Side Quest with Secret Ending - Horizon Zero Dawn

[@ElkjaerTV]

Can I have a dollar for everyone commenting: "Its not a secret its more of a..." The game does not tell you its an option so thats why I call it secret. Yes its also a bad ending but does not mean its not a secret LOL xD

[@Panda-lq7xy]

Here is your 1M dollars bro 😂

[@Roach22]

You can have another dollar from me

[@bravomike4734]

I love that the devs decided to do things like this instead of keeping everything purely linear which makes the game feel more natural and alive. I often wonder what and how many lines I missed because I noticed that already completing another quests give you some extra lines in other quests. The devs truly did consider and set alot of alternatives. And I can see that they gave love and care for what they had created.

[@jackdavidsen6074]

@@Panda-lq7xy -- 1 _Million_ Dollars?! Hey, we gotta find a bunch of secret, or little known, endings in as many games as possible, then wait until a lot of people know about them, and then make a video about each of the quests calling the endings "secret endings". LoL

[@jwaquim64]

Hi ! I was wondering what was the name of the weapon you used in you video at 6:00 , thank you for the video btw, it was very interesting

[@maryaislost107]

That guys death was the funniest shit ever

[@zakariariahiidrissi1406]

I don't know what was he expecting when he activated the device smh...

[@alisonanddanlindsey]

@@zakariariahiidrissi1406 right? I guess he's as dumb as he looks 😂

[@bradhansen8506]

I know I laughed my ass off lol

[@gustavoneridesouza120]

what makes it funnier is that he deserved it 100%

[@bahaagamer9500]

this makes me wonder how many other side quests have secret endings

[@ElkjaerTV]

There are other quest that can end differently depending on how you do them but they are more well known.

[@piratetv1]

There are tiny things that change dialog mostly. Like at the beginning, if you get off the strider before Varl sees you ride it, then he will see it after he gives you the quest. He will yell "a strider" and Aloy will yell "its ok is with me"

[@dylanpalomin1489]

@@piratetv1 how are you to tell me what I don't even know what you just said no I want to know what you said will you please tell me so that's it it's just pointless video game withp0p]9 these people peeing in the beginning yours wolf

[@OrenTubing]

@@dylanpalomin1489 did you just have a stroke or something?

[@rayjohnson2387]

@@dylanpalomin1489 was that English???

[@rayzermaniac5218]

I could never go through with this ending. Even though I know that no one in this game actually exists I would feel bad if someone died who I could have saved. I get attached to characters in games.

[@timixl00]

It do be like that

[@Mitchawesome09]

(Forbidden West Spoiler in case you haven't played) I legit cried when Varl died...

[@jhowardsupporter]

@@Mitchawesome09 I nearly lost it with Nils passing in Zero Dawn 😭

[@PrestigeLearning]

@@jhowardsupporterNil didn't die in canon, so you can imagine he recovered up on that mesa once Aloy left him. He's a tough S.O.B. with a pattern of surviving the unsurvivable

[@TheMrblessed]

I've spent countless hours on HZD since 2017, trying all the different scenarios; It never occurred to me to just leave the estate after killing the machines. Will go back to it before Forbidden West comes out.

[@ElkjaerTV]

Yeah its not something you think about in the moment, specially cause the game does not tell you its an option.

[@TheMrblessed]

@@ElkjaerTV I've tried so many different scenarios that were rewarding that, the fact that you found this in year 4! Like going to Sunfall before going to Meridian, or going to GAiA P right after leaving The Embrace,... I guess I appreciate the fact that they planned these different outcomes out and reward replays and different attempts. Guerilla really did a fantastic job.

[@BethelAbba]

@@TheMrblessed I'm a brand new player, PC, and experiencing the game for the first time. I'm absolutely loving the complexity of the storyline and all the divergent paths to take. It's nice coming around.... finding veteran players who've not encountered EVERYTHING. Gives me hope that maybe I'll stumble upon something myself as well.

[@TheMrblessed]

@@BethelAbba Glad you like it! It's a game I cherish a lot. Don't forget to experiment just for the fun of it... You will find something different.

[@scuppo]

@@TheMrblessed I rushed through the story and made the game harder than it needed to be. I fought my first deathbringer when I was level 12-15 on a level 20 something mission. I rushed to get the ancient armour without doing any side missions. That stormbird took me a whole day to kill after reaching the top of the mountain. After getting the armour I noticed that harder machines spawned all over the map. To make matters worst I went to the DLC area at level 20 trying to get the banuk bows. Had to run pass the first demonic machine as I spent over an hour getting one shorted. Every machine in the dlc area is OP.

[@ardoRic]

throwing away morals for SPEED since Olin begged for mercy! I was not aware of this ending, I love how well thought out this path ends up being.

[@ElkjaerTV]

Killing Olin is only faster in 100% and other category its faster to let him live.

[@jacktruong7151]

Talking about Olin, after rescuing Olin's family, if I talk to Olin again, it doesn't give me a new dialogue as usual. Does this happen to everyone?

[@cyin974]

This is what I really like about hzd, they consider even dialogs for if players decide to do things out of order. I went back to Rost's grave during the all-mother's invasion, and Aloy has a very specific line saying how she feels like visiting him even though there's an emergency going on. If you visit other places during the invasion, you will find interesting details too, such as the Aloy commenting about the merchant guy dying or her trying to find Old Greta but she went into hiding.

[@ki2348]

wait what?! teb died?!!!

[@PerovNigma]

@@ki2348 No, the merchant she sees at the start of the adulthood portion of the game.

[@bananabs3624]

@@ki2348the one who sells the first tripcaster

[@abnormalnox]

​@bananabs3624 yes. Karst

[@KurtCollier]

When the "secret" ending is actually the worse ending...

[@abnormalnox]

I've played this game over and over. I will NEVER choose this secret option. It's terrible

[@TheMrblessed]

Agreed.

[@laurapruitt2129]

Same. I went through to obsessively platnium the rest after platnuming the base game on an original run through as I am horrible about 100% especially if I love the game. Then restarted to do a new game plus on hard mode and still let this guy die.

[@thomasbillington_1]

Agree

[@Tom-xt1jn]

It's interesting though - because it's only terrible if you know the other option and know what you're allowing to happen - if you genuinely didn't hear the screams it would seem like a fine ending

[@gaspanda]

I didnt realise the game gave you an alternative endings if you ignore the quest prompts..

[@MarianaYumiYamaga]

that's so interesting!! I love how there's always something new to learn about this game 😭❤️

[@ElkjaerTV]

Yeah big games like this always have something new to find :)

[@chudydanny245]

Play Witcher 3, quests in this game does not even come close to the depths of quests in Witcher 3

[@wowomg1980]

I want a side quest with a happy ending.

[@rayjohnson2387]

I want a side quest where Aloy gets laid lol

[@taylorrayner1394]

@@rayjohnson2387 I can hear Petra somewhere saying 'challenge accepted'

[@sebastiankrolik3927]

go to Oserams

[@lancethedecayedguardian2719]

@@taylorrayner1394 Also Sun King Avad, and Erend, and that one chick from the shadow carja who's name I forgot, and- damn people really thirst over Aloy huh?

[@imadpunk1444]

@@lancethedecayedguardian2719 and Varl as well

[@jerryjones8470]

So basically helping someone evil saves you time... Horizon is basically instigating some messed up stuff

[@literalvampirepotbellygobl5629]

This is pretty cool. I just found a secret ending of my own. Not sure if you know about it, but I bet you do. The side quest Robbing the Rich has a secret ending. Nasan is already at the Shadow Carja fort, apparently from the start of the game. If you rescue him before beginning the quest, then instead of having to meet with the thief leader in the lakeside shack, you just tell the lady at the market stall that you already saved Nasan and tell her to stop stealing heirlooms. Probably a significant time save, too.

[@ElkjaerTV]

Yeah that ending is used in the 100% Speedrun as well. I think its more commonly known as its easy to stumble on the fort before the quest.

[@literalvampirepotbellygobl5629]

That's awesome. I'm gonna keep playing around and see what I find. Yesterday I learned you can clear out the Shadow Carja camps before talking to Varl and Sona near the ring of metal, but it doesn't appear to save you any time. I tried to sneak into the ring of metal itself without starting the quest, but I wasn't able to find a way in.

[@flashfive12]

Not really a secret ending since the ending is the same, it’s just an alternate route. A lot of quests are like this like if you have an item someone needs in your inventory already, you can skip the hunting part of a quest. But, great tip though!

[@piratetv1]

There's a key to the workshop? I always climbed in the loft window

[@ElkjaerTV]

I always forget its an option to climb in as well :)

[@ammoniumammonide]

wait you can?

[@piratetv1]

@@ammoniumammonide around the back of the barn there are climbing rocks.

[@shydreameress264]

you can climb? I always take the key x)

[@Aj01110]

I’ve played this game twice and am just now finding out there’s a key....

[@kratosofwar6165]

Hmmm that's the ending I got the first time lmao so the other ending is the actual secret ending for me 🤣

[@himothy9871]

4:25 that part always gets me lmfaoo

[@TomFromMars]

Thanks for being so thorough with all the possible sequences you can get. Most youtubers would just show the one alternate ending and call it a day.

[@ElkjaerTV]

No problem :)

[@PoW_22-AME_Gaming]

Exactly

[@BlaxxShadow]

That woman died for a minute in a half speedrun boost.

[@Delta5Qmp]

What made her great was that she was willing to sacrifice herself. For others. For everyone who would come later.

[@tomboyraider1015]

Thanks for sharing! This is one of my favourite side quests in the game but I wasn’t aware it could end differently. I’m definitely not gonna let evil Ramanan get the estate tho haha.

[@josephinejekyl5848]

I just did the odd grata quest after Roth dies last week. Never thought about different endings before.

[@ace_gamer12]

After doing odd grata's quest, do we see her again in the future?

[@josephinejekyl5848]

@@ace_gamer12 I don't think so. It just changes aloys dialog. She tells her about Roth not being around any more so she's gonna have to be strong etc. Kinda bitter sweet actually.

[@YodiWildfire]

Never realised there was a secret ending, didn't even know there was a key, I used the rockface to get into de barn.

[@stapuft]

What rockface? Most of the climbing places (outside of frozen wilds) are nearly impossible to see.

[@j-.]

Same

[@chrismaccool9097]

I choose the good ending any day that guy does not deserve his father property.

[@lauraprince8336]

The amount of details in this game is amazing

[@arkyarchie4448]

Horizon was and will always be my favorite game I’ve ever played

[@jadespades4237]

I have honestly never used the door to get in there but climbed up the back every time. I love that's there's always more to find out even after 4 playthroughs.

[@bahaagamer9500]

the bad ending

[@ElkjaerTV]

Indeed :)

[@raine-time]

I like how everyone wears the Blazon Outfit for some belly button action

[@mischarowe]

Interesting bad ending. I will make a note to never deliberately do it. :)

[@AXXTHHYBRD]

I love the level of detail put in this game

[@Hollowbarista]

I think moment of peace quest deserves more attention and exploration. I'm sure it holds huge easter eggs for Horizon forbidden west.

[@RevanSurik]

Not sure about Forbidden West, but that spherical device you find in A Moment's Peace is actually a part of GAIA herself. If you speak to CYAN (from the Frozen Wilds) after doing A Moment's Peace, it will hint at the machine being exactly that. Then again, the Oseram tinkers themselves comment that the device looks as if it "fell from the sky", and if you pay attention, the clues point at it falling from the general direction of the Gaia Prime facility.

[@drkstunt]

These is a quest where you have to get back a sword that got stolen. In the normal ending you have to rescue someone for the thieves and then they will return the sword and come to a deal. But you can rescue the guy before the quest, if you do that it cuts out a lot of the quest and the sword just gets returned.

[@krisbayona]

Im not sure if this is something that everyone knows, but when i decided to kill Olin in the dig site, even if he is dead his eyes are blinking 😅

[@dragonsofthemind5161]

That's great 😂😂😂

[@Isilily]

I've gone looking for alternate or rare dialogue in quests, but I never thought to do this. Well done.

[@ace_gamer12]

Since we are talking about endings, what ever happened to that old lady up the mountains who used to refuse to talk to Aloy and I had to go get her beads, I really wanted to pay her a visit before I did the last mission but I forgot where she used to chill😄

[@thegod300jr]

Check all mother cauldron

[@n4mel3ssw0lf8]

@@thegod300jr There is no couldron at all mother.

[@MOLE60]

I remember this quest , slow-walked from cauldren XI to the family home packing a chaingun just to take out the ravager there. took quite a while but it was worth it.

[@charlesblackburn2989]

I can't beleive I bought this game when it first came out and now just decided to play it and wow did I miss out what an amazing game.

[@ninjab952]

2500xp is only 66% of 3750, and should not be valid for a 100% speedrun. :D Or maybe there should be an honorable and dishonorable category of 100%. Would you kill Rost and a bunch of babies if it would save you another minute on the speedrun? If I made a game i would make a path speedrunners could take that would be super fast, but soul crushing and make them question their life choices with an unskippable gut wrenching cut scene. lol

[@ElkjaerTV]

Yes saving time is what matters, but would never go for this in a casual playthrough :)

[@saintr11]

more likely its bad result of quest even the quest come from bad person, not secret because its get less reward as result. more like incomplete quest, not aware of storehouse key or not aware about daradi (not hearing daradi ask for help). anyway thanks for showing alternative result.

[@pattymmdelc]

Thanks for all the good info and tips you always give to us on this game. You inspired me on trying an ultra hard run for the first time, and I did it successfully! All thanks to you 💕

[@matthewjohns5639]

cool showing. Thank you for this. I did not have any idea there was alternate ways to do any of the missions.

[@cifer8070]

It's awesome to see multiple endings in side missions, I would love to see it often in next horizon game

[@kentslocum]

I appreciate the fact that the game punishes you for choosing the heartless option.

[@Batman_456]

Didn't know about it thank you, I would of never did that ending the original is too funny when he gets snatched by the flying monster

[@BobMerlinx]

What are the chances of this video showing up in my flow 3 hours after I completed this very quest on my PC playthrough this morning.. ^_^

[@ayushdatta7198]

same here man but different day.

[@ddc2343d]

Never really undstood the point of speed running...especially a console game.

[@nickanderson55]

Well I don’t want the Secret ending

[@vballwise]

Every time I think I completed all of the side quests I arrive in a new area and find a new side quest or errand to run!

[@mrp1234]

What happens if you go back to the estate after ending this with the secret ending?

[@IvanAlexanderBaez]

I’m get back in this game

[@beanieguy1880]

Hey how does your ice weapon charge so fast? Is it because you have increased handling?

[@ElkjaerTV]

I have video on my channel showing all my weapons.

[@matcoffidis1135]

Love this game! I walked around for awhile just to take in the scenery....

[@blackkatt24]

i honestly reached max level and finished main quest and i disregarded all side quest xD

[@zombiesithblade1579]

I am a kind guy plus I am not deaf so I got the good ending all three times I played the game.

[@SegaForce]

Elk with the knowledge drops

[@ElkjaerTV]

You know it :)

[@SonOfKimo]

Dude this is crazy. I got this ending way before I finished the game. I just thought it was a part of the game. I loved this game so much!!

[@jenitoten2212]

I stumbled upon the villa before I got the quest, killed the monsters and then talked to the brother. Then pick up the key.

[@davidbattrick3690]

more content like this love it Elk, listening and loving watching today. Love your little rant. Yes practice is where it's at. I'm a drummer I totally understand what you was saying about practice...

[@Ka1h_kjr]

Your pretty good at horizon but do you play any other games? I would like to see that.

[@ElkjaerTV]

I play other games casually off stream but also I have recently started speedrunning Ghost of Tsushima :)

[@Ka1h_kjr]

@@ElkjaerTV Nice!

[@shydreameress264]

@@ElkjaerTV I bought Ghost of Tsushima some months ago and before I used to play Horizon all the time, I still have it but Ghost kinda replaced Horizon rn. But I literally can't wait fir Forbidden West! All of this just to ask, since you've beeb streaming Ghost, could you do a video about the hidden "sidequests" like they aren't marked in the journal but completing them gives you legend points.

[@lanabeniko5147]

i think i even don't know this quest.but i like the orginal ending better.

[@dmo848]

Totally forgot how good this game looks

[@run3426]

To everyone, you are special Always know you are cutiful and special! Reach for your goals! be positive and do what makes you happy! You are beautiful just the way you look! I am glad you exist! Yay!!

[@Charlatan_11235]

This comment is not made because Elk said it on stream btw.

[@sophieeffulgence5310]

Interesting that’s why I like this game :)

[@ASBO_LUTELY]

It probably just doesn't occur to most people to just go back to the guy after killing the machines, we probably all assumed that it would be a wasted trip and we'd just have to go back and finish the quest.

[@lov3977]

tl:dw - This is a 14 minute video about saving 90 seconds of gameplay in a 70 hour game and achieving a lesser reward. Hrmm

[@Stef2050]

You also don't need the key to get into the workshop you can just climb up the back of the building.

[@ch1llifries446]

Man hundo is a murderous speedrun...

[@ElkjaerTV]

Well atleast Nil gets to live in Hundo ;)

[@viel12]

I never knew there was a key for the workshop. Always thought you had to climb in through the back.

[@piratetv1]

Exactly

[@alyseleem2692]

Both ways work

[@tworightthumbs4820]

8:05 Ranaman: soon i'll go back to the estate and take stock of things. Oh, after i lay my family to rest of course that one random guy: LUCKY

[@ElkjaerTV]

Yeah he is really not trying to hide it :)

[@lorien6205]

I've only been playing HFW since it came out and Aloy really looks so much more realistic in the new game. I thought HZD was good but her face looks so plastic now in comparison.

[@spygaming1204]

Holy- another zero dawn player?! YES!!! Finally im not alone!

[@tasteewheat393]

This is crazy cause i play this game like if i already ended the game... Now i can go back for a reason, thank you

[@gabrielteles123]

That made me think about of that maybe this other final is some other way that the producers wanted to finish this sidequest but had forget to exclude it hehehe

[@ExtremelyFishyPerson]

I beat that Son of Ey becht called hades yesterday en i feel good

[@rockyroderick200]

Who else is fucking stoked for forbidden west? My wife is playing HZD for the first time now so she can be caught up for the story, and she's more enthralled with this game than she ever has been any other

[@marionjulylopez2101]

So its more of an incomplete ending that a secret one since you get less xp, thanks guy

[@dami7996]

when do you get this icerail thing? i think in the frozen wilds dlc but how

[@kevinhaynes9091]

Forfeit Daradi's life and you forfeit the like...

[@alyseleem2692]

Second that vote.

[@RealMisterDoge]

That is so out of the way, why would they even add that if they're not going to make an optional objective for it lmao

[@jeffcurrivean6506]

I want Ramadan DEAD !!! I will never use that SLEAZY ENDING !!!!!!!

[@angeluss28]

Sadly this secret ending sucks and it gives you crap. So I rather do the quest as it shouod be.

[@GejmronCZ]

So I thought it would be something interesting. Something to change the ending of the whole game :(

[@FurlowT]

I see why no one talks about it much, it's not worthwhile when main endeing is better rewards

[@chrymix3179]

what is that weapon you used to kill the ravage?

[@destaprabawa]

How to get that tatoo on that face?

[@cyan7984]

Complete the game on new game + on harder difficulties

[@dantediego]

what happens if you go back and open the closet after the secret ending?

[@JacobSantosDev]

Oops. I don't think I saved the lady because I play on silent.

[@chudydanny245]

That is why i love the Witcher 3 when in comes to quests like this. Pretty sure you would still find the girl still locked in the room, plus the evil brother would be seen returning back to the estate.

[@abdelftahsabir3714]

I have literally played this guest yesterday for the first time 😂😂

[@arcticridge]

so basically, be a heartless monster to get the secret ending, got it.

[@nerdoutreachprogram5358]

What outfit are you wearing at the end when you talk to Ramamanaman?

[@EdsonR13]

Just watching that ending made me feel dirty

[@marcusmerchant5697]

I did NG+ many times and experimented with quests in different orders from the previous playthroughs and you can see a lot of different lines. On the top of my head: I had the dlc. In new game+, after the world opens up and immediately you go to Banuk lands, if you complete the dlc Silenz won't be introduced yet and thus won't comment on the ending (awakening of Hephaestus and running rampant) but the line will then trigger once Aloy investigates the heart of the mountain. If you destroy all bandit camps without talking to Nil, he won't be a quest NPC (duh) but after the last bandit camp, he will be marked on the map as a quest and will comment that he has heard of the exploits of Aloy and how she's "doing his job". No different ending though, you still duel (or not duel) and kill him. Collection quests where you already have the objective item, the quest giver has different lines. It amazed me how Guerilla had the foresight and recorded these dialogue changes just in case.

[@haziqzubaidi5614]

plop 00p0

[@BrawlLegendLink]

It's the attention to details like this that make a great game an outstanding one

[@laurapruitt2129]

So not so much secrwt ending so much as ignorance is bliss ending?

[@DimzAlberto]

I already now this .. long ago bcs u did all the side quests

[@filovirus1]

to me, the secret ending IS the bad ending

[@senhowler]

The closet wasn't locked when you went back. It wasn't accessible, but the lock wasn't on the door.

[@enioarts8009]

Hi Kermit the Frog! Nice video! Thanks!

[@zatanna-xyt2606]

Wait a minute is that face paint and how

[@jackdavidsen6074]

Thank you for an interesting and informative video. Well done. 😊 I definitely heard his siter's screamsd and let her out. I got the normal ending. But I'm almost certain that I didn't enter the workshop. Maybe the lure is still there, I'll check it out. ------------- PS. A secret ending is not an Easter Egg in itself. An Easter Egg is a reference to, or an item from, another game (or more rarely from a movie or song).