Horizon Forbidden West How to Get Mount

In Horizon Forbidden West (HZFW) you can use machines as Mounts. There are machines you can ride on, as well as flying machines you can fly on. You do this by sneaking up to machines you have unlocked the “override” function on and holding . At the start you can only override Chargers, but you can unlock additional Overrides by completing all Cauldrons. Large machines can’t be used as mounts, only 4 smaller machine types.

List of all Machine Mounts (4 total)

You can check your overrides under Notebook > Machine Catalogue > click a machine > on the left it says “Cauldron” for the override and you need and “Mountable Machine” for the ones that can be mounted.

Charger (unlocked from the start)
Bristleback (TAU Cauldron)
Clawstrider (IOTA Cauldron)
Sunwing – flying mount (Geminin Cauldron)

How to Get Mount

During the 4th Main Quest “The Embassy” you get an optional objective to go override a charger. Do this to unlock your first mount. If you skip the optional objective you can still do this at any time you want. Look for any Charger machine icon on the map. For example, south of the first big town Chainscrape.

Sneak up to a charger from behind, ideally in stealth without spooking it, and when you get close hold to override it.

Override a Charger by holding , it’s an optional objective in 4th Main Quest “The Embassy”. This unlocks the “Mount Call”, select it with / in item wheel and then press to call the mount. Press to mount / dismount, to accelerate, to brake, for light attack, for heavy attack.

If you leave your mount behind you can always select the “Mount Call” from the item wheel again to call it back to your location. If your mount gets destroyed, you can either repair it in exchange for some shards (interact with its body), or get a new one. It’s cheaper to fast travel to a Charger site again and grab a new one. Repairs are quite expensive.