The Point Of The Spear Walkthrough

This guide will show you how to complete The Point Of The Spear, a main quest in Horizon Zero Dawn. Read on to learn the objectives, strategies, location, and rewards for The Point Of The Spear main quest.

The Point Of The Spear Quest Information

General Info

The Point Of The Spear Walkthrough

How to Complete

	Objectives
1	Find Rost. From the nearby Campfire, head East. Rost will be on the cliff, looking over the valley.
2	Gather 10 Ridge-Wood. Ridge-Wood can be gathered from Ridge-Wood plants. These are easily found throughout the open-world.
3	Gather 3 Blaze from Striders. Head over to any Strider Site (marked on the map). Shoot off the Blaze Canisters from their backs or use the Silent Strike ability to take one down and loot its carcass.
4	Gather 5 Metal Shards from Machines. If you still don't have enough Metal Shards, plenty of Watchers, Scrappers, and Striders roam the Embrace. Hunt them down to collect the needed shards.
5	Craft Fire Arrows. Using the gathered resources, craft Fire Arrows using the Weapon Radial.
6	Talk to Karst and Trade for a Tripcaster. Now, head over to Karst the Merchant near Mother's Cradle. Purchase a Tripcaster with one Scrapper Lens.
7	Meet Rost at the North Gate. Run over to the North Gate of the Embrace and speak to Rost by the Campfire. Use the same Campfire to save and progress the quest.
8	Follow the Path of Destruction. After the night cutscene plays, simply follow the waypoints towards the Sawtooth. Only 1 Watcher will be guarding the approach.
9	Kill the Sawtooth. The Sawtooth is weak to fire. Use Fire Arrows to set it alight and your brand new Tripcaster to stun it.
10	Loot the Sawtooth carcass. Approach the dead Sawtooth and loot it for resources. This completes the quest.

Tips and Strategies

Learn Silent Strike and Lure for Easy Machine Kills

Silent Strike	Press R1 (on PS4) to perform silent takedowns on small machines and humans, or deal high damage to medium enemies.
Lure Call	Use ! from the tools menu to lure a single enemy to your position. The target will be the closest, most centered in Aloy's view.

Lure and Silent Strike are perfect skills when looking to easily farm Machines like the Watchers, Scrappers, and Striders that roam the Embrace.

Easy one-hit kill mechanics with the ability to lure them towards Aloy (without using rocks) will greatly help in the initial gathering segment of the quest.

Complete the In Her Mother's Footsteps Side Quest

While a bit lengthy and far away from the main quest's objective locations, this sidequest rewards Aloy with a +1 Spear Damage Boost.

Complete this side quest to get an edge over the Sawtooth later on (especially when playing on higher difficulties).

In Her Mother's Footsteps Side Quest Walkthrough

Use the Tripcaster to Stun the Sawtooth

When first encountering the Sawtooth outside the Embrace, make sure to Tag and Highlight its Path using your Focus. The glowing arrows will show you where to place a Tripcaster wire that can stun the Sawtooth when it first crosses.

Note: On higher difficulties like Ultra Hard, a single Tripcaster wire will not stun the Sawtooth. It will take at least 3 in order to bring it down, so stack the wires when planning to use this method.

Use Fire Arrows to Burn the Sawtooth

Sawtooths are generally weak to Fire Damage. It only takes 3 Fire Arrows on Normal difficulty to set it alight, providing damage-over-time while Aloy frantically dodges its attacks.

Additionally, the Blaze Canister located on its underside can be hit with Fire Arrows to make it explode for extra damage.

Learn the Critical Hit Skill

Critical Hit	Press R1 (on PS4) for a high damage attack on downed enemies.

The Critical Hit skill synergizes really well with the Tripcaster as it gives the option to deal high damage to a stunned Sawtooth. On higher difficulties, this skill will be worth it to level up before the encounter.

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