How to defeat Clawstriders in Horizon Forbidden West?

The Clawstrider is a pesky machine in Horizon Forbidden West. Their primary mode of attack is their tail, where they will slice players and shoot projectiles at high velocity. An easy way to defeat this machine is to take out its Razor Tail. This will disable all tail-based attacks meaning players won't have much to worry about in a battle against them.

Clawstrider'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 Clawstrider will be weak to damage from Shock attacks. They are strong against damage from Acid attacks.

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Body Parts

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

• Body
• Sparker
• Resource Container
• Razor Tail

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 Clawstrider will drop a long list of loot items:

• Metal Shards (Common) - Dropped from Body
• Braided Wire (Common) - Dropped from Body and Resource Container
• Piercing Spike (Rare) - Dropped from Body
• Medium Machine Core (Rare) - Dropped from Body and Resource Container
• Clawstrider Circulator* (Uncommon) - Dropped from Body
• Machine Muscle (Uncommon) - Dropped from Body
• Clawstrider Primary Nerve* (Uncommon) - Dropped from Body and Resource Container
• Sturdy Hardplate (Common) - Dropped from Body and Resource Container
• Metal Bone (Rare) - Dropped from Body
• Sparker (Common) - Dropped from Sparker
• Blastpaste (Rare) - Dropped from Resource Container
• Clawstrider Razor Tail* (Legendary) - Dropped from Razor Tail

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

Cauldron

In Horizon Forbidden West, Cauldrons allow players to override the machines 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 Clawstrider is a part of the IOTA Overrides Cauldron.

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