Horizon Forbidden West Arena Guide

The Loonshit is a side Activity (not to exist confused with Side Quests or Errands) that you can practice aslope Main Quests in Horizon Forbidden West. Information technology involves a series of timed gainsay Challenges that Aloy tin can participate in for Arena Medals, which are exchanged for Very Rare and Legendary weapons, outfits, and Coils.

This guide teaches you everything y'all need to know about 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 Arena
Arena Challenges
- Amateur
- Intermediate
- Skilled
- Skilful
- Legendary
Exchanging Loonshit Medals, Hunting Medals & Soldier Tags
- Very Rare Weapons
- Legendary Weapons, Outfits & Coils

The Arena 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.

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The entrance is merely to the right of the entrance to Memorial Grove.

How to Unlock The Arena

Yous can merely unlock The Arena later you lot've finished Tap to Reveal. For a consummate walkthrough on how to do so, bank check out our easy-to-follow guide.

With that washed, caput back to The Maw of the Arena and speak to Kalla to start the Opening The Loonshit Side Quest. She volition ask y'all to bring her two Bristleback Tusks and a Rollerback Sinew to aid rebuild the ballista. You'll probably accept the Bristleback Tusks already only if not, y'all can get to whatsoever Bristleback Site and break them off the machines.

The Rollerback Sinew is a little bit more than complicated. Y'all demand to get south of The Arena to the Rollerback Site marked on your map. Here, you'll notice a giant Rollerback that you lot must kill to get its Sinew.

It is weak to Acrid and luckily for you, there are Acid Canisters dotted around the area that yous can lure the auto to. Take hold of its attention and then motion in the management of the Canisters to cause information technology to run into them and inflict itself with Acid damage. The element will as well crusade harm over time.

While it's affected past Acrid, use Aloy's Focus by belongings R3 to highlight the Sparker underneath its tail. Then use Shock Arrows to cause an explosive reaction, dealing devastating harm. One time the Rollerback is dead, run over and loot its corpse to get your hands on the Rollerback Sinew. Bring the machine parts back to Kalla and The Loonshit will officially open for business.

Arena Challenges

In that location are 20 fourth dimension trial combat Challenges spread across 5 difficulty tiers (Amateur, Intermediate, Skilled, Expert, Legendary) for you to participate in at The Loonshit. Each Challenge sees yous taking down a specific set of machines inside a certain time - there are no other requirements to win.

The adjacent Claiming is unlocked after the previous one is complete, meaning you must vanquish all of the ones in the Amateur tier to unlock Intermediate, finish every single one in the Intermediate tier to unlock Skilled, etc.

Each Challenge has a Metallic Shard entry fee and will either have an Open Loadout where you lot tin employ your own weapons or a Fixed Loadout using specific equipment loaned to yous. Completion volition reward you with Arena Medals that you can spend on Legendary outfits, weapons, and coils at the Prize Chief, but more than on this below.

Amateur

List of All Amateur Challenges, Machines, Fee, Time, Loadout Type, and Rewards
Claiming	Machines	Fee	Fourth dimension	Loadout Type	Reward
Pack Hunters	• 3x Scrapper • 2x Clawstrider	100 Metal Shards	2:30	Open	3 Arena Medals
Machine Reinforcements	• 1x Longleg • 1x Ravager	150 Metal Shards	3:xxx	Open	v Arena Medals
Heave Battle	• 1x Rollerback • 3x Spikesnout	150 Metal Shards	iii:00	Open	6 Arena Medals
Rematch	• 1x Slitherfang	250 Metallic Shards	five:00	Stock-still	10 Arena Medals

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Intermediate

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

Skilled

List of All Skilled Challenges, Machines, Fee, Fourth dimension, Loadout Type, and Rewards
Challenge	Machines	Fee	Time	Loadout Blazon	Advantage
Grim Prospects	• 1x Grimhorn • 2x Ravager	100 Metal Shards	2:30	Open	ix Arena Medals
Ring of Burn	• 2x Scorcher	150 Metal Shards	one:20	Open	12 Arena Medals
Blare Brawl	• 1x Shellsnapper • 1x Fire Bellowback • 1x Acid Bellowback	150 Metal Shards	2:00	Open	15 Arena Medals
Tremortusk Tussle	• 1x Tremortusk • 1x Acid Clawstrider	250 Metallic Shards	5:00	Fixed	xvi Arena Medals

Expert

List of All Expert Challenges, Machines, Fee, Time, Loadout Type, and Rewards
Claiming	Machines	Fee	Time	Loadout Type	Reward
Apex Drifters	• 2x Apex Skydrifter • 1x Apex Rollerback	100 Metal Shards	ii:00	Open	15 Arena Medals
Death from Above	• 3x Sunwing	150 Metal Shards	1:30	Open	20 Arena Medals
Stormy Atmospheric condition	• 1x Noon Stormbird	150 Metallic Shards	2:thirty	Open up	25 Loonshit Medals
Dreaded Encounter	• 1x Apex Dreadwing • 1x Apex Spikesnout	250 Metal Shards	3:00	Fixed	40 Arena Medals

Legendary

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

Exchanging Arena Medals, Hunting Medals & Soldier Tags

One time you've accumulated some Loonshit Medals, head 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 can also trade in Soldier Tags looted from Rebel Outposts here.

Very Rare Weapons

List of All Prize Principal Very Rare Weapons and Medal Cost
Weapon	Medal Cost
Align 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

Listing of All Prize Master Legendary Weapons, Outfits, and Coils and Medal Price
Item	Medal Cost
Death-Seeker's Shadow Bow	80 Loonshit Medals
Forgefall Bow	80 Arena Medals
The Blast Forge Boltblaster	80 Loonshit Medals
Nora Thunder Warrior Outfit	54 Arena Medals
Tenakth Vanquisher Outfit	54 Arena Medals
Carja Stalker Elite Outfit	54 Arena Medals
Instant Brittle Run a risk +3% Roll	16 Arena Medals
Instant Called-for Run a risk +four% Coil	sixteen Arena Medals
Instant Explosion Chance +2% Scroll	xvi Loonshit Medals
Instant Plasma Boom Chance +four% Coil	16 Loonshit Medals

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