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Horizon Forbidden West – All Burning Shores Armor Guide

Burning Shores the DLC to Horizon Forbidden West released this week and it’s bringing us on a whole new adventure. Complete with new enemies, characters, weapons and armor.

Burning Shores takes place after the events of Forbidden West in the volcanic region of Los Angeles. Sylens (RIP King Lance Reddick) informs Aloy that one of the Far-Zenits is still unaccounted for. A playboy industrialist named Walter Londra was last seen on the Burning Shores. Upon getting there, she discovers that he’s essentially locked down the area with a deadly tower and in the process, stranded a set of Quen marines.

Since Burning Shores follows after the main campaign, you’ll still have all of Aloy’s tools at your disposal. But moving forward you’ll probably need an upgrade to your weapons and armour to take on the tough new machines.

In this guide, we’ll go through all the new weapons in Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores DLC. How to get the weapons and which ones are the best.

Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores DLC is out now for the PlayStation 5.

 

Every NEW Armor IN BURNING SHORES

There are five new armour sets that you can get on the Burning Shores. Some of them you’ll get just by completing the main story or other missions. While the rest will need to be traded from the Quen for Machine Shards and Brimshine.

We’ve put all the weapons below as well as our recommended list. As well as how to farm Brimshine here.

Amor SetArmor Focus

Blacktide Quen Commander
Melee Combat

Quen Commander
Melee Combat

Quen Marine
Ranged Combat

Nora Lookout
Health and Regeneration

Quen Deadeye
Stealth
 

Blacktide Quen Commander

How To Get It: Pre-Order the Burning Shores DLC and buy it from the Stitcher at Fleet’s End for 1x Metal Shard.

ResistanceRanged | Frost | Shock | Acid | Purgewater
WeaknessFire | Plasma
SkillsElemental Spear
Energized Duration
Evader
Resonator Blast+
Resonator Buildup
Resonator Damage
Mod Slots0 and 2 at Level 3
UpgradeCostUnlocks
Level 1• 600x Metal Shards
• 1x Luminous Brainstem
Level 2• 800x Metal Shards
• 1x Luminous Brainstem
• 1x Sunwing Primary Nerve
+2 Resonator Blast+
+1 Elemental Spear
Level 3 • 1000x Meal Shards
• 1x Brimshine
• 2x Luminous Brainstem
• 3x Widemaw Primary Nerve
+2 Resonator Damage
1st and 2nd slot unlocked
Level 4 • 1200 Metal Shards
• 2x Apex Waterwing Heart
• 2x Brimshine
• 2x Luminous Brainstem
+2 Resonator Buildup
+1 Evader
Level 5 • 1500x Metal Shards
• 3x Brimshine
• 3x Luminous Brainstem
+2 Elemental Spear
+2 Evader

Resistance Stats

MeleeRangedFireFrostShockPurgewaterAcidPlasma
Base3035-4030303040-25
Lvl 13435-3536353645-20
Lvl 23839-3042404250-30
Lvl 34443-2045454260-15
Lvl 45049-1050504670-10
Lvl 55555-555555075-10
 

Quen Commander

How To Get It: Purchase from the Stitcher in Fleet’s End for 2,000 Metal Shards and 8 Brimshine.

ResistanceRanged | Frost | Shock | Acid | Purgewater
WeaknessFire | Plasma
SkillsElemental Spear
Energized Duration
Evader
Resonator Blast+
Resonator Buildup
Resonator Damage
Mod Slots0 and 2 at Level 3
UpgradeCostUnlocks
Level 1• 600x Metal Shards
• 1x Luminous Brainstem
Level 2• 800x Metal Shards
• 1x Luminous Brainstem
• 1x Sunwing Primary Nerve
+2 Resonator Blast+
+1 Elemental Spear
Level 3 • 1000x Meal Shards
• 1x Brimshine
• 2x Luminous Brainstem
• 3x Widemaw Primary Nerve
+2 Resonator Damage
1st and 2nd slot unlocked
Level 4 • 1200 Metal Shards
• 2x Apex Waterwing Heart
• 2x Brimshine
• 2x Luminous Brainstem
+2 Resonator Buildup
+1 Evader
Level 5 • 1500x Metal Shards
• 3x Brimshine
• 3x Luminous Brainstem
+2 Elemental Spear
+2 Evader

Resistance Stats

MeleeRangedFireFrostShockPurgewaterAcidPlasma
Base3035-4030303040-25
Lvl 13435-3536353645-20
Lvl 23839-3042404250-30
Lvl 34443-2045454260-15
Lvl 45049-1050504670-10
Lvl 55555-555555075-10
 

Quen Marine

How To Get It: Purchase from the Stitcher in Fleet’s End for 2,000 Metal Shards and 8 Brimshine.

ResistanceRanged | Fire| Shock | Acid | Purgewater
WeaknessFrost| Plasma
SkillsConcentration+
Deep Concentration
Concentration Regen
Stamina Regen
Drop Shield Capacity
Valor Surge Master
Mod Slots0 and 2 at Level 3

Resistance Stats

MeleeRangedFireFrostShockPurgewaterAcidPlasma
Base345038-40333535-38
Lvl 5556555-5555555-5
 

Nora Lookout

How To Get It: Purchase from the Stitcher in Fleet’s End for 2,000 Metal Shards and 8 Brimshine.

ResistanceRanged | Fire| Shock | Acid | Purgewater
WeaknessFrost| Plasma
SkillsMedicine Capacity
Potent Medicine
Potion Proficiency
Low Health Regen
Drop Shield Capacity
Second Chance
Mod Slots0 and 2 at Level 3

Resistance Stats

MeleeRangedFireFrostShockPurgewaterAcidPlasma
Base304035-40303535-40
Lvl 5516552-5525555-7
 

Quen Deadeye

How To Get It: Reward for completing ‘The Splinter Within’, speak with Theoa in Fleet’s End to begin.

ResistanceRanged | Fire| Frost | Acid | Plasma
WeaknessShock | Purgewater
SkillsLow Profile
Stelth Ranged+
Stealth Tear+
Concentration
Concentration Regen (Locked)
Quiet Movement (Locked)
Mod Slots0 and 2 at Level 3

Resistance Stats

MeleeRangedFireFrostShockPurgewaterAcidPlasma
Base30354030-40-404030
Lvl 554606555-20-57555
 

How To Farm Brimshine

Brimshine is a new resource unique to the Burning Shores. You can use it to purchase and upgrade new weapons, armour and weaves from the Quen Tribe at Fleet’s End.

Brimshine is a rare crystal-type material that you can find while exploring the Burning Shores. It is often found off the beaten path in areas that you won’t purposely be walking through. Look for small hidden areas that will usually house a resource cache. Use your Focus to aid in your exploration as it’ll mark any Brimshine nodes nearby.

You can even set an active Job on any weapons or gear that you want to buy or upgrade. This feature will mark the rough location of any resources you need to get on the in-game map. Including Brimshine!

 

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