Horizon Zero Dawn
79 Achievements
62-78h
Tore off 10 components
Detached 10 components from machines during combat.
65.8%
How to unlock the Tore off 10 components achievement in Horizon Zero Dawn - Definitive Guide
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Usually you loot components from machines after you kill and search them.
But sometimes, they will drop from the machines as you strike them.
It's best to use light strikes (R1) to better knock them off (there's even a skill you can unlock to improve your chances) but almost any attack has a chance to do so.
Once 10 components drop off from your machine encounters, you will see this trophy pop.
Have fun!
(You can also loot the dropped components but I don't think it's required to loot them to get the trophy, just have them drop.)
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Key Weapon Modification:
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= Tear: Remove armor & components
Recommended Weapon & Ammo:
- Shadow Sharpshot Bow with Tearblast Arrows
All machines have certain components on their bodies, these come in many types of forms such as weapons or body part weaknesses. The type of machines with components do not matter at all. So machines in the sizes of small, medium, and large all have components on their bodies of some kind. Certain weapons in the game can damage and take out these components while you're in combat. When you do enough damage to a component it will fall off. Pressing the 
to use the Focus scanning abilities can see and tag these components/weaknesses by pressing 
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The fastest way to unlock this trophy is by using the Tearblast Arrows from the Sharpshot Bow (Blue or Purple). It'll instantly knock/tear off any component that you hit, no matter how much health it has and no matter how big the machine is. You can buy this bow at most merchants, e.g. in Meridian City. Now go to the spawn locations of some of the bigger machines (marked on the map) such as a Thunderjaw and shoot off their components. There are a bunch of them at the Sun Furrows Hunting Grounds.
Additionally, this trophy will unlock naturally without even going out of your way to unlock it. You’ll often encounter machines with components as you play through the game and eventually you’re gonna hit some components off during combat. Aloy's spear is also capable of knocking off armor and components with upgrades in the Brave Skill Tree.