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This guide will show you how to complete The Looming Shadow, a main quest in Horizon Zero Dawn. Read on to learn the objectives, strategies, location, and rewards for The Looming Shadow main quest.
Previous Quest | Next Quest |
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The Mountain That Fell | The Face of Extinction |
List of Contents
Warning: Completing this quest will immediately thrust players into the final main quest of Horizon Zero Dawn. If you plan to prepare some more before the final battle, there will be an option to let Aloy continue exploring at the end of this quest.
Quest Name | The Looming Shadow |
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Quest Giver | None. This quest triggers immediately after the quest, The Mountain That Fell and The Sun Shall Fall. |
Rewards |
17000 XP +1 Skill Point |
Recommended Level | 34 |
Percent (%) Completion | - - |
Description | HADES intends to use the Spire to transmit a resurrection signal, calling millions of buried war machines from their graves. When the time comes, Aloy must stand against the shadow - but she will not fight alone. |
Objectives | |
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1 | ![]() If players have not finished the Oseram Questline, this mission will not officially begin. Complete the quests The Field of the Fallen, Into the Borderlands, and The Sun Shall Fall to begin The Looming Shadow. |
2 | ![]() Talk to Blameless Marad and inquire about how the preparations are coming along. |
3 | ![]() This is the culmination of all the side quests and main quests Aloy has completed thus far. If you want to meet all the allies you've helped (and have volunteered to fight), visit preparation areas on the Ridge and near the Spire to speak to the NPCs. |
4 | ![]() Warning: Opting to continue will immediately take players to the final main quest of Horizon Zero Dawn. If you plan to prepare by getting better weapons, armor, or modifications, do not choose to rest. |
4.5 | ![]() For players gunning to get the All Allies Joined trophy, consider declining the option to rest and instead continue your exploration of the world. |
Oseram Tribe Quests | |
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The Field of the Fallen | Into the Borderlands |
The Sun Shall Fall |
The Main Quest of Horizon Zero Dawn will have branching narratives that deal with both the Nora and the Oseram. At some point, players will be locked from the main events of the quest if they have not completed certain branching questlines.
If you find yourself unable to start this quest, you will need to complete The Field of the Fallen, Into the Borderlands and The Sun Shall Fall quests if you have not done so already.
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All Allies Joined |
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Given Aloy's actions, all possible optional allies joined the defense. |
For players looking to earn this trophy in a single playthrough, consider postponing the final objective to continue exploring the world. The achievement, All Allies Joined can only be obtained if you have all possible allies present at the preparation sites.
Main Quest Walkthroughs | |
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A Gift From the Past | Lessons of the Wild |
The Point of the Spear | Mother's Heart |
The Proving | The Womb of the Mountain |
A Seeker at the Gates | The City of the Sun |
Maker's End | The Grave-Hoard |
To Curse the Darkness | Deep Secrets of the Earth |
The Terror of the Sun | The Heart of the Nora |
The Mountain That Fell | The Looming Shadow |
The Face of Extinction | |
Main Quests - Nora Tribe | |
The War-Chief's Trail | Revenge of the Nora |
Main Quests - Oseram Tribe | |
The Field of the Fallen | Into the Borderlands |
The Sun Shall Fall |
Frozen Wild Main Quest Walkthroughs | |
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Into the Frozen Wilds | The Shaman's Path |
For the Werak | Firebreak |
The Forge of Winter |
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