Horizon Zero Dawn has many side quests, errands, and areas to explore.  It also has side quests that challenge your skills as a gamer. These are known as the Hunting Grounds within the game.

Each Hunting Ground offers different challenges that you can undertake. They are rewarded with three tiers of awards (low, medium, and high tier). Which one you get depends on how well you perform in the trials.

This guide is focusing on the Greatrun Hunting Grounds that focus on stamina trials.

TIP: Before starting any of these trials make sure you have the right equipment and stock up on your ammo. It is a good idea to try to max out Aloy’s health capacity and health bar before starting the trials. 

How To Get The Blazing Sun For The Pace Trial

What You Need To Do

  • There are bodies of dead Watchers scattered around the Hunting Ground. You need to loot three of these bodies within the time limit to pass.

The Time You Have

  • 90 seconds or less

The Equipment You’ll Need

  • There is not any specific equipment you need, but make sure you have something to defend yourself with.

Tip: Watch your back on this one - other machines will come after you. 

How To Complete The Pace Trial

In this Hunting Ground, there are two ropes at the top of the cliff that you can go down to trigger the start of a trial once you have accepted it. For this trial, you need to go to the rope on the left side.

Once you slide down this you will see the marker for the first Watcher body in front of you.

It will be on top of a large rock formation. Run over there and start to climb up the rock as fast as possible. Look for the ledges to help you climb up.

Once you are up there you might have to ward off a Glinthawk. Do this by swiping it with your spear or shooting it with an arrow.

  • Quickly loot the Watcher!

Look around until you see the marker for the second Watcher on a high rock formation opposite you. There will probably be a Glinthawk there already.

Head down from the rock you are on and rush over there. Look for the ledges and grips to help you climb up onto it.

When you are up there the Glinthawk might steal the Watcher so all you need to do is hit it with an arrow. They’ll drop it back down again. Loot it.

Then in the center of the Hunting Grounds, there will be the final Watcher. Again, it is by a Glinthawk.

  • Hit the machine with an arrow to scare it off and loot the final Watcher.

How To Get The Blazing Sun For The Parts Wrangling Trial

  • You need to tie down two Tramplers and shoot off the part under each one’s stomach.

  • A Ropecaster and any Bow with Hardpoint arrows. You can use Hunter arrows but Hardpoints cause more damage.

Tip: Be careful, the other machines will come after you whilst you are doing this.

How To Get Complete The Parts Wrangling Trial

Stand at the top of the left or right rope for this trial. It does not matter which rope you choose to go down.

From here, use your focus to look down into the grounds and tag two Tramplers.

When you go down the rope, head to the nearest Trampler target.

When it is in range, fire the Ropecaster at it repeatedly until it is tied down.

Once it is tied down it will be unable to move for a short period of time.

Whilst it is immobile, use your focus to scan the machine. It will highlight specific parts of the machine and the area you need will be highlighted where its stomach would be. (It is a bit like a yellow circle)

Quickly switch to the arrows you have chosen and rapidly fire them at the component. It will eventually explode.

When it has done this, move off to find your other target.

Repeat these steps with your next Trampler.

How To Get The Blazing Sun For The Tie Down Trial

  • You need to use your Ropecaster to tie down three Glinthawks and while they are tied down, use a critical strike on them.

  • 120 seconds or less

  • A Ropecaster and a Bow with any arrows (the power doesn’t matter for the arrows, it is more to get their attention)

How To Complete The Tie Down Trial

Stand at the top of either the right or left rope and use your focus to look for the Glinthawks.

When you have figured out where they are, head down the rope to start the trial.

When you are down there, stay away from the lowest ground in the center of the grounds. The Tramplers here will make it harder.

Instead, try to keep to the higher edges of the grounds without exiting the trial area.

When you are down there you need to target a Glinthawk and hit it with an arrow.

Do not kill it, you just want to get its attention. Once you have sufficiently annoyed the machine, it will fly over to you.

Switch to your Ropecaster. When the Glinthawk is in range (quite low in the air), fire your Ropecaster at it repeatedly to tie it down.

When it has been tied down it will only stay down for a short time. Run to it and when prompted, use R1 to use a critical strike on it.

  • This will bring other Glinthawks over but this is what you want.

Repeat all the steps again with the second and third Glinthawks.

If you have followed the steps in this guide then you will have all three of the Blazing Sun Rewards for Greatrun.

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