Horizon Forbidden West is one of the most popular exclusive games for PlayStation consoles. It arrived in February of this year (2022) and is available for both PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5.
However, currently many players are facing issues related to collecting animals and items in the game.
More specifically, Horizon Forbidden West animals (especially fish) and machine components are disappearing for many, with no apparent explanation.
Horizon Forbidden West animals suddenly disappearing
According to multiple reports, there is a glitch that causes the animals in Horizon Forbidden West to disappear as soon as the player gets close.
The issue seems to affect fish especially, although other animals in Horizon Forbidden West also suddenly disappear.
Problem: disappearing fish
Posting to see if this is just me. There are absolutely no salmon in the rivers – I’ve repeatedly combed through all the areas I saw them previously, to no avail. Double-checked online guides, they recommend the exact areas I’ve been checking. No salmon. Moonfish and bass are there, but clip out as soon as I get in range to harvest them. Which is also comically inconvenient. Previously had no issue harvesting fish, but now there are none to be had.
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However, there seems to be a potential workaround for the disappearing fish. Basically it is recommended to use the ‘Create Job’ feature in the game for that.
Disappearing and faster than you fish made me put off upgrading my pouch space. Creating a job will usually point you to a good location for them. I just started doing that and have upgraded a bunch of the fish requirements.
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Apparently, the issue with disappearing fish occurs especially at the boundaries of a marked area. This could be because those fish shouldn’t really be there, and it takes time for the game to detect it.
Yeah, definitely use the job function and look carefully at the boundaries of the marked area – pretty sure when I had disappearing fish it was because I chased them out of the marked area… it was almost like they’re not supposed to be outside that area and the game didn’t notice until I was about to get them! Lol
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Horizon Forbidden West machine components also disappearing
In addition to fish (and other animals), the machine components that some enemies drop also suddenly disappear before the player can get them.
Ok. Has anyone else had an issue with recently defeated machines simply disappearing?
I was farming the Slitherfang in order to get the parts I needed for upgrades. When I landed the final blow and defeated it, I got the exp for the kill but the corpse literally vanished. All those resources I parted with to defeat it, gone, and nothing to show for it.
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There is no official acknowledgment on the issue from the developers yet. We will update this story as events unfold.
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