New Machines Of The Forbidden West Horizon (Which We Know So Far)

Rollerbacks are like giant armadillos, you guessed it, like rolling. They fold their massive bodies into death spheres and hurl themselves at their targets, seemingly using the flames shot out of their scale-like armor as thrust. We’ve also seen them launch their scales like bullets, then magnetically retract. In addition, Rollerbacks even have the ability to launch themselves into the air. The bottom of this machine reveals several components that the player can target to hopefully disable and slow the Rollerback long enough to dismantle.

Burrowers are a basic enemy type that Guerrilla describes as the Watchers’ successor from the previous game. Like an otter or a weasel, the Burrower is very agile and acts as a reconnaissance machine that uses its high-pitched sounds to stun targets and alert allies. According to his animal inspiration, Burrowers is also adept at swimming.

The Bristleback wild boar follows herds and uses its tusks to unearth buried resources. Consider this their form of grazing, as Bristlebacks create a peaceful setting when viewed from a distance. However, the Bristleback mark causes it to attack by combining its recovered shrapnel with the elemental to create a powerful ranged attack. You also don’t want to misplace those tusks.

Clamberjaws are scavengers with a baboon-like appearance and structure. So they are acrobatic as well as aggressive. In addition to scaling walls, Clamberjaws also have a number of debilitating attacks. The fact that they often move in groups doesn’t help, meaning players will need to keep an eye on the ground and in trees when dealing with them.

The mammoth-like Tremortusk was one of the first boss monsters to wow players when Horizon Forbidden West was first released. This fortress-like giant is armed with an array of heavy weapons, such as cannons and highly resistant armor. Tremortusks compete with the most powerful machines of Zero Dawn, Thunderjaw, and Stormbird, making it particularly disturbing that the human Regalla faction has captured and weaponized them for their own use.

Clawstriders are one of Forbidden West’s first new machines, although they appear briefly in the Horizon comics. These mechanical velocities are just as terrifying as their extinct counterparts and move in packs. That means it probably won’t be what you see will help you; it will be the Clawstrider you didn’t know was there. Clawstriders also emit a debilitating audible “scream” that temporarily stuns Aloy. Clawstriders can be mounted despite their aggressive behavior, as seen in previous scenes with Regalla soldiers riding atop them to attack Aloy. It also means that players can override and hop on a Clawstrider of their own. The most recent trailer from The Game Awards also reveals a fire-breathing variant.

We first see this majestic giant turtle lifting its camouflage body out of the swamp after encountering Aloy in the first trailer. It may look magical, but the Shellsnapper is a fighting machine that ambushes its trespassers. It can stretch its neck to bite its prey and can also fire blasts of pressurized water. There’s also a nasty shell protecting it, meaning players will have to find clever ways to topple this monster.

Looming below the abyss is the Tideripper, a prehistoric-themed aquatic creature of several other machines shaped like a dredger. It commands the ocean and accumulates resources by filtering impurities from the water. Despite looking relatively innocuous, Tiderippers have no problem attacking Aloy at sea or on land, for that matter.

Seeing Sunwing soar to the West was an awe-inspiring sight. The wings of this Pterosaur-like machine consisted of flexible, sunlight-absorbing panels, presumably to power itself. Guerrilla has previously stated that the Sunwings are vulnerable to solar gathering but are also more alert to threats when stationary.