Horizon Zero Dawn - Expand Inventory Slots

Increasing your inventory size in Horizon Zero Dawn means carrying more resources, scrap, and crafting materials. At the start of the game, the amount of stuff you can carry is quite limited, which makes fighting and hunting a bit tough. By picking and collecting the right resources, you can upgrade the capactiy of just about everything you can hold. This article will explain how to increase those various types of inventory space.

Carry Capacity and Ammo Type Basics

If you're ready to increase your inventory spots, open the pause menu, navigate to the Crafting tab, and then find Carry Capacity in the sub-menu. More capacity options will open up as you locate more weapon and item types, including Traps and Potions. Most of these are self-explanatory: the Weapons Satchel carries weapons, the Outfits Satchel carries outfits, etc. Specialized weapons carry specific ammo types, which are described below.

Hunter Bow Quiver - ammo capacity for the Hunter Bow types (Hardpoin, Hunter, and Fire arrows)
Sharpshot Bow Quiver - ammo capacity for Sharpshow Bow types (Tearblast, Precision, and Harvest arrows)
War Bow Quiver - ammo for elemental War Bow types (Fire, Shock, and Freeze arrows)
Sling Ammo Pouch - ammo for Sling Bow types
Blast Sling Ammo Pouch - ammo for Blast Sling types
Rattler Ammo Pouch - ammo for Bolt Packs in Rattler types
Tripcaster Ammo Pouch - ammo for Tripcaster type traps (Fire, Blast, and Shock)
Ropecaster Ammo Pouch - ammo for Ropecaster types

How to Increase Inventory Space

Carry capacity is handled primarily through collecting parts from animals and machines. Like most loot, these drops are sorted by rarity: Gray for Uncommon, Green for Rare, and Blue for Super Rare. The higher tiers of upgrades will require higher-quality materials, which means you may need to hunt several boars before finding a boar skin, for example. The same applies to machines, with higher-quality materials like machine hearts being rarer than lower-quality ones like lenses.

If you're missing some resources, you can create a Job that helps you track down the parts you need.

It can be time-consuming to hunt down the proper materials, but Horizon Zero Dawn provides an in-game tool to make it easier. You can set an Errand by pressing the appropriate button on the item you wish to upgrade. This will mark the needed materials as a checklist on your UI. If you need machine parts, it will guide you toward a known area with those machines. If you only need animal parts, they are not marked with a waypoint, but look for a spot of wilderness. Every animal species in Horizon frequents the forests, so going there and scanning the area will eventually pull up the ones you need.

Upgrading your carry capacity is crucial in Horizon Zero Dawn. During tougher battles, you'll be glad you have plenty of ammo to take down machines without pausing to craft more materials, or even needing to choose which ones to bring along. Check out our Horizon Zero Dawn guide for more.