With the release of Horizon Zero Dawn – Complete Edition on PC, players are embarking on one of the best open worlds of the generation for the first time (or even after playing it on PS4). That said, you'll probably want to fast travel around the world to make better use of your time.
In Horizon, fast travel works a little differently than you might expect, so in this guide we'll walk you through everything you need to know. Keep in mind that fast travel works the same whether you're on PC or PS4.
How to fast travel in Horizon Zero Dawn
To fast travel, open your map and hover over one of the green campfires scattered around the world. On PS4, you can press "R2" while hovering to fast travel.
For PC it works the same way, but obviously if you are using a different gamepad or mouse and keyboard the input will be different from "R2". The map menu itself will tell you which button or key to press.
When you press the travel button, a small menu will appear informing you of the fast travel costs 1x Fast Travel Pack. This helps eliminate the possibility of just navigating the map with ease – at least initially. If you don't have a fast travel pack, you can't fast travel.
How to Get a Fast Travel Pack
Fast travel packs can be acquired in several ways. Either you can buy one from a merchant with the following materials:
- 2 metal shards
- 15 Ridge-Wood
- 1 rich meat
Or you can build them yourself with:
- 15 Ridge-Wood
- 1 fatty meat
- 1 bone meat
Both are effective – just be sure to consult your resources to determine which will work best for you. For us, it was much easier to just trade with a trader than trying to craft one ourselves, due to the availability of the necessary materials.
We recommend that you have at least one set of resources on hand to create one yourself, in case you get stuck in a place where you need to travel quickly. You'll be annoyed if you run out of packs and the materials needed to craft one, even though exploring Horizon is a fun and rewarding experience.
There is another way to fast travel to the final part of the game, and it gives you unlimited uses. For this you will need the Golden Fast Travel Pack.
Golden Fast Travel Pack
To acquire the Golden Fast Travel Pack, you must purchase it from a merchant in Meridian City, but it will only be available once you reach the "Into the Borderlands" quest.
It will cost you:
- 50 metal shards
- 1 fox skin
- 10 fatty meats
If you've explored thoroughly and taken the time to hunt animals, you'll likely already have the 50 Metal Fragments and 10 Fatty Meat needed to purchase the pack. Otherwise, Metal Shards can be found on machine corpses, while Fatty Meats are best acquired by killing Boars. However, many animals will reward you with fatty meats, so keep hunting and you'll get 10 in no time.
The real challenge will be locating and acquiring Fox Skin. It is best to search for foxes in green areas of the map that have grass. You can click "R3" on PS4 to easily locate animals around you.
Note that the fox skin will not immediately drop for you. It will take several tries, but eventually a fox will drop the skin. Fortunately, you only need one.
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That's everything you need to know about fast travel in Horizon Zero Dawn, including how to get various travel packs. To learn more about HZD, please visit its hub page here.
