Slitherfang in Horizon Forbidden West

The Horizon Forbidden West Slitherfang is the giant serpent-like machine you’ll encounter early in this game. 

It’s massive and could produce acid that can cause enormous damage to Aloy when the attack hits. To help you defeat this serpent, We’ll walk you through the best way to effectively eliminate the Slitherfang as well as stop the most potent attacks.

The Slitherfang is a giant swift combat machine that can lash out of a distance. Its coil positions can access all its weapons as its body partsrotateinto their place.

Table of Contents
All Components of the Slitherfang in Horizon Forbidden West
How to beat Slitherfang in Horizon Forbidden West?
Exploit Its Elemental Weaknesses
Use Its Weapons Against It & Target Weak Spots
Keep Your Distance & Dodge to Avoid the Slitherfang’s Attacks Easily

All Components of the Slitherfang in Horizon Forbidden West

  • Body Hard outer casing that protects artificial muscles and operational systems.
  • Sonic Hood: Massive, vibrating metal plates located behind the Slitherfang. They are only vulnerable when extended. Remove or destroy them to stop the Sonic Blast attack. Sonic Blast attack.
  • Earthgrinder The churners of soil are serrated and capable of crushing almost anything it can entrap. Take a tear to get rid of.
  • Glowblast canister: Glowblast storage. Cut off the top to get this source or shoot using a Plasma Arrow to explode.
  • Metalbite Sac: Metalbite Storage. It is destroyed to prevent Acid attacks or leave it intact to increase loot on the carcass.
  • Sparker Storage for shocks, located on the back of the Slitherfang. The blue canisters can be removed to access this source or shot using the Shock Arrow to detonate.
  • Purgewater Canister: Purgewater storage. They can be cut off as a resource or shot using a Purgewater Arrow explode.
  • Acid Canister Metalbite Storage. These are the green canisters that you will find along the edges of Slitherfang. Cut them up to see the resources or shoot them using your Acid Arrow to explode and inflict massive damage to the elemental.
  • Resource Container: Storage canister for valuable resources. Cut it open to access the contents.
  • Information Nexus: Central processor. Particularly susceptible to damage if exposed. The chest is the most vulnerable inside the Slitherfang.
  • Purgewater Sac: Purgewater storage. It is best to destroy it to prevent Purgewater attacks or to keep it for loot and enrich the carcass.
  • Shock Orb 3 Shock Orbs can be found at the bottom of the Slitherfang’s tail. They are used to generate power for all Shock attacks and spin on their axis to recharge.

How to beat Slitherfang in Horizon Forbidden West?

Slitherfang in Horizon Forbidden

Exploit Its Elemental Weaknesses

Although the Slitherfang is as formidable as it might look, it’s pretty easy to defeat when you know where you should focus your efforts. 

It is possible to make light use of the machine snake by taking advantage of its Frost, Fire, and Plasma attack weaknesses.

If your weapons include these types of ammunition, it will make defeating the Slitherfang easier. However, when it comes to the first boss fight, you’ll need to concentrate on exploiting its weaknesses and use the weapons it owns against it.

Use Its Weapons Against It & Target Weak Spots

The main goal here is to concentrate on taking away your Shock Orbs on the end of the tail. They are not just large targets once taken out. 

However, they can serve as a massive attack against Slitherfang in itself and deter the entirety of its Shock attacks.

The weapon you choose to use that the Shock Orbs drop; you’ll be able to concentrate on the Sparkers in the sides and the front of the Slitherfang.

If the weapon can deal Shock Damage, you cause a massive reaction that causes enormous harm to the Slitherfang.

Once those are removed and the sandbags removed, you can now clean the Earthgrinder that lies under the head at its front. 

Again, it’s possible to utilize your usual arrows here, or you can make use of Precision and tear Precision Arrows if there’s access to them to ease the process of removing this.

Then, use one of your arrows upon the Metalbite Sac located on the right side of the Slitherfang close to the Earthgrinder.

If you destroy this, you’ll trigger massive explosions, deactivating any Metalbite-based attack and inflicting substantial damage.

Keep Your Distance & Dodge to Avoid the Slitherfang’s Attacks Easily

At this stage, the Slitherfang will not be able to do much left, so you’ll be able to focus on taking out the other parts of it with your arrows. Keep your distance, and you’ll be able to stay clear of the majority of attacks and lunges it may throw at you.