Best Modifications and How to Get

Modifications amplify the damage and resistances of your weapons and outfits. This is a guide on getting the best modifications in the game Horizon Zero Dawn. Read on to know the location of the best mods, how to get them, their individual effects, and which quests are required in getting them.

Frozen Wilds Exclusive Modifications

The Frozen Wilds DLC introduces some of the best modifications available in the game. Buying the DLC or the Complete edition of the game, will automatically give you access to these mods from the beginning of the game and we recommend getting these as soon as you can!

Best Weapon Modifications

Drummer's Weapon Coil

Drummer's Weapon Coil
Effect	+51% Freeze +35% Shock +35% Corruption
How To Get	Found at the bottom of Greycatch after draining out in the Waterlogged side quest.
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Hidebound Weapon Coil

Hidebound Weapon Coil
Effect	+51% Damage +35% Shock +35% Freeze
How To Get	Deliver all six Animal Figurines to Enjuk.
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Pristine Weapon Coil

Pristine Weapon Coil
Effect	+51% Damage +35% Tear +47% Handling
How To Get	Finish the Out of the Forge errand and return to Naltuk in Song's Edge. Required Quest: The Forge of Winter
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Untested Weapon Coil

Untested Weapon Coil
Effect	+51% Damage +35% Tear +35% Fire
How To Get	This is a reward for completing The Hunter's Three side quest.
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Painted Weapon Coil

Painted Weapon Coil
Effect	+51% Shock +35% Fire +47% Handling
How To Get	Deliver all nine Pigments to Sekuli in Song's Edge
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Veteran's Weapon Coil

Veteran's Weapon Coil
Effect	+51% Fire +35% Shock +35% Freeze
How To Get	Complete all the trials of the Snowchants Hunting Grounds Required Quest: For the Werak
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Best Outfit Modifications

Warrior's Outfit Weave

Warrior's Outfit Weave
Effect	+20% Resist Melee +34% Resist Fire
How To Get	A supply crate in the middle of a Banuk fishing camp over a frozen pond southwest of Deep Din
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Survivor's Outfit Weave

Survivor's Outfit Weave
Effect	+34% Resist Freeze +20% Resist Melee
How To Get	Complete Ikrie's Challenge at the Snowchant Hunting Grounds Required Quest: The Survivor
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Reinforced Outfit Weave

Reinforced Outfit Weave
Effect	+20% Resist Ranged +34% Freeze
How To Get	Midway through the cave in the Shaman's Path side quest, in the open area with a Stalker.
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Insulated Outfit Weave

Insulated Outfit Weave
Effect	+25% Resist Shock +25% Resist Freeze +25% Resist Fire
How To Get	A supply crate by the Control Tower in the northeast most part of The Cut
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Heat Sink Outfit Weave

Heat Sink Outfit Weave
Effect	+34% Resist Fire +20% Resist Ranged
How To Get	In the open area of the Firebreak Facility during the Firebreak quest, choose "Aratak's Path" and the mod will be inside a crate in the middle of the area.
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