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You can customize Aloy with Face Paints in Horizon Forbidden West, but you have to unlock them and figure out how to equip face paints first. In this guide, we'll detail exactly how to use and apply Face Paints, as well as provide a complete list of how to obtain all 41 unique Face Paints that are available to find in Horizon Forbidden West.
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Also, check out How to Get Dyes and Dye Your Outfits to change Aloy's look even more.
How to Get Face Paints
All Face Paints - Horizon Forbidden West
Face Paints are primarily earned by completing some Main Quests , Side Quests, and Errands,but are also occasionally awarded for completing other activities, like Hunting Grounds. You'll get your first Face Paint pretty early on, from either the Deep Trouble side quest or The Embassy main quest. Despite unlocking face paints early, you won't be able to use them for quite a while, except for in photo mode, as they are locked behind Main Quest progression.
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How to Equip and Apply Face Paints
Unfortunately, Aloy isn't a makeup guru, and so she can't apply the face paints herself in Horizon Forbidden West - however, if you just want to see what the Face Paint looks like, you can always equip Face Paint whenever you want in Photo Mode! It just won't persist once you leave the photography session.
Instead, for a more permanent makeover with Face Paint, Aloy needs to visit a Painter in Horizon Forbidden West. These are marked on the map with a primitive tattoo tool icon with "Painter (Face Paints)."
There is no difference between Painters, and you'll find three Tenakth settlements with Painters:
- Scalding Spear
- The Bulwark
- Thornmarsh
The first Painter won't be found until you head west to the town of Tap to Reveal, which you naturally won't run into until after completing the main quest interlude The Eye of the Earth.
Once you've completed that quest (where you'll find "The Base"), head directly west from there to find the first settlement with a painter.
Applying these Face Paints costs just 10 Metal Shards, but you'll have to pay each time you change Aloy's look.
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How to Unlock All Face Paints
In total, there are 41 Face Paints to obtain in Horizon Forbidden West. These Face Paints can be unlocked through Painters, Photo Mode, Main Quests, Side Quests, Errands, and Collectibles.
Face Paints such as Elemental Fury, Ranged Master, Powershots, and Chain Burst all seem to be exclusive to Photo Mode and are available immediately. The remaining Face Paints need to be unlocked by completing the Quests below and obtaining a particular Collectible set.
| Face Paint Name | How to unlock |
| Main Quest | |
| Carja Blazon | The Embassy, Main Quest |
| Utaru Whisperer | The Dying Lands, Main Quest |
| Tenakth Conqueror | The Broken Sky, Main Quest |
| Tenakth Reaver | The Wings of the Ten, Main Quest |
| Side Quest | |
| Oseram Artificer | Deep Trouble, Side Quest |
| Carja Scholar | Twilight Path, Side Quest |
| Carja Shadow | The Burning Blooms, Side Quest |
| Tenakth Vindicator | A Tribe Apart, Side Quest |
| Tenakth Vanquisher | Thirst for the Hunt, Side Quest |
| Utaru Protector | The Promontory, Side Quest |
| Tenakth Tactician | A Soldier’s March, Side Quest |
| Tenakth Recon | Blood for Blood, Side Quest |
| Oseram Stalker | Lofty Ambitions, Side Quest |
| Utaru Birthsinger | The Second Verse, Side Quest |
| Tenakth Dragoon | In the Fog, Side Quest |
| Errand | |
| Tenakth Marauder | Call and Response, Errand |
| Oseram Wayfarer | Broken Locks, Errand |
| Tenakth Sky Climber | A Hunt to Remember, Errand |
| Tenakth Skirmisher | Burden of Command, Errand |
| Utaru Harvester | The Oldgrowth, Errand |
| Collectible | |
| Mark of War | Finding all three Tap to Reveal War Totem collectibles. |
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