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How to defeat Shell-Walker in Horizon Forbidden West?

Detach its components first!

Horizon Forbidden West features a range of machines Aloy has faced previously in Zero Dawn. Players will need to know how to defeat them to harvest resources and progress through the campaign. The Shell-Walker is one of the Transport class machines in Horizon Forbidden West. These machines have energy shields and tend to shoot Shock attacks at Aloy from a distance.

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In Horizon Forbidden West, every machine has specific weak points and is often vulnerable to special elemental damage. A Shell-Walker is a Medium-sized Transport machine with a few weak points like its Lightning Gun, Antenna, Power Generator, Shield Claw, and Cargo Holders. Shell-Walkers are weak against Acid-damage but resist Fire and Shock-damage.

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Players can try to detach components like Cargo Holders, Lightning Gun, Antenna, and Shield Claw by using Tear-arrows to get the loot from them. Destroying the machine without detaching these components will not fetch the best loot. The following components can be found after defeating a Shell-Walker:

  • Metal Shards
  • Machine Muscle
  • Medium Machine Core
  • Metal Bone
  • Sparker
  • Crystal Braiding
  • Sturdy Hardplate
  • Braided Wire
  • Shell-Walker Primary Nerve
  • Shell-Walker Circulator
  • Shell-Walker Lightning Gun

To override Shell-Walkers, players will need to visit Cauldron CHI located on the southwestern edge of the map near Sentinel Forest.

Wondering how to complete The Broken Sky Quest in Forbidden West? Check out How to scan the Bulwark in Horizon Forbidden West? on Pro Game Guides.


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