Horizon Zero Dawn: 16 Crucial Tips & Tricks The Game Doesn't Tell You

6. Tap The Touchpad During Focus To View A Creature's Full Page

Over time, you'll come to rely on your Focus for every major combat scenario.

It's useful for tagging enemies through walls when approaching bandit camps, but even better, flick it on and stare at a Machine, and you'll see a highlighted diagram of its most vulnerable areas.

You can target individual components to see elemental/weapon-based weaknesses, but in addition, if you tap the touchpad whilst viewing said creature, you'll jump to its entry in the bestiary, providing a more in-depth look at its traits and giving you time to parse out which part to attack first.