What can you do as a free member?

Member benefits illustration

Create your free account today and unlock all our premium features and tools to enhance your gaming experience.

Member benefits illustration

Create your free account today and save articles to your watchlist and get notified when they're updated with new information.

Member benefits illustration

Create your free account today and save your favorite games for quick access later, synced across all your devices.

Member benefits illustration

By creating a Game8 account and logging in, you'll receive instant notifications when someone replies to your posts.

Comment rating feature illustration

By creating a Game8 account and logging in, you can make use of convenient features in the comments section, such as rating and sorting comments.

Premium archive feature illustration

By creating a Game8 account and logging in, you can access Premium articles that are exclusively available to members.

Site Interface

Guest
Free Member
Article Watchlist
Game Bookmarks
Cross-device Sync
Light/Dark Theme Toggle
User Profiles
Direct Feedback
Comment Rating

Game Tools

Guest
Free Member
Interactive Map Access
Interactive Map Pins
Interactive Map Comments
Interactive Map Pins Cross-Device
Check List
Event Choice Checker
Deck Builder Cross-Device
Message Board Notification
Message Board Cross-Device
Build Planner
Stat Calculator
Diagnostic Tool
Weapon/Armor Wishlist

Want more information?Learn more

Horizon Zero Dawn

How to Beat Scorcher: Components and Item Drops

5
Add to Watchlist

★ Horizon Forbidden West Guide & Walkthrough Wiki

The Scorcher is a machine enemy in Horizon Zero Dawn that has Fire attacks and guards machine herds. Read on to learn info which includes Cauldron Override and map locations, item drops, and weaknesses!

List of Contents

Scorcher Basic Info

Scorcher
Image Coming Soon
Description A very agile and dangerous combat machine with fire-augmented melee attacks and a mounted mine launcher for ranged engagement.
Cauldron Override EPSILON Overrides

Scorcher Components and Item Drops

Scorcher Components

Component Component Description Strengths and Weaknesses

Body		 Hard outer casing to protect synthetic muscle and operational systems. Strength:
Fire
Weakness:
Freeze

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

Mine Launcher		 Heavy projectile weapon. Deploys explosive proximity mines. Strength:
None
Weakness:
All

Power Generator		 Sparker resources can be looted from this component. Destroying this component will trigger an explosion electrifying anything in the area. Strength:
Tear
Weakness:
All

Scorcher 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

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

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

How to Beat Scorcher and Weaknesses

Use Freeze Arrows

The Scorcher's body is weak to Freeze, so use Freeze arrows to take advantage of this. Once inflicted with Freeze, the Scorcher's movements will be temporarily slowed and any attacks in this state will deal extra damage.

Target the Mine Launcher

Dealing damage to the Mine Launcher component on the Scorcher's back will deal extra damage, and once destroyed will prevent the long-ranged mine attack. Keep in mind this will mean that the Scorcher will switch to more melee or Fire-based attacks.

Related Guides

Enemy Machine Guides

Enemy Machines Front Page

Horizon Zero Dawn

Horizon Zero Dawn Enemies
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

Frozen Wilds

Horizon Zero Dawn Enemies
Scorcher Fireclaw
Frostclaw Daemonic Machine
Control Tower

Comment

See more comments (5 Comments)

Author

Horizon Zero Dawn Walkthrough Team
This article was created by Game8's elite team of writers and gamers.
    Leave feedback(Login required)
    Please participate in our site
    improvement survey
    12/2025
    Would you assist in
    improving Game8's site?
    ×
    This survey will take about 1 minute.
    Your answers will help us to improve our website.
    We are listening to our users' valuable opinions and discussing how to act on them.
    The information collected through this survey will be used for the purpose of improving our services. In addition, the information will only be disclosed a part of a statistic in a format that will not allow identification of personal information.
    Begin Survey
    Not Now
    ×
    Please rate each item regarding Game8.co's Advertisements.
    Amount of Ads
    Very Dissatisfied
    Somewhat Dissatisfied
    Fine
    Somewhat Satisfied
    Highly Satisfied
    Placement of Ads
    Timing of Ad Display
    Ad Loading Speed
    Safeness of Ads
    Content of Ads
    ×
    Please rate each item regarding Game8.co's Quality of Articles.
    Amount of information
    Very Dissatisfied
    Somewhat Dissatisfied
    Fine
    Somewhat Satisfied
    Highly Satisfied
    Frequency of updates
    Speed of new information
    Accuracy of articles
    Understandibility of articles
    Readability of sentences
    ×
    Please rate each item regarding Game8.co's Usability of the Site.
    Ease of finding information
    Very Dissatisfied
    Somewhat Dissatisfied
    Fine
    Somewhat Satisfied
    Highly Satisfied
    Loading Speed
    Use of Color
    Font Size
    Visibility of Images
    Easy to Understand Layout
    ×
    Please rate each item regarding Game8.co's Message Boards, Comments.
    Ease of Writing
    Very Dissatisfied
    Somewhat Dissatisfied
    Fine
    Somewhat Satisfied
    Highly Satisfied
    Readability
    Ease in Finding Information
    Comment Quality
    Comment Quantity
    Admin Response
    ×
    Please rate each item regarding Game8.co's Site's new design.
    Please rate our site's new design
    Very Dissatisfied
    Somewhat Dissatisfied
    Fine
    Somewhat Satisfied
    Highly Satisfied
    Do you think that the website's design change makes the site easier to use?
    Has the new design made it easier for you to find information on the site?
    Has the new design improved the overall visual appeal of the site?
    How would you rate your overall satisfaction with the new design of the site?
    ×
    How likely are you to recommend Game8 to someone you know?
    Very Unlikely
    0
    1
    2
    3
    4
    5
    6
    7
    8
    9
    10
    Very Likely
    If you have other opinions regarding potential improvement to the website, please share them with us. We would appreciate your honest opinion.
    Note: This is a free response section, so you can proceed without entering anything.
    Note: Please be sure not to enter any kind of personal information into your response.
    ×
    Thank You
    ×
    Thank you for participating in our survey! Your answers will help us to improve the quality of our website and services.
    We hope you continue to make use of Game8.
    Close
    For other opinions or comments, go here.

    Rankings

    Popular Articles
    Message Board
    • We could not find the message board you were looking for.

    Gaming News

    Best PS5 RPGs (December 2025)

    Best PS5 RPGs (December 2025)

    Popular Games

    Recommended Games

    All rights reserved

    ©2016 Sony Interactive Entertainment Europe. Horizon Zero Dawn is a trademark of Sony Interactive Entertainment
    America LLC. Developed by Guerrilla.
    Sony Interactive Entertainment Privacy Policy & EULA

    The copyrights of videos of games used in our content and other intellectual property rights belong to the provider of the game.
    The contents we provide on this site were created personally by members of the Game8 editorial department.
    We refuse the right to reuse or repost content taken without our permission such as data or images to other sites.

    Horizon Zero Dawn Walkthrough & Guides Wiki

    Quick Access
    Guide Index

    All Horizon Wikis

    Quests

    Main Quests

    Frozen Wilds

    Side Quests

    Hunting Grounds

    Cauldrons

    Errands

    Corrupted Zones

    Tallnecks

    Tutorial Quests

    Enemies

    Equipment

    Skills

    Characters

    Items

    Tips and Tricks

    Collectibles

    News and Game Info