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How to Clear Plainsong Hunting Ground and Location
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Plainsong Hunting Grounds is one of the four hunting grounds in Horizon Forbidden West. Read on for the location of this hunting ground and learn the strategies for completing each trial, including the rewards!
List of Contents
Plainsong Hunting Grounds Location and Trials
| Plainsong Hunting Grounds (Recommended Level: 10) |
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|---|---|
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| List of Trials | |
| Silent Looting Trial Loot supply caches without alerting or damaging any machines. |
Quarter Stripes: 10:00
Half Stripes: 04:30
Full Stripes: 03:30 |
| Silent Strike Trial Kill machines using Silent Stirke and Strike from Above to remain undetected. |
Quarter Stripes: 10:00
Half Stripes: 02:30
Full Stripes: 01:30 |
| Silent Gliding Trial Use your Shieldwing to glide undetected over machines and kill them from above. |
Quarter Stripes: 10:00
Half Stripes: 02:00
Full Stripes: 01:00 |
| Enemies Encountered | |
| Tracker Burrower | |
Rewards List
Silent Looting Trial Rewards
| Achievement | Reward |
|---|---|
 Quarter Stripes |
・4 Hunting Medal ・40 Metal Shards ・1 Small Machine Core |
 Half Stripes |
・5 Hunting Medal ・50 Metal Shards ・10 Metalbite ・1 Small Machine Core |
 Full Stripes |
・6 Hunting Medal ・60 Metal Shards ・10 Metalbite ・1 Leaplasher Circulator ・1 Medium Machine Core |
Silent Strike Trial Rewards
| Achievement | Reward |
|---|---|
| Quarter Stripes |
・4 Hunting Medal ・40 Metal Shards ・1 Small Machine Core |
| Half Stripes |
・5 Hunting Medal ・50 Metal Shards ・10 Chillwater ・1 Small Machine Core |
| Full Stripes |
・6 Hunting Medal ・60 Metal Shards ・10 Chillwater ・1 Fanghorn Antler ・1 Medium Machine Core |
Silent Gliding Trial Rewards
| Achievement | Reward |
|---|---|
| Quarter Stripes |
・4 Hunting Medal ・40 Metal Shards ・1 Small Machine Core |
| Half Stripes |
・5 Hunting Medal ・50 Metal Shards ・10 Blaze ・1 Small Machine Core |
| Full Stripes |
・6 Hunting Medal ・60 Metal Shards ・10 Blaze ・1 Fanghorn Circulator ・1 Medium Machine Core |
Completion Rewards
| Achievement | Reward |
|---|---|
 Grand Quarter Stripes |
・8 Hunting Medal ・2 Skill Points ・150 Metal Shards ・1 Small Machine Core |
 Grand Half Stripes |
・10 Hunting Medal ・300 Metal Shards ・10 Blastpaste ・1 Weave - Melee Defense +5% ・2 Small Machine Core |
 Grand Full Stripes |
・12 Hunting Medal ・450 Metal Shards ・1 Leaplasher Primary Nerve ・1 Coil - Knockdown Power +7% ・1 Fanghorn Primary Nerve ・2 Medium Machine Core |
How to Clear Plainsong Hunting Grounds
Silent Looting Trial
Before entering the arena, wait for the timing for the Watcher to the right of the first chest to walk out of the way. Take the left rope into the bushes directly where the first chest is. After opening it, head right before the Watcher turns around and up the path, then Shieldwing into the bushes in the divot. Open the second chest there. Continue ahead on the path through the bushes while avoiding the Watcher. Climb up the wall to reach the third chest.
Silent Strike Trial
The fastest way to encounter three Watchers from the bushes is to go in the path on the far left. You'll find a Watcher on both the lower path and the higher path you can take out with Silent Strike. Then, loop around behind the wall to find another Watcher to take down.
Silent Gliding Trial
Instead of taking a zipline in, grapple up the pole at the entrance. For this trial, you'll want to get used to hitting Circle each time you're about to hit the top of the pole to give yourself an extra boost up. Do this from the entry pole and Shieldwing in to Strike from Above on the first Watcher from midair. Head up the hill and to the right, and do the same from the pole here; Shieldwing down to Strike from Above on the Watcher on the divot ahead on the far right.
Horizon Forbidden West Related Guides
Hunting Grounds
All Hunting Grounds Locations and Guides
| The Daunt | Plainsong |
| Sheerside Mountains | The Raintrance |
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