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Where to find Cores in Horizon Forbidden West

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Machine Cores are some of the important upgrading resources players can salvage off of many different machines in Horizon Forbidden West. Depending on the size of the machine core, players will need to hunt down different machines. We'll go over which ones to hunt and which ones to avoid.

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Machines that drop Small Machine Cores

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Small Machine Cores are an uncommon resource that players need in order to upgrade certain pieces of equipment and/or trade-in for higher quality equipment. Here are the machines that drop them.

  • Burrower
  • Charger
  • Fanghorn
  • Glinthawk
  • Grazer
  • Lancehorn
  • Leaplasher
  • Redeye Watcher
  • Scrapper
  • Scounger
  • Skydrifter
  • Spikesnout
  • Stalker

Related: How to complete ‘The Stillsands’ Relic Ruins in Horizon Forbidden West

Machines that drop Medium Machine Cores

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Medium Machine Cores are a rare resource that players need in order to upgrade certain pieces of equipment and/or trade-in for higher quality equipment. Here are the machines that drop them.

  • Bellowback
  • Bristleback
  • Clamberjaw
  • Clawstrider
  • Corrupter
  • Frostclaw
  • Grimhorn
  • Longleg
  • Plowhorn
  • Ravager
  • Rollerback
  • Scorcher
  • Shell-walker
  • Snapmaw
  • Stalker
  • Sunwing
  • Widemaw

Machines that drop Large Machine Cores

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Large Machine Cores are a rare resource that players need in order to upgrade certain pieces of equipment and/or trade-in for higher quality equipment. Here are the machines that drop them.

  • Behemoth
  • Dreadwing
  • Fireclaw
  • Rockbreaker
  • Shellsnapper
  • Slaughterspine
  • Slitherfang
  • Stormbird
  • Tideripper
  • Tremortusk

For more Horizon Forbidden West content, be sure to check out All Machine Weak Points in Horizon Forbidden West on Pro Game Guides.


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India (Clay) MacGregor is a writer and artist, creating their own comic book series Harkøth's Blood. They are a lover of high fantasy in all mediums. India originally fell in love with games like Dungeons & Dragons, Morrowind, and Dragon Age in childhood. In 2018 they graduated from Full Sail University with their BFA in Creative Writing for Entertainment and have been writing ever since.