
They’re big chunks of the game that expand the areas you visit (and, later, send you ranging back and forth all the way across the map). Main quests advance the overarching story of Horizon Zero Dawn. The quests menu - you can see all of your unlocked quests and completed quests here. With all of that out of the way, let’s break down each type of quest and talk about what’s worthwhile. (But there also wasn’t anything that was a complete waste of our time.) Our advice is going to be geared toward the best returns (XP) on your investment (time), so you can level up and get to the end of the game. We’re just tempering our “OMG DO EVERYTHING AND WALK EVERYWHERE SO YOU DON’T MISS ANYTHING AND NEVER STOP PLAYING THIS GAME” fanboying against reality.

Trying to find a balance between these two styles might make our advice sound a little dismissive of the not-main-storyline activities the game offers, but that’s not our intent. We’ll talk you through where to spend your time. But you also don’t have to worry about every single thing that comes up. Horizon Zero Dawn follows the rules of open-world games: You’re not going to hit the level requirements for the main storyline by just playing the main quests, so you’ll supplement them with side quests and errands to boost your character level.

If you’re not interested in obsessively collecting every thing or seeing every corner of the map (like we were), you’re the person our advice is for. There’s a lot going on in the world of Horizon Zero Dawn. Your answer is always yes and we totally support that. This means the “should I do them?” advice in every section isn’t for you. And you totally can and should if you want to - we’re going to go back and do every errand we can find just to have more time in the world. There’s a lot in this game to love and, assuming you love it as much as we did ( and as much as Phil did), you’re going to want to do every single thing. Let’s talk about the advice we’re about to give. You’ll unlock them all within your first few hours playing, but we’re going to discuss them all here. A few of the quest sub-menus are not available at the start of the game and will be revealed as you complete main storyline quests. We’re going to describe the types of quests you’ll encounter as you play, the rewards you’ll get for completing them, and which ones you should focus on. Others are there to earn you XP, fill in your map or increase your fighting abilities. And some of them are just that, distractions (in the best possible sense).

Sure, there’s the main story and its associated quests, but the world offers hours and hours of additional, optional distractions.
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Horizon Zero Dawn is full of things to do.
