Sling

The Sling is a slow firing weapon in Horizon Zero Dawn that specializes in lobbing elemental payloads at targets and putting them into vulnerable states. Upon impact, the bombs leave a large area of the element on the ground.

Due to its low damage output, it is advisable to use other weapons to follow up attacks on enemies.

Ammo

Elemental damage remains the same outside of Ultra Hard and Story.

Freeze Bombs

Fire Bombs

Shock Bombs

Flash Grenade

When fired, it leaves a blue trail similar to a shock bomb. Unlike most bombs, it runs on a short timer before it detonates. While it deals no damage, it creates a blinding effect to those within its vicinity, similar to a Watcher’s blinding attack. Used only by Nil during Cause for Concern - Farewell.

Ammo and Modification Slots by Variant

Variant	Freeze Bomb	Fire Bomb	Shock Bomb	Mod Slots
Basic				1
Carja				2
Shadow				3
AdeptNG+				4

Acquisition Details

Variant	Sources	Regular Cost	Ultra Hard Cost	Sell Value
Basic	General Merchants	70	350	25
Carja	General Merchants	150 15 Blaze	750 30 Blaze	50
Shadow	Tier 2/3/4 Merchants	650 1 Crystal Braiding	3,250 2 Crystal Braiding	100
AdeptNG+	Tier 2/3/4 Merchants	1,300 1 Crystal Braiding 1 Luminous Braiding	6,500 2 Crystal Braiding 2 Luminous Braiding	100

Trivia

• The Shadow Sling, along with the Adept version, are the only weapons to have Fire, Ice and Shock damage attributes in one weapon. This also makes them the only weapon that could take advantage of all attribute boosts from the Veteran's Weapon Coil.^FW

Horizon Zero Dawn Weapons
Ranged Weapons	Blast Sling - Forgefire - Hunter Bow - Icerail - Rattler - Ropecaster - Sharpshot Bow - Sling - Stormslinger - Tearblaster - War Bow
Melee Weapons	Spear - Sylens' Lance
Stealth Weapons	Traps - Tripcaster
Heavy Weapons	Deathbringer Gun - Disc Launcher - Firespitter - Firestriker - Mine Launcher - Oseram Cannon - Ravager Cannon