Far Zenith Launch Facility

Far Zenith Launch Facility
Type	Ruin Launch Facility (formerly)
Faction	Far Zenith (formerly)
Enemies	Burrower Scrounger Slitherfang
Quests	Reach for the Stars

The Far Zenith Launch Facility is an unmarked ruin location in Horizon Forbidden West. It can only be accessed during the main quest Reach For The Stars.

History

In the Old World

A hologram of Osvald Dalgaard welcoming visitors to the Far Zenith Launch Facility (as seen in the New World).

The Far Zenith Launch Facility was a site where Far Zenith launched shuttles into space, and was also where new members were recruited.

In the New World

Varl looking at the warning sign outside the ruins.

For the next thousand years, the remains of the Far Zenith Launch Facility were left untouched by the new humans until it was breached by a group of Oseram, who were wiped out by a Slitherfang just six days later.

Aloy and Varl learning about Far Zenith's plans for the Odyssey.

Not long later, Aloy came to the ruins to find a backup of GAIA, believing that Elisabet Sobeck may have sent Far Zenith a copy, with Varl catching up shortly before she made her way into the ruins. Together, the two Nora learned the truth behind Far Zenith's intentions in the Old World and that they tried to steal a copy of GAIA and her subordinate functions, only to be sent a logic bomb by Elisabet and Travis Tate. Realising that what they were looking for wasn't there, Aloy and Varl left the ruins.

Collectables

Text Datapoints - Quests

• #3 What to do about Dalgaard?
• #4 Delver's Journal

Gallery

Concept Art

Concept art of the Far Zenith Launch Facility by Erik van Helvoirt.

Concept art of the Far Zenith Launch Facility by Erik van Helvoirt.

Concept art of the Far Zenith Launch Facility by KARAKTER studio.

Trivia

• The location of the Far Zenith Launch Facility is unclear, although it is definitively not in the Sacred Lands, as Varl mentions that he hasn't returned to the Sacred Lands with the rest of the Nora after the Battle of the Alight.
  • As Aloy and Varl arrive at the ruins from and leave for Meridian heading to the northwest, and arrive in Meridian from the north coming down the path between it and the Cut-Cliffs, the ruins are likely northeast of the Carja capital.
  • Varl notes that the Far Zenith Launch Facility is a "long walk" away from Meridian.
  • If reached after completing Reach for the Stars via glitches or mods, the Far Zenith Launch Facility is located outside the main playable map directly southeast of No Man's Land. However, as this location isn't intended to be accessible under these circumstances and isn't actually visible on the main map, it's unknown if this placement is intended to be an accurate representation of the facility's location.