How to Upgrade Spear in Horizon Zero Dawn

The spear of Aloy is the basic melee weapon in Horizon: Zero Dawn, but her whole armory expands with each step forward during the walkthrough. While all her weapons except the spear could have attachments and different elemental ammo, at first, it seemed like her spear wasn't going to be moddable. Now that Frozen Wilds is finally here, you'll actually be able to strengthen your melee weapon.

There are three primary ways to go about upgrading Aloy's spear, with each method offering the weapon a different kind of benefit. Learning how to upgrade Aloy's spear in Horizon: Zero Dawn will undoubtedly let players make the most destructive melee output possible. This is particularly true for those players who have dove back into the game now that it has a remastered edition.

Horizon: Zero Dawn Walkthrough for Increasing Aloy's Spear Power

Three quests will upgrade Aloy's Spear in some way or another in the base game and Frozen Wilds add-on of Horizon: Zero Dawn. Among them is an early story-side quest, an enabling quest that must be completed in the add-on, and one of the final quests that Aloy will go on in the narrative. Listed here are the three quests that must be completed for Spear upgrades:

Following in Her Mother's Footsteps

A Secret Undisclosed (The Frozen Wilds)

The Mountain Fallen

Styles and Methods of Following in Her Mother's Footsteps

One of the first things you'll want to do in Horizon Forbidden West is upgrade your spear, so you should try completing the early side quest In Her Mother's Footsteps. You initiate this by speaking to Thok, who lies injured on the ground south of Mother's Heart, who asks Aloy for assistance because his daughter has lost her mother's spear in a machine.

Early in the game, the player must utilize Aloy's Focus to track Arana, the daughter, as she will be leading them across the river into a congregation of Watchers. Once one has killed off the Watchers, they'll have an opportunity to speak with Arana, who mentions she attempted and failed to find the Scrapper carrying her mother's spear.

When the conversation is done, Arana will make her way back to her father, and Aloy is going to have to use Focus again to follow her footprints and then subsequently, the Scrapper's path. If you come upon it, you can either take out the whole pack or take it down quietly so as not to awaken the other machines. After killing the scrapper, take its spear and return it back to Thok for a reward that increases the amount of damage dealt with Aloy's spear.

Secret Sharing: Part by Part

This side quest is unlocked upon arrival to Song's Edge. It becomes available when exploring with the Frozen Wilds expansion or the complete form of Horizon: Zero Dawn is being used. By leaving the settlement and engaging in conversation with the Banuk shaman Kamut, this will begin the quest. He'll compliment Aloy's spear but will offer some ideas on how it may be improved. This will require her to obtain a Rail Part from a cave to the north in order to do so.

When Kamut is done talking, players will have to head to an airplane hangar in the far north of the map. Once inside, there's literally only a few things you can do to get the part.

Enter, head up the ladder on the right-hand side of the plane, then use the yellow climbing places up and over to the left console where you can manipulate the movement of the plane.

Climb the plane, jump to the back ledge, that is now accessible and head through the opening.

Open door by turning dial to the right, then down then right.

Head through the door, crouch and head down the tunnel, to a point where there is another plane.

Head around the nose of the plane for the part.

Once one has the part, defeat the Demonic Stalker who ambushes Aloy over a half-closed door. Once things are taken care of, players can return to Song's Edge via fast travel and converse with Kamut once more. You'll be able to improve the spear by adding in the modification coil that the Shaman will provide you when he makes the required adjustments.

How to Upgrade Aloy's Spear Modification Slots

Once Aloy completes the Secret Shared task, there is a way for her to upgrade her spear, even though the task itself only allowed her to do so once. For this, you need to complete the main quest The Mountain That Fell. Once you have done this, Aloy will receive a new melee weapon. This spear is an upgrade over Aloy's previous one, coming with an extra modification slot allowing her to give her close-quarters weapon even more power.

By the time players finish all three of these upgrades, Aloy's spear will boast not only a far higher damage output but also unlock options to customize the spear with elemental bonuses. Having a number of these on-hand lets you tailor your loadout to the strengths and weaknesses of the game's tougher enemies, so it's a good idea to have a backup.