Ravager

The Ravager is a machine in Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West.

History

At the advent of the Derangement, almost all machines started becoming increasingly aggressive towards humans. In addition, HEPHAESTUS began manufacturing Combat Class machines designed for the sole purpose of combating humans in an effort to cull their population.^[1]

Ravagers can be found in the northern Sundom, the southern Claim, the northern Clan Lands, and the southwestern Burning Shores.

Horizon Zero Dawn/Horizon Zero Dawn: The Frozen Wilds

A group of Ravagers, Scrappers and Watchers at the Banuk Encampment were made non-aggressive by a signal emitted by component of GAIA Prime nearby. However, when the component stopped functioning, the machines returned to their hostile behavior and attacked the Banuk and Aloy, who destroyed them.^[2]

The Carja criminal Ranaman used a machine lure to call a Ravager and two Watchers to his father’s estate to kill his father and sister Daradi so that he could inherit the estate as the only surviving family member. His father managed to lock Daradi in the larder to save her life before being cut down by the Ravager’s cannon; it also killed all of the guards. Under Ranaman's request, Aloy killed the Ravager and Watchers.^[3]

In order to get Hawk Talanah of the Hunters Lodge to sponsor her as her Thrush, Aloy was tasked to collect two Ravager Trophies.^[4]

Aloy encountered Ravagers while infiltrating Cauldrons RHO^[5] and XI.^[6] When she overrode RHO's core, she gained access to the information needed to override Ravagers.^[5]

After Aloy and Erend fought off the Oseram mercenaries that ambushed them at the Dimmed Bones, they left a lure that attracted two Ravagers, which they were able to destroy as well.^[7] Later on, while investigating Dervahl's camp, they found two Ravagers chained down, along with other machines. Upon noticing the intruders, the Oseram in the camp freed the machines to help them fight the intruders, although they simply attacked all humans present. The Oseram at the camp and their machines were eventually destroyed by Aloy, Erend and their Oseram allies.^[8]

When Aloy was captured by Helis and taken to the Sun-Ring in Sunfall, Sylens broke into the Sun-Ring with two overridden Striders and three Ravagers to save Aloy, leaving the Ravagers to fight the Corruptors that Helis had sent to kill Aloy.^[9]

With the spreading of corruption in the area west of Maker's End, two Ravagers and a Fire Bellowback became corrupted. They were subsequently destroyed by Aloy.

The Sun Furrows Hunting Grounds use Ravagers in all three of their trials, utilizing them in various ways, such as wielding the Ravager's cannon, taking down Ravagers in specific ways, or using them to destroy Thunderjaws.^[10] The Snowchants Hunting Grounds also use Ravagers in their trials.^[11]

Corrupted Ravagers were among the machines used by the Eclipse to attack Meridian to allow HADES access to the Spire. The corrupted Ravagers were destroyed by Aloy and some Oseram wielding Oseram Cannons.^[12]

Sometime between Horizon Zero Dawn and Horizon Forbidden West

While the circumstances of how are unknown, Aloy somehow lost the ability to override Ravagers, as well as most other machines.

Horizon Forbidden West

The Arena at the Memorial Grove use Ravagers in their battles, one of which known as 'Challenge 2: Machine Reinforcements' requires hunters to kill a Ravager and a Longleg in a single fight, while another known as 'Grim Prospects' had hunters kill a Ravager and a Grimhorn in a single fight.

Vezreh, the new leader of the Eclipse in the Forbidden West, used an overridden Ravager as a bodyguard. However, they were both killed by Aloy when she broke into their base of Shadow's Reach.^[13]

A new model of Ravager, the Apex Ravagers, were released into the wilds alongside their regular counterpart sometime after Apex machines were first released from Repair-Bay TAU.^[14]

Ravagers, Fire Fanghorns and Apex Burrowers were kept in a pen by the residents of Arrowhand for later looting, which Aloy and Drakka came to do.^[15]

Overridden Ravagers were among the machines used by Regalla's rebels to attack the Kulrut, but they were held back by Aloy, Dekka and several Tenakth soldiers until a Rockbreaker burrowed into the Arena underground, opening a safe passage for all the rebels and machines past the defensive wall.^[16]

Wanting to use Ravager Cannon to build a set of armor, Handa hired Aloy with a contract to hunt a Ravager and retrieve its cannon for her, which Aloy successfully did.^[17]

Aloy encountered more overridden Ravagers under Regalla's rebels' control in some of their outposts, including those at the Dry Yearn^[18] and the northern Stillsands.^[19]

Ravagers were among the machines HEPHAESTUS sent after Aloy while trying to escape her in Cauldron GEMINI, but she was able to destroy them all.^[20]

Horizon Forbidden West: Burning Shores

While searching for some missing Quen, Aloy took down a herd of machines, including Apex Ravagers.^[21]

Appearance 

Ravagers have a similar appearance to Sawtooths: heavyset at the front, with a large, broad chest, neck, and shoulders, powerful legs and no tail. However a Ravager’s chassis is leaner, and more closely resembles that of a large dog, although not as canine in appearance as that of the Scorcher. Additionally, instead of the metallic longitudinal crest of yellow-tipped spines seen on the backs of Sawtooths, Ravagers have a rapid-fire energy pulse cannon, dubbed a Ravager Cannon. The Ravager can swivel this weapon to aim it. The Ravager is quadrupedal, with clawed feet and a head with a toothy snout. Unlike the Sawtooth, its armor plating overlaps across its head, shoulders, back, and front legs. This increases the armor’s effectiveness. A canister of Chillwater is ensconced in its chest, in a similar manner to a Sawtooth’s Blaze canister. This is possibly used as a coolant. Similar to the Sawtooth, this canister is exposed initially, but will be covered in armor plating once it evolves.

Behavior

Ravagers are virtually exclusive to the arid regions of the Carja Sundom north of the Carja capital Meridian. They also roam the deserts of the Tenakth Clan Lands. They are deployed either as protection for herds of terraforming machines, or to patrol near established human travel routes, especially in areas where herds of terraforming machines work. It may be surmised that HEPHAESTUS deploys them in this manner to deter humans from entering areas where herds are working. Ravagers attack humans on sight, opening fire with their cannons before the human even comes close enough to be engaged with melee attacks. If the cannon is disabled or removed, for example via Tearblast Arrows, the Ravager becomes more aggressive with its melee attacks.

Abilities 

Ravagers employ their cannons to attack at range. Up close, they employ the same ferocious melee attacks as a Sawtooth. Additionally, Ravagers employ a defensive electric attack against enemies within a specific radius. However, like Sawtooths, they are vulnerable to weapons that utilize fire.

Attacks

Horizon Zero Dawn

Name	Damage Type	Primary Damage	Trigger Range	Description
Berserker Fury	Melee	300	3m - 10m	Multiple lunging claw slashes
Claw Swipe	Melee	170	7m - 11m	Single lunging claw swipe
Jumping Jaw Smash	Melee	220	16m - 23m	Single swipe with jaw after pouncing
Mandible Stab	Melee	160	1m - 8m	Lunging bite
Shock Jaw Smash	Melee	180	1m - 8m	Electrically charged lunging bite
Cannon Burst	Projectile	40 per bullet	15m - 65m	Rapid-fire shots from cannon
Shock Cocoon	Shock	165	1.25m - 5.25m	Defensive radial electric cocoon

Horizon Forbidden West

Name	Windup Time	Damage	Trigger Range	Description
Claw Swipe	Short	200 Melee	7m - 18m	Single lunging claw swipe
Berserker Fury	Medium	250 Melee	3m - 13m	Multiple lunging claw slashes
Jaw Smash	Short	200 Melee	1m - 9m	Lunging bite
Shock Jaw Smash	Short	125 Melee 125 114 buildup	1m - 9m	Electrically charged lunging bite Shock damage disabled when Drenched
Leaping Jaw Smash	Medium	250 Melee Crushed 17	16m - 39m	Single swipe with jaw after pouncing Attack disabled when Slowed
Cannon Burst	Medium	100 per bullet	15m - 80m	Rapid-fire shots from cannon
Shock Cocoon	Short	250 114 buildup	1.25m - 6.25m	Defensive radial electric cocoon Attack disabled when Drenched
Shock Wave	Short	200 Shock 63 buildup	7m - 27m	Electrifies jaws and smashes them into the ground, unleashing a wave of Shock that travels forward. Attack disabled when Drenched

Variants

Variant	Weak Vs.	Strong Vs.
Ravager	Purgewater Acid	Frost Shock
Apex Ravager	Plasma	Frost Shock

Components

Horizon Zero Dawn

Image:	Component:	Information:	Weakness:	Strength:
	Body	Hard outer casing to protect synthetic muscle and operational systems.	Fire	Shock
	Freeze Canister	Shooting this canister with Freeze Arrows will trigger an elemental explosion. Chillwater can be looted from this canister.	Freeze Tear	None
	Power Cell	Shooting this component with Shock Arrows will trigger an elemental explosion. Sparker can be looted from this component.	Shock Tear	None
	Ravager Cannon	Destroying these components disables Ravager Cannon attacks. This weapon can be picked up and used after detached from the machine. Using Tearblast Arrows to shoot this off and then using it to shoot the Ravager is generally the easiest and quickest way to kill one.	Tear	None

Horizon Forbidden West

Name	Variant	Image	Description	Attributes
Body	All		Hard outer casing to protect synthetic muscle and operational systems.	None
Ravager Cannon	All		A fast-firing weapon that can hit targets at long range with powerful bolts of energy.	Detachable Attack Removal Persists When Killed Useable Weapon
Sparker	Standard		Shock storage. Tear off to collect this resource of shoot with a Shock Arrow to detonate.	Chain Reaction Detachable Contains Valuable Resources Destroyed When Killed
Glowblast Canister	Standard		Glowblast storage. Tear off to collect this resource or shoot with a Plasma Arrow to detonate.	Chain Reaction Detachable Contains Valuable Resources Destroyed When Killed
Chillwater Canister	Apex		Chillwater storage. Tear off to collect this resource or shoot with a Frost Arrow to detonate.	Chain Reaction Detachable Contains Valuable Resources Destroyed When Killed
Blaze Canister	Apex		Blaze storage. Tear off to collect this resource or shoot with a Fire Arrow to detonate.	Chain Reaction Detachable Contains Valuable Resources Destroyed When Killed
Antenna	All		Signal transmitter used to call in machine reinforcements.	Detachable Reinforcement Call Removal Contains Valuable Resources Destroyed When Killed

Loot

Horizon Zero Dawn

Horizon Forbidden West

Variants

Variant	Weak Vs.	Strong Vs.
Ravager	Acid Purgewater	Frost Shock
Apex Ravager	Plasma	Frost Shock

Appearances in Other Media

Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart

The Ravager appears in Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart as an object dropped from another dimension into Ratchet & Clank's using the RYNO 8.^[22]

Trivia

• Despite Rost telling Aloy that machines can communicate non-vocally, Ravagers roar and growl like a lion.
• As with Sawtooths, if Ravagers are significantly damaged, they will begin limping, holding up one of their front paws in a manner similar to cats.
• If the Ravager's cannon has taken significant impact damage, its rate of fire is reduced. This does not effect the weapon if it is detached picked up by Aloy, where it returns to its base rate of fire.

Gallery

References

1. ↑ M/ALL-US-W CM LOG 329G
2. ↑ A Moment's Peace
3. ↑ Fatal Inheritance
4. ↑ Hunting for the Lodge
5. ↑ ^{5.0 5.1} Cauldron RHO
6. ↑ Cauldron XI
7. ↑ The Field of the Fallen
8. ↑ Into the Borderlands
9. ↑ The Terror of the Sun
10. ↑ Sun Furrows Hunting Grounds
11. ↑ Snowchants Hunting Grounds
12. ↑ The Face of Extinction
13. ↑ Shadow in the West
14. ↑ The Dying Lands
15. ↑ Thirst for the Hunt
16. ↑ The Kulrut
17. ↑ Ravager Cannon (contract)
18. ↑ Rebel Outpost: Dry Yearn
19. ↑ Rebel Outpost: Stillsands North
20. ↑ GEMINI
21. ↑ The Splinter Within
22. ↑ Ratchet & Clank: Rift Apart’s coolest gun weaponizes PlayStation cameos

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Machines
Horizon Zero Dawn
Acquisition Class	Broadhead - Charger - FireclawFW - FrostclawFW - Glinthawk - Grazer - Lancehorn - Rockbreaker - Scrapper - Snapmaw - Strider - Trampler
Combat Class	Corruptor - Deathbringer - Ravager - Sawtooth - ScorcherFW - Stalker - Stormbird - Thunderjaw
Communications Class	Tallneck
Recon Class	Longleg - Redeye Watcher - Watcher
Transport Class	Behemoth - Bellowback - Shell-Walker
Unknown Class	Control TowerFW
Variants	Corrupted machine - Daemonic machineFW
Horizon Forbidden West
Acquisition Class	BilegutBS - Bristleback - Charger - Clamberjaw - Fanghorn - Fireclaw - Frostclaw - Glinthawk - Grazer - Lancehorn - Plowhorn - Rockbreaker - Scrapper - Scrounger - Snapmaw - Spikesnout - StingspawnBS - Sunwing - Tideripper - WaterwingBS - Widemaw
Combat Class	Clawstrider - Corruptor - Dreadwing - Grimhorn - HorusBS - Ravager - Scorcher - Shellsnapper - Slaughterspine - Slitherfang - Specter - Specter Prime - Stalker - Stormbird - Thunderjaw - Tremortusk
Recon Class	Longleg - Redeye Watcher - Skydrifter - Tallneck
Transport Class	Behemoth - Bellowback - Leaplasher - Rollerback - Shell-Walker
Unknown Class	Defense DroneBS
Variants	Apex machine - Corrupted machineBS