Mother's Watch is a Nora settlement in Horizon Zero Dawn, located in the southwestern part of the Embrace.
Description[]
Mother's Watch is the smallest settlement in the Embrace, consisting of only a few small homes with a path to the entrance to All-Mother Mountain.
Mother's Watch controls access to the tribe's most sacred monument: All-Mother Mountain. For this reason, Mother's Watch is home to many of the most religious Nora tribe members.[1]
History[]
A road sign for Mother's Watch.
As it's located directly outside of All-Mother Mountain and ELEUTHIA-9, Mother's Watch was likely the first settlement established in the New World. While the majority of the Nora would settle in Mother's Heart, Mother's Watch remained the spiritual hub of the Nora tribe.
Horizon Zero Dawn[]
Following the Proving and War Party massacres, many Nora came to Mother's Watch to sing the Hymn of Atonement. Resh, who was made interim War-Chief following Sona's disappearance, chose to establish the heaviest defenses at Mother's Watch, against her orders to guard the whole of the Embrace.[2]
Within minutes of Aloy leaving All-Mother Mountain following her recovery, the gate was attacked by a Corruptor and a herd of Striders it had corrupted. While the machines broke through, the Braves were able to kill them before they could go any further. From the Corruptor's carcass, Aloy uncovered the module used to take control of machines. Attaching it to her spear, Aloy gained the ability to override machines.[2]
Mother's Watch after the Eclipse invasion.
During the Eclipse's attack on the Embrace, Mother's Watch was left in ruins. However, most of the Nora escaped death by retreating into All-Mother Mountain.[3] While the Eclipse threat was defeated,[4] Mother's Watch remains in ruins.
Trivia[]
- Mother's Watch has two of the Grazer dummies that must be destroyed to obtain the "Downed 23 Grazer dummies" trophy.
References[]
- ↑ Horizon Zero Dawn Strategy Guide (Collector's Ed.), p.514. Future Press, 2017.
- ↑ 2.0 2.1 The Womb of the Mountain
- ↑ As mentioned by Varl during The Heart of the Nora.
- ↑ The Heart of the Nora
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| Nora Territory | ||
|---|---|---|
| Homeland | Sacred Lands | |
| Regions | The Embrace | |
| Settlements | Mother's Heart (capital) - Mother's Cradle - Mother's Crown - Mother's Rise - Mother's Watch | |
| Gates | Main Embrace Gate - Northern Embrace Gate - Southern Embrace Gate | |
| Camps and Homes | Brom's Camp - Grata's Camp - Jun's Lodge - Karst's House - Rost's Hovel | |
| Reclaimed Bandit Camps | Devil's Thirst Bandit Camp - Hollow Fort - Two-Teeth | |
| Other notable locations | All-Mother Mountain - Nora Hunting Grounds - Overlook Climb - Rost's Grave - Searcher's Course River | |
| Ruins in Nora territory | Bunker - Devil's Grief - Devil's Thirst - ELEUTHIA-9 - Ring of Metal - Ruins (Mother's Watch) | |
| Abandoned | Forsaken Village - Mother's Tears - Valleymeet | |