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"The lesson will be taught in due time, Aloy. Until then, we wait."
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"A Strider. One of the weaker machines. But even a weak machine can kill a hunter -- if she is careless."
Rost, showing Aloy a Strider for the first time

The Strider is a machine in Horizon Zero Dawn.

History[]

Like the Broadhead and Grazer, Striders seem to consume small amounts of plant matter to produce Blaze.

While it's unknown when Striders were first released, they became commonplace in the Sacred Lands and the Sundom. However, they haven't been found further north than these territories, or any further west than Sunfall.

The Derangement[]

At the advent of the Derangement, almost all machines started becoming increasingly aggressive towards humans, including the Striders. By the time of Aloy reaching adulthood, Striders, while still tending to flee upon seeing a human, will sometimes attack humans that get too close.

Horizon Zero Dawn[]

Strider-Body

A Strider, as depicted by the notebook in Horizon Zero Dawn.

In her first lesson in surviving the wilds, Rost scared a herd of Striders away to show Aloy how some machines will flee when they see a human. Later catching up with the herd, he had her kill one to teach her how to hunt machines. As the herd ran away again, Teb fell from the Brave Trail above into the herd. As shooting at them would cause a stampede and kill Teb, Rost refused to intervene and ordered Aloy to stay back. However, Aloy ignored him and went into the herd, using her newly found Focus to see their paths and avoid their notice, allowing her to safely guide Teb back to Rost and safety.[1]

Years later, while Aloy was ordering Resh to open the gate and let her out of Mother's Watch to perform her work as a Seeker, a Corruptor suddenly appeared outside the settlement and corrupted some nearby Striders, adding them to its group. Together, they rammed the gate into Mother's Watch down and attacked the Nora. Together, the Nora were able to take down the Corruptor and the corrupted Striders. As Aloy looted the Corruptor, she found its override module, which granted her the ability to override Striders.[2]

Aloy-overriding-strider

Aloy overridding a Strider.

As Aloy left Mother's Watch, she found some more Striders and tested out the override module, which was successful. She then mounted the overridden Strider and frequently used it for travel.[3]

When Aloy was captured by Helis and taken to the Sun-Ring in Sunfall, Sylens broke into the Sun-Ring with two overridden Striders and three Ravagers to save Aloy. He noted that he also wore out two other Striders in order to get to Sunfall in time.[4]

Horizon Forbidden West[]

While Striders don't make an appearance in Horizon Forbidden West, they were mentioned by Gilvarn when he said that Milduf's meal made him strong enough to put a Strider in a sleeper hold,[5] and by Boomer when she said that the Prototype Spike Thrower could blow a Strider sky high.[6]

Appearance[]

About the size of a common draft horse, the chassis of a Strider is very equine in appearance, very closely resembling the body of a heavy-built draft horse. It stands on four equine legs with hooves and has powerful shoulders. The bulk of the chassis is composed of synthetic muscle, with white armor plating over the head, shoulders and legs. A vertical dual optical sensor array is on the tip of the snout.  Between the haunches is a Blaze canister. The Strider seems to share a nearly identical chassis design with the Broadhead and Charger, with its main difference being the head design.

Behavior[]

Striders are invariably found in herds grazing quietly, converting the grass they ingest into Blaze. For protection against threats such as hunters, they are accompanied by recon machines such as Watchers and Longlegs, or combat machines such as Sawtooths or Ravagers. Striders are quite skittish, fleeing at the sudden appearance of a human, at any sudden loud noise, or at the alert call of a Watcher. If a herd encounters a human alone, usually a single Strider will stay behind to fight while the rest of the herd flees.

Abilities[]

On encountering a perceived threat, Striders are capable of charging at high speed with head lowered to ram the enemy. Additionally, they employ a variety of kicks like the horses they resemble. However, if a Strider is overridden and used as a mount, these same kick attacks become weapons that can be employed by the rider against hostile machines or humans.

Compared to its sister machines, the Broadhead and Charger, the Strider is the weakest of the three in both health and offensive capabilities.

Attacks[]

Attack Name Damage Type Primary Damage Trigger Range Description
Charge Melee 85 15m - 50m A high-speed charge, ramming the enemy
Double Strike Melee 70 0m - 7m A forward twin front leg kick
Hind Leg Strike Melee 70 1.5m - 3.5m A twin hind leg kick straight behind
Rodeo Kick Melee 70 0m - 2.5m Multiple twin hind leg kicks in a circle
Spin Kick Melee 70 1.5m - 3.5m A single 180 degree spinning twin hind leg kick

Mounted Combat[]

Attack Name Trigger Direct Damage Impact Severity Description
Charge Contact while Sprinting 20 100 A high speed charge, ramming the enemy
Double Strike R1 35 100 A forward twin front to leg kick
Hind Leg Strike R1 + left stick backwards 70 100 A twin hind leg kick straight behind
Pivot Kick R2 70 100 A single 180 degree spinning twin hind leg kick

Components[]

Image: Component: Information: Weakness: Strength:
Strider-Body Body Hard outer casing to protect synthetic muscle and operational systems. None None
Strider-BlazeCanister Blaze Canister Blaze Storage Container. Shooting canister with Fire arrows will result in an explosion. Shoot off this component to collect the resource inside. Fire-Icon Fire
Tear-Icon Tear
None

Loot[]


Trivia[]

  • Striders seem to communicate vocally with horse-like whinnies and neighs, despite machines being capable of non-vocal communication.
  • Unlike Broadheads or Chargers, Striders don't seem to have any tools to assist them with terraforming. How they convert plant matter into biofuel is unknown.
  • If the player scans the environment when they first obtained Focus, a Strider is visible via environmental scan, thus making them first machine Aloy encountered.
  • Striders are one of the few machines from Horizon Zero Dawn that did not reappear in Horizon Forbidden West, presumably because of their similarity to Chargers in both form and function.

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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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