Horizon Zero Dawn

How to Beat Sawtooth: Components and Item Drops

The Sawtooth is a machine enemy in Horizon Zero Dawn known for its speed and agility. Read on to learn info which includes Cauldron Override and map locations, item drops, and weaknesses!

Sawtooth Basic Info

Sawtooth
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Description An aggressive machine, quick to close the distance to targets and engage with melee attacks.
Cauldron Override SIGMA Overrides

Sawtooth Components and Item Drops

Sawtooth Components

Component Component Description Strengths and Weaknesses

Body
Hard outer casing to protect synthetic muscle and operational systems. Strength:
None
Weakness:
Fire

Blaze Canister
Blaze storage canister. Shooting elemental canisters with elemental ammo triggers an explosion that will damage everything nearby. Shoot off this component to collect the resource inside. Strength:
None
Weakness:
Fire, Tear

Sawtooth Item Drops

Item Type and Sources Used For:

Metal Shards
Type: Other
Sources: Under Construction!
Crafting Ammunition, Crafting Items, Trading with Merchants

Sparker
Type: Resources
Sources: Under Construction!
Crafting Ammunition, Crafting Items, Trading with Merchants, Selling for Metal Shards

Wire
Type: Resources
Sources: Under Construction!
Crafting Ammunition, Crafting Items, Trading with Merchants, Selling for Metal Shards

Machine Core - Medium
Type: Resources
Sources: Longleg
Trampler
Sawtooth
Shell-Walker
Fire Bellowback
Stalker
Corruptor
Ravager
Snapmaw
Freeze Bellowback
Scorcher
Frostclaw
Selling for Metal Shards

Luminous Braiding
Type: Resources
Sources: Longleg
Trampler
Sawtooth
Shell-Walker
Fire Bellowback
Stalker
Corruptor
Ravager
Snapmaw
Freeze Bellowback
Scorcher
Frostclaw
Trading with Merchants, Selling for Metal Shards

Blaze
Type: Resources
Sources: Strider
Grazer
Broadhead
Sawtooth
Fire Bellowback
Charger
Snapmaw
Thunderjaw
Rockbreaker
Stormbird
Scorcher
Fireclaw
Crafting Ammunition, Crafting Items, Trading with Merchants, Selling for Metal Shards

Sawtooth Lens
Type: Resources
Sources: Sawtooth
Trading with Merchants, Selling for Metal Shards

Sawtooth Heart
Type: Resources
Sources: Sawtooth
Trading with Merchants, Selling for Metal Shards

How to Beat Sawtooth and Weaknesses

Use Tripcasters to Attack the Weakpoint

The Sawtooth is a very fast enemy, and targetting the weakpoint on its stomach is difficult to hit with arrows. Using the Tripcaster is an effective way to slow them down and tip them over to expose its weakpoint.

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Redeye Watcher Broadhead
Tallneck Longleg
Trampler Shell-Walker
Ravager Snapmaw
Grazer Scrapper
Lancehorn Sawtooth
Fire Bellowback Stalker
Glinthawk Behemoth
Freeze Bellowback Thunderjaw
Rockbreaker Stormbird

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