How to Kill Fireclaws | Horizon Zero Dawn 2022 | Master Machine Hunting Guide

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Welcome to my Horizon Zero Dawn Master Machine Hunting series in 2022! In this episode we'll learn the best way to kill Fireclaws. With the HZD sequel Forbidden West coming out soon, I know there's going to be a lot of people re-playing Zero Dawn or playing it for the first time. In this series, we're going to cover the most effective tactics for taking down all the toughest machines in the game. If you want to learn how to take down every machine and become a master machine hunter, this is the series for you!
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⏱️Video Chapters⏱️
0:00 - Intro
0:22 - Fireclaw Overview
1:28 - Strategy & Gear
5:41 - Outfit & Skills
6:15 - Live Combat
9:27 - Summary
9:55 - Extra Tips
11:17 - Wrapping Up
HZD Interactive Map: mapgenie.io/horizon-zero-dawn
Music Credit: Landscape by Jarico ( / landscape )
For all my PC nerds out there, here's the specs:
CPU: i7-9700k (OC at 5.2GHz all core)
GPU: EVGA GTX 1080 SC Gaming (Core OC: 2075MHz, Mem OC: 5275MHz)
RAM: 16GB G.Skill TridentZ 3866MHz CL16
MB: Asus Z390-F Gaming
SSD: Samsung 970 EVO Plus 512GB
Monitor: Dell S2417DG 165Hz
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@furiousstyles08 2 жыл бұрын

This was worth the wait. I think I'll try your surgical approach over my previous "shoot the machine till it dies while you burn through your medicine" tactic.

@ArktixOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Haha yes! It’s definitely easy to burn through all your healing with a Fireclaw! Pun intended :)

@anti-ethniccleansing465 Жыл бұрын

@@ArktixOfficial THANK YOU SOOO MUCH for not spoiling the game! I appreciate that you held back on saying what the final boss is that has more HP than the fireclaw. P.S. I had no idea you could preload double/triple arrows! That’s a nifty little hidden mechanic tip. :) Also, are you playing on PC with a keyboard and mouse? Because your aim is freakin’ surgical. Also, do the fireclaws around the Cut have the same HP and difficulty as the first one we were introduced to as a boss in the cauldron? Or is that one buffed? Just curious.

@cutora07 Жыл бұрын

@@anti-ethniccleansing465 this is a response from 5 months later but I think the hp goes higher up depending on ur difficulty

@anti-ethniccleansing465 Жыл бұрын

@@cutora07 That wasn’t my question though. Lol.

@ShadeSlayer1911 11 ай бұрын

That is also my approach typically.

@paristeta5483 2 жыл бұрын

Finally, a helpful video, not the "NG++++ super mods how to kill in 3 seconds stuff". Was really helpful as a new player, thank you! I really liked, that the meat of the video is already delivered in less then two minutes (good structure) and if more explanation is needed, the rest of the video delivers with the narration of the actual combat.

@ArktixOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you found it helpful! Yes, that’s definitely my goal with these machine hunting guides. I also found it really annoying as a new player to see all these videos of people with maxed out stats taking down machines super fast. Like you said, they’re just not helpful. Thanks for letting me know you think this structure is good!

@IlyaVassilevsky 2 жыл бұрын

I have completed the main story of Zero Dawn yesterday. Thanks to these educational videos. Thank you very much. The game is a masterpiece.

@ArktixOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad my videos helped you =) And yes, I agree Horizon is amazing =D

@MegaChickenfish Жыл бұрын

These were literal lifesavers. As fun as it was to have my strategy of loading up the fighting arena from stealth with an obscene amount of tripwires, traps, and proximity bombs (you are the fly, I am the spider, cauldron thunderjaw!) that strategy doesn't work if I'm in those hunter trials where time is so critical, and these endgame DLC monsters in particular just have *so much health* that when trying to brute force them with blast wires, which will kill or stun smaller enemies, _they'll gleefully barrel through six of them to continue right on with killing you._

@ArktixOfficial Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks! Glad to hear you found these helpful 😁 Lol yes, the big boi machines are no joke.

@anik1860 11 ай бұрын

NGL , the one FireClaw that comes inside the cauldron is a nightmare!! Limited space to manoeuvre with the fireclaw performing all its attack tricks , took me almost 40 tries and exhausted all my resources killing it

@Thrashman138 11 ай бұрын

It's cheap as hell. The least fair, least fun fight in the entire game. It's like Guerilla didn't even play test this fight.

@ArktixOfficial 11 ай бұрын

Lol yeah that's a really tough one!

@Peter8831 Жыл бұрын

Alright, best Machine fighting series I've seen! Thanks @Arktix. Super helpful! Incredibly informative, educational, and implementable! I've seen various other machine hunting series, most are pretty mediocre. A couple are pretty good, but yours are the best, hands down!

@ArktixOfficial Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks a lot! Glad you like it 😄 Thanks for your comment. I appreciate it 🙏👍

@rajkumar_gr 3 ай бұрын

Totally enjoyed the series 😅 loved it ❤ Thank you for your time and effort putting this together!

@ArktixOfficial 3 ай бұрын

Thanks! Glad you enjoyed the game!

@Torch4Life Жыл бұрын

Great work Arktix, thank you. First I've seen your work as it sure took forever to get my paws on a ps5 at msrp, better late than never & again, great work you did here, thanks.

@ArktixOfficial Жыл бұрын

Thank you! Congrats on getting your PS5 🥳 Hope you’re enjoying playing Horizon on it!

@Whojamawhutsit Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! It was about to scream with frustration over the fire claw. But with your approach, I finished it off in one go with a lot less pain and suffering

@ArktixOfficial Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Good work 👍 They’re really tough! Glad you found this helpful 😁

@kristit4047 Жыл бұрын

Horizon ZD is the very first PS game (honestly, the very first and thus far the only video game) I have ever owned and played. Because of my lack of experience, the beginning was rather challenging for me but I quickly realized that this game is brilliant and beautiful and I fell deeply in love with it and gaming in general. This being said, I would like to thank you so much for making these tutorials, they really have helped me along the way to understand the game and the machines better. I love your way of explaining things, all your tutorials have been very clear, straight to the point and very professional - you truly have a talent for this! I can't wait to get started with Horizon FW (and meanwhile I hope I don't spoil the whole game to myself, as I am tempted to watch all your videos about it :)).

@ArktixOfficial Жыл бұрын

Hi! Thanks so much for your comment! I’m glad to hear your enjoying Zero Dawn and my videos are helping you 😄 When you get to Forbidden West I’ll have a big library of content waiting for you 😁 Thanks for your support!

@anti-ethniccleansing465 Жыл бұрын

How old are you Kristi? This game is really your first video game ever? Or it’s simply your first PS game?

@kristit4047 Жыл бұрын

@@anti-ethniccleansing465 25, but I never got around to playing until my bf gifted this game to me for Christmas :) Before ZD I had played assassin's creed on PC for like 2 hours when i was around 13 or so but otherwise I had completely lived under the rock 😁

@anti-ethniccleansing465 Жыл бұрын

@@kristit4047 Oh wow! I can’t imagine that. I’ve been playing videos games since I was a kid with Atari and Nintendo in the 80s! Haha.

@Lyza0327 Жыл бұрын

I just started playing Frozen wilds again since it’s been a long time. I was having a hard time defeating these fire claws. I loved all the tips you gave and it was very helpful. I had to kill 5 of them for a quest. Thanks so much for video I appreciate it and I subbed. Have an awesome day kind sir 👍🏼🤗😁

@ArktixOfficial Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks! Glad to hear you found this helpful 😄 Fireclaws are tough! And I appreciate your sub! 🙂

@dancerrachel162 Жыл бұрын

So glad I found this! You saved my bacon in the epsilon cauldron with just the shadow war bow and the carja sharpshot bow cuz I was a dummy and didn’t buy any fancy new weapons just played the game. Super awesome video!!!

@ArktixOfficial Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad you found this helpful 😄 That cauldron is tough!

@min-alexliang4684 2 жыл бұрын

SUPER useful tips as always!!!

@ArktixOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

@Min-Alex Liang Thanks! I'm glad you think so!

@Sharkie504 Жыл бұрын

Started playing horizon. Zero Dawn again after finishing forbidden West. Can't tell you how happy I am to see that you got zero dawn videos too!

@ArktixOfficial Жыл бұрын

Cool! Yeah this was my first series 😄 Hope you're enjoying Zero Dawn!

@jlee_2848 27 күн бұрын

I got the high, high ground on them and used this method. It worked like a charm 😂😂 (also helps if you can call a mount to distract them for a while lol). Thanks for the help

@monkeytron5061 Жыл бұрын

Ok, that was some fine ass play man! Just about to take on one of these in the volcano cauldron. I so wish I knew I had an ice rail in a treasure box so I could have up graded it first but hey, we are where we are lol.

@ArktixOfficial Жыл бұрын

Thanks! Good luck with the cauldron! I hope you can use some of these tips 👍

@Air0Sparks Жыл бұрын

It took me almost three hundred times to beat sigrun…. The fact that I have to kill five now is exactly how I ended up here. Thanks for this video!

@ArktixOfficial Жыл бұрын

Lol Sigrun is tough! Hope this video helped you beat those Fireclaws!

@MsGoldberga 2 жыл бұрын

Fantastic Video 😍

@ArktixOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m glad you think so!

@krzysztofprzybylski2750 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent video! Can't wait to watch your take on how to farm Fireclaw webbing sacs in HFW

@ArktixOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks! That’s the next one coming in my HFW machine hunting series!

@spforevr11 2 жыл бұрын

@@ArktixOfficial Thanks! Really struggling with them on NG+ ultra hard. Most of its attacks are one shot if landed, and we need the sacs intact so I feel like I'm hitting my head against a wall.

@ArktixOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Just posted my HFW Fireclaw guide! Hope it helps you!

@areathex4086 Жыл бұрын

This is amazing. I just tried this strategy on the Very Hard difficulty and instead of the war and shadow bows, I used the Banuk ones and it SHREDDED.

@ArktixOfficial Жыл бұрын

Nice! Good job 👍 Oh yeah totally use the Banuk bows if you have them!

@OssLess.FreePS 3 ай бұрын

thx alot

@achyutpsd 2 жыл бұрын

Good work

@ArktixOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

@isaacgrier8679 Жыл бұрын

This guide made a huge difference for me.

@ArktixOfficial Жыл бұрын

Awesome! Glad this helped you out 😄

@shamal2351 Жыл бұрын

Hi Arktik, I love your contant, keep up thr amazing job!. Are you speedrunning the game? or do lore videos?

@ArktixOfficial Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks! I’m not particularly into speed running, but I do follow that community a bit since they come up with some useful tips for general play too. I do like the lore, but I haven’t done videos on it. Maybe I should at some point.

@shhh_m_watching Жыл бұрын

This video redeemed The Frozen Wilds for me. I used to brute force these things with bombs. While successful after multiple frustrating attempts then, it was a very expensive ordeal. Thank you! I have a very different view of TFW now.

@ArktixOfficial Жыл бұрын

Hey thanks Marc! Glad you were able to pick up some tips from this 😄 Yeah it’s not obvious how to approach Fire and Frostclaws, but they do have their weaknesses!

@Gummy2741 2 жыл бұрын

OmFG u make it look so easy... 😆

@ArktixOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Lol thanks =D Lots of practice...lol

@theoldhenk7531 8 ай бұрын

Helpful video, especially re: initial shock arrows. That said, even with all three Banuck bows, I don't do nearly as much triple shot damage as you, and it still takes forever to freeze Fireclaws, even with three freeze mods on the bow. My hardpoint arrows are useless as well. Can you discuss how you're modding the bows, as that must be responsible for the difference.

@AngeloMiguel24712 Жыл бұрын

im stuck on the Final boss of the Frozen wilds in ultra hard new game plus :S this is going to help

@abelingaw5070 Жыл бұрын

Icerail's cannon can also hit those spots with higher damage, but of course. even with 3 50+ handling mods, its still load slow. And yeah it needs a good aim too. However, chillwater is just so expensive.

@ArktixOfficial Жыл бұрын

Yes! The icerail is a lot of fun to use, but yeah, the ammo is really expensive.

@PluslePlayzYT 2 жыл бұрын

This was a really good and in-depth strategy! Just wanted to let ya know that the part where your talking about the fireclaw is labeled “Bellowback overview”

@ArktixOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Oh man. Thank you! I was editing that pretty late last night. I must have forgotten to change the time stamp. I’ll fix it. Thanks a lot for pointing that out!

@PluslePlayzYT 2 жыл бұрын

@@ArktixOfficial It’s no problem!

@PluslePlayzYT 2 жыл бұрын

@@ArktixOfficial Oh I actually wanted to ask you if it would be ok for me to post about you to tell people to check you out?

@ArktixOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Well no…actually I don’t want anymore more subscribers. You seem really cool and as my most recent sub I’d like to end on a high note. I’m kidding! Of course you can and I’d really appreciate it! That’s very kind of you. Were you thinking like on Reddit or something?

@PluslePlayzYT 2 жыл бұрын

@@ArktixOfficial I was actually thinking about doing it on Twitter!

@LordCorvius 7 ай бұрын

I just went through the last cauldron and am working on hunting down the escaped fireclaws now! But right before I started that quest I tried to override a thunderjaw the wrong way, which ended in being stepped on hahaha because it basically tripped on me for trying to sneak up behind it and I didn't think it was about to turn around!

@ArktixOfficial 7 ай бұрын

Haha oh no! I’ve done that a few times myself 😅 Hope you find these tips helpful for the Fireclaws!

@action24061974 Жыл бұрын

I wished you did the one on the cauldron. That one is hard.

@desel8737 9 ай бұрын

just watched a basic fireclaw (thanks to 3 corruption arrows) killing 3 trampler, 1 demonic scorcher (2nd one ran off with its last 15% health) and a demonic scrapper. the beast had still about 35% hp left

@exoticmayhem8014 2 жыл бұрын

Im glad the fireclaw comes back in HFW

@ArktixOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Me too! It will be interesting to see if the returning machines fight differently. I hope so!

@nicolasribeiro7146 Жыл бұрын

I would like to see Trampler, Ravenger and Snapmaw here in this Series

@rubysmith765 5 ай бұрын

“What are you buying silks?” Why yes random person in meridian I am just they aren’t here 🤣

@Ryzza5 7 ай бұрын

I just stand behind a tree which blocks most of its attacks while unloading the shockslinger on it.

@Tryingcounts Жыл бұрын

Not the best video that comment this on but this was randomly recommended. A) was an ice cream van in the background when you recorded :D? B) I hate having to get the webbing from these in FW :'(

@theyungpotato9762 2 жыл бұрын

Can you do Videos of your walkthrough in forbidden west because i realy like your Videos, much love from germany

@ArktixOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you! So you’d like to see my un-edited playthrough? I don’t think I’ll be able to edit walkthrough videos to be as engaging as these guides 😅 Walkthrough’s would basically just be raw gameplay, but I can totally do that if you’re interested!

@theyungpotato9762 2 жыл бұрын

@@ArktixOfficial yeah I mean a raw ,sorry my English is realy trash😂

@ArktixOfficial 2 жыл бұрын

No you’re english is very good. It’s 1000x better then my german anyway :) I just wanted to see if you meant something edited like quest guides. I’ll see if I can work in walkthrough videos with all the other videos I have planned. Thank you for the suggestion!

@dartharrow1229 8 ай бұрын

What's your opinion on using Banuk bows with the overdraw mechanism against Shadow bows where you can fire almost without drawing?

@ArktixOfficial 8 ай бұрын

Good questions. Personally, I like the Banuk bows, but if you tend to loose shots early, then the Shadow gear is better. Like you say, you can fire them faster for full damage.

@odionas999 5 ай бұрын

i was trying exploding wire but dot get alot dmg. are u was trying traps?

@Sharp931 Жыл бұрын

My sorry ass tried to burn Fireclaws in the cauldron... That part was so hard, even FromSoftware would be proud of it.

@Archikbo 10 ай бұрын

I have the upgraded ice rail but I don't know how much chillwater and shards to bring, I don't want to run out of ammo mid fight, how much should I bring

@feitopuns Ай бұрын

I alwats use Modified rope caster to take him down before freezing

@annmd1735 10 ай бұрын

Wy don't you use Tear to get the armor off... I do this to get machines ready for hits that will cause an explosion... I appreciate this video, but I'll probably do a tear volley... hopefully I can get it all in...

@notdejavu8421 Жыл бұрын

The first time i fought a fireclaw took me 30 minutes or more. I was lvl 56.

@tungpham409 3 ай бұрын

Why have I completed the dlc story & firelaw still don't return to normal, it's still purple?

@alongj8512 Жыл бұрын

freeze + rattler

@MushuaThePotato 5 ай бұрын

In my opinion fireclaws are far harder in zero dawn because you can’t do 10k damage with every shot like you can in forbidden west, both are challenging of course but my way to take them down was rope caster, freeze, eye shot and if you are quick you can hit a power cell and do it again and it was an inf loop

@v3tuesdays2 Жыл бұрын

Some areas have other machines with the fireclaws ugh

@ArktixOfficial Жыл бұрын

Ah yeah those are pretty tough!

@opratorkilo4649 Жыл бұрын

its been hard for me to quantify this but whats your opinion on the aggression of the fireclaws in HZD vs HFW. idk what it is but ive always felt that even excluding the different loadouts that the daemonic fireclaw was harder than its counter part the apex fireclaw in hzd. Numbers wise i think the apex is still tougher but i just think the HZD fireclaws were more quick, unpredictable, and relentless with their attacks than their brothers in HFW. Id love to hear if anyone else can back me up on this but i swear ive had and continue to have more trouble with the Og fireclaws than the new one in forbidden west.

@ArktixOfficial Жыл бұрын

Interesting question. Well first, I would say they the ZD and FW Fireclaws are not as different as some other machines, like the ZD and FW Thunderjaws. The FW Tjaws are way harder. As for Fireclaws, I think the new one is a little tougher actually, simply because it's HP is higher and I think it's attacks can do quite a bit more damage, especially the Apex. However, a corrupted Fireclaw in ZD was no joke either!

@opratorkilo4649 Жыл бұрын

@@ArktixOfficial thats kinda what i was talking about on paper the fireclaws in FW are tougher and hit harder but idk during fights it seems like they give you more breathing room between their attacks than they ever did in the first game. When they were first introduced it just felt like i was doing more to keep myself breathing than worrying about damage. But in FW the fireclaws take way more time to recover after attacks and do weird pauses outta the blue to imo give players time to recuperate and counter attack when the og model never afforded anyone thats luxury. Just notice h

@ArktixOfficial Жыл бұрын

Yeah I’d agree with you on that. I think they made them a little less aggressive in FW.

@LastBastian 11 ай бұрын

I'm level 60. Fully decked out. Playing on normal. I'm at the part where you fight two of these... And I'm getting annihilated. 😢

@LastBastian 11 ай бұрын

I've got the best gear in the game, and I can't freeze one of these at all. It simply doesn't work. Nothing really seems to work, other than keep moving, and throw everything you've got at them over and over and over and hope for the best. 🤷‍♂️

@LastBastian 11 ай бұрын

So, after fighting these things for about an hour and a half, I've learned that shock weapons are useless. Freeze weapons are useless. Get your shield-weaver armor on. Have your 12 full health potions ready, make sure you have *LOTS* of ingredients for explosives, and sticky bomb these guys over and over and over while always moving sideways and jumping for slow-mo. You'll have to reload about a dozen times, but after trying everything I could think of, and dying a dozen times... This was the *only* thing that worked for me.

@Thrashman138 11 ай бұрын

Spamming bombs is the only thing that works reliably. I swear Guerilla did not play test this enemy at all.

@shaknbakejake Жыл бұрын

Can you make a survival guide for either game? Pls

@ArktixOfficial Жыл бұрын

Sorry, but I'm not quite sure what you mean by a "survival guide"

@shaknbakejake Жыл бұрын

@@ArktixOfficial Sorry I don't know why I said survival guide, I meant like how to be prepared for bandit camps etc. or a guide for crafting items and trading.

@ArktixOfficial Жыл бұрын

Oh I see. I'm not sure how popular of a video that would be. If you need help with things like that I'd recommend joining my discord server, which is linked in all my video descriptions.

@ChiefADFP Жыл бұрын

can't find any fireclaws mobs at all?

@rainiertolentino401 Жыл бұрын

I was raging when I first fought this machine in the caldera. My thoughts back then was that the developer is a fcking sadist. All I did was dodge, roll, heal, shoot.

@ArktixOfficial Жыл бұрын

Oh yeah totally. That first Fireclaw is really tough!

@jacobgeorge6754 Жыл бұрын

canyou guys tell me how to upgrade bows to yellow color or make it stronger ? even the electric gun i see you have purple color i have blue can u epline to me how to upgrade

@ArktixOfficial Жыл бұрын

So you don’t upgrade weapons to different rarities in Horizon. To get a different color/higher rarity bow, you need to buy it from a merchant.

@phantommaggotxxx Жыл бұрын

why not use a ropecaster to put it down so you can freeze it tho?

@ArktixOfficial Жыл бұрын

You certainly can! I just don’t personally like using ropecasters much and I wanted to show how to do it without a ropecaster since a lot of players wouldn’t have the lodge one.

@link.6757 Жыл бұрын

Why not use a ropecaster to keep the fireclaw in place?

@ArktixOfficial Жыл бұрын

You certainly can! I just tend to not use a ropecaster much myself.

@link.6757 Жыл бұрын

@@ArktixOfficial ah that makes sense 😂 I was curious if there was reasoning behind it since it takes like 10 ropes to tie it. Thank you!

@ArktixOfficial Жыл бұрын

Yeah that's pretty much why I don't like using them. Too many ropes only for the FC to get free when you damage it.

@MetalGod-id8st 11 ай бұрын

Scorchers were more annoying

@jesustorres5862 Жыл бұрын

It looks easy when u do it😭

@ArktixOfficial Жыл бұрын

Haha well that's after a lot of practice! I hope these tips were helpful 👍

@Thrashman138 11 ай бұрын

The Elite version of this is the cheapest, least satisfying fight in the entire game.

@jasonashley9853 5 ай бұрын

I really dont understand why Gorilla insists on theowing the kitchen sink at you. For all the things that are great about these games, they pad them out way too much. It takes way too much time to level and upgrade gear.