in the crowd remarks quietly to Aloy that Uthid has been falsely accused and cryptically requests that Aloy seek her out in Shadowside for more information.
- Side Quest: Traitor’s Bounty
- Vanasha
- Side Quest: Queen’s Gambit
- At the end of Traitor’s Bounty, Vanasha reveals that the death of High Priest Bahavas has created a window of opportunity for the captive Dowager Queen Nasadi and her son, Prince Itamen, to defect from Sunfall and escape the Shadow Carja. She asks for Aloy’s help in securing the arrangement.
- This will also unlock you:
PictureAchievementDescriptionAided the defectorsAided the escapes of Uthid and the child king Itamen
from the Shadow Carja.
- Side Quest: Queen’s Gambit
- Namman
- Side Quest: Honor the Fallen
- In Meridian, Sun-Priest Namman wishes to support Sun-King Avad’s push for peace by helping three pilgrims from different Tribes in the region mourn loved ones lost during the Red Raids.
- Side Quest: Honor the Fallen
- Talanah
- Side Quest: Redmaw
- Visit the Hunters Lodge in Meridian and see their quest line through to the end.
- This will also unlock you:
- Side Quest: Redmaw
Achievement | Description |
Hunted Redmaw with Talanah | Rose through the ranks of the Hunters Lodge and helped Talanah defeat Redmaw. |
Achievement | Description |
Ended the war machine threat | Ended the threat of the ancient war machines. |
New Game+ Completed | Completed a New Game+ playthrough on any difficulty. |
Ultra Hard Completed | Completed a New Game+ playthrough on Ultra Hard difficulty. |
Levels Up and Skills
Achievement | Description |
Reached level 10 | Reached player level 10. |
Reached level 25 | Reached player level 25. |
Reached level 40 | Reached player level 40. |
Reached level 50 | Reached player level 50. |
Reached level 60 | Reached player level 60. |
All Skills learned | Learned all available skills. |
All Frozen Wilds Skills | Learned all of the new skills in the Frozen Wilds. |
This is rather straight-forward. Kill everything you come across, complete all quests and invest all your skill points.
Among those skills, you will find what you need to unlock:
Achievement | Description |
Stealth killed 10 machines | Performed a stealth kill on 10 machines. |
3 Strikes From Above | Killed 3 enemies using the Strike from Above skill. |
5 Dismount Strikes | Killed 5 enemies using the Dismount Strike skill. |
5 Machine Types Repaired | Used the Machine Repair or Mount Repair skill on 5 different types of machine. |
Machines & Combat
Achievement | Description |
Headshot 30 human enemies | Killed 30 human enemies by landing headshots on them. |
Self-explanatory. There are by far enough human enemies in the game to unlock this without any problems.
Achievement | Description |
Tore off 10 components | Detached 10 components from machines during combat. |
Tore off 5 heavy weapons | Detached 5 heavy weapons from machines during combat. |
It’s completely impossible not to tore off 10 components while playing the game.
Heavy weapons on the other hand are somewhat rare.
There are but 3 machines in the game, which are equipped with such weapons:
- Ravager – 1 “Ravager Cannon”
- Thunderjaw – 2 “Disc Launcher”
- Deathbringer – 2 “Gun Turret”
Achievement | Description |
10 Vulnerable machine kills | Killed 10 machines weak to Fire while burning, or weak to Freeze while frozen. |
This is actually impossible to miss. I won’t spoiler why, though.
Achievement | Description |
7 types of machine overridden | Unlocked and used the overrides for 7 different types of machine. |
You’ll automatically unlock the ability to override machines early on in the story. You won’t be able to override all machines from the get go, though. In order to unlock more overrides, you need to complete the Cauldrons (the sci-fi dungeons), which are revealed on your map by overriding a tallneck.
Here’s the full table of overrides:
Achievement | Description |
All Acquisition machines killed | Killed at least one of every type of Acquisition machine. |
All Recon machines killed | Killed at least one of every type of Reconnaissance machine. |
All Combat machines killed | Killed at least one of every type of Combat machine. |
All Transport machines killed | Killed at least one of every type of Transport machine. |
All machines catalogued | Encountered and Focus scanned every type of machine. |
Well, scan and kill every type of machine in the game.
Already killed machines can still be scanned with your focus.
You can use your notebook to check, which machines you’ve already scanned.
Overworld
Achievement | Description |
First & All Tallnecks Overridden | Scaled a Tallneck and accessed its information. Scaled all of the Tallnecks and accessed their information. |
First & All Bandit Camps cleared | Took back a settlement from a bandit clan. Took back all settlements from the bandit clans. |
First & All Corrupted Zones cleared | Killed all the corrupted machines in a Corrupted Zone. Killed all the corrupted machines in every Corrupted Zone. |
First & All Cores Overridden | Reached the Core of a Cauldron. Reached the Core of every Cauldron. |
All Suns – at one Ground – at all Grounds | Earned at least a Half Sun mark in all three trials – at one Hunting Ground. – at all of the Hunting Grounds. |
Blazing Suns – at one Ground – at all Grounds | Earned a Blazing Sun mark in all three trials – at one Hunting Ground. – at all of the Hunting Grounds. |
These achievements are pretty self-explanatory.
Override all the Tallnecks and the locations for the other activities will be revealed on the map.
Achievement | Description |
First & All Vantages found | Found and accessed a Vantage datapoint. Found and accessed all of the Vantage datapoints. |
First & All Metal Flowers found | Discovered a strange metal flower. Found all of the Metal Flowers. |
First & All Banuk Figures found | Found a wooden effigy left by a Banuk traveler. Found all of Arnak’s figures. |
First & All Ancient Vessels found | Found an ancient vessel once used by the Old Ones. Found all the Ancient Vessels. |
There are:
- 12 vantage points
- 30 metal flowers
- 6 banuk figures
- 12 ancient vessels
for all of which you can actually buy a map at the Meridian merchants.
Miscellaneous
Achievement | Description |
First Modification | Used a Weapon Coil or Outfit Weave on a modifiable weapon or outfit. |
Modifications are uncommon drops from killed machines.
To use them, open your menu, go to crafting, choose weapons or outfits, pick a weapon/outfit with an empty slot and choose a mod to equip.
You’ll be given your first outfit with a slot just before the Proving.
Achievement | Description |
Downed 23 Grazer dummies | Found and knocked over all of the Grazer training dummies in the Nora region. |
Achievement | Description |
Got the Shield-Weaver outfit | Recovered an ancient technology and put it to use. |
Achievement | Description |
All trophies obtained | Obtained all Horizon Zero Dawn trophies. |
This should unlock without the Frozen Wilds achievements below.
I’ll confirm as soon as possible.
By Brachragon
Note: For DLC achievements (how to get them), click here.
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