Where can I farm Stormbird?

To farm a Stormbird, you can head to two locations: the mountains to the west of Memorial Grove, north of the Raintrace North Rebel Camp, or the ruins of San Francisco, northwest of Legacy’s Landfall. These locations provide the best opportunities to encounter and farm Stormbirds for their valuable resources, including the Stormbird Storm Cannon, a legendary resource in Horizon Forbidden West.

Stormbird Farming and Related Questions

FAQs

1. How do you farm Stormbird Storm Cannon? Stormbird Storm Cannon is a legendary resource in Horizon Forbidden West, obtained only from Stormbirds, and must be torn off with Tear damage before the machine is destroyed if “easy loot” is turned off in settings.
2. How do you hunt Stormbird? The best ways to hunt a Stormbird are to shoot off the bird’s armor to stun it before pinning it down with Aloy’s ropecaster.
3. Can I buy a Stormbird primary nerve? It is obtained only from Stormbirds.
4. Why won’t Apex Stormbird spawn? Apex machines have a higher spawn rate at night, so to almost guarantee an Apex to spawn, go to a shelter far away from the marked site you’re going to farm at, sit at the campfire and advance the time to “Night” and then fast travel to that area.
5. Can you fly a Stormbird? While 2017’s Horizon: Zero Dawn let players tame and ride the various land-based machines roaming the ruined landscape of The Claim, flight-based enemies like Horizon’s massive Stormbird and smaller Glinthawks remained just out of reach of Aloy’s machine-hijacking spear.
6. How do you find Stormbird in the clouds? Fly up into the lightning-filled clouds above the island and find the Stormbird, using your Focus to follow its trail until it comes into view.
7. What weapon is Stormbird best with? The best weapon to use against a Stormbird is an explosive spear on its chest core to knock it down and make it fall to your control.
8. What is the best weapon against Stormbird? The best two options are the hunter and sharpshot bows, with the hunter bow being fast and dealing a good amount of damage, while the sharpshot bow deals a ton of damage while being slower and more accurate.
9. Can you buy machine parts in Horizon Forbidden West? Each of the salvage contractors sells a selection of machine parts, with the higher level ones generally selling components from tougher machines.
10. What animal is a Stormbird? The Pacific koel, also known as the eastern koel or formerly common koel, is a species of cuckoo in the family Cuculidae, and is colloquially known as the rainbird or stormbird in Australia.
11. What is the purpose of the Stormbird? Stormbirds were not created as combat machines, but as Zero Dawn terraformers, designed by Zero Dawn’s governing AI GAIA to work under its subordinate function AETHER, to detoxify Earth’s atmosphere.
12. What does a Stormbird look like? The storm bird is a distinctive-looking large black bird with a red eye, a member of the cuckoo family.
13. What is the rarest machine in Forbidden West? Of all the aerial machines introduced in Horizon Forbidden West, the Dreadwing is the rarest and most challenging of the bunch.
14. What is the most expensive item in Horizon Forbidden West? The most expensive actual resources are Crystal Braiding and Volatile Sludge, although Chillwater, Echo Shells, Glowblast, and Purgewater are also valuable resources.
15. What is the rarest item in Horizon Forbidden West? The rarest items in Horizon Forbidden West include the Carja Shadow, Carja Wanderer, Nora Sentinel, Oseram Arrow Breaker, Utaru Harvester, Oseram Wayfarer, Tenakth Marshal, and Utaru Whisperer.