How to defeat a Tremortusk in Horizon Forbidden West?

Tremortusks are one of the most difficult and dangerous enemies in Horizon Forbidden West. They deal massive damage to players during battle and can kill their opponents in only a few hits. The best way to tackle a fight with a Tremortusk is to focus on attacking its most vulnerable parts.

Its Blaze Sac, located on its stomach, will explode and deal massive damage to the machine when hit enough times. Players can also attack and remove the Tremortusk's Plasma Cannon and Tusks, which are responsible for some of the machine's most powerful attacks. Removing these two body parts will disable the attacks.

Tremortusk'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 Tremortusk will be weak to damage from Frost attacks. They are strong against damage from Fire attacks.

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Body Parts

There are a few different body parts on a Tremortusk, 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 Tremortusk are:

• Body
• Tusks
• Plasma Cannon
• Processing Capsule
• Sparker
• Blaze Sac
• Shock Cannon
• Antenna
• Amplifying Sac
• Salvo Cannon
• Heat Sink
• Ammo Drum

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 removed with a hit from the spear) while the machine is still alive. The Tremortusk will drop a long list of loot items:

• Sparker (Common) - Dropped from Body and Shock Unit
• Blastpaste (Rare) - Dropped from Body and Vector Thruster

• Crystal Braiding (Very Rare) - Dropped from Body and Salvo Cannon
• Metal Shards (Common) - Dropped from Body
• Piercing Spike (Rare) - Dropped from Body
• Sparker (Common) - Dropped from Body, Processing Capsule, and Ammo Drum
• Sturdy Hardplate (Common) - Dropped from Body, Processing Capsule, Antenna, Salvo Cannon, and Ammo Drum
• Tremortusk Circulator* (Uncommon) - Dropped from Body
• Large Machine Core (Rare) - Dropped from Body and Processing Capsule
• Tremortusk Primary Nerve* (Rare) - Dropped from Body, Processing Capsule, and Antenna
• Volatile Sludge (Very Rare) - Dropped from Body and Amplifying Sac
• Machine Muscle (Uncommon) - Dropped from Body and Ammo Drum
• Braided Wire (Common) - Dropped from Body, Processing Capsule, Antenna, Salvo Cannon, and Ammo Drum
• Luminous Brainstem (Very Rare) - Dropped from Body and Processing Capsule
• Metal Bone (Rare) - Dropped from Body and Ammo Drum
• Tremortusk Tusk* (Legendary) - Dropped from Tusks
• Useable Weapon (Very Rare) - Dropped from Plasma Cannon and Shock Cannon
• Blastpaste (Rare) - Dropped from Processing Capsule and Ammo Drum
• Blaze (Common) - Dropped from Blaze Sac and Ammo Drum
• Purgewater (Uncommon) - Dropped from Ammo Drum
• Metalbite (Common) - Dropped from Ammo Drum
• Chillwater (Uncommon) - Dropped from Ammo Drum
• Glowblast (Uncommon) - Dropped from Ammo Drum

*Loot items marked with an asterisk are exclusively dropped from the Tremortusk 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 Tremortusk is a part of the KAPPA Overrides Cauldron.

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