Horizon Forbidden West Arena Guide

The Arena is a side Activity (not to be confused with Side Quests or Errands) that you can do alongside Master Quests in Horizon Forbidden Due west. It involves a series of timed gainsay Challenges that Aloy tin can participate in for Loonshit Medals, which are exchanged for Very Rare and Legendary weapons, outfits, and Coils.

This guide teaches you lot everything you need to know virtually The Maw of the Arena in HFW, including how to unlock The Arena, Challenges, rewards, and Arena Medals.

Spoiler Alarm: The following walkthrough for The Arena contains sure Side Quest spoilers.

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The Maw of the Arena Location
How to Unlock The Loonshit
Arena Challenges
- Amateur
- Intermediate
- Skilled
- Good
- Legendary
Exchanging Loonshit Medals, Hunting Medals & Soldier Tags
- Very Rare Weapons
- Legendary Weapons, Outfits & Coils

The Loonshit Location

The Arena is tucked abroad behind Memorial Grove in The Maw of the Arena, southwest of Cauldron: GEMINI. You'll automatically reach it during Tap to Reveal.

The archway is but to the right of the entrance to Memorial Grove.

How to Unlock The Arena

You lot can only unlock The Arena after you've finished Tap to Reveal. For a complete walkthrough on how to do so, check out our easy-to-follow guide.

With that done, head back to The Maw of the Arena and speak to Kalla to starting time the Opening The Arena Side Quest. She volition ask you to bring her 2 Bristleback Tusks and a Rollerback Sinew to assistance rebuild the ballista. You lot'll probably have the Bristleback Tusks already simply if not, yous can become to whatever Bristleback Site and suspension them off the machines.

The Rollerback Sinew is a footling chip more complicated. You need to go s of The Arena to the Rollerback Site marked on your map. Here, you'll find a giant Rollerback that you must kill to get its Sinew.

It is weak to Acid and luckily for y'all, there are Acrid Canisters dotted around the area that y'all can lure the automobile to. Grab its attention and and then move in the direction of the Canisters to cause it to run into them and inflict itself with Acid impairment. The element will also cause damage over time.

While it's affected by Acid, utilize Aloy's Focus by holding R3 to highlight the Sparker underneath its tail. And so use Daze Arrows to cause an explosive reaction, dealing devastating harm. Once the Rollerback is dead, run over and loot its corpse to get your hands on the Rollerback Sinew. Bring the auto parts back to Kalla and The Loonshit volition officially open for concern.

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Arena Challenges

In that location are xx fourth dimension trial combat Challenges spread across five difficulty tiers (Apprentice, Intermediate, Skilled, Skilful, Legendary) for yous to participate in at The Arena. Each Challenge sees you taking down a specific set of machines within a certain time - there are no other requirements to win.

The next Claiming is unlocked after the previous i is complete, meaning you must beat all of the ones in the Amateur tier to unlock Intermediate, terminate every single one in the Intermediate tier to unlock Skilled, etc.

Each Claiming has a Metal Shard entry fee and will either take an Open up Loadout where y'all can employ your own weapons or a Fixed Loadout using specific equipment loaned to you. Completion will reward you lot with Loonshit Medals that you lot tin spend on Legendary outfits, weapons, and coils at the Prize Master, but more on this below.

Amateur

List of All Amateur Challenges, Machines, Fee, Time, Loadout Type, and Rewards
Challenge	Machines	Fee	Time	Loadout Type	Reward
Pack Hunters	• 3x Scrapper • 2x Clawstrider	100 Metal Shards	two:30	Open up	3 Loonshit Medals
Motorcar Reinforcements	• 1x Longleg • 1x Ravager	150 Metal Shards	3:thirty	Open	5 Arena Medals
Boost Battle	• 1x Rollerback • 3x Spikesnout	150 Metal Shards	3:00	Open up	vi Arena Medals
Rematch	• 1x Slitherfang	250 Metallic Shards	5:00	Fixed	x Arena Medals

Intermediate

List of All Intermediate Challenges, Machines, Fee, Time, Loadout Type, and Rewards
Challenge	Machines	Fee	Time	Loadout Type	Reward
Fight the Elements	• 1x Acrid Clawstrider • 1x Burn down Clawstrider	100 Metal Shards	1:00	Open	6 Arena Medals
Cage Fight	• 2x Grimhorn	150 Metal Shards	1:xxx	Open up	8 Arena Medals
Canister Chaos	• 2x Purgewater Canister Burrower • 2x Widemaw • 2x Acid Canister Burrower	150 Metal Shards	2:30	Open up	10 Arena Medals
From the Deep	• 1x Tideripper • 2x Snapmaw	250 Metallic Shards	3:30	Fixed	24 Arena Medals

Skilled

List of All Skilled Challenges, Machines, Fee, Fourth dimension, Loadout Type, and Rewards
Challenge	Machines	Fee	Time	Loadout Type	Reward
Grim Prospects	• 1x Grimhorn • 2x Ravager	100 Metal Shards	2:30	Open	9 Arena Medals
Ring of Fire	• 2x Scorcher	150 Metal Shards	1:xx	Open	12 Arena Medals
Blare Brawl	• 1x Shellsnapper • 1x Fire Bellowback • 1x Acrid Bellowback	150 Metal Shards	2:00	Open	15 Arena Medals
Tremortusk Tussle	• 1x Tremortusk • 1x Acrid Clawstrider	250 Metal Shards	5:00	Stock-still	16 Arena Medals

Expert

List of All Practiced Challenges, Machines, Fee, Time, Loadout Type, and Rewards
Claiming	Machines	Fee	Time	Loadout Type	Reward
Apex Drifters	• 2x Apex Skydrifter • 1x Noon Rollerback	100 Metal Shards	2:00	Open	15 Loonshit Medals
Death from Above	• 3x Sunwing	150 Metal Shards	1:30	Open up	20 Arena Medals
Stormy Atmospheric condition	• 1x Apex Stormbird	150 Metal Shards	2:thirty	Open	25 Arena Medals
Dreaded Encounter	• 1x Noon Dreadwing • 1x Apex Spikesnout	250 Metallic Shards	three:00	Fixed	forty Arena Medals

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Legendary

List of All Legendary Challenges, Machines, Fee, Time, Loadout Type, and Rewards
Challenge	Machines	Fee	Time	Loadout Type	Advantage
Shimmering Menace	• 4x Apex Stalker	100 Metal Shards	1:thirty	Open	32 Arena Medals
Ancient Corruption	• 3x Corruptor	150 Metal Shards	two:00	Open up	48 Arena Medals
The Frozen Wilds	• 2x Noon Frostclaw	150 Metal Shards	two:thirty	Open up	64 Arena Medals
Apex Predators	• 1x Apex Scorcher • 1x Apex Thunderjaw	250 Metal Shards	7:30	Fixed	131 Arena Medals

Exchanging Loonshit Medals, Hunting Medals & Soldier Tags

One time you've accumulated some Arena Medals, caput to the Prize Master (Dukkah) to exchange them for Very Rare weapons and Legendary weapons, outfits, and Coils. She is located to the left of Kalla. Dukkah also accepts Hunting Medals won from Hunting Grounds for some items and yous tin also merchandise in Soldier Tags looted from Insubordinate Outposts here.

Very Rare Weapons

List of All Prize Chief Very Rare Weapons and Medal Toll
Weapon	Medal Cost
Marshal Hunter Bow	84 Hunting Medals
Warden Sharpshot Bow	54 Hunting Medals
Rampart Blastling	54 Hunting Medals
Glowblast Fasten Thrower	54 Hunting Medals
Relentless Boltblaster	54 Hunting Medals

Legendary Weapons, Outfits & Coils

List of All Prize Master Legendary Weapons, Outfits, and Coils and Medal Cost
Item	Medal Cost
Decease-Seeker'south Shadow Bow	80 Arena Medals
Forgefall Bow	80 Arena Medals
The Nail Forge Boltblaster	80 Arena Medals
Nora Thunder Warrior Outfit	54 Arena Medals
Tenakth Vanquisher Outfit	54 Arena Medals
Carja Stalker Elite Outfit	54 Arena Medals
Instant Brittle Hazard +iii% Ringlet	sixteen Loonshit Medals
Instant Called-for Take chances +four% Scroll	16 Arena Medals
Instant Explosion Take chances +2% Scroll	xvi Loonshit Medals
Instant Plasma Blast Hazard +four% Whorl	xvi Arena Medals

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