Horizon Forbidden West: Dreadwing - boss, how do you defeat the mechanical bat? Horizon Forbidden West guide, walkthrough
This page of the guide for Horizon Forbidden West contains a walkthrough of the duel with the boss Mashkara (Dreadwing), a flying machine from the main quest Seeds of the Past.
Last update: 04 March 2022
This page of the Horizon 2 Forbidden West game guide contains a walkthrough of the boss fight against Dreadwing, a flying bat-like machine encountered in the Seeds of the Past main quest. From guide, you will learn about the Dreadwing's weaknesses, the boss's unique attacks and how to avoid them, as well as how to deal with the flying machine.
Location of the fight with Dreadwing
Dreadwing is the name of a large flying machine that resembles a bat in appearance. Facing the Dreadwing is one of the required objectives during the Seeds of the Past quest tied to locating DEMETER. The battle will begin once you enter the circular testing area.
Boss battle description
As always, you should begin the fight against the Dreadwing by scanning the large flying bat-like machine. This is mainly to learn the boss's weakness, namely the fire element.
Check out the other tabs as well - they will allow you to determine the boss's attacks and what parts need to be destroyed/detached to prevent the Dreadwing from launching specific attacks and using its unique skills.
By default, the Dreadwing continuously flies over the arena, but be ready for the boss to suddenly dive and attempt to injure the main character. You can make it less effective by damaging the machine's fangs. The standard solution, of course, is to jump aside once the boss indicates that it's about to land.
The Dreadwing also has dangerous area-of-effect attacks. These mainly include:
- Acid spray - Try to move away from the poisonous cloud to avoid the main character being affected by a negative status effect. You can get rid of the status by ingesting the correct potion or you could equip an outfit that highly resists this element.
- Scattering bombs- Quickly move away while the bombs are still in mid-air. Fortunately, it's fairly easy to predict where they are going to land.
Another unique aspect of this fight is that the Dreadwing can use camouflage. It won't become fully invisible, but it becomes difficult to locate it and you can't detect it in focus mode.
You can try exploring the surroundings to spot where the boss is hiding and then attack it and force it to stop camouflaging, or you can simply run around the arena until the Dreadwing stops being invisible.
Continue attacking the Dreadwing by targeting its weak spots and after winning the battle, examine the remains of the machine to obtain a lot of valuable loot and a unique metal flower.