Follow our step-by-step guide to complete the Frontier Justice quest in Horizon Zero Dawn, from finding Inatut to clearing his name and defeating dangerous machines.
Walkthrough
- 1Start the quest by interacting with Inatut, who is about to be exiled from Song's Edge.
- 2Speak with Inatut after the shaman and chieftain leave to learn his side of the story.
- 3Travel to the Carja outlander's camp to speak with Furahni.
- 4Head west to the clearing where the brawl occurred and use your Focus to examine a bloodied tree branch and tree detritus.
- 5Climb the tree and use your Focus to highlight the murderer's tracks.
- 6Follow the tracks up a cliff face.
- 7Investigate the apparent dead-end to find a wooden blockade between rocks; move it and proceed through the passage.
- 8Climb the rocks and defeat the three Banuk hunters.
- 9Speak with the dying assassin.
- 10Climb the ledge to find the stolen Carja headdress and Carja armour.
- 11Take the yellow ropes down the cliffs to traverse the area.
- 12Follow the waypoint to a campfire; save your progress and enter the dilapidated wooden hut to find a Text Datapoint – Park Status.
- 13Continue following the path until you encounter a Fireclaw, Daemonic Behemoths, and a Scorcher site. You can bypass these machines by sticking to the snowy slopes to your left through the trees.
- 14Climb the rocky incline and cross the frozen river.
- 15Defeat the Lv 18 Glinthawk waiting for you.
- 16Traverse the handholds around the cliff to reach the next area.
- 17Defeat the two Glinthawks at the top.
- 18Climb the rocks and follow the waypoint marker around the cliffs to reach the Cloud-Shear.
- 19Use your Focus to find Inatut behind a rock and interact with him to give him the Carja armour.
- 20Defeat the four Daemonic Scrappers that ambush you.
- 21Defeat the two Frostclaws that immediately follow. Inatut will assist, but you will need to inflict most of the damage.
- 22Talk to Inatut after defeating the Frostclaws.
- 23Fast travel back to Song's Edge and speak with the chieftain to clear Inatut's name.
- 24Find Inatut one last time to complete the quest.
Tips
- When encountering the Fireclaw, Daemonic Behemoths, and Scorcher site, you can bypass them by sticking to the snowy slopes through the trees to avoid a difficult fight.
- When fighting the Frostclaws, try to find a high vantage point or use hit-and-run tactics.
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