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The Eye of the Earth
Horizon Forbidden West

The Eye of the Earth

Follow our step-by-step guide to complete The Eye of the Earth main quest in Horizon Forbidden West, including finding Minerva, exploring the facility, and interacting with the Fabrication Terminal.

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Follow our step-by-step guide to complete The Eye of the Earth main quest in Horizon Forbidden West, including finding Minerva, exploring the facility, and interacting with the Fabrication Terminal.

Walkthrough
  1. 1
    Head west, then southwest, and ascend stairs. Go through a doorway to find a lab.
  2. 2
    Attempt to go north through a door, then pry it open and climb an elevator shaft.
  3. 3
    At the top, go south, turn left (east), and pry open a door to the south to reach a circular data storage chamber.
  4. 4
    Go east (Minerva blocks west doors). Use your Pullcaster to remove grates from two vents (north and east).
  5. 5
    Plunder the cache in the north vent. Enter the east vent.
  6. 6
    Inside the vent, climb the handholds on the eastern wall.
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    Turn right (south) and head down a shaft. Find a breach in the duct to the left (east) to get a Greenshine Fragment.
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    Continue south, then west to a dead-end shaft. Drop down.
  9. 9
    Return to the wall and climb up to an elevated vent. Follow it east, then southeast to exit outside.
  10. 10
    Crawl around stalactites. Head south uphill, switchback north, and use a grapple point.
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    Climb onto stalactites, work your way right, then around to the far side, and right again to a ledge.
  12. 12
    Leap and glide north to a lower ledge across a gap. Climb the cliffs to the northeast.
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    Use a grapple point when high enough and keep climbing to another snowy ledge.
  14. 14
    Pry open loose rocks to re-enter the facility.
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    Proceed to a circular chamber. Head upstairs, rappel down, and insert the GAIA Kernel into a node.
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    Explore the facility. Head downstairs north into a circular room.
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    Enter a room to the west and interact with the Fabrication Terminal. You must interact with it to trigger dialogue, though you don't need to unlock overrides.
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    Explore other rooms for commentary if desired, then return to GAIA.
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    After the conversation with GAIA, choose one of the three objectives: [The Broken Sky], [The Sea of Sands], or [Seeds of the Past]. This sets the active quest but can be changed later.
  20. 20
    Leave via the western exit. The main quests [The Broken Sky], [The Sea of Sands], and [Seeds of the Past] will start. You will also unlock The Base.
Tips
  • You can choose any of the three main quest objectives offered by GAIA; your choice is not permanent.
  • Completing this quest unlocks The Base and access to the western half of the Forbidden West.
  • Base of operations secured
  • GAIA rebooted
  • Access to western Forbidden West
  • New main quests: [The Broken Sky], [The Sea of Sands], [Seeds of the Past]

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