Horizon Zero Dawn: Heap of Trouble walkthrough, tips - Free Heap side quests Horizon Zero Dawn Guide, walkthrough

Last update: 06 August 2020

This chapter is a complete guide for Heap of Trouble quest. Here you can find tips that will help you to finish this quest in the most beneficial way.

Activating the quest

The quest is added to the journal after you speak with Petra. You can find her in the upper level of one of the houses in Free Heap. The woman asks you to deal with bandits that keep attacking the village. Besides eliminating them, you must also retrieve necessary elements required to create a special weapon.

Go to the bandits camp

Follow the marker to get to the bandits camp. On your way there you encounter small patrols that can be easily neutralized by shooting the bandits in the heads or lure them into the bushes and kill them stealthy. There are a lot of enemies so, by using the bushes presented on the picture, you can attack them while hiding and eliminating everyone in your reach.

When you clean the terrain, it is worth to get on a higher point. The climbing is made easier by the pieces sticking out, which are shown on the picture. But before you get there be sure that you silenced the bandit that patrols the tower. You can easily kill the bandits by shooting them in the heads. Other thing that you can do is to jump down into the bushes on the right and lure enemies one by one. When you are sure that none of the enemies is alive, you can start searching for the batteries.

Retrieve batteries and parts of the weapon

Getting two of them shouldn't be a problem, as long as you have eliminated the bandits beforehand. To be sure, look around with activated Focus. The last battery is on the roof of a tall building and to get there, you must climb the wall presented on the picture.

When you get down you see a bandit that apparently noticed you. Go to the farther parts of the garbage dump. Your goal is to retrieve parts of the weapon. They are buried under garbage and in the area there are a few roaming machines that must be eliminated if you want to get the aforementioned parts. After getting all items, return to Petra.

Attack of the bandits and finishing the quest

The next stage of the quest is the fight with bandits that are raiding the village. Beware of arrows and use the super cannon made by Petra. You don't have to worry about ammunition because its unlimited during this quest. If you hold the fire button longer, more bombs are shot but you can also make single shots to eliminate single enemies.

In the final part of the quest you must knock down the bridge on the right. Shoot a few times at the base of the bridge and it will collapse at bandits. After that, speak with Petra and the quest is finished.