In Horizon Zero Dawn (HZD) you need all possible optional allies to join the defense of Meridian if you want the bronze trophy “All allies joined”.
What to do:
Play up until the main quest “The Looming Shadow”. This is main quest #21 and the final mission of the game (can check progress in notebook stats).
Before doing the first objective of The Looming Shadow, go and do the following 11 side quests:
- Traitor’s Bounty > Queen’s Gambit
- A Moments Peace
- A Daughter’s Vengeance
- Sun and Shadow
- Honor the Fallen
- Sunstone Rock
- Hunting For the Lodge > Hunter’s Blind > Deadliest Game > Redmaw
If any quests are unavailable it’s because you haven’t progressed far enough in the story. They will all be available by the time you reach “The Looming Shadow”. If you run into a quest earlier feel free to complete it.
Once all side quests are done, go do “The Looming Shadow” main quest. You get the objective to go to bed before the final battle. This unlocks the trophy during a cutscene when Aloy is sleeping.
After completing the last mission it will put you back before the Looming Shadow quest and it can be replayed as many times as you want. So if you missed a side quest it’s no problem. You can still do those after the final mission and then replay it.
Names of All Allies:
- Aluki
- Elida
- Teb
- Vanesha
- Uthid
- Nakoa
- Janeva
- Petra
- Sona
- Varl
- Namman
- Erend
- Talanah
You can go talk to all of them before the final battle. You’ll get two optional objectives to visit both defense sites (Spire and Ridge). The allies can be found there.
*Dialogue choices do not affect this trophy. Personally, I always chose heart, so that’s what I tested and confirmed to be working. The developers have since confirmed that dialogue choices do not affect the trophy.
*Killing Nil in side quest “Cause for Concern” does not impact the trophy. He doesn’t count as an ally. The trophy unlocked for me despite killing Nil. The characters that you can kill don’t count as allies.
Julian Barclay says
What if I am up to a SEEKER at the GATES mission and have chosen brain dialogue option always except for Rost. The kid who throws the rock dies in the proving so that should not matter but I did chose brain dialopgue option for that guy who gets put in charge of the barracks when soma or sona goes missing but I don’t think he is an allie so am I ok to continue as I don’t want to start the game again.
This is the only stupid trophy in the game as it takes dialogue choice away from you.
Please answer ASAP.
Thanks
Julian Barclay says
What if I go back to a previous save 4 hours previous where I have only done A Gift From The Past
Lessons of the Wild, I will start from point of the spear again.
I just hate redoing stuff. If you can let me know if I am ok from previous comment I would like to start from that quest where I am level 9 and was about to do ” A SEEKER AT THE GATES”
Thanks
Mgkiller says
Do u get it is u repeat the last mission?
Tim says
I always chose brain and I didn’t get that trophy. Very frustrating as I have completed the entire game completely and that is the only trophy I need for platinum.
PowerPyx says
Hmm that’s very odd. Maybe it glitched out or something.
I assume you completed all required side quests, yes? You can double check in the quest log. If you’ve done them all try reinstalling the game and replay the final mission. A friend of mine had a similar problem and reinstalling made the trophy pop.
Alva says
Dialogue choices do not matter, however you must finish Nil’s quest. If you kill him that is fine (as mentioned above) but if you let him go he will join you as an ally during the fight. As the game restarts to right before the quest all you have to do is finish all the bandit camps and meet up with Nil south of Meridian
Glossia says
U can Aldo have Nill there with you, altough it’s not needed for a trophy
Blaarkies says
If you finished the Looming Shadow quest before all these character side quests, then on the second time around when re-doing Looming Shadow after…the achievement only pops up after the cutscene where you rest for the final battle
Urwin Stephenson says
I’m having problems killing storm bird not enough ammo