10. Stock plenty of resist potions

You have to use resist potions in The Frozen Wilds

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You can go through most of the main game without buying resist potions, but that’s not the case in The Frozen Wilds. A number of the new enemies, such as the Scorcher and the Frostclaw, use powerful elemental attacks, requiring you to always keep a stock of resist potions on hand. You can buy these items from merchants or craft them yourself from raw ingredients.

9. Approach enemies cautiously

Use stealth and traps to take out enemies

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You may be tempted to take enemies head on, but it pays to be cautious. Horizon: Zero Dawn has a number of enemies that can make short work of you, so whenever possible try to take them down quietly using stealth and traps.

Watch out for Corrupted Machines and Daemonic robots, in particular. You can tell these enemies apart by their unique colour schemes (red and purple). They’re more aggressive than normal enemies and are also a lot stronger, so try to split them up to deal with them individually.

8. Take down control towers

Use the override method to take down control towers

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Control towers are another new addition. They constantly heal nearby enemies, so you need to take them down before tackling the affected machines within their range. You can do this by destroying the blaze sack hanging off the side of the tower or by overriding it.

The latter method is preferable, as it means there’s far less chance of alerting enemies with the resulting blast. Use tall grass to get close enough to the tower, and highlight the paths of the surrounding machines to keep out of view. Once you’ve done that, all you need to do is override it with your staff. Taking down control towers gives you added XP and will make the map far safer to travel in future.

7. Become a hoarder

The Hoarder ability makes fetch quests easier

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Finding room for new items in your resource satchel can be a nuisance. Fortunately, The Frozen Wilds solves this problem with the introduction of the Hoarder skill. This ability expands your available resource slots by 20%, allowing you to collect a lot more.

This makes completing fetch quests far simpler, as you don’t have to worry about juggling resources to pick up new items. You’ll need three skill points to unlock it, so make sure to save up in order to earn the required amount.

6. Learn to repair mounts

You can replair mounts in The Frozen Wilds

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The Frozen Wilds introduces a whole new set of abilities to learn as part of the traveller skill tree. These mostly focus on mounted interactions and let you do things like pick up items while on machines and repair broken Striders and Broadheads using metal shards. Put some time into levelling up this ability. It makes getting around the map far simpler and will ensure you always have a mount to escape on.

5. Focus on your environment

Scan items and you may find solutions to puzzles

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Confused about the plot? Or simply want to know more about a particular location in the game? Throughout the world you can find items to scan with your focus to reveal additional information.

These items are usually found in older structures and will add notes and audio logs to your notebook once they’ve been interacted with.

Get into the habit of looking for them. Not only will it increase your chances of getting achievements, but it will also sometimes reveal solutions to puzzles and give you an idea on where to head next.

4. Modify your equipment

Make sure you keep on top of your weapon mods

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The weapon system in Horizon Zero Dawn can be quite confusing to begin with, but it’s incredibly useful once you get the hang of it. You can add modifications to your items to improve Aloy’s abilities, like stealth and damage resistance. So find a moment every now and then to change your gear and swap modifications out for new ones you may have picked up. It’s much easier to do if you keep on top of it.