How to Beat Stormbird: Components and Item Drops

The Stormbird is a machine enemy in Horizon Zero Dawn that is can fly and has a massive size. Read on to learn info which includes Cauldron Override and map locations, item drops, and weaknesses!

Stormbird Basic Info

Stormbird
Description	Highly maneuverable flying machine with a wide array of Shock-based air-to-ground attacks.
Cauldron Override	ZETA Overrides

Stormbird Components and Item Drops

Stormbird Components

Component	Component Description	Strengths and Weaknesses
Body	Hard outer casing to protect synthetic muscle and operational systems.	Strength: Shock Weakness: None
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
Engine	Destroying this component disables the dive melee attack.	Strength: None Weakness: Tear
Freeze Canister	Chillwater can be looted from this canister. Shooting this canister with a Freeze arrow will trigger an explosion Freezing anything in the area.	Strength: None Weakness: Freeze, Tear
Lightning Gun	Destroying this component disables the ranged Shock attacks.	Strength: None Weakness: Tear

Stormbird Item Drops

How to Beat Stormbird and Weaknesses

Destroy the Engines

The Stormbird has Engines that allow it to pick up speed and deal sweeping attacks against Aloy. To prevent these attacks, breaking each engine will slow it down, making it rely on more standard attacks.

Destroy the Lightning Gun

The Stormbird often uses the Lightning Gun to fire shots from a safe distance. Focus your attacks on this component to disable the Stormbird's projectiles, making it more likely to come down to a distance where you can attack it more easily.

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