Complete Cauldron RHO in horizon zero dawn. Learn how to defeat Tramplers, Watchers, and Ravagers and override the Network Uplink.
Walkthrough
- 1From the Greatrun Hunting Grounds, head due south to find a road, then follow it southeast. Be wary of Tramplers and Glinthawks.
- 2Continue southeast, then south, dealing with Longlegs along the road.
- 3At a fork with a Campfire, you may encounter a Shell-Walker patrol. Cauldron RHO is down the road to the east, southeast.
- 4Approach the signature triangular door of Cauldron RHO and dispatch the Watchers outside.
- 5At the cliff edge outside the Cauldron, turn east and drop or climb down ledges. Cross a cylindrical bridge and continue downhill to a rappel point.
- 6Descend further through caverns until you reach a triangular metal door. Use your spear to override it and enter the Cauldron.
- 7Head down a short hallway and take out a Watcher.
- 8Shoot the glowing blue center of a rotating turbine to reverse its spin, then ride it to the southern end of the room.
- 9Continue south, southeast into a natural cavern, looting a Supply Crate.
- 10Turn south, southwest into a triangular wire-tunnel and override the door at the end.
- 11In the large room beyond, dispatch the Watchers. Use the steam vents for cover (press the cover button to crouch behind walls or objects).
- 12Eliminate the Ravager. You can shoot off its Ravager Cannon to use against other machines or simply defeat it. Use Fire Arrows to trigger burning damage-over-time.
- 13Turn southwest and shoot the turbine, then ride it west. Jump to a hovering cargo crate and ride it until safe ground is below.
- 14Drop down, turn northwest, and override a Network Uplink to deploy a bridge.
- 15Ride a turbine west, then override a second Network Uplink to tear down a section of the southern wall of light barrier.
- 16Shoot the nearby turbine and ride it back east. Cross the previously deployed bridge.
- 17Get on a floating cargo crate and ride it through the fragmented wall of light, dropping onto a ledge to the southwest.
- 18Turn northwest. You can shoot a turbine above some stacked Shell-Walker cargo crates and ride it northwest, or make a running jump across the gap.
- 19Once across, head through a triangular wire-tunnel to the south, southwest.
- 20In the next chamber, use vents for cover to take down a Watcher on an elevated ledge.
- 21Continue south to find ramps leading down to the lower, western end of the room. Use vents to eliminate another pair of Watchers.
- 22Note hand-holds above the ramp you descended. Climb them to reach a tunnel leading to three Supply Crates.
- 23Find another Supply Crate in the larger chamber where the Watchers prowled, opposite a door to the west. Override this door.
Tips
- Tramplers are aggressive, charging and hounding targets. They can create a fiery explosion and shoot a shockwave. Their Processing Unit on their underside can be targeted for massive damage-over-time. Their horns are vulnerable, high-damage, easily hit targets. Tramplers can drop Very Rare (purple) quality modifications.
- When fighting Ravagers, shoot off their Ravager Cannon and use it against other machines. Fire Arrows are effective for triggering burning damage-over-time.
- Use the steam vents for cover when engaging Watchers in the large room with turbines.
- You can ride turbines by shooting their glowing blue center to reverse their direction and then using the hand-holds on their rim.
- Look for hovering cargo crates to use as platforms when turbines don't lead directly to safe ground.
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