Horizon: Zero Dawn Wiki Guide

To Curse The Darkness

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This is one of the many Main Quests found in Horizon: Zero Dawn. After obtaining this, your goal will be to visit the marked location Sylens gave you.

Once you arrive, Sylens will speak for a moment, telling you to rest at the camp. A cutscene will play out, then you'll need to begin an infiltration mission.


Walk through the small path and you'll come to an area filled with patrolling machines. If you have the stealth armor, we suggest using it. Although fighting is possible, we encourage stealth as it makes this part much easier.

Sneak through the area, following the objective marker as you go. You can take out the odd machine, although some likely won't die in one hit, so keep that in mind when you go to kill them.

Your path will lead you to a cliff face, so climb up that when the coast is clear and jump down into the second area. This area is much the same as the first, although a bit more open. Sneak through the brush and towards the objective, where again you will need to scale a wall.

The next area is filled with humans, and is going to require an even more quiet approach.

You might be tempted to kill the person directly before you, but be warned, it's likely going to tip off others nearby. Take a moment to assess the situation, find out where everyone is, then plot your course. Of course, these are just humanoids so if things devolve into a fight, it's not a big deal.

Ultimately, your goal is to go across the bridge, then up to the slanted, worn out old tree. Aloy will kick it over, allowing you to get across. In that area near the tree, you can also find a tent with several Datapoints located inside.

Once you collect them all, knock down the tree then follow the path until you reach the Longneck. Climb up top and a cutscene will trigger.

After the cutscene, Aloy finds herself in a bad situation, so start running! You will need to run along ledges and wall climb in a few portions as you flee from the incoming bullets and missiles. So long as you keep moving quickly, you should almost never get hit. The slower you go, the more damage you start to take.

As you flee, a few sections will have humans chasing you. It's best to keep running, don't bother to fight. You might get hit a few times because there are so many of them, so make sure to have a potion or two ready, just in case.

As you flee, you'll end up back in he camp you were in early, where you knocked down a tree. Run to the bridge, then jump off using the rope. This will trigger another cutscene, which ultimately will end the mission.

Deep Secrets of the Earth will begin immediately after.


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Horizon: Zero Dawn

Horizon: Zero Dawn

Genres:Action, Adventure, RPG
Blood, Drug Reference, Language, Mild Sexual Themes, Violence
Platforms:PlayStation 4, PC
Developers:Guerrilla Games
Publishers:Sony Computer Entertainment
Release Date:February 28, 2017