Strider Fail Skip

General

The Strider Fail Skip is the first skip found in Horizon Zero Dawn, intentionally "failing" a part of a quest in the Childhood section to skip some waiting. It was discovered by Mykl on the 9th of March 2017.

How To Perform

In order to do the Strider Fail Skip, first progress the childhood section until you have gotten two stalks of ridge-wood and created hunter arrows. Then, wait until Rost starts saying the line "Let's put those arrows to use. Follow." and shoot the strider. This will trigger a failstate, and you will then be able to skip the fail cutscene and the cutscene that you would usually have to have waited for. You can now immediately progress the quest by scanning the strider and killing it. The skip saves about 15 seconds and only applies to Any% runs, as you skip the Childhood section in New Game+.

Original discovery video (Note: This clip was made on Easy difficulty, on Story difficulty, you can one-shot the strider):

Trivia

• The Strider Fail Skip was the first skip to be found in HZD.
• The video for the Strider Fail Skip is the first link to be sent in the Horizon Speedrun Discord.