9 Things I Wish I Knew Before Playing Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds

[@angelitabecerra]

I started The Frozen Wilds around level 37 in my first playthrough. Never died. But I'm a fan of staying far away on top of a mountain and sniping the machines

[@theoneme3748]

Same, but I recently started attacking more aggressively. But for some reason, I'm always scared of attacking first 😭

[@angelitabecerra]

@@theoneme3748 I prefer to always attack first. Gives me the advantage of choosing my target, my ground, my attack, and the ability to target a weakness first. But I play HZd like I do Skyrim. Full on sneak thief archer. Though, without the thieving part of course

[@theoneme3748]

@@angelitabecerra I've been wanting to play Skyrim, but I don't know which game to buy, there is so many 😵 which would you advise me?

[@angelitabecerra]

@@theoneme3748 I'm confused, there is only one Skyrim, there are multiple Elder Scrolls. But only one Elder Scrolls V Skyrim

[@theoneme3748]

@@angelitabecerra oh, okay. When I look up Skyrim there were many options. Elder scroll was one of them. I don't know if they are DLCs but I wanted to buy one that would allow me to not only do the main story but to also go online

[@undergroundalcoholsi]

Hint: you can buy more bluegleam from the special box merchant in Meridian

[@micdoses1]

undergroundalcoholsi interesting

[@3figures]

I entered at level 11 and just became banjo leader at level 15

[@nolan7095]

Arthur Sermeno III nice

[@iBeFloe]

Oh

[@JuliusR2002]

undergroundalcoholsi yeah i believe you could get 100 bluegleam in total

[@taran_tella]

What I wish I knew before playing FW: my ass will get handed to me

[@AnimaTweek]

yeah, but if you were told beforehand, i doubt even i would believe myself.

[@CrazyBanzai42]

Unicornmafia That was already a given 😂 the recommended level for a ThunderJaw was level 27. The entire DLC area is at least a level 30 recommendation. I saw that coming from a mile away. Plus...playing on UH...I kinda wanted to be over leveled...so ya know...xD

[@taran_tella]

BKG Banzai yeah I was kind of joking 😄

[@CrazyBanzai42]

Unicornmafia 🙃

[@mikebotinovch9720]

Unicornmafia omfggg right. Ive been stuck on the first Fireclaw you run into for like 2 months!!

[@DaneofHalves]

That HZD music always makes me emotional!

[@nd8490]

DaneofHalves The music is my least favorite part of the game

[@edsonadnarim1955]

DaneofHalves tunhunhun tunhunhun hunhun tunhunhun

[@edsonadnarim1955]

Chuka Kaelo metal gear is trash.

[@yobogoya4367]

@DaneofHalves I agree...the music coupled with the story really tug on my feels.

[@Galm276]

EDSON ADNARIM what are you!????!

[@beenwoke2457]

The annoying part is that I’m playing on ultra hard and everything is expensive af

[@Arseni.P]

NewMotive exactly! After playing for 3 hours I maybe earned around 300 shards, but spend most of it to buy more wire because I went through most of it fighting machines.

[@aarondetre9852]

try doing the logpile trial at the first hunting grounds over and over. You can get a lot of shards for not doing very much.

[@CrazyBanzai42]

Here's what I did. Resource skill tree maxed in the beginning of my UH fresh play. Made it a lot easier 20 hours in.

[@corneliusdobeneck4081]

At least ... :D

[@Bro-kq2xo]

I don't think you need too much amount of money to play on UH. But if you need money while enjoying the game, I suggest you go to the area where the are 2 thunderjaw near each other. Override one of them. Have them kill each other and kill the alive one with sticky sling bomb. I don't farm shard by grazer trial because it was boring af.

[@professorwho6315]

I believe one of the greatest strengths of HZD is the fact that the difficulty is tied more in how you play rather than how difficult the machines are. The only time I died in TFW is when I first entered and met a Scorcher. I was unprepared for its range and ferocity. Also, since I hadn't played for most of the year, I was still relearning the controls. After that fight, however, I knew how to approach the new bots and they became just as easy as a Thunderjaw. Then there's the Towers. Whereas the little stun in overriding them is nice, you have to judge the situation. As per usual, a little scouting goes a long way and you'll find that there's almost always a way to sneak-up on the first tower without issue. However, once the fighting starts, you'll have to decide whether just destroying the other towers (because there are more than one in most instances) is going to be a lot faster than trying to disengage combat every couple of seconds so you can sneak-up upon the others. Again, more the way you play than difficulty. I do have a question about the pouches though. I had fully upgraded my pouches before ending my game the first time, and even when installing TFW I find them all fully upgraded. Now, I had actually upgraded my pouches fully a couple of months after beating the game the first time because I was hunting for all the extra goodies I had missed. What can I say, I didn't want to leave Aloy's world... Anyhoo... Did the pouch upgrades come from an earlier update and I happened to take advantage of them when they came out, or is there something I'm missing? I'll conclude (never meant for this post to be so long, sorry) with my thoughts on TFW. I have heard it said that the game feels like more of a side-quest than a continuation and therefore might be best experienced as part of a second playthrough. Whereas it is in fact a side questline meant to be finished before the Final Battle of the main story, it doesn't hurt to go in afterwards at Level 50. The things added in the game are just as good as any late-game items you pick up in the main game, so it doesn't feel out of place no matter how you play it. And the quality is the same. If you loved HZD before, this won't necessarily make you love it more, but it will allow you to revisit the world and characters that captivated you so much the first time around.

[@philiphunn194]

I noticed my carry capacity had increased after I maxed out the new skill tree (which I was able to do right away thanks to having a shit-ton of skill points from previous games). I forget which skill it is that does it, though.

[@barrywatts2908]

Professor Who nice review dude

[@alyseleem2692]

I will be honest. TEACH ME!

[@eugenelim9765]

I died alot in HZD..not by losing in a battles, but by falling from high places. lols

[@lonewolfinthetardis2640]

Nice username and profile pic

[@datboi7116]

I played the whole game on hard with the hunter bow and the sharp shot bow until I realized before the last mission u could buy better weapons

[@Andy-200]

JoWaffles Diaz HOW???

[@TrustMeMore]

Lmaoooooooo

[@steampunkrose1010]

I'm still using the sharpshot because I prefer its handling but I'll upgrade before the final push.

[@LoneSilver]

Clutch

[@korokseed1619]

Aki Fx I’m pretty sure that it doesn’t take longer to draw the new bows. You don’t need to draw it back all the way for it to be accurate. You only need to draw it like halfway, the rest is just for power, and, let me tell you, it’s pretty worth it.

[@harshdeep243]

Its was one of the best games I have ever played. I never imagined that a non Rockstar studio can make such a great open world game

[@erickholmberg533]

CD project red..... the witcher 3....

[@keriharguess5584]

@Harshdeep Singh I agree, HZD has become one of my absolute favorites! However it still doesn’t beat RDR2 for me.. I don’t think anything ever will. Unless they come out with RDR3 and you get to play as a young Arthur Morgan. That would be the best ever!!

[@harshdeep243]

@@keriharguess5584 RSR2 is different level bro. There is not a single game you can compare to RDR2

[@harshdeep243]

@__ cough cough didn't say Witcher 3 is bad. I am talking about HZD here

[@juhpuh1985]

@@harshdeep243 And now they announced Horizon Forbidden West.. I can't wait till 2022!

[@BHRamsay]

Also certain sidequests and missions reward Aloy with powerful mods. The outfits can be upgraded to the point where they have almost as much durability as Shield-Weaver and weapons mods can turn your bows into one hit kill generators even on ultra hard. Visit the Hunting Ground, for one thing finishing the missions there results in one of those powerful mods I mentioned Another character hangs out there who also has a powerful mod as a reward if Aloy completes her mission. But the absolute best reason is because no less than the awesome Jennifer Hale aka Commander Shepard runs the Hunting Ground. Technically Frozen Wilds is post game DLC since you likely won't hit the level necessary to avoid getting jolly-stomped until then however, if you're bold try visiting after your mission to The Grave Horde ends. Frozen Wilds will actually change certain lines of dialogue in the main game and should you wait until you've visited Sunfall and the Zero Dawn facility beneath Aloy will reference her growing knowledge of the Terraforming AI Subsystems. Plus one of the characters (potentially two) from Frozen Wilds will join your final battle against Helios and The Eclipse. Another somewhat dubious benefit of completing Frozen Wilds before the final battle (I'd recommend right before visiting Gaia Prime ) you'll find out information about Sylens which he'd clearly prefer Aloy didn't know.

[@Isabelle-hv6ny]

I visited before the final battle in Meridian xD

[@BHRamsay]

@@Isabelle-hv6ny Depending on your dialogue choices in Frontier Justice, Inatut will join you and Aratak at the Spire

[@Isabelle-hv6ny]

@@BHRamsay I know. ^^ Had that

[@zabbas9371]

If you don't mind me asking, what is the piece of extra information you attain about sylens if you complete frozen wilds before the main story?

[@BHRamsay]

@@zabbas9371 If you speak with Ourea, a knowledgeable Shaman of the Banuk she'll tell you an interesting story.

[@PlayedByViks]

I had so much ammo before playing FW now I'm ammo broke

[@yobogoya4367]

I finished the DLC last night (all trophies)...just on the final Hunting Grounds Challenge (Chieftain) alone, I had to leave the DLC 4 times to farm Blaze from the first hunting ground's pack of Grazers.

[@PlayedByViks]

Jeff Cheek haha that's what i do mate, the struggle is real

[@kennethcarson7221]

This may be late but I found out playing the trials dying will reset your ammo. If I got the unwanted time I just die and you go back in with the same ammo amounts you started with.

[@rechellebrave2147]

I can't seem to get any lenses or hearts from the new machines.

[@iKidd94]

Lol this made me lol

[@wyswolf6874]

I absolutely LOVE the horizon zero dawn soundtrack so the fact that the soundtrack is in the background made it easier to take in the information

[@Genisys_1_3]

I started my first playthrough on Very Hard because I'm a "Hard Core Gamer". I am an explorer and completionist too, and as soon as I had access to TFW, I entered and did everything starting at level 22 with the basic bow. I never realized this was DLC... I spend 3 hours trying to kill the first scorcher before I just got too mad and bypassed it. I only learned the reccommended level was 30 after I completed everything but the final quest where I saw level 50 requirement and got the notification of the no turn back. I was level 45 by the time I got out of TFW and finished the main game. Needless to say the base game was WAY easier after that... Don't be like me...

[@aidahmsa8782]

When The Frozen Wilds was available to explore, I was eager to find out. When I reached there I was surprised. Eventhough it was a tough environment, but I got better rewards, one of them is the higher experience points. It's a good place to levelling up & unlock new skills. After I completed The Frozen Wilds, the journey to completing the main mission is much easier after bringing all the new rewards & weapons. Good Luck & Happy Hunting newbies :)

[@alyseleem2692]

Agreed... I miss it there.

[@vr6volkspower]

There is the exact number of bluegleams throughout the game, including the special boxes from the merchant in meridian and missions rewards, to buy every single item from the expension. You only need to decide which one you want 1st. I aimed for all 3 bows 1st, then the nora stealth suit and then all the other suits. Also good to know that every suit and weapons will get an extra mod slot when doing new game+ which means 4 mod slots (hunters lodge weapons as well) I was also quite dissapointed to find that in new game+ when you do the mission in frozen wild to gain you're 1st mod slot for the spear, you don't get an extra one (so 2 slot is the max with sylens' spear) it would've been awesome to get up to 4 slot, gaining one every time you restart a new game+ game, and then having the shaman saying you can't upgrade your spear anymore saying something like "I've never seen such a powerfull and well crafted spear before!!"

[@FaresKhiary]

I'm so in love with this game. Story, graphics, game mechanics.. everything is so well done and in harmony! I have a ton of games that I haven't played yet but I only play Horizon until I finish it to to the very end !

[@slayerwillie2020]

I didnt know it was the dlc and went in at level 15. Came out at level 27 with some bluegleam weapons and a new outfit! Left a bunch of quests behind once i realized it was the dlc. I died a lot, but it's possible.

[@tonyxgamer6467]

One thing I really wish I knew before I got HZD:FW was how extreme FrostClaw and Fireclaw is (Those bear like machines thats faster than they look). The flame machine thats charges at you with flame attack was my arch enemy, but now I know how I can beat it without dying so much (my game is in norwegian so that robot is called Brenner, and it means fire and flameable). But now Frostclaw (Or Ice claw. idk what you call it) and fire claw is the worst. If they manage to hit you or jump on you by landing on you with their backs, youre cold dead... But please don't get me wrong, I love the game and I love the FW and I love Aloy. Its the best game and the best story I have ever experienced

[@moffyzerasek6613]

Tonyx gamer they're called scorchers in english. It took me a REALLY long time and a lot of hunting and then a giant accident where I was panicking and me reviewing the video of what happened to figure out how to kill them efficiently.

[@coltonwilliams4153]

You don’t know terror until you see a fireclaw pick up a boulder bigger than Aloy, then chase you around with it. The best way I learned to deal with that is to let it get to you, and roll between its legs just as it’s going to slam the rock down on your head. Then get the hell away from it, cause it immediately lights its claws up and starts taking swings at you. Hephaestus really outdid itself with those fireclaws.

[@Whimsy3692]

You know, if you hide behind a rock from a Fireclaw, and it blasts fire at you, it will _melt_ the fucking rock you're hiding behind. I think my jaw dropped a bit when I saw that.

[@alyseleem2692]

@@Whimsy3692 Dear God.

[@alyseleem2692]

Scorchers are truly the machines I hated above all. Frostclaws can be dealt with if you have enough health and good aim. Fireclaws if you play the long game and war constantly against the creatures until they die. I'd run in the middle, hide in a bush,sneak a strike,fire my best ammo,get beaten around, repeat. These things, though.... They cut to the chase. They're telegrammed,yes,but they move so fast that you can barely breath in between their strikes. A single Scorcher is fine if alone and you're prepared for it. Just don't complain about Aloy limping afterwards with a lot less health. Problem is,I barely see any Scorcher that truly patrols alone. They seem to always come in deadly pairs. Their combined speed would send me skidding across the fields between them. If they weren't so aggressive, I'd say they were two pups playing around. It's terrifying how easily they get you after one slower step. I remember that one time I did get a lone Scorcher in the Wilds. I was on the road,close to the Hunting Grounds. It had been a long day. It was nighttime. Suddenly, from the side of the road,it came skidding with flames following it's steps right at me. I was lucky. Didn't get caught in that. We fought for a while. Wasn't easy. Didn't have much health left on me. I remember barely winning

[@aubreysummers1729]

"Powered up pointy stick"... Yup that's what I'm calling it now.

[@Black.Clover5]

Love the game to death and this is just Nitpicking but the graphics are so amazing that I can’t help but cringe every time I see Aloy put away her staff behind her and it disappears lol Just a nitpick, but continue now in getting my ass kicked by the scorcher.

[@cryengine_x]

you should see gears of war 4 on xbox x lol. i own both ps4 pro. gears blows this away on xbox x in 4k.

[@Lampboi-jp6dt]

2 VERY different games though. As well as different technology in the systems.

[@pacman1789]

Cryengine_X Yeah, except part of why that is: Gears of War 4 is NOT open world like Horizon Zero Dawn is. If it was it wouldn't look as good.

[@bulletstee9118]

@@cryengine_x is gears open world tho ?

[@requiredparticular6831]

First game I had the thought that I’d love to see a movie made from.

[@thegamerpokemon5767]

Used to constantly sell and dismantle chillwater, since I only used freeze arrows on special occasions. Then I went to FW, got the upgraded icerail, and man, I'm regretting not keeping 1/5 of my inventory for chillwater alone. That thing goes through chillwater faster than a snapmaw goes through metal.

[@thepieaddict]

Tracer is that you??

[@arinonko1375]

I now know tracers voice actor

[@user-bt8zn1hh4w]

Oh yeah

[@derpsterzwaans893]

First thing i thought to

[@keriharguess5584]

I’m already Tracer

[@mabra33]

Are girls not allowed to have a British accent?

[@rowanmurphy5239]

Frozen Wilds was great. Completed it. Gathered all collectibles. Just going after data points and then I'll have completed the game 100%. Didn't know about spear upgrades though, so thanks!

[@anotherfool9278]

I love this game. I bought it a week or 2 ago with the expansion. And my god it is fantastic. I actually went into The Cut at lvl 15 or so. Right after leaving the Nora Sacred Grounds. I was just exploring the awesome world and stumbled upon it and I didnt really know what it was. But I stayed and leveled up hard. It was hard in the beginning but since everything was way over my level, everything leveled me up like a rare candy. I left The Cut at lvl 35-40 range. After doing this first, doing all the cauldrons and tall necks, the rest of the game became very easy but still very fun. The only thing that bugs me is how did the people become so advanced and then revert back to being so primitive?

[@rizkaarifiandi5670]

theres a reason for that, and its considered a spoiler if i tell it here hahaha but dont worry, the explanation is worthed it

[@anotherfool9278]

I beat the game. yeah I did post this before hand but I am still questioning it. If the robots ate only organic life then the world wouldnt be barren, just in ruins. Books and such would survive just like the mugs. Maybe not a lot of them but there would be some. If the bible can survive then so can Harry Potter lol. Some places would be untouched like fall out shelters for example. There would be no reason for the robots to go somewhere unless they were after a bug or someone left a potted plant down there. I just think there would be some knowledge left behind to put these guys at a better spot in the evolutionary race. Idk maybe I am just putting too much faith in the human race still i like the idea behind it all. Except they should of jailed the guy that started the apocalypse when he fricken started the apocalypse. If that isnt a federal offense then I dont know what is lol. Not only that but he is the reason Hades exists and almost started another apocalypse and hes the reason they are set back in the Stone Age. EVERYTHING THIS GUY TOUCHES TURNS TO POO!! lol

[@alyseleem2692]

@@anotherfool9278 To answer your question, paper is formed from organic matter. All that remains is buildings. Either way,the children of Eleuthia were not educated in reading that much. What you read is actually translated to your brain through the Focus. It actually looks like runes. That,and the machines themselves, of course. The people had no education except at kindergarten level. Their descendants had no better luck. Still,tinkers and geniuses are aplenty. Perhaps there's still hope. We just need Apollo.

[@Im_Blitz]

The game explains that all the knowledge of human civilization was intentionally wiped by that Faro CEO guy because he felt that the knowledge they had was more a curse than a gift. This, in turn, sent the future human civilizations back into the stone age since all of the technological advances and knowledge of weapons and culture/civilization was NOT safeguarded. It WAS the intent of most of the people in the GAIA Zero Dawn program to share everything with future humans so that they didn't have to essentially start all over, but it was the decisions of 1 man that threw all of it away. He believed humans would be better off re-figuring everything out for themselves, believing that their knowledge and their advances were too dangerous to safekeep for people to mess up again anyway. It's very controversial, but the FARO CEO (I think it was Ted Faro)made the call to indirectly send future humans back to spears and tents.

[@moved.channels.]

Ah yeah, pretty excited to start playing forbidden West tbh, this whole game is pretty good, planning to do lots of side missions and finding flowers, blurgleam, etc. Might do the battle with Hades again too.

[@benjaminmyles1490]

Definitely disagree about overriding the control tower versus destroying them, I didnt find that the shock wave it sent it after being overridden was all that useful and then when the macheine recover you’re stuck in the middle of the fight instead of being able to shoot from a strategic height/distance

[@sinisterbamf]

I bought the complete version so I went to the frozen wilds when I was only a lvl 37. I got pretty far without dying but I got sick and tired of sneaking the entire time. I decided to train to max lvl and go back to blast through it. I did NOT blast through it, those daemons are hard. It was still difficult but not enough so that I had to gather a lot of potions and herbs.

[@rikkuree]

I was in the middle of playing NG+ UH and decided to get the DLC... then went exploring. Everything is so hard. Plus side is that I have learned the importance on weak spots. Downside Hunting Grounds is next to impossible to complete ):

[@popsjr]

Ikr? I have the cheifs mission to complete, and that one side quest with the girl to complete (she freezes and you go until you're out of arrows), apart from that I have completely finished FW (on normal!) And yet I can't do it. The side quest seems doable, but the hunting grounds. No way. I can't kill the scortures fast enough

[@Isabelle-hv6ny]

@@popsjr Tbh I changed the difficulty while playing xD

[@popsjr]

@@Isabelle-hv6ny 😂, that is honestly what i might have to do. 2 months later and I've made no more progress. I've definitely tried tho lol

[@alyseleem2692]

Agreed 👍

[@BRISKOLOKS]

I went into the wilds on level 30 and now I'm level 35 after fixing the flooded water system. I do have shield weaver tho.

[@JuliusR2002]

Raymond Reddington same i also played the game 3 times but i was level 50 at the end of my first playthrough

[@Truekingr6]

silly gamers im level 50 and i haven't even beaten the game since release, i just grind becuase its fun, thats a real gamer. one shot one kill, won't even see it coming

[@avrizadevano3502]

@@Truekingr6 Hey me too! Idk why, but I really like the hunting mechanics in this game, makes me really like to grind aswell

[@IronicDanceClub]

I started playing HZD 2 days ago but yaaaaay... lots to look forward to.

[@jppiano6826]

“Everything is harder” Me using Story mode 👁👄👁

[@skysunder9781]

It’s Normal mode now

[@wannybashizi8965]

That's me 😂😂😂 But still..

[@MS-fe6hk]

Iam using easy and it's very easy for me in 2021 bcz I downloaded it free lol

[@BenRajan]

You have a harder time dying.

[@kopereacts]

Pretty much most would do it in story mode diffculty since most trophies are not affected by difficulty but most would pick higher mode if they want more of challenge

[@aidahmsa8782]

When HZD Complete Edition was released, playing the complete edition gives us more choices completing the game. We can play the standard base game 1st then the DLC. We can play the DLC during base game then completing the game. I realised there are a few more additional dialogue.

[@Luca_Talis]

What would you recommend I started playing in june and I'm halfway through the game level 37-38 on the mission into the borderlands where you meet the sun king and haven't started the tfw dlc yet so when should I start it

[@ladymuck2]

How do you start the frozen from the base game in the complete edition?

[@tex1337]

I love how you guys kinda have this icon in your name, yet, you dont say it in the video as a good thing. 10: Play the game on "NG+" (New Game+) mode (if you have beated the game before), this will unlock a extra socket slot for weapon or armor that you get in this NG+ version. For instance, if a item you are going to buy in a normal game have 2 slot, it will have 3 slot on NG+ mode, a item with 3 slot will have 4, meaning, you can empower said item more! Note: NG+ take a screenshot so to speak of your current game, then give you ALL the item you have in this and add to the NG+, so, if you are lvl 50, you will be lvl 50 in the NG+ aswell, with all your hardearned stuff. 11: With the NG+ info in mind, you can kinda power tho the Frozen Wild expansion in a matter of hour with "Story mode", and tho earn some insane OP weapon modifier (51% dmg, 46% tear and 46% handle) once pr game, and they stack on the same weapon! I belive there are around 10 OP modifier you can earn once pr game, most of them are locked at the end of a story, a few are hidden in the world.

[@averageperson1045]

I recommend having the ultra weave armor, tanks damage like a boss if you have already high level

[@880728leonjf]

I love that level of difficulty, I lose always against new machines, but then you get better than all machines dodging and shooting to their weak point and element

[@Sakabatou77]

I've done the overwriting on those things twice and they only send out a pulse one time that I know of. I just shoot them from a distance now. To deal with those scorches because they're fast, I tie them up and shoot their power cell and weapon thing on top.

[@Jburneyjr]

Loved it especially when I found out that their special weapons were used to wreck the challenges

[@michaelscott5025]

I finished both Horizon zero dawn + Frozen wilds on the DLC and ended almost all the quests at lvl 64. I still got those green explanation marks and hunting grounds in Meridian to do and one in the frozen wilds. I ended up becoming rich with 36,000 shards and 72 gleam, still I have not gone so far to commit suicide and play expert lvl tho, but I will.

[@thehiraethserendipity3425]

@Umbuko DaJuko HZD has ghost levels

[@GabrielGarciaRamos]

I was literally shooting the tripcaster at the machines.

[@asianhavoc1872]

LMFAO🤣🤣😂😂

[@tyblazin]

Same. Does so much damage 😂

[@ThatRandomDude204]

That works!?

[@mdredheadguy1979]

The only thing I didn't like about Frozen wilds, is that it came to an end so darned fast! I wish there were more side quests and such to do in this game!

[@alyseleem2692]

Yeah! I wanted to stay a Chieftain! Why?!

[@cliffordthompson8248]

Just here collecting some info before I enter the frozen wilds.

[@FallenOne669]

Even if you destroy the Control Tower's, it will release a blast of fire. Basically, it depends on what element you want.

[@Jaisean]

“Powered up pointy stick” lmaooo I laughed so hard

[@elisabethenglisch3835]

I am playing Horizon Zero Dawn for the first time now (I know I'm late) and started the DLC at level 24 on hard difficulty. Never even went to Meridian or something. And I finished it pretty easily. Only had real troubles with the Fireclaw in the cauldron, it really gave me a hard time. But other than that, I didn't encounter any troubles. I also bought all the maps for the bluegleam locations (and the other collectibles, since you get bluegleam for completing the collections too, as far as I remember), so I had all the good bows in a pretty short time and due to the fact I always upgraded my quivers and inventory since the beginning of the game, I never ran out of ammunition or resources to craft them. After that I spent my time getting the new armor sets, but they aren't that special. The only good one, which is funnily available for shards and some components, was the werak runner outfit (and the upgraded version you get after becoming chieftain), which provides health recovery over time. Your bows also become significantly stronger by adding coils to them, which you get easily by defeating the possesed machines. I only got blue or purple ones in the Frozen Wilds. You can also very often use the environment to your advantage while fighting machines, like climbing on rock formations, shooting from a place where the machine won't "constantly" spot you (the sign above their heads will start turning back from red to yellow right after you shot them), which means they will not attack you or running a short distance after being spotted, the enemies easily forget about you and you can repeat the process until you were victorious.

[@terrylandess6072]

This DLC seems more like a curtain call - A 'little' of EVERYTHING the original game has with increased difficulty so you don't blow through it as fast.

[@nong333]

Wish I saw this video before I started the DLC. I bought the complete edition off Steam and am one of those players who likes to do all the side quests first. I started Frozen Wilds as soon as I hit Level 30...Before I ever crossed the Carja border. Hoo boy was that a fun time. I knew I could've just returned to the main game and do that first but I stuck with it and actually finished the whole Frozen Wilds story, almost all the side quests and got all the exclusive wepons and outfits before ever stepping foot in Meridian. Upside to all that is by the time I went back to the main quest, everything else was a cake walk.

[@alyseleem2692]

Yeah... I miss it.

[@pauldiamond1583]

Thank you for telling me to hack the pulse towers. I just finished my first fight and I hacked the tower as my prize; I had no idea I could get it to help me.

[@gelosalabar9523]

Pro tip fireclaws and iceclaws are resistant to bombs..use your bow

[@tymanhayashi1499]

Awesome game with awesome DLC. Frozen Wilds with the Fireclaws are way more difficult then a thunder jaw or peacemaker.

[@Shinigammi420666]

My crazy ass went to the Frozen Wilds I think around L20... That first Scorcher was a nightmare but still possible to kill with silent strike and a purple tier damage perk to the spear.

[@alyseleem2692]

Oh that one Scorcher... I almost feel like naming it. Just for the introduction. I got plenty of stories with his cousins, though.

[@clementfermn6711]

Im quite late but if you fought the scorcher rhe frost and fire claw it will be a nightmare and the control tower is still 100 needed to be destroyed because it will still resist it when u get out of the range

[@BlazinBlz]

the thing I wished I knew before hand, THAT FREAKING THUNDERJAW IN THUNDERS DRUM, like, there's something that rattles in my controller now, the annoying things 1. it constantly goes after Aloy, ignoring the other two people, even if it's standing on top of them 2. due to the location, it makes loading up tear blast arrows in a sharpshooter bow much less op, and you will back into, or get thrown into a freaking lava pool 3. the two allies that the thing ignores, HAVE CRAPPY FORKING WEAPONS AND BARLEY DO ANYTHING

[@cantseeshadow]

Scott Dally And I couldn’t remove their disc launchers for some reason

[@CampingforCool41]

Scott Dally Setting down a ton of explosive traps before triggering the cutscene helped a lot in that fight. Also constantly running to the upper platform then jumping down again when the thunder jaw follows you, rinse and repeat. It gives you just enough time to get in some good shots while keeping distance. Necessary on very hard because the tail attack was an insta-kill on that mode.

[@DNice5865]

Started the final mission of frozen wilds ( very hard difficulty) at level 48. Ended on level 52. I wanna say i was around Levell 28 when i started the dlc

[@johnreed2272]

Lol just started horizon zero dawn and I ended up here at level 7. Absolute nightmare xD

[@NeoViny]

What I REALLY wanted to know before? That it's possible to "fly"!!!! Thats a really cool glitch

[@timothykalio157]

This game needs a movie

[@skysunder9781]

Cutscenes: *allow me to introduce myself*

[@Stalkingwolf]

i started with 36 in frozen wilds on hard and had no problems. i have finished with level 54. yes 3 of the bears at once is a little clusterfuck, but not that hard.

[@katrinamitchell2748]

All of these are obvious, and I went into the wilds as a solid level 40 😂😂😂 the best advice I can give u is that the machines have a range/area limit and if you can get far enough away to see them but still shoot them, then u can shoot them with a powerful precision bow and they won’t ever come after you/notice you. This is how I’ve gotten thru the game as well as using stealth, it’s also amazing for in the wilds (climb on top of a mountain by jumping or onto a nearby building) And using traps have been fun as well for easy/quick damage :)

[@roylevy178]

There's also maps for Bluegeams and figurine that you can buy from merchants. They help get stuff along the way - very useful.

[@Doongie4ever]

Thanks for the tips I'll keep them in mind, I just downloaded the Frozen Wilds and I can't wait to play it.

[@curt71214]

This vid was very helpful. I picked up a few spear mods but didn’t know how to use them. Thanks

[@eldendong4956]

my advice is to invest some time into just exploring the map and killing the robots with stealth or basic arrows. you will end up with a lot of good loot that you can then use to buy better weapons and other upgrades. running mission to mission without shards and stuff is gonna be hard.

[@ThatRandomDude204]

I usually abuse the focus and just shoot the weakpoints alot until it blows up or drops a heavy weapon lol

[@sembohle265]

I have played the DLC too. Its true that the Banuk(DLC) bows have better stats and can do more damage, BUT it takes more time to charge up the bow to the point of optimal damage. Non-charged (banuk) arrows will now do less damage than normal (schadow) arrows. If you want to do sneaky stealt kills Banuk is the way to go, but if you want 'rapid' fire you should use the schadow instead.

[@keanupence4429]

Nice vid! Your voice is very relaxing:)

[@twodogg6828]

Just beat the frozen wilds on ultra hard. It was hard because they take way more ammo to kill. Had to leave the FW and stock up on metal vessels(400) and blaze(1300) before taking on the boss fight fireclaw and the fireclaws that was after. Ate threw most that ammo smh. I later relieze after my third fight with the fire claw that i had to rally on the improve ice railer to fight fire claw as it did the job perfect with that alone. Shield weaver was useless against machines in FW so I had to switch between the banuk armor depending on the fight. Schochers are a bastard but frostclaw was easy.

[@ChristopherNield]

Superb tip on overriding the Control Towers! I destroyed them all lol.

[@glennmatthews758]

For my first play through I completed the frozen wilds before I got to the Daytower.

[@meechp123]

Best Frozen Wilds tips on KZbin

[@kumarp8978]

I use to play 2 years ago, came back and restarted a few days ago already almost completed the whole story line.Found out JUST TODAY THERE IS A NEW MAP FROZEN WILDS. Wow!

[@Nighthawk5015]

So that's where I went wrong, I didn't buy the Banuk weapons. I wasn't aware of the pouch upgrades! This is what happens when I come back to DLC months after finishing the game

[@fortnitelvr0]

I love horizon zero dawn and the frozen wilds, but when I first killed that scorcher, I kinda thought I had to be a higher level. The new machines are harder especially the fireclaw. Those things have a lot of health, I'm almost done with the frozen wilds but I just have to kill fireclaws. Even at level 51, I think I'm just to scared to handle it.

[@yobogoya4367]

The only pouch upgrades are for the new ammo types, not for existing ammo types. And I finished the Frozen Wilds with 6 more Bluegleam than I needed to buy all the new stuff.

[@axelfroment4871]

I upgraded my bows to the max......bought the same bow 3 times...one for max freeze, one for max shock and one for max corruption. The other bows have max fire and max damage.....works for me

[@Ram-Rod-Please]

I love this dlc... but I think they could have toned down the scorchers a bit and even the fire claws can be a bit unbearable... I play on hard and they can truly take to much of your ammo... it’s better just to evade them and move on to your missions 😔 I know they were designed for those who found the ancient armor weaver... but I don’t like playing with it and I’m left getting with no health pack meat or ammo when done fighting with them lol

[@alyseleem2692]

They're not designed for the armor... Ask me. It was useless. Just put on the Chieftain.

[@moonlitwolf8484]

Oml, when I found that rail part I had to stifle a scream, I love getting up close and personal with a spear (most of the time) and also now I know that Banuk and better than shadow, ty

[@alyseleem2692]

Agreed. Me love me some spear!

[@kingchris-xt9lf]

I mastered this game. In ghost levels i got to 87, i completed the main story and frozen wilds 2 times, got every perk, completed 100% of the game, got the platinum trophy in ps4, and did all this in the hardest difficulty.

[@erickholmberg533]

Cookie?

[@gernm18]

you know it aint a real trophie right? lol

[@corneliusdobeneck4081]

I bloody love that commentary voice! :D

[@skysunder9781]

Yeah she sounding like Tracer

[@thefetchprince3333]

"Bandits are harder" *headshots*

[@emeses1278]

This 2 years old comment got me laugh

[@skppy5432]

Me just chilling with level 60+ and just on ultra hard 🤣🤣

[@yobogoya4367]

You want to know what I wish I knew going into the DLC? That the datapoints add nothing to the game. They were a really powerful tool in the main game to emotionally connect you to the past that you are trying to uncover...the DLC ones are more disjointed and all feel irrelevant.

[@neoandroid8586]

Jeff Cheek That's actually good to know. I only have the base game ATM and love it but want to finish it before I try this DLC but was worried about extra data points and such that were added fleshing the game out more lore wise or solving the questions the main game has. So I'm happy there not essential to connect to the world

[@TheHipsterGamer]

Neo Android no dude that his opinion.

[@Roof_Pizza]

You read those? REALLY?

[@youngmerc7717]

roof pizza they have some interesting stuff lol, don’t know how he read all of them tho

[@Kaydencool2013]

roof pizza of course you read them it delves into the story more than the cut scenes do and this is the best story in any game movie or tv show. I congratulate the writers for what they achieved in this game.

[@pranjalkhatri5139]

3 very rare damage coils on shadow sharpshooter bow can kill most people in 1 hit

[@tiagopina202]

Blaze is key. That exploding sling is a life savior.

[@alyseleem2692]

Except not with a Fireclaw. Especially not a Fireclaw. Those things are my favourites. Before,I hated them just like the Scorchers. Now,I want a pet!

[@AngelusDlion]

it's funny that you use the hippo analogy considering hippos are exceedingly dangerous animals.

[@EuphoriaDreamer]

... Didn't even notice much of a difference fighting the bandit camp lol, apart from it being pretty big. One thing I wish I knew ahead of time was that the new elemental guns get an upgrade. Probably would have spared a lot of hair pulling when doing the hunting trials x.x;;

[@iBeFloe]

S117 Oracle Same lol When she said they were smarter I was like “they are??” I didn’t find out about the gun upgrades until after I finished the game. Booo

[@nihtgengalastnamegoeshere7526]

I only just recently hit level 30, and was thinking about doing the DLC. Good to know I should hold off for a while...

[@shydreameress264]

I didn't care about how hard it was... Just look at the snow physic !!!! Just thinking about makes me want to walk and slide for hours...

[@kirank287]

Loved the DLC. It was so good

[@LumenPsycho]

Got all the best weapons & stealth master armor (gathered all the collectibles on map) from The Frozen Wilds before I crossed the border to Meridian. Playing on Ultra Hard difficulty. Will be back later as that place is no joke. I think I was lvl 17 when I entered & lvl 34 when I left.

[@NousernameSad2]

One thing I learned when I started the frozen wilds at level 28 is to never underestimate their speed. They are annoyingly fast and I instantly died the first time I stepped in.

[@AtlasNL]

You know that the level cap in the base game is 40? With the Frozen Wilds DLC it’s 50.

[@matthewkunz346]

Base game - 50, Frozen Wilds - 60. Level 58 right now.

[@mrsh2083]

When I did my first play through of hzn, I didn't do the dlc and focused on the main story, a couple weeks ago I did my first new game plus on ultra hard, the main story wasn't that bad, so I decided to do the fw. I had no idea what I was getting into

[@alyseleem2692]

How did it go?

[@moved.channels.]

The frozen wilds was really hard, I finally just finished it, planning to do that final battle with Hades again now.

[@youngmerc7717]

Only thing I wish I knew is that I was dealing with bloodborne all over again with these goddamn scorchers

[@moffyzerasek6613]

Young Mimbo if you hit the powersupply on the very back it creates an explosion that will either stun or kill them depending on how much health it has. Took me a while to figure this out because I was always running around and dodging too much when fighting it to slow down and scan it properly

[@korokseed1619]

I know I’m late but THANK YOU. I thought that the scorcher fights reminded me of something lol

[@moe_1838]

They have a little component on their back that is a mine launcher with 30 mines. Hit around 15~20 of those bombs on the scorcher and he's dead

[@f1shyspace]

@@moe_1838 this was 3 years ago lmao

[@moe_1838]

@@f1shyspace still a pretty amazing game though

[@TheRealDirtySkillz]

I just bought this game and this is some useful tips. Thanks girl!

[@kacykindred7972]

I forgot until the very end of the DLC that you can load 3 arrows in one shot..... you can basically one shot some machines that way.. on reg game mode anyway, haven't made my way to ultra hard yet >.>

[@michalm.3372]

The thing i would like to know before i acutally did this was thats its endgame DLC i got the Q just before going to Carja lands and it looked like small map so i was like ok its side quests, was at level 20 or so with starting gear and since i was playing on normal i thought it is just supposed to be challenging (MHW taught me to gid gud at these games) so i finished it before Carja lands which wasnt that bad actually it was fun, the issue after i finished it the rest of game was straight up joke and oneshoting "bosses" half of time. So i kinda screwed my 1st playthough thinking of going at it again after some time this time properly and on hardest difficulty :-D.

[@alyseleem2692]

Yeah.... I kinda miss it. I got stories there.

[@obrians-brown1307]

Going up the hill by accident at level 23 and encountering the Daemonic Scorcher I thought it was a corrupted Sawtooth/Ravager but when that think clear maxixum distance in 0.0001 seconds I nearly fainted.

[@jinx2100]

I just started playing Frozen wilds, thanks this will be helpful.

[@JovenAzteca]

What I wish I knew before frozen wilds: Buy a backup controller

[@moonpeach4452]

I actually started playing frozen area when I was at level 17 and its very cool when finish it and come back to the main quest, your mind will be blown. Its actually not that hard

[@alyseleem2692]

Simple question. How? Normal mode? Story?

[@Kraxt0n]

you can then kill the flower things as there weak spot comes out once overridden...in the pc version anyhow so i would assume thats true for console as well...