Striker bow hardpoint arrow seems to be the best for tear. For fire short answer is I use Banuk Striker Fire arrows but no fire mods. Damage Mods affect the damage over time and the Banuk Striker already has a high fire buildup. I pretty much only use fire on 2 machines. First is Glinthawks and second is Snapmaws. Steps to Adding Weapon Modifications. Go to the Crafting Menu. Select Modify Weapons. Highlight the desired Weapon to modify. Highlight one of the “greyed out” circles, then press X. Choose which Modification to equip as desired. Modifications grant damage boost not only to Standard but also other elements such as Fire, Freeze, Shock and Tear. The thing is there is only so much that players will be able to do with the weapons that they start Horizon Zero Dawn with. Related: Review: Horizon Zero Dawn #1 - A Great Holdover Until The New Game. Without better weapons, players will not be able to make it very far into the game. New weapons can be bought from merchants or even earned by The Resonator Blast skill is the first one to unlock in the Warrior category and is actually needed to fight in Chainscrape's Melee Pit in Horizon Forbidden West. Aloy can attack enemies (machines 2uDE.