Fireclaws in Horizon Forbidden West are hefty machines that can do an enormous amount of damage to players at a close distance. You need to keep your distance while fighting to stay alive in a fight. Targeting the machine’s Blaze Sac will also disable any Fire effect attacks that the machine can throw at players, which can save a good amount of HP. An important thing to keep in mind when battling any machine is that it likely has weaknesses. Fireclaws are weak to Frost and Purgewater damage and players can exploit that.

Fireclaw’s information

Strengths and Weaknesses

Players can attack machines with different kinds of elemental attacks. Elemental attacks in the game include Fire, Shock, Frost, Plasma, Purgewater, and Acid. The Fireclaw will be weak to damage from Frost and Purgewater attacks. They will be strong against damage from Fire attacks.

Body Parts

There are a few different body parts on a Fireclaw, and each one will drop different loot and deal different amounts of damage to the machine when attacked by players. The body parts on a Fireclaw are:

  • BodyBlaze SacBlaze UnitPurgewater CanisterSparker

Loot

Machines in Horizon Forbidden West will drop different loot items, with many being specific to each kind of machine. Some can be looted from a fallen machine, while others will need to be removed (shot off with an arrow or removes with a hit from the spear) while the machine is still alive. The Fireclaw will drop a long list of loot items:

  • Metal Shards (Common) - Dropped from BodyBlaze (Common) - Dropped from Body, Blaze Sac, and Blaze UnitBraided Wire (Common) - Dropped from BodyFireclaw Circulator* (Uncommon) - Dropped from BodyLarge Machine Core (Rare) - Dropped from BodyFireclaw Primary Nerve* (Rare) - Dropped from BodyVolatile Sludge (Very Rare) - Dropped from Body and Blaze UnitMachine Muscle (Uncommon) - Dropped from BodyMetal Bone (Rare) - Dropped from BodyLuminous Brainstem (Very Rare) - Dropped from BodyCrystal Braiding (Very Rare) - Dropped from BodySturdy Hardplate (Common) - Dropped from BodyFireclaw Sac Webbing* (Rare) - Dropped from Blaze UnitPurgewater (Uncommon) - Dropped from Purgewater CanisterSparker (Common) - Dropped from Sparker

*Loot items marked with an asterisk are exclusively dropped from the Fireclaw machine.

Cauldron

In Horizon Forbidden West, Cauldrons allow players to override the machines within that Cauldron once they have completed it. Completing a Cauldron usually means traversing through its dungeon-like corridors and facing off against a boss at the end. The Fireclaw is a part of the CHI Overrides Cauldron.

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