Easy Shard Farm for Early Game in Horizon Forbidden West
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- This shard or money farm can be done early in your Horizon Forbidden West Playthrough and can also easily be done on all difficulties. It also works in New Game+. This method is done using the merchant at Barren Light and the Whisper Hunter Bow.
This has NOT been patched.
Common questions are answered towards the end of the video. If you still have question then post a comment and I will try my best to answer it.
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Video Chapters:
0:00 Intro
0:14 How to farm Shards
1:11 Important Information
1:58 Easy way to complete Shadow in the West
5:05 What does the bow have to do with the Quest?
5:36 Tips for farming Shards
6:50 Cant buy the bow?
7:22 Sold bow at another merchant?
7:54 Can I do it NG+?
8:17 Has this been patched?
9:05 Outro - Hry
The Whisper Hunter Bow can also be purchased in the desert settlement called "Scalding Spear" Its faster to farm there if you have access to it, because the bow is at the top of the buying menu, so less inputs every time you buy it. But you have to be a bit into the main story to have access to the settlement.
Hmm when I do this farm in Barren Light, for me it appears on top, just make sure to hit the sort button in the menu (options) and sort by type. The Whisper Hunter Bow should be at the top in the buy screen.
you can just filter by weapon type.
I can confirm still works
Bruh, this just feels like the hero of Meridian touched this bow so we gonna basically pay her 50 shards for every bow she touches and resell it to plebs for 250
One other trick, if you turn on "Toggle All" in Accessibiliy options it will make it so you don't have to hold the buttons.
Secondly, you don't have to go all the way to scalding spear, just press Start to sort by (Type) and the Whisper Bow will be at the top of any shop...
Just confirmed that this has not been patched. Works perfect for me. Great little way of making metal shards
You can also find it in scalding spear, this is quicker because the bow is at the top of the buying menu
True, I should have pointed that out, but got focused on showing it done as early as possible.
Still works , tested on PS5 and latest patch. You are a genius and Thanks a ton for this.
We got shards and shards and shards! Thanks for the new video Elk!
As of writing, still works. Thanks OP!
Thx for the upload love your videos
Still works as of today.
Have the game fully updated and patched and have no problem doing this.
Really nice in the beginning of the game for sure.
Thank you very much for this! Saves me farming machines.
Still works!! You're a lifesaver man...
great video as always!
OMG. I tried this and it's AWESOME! Thank you so much. ❤️
No problem :)
November 2023 - I can confirm this method still works.
I went from 5k shards to 70K shards in about 2 hours.
Why do people still expect these exploits to be patched and eliminated?
Perhaps they are not a bug. perhaps they are there by design. Game developers leave this sort of "easter eggs" for people to find ALL the time. They are meant to make your game experience easier IF you can find them.
I look for stuff like this all the time. It´s not cheating. You still have to grind for hours and hours and even days with exploits like this. That´s why developers leave this stuff hard coded in games.
Who will have the patience and determination to grind this easter egg?
MAYBE YOU...
It Works! 4/22/2023 I'm only level 12, still very early in the game and I'm already at 22400 shards! Thank you!
Hey I was wondering. When I lowered difficulty for weapon upgrades, I now require to also have enough shards as part of the upgrade as well as other machine parts, however on normal difficulty it wasn't the case, I wonder if they patched it or something
Thanks for this. I had finished the game and just finished crafting the over rides on the last group after finishing all the cauldrons. Was down to 114 shards and still needed to do some upgrading of weapons and outfits. Good news was I already had the bow. Unfortunately it had been entirely upgraded even though I never use it. Pulled off the coil and they gave me back the shards and a couple of materials for it. Then I bought and sold the $149 Whisper Bow over and over and finally have over 3000 shards now. I kept the bow just in case I run out of shards again. Since I don't use it I'll put it in my stash so it's there if I need to go "farming" again. BIG THANKS!!
Amazing, thanks!
It still works!
Awesome. Still working as of 4/26/23. Appreciate the info.
Still works in January 2024😮😮
I just want to say THANK YOU. I have over 170 hours of farming and exploring in the game. Unlocked most of the games rewards and for some reason my game become corrupt and I needed to start over. As you can imagine I was to replay this game using faster methons of completion as I need to do hardest new game plus for acheivements and this will REALLY Help get t here a LOT faster. Many many thank yous.
Love your video
Amazing. Thank you!
As of December 2nd 2022, it still works!
Still works,thanks for that👍
This is gold, muchas gracias.
Salud 🤘🌞🏹✨❄️🍻
This video still works!😊 ty
Just to confirm, this still works! 🎉
Dude , thank you 🎉
Still works 👏🏼
As at 12 Sept 2023, it still works!! Thanks!!
NICE DUDE YOU JUST SAVED ME
Trick with the vendor and the whisper bow still works on PC edition. Helped me a lot to grind less in the grind to get legendaries maxed out.
Still works april 2023, the whisper bow you loot from shadows reach is just an extra 250 and must be sold to purchase the one at the vendors. Scalding spear is the easiest to spam with the bow being at the very top. Thank you for this video!
Thank you. I was worried this was patched. I'm trying to get everything ready on ultra hard. Getting shards for upgrades, ammo , and buying items has been a real pain.
@@TheUltrasora ive tried this honestly, its faster to change difficulty to custom. Set boss health to story and set easy loot, then pick 2 machines. I just pick tremur and slither bc theyre close, then go back and forth killing till I have 1 fast track item left. Then go to a shelter and sell all tremur,slither drops plus the braids,scraps etc its quicker and made more money then selling buying and making 110 shards.
@JacklePuff but it is easier especially since I'm on ultra hard. I don't think I can change the difficulty.
@@TheUltrasora o yea you’re right. i misunderstood what you said. I thought you were preparing before entering a new game + ultra hardz
@@Jacklepuff getting ready for burning shores.
Omg thank you so much, I used the shards to upgrade everything 😅
How did it work for you I wasn’t able to get it
I completed the quest long ago and already had access to the bow. So was pretty easy for me. But you can get the bow at other locations like scalding spear
which quest do you have to complete?
Thank you!!!
Thanks alot bro
Thank you so much for this.. Now i can shoot any arrows without thinking about resources i have since i can purchase everything with shards😂😂
Thanks!
Will add this to my farming rotation thanks,I'm at 1.2 million shards and fully stocked on items 🙌
what methods do you use?
Dude… I was at 60 shards a moment ago and poorer than a church mouse!
@@FatFingers02 Lol,Now you hit the lottery congratulations 🙌
My homie, H.U.G.E exploit luv it man . Most helpful video yet. Thanks ALOT MAN
No problem enjoy :)
For those on UH & needing to do the quest, I suggest using a ropecaster on the Ravager & killing Vesrah first. Ideally you'd want the Elite Ropecaster from Thornmarsh, but if you have not progressed that far yet, the Anchor or Eventide ropecaster will work, but will require more ropes, so its best to start by hitting the shock cannister with a shock arrow while it roars (as seen in the video) and using that time to rope it down. This is because Vesrah's weapon will do extra damage once the Ravager dies.
Firstly thanks for the great vid …. Also just to confirm that this still works as of 28 August 2023!!!!
AWESOME!
Man you are an absolute goat.... I'm 33 level and until today i was always about between 1000 and 1500 shards, i couldn't go any higher.... I couldn't get almost into the arena because of the lack of shards, i was struggling to keep them, so i can buy some good equipment.... Today i have 15.000 in less than 15 minutes, and at last i can play the game fairly.... I will try your knew spot of farming tomorrow, thanks a lot bro keep up
WORKS!
Still works on 2024 February 21 👍
to anyone wondering it still works and its amazing
Am I missing something? I can’t just buy it. It wants charge horn etc. even fully upgraded it buys and sells for 182 shards. I’m on version 1.0 though. Completely unpatched.
Just tried today. Its working for ps5🎉
thanks 🙏
Still works March 2024! Just did it on steam deck.
Hmmmm, I went to Barren Light merch yesterday and they didn’t have my favorite bow (Whisper Hunter of course. Awesome bow !!!!!). Guess I’ll check today, again. Maybe they respawn different weapons daily 🤣. Been trying to get a lot of shards, but barely had any luck yesterday. If I can find a good Glowblast bow early game, then that will be the bow I stick with for shards and the racing.
Can confirm this little trick still works on PC version.
Sa-west thanks Elk. 😁
Can confirm as of 26th December 2022 working. I sell it at bulwark.
25 of april 2023 still works, you must talk to the npc to finish the quest. i didnt so i tought it was patched
Not working. PS5 latest patch
My mannnn... I was re-looting machines during the side mission "The Blood Choke," and I'm not sure if I came upon a glitch... I was able to re-loot the dead machines over and over as I just repeated the path... BEFORE completing the mission! Once I completed the mission I could do this no longer. However, this is wayyyy less time consuming. I can't believe this hasn't been patched by now but I love it. 😂 All I buy with my shards are machine muscle and echo shells... Items that should be super common and plentiful because they are needed to craft simple ammo... But machine muscle (an uncommon item), supposedly, isn't so easy to find. Therefore, for this reason I do not believe in cheating because the game is wrong. 😂
Still works good staff now I can buy good weapons and and few resources
Still works
Still works 9 april 2023
I have tried to buy at the vendor in Scalding Spear and Barren Light and both have the weapon greyed out and say sold out. It could be because I own the bow and even though I stored it in “my stash” the game may have it blocked for repurchase. I don’t want to sell the one I have because it’s fully upgraded. Sad I didn’t see this idea earlier before I had put resources into upgrading 😓 hopefully I’ll replace it soon and then I’ll try this trick.
Trick does not work if you have the bow, even in the stash.
It’s working now.
The bow isn't showing for me at barren light and didn't purchase it before
March 6 2023 can confirm still works ps5
Still works in burning shores
I believe that the Carja settlement has the wisperer bow as the first option at the merchant. It helps if you stach everything before farming the shards. This makes the shard farm a lot quicker, as you don't need to scroll nearly as much
Which Carja settlement do you mean, Barren Light is a Carja Settlement?
@@ElkjaerTV The carja camp, where you get the mission 'drowned hopes'
This is moot though, at any shop (Barren Lights for instance) just press Start to sort by Type in shop and whisper bow will be at the top.
Still works with on PC!
Great video! Do ya know how many shards are enough to finish this game? I don’t wanna have too much lol
No idea, depends on how many weapons you want to fully upgrade.
@@ElkjaerTV just grind up 100k hopefully it is enough!! Thanks brother
Thank You, I feel like my progress has been held back for weeks due to a lack of blastepaste. Now every ammo type is full, every pouch is upgraded and every resource fully stocked. I can enjoy the game again.
This doesn't seem to work for me. Where else can I find the silent bow?
@@whynot5568 Scalding Spear also has the Whisper bow
@@maccrimbo i cant find it, has it beem patched?!!
@@indominusblade3 no still working, make sure you do that question in the video
I drop down at the dig site like yourself in the video but the bunker door isn’t giving me the option to open it. Any ideas
Do you keep your arena weapons in New Game Plus? Ik all progress in hunting grounds and the arena will be reseted, does that mean I need to earn every weapon again?
You keep everything in NG+ basically.
Still works August 9th 2023
Still works Aug 14 2023
Still works and playing on PC version now
ignore that lol i missed the whole side quest part.
Still works 17th july 2023
I used this trick just now at Scalding Spear as the creator and comments suggest and it worked like a charm. EZPZ
This Still works as of Dec 19
This is good because toward the end it seems impossible to get more shards by killing machines and picking thousands of plants doesn't seem reasonable either.
Still works on PS5! 🤟
Still works in the PC game!
it keeps going to my spear when i try to sell the bow instead of the bow its slower lol
How do I get to the spot to skip the quest the invisible wall is everywhere
It's not available for me, not even after completing the quest. That's weird.
still works on pc 10 may
Followed this exactly but when I complete the side quest and go back to Barren Light I can’t buy the whisper bow because it says sold out :(
Oops I already looted it haha
I completed the missions and it not showing on the buying menu
I travelled to the location mentioned, and found no NPC there at all...place is empty. - EDIT: Does no matter tho, because I can buy the bow from Scalding Spear anyway. This is awesome. One of the reasons I stopped playing the game for a long while, was because I always ran out of shards to make arrows, and had to farm 10 by 10 from machines and whatnot. With this I can have enough shards and can concentrate on the fun parts of the game instead of constantly having to stop to farm.
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Still works 😂
i went to scalding spear and barren, there is no whisper bow at the vendors.
Did you complete the quest?
Is not working for me cos I try selling it and buying it bk it only shows on the merchant buy back it doesn't show on weapons
Maybe try at the merchant at scalding spear
Hey elk is there anyway you can hide this video so guerrilla won't find out about this glitch maybe put it on discord if you have one also kee up the good work also quick tip change the sort so hunter bows will be the first tab thank me later
Thanks for the tip. I am not going to hide the video, if it gets patched it will get patched so better make use of it while still here if you thing it will get patched. I am pretty Guerilla already knows about just matter of them making priority to fix it.
@@ElkjaerTV ok then also ur welcome
Can confirm that this still works a year after the video was released 🤣 soon gonna be at 100k credits
Got to 40k and had to pop out and ps5 restarted and lost everything 😭😭 have to start over 😭😭
Bro, you are a legend! Thank you…
This still works as of June 10, 2023. 💵
Still works in 2023
Pog
Works in May 2024
Can this farming method be used for any other weapon with higher shard value? Or the Whisperer Bow only works?
As I said in the video, the Whisper Hunter Bow is the only Item I know of that can be sold for more than you buy it for.
I don’t think this works any more. The whisper bow isn’t showing up anymore
@@shaoyizhang2596 still works. I am farming it in hunter vendor at Scalding Spear.
@@shaoyizhang2596 Yeah it is, if not you probably already looted it and put it in your stash or something. Or did not complete the quest as said in the video (Shadow of the West)
It doesn't work, the bows dissappeared, even when i go on buy back, it only shows recent items ive sold. This game is trash. Resources are scarce and not enough shards in the game. Im almost level 40
Please help me. I can’t even see the bow. I have been to the hunter at baren light and in scalding spear. I’m quite far in the game (have got 2 legendary sets and quite a lot of super rare bows etc). I’ve checked my stash and it also isn’t there. It also isn’t in my inventory. And to be clear: the merchant doesn’t have an option for the bow. There is just no option. Can you help me?
Hmm make sure you have completed the quest that is the only thing I know could be an issue.
@@ElkjaerTV what quest?
@@boazbenjamin1466 The one mentioned in the video. If its not completed the bow will not be there. The quest is called Shadow in the West.
@@ElkjaerTV thank you :) it worked. I can now make 1500-2000 shards a minute. Thank you for your quick response. You’ve got a new follower