Horizon has a great variety of Trophies, and we’ve got a complete breakdown of all of them, with notes on how to get them.
Platinum
All Trophies Obtained – Get all other trophies in the game (DLC not required)
Gold
Blazing Sun at all Grounds – Earn a Blazing Sun badge for every trial at the Hunting Grounds. Our guide has a section on how to do this as painlessly as possible!
Ended the War Machine Threat – Complete the final main quest of the game, The Face of Extinction
Silver
All Cores Overridden – Find and override all Cauldron Cores, the manufacturing plants for the Machines. For a detailed breakdown of the different Cauldrons, check out our Cauldron section
All Corrupted Zones Cleared – Kill all the Corrupted Machines in every Corrupted Zone around the map. There are 11 Corrupted Zones in all, and if you need help taking out the Machines, take a look at our enemy guide.
All Suns at all Grounds – Earn at least Half Sun badges at every Hunting Ground trial
All Tallnecks Overriden – Find, scale and override all the Tallnecks on the map. FOr more details, check out our guide on the Tallnecks
All Bandit Camps Cleared – Find and clear all bandit camps around the map. There are 6 bandit camps in total and overriding Tallnecks will reveal them on the map. To clear a bandit camp you need to kill every bandit in the camp. This is a good opportunity to get the Headshot 30 Humans Trophy
Bronze
10 Vulnerable machine kills – Basically, some Machines are weak to a certain kind of elemental damage and if you kill either one that’s vulnerable to burning whilst it’s burning, or vulnerable to freeze when it’s frozen, it’ll count. To help you, here’s a list of Machines you can target for this Trophy:
Weak to Fire:
Sawtooth
Glinthawk
Corruptor
Ravager
Snapmaw
Deathbringer
Corrupted Machines
Weak to Freeze:
Trampler
Fire Bellowback
Rockbreaker
3 Strikes From Above – Kill 3 enemies using the Strike from Above skill. This is a Trophy you’re very likely to just acquire over your game playing time. However, if you want to farm it out, the Valleymeet Hunting Grounds will provide you with plenty of Grazers to land on.
7 types of machine overridden – Unlocked and used the overrides for 7 different types of machine. This is definitely easiest to obtain after you’ve overridden all the Cauldrons as it will give you the most options. Once you’ve done that, just find 7 separate types of Machine and override them to get this Trophy.
Aided the defectors – Aided the escapes of Uthid and the child king Itamen from the Shadow Carja. Complete the Queen’s Gambit sidequest to get this Trophy
All Acquisition machines killed – See the “All Machines Catalogued” Trophy
All Combat machines killed – See the “All Machines Catalogued” Trophy
All Recon machines killed – See the “All Machines Catalogued” Trophy
All Transport machines killed – See the “All Machines Catalogued” Trophy
All Machines Catalogued – Encountered and Focus scanned every type of machine. The game – helpfully – doesn’t actually tell you what category each Machine falls into, so you can’t track your progress on the “All X type of Machines killed” Trophies. The way around this is to simply make sure you’ve killed every type of Machine in the catalogue. We have an Enemy Machine guide that’ll help you in getting this Trophy.
All allies joined – Given Aloy's actions, all possible optional allies joined the defense. This means completing 11 sidequests before you commit to the final quest. Once you’ve completed all of them, the Trophy should unlock when Aloy goes to sleep. The quests are:
Traitor’s Bounty
Queen’s Gambit
Sun and Shadow
Honor the Fallen
A Moment's Peace
A Daughter’s Vengeance
Hunting For the Lodge
Hunters Blind
Deadliest Game
Redmaw
All Ancient Vessels found – Found all the Ancient Vessel collectibles. Check our Collectibles section to get a detailed guide on their locations
All Banuk Figures found – Found all of Arnak's figures. Check our Collectibles section to get a detailed guide on their locations
All Metal Flowers found – Found all of the Metal Flowers. Check our Collectibles section to get a detailed guide on their locations
Downed 23 Grazer dummies – Found and knocked over all of the Grazer training dummies in the Nora region. Check our Collectibles section to get a detailed guide on their locations
All Skills learned – Learned all available skills. This is actually a fairly simple Trophy to complete. Quests will often reward you with skill points as well as exp, and if you complete all sidequests and the Hunting Grounds, you’ll get this no bother.
All Suns at one Ground – Earn at least Half Sun badges at in all the trials at one Hunting Ground
All Vantages found – Found and accessed all of the Vantage datapoints. Check our Collectibles section to get a detailed guide on their locations
Blazing Suns at one Ground – Earn Blazing Sun badges at in all the trials at one Hunting Ground
First Ancient Vessel found – Found an ancient vessel once used by the Old Ones.
First Bandit Camp cleared – Took back a settlement from a bandit clan
First Banuk Figure found – Found a wooden effigy left by a Banuk traveler
First Core Overridden – Reached the Core of a Cauldron and accessed its information
First Corrupted Zone cleared – Killed all the corrupted machines in a Corrupted Zone
First Metal Flower found – Discovered a strange metal flower
First Modification – Used a Weapon Coil or Outfit Weave on a modifiable weapon or outfit. To do this, once you’ve found a modification coil, either through looting or being given one as part of a quest, go into your crafting menu then attach the coil to your weapon or armour to unlock the Trophy.
First Tallneck Overridden – Scaled a Tallneck and accessed its information. Override any Tallneck and rappel down from it to get this Trophy
First Vantage found – Found and accessed a Vantage datapoint
Broke the siege of All-Mother – Defeated the invaders and went inside the sacred mountain. This Trophy will unlock as part of the main quest
Crashed the Eclipse network – Infiltrated the Eclipse battle camp and crashed their network. This Trophy will unlock as part of the main quest
Defeated the Sawtooth – Defeated the Sawtooth that threatened the Nora. This Trophy will unlock as part of the main quest
Discovered the truth – Discovered the truth of Zero Dawn. This Trophy will unlock as part of the main quest
Followed Rost's teachings – Learned to hunt and fight alongside Rost. This Trophy will unlock as part of the main quest
Fought back the corruption – Destroyed the corruption inside the Nora valley. This Trophy will unlock as part of the main quest
Learned of the ancient past – Learned of the ancient past at Maker's End. This Trophy will unlock as part of the main quest
Recovered a powerful weapon – Explored the Mountain That Fell and recovered a powerful weapon. This Trophy will unlock as part of the main quest
Saved Meridian from its foe – Helped Erend investigate Ersa's fate, and foiled a plot against Meridian. This Trophy will unlock as part of the main quest
Triumphed in the Proving – Overcame adversity and placed first in the Proving. This Trophy will unlock as part of the main quest
Victorious with the War-Chief – Found the Nora War-Chief and defeated the killers in the Ring of Metal. Complete the Revenge of the Nora quest to unlock this Trophy
Got the Shield-Weaver outfit – Recovered an ancient technology and put it to use. Complete the Ancient Armoury sidequest by finding all of the Power Cells and obtaining the Shield-Weaver Armour. Check our guide section on this to find each of the Cells with ease.
Headshot 30 human enemies – Killed 30 human enemies by landing headshots on them. This Trophy will most likely unlock as you play through the game, but if not, your best option is to have the Concentration skill, then go take on some bandit camps. There’s a plethora of human enemies to kill with headshots in these areas.
Hunted Redmaw with Talanah – Rose through the ranks of the Hunters Lodge and helped Talanah defeat Redmaw. Complete the full Hunter’s Lodge questline, including Red Maw, to get this Trophy.
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. Levelling up in the game isn’t hugely difficult, especially if you aim for getting all Blazing Suns in the Hunting Grounds. Each Blazing Sun is worth 17,500 exp so if you complete all the Grounds, that’s a huge amount of levels already. Complete all the sidequests and errands and by the time you get near the end of the game, the main quest should finish off any exp you need, no grinding required!
Stealth killed 10 machines – Performed a stealth kill on 10 machines. This is a Trophy that is likely to just unlock as you play, but if you want to farm it out, your best bet is it to go to either the Nora or Valleymeet Hunting Grounds then use the Silent Strike skill on Watchers and other weak enemies. So long as you either get a Silent Strike that kills or a one shot bow kill on a blue eyed Machine, it counts as a stealth kill.
Tore off 10 components – Detached 10 components from machines during combat. Another one that you’ll likely get as you play, but just in case, if you want to make sure you get it, load up on Tearblast arrows and start shooting some weaker enemies like Grazers. You’ll pull of a load of components quickly and the Trophy will be yours before you know it.
Tore off 5 heavy weapons – Detached 5 heavy weapons from machines during combat. The bigger combat machines like the Thunderjaw have heavy weapons attached to them, and you can rip these off. Thunderjaws are the easiest to get this Trophy with because they have two disc launchers on either side that come off with one Tearblast arrow to each. Fight 3 Thunderjaws and you’ll get this Trophy in no time.