Shell-Walkers are crab-like machines with a big container on their backs containing valuable resources in Horizon Zero Dawn. They’re actually transporting materials in a convoy formation with 3–4 Watchers guarding the payload.
Players can attack these convoys to salvage a Shell-Walker Heart, which can be either sold or traded in for powerful equipment. For those looking to do so, here all the ways you can get the Shell-Walker Heart in Horizon Zero Dawn.
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How to Get Shell-Walker Heart in Horizon Zero Dawn
There are 2 major ways to get the Shell-Walker Heart in Horizon Zero Dawn: Either take down Shell-Walkers, or purchase them from a Specialist Merchant. Let’s check out both of the methods in detail:
Purchase Shell-Walker Hearts From Machine Resource Merchants
Players can purchase a Shell-Walker Heart from one of the Machine Resource Specialty Merchants in Horizon Zero Dawn. One can be found in Meridian (location marked on the map).
Once you fast-travel to Meridian, you can check out the Merchant’s inventory and purchase the Shell-Walker Heart for 350 Metal Scraps.
The actual price of Shell-Walker’s Heart from Machine Resource Merchants varies according to difficulty.
Take Down Shell-Walkers to Get Shell-Walker Hearts
There are various Shell-Walker sites marked on the map that players can go to and attack the convoy. Unlike other machine sites, Shell-Walker locations change from time to time, as they’re always on the move. Once you intercept a Shell-Walker convoy, here’s what you have to do to get a Shell-Walker Heart in Horizon Zero Dawn.
A Shell-Walker Heart isn’t a guaranteed drop from the machine, so players may have to take down a couple of them to get it. Thankfully, a convoy usually spawns multiple Shell-Walkers, which increases the odds of players recovering a heart from them.
- First, get rid of all the Watchers around the Shell-Walkers who are guarding the convoy.
- Use Tearblast Arrows to dislodge the Shell-Walker’s cargo on their backs first.
- Proceed to take down a Shell-Walker by targeting its weak points. It is preferred that you deliver a Critical Strike to the machine, which can increase the odds of getting a Shell-Walker Heart.
- Loot the components from both the cargo compartment and the Shell-Walkers themselves for a chance to secure a Shell-Walker Heart.
- If you don’t get the Shell-Walker Heart on your first attempt, try to locate another convoy on the map to repeat the process.
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Once you finally secure a Shell-Walker Heart, players can either sell it for a good price to the merchants or trade it in to acquire the following things:
- Small Dirty Basket Collectible
- Nora Protector Heavy Armor
- Nora Protector Adept Armor (NG+ Only)
- Adept Ropecaster Weapon (NG+ Only)
Video Walkthrough of How to Get a Shell-Walker Heart in Horizon Zero Dawn
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