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Horizon Forbidden West guide: Trophies

Every trophy and how to get them

By Jeff Ramos Updated
Aloy in Horizon Forbidden West Image: Guerrilla Games/PlayStation Studios
Part of Horizon Forbidden West walkthroughs, guides, and tips

In Horizon Forbidden West, you’ll have plenty of achievements to accomplish, combat skills to upgrade, and robotic creatures to dismantle. While you adventure across the land, you’ll have 59 trophies to unlock on your PS4 or PS5.

Below you’ll find a list of all 59 Horizon Forbidden West trophies and their descriptions. We’ve broken up all the trophies into three categories covering gameplay, collections, and hidden trophies.

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Horizon Forbidden West trophies: Gameplay

There are several Horizon Forbidden West trophies that have to do with how you play the game. These trophies cover categories such as performing certain combat abilities, leveling up Aloy to certain levels, upgrading equipment, and more.

Horizon Forbidden West trophies: Gameplay

Name Rarity Description
Name Rarity Description
10 Types of Machines Overridden Bronze Unlocked and used the overrides for 10 different types of machines.
Enchanced Weapon with Coils Bronze Equipped a weapon of any tier with 2 coils.
Performed 3 Melee Combos Bronze Succcessfully performed 3 different unlockable melee combos.
Reach Level 20 Bronze Reached player level 20.
Reach Level 30 Bronze Reached player level 30.
Reach Level 50 Silver Reached player level 50.
Reached the Daunt Bronze Arrived at the Daunt seeking passage into the Forbidden West.
Stealth Killed 10 Machines Bronze Performed a stealth kill on 10 machines.
Tore off 100 Components Bronze Detached 100 components from machines.
Upgraded 3 Outfits Bronze Fully upgraded 3 different outfits.
Upgraded 3 Weapons Bronze Fully upgraded 3 weapons.
Upgraded Every Pouch Type Bronze Upgraded the Food Pouch, Potion Pouch, Resource Pouch, Trap Pouch, and any ammo pouch at least once.

Horizon Forbidden West trophies: Collection

A handful of Horizon Forbidden West trophies require you to defeat multiple types of enemies, collect different styles of weaponry, learn a full suite of skills, and more.

Horizon Forbidden West trophies: Collection

Name Rarity Description
Name Rarity Description
All Acquisition Machines Killed Bronze Killed at least one of every type of Acquistion machine.
All Combat Machines Killed Bronze Killed at least one of every type of Combat machine.
All Machine Types Scanned Silver Encounter and Focus every type of machine.
All Recon Machines Killed Bronze Killed at least one of every type of Reconnaissance machine.
All Transport Machines Killed Bronze Killed at least one of every type of Transport machine.
All Trophies Obtained Platinum Obtain all Horizon Forbidden West trophies.
Obtain All Weapon Classes Bronze Obtain 1 weapon from every weapon class.
Picked up 5 Heavy Weapons Bronze Picked up 5 different heavy weapons.
Skill Tree Learned Silver Learned all available skills on one tree.
Used All Elemental States Bronze Inflicted every elemental state on an enemy at least once.

Horizon Forbidden West trophies: Hidden

No PlayStation game would be without its secret objectives. Horizon Forbidden West hidden trophies are mostly tied to the game’s story or related to achievements that reveal more of the game’s backstory.

Horizon Forbidden West spoiler image Graphic: Dave Tach | Image: Guerrilla Games/Sony Interactive Entertainment

Horizon Forbidden West trophies: Hidden

Name Rarity Description
Name Rarity Description
Aided Kotallo Bronze Helped Kotallo build and test a mechanized arm.
All Cores Overridden Silver Reached the Core of every Cauldron and accessed their information.
All Tallnecks Overridden Silver Reached the top of every Tallneck and accessed their information.
Attended the Embassy Bronze Survived the ambush at the Embassy and gained passage into the Forbidden West.
Chose a Desert Commander Bronze Aided both Drakka and Yarra and chose the better candidate.
Completed 2 Flying Mount Quests Bronze Completed 2 quests that require a flying mount.
Completed 3 Relic Runs Bronze Discovered and completed 3 Relic Runs.
Completed 4 Rebel Outposts Bronze Defeated the outpost leader and recovered the tags from 4 Rebel Outposts.
Completed a Long Glide Bronze Glided uninterrupted for 60 seconds.
Completed a Set of Salvage Contracts Bronze Completed all contracts at a Salvage Contractor.
Completed Arena Challenge Set Bronze Completed 1 Arena Challenge Set.
Defeated Asera Silver Investigated all Revel Camps and helped Erend defeat Asera.
Defeated Machine Strike Challengers Bronze Won a match against 2 different Machine Strike challengers.
Defeated the Enduring Bronze Defeated the Tenakth melee master know as the Enduring.
Discovered Faro's Fate Bronze Survived Thebes and befriended the Quen.
Discovered Nemesis Gold Put an end to the Zenith threat and discovered Nemesis.
Established the Base Bronze Secured a base of operations and rebooted GAIA.
First Core Overridden Bronze Raeched the Core of a Cauldron and accesssed its information.
First Rebel Camp Completed Bronze Completed key objectives in 1 Rebel Camp.
First Tallneck Overridden Bronze Reached the top of a Tallneck and accessed its information.
Flew on the Wings of the Ten Bronze Flew into battle and vanquished Regalla.
Fully Upgraded a Valor Surge Bronze Upgraded a Valor Surge to its maximum level.
Healed the Land-gods Bronze Helped Zo reboot the land-gods to save Plainsong.
Obtained 3 Stripes at a Hunting Ground Bronze Earned at least a Quarter Stripe mark in all three trials at one Hunting Ground.
Obtained 3 Stripes at All Hunting Grounds Silver Earned at least a Quarter Stripe mark in all three trials at all Hunting Grounds.
Recovered 5 Different Collectibles Bronze Completed 1 Survey Drone, 1 Black Box, 1 Relic Run, 1 Vista Point, and 1 Signal Tower.
Recovered AETHER Bronze Defended the Kulrut and recovered AETHER.
Recovered Alva's Data Bronze Helped Alva retrieve data to help the Quen.
Recovered Beta Bronze Followed Beta's distress signal and brought her back to the base.
Recovered DEMETER Bronze Encountered the Quen and recovered DEMETER.
Recovered POSEIDON Bronze Draineed Las Vegas and recovered POSEIDON.
Rode All Regular Mounts Bronze Rode a Charger, Bristleback, and Clawstrider.
Saved the Daunt Bronze Resolved all of the problems troubling the Daunt.
Secured Passage to the Embassy Bronze Cleared the way to the Embassy and reopened the Daunt.
Unlocked 3 Weapon Techniques Bronze Unlocked a Weapon Technique for 3 different weapon classes.
Used Dyed Flowers Bronze Used dye flowers to unlock and apply a new dye.
Won 2 Gauntlet Runs Bronze Won first place in two different Gauntlet Runs.