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"Can always count on a pack of Scrappers to carve up any salvage."
Aloy

The Scrapper is a machine in Horizon Zero Dawn, Horizon Forbidden West, and Horizon Call of the Mountain.

It is one of the smallest of the Acquisition Class machines, whose function is the gathering and recycling of resources.

History[]

Scavengers

Scrappers breaking down a Charger in Horizon Forbidden West.

The main function of Scrappers is to break down and recycle resources, such as the bodies of destroyed machines, mainly using its grinder jaws and laser to do so.

While it's unknown when Scrappers were first released, they became commonplace in the Sacred Lands, the Valleymeet, the eastern Sundom, the Cut, and No Man's Land. They likely can also be found in the Great Delta, as Seyka mentions them, but none can be found in the Burning Shores.[1]

The Derangement[]

At the advent of the Derangement, almost all machines started becoming increasingly aggressive towards humans, including the Scrappers. By the time of Aloy reaching adulthood, Scrappers will become aggressive to any humans they see.

Horizon Zero Dawn/Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds[]

Scrapper-Body

A Scrapper as depicted in the notebook in Horizon Zero Dawn.

While fighting a Scrapper, Thok got the spear made by his late mate stuck in the Scrapper's chassis, and the Scrapper escaped with it after injuring him. Arana went after it, but got trapped by some Watchers. Arana asked Aloy to retrieve it, which she successfully did.[2]

When Aloy infiltrated Cauldron SIGMA and overrode its core, she gained access to the information needed to override Scrappers.[3]

Lubavad and his caravan were attacked by a group of Scrappers and Longlegs, but they managed to fight them off with Aloy's help.[4]

With the spreading of corruption, some Scrappers in the Sacred Lands, the Valleymeet, and the Jewel became corrupted. They were subsequently destroyed by Aloy.[5]

AMomentsPeace

A docile Scrapper and Watcher at the Banuk Encampment.

A group of Scrappers, Watchers and Ravagers at the Banuk Encampment were made non-aggressive by a signal emitted by component of GAIA Prime nearby. However, when the component stopped functioning, the machines returned to their hostile behavior and attacked the Banuk and Aloy, who destroyed them.[6]

Heap of Trouble Quest

Scrappers breaking down salvage near Free Heap.

Scrappers came to break down some Old World remains that Oseram from Free Heap were exploring for salvage. Petra had Aloy destroy them for her.[7]

Aloy encountered some Scrappers in the remains of Cauldron XI.[8]

Aloy came across an inactive Tallneck in the Cut that was being broken down by some daemonic Scrappers and Glinthawks. After fighting off the machines, as well as retrieving the Tallneck Array and Stabilizer from the Scrappers, Aloy was able to reawaken the Tallneck.[9]

Aloy and Inatut fought off a group of daemonic Scrappers while Aloy was saving Inatut from dying on the Cloud-Shear.[10]

The Snowchants Hunting Grounds use Scrappers in their trials.[11] In addition, as part of Ikrie's Challenge, Aloy and Ikrie had to destroy several machines, including Scrappers.[12]

Daemonic Scrappers were among the machines Aloy, Aratak and Ourea destroyed during their expedition into Cauldron EPSILON.[13][14]

Corrupted Scrappers were among the machines used by the Eclipse army, keeping them at their base in the Jewel,[15] and using them as guards of their camps[16][17] and while exploring the Grave-Hoard,[18] while invading the Sacred Lands,[19] and during their final assault on Meridian.[20]

Sometime between Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West[]

While the circumstances of how are unknown, Aloy somehow lost the ability to override Scrappers, as well as most other machines.

Horizon Forbidden West[]

The Arena at the Memorial Grove use Scrappers in their battles, one of which requiring hunters to kill three Scrappers and two Clawstriders in a single fight.

Wanting to use Scrapper Jaw Salvage to build a set of armor, Larend hired Aloy with a contract to hunt a herd of Scrappers and retrieve their salvage for him, which Aloy successfully did.[21]

Like before the battle of in Meridian, the Eclipse in the Forbidden West continued to use overridden Scrappers as guards in their base at Shadow's Reach.[22]

A new model of Scrapper, the Apex Scrapper, was released into the wilds from Repair-Bay TAU, and was among those machine attacking Plainsong and the Utaru.[23]

Scrappers were among the machines overridden by Regalla's rebels to attack the Kulrut, but they were held back by Aloy, Dekka and several Tenakth soldiers until a Slitherfang burrowed into the Arena underground, opening a safe passage for all the rebels and machines.[24]

When Aloy infiltrated Cauldron MU and overrode its core, she regained access to the information needed to override Scrappers.[25]

After colliding with a Stormbird, Morlund's Floating Orb with Morlund and Aloy onboard crashed into a group of Scrappers and Longlegs. With Morlund trapped, Aloy had to protect him from all the machines.[26]

Aloy encountered some Apex Scrappers in Cauldron KAPPA.[27]

Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores[]

Scrappers were mentioned by Seyka while fighting the Quen devotees affected by MSP, comparing them to angry Scrappers.[1]

Appearance[]

The chassis of a Scrapper bears some resemblance to the body shape of a hyena.[28] It is quadrupedal, with a humped posture, clawed feet, no tail, and a thick, ridged neck. The machine’s mouth assembly is composed of 3 circular grinders, primarily used for grinding machine parts as part of their recycling function. However they are also used by the Scrapper in melee attacks. Two optical sensor arrays, each composed of four sensors, are located on its head, in the same positions as a hyena’s eyes. A radar scanner is located on its dorsal side between its shoulders, and a power cell is located between its haunches. An energy weapon capable of firing both energy bursts and laser beams is located in its mouth assembly.

Behavior[]

Scrappers are invariably found in packs of at least two, roaming areas in search of machine chassis to recycle. Occasionally a Scrapper will stop and use its radar scanner. The Scrapper appears programmed to ignore any radar signature from the presence of a stationary object, machine or moving object that is less than the size of a human. If it detects a moving object that is at least the size of a human, the Scrapper immediately runs to the vicinity of the signature and investigates. However, if the signature is from a machine or from a moving object that is smaller than a human, such as wildlife, the Scrapper ignores it.

Abilities[]

Scrappers are agile, and attack in the manner in which they work: in packs. If a threat is identified, the pack of Scrappers attacks it aggressively, employing both ranged and melee attacks. Ranged attacks are employed using the energy weapon located in the Scrapper’s mouth assembly; from it a Scrapper can fire bursts of energy, laser beams, or plasma. Melee attacks include jumping at the enemy and slashing with its claws or swiping with its jaw grinders.

In Forbidden West, Scrapper radars are now capable of scrambling Aloy's Focus, preventing her from using it for 35 seconds.

Weaknesses[]

Scrappers can be instantly killed with a single Silent Strike by approaching from behind while avoiding detection or luring them towards tall grass, or killed during combat by following up with a Critical Hit once knocked to the ground after sustaining previous damage or strong melee attacks. Removing or destroying the Radar disables its area scanning ability, and striking the Power Cell with Shock Arrows triggers a large area-of-effect explosion that electrically stuns anything within range and disables all ranged energy attacks.

In Horizon Forbidden West, the Power Cell is replaced with a Plasma Cell, so Plasma Arrows will set it off, triggering a large area-of-effect explosion that primes anything in range with a Plasma Blast.

Attacks[]

Horizon Zero Dawn[]

Name Damage Type Primary Damage Secondary Damage Trigger Range Description
Laser Burst Laser 40 - 8m - 29m Series of pulse blasts fired at enemy
Laser Lead Up Laser 105 12 per second 8m - 25m Beam aimed at ground then along ground longditudinally toward enemy
Laser Sweep Laser 90 50 per second 8m - 20m Beam aimed at ground, then along ground transversely toward enemy
Claw Swipe Melee 85 - 5m - 12m Lunging claw slash
Grinder Jaw Swipe Melee 85 - 8m - 12m Lunging swipe with mouth assembly grinders

Horizon Forbidden West[]

Name Windup Time Damage Damage Over

Time

Trigger Range Description
Reverse Crush Very Short 137 Melee - 0m - 5m Extremely fast bite used to fend off threats from any angle at close range.
Snap Crush Short 180 Melee - 8m - 12m Lunges at target while swinging its head and biting.
Claw Swipe Short 137 Melee - 5m - 17m Lunges at target while swiping horizontally with a claw.

Attack disabled when Slowed. Desperation Attack

Laser Sweep Short Plasma 151, Plasma 37 buildup Plasma 25/s, Plasma 20/s buildup 8m - 28m Fires a beam of Plasma that sweeps from side to side.

Attack disabled when Drenched.

Laser Lead Up Short Plasma 151, Plasma 37 buildup Plasma 25/s, Plasma 20/s buildup 8m - 32m Fires a beam of Plasma that cuts through the ground vertically before sweeping towards target.

Attack disabled when Drenched.

Plasma Burst Short Plasma 108, Plasma28 buildup - 8m - 46m Fires a burst of 6 Plasma projectiles in quick succession.

Attack disabled when Drenched.

Components[]

Horizon Zero Dawn[]

Image: Component: Information: Weakness: Strength:
Scrapper-Body Body Hard outer casing to protect synthetic muscle and operational systems. None None
Scrapper-PowerCell Power Cell Shooting these components with Shock Arrows will trigger an explosion. Shoot off this component to collect the Sparker inside. Shock-Icon Shock
Tear-Icon Tear
None
Scrapper-Radar Radar Destroying this component disables the scanning ability. Tear-Icon Tear None

Horizon Forbidden West[]

Name Image Description Attributes
Body Hard outer casing to protect synthetic muscle and operational systems. None
Radar Detection device. Emits a pulse that reveals enemies, including those in stealth, and scrambles Focus signals.
  • Detachable
  • Radar Removal
  • Contains Valuable Resources
  • Destroyed When Killed
Plasma Cell Primary power source for Plasma attacks. Detach to gather Glowblast or shoot with a Plasma Arrow to detonate.
  • Chain Reaction
  • Attack Removal
  • Destroyed When Killed
  • Key Upgrade Resource

Loot[]

Horizon Zero Dawn[]


Horizon Forbidden West[]

Variants[]

There are two variants of the Scrapper in Horizon Forbidden West.

Variant Weak Vs. Strong Vs.
Scrapper Very weak iconShock-IconShock Strong iconPlasma Plasma
Apex Scrapper Weak iconShock-IconShock Very strong iconFire-Icon Fire

Strong iconPlasma Plasma

Trivia[]

  • If allowed to do so, a Scrapper will strip all of the valuable/useful resource from the chassis of a destroyed machine; Aloy, therefore, gets nothing from the chassis.

Gallery[]

References[]

Machines
Horizon Zero Dawn
Acquisition Class Broadhead - Charger - FireclawFW - FrostclawFW - Glinthawk - Grazer - Lancehorn - Rockbreaker - Scrapper - Snapmaw - Strider - Trampler
Combat Class Corruptor - Deathbringer - Ravager - Sawtooth - ScorcherFW - Stalker - Stormbird - Thunderjaw
Communications Class Tallneck
Recon Class Longleg - Redeye Watcher - Watcher
Transport Class Behemoth - Bellowback - Shell-Walker
Unknown Class Control TowerFW
Variants Corrupted machine - Daemonic machineFW
Horizon Forbidden West
Acquisition Class BilegutBS - Bristleback - Charger - Clamberjaw - Fanghorn - Fireclaw - Frostclaw - Glinthawk - Grazer - Lancehorn - Plowhorn - Rockbreaker - Scrapper - Scrounger - Snapmaw - Spikesnout - StingspawnBS - Sunwing - Tideripper - WaterwingBS - Widemaw
Combat Class Clawstrider - Corruptor - Dreadwing - Grimhorn - HorusBS - Ravager - Scorcher - Shellsnapper - Slaughterspine - Slitherfang - Specter - Specter Prime - Stalker - Stormbird - Thunderjaw - Tremortusk
Recon Class Longleg - Redeye Watcher - Skydrifter - Tallneck
Transport Class Behemoth - Bellowback - Leaplasher - Rollerback - Shell-Walker
Unknown Class Defense DroneBS
Variants Apex machine - Corrupted machineBS
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