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How to Beat Snapmaw: Components and Item Drops

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The Snapmaw is a machine enemy in Horizon Zero Dawn that can travel on land and water. Read on to learn info which includes Cauldron Override and map locations, item drops, and weaknesses!

List of Contents

Snapmaw Basic Info
Snapmaw Components and Item Drops
How to Beat and Weaknesses
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Snapmaw Basic Info

Snapmaw

Description	Able to engage on land and water, its bulk belies the speed of its distance-closing lunge attacks.
Cauldron Override	RHO Overrides

Snapmaw Components and Item Drops

Snapmaw Components

Component	Component Description	Strengths and Weaknesses
Body	Hard outer casing to protect synthetic muscle and operational systems.	Strength: Freeze 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
Freeze Sac	Destroying this component disables the ranged Freeze attack, and triggers an explosion causing damage to anything in the area.	Strength: None Weakness: All

Snapmaw 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
Snapmaw Heart	Type: Resources Sources: Snapmaw	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
Chillwater	Type: Resources Sources: Lancehorn Sawtooth Glinthawk Ravager Snapmaw Behemoth Thunderjaw Freeze Bellowback Stormbird Frostclaw	Crafting Ammunition, Crafting Items, 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
Snapmaw Lens	Type: Resources Sources: Snapmaw	Trading with Merchants, Selling for Metal Shards

How to Beat Snapmaw and Weaknesses

Fight on the Ground

The Snapmaw is a dangerous machine that can run on the ground and swim over water. This makes it very dangerous to swim while they're present. The best approach when attacking them is to lure them to land. Use Fire Arrows to deal extra damage, and you can take one down easily.

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Watcher	Grazer
Scrapper	Strider
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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Scorcher	Fireclaw
Frostclaw	Daemonic Machine
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