Horizon Zero Dawn Best Ending Guide will help you through the game on how to get the best ending and will guide you about everything in the game including how to get all of the allies on your side, locations for Cauldrons, and pretty much everything that is present in HZD.
For more help on Horizon Zero Dawn, read out our Cauldron Locations Guide, Combat Guide, and Machines Guide.
Horizon Zero Dawn Best Ending
Technically Horizon does not have multiple endings but if you complete all major side quests and have all of your allies on your side, you will get the same ending with an extra dialogue at the end and a trophy for joining all the allies.
To get the best ending in the game it is in your best interest to complete all side quests and get your allies to your side before The Looming Shadow mission. This is the final point of no return in Horizon Zero Dawn, which is all we can tell you without spoiling the game’s story.
Furthermore, there are several dialogues that are triggered during or end of the side quests of the main missions. However, it depends on what you have completed up until that specific quests of side quest. Below is the list of main missions and side quests that trigger additional dialogue during The Looming Shadow mission.
- The War-Chief’s Trail (main quest)
- Revenge of the Nora(main quest)
- The Field of the Fallen(main quest)
- Into the Borderlands (main quest)
- The Sun Shall Fall (main quest)
- Heap of Trouble (side quest)
- Sun and Shadow (side quest)
- A Moment’s Peace (side quest)
- Traitor’s Bounty (side quest)
- Queen’s Gambit (side quest)
- Hunting for the Lodge (errand)
- Hunter’s Blind, Deadliest Game(side quest)
- Redmaw (side quest)
All Side Quests And Errands
For help on all the side quests and errands locations, rewards and how to complete them check out our Horizon Zero Dawn Side Quests and Errands Guide.
Cauldron Locations
Cauldrons have a significant role in Horizon Zero Dawn as these dungeons give insight on the origin and behavior of the machines. Also, these dungeons will allow you to upgrade your spear and granting your ability to override machines. For all the tips and locations for all of the Cauldrons on Horizon Zero Dawn check out our Horizon Zero Dawn Cauldron Guide.
Collectibles And Open World Content
Horizon Zero Dawn’s open-world is filled with content which players can find while exploring the game. The collectibles for Horizon Zero Dawn include Metal flowers, Ancient Vessels, Banuk artifacts, and Vantages.
The rest of the content in the open-world of Horizon Zero Dawn are the side quests, Bandit Camps scattered all over the map and Tallnecks that are very important to find and override so you can reveal a specific area on the map along with Corrupted Zones which will be revealed when you override a Tallneck.