Reach for the Stars Walkthrough

Reach for the Stars is one of the main quests in Horizon Forbidden West (HFW). Read on to see the detailed walkthrough, rewards, location, and tips for the Reach for the Stars quest!

Reach for the Stars Overview

Basic Information

Reach for the Stars Walkthrough

Objectives
1	・Gather Medicinal Skybrush ・Eat the Medicinal Berries ・Examine the Machine Carcass ・Gather Ridge-Wood ・Craft Arrows Collect at least one Medicinal Skybrush and scale the wall. Continue ahead until you reach a ladder out of reach. Aim at the red lock and hit it to lower the ladder.
2	・Go to the Ancient Ruins ・Find an Entrance to the Ancient Ruins ・Examine the Rubble in the Collapsed Wall ・Examine the Corpse ・Search the Camp for Parts to Repair the Tool ・Craft the Tool ・Clear the Rubble with the Pullcaster Defeat the Burrowers and continue ahead. Look back behind you to find another ladder; knock it down in the same way. In the next area, craft a Pullcaster and use it to pull the rubble out of the wall. The Pullcaster can be a bit confusing at first. Hold L2, then tap Triangle. Hold R2 while continuing to hold L2. Then, walk backwards while still holding L2 and R2.
3	・Scan the Area ・Use the Grapple Point ・Lower the Ladder In the next area, enter Focus Mode and scan the grapple point on the ledge above. Grapple up and around and long jump to the next ledge. After lowering the ladder, go back through the door behind you.
4	・Kill the Burrower with a Silent Strike ・Kill the Machines ・Craft Blast Traps (Optional) Take out the first Burrower with a Silent Strike. Clear out the rest, and in the next section, craft a Blast Trap. Use the Blast Trap to take out the Scrounger in the next section. When attempting a Silent Strike, throw a rock close to you to get the Burrower to approach, making it easier to get in range for a Silent Strike.
5	・Examine the Console ・Search the Ancient Ruins for a GAIA Backup Go into Focus Mode to make the yellow rods on the wall visible. Grab onto the yellow rods to climb across the gap. In the next room, use Focus Mode again to make more climbable surfaces appear. The rods to the left will break, so take the ladder to the right up.
6	In the next room, going down and across to the opposite wall is easiest. Go across the tightrope and climb up. Defeat the machines and look up for a ladder to shoot down. There's another ladder on the wall of the opposite side of the room at the top.
7	・Talk to Varl Rappel down and take out the Burrowers ahead. Straight ahead, jump through the hole in the fence. Shoot down the ladder and climb up. Grapple and launch up to reach the climbing rod overhead.
8	・Go to the Shuttle ・Release the Shuttle Clamps ・Climb up the Launch Tower Climb up as high as you can, then zipline across to the next building. To climb up the Launch Tower, you will need to use the Pullcaster on a specific metal rod, which is found opposite the Shuttle on the right. This will pull down an elevator. Go inside and climb up on top of it and continue climbing up.
9	・Shoot the Shuttle Cable Connectors Continue climbing up while watching for climbable surfaces. In this section, they can be a bit tricky to find, so consider turning on the Climbing Annotations Always On setting. You won't be able to actually shoot the Shuttle Cable Connectors, even if you can see them, until you get to the very top. Continue climbing up for now.
10	When you get to the top, shoot the flashing light. Find the spot where you can grapple across and keep climbing up. Shoot the other flashing light at the top.
11	・Kill the Machine Defeat the Slitherfang. Use the Frost Blastsling to inflict the Freeze status condition, which makes it move slower. This will give you more opportunities to aim for its weak spots while evading its attacks.
12	・Go to the Data Center ・Search the Data Center for a GAIA Backup Go down the shaft in the next area. Continue through the door to finish the quest.

▸Next Quest: The Point of the Lance

Tips and Strategies

Turn Climbing Annotations to Always On

Under Settings > Visual, there's an option to turn Climbing Annotations on all the time even without needing to scan them using the Focus.

Although using the Focus can be considered as part of the experience, this mission has a lot of difficult-to-find climbing surfaces, and having this option on will simply make the Quest smoother and less frustrating.

Shoot the Slitherfang's Canisters

The Glowblast Canisters will appear after the Slitherfang takes enough damage. Aim for these weak spots to deal more damage and take it out quickly.

To hit the canisters effectively, use the Frost Blastsling to inflict the Freeze status condition and make it move slower. You can also hold R3 when aiming to activate Concentration, which will allow you to slow down time while aiming.

Use Slitherfang Coil Blaster

During the 2nd phase, while battling the Slitherfang, pick up the Slitherfang Coil Blaster on the left side and the furthest right after the short cutscene plays. It will deal huge damage while inflicting shock damage on the Slitherfang.

Boss Strategy Guide

Slitherfang

How to Beat Slitherfang - Key Points

• Shoot the Sac and Canisters on its body.
• Use Critical Strike once stunned.
• Attack using Slitherfang Coil Blaster during 2nd Phase.
• Use Frost Blastsling to slow and freeze Slitherfang.

How to Beat Slitherfang: Boss Fight Guide

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