The Womb of the Mountain

After the explosion and getting tended to your wounds, you’re now in an unfamiliar place. But first, you have to locate your Focus first. Continue along the way and you’ll automatically recover your garments and Focus. Next, you have to find your weapon.

Follow the mission marker until you locate your stuff, including the damaged Focus. A cutscene will follow. Teersa will arrive after a while and will ask you to follow her “to the place where you are born”.

Comply and follow Teersa until you reach a large bunker door. Talk to her when you get the prompt to do so. Another cutscene will take place.

After the scene, follow Teersa again out of the mountain. Another cutscene will follow. This time, you’ll be anointed as a Seeker and will have all the freedom you have to come and go the Sacred Lands. After the brief ceremony, head down to the village gate and talk to the new warchief, Resh - the salty old oaf who’s always been hard on you.

Before talking to the war chief, make sure to loot the supply crates scattered around the area. When ready, talk to the chief and a short scene will take place. This will be your first encounter with a special yet deadly machine called a Corruptor so make sure to scan it with your focus to register it on your notebook. The corruptor will breach the village gates along with a herd of corrupted striders so go down and prepare to fight them. There should be enough time for you to place a tripwire or two so do so.

Concentrate in taking out the striders first while keeping an eye out of the corruptor’s ranged explosive and its jump-stomp attacks. It’s also quite deadly at melee range with its wide sweeping attack with its tail. Another thing you should be careful off is the black sludge that the corrupted machines are leaving wherever they go. These are quite poisonous to humans and will cause you to lose HP over time while stepping on it.

The corruptor itself is weak against fire so switch to your fire arrows to set it on fire. You can use heavy spear attacks whenever you have the chance to deal consistent damage. Keep doing this until you take down the corruptor. Examine its remains and a cutscene will play. After the conversation with Teb, the quest will be complete and you’ll now have the ability to override weaker machines such as Watchers, Striders, Broadheads, Chargers, and Tallnecks. Make sure to loot all the machine remains and trade with the merchants in the village before leaving.