Scroungers won’t pose much threat to players in Horizon Forbidden West, especially once they are out of the early-game territories. While they are very threatening, a group of Scroungers can still easily overwhelm players, causing a quick loss in battle if not handled correctly. Focusing on their weakness to Forst and Acid elemental damage and taking out the Scrounger’s Power Cell (which will disable some of their attacks) will be the best path to victory against these machines.

Scrounger’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 Scrounger will be weak to damage from Frost and Acid attacks. They will not be strong against any elemental damage types.

Body Parts

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

  • BodyResource ContainerPower Cell

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 Scrounger will drop a long list of loot items:

  • Sparker (Common) - Dropped from Body and Power CellMetal Shards (Common) - Dropped from BodyMachine Muscle (Uncommon) - Dropped from BodyScrounger Circulator* (Uncommon) - Dropped from BodySmall Machine Core (Uncommon) - Dropped from Body and Resource ContainerScrounger Primary Nerve* (Uncommon) - Dropped from Body and Resource ContainerMetal Bone (Rare) - Dropped from BodyBraided Wire (Common) - Dropped from Body and Resource ContainerSturdy Hardplate (Common) - Dropped from Body and Resource ContainerBlastpaste (Rare) - Dropped from Resource ContainerScrounger Spark Coil* (Rare) - Dropped from Power Cell

*Loot items marked with an asterisk are exclusively dropped from the Scrounger 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 Scrounger is a part of the MU Overrides Cauldron.

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