If you have never played the original Horizon game and have only seen the action marketing for the Horizon Forbidden West, then you could be forgiven for assuming it’s a simple open-world action game. While this is still true, the game also puts a lot of focus on the RPG elements it incorporates with those flashier, action mechanics. Aloy, your main character, has multiple skill trees, abilities, weapons and armor to find, craft, upgrade and equip depending on the situation or preferred play method. All those different tribal outfits you see, adorned with bits of metal and bone in equal measure, do more than just look cool.
Clothing was a somewhat important part Horizon Zero Dawn, but there weren’t that many and you could usually get away with just wearing the one with the highest defense and not worrying about it. Horizon Forbidden West not only does it include a lot more armor options, but they’re far more specialized and even split into multiple categories for rarity and what type of player they’re best for. If you want to make a fashion statement and still defeat your machine enemies, here are the best clothes and armor in Horizon Forbidden West.
Note: There will be some mild spoilers about how to get some of the armors that are tied to the quests.
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Different types of armor
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Just like your weapons, all armors will be marked with a different color to indicate their rarity. They go as follows:
- Green is unusual.
- Blue is rare.
- Purple is very rare.
- Orange is legendary.
Obviously, we’ll be focusing on legendary armor tiers since they’ll be the best available in the game. However, just because the armor is a higher level than what you currently have doesn’t mean it’s automatically a better choice for you. Aside from raw rarity, each armor is also suited to a different focus that aligns with six different skill trees. If you need a refresher, these are:
- Warrior
- Denim
- Hunter
- Survived
- Infiltrator
- Master of the machine
Depending on which tree you invest the most in, you’ll want to wear different armor to complement the abilities and powers that specific tree provides. We’ll break down our top picks for which armor is best for each of the six skill trees, plus how you can get them.
The best armor for each skill tree focus
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Warrior
This is technically the second best Warrior armor that we know of, but we’ll get to why we chose it eventually. The Oseram Wayfarer is still a great choice, especially since you can get it much earlier than most high-level armor. You can get it by visiting the merchants in Plainsong and buying it for 399 Metal Shards and 1 Widemaw Circulator. At base level it will give you 11 resistance to melee, 10 to impact, 26 to Purgewater, and 8 to plasma, but -1 to shock. You get one Weave slot to increase your hit resistance if you want, and it gives a flat +1 to melee Damage and Potion Proficiency. It’s not too expensive to upgrade either, so you can rock this set for a long time if you invest in it.
Denim
Next is the legendary Carja Stalker Elite set. This set will be a bit of a chore as you will need to earn 54 arena medals and train them with the merchant in The Maw arena. However, when you achieve that feat, you’re rewarded with an impressively strong set of armor. Starting on the plus side, resistances are 32 to melee, 35 to impact, 50 to frost, 35 to shock, 33 to pure water, and 35 to plasma. The downside is that your resistance to fire and acid takes a big -38 hit.
As for skills, Trapper fans rejoice. You get +2 Trap Limit, +1 Fast Hunter, +1 Smoke Bomb Capacity, +1 Nimble Crafter, +1 Low Profile, and +1 Silent Movement.
Hunter
Sticking to Aloya’s roots as a Nora, the best Hunter set has to be the Nora Thunder Warrior. You can get this armor set exactly like the previous one, for 54 Arena Medals in The Maw. Here’s the resistance breakdown: 34 Crowd, 50 Impact, 38 Fire, 33 Shock, 35 Cleansing Water, and 35 Acid. Your weaknesses, because there will always be some, are -40 to Frost and -38 to Plasma, which isn’t that bad.
For skill buffs, you can look forward to +2 Concentration, +1 Deep Concentration, +1 Concentration Regen, +1 Stamina Regen, +1 Stealth Range, and +1 Heavy Weapons.
Survived
The ultimate Survivor class armor is the legendary Tenakth Vanquisher tier. If you guessed that it will cost you 54 arena medals in The Maw shop, you’re right. Here are all the resistances this spiked set offers: 33 melee resistance, 34 impact, 36 frost, 37 shock, 35 clear water, and 50 acid. For that you give -40 to Fire and Plasma.
The skills offered are best for players who like to play a little riskier than most. You get +2 Low Health Valor, +1 Low Health Melee, +1 Low Health Defense, +1 Evader, +1 Low Health Ranged, and +1 Valor Surge Master.
Infiltrator
In a shocking twist, the Infiltrator’s best armor set, the Utaru Winterweave, doesn’t come from Arena. Instead, go to the Stitcher Merchant in Thornmarsh and pay the hefty fee of 2000 Metal Shards, 1 Apex Dreadwing Heart, and 1 Tremortusk Circulator. Your investment will pay off with these balanced resistances: 35 Crowd, 35 Impact, 35 Frost, 36 Shock, 34 Clear Water, and 50 Plasma. What you have to watch out for is -39 to fire and -42 to acid.
The skills associated with this armor will make you as cunning as Solid Snake. You get +2 Silent Movement, +1 Silent Spear, +1 Low Profile, +1 Smoke Bomb Capacity, +1 Silent Strike, and +1 Silent Strike Healing.
Master of the machine
This probably won’t be the most popular skill tree for most people to go into first, but if you’re one of the brave, spend 2000 Metal Shards, 1 Apex Slitherfang Heart, and 1 Tremortusk Circulator on the Tenakth Tactician set available from the Stitcher merchant in Thornmarsh. For that price, your resisters will get the following buffs: 36 Melee, 35 Impact, 50 Fire, 33 Frost, 35 Shock, and 35 Plasma at the cost of -38 Purgewater and -40 Acid.
All these skills will, of course, improve your relationship and teamwork with machines. You get: +2 Lasting Override, +1 Machine Elemental, +1 Machine Health, +1 Quiet Movement, +1 Mounted Archer and +1 Mounted Defense.
Best armor overall
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Now that we’ve covered the best armor in each skill set, we have to mention one set that is arguably the best no matter what you focus on Horizon Forbidden West. This is a Warrior-specific tech set, which is why we’ve given an alternative to that pick, but it’s still great for all of them. We were also hesitant to recommend it early because it’s a pretty tough ordeal. We are talking about the Oseram Artificer set.
The only way to get your hands on this legendary set is to complete the Keruf’s Slavage Unlimited quest, which requires you to complete 17 individual salvage contracts given by various characters in Barren Light, Hidden Ember, Thornmarsh, and Scalding Spear. After completing all the requirements of these other characters, you can finally return to Keruf and complete the quest, which results in earning the Oseram Artificer Kit.
In terms of resistance, it’s not much better than 51 Rush, 35 Strike, 33 Fire, 33 Shock, 35 Cleansing Water, and 36 Acid. Your tradeoffs are pretty harsh though, with -40 to both Frost and Plasma. Skill-wise, no one can go wrong with +2 Power Attack, +1 Resonator Buildup, +1 Resonator Damage, +1 Valor Surge Master, +1 Resonator Blast, and +1 Energized Duration.
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