Horizon Forbidden West: All Quests (2024)

What are all quests in Horizon Forbidden West? As is the case with most open world RPGs, Horizon Forbidden West divides its adventure into a series of quests, generally issued by the characters you'll encounter as you explore. In almost all cases, you can tackle these quests in any order you please, allowing you to progress however you like. As part of our Horizon Forbidden West guide, we've included a comprehensive list of all quests and a main missions list.

Please note that, while we've taken steps to preserve key plot moments, you may discover story spoilers while browsing some of the linked pages below.

Below you'll find a full list of all quests in Horizon Forbidden West, spanning all major categories listed in the game. For more information, refer to the following page: Horizon Forbidden West: How Many Quests Are There?

Main Quests

Main Quests in Horizon Forbidden West constitute the core storyline, involving Aloy's expedition into the dangerous Forbidden West. Below you'll find the full main mission list for the game's core story.

All Main Quests are listed below:

Reach for the Stars
To the Brink
The Embassy
Death's Door
The Dying Lands
The Broken Sky
The Kulrut
Cradle of Echoes
The Sea of Sands
Seeds of the Past
Faro's Tomb
GEMINI
The Wings of the Ten
Singularity

Interludes

Interludes are counted as Main Quests in Horizon Forbidden West's progress tracker, although these missions are typically shorter and more story focused.

All Interludes are listed below:

The Point of the Lance
The Eye of the Earth
All That Remains

Side Quests

Side Quests are marked by green exclamation points on Horizon Forbidden West's map, and they generally constitute multi-tiered missions with lots of narrative exposition.

Errands

Errands are shorter, more one-dimensional missions than Side Quests in Horizon Forbidden West, and typically involve a single objective, like fetching a certain item or killing a particular machine.

All Errands are listed below:

A Dash of Courage
A Bigger Boom
The Enduring
Signals of the Sun
Sons of Prometheus Data
First to Fly
Call and Response
Nights of Lights
Burden of Command
The Souvenir
Broken Locks
Shining Example
Tides of Justice
The Music in Metal
The Oldgrowth
In Bloom
A Hunt to Remember

Salvage Contracts

Salvage Contracts are simple item gathering missions delivered in the form of contracts that you can complete for characters and merchants in Horizon Forbidden West.

All Salvage Contracts are listed below:

Keruf's Salvage Unlimited

Hunting Grounds

Hunting Grounds are timed challenges in Horizon Forbidden West that test your ability to takedown and dismantle machines in a variety of ways.

All Hunting Grounds are listed below:

The Daunt
Plainsong
Sheerside Mountains
The Raintrace

Melee Pits

Melee Pits are melee focused combat trials in Horizon Forbidden West, which test your spear-based combat ability in a variety of different skill-based combo skirmishes.

All Melee Pits are listed below:

Chainscrape
Scalding Spear
The Bulwark
Thornmarsh

The Arena

The Arena is a key location in Horizon Forbidden West where you can take on a gauntlet of combat trials and compete in online leaderboards.

All The Arena quests are listed below:

Opening the Arena
The Arena

Rebel Camps

Rebel Camps are large enclosures occupied by Tenakth rebels in Horizon Forbidden West, which need to be cleared out in order to disrupt Regalla's rebellion.

All Rebel Camps are listed below:

Eastern Lie
The Hive
Breached Rock
Devil's Grasp
Fenrise
First Forge

Rebel Outposts

Rebel Outputs are smaller versions of Rebel Camps in Horizon Forbidden West, which typically feature a leader you can loot for Soldier Tags.

All Rebel Outposts are listed below:

The Deadfalls
Jagged Deep
Plainsong
The High Turning
The Dry Yearn
Stillsands North
Stillsands South
Stillsands West
Shining Wastes North
Runner's Wild
Shining Wastes South
Raintrace East
The Graypeak
Raintrace North
Raintrace West
The Stand of the Sentinels
Bonewhite Tear

Relic Ruins

Relic Ruins are environmental puzzles in Horizon Forbidden West, which can be completed in order to unlock ornaments and other valuable items.

All Relic Ruins are listed below:

The Daunt
No Man's Land
The Dry Yearn
Restless Weald
The Stillsands
Runner's Wild
The Long Coast
Isle of Spires

Tallnecks

Tallnecks are Horizon Forbidden West's alternative to towers, meaning when completed they add key information to Aloy's map. The crucial difference, however, is that these are giant giraffe-like machines that patrol around the environment.

All Tallnecks are listed below:

Cinnabar Sands
The Shining Wastes
Salt Bite
The Stillsands
The Stand of the Sentinels
Landfall

Cauldrons

Cauldrons are Horizon Forbidden West's dungeons, where you'll learn Machine Overrides and discover more about how they are made.

All Cauldrons are listed below:

TAU
MU
IOTA
CHI
KAPPA
GEMINI

Gauntlet Runs

Gauntlet Runs are machine-based races that appear in Horizon Forbidden West which test your mastery of Machine Overrides.

All Gauntlet Runs are listed below:

Dry Yearn
Cliffs of the Cry
Bonewhite Tear
The Stillsands

Burning Shores

Burning Shores is a paid expansion for Horizon Forbidden West available only on PS5 which includes a selection of new Main Quests, Interludes, and more.

All Burning Shores quests are listed below:

Main Quests

To the Burning Shores
Heaven and Earth
The Stars in Their Eyes
For His Amusem*nt
His Final Act

Interludes

Epilogue

Side Quests

A Friend in the Dark
The Splinter Within
In His Wake

Errands

The Delvers' Trove

Devotee Outposts

All Devotee Outposts

Which of all quests in Horizon Forbidden West was your favourite and why? Remember to browse our Horizon Forbidden West guide for more information on the game, and let us know in the comments section below.