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A flashpoint is a mechanic that supports the dialogue and story in Horizon Zero Dawn.
Flashpoints occur at key moments in dialogue during quests. They give the player an opportunity to develop Aloy's personality by choosing between three different reactions. Each flashpoint choice will produce some unique dialogue, but only a small number of decisions impact the story itself.
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Description
Flashpoints can be distinguished from regular dialogue options because they will include three icons representing the three possible ways for Aloy to respond: with heart, intellect, or threat.
Flashpoints
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"The lesson will be taught in due time, Aloy. Until then, we wait." This article contains heavy spoilers, and may reveal plot or quest information.
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Flashpoints with consequences
Main Quests
Prompt | Choices | Result | |
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During Lessons of the Wild | |||
Bast throws a rock at Aloy. | ![]() |
Drop your rock | Changes Aloy's response to Bast's taunts during Mother's Heart. |
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Knock the rock from his hands | ||
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Aim for his head | ||
During Mother's Heart | |||
Rost: "This is goodbye." | ![]() |
I understand | Changes Aloy's dialogue during her first visit to Rost's Grave. |
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But I will find you | ||
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Then good riddance | ||
During The City of the Sun | |||
Decide Olin's fate. | ![]() |
Redeem yourself | Changes the events of the errand Collateral (as well as whether Olin lives or dies). |
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This is complicated | ||
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Your life is forfeit | ||
During The Sun Shall Fall | |||
Avad: "I could use someone like you at my side." | ![]() |
I need to go my own way | Changes Avad's dialogue during his next encounter with Aloy. |
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I'm not a substitute | ||
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Like you "used" Ersa? | ||
During The Heart of the Nora | |||
Lansra: "We must stop her!" | ![]() |
Let go of your fear, Lansra | Changes Lansra's dialogue after Aloy exits ELEUTHIA-9. |
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Ignore them and enter the Hatch | ||
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You're not stopping me | ||
During The Face of Extinction | |||
Helis : "Impossible. I am chosen. This was not meant to be!" | ![]() |
None of this was meant to be | Affects Aloy's last words to Helis and how she kills him. |
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I don't have time for this | ||
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I hope this hurts |
Side Quests and Errands
Prompt | Choices | Result | |
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During The Survivor | |||
White Teeth Chieftain: "Convince me what an outlander's word is worth." | ![]() |
She's endured more than most | Changes optional dialogue with Mailen. |
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By the rules of the ordeal, she survived | ||
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She gave up everything for your rules | ||
During The Hunters Three | |||
Tulemak: "What will you remember of us?" | ![]() |
What you've endured | Determines the name of the hunters' werak. |
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What you fight for | ||
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What you've accomplished | ||
During Frontier Justice | |||
Inatut: "Where else would I go?" | ![]() |
Go where you feel you belong | Changes the circumstances of Aloy's next encounter with Inatut. |
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Maybe you're in a good position | ||
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You don't owe the werak anything |
Other Flashpoints
Main Quest
Prompt | Choices | |
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During The Point of the Spear | ||
Rost: "Aloy. You're here." | ![]() |
Is everything okay? |
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Good thing I know how to track! | |
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Why the hold up? | |
During Mother's Heart (optional) | ||
Teersa: "I hope the ceremony wasn't too... unpleasant for you, given your... circumstances?" | ![]() |
I found it beautiful |
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It meant nothing | |
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I hated it | |
During Mother's Heart | ||
Bast: "You belong in the wilds, not Mother's Heart. And you definitely don't belong in the Proving." | ![]() |
I pity you |
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You're afraid | |
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I'm going to win | |
During Mother's Heart | ||
Vala: "You've never slept in a Nora lodge before. Not very private." | ![]() |
Not bad |
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Too soft | |
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Hate it | |
During The Womb of the Mountain | ||
Resh: "No wonder a curse is upon us and children lie dead under cairns of stone." | ![]() |
You dishonor the dead |
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You're a nobody | |
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Watch your tongue | |
During The City of the Sun | ||
Erend: "Now I'm supposed to fill her shoes. And instead, here I am, stumbling around in them." | ![]() |
I lost someone, too |
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It'll get easier | |
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Stop feeling sorry for yourself | |
During The Sun Shall Fall | ||
Avad: "You were there. Did she suffer?" | ![]() |
She thought of you |
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Is that what you're really asking? | |
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This isn't the time | |
During Maker's End | ||
Sylens: "Sylens. That's my name. Now why don't you try asking another question - something less trivial." | ![]() |
You don't understand... |
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I see your point | |
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If you're so smart... | |
During The Mountain that Fell | ||
Aloy: "That's not what I said!" |
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Stop acting like a machine |
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Not in the way you mean | |
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You just don't get it! |
Sidequests and Errands
Prompt | Choices | |
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During The Forgotten | ||
Brom: "No! Leave me alone! Can't you see I need time to think? How am I supposed to think when everybody is shouting at me!" | ![]() |
I know this is hard, but I can help |
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Come closer, so I won't have to shout | |
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Get a hold of yourself! | |
During Insult to Injury | ||
Jun: "The motherless girl! If I'd known, I never would have spoken to you!" | ![]() |
An outcast helped you, remember? |
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Time to look in the mirror, Jun | |
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How about I put you in your place? | |
During Honor The Fallen | ||
Aloy: "I'm done arguing with you. Stay or go. But I won't allow you to keep others away." Jahamin: "I am here by the will of the Sun!" |
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Change has already happened |
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You have no authority here | |
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You're a coward | |
During Sun and Shadow | ||
Aloy: "Are you saying what I think you're saying? Elida, no. Look at me." | ![]() |
You're not alone |
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There's more at stake than you two | |
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You can't do this | |
During The Forge of Winter | ||
Aloy: "You're asking me if you should lie to them." CYAN: "Broadly, yes." |
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Take it gently |
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Use your judgement | |
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You've got to tell them the truth | |
During The Forge of Winter | ||
Aratak: "Either way, I would not have been able to protect her." | ![]() |
You didn't let her down |
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Look at what she accomplished | |
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She was willing to fight |
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