How to defeat Clamberjaws in Horizon Forbidden West?

The monkey-like Clamberjaw are quick and agile in battle. They will shoot players with concussive attacks that can disable movement and attacks for a short time. For the best results, players should do their best to disable this ability as soon as possible. Taking out the Clamberjaw's Concussion Sac will disable any concussion attacks and save players some much-needed HP during battle.

Clamberjaw's information

Strengths and Weaknesses

Players can attack machines with different kinds of elemental attacks. Elemental attacks in the game include Fire, Shock, Frost, Plasma, Purgewater, and Acid. The Clamberjaw will be weak to damage from Purgewater attacks. They will be strong against damage from Fire and Plasma attacks. Exploiting their Purgewater weaknesses is a great way to end a battle quickly.

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Body Parts

There are a few different body parts on a Clamberjaw, and each one will drop different loot and deal different amounts of damage to the machine when attacked by players. The body parts on a Clamberjaw are:

• Body
• Resource Scanner
• Concussion Sac
• Resource Container
• Sparker
• Blaze Sac
• Tail Duster

Loot

Machines in Horizon Forbidden West will drop different loot items, with many being specific to each kind of machine. Some can be looted from a fallen machine, while others will need to be removed (shot off with an arrow or removes with a hit from the spear) while the machine is still alive. The Clamberjaw will drop a long list of loot items:

• Echo Shell (Uncommon) - Dropped from Body, Concussion Sac
• Blaze (Common) - Dropped from Body, Blaze Sac
• Metal Shards (Common) - Dropped from Body
• Machine Muscle (Uncommon) - Dropped from Body
• Medium Machine Core (Rare) - Dropped from Body, Resource Container
• Clamberjaw Circulator* (Uncommon) - Dropped from Body, Resource Scanner
• Braided Wire (Common) - Dropped from Body, Resource Scanner, Resource Container
• Clamberjaw Primary Nerve* (Rare) - Dropped from Body, Resource Scanner, Resource Container
• Metal Bone (Rare) - Dropped from Body
• Sturdy Hardplate (Common) - Dropped from Body, Resource Scanner, Resource Container
• Blastpaste (Rare) - Dropped from Resource Container
• Sparker (Common) - Dropped from Sparker
• Clamberjaw Tail Duster* (Very Rare) - Dropped from Tail Duster

*Loot items marked with an asterisk are exclusively dropped from the Clamberjaw machine.

Cauldron

In Horizon Forbidden West, Cauldrons allow players to override the machines that are within that Cauldron once they have completed it. Completing a Cauldron usually means traversing through its dungeon-like corridors and facing off against a boss at the end. The Clamberjaw is a part of the CHI Overrides Cauldron.

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