Black Desert Online - Horse Training, Taming & Breeding Guide (2024)

Training is one of the life skills in Black Desert Online. Training has now grown into a profitable activity, and it can also help you gain benefits such as getting a Tier 9 or Tier 10 horse. From our guide, you can learn how to catch wild horses, how to breed & exchange your horses, how to use Imperial Training, and get excellent profit. Get to know the equipment of the horses, the objects that will help in their development, and of course, recognize the appearance of the horses!

There is no doubt that training can be interesting because there are a lot of trainers, who love their hobby with horses. But why? It can be more than just the profit (which is very important) since the game has built a fantastic and immersive world around horses.

At the end of this beautiful story, we can awaken our own Tier 9 Dream & Tier 10 Mythical Horses, and we can reach the sky! But I don’t want to get ahead of myself, so let’s start at the beginning!

Table of Contents

Horse Stats and Properties

Horse Training, Black Desert Online

If you don’t want to walk across the whole map on foot, you can ride a horse and save a lot of time with it. If you don’t have a horse, you can buy one from the Horse Market, which is found at the Stable Keeper. If you don’t want to spend money on it, you can tame a horse as well.

Every horse has its inventory, where you can store your items. The mount’s inventory is limited though, and if it’s too heavy, your horse will slow down and it won’t be able to use its skills.

Horse Tiers

Currently, the game has horses ranging from Tier 6 to Tier 10. It is not possible to change the tier of the horses, you can get a better horse with breeding, through exchange or awakening process. Each tier is unique in terms of what stats it can have or what skills it can learn.

In 2024, the tier 1-5 horses were deleted and changed into Tier 6 ones, so then the lowest tier is 6.

Tier 6 – Tier 7 horses: beginner horses
Tier 8 horses: regular horses, dream horse materials
Tier 9 horses: Dream Horses with unique skills, Mythical Horse materials
Tier 10 Horses: Mythical Horses, very unique properties, very rare

Horse Statistics

Each horse has the following characteristics to a unique degree: Speed, Acceleration, Turn, and Brake. Speed affects the horse’s speed while running, the Acceleration affects the horse’s speed while using any Acceleration skills. By definition, the turn helps the horse to turn faster. The Brake affects the animation time of Drift, so the higher its value, the faster our horse will drift.

The horses receive a random amount of points for these counters each time they level up, but in a range corresponding to their tier:

Horse	Minimum	Maximum
Tier 6	0.1	1.0
Tier 7	0.1	1.1
Tier 8	0.1	1.2
Dream & Mythical Horses	0.1	1.3

Your training level can affect the values of the speed learning range. Of course, the final result can be increased by using various horse equipment.

Horse Levels

Horses below tier 8 can be upgraded to level 30, however, tier 8 and higher tier horses can be trained up to level 100. With each level up, the horses have a certain chance of gaining statistics and a chance to learn a new skill. However, none of the horses gain stats or new skills after reaching level 30. The primary benefit of teaching above level 30 is that the horse will be a significant level higher than the monsters, so they won’t attack them.

Higher-level horses usually have more skills and can run faster. The mount gets EXP from the traveled distance, which we can follow by observing their EXP bar.

Horse Coats

For each horse tier, it is specified in which Coat (look, appearance) variations the horses exist. This is also one of the main elements of our horse, as it can also affect, for example, in the case of tier 8 horses, what abilities they can possess (for example, pure white coats cannot obtain Two-seater skill). This can only be changed optically in the case of horses.

Tier 6 Horse Coats
Tier 6 Coat 1	Tier 6 Coat 2	Tier 6 Coat 3	Tier 6 Coat 4	Tier 6 Coat 5
Tier 6 Coat 6	Tier 6 Coat 7	Tier 6 Coat 8	Tier 6 Coat 9	Tier 6 Coat 10
Tier 6 Coat 11	Tier 6 Coat 12	Tier 6 Coat 13	Tier 6 Coat 14	Tier 6 Coat 15
Tier 6 Coat 16	Tier 6 Coat 17	Tier 6 Coat 18	Tier 6 Coat 19	Tier 6 Coat 20
Tier 6 Coat 21

Tier 7 Horse Coats
Tier 7 Coat 1	Tier 7 Coat 2	Tier 7 Coat 3	Tier 7 Coat 4	Tier 7 Coat 5
Tier 7 Coat 6	Tier 7 Coat 7	Tier 7 Coat 8	Tier 7 Coat 9

Tier 8 Horse Coats
Tier 8 Coat 1	Tier 8 Coat 2	Tier 8 Coat 3	Tier 8 Coat 4	Tier 8 Coat 5
Tier 8 Coat 6	Tier 8 Coat 7	Tier 8 Coat 8	Tier 8 Coat 9

(Tier 9) Dream Horse Coats
Dreamy Arduanatt	Dreamy Diné	Dreamy Doom

(Tier 10) Mythical Horse Coats
Mythical Arduanatt	Mythical Diné	Mythical Doom

Horse Skills and Coursers

As I said, when the horse levels up, there is a chance to obtain a new skill. There are a lot of different skills to learn from and the mount’s value will be determined by the skills of your horse.

If you want to change your mount’s skill, you can try it with a Mount Skill Change Coupon from the Pearl Shop, but the change is not guaranteed. If you didn’t get the skill that you wanted (you choose which one you want), you obtain a Fail Stack (One Coupon = 1 Fail Stack), and the next try will be more effective. An update has also included the possibility to see the chances of exchange as a percentage as we prepare to use the coupon. Don’t waste coupons by exchanging random abilities with it: try to design the exchanges to work out the one that works best for you in the skill pool: possess the skills that are easiest to acquire and switch to the less easy ones (e.g. S: Fore Chop, S: Hind Kick, Two-Seater) to get as many chances as possible for the skill you actually want to acquire.

If you want to master a skill, you can train it with mini-games, or you can use a Mount Skill Training Coupon from the Pearl Shop. Horses that have learned certain skills can be certified as Coursers.

Icon	Skill	Keyboard	Description
	Caution	Auto-activates in fall zone	Prevents horse from running off a cliff (can still jump over it if timed right)
	Fore Chop	F	frontal attack
	Hind Kick	↓ + F	backward AOE attack
	Start Accel	Lift the front leg with SPACE, then ↑	the horse starts immediately running
	Quick Back	↓	The horse steps backward faster
	High Jump	SPACE while running fast	jump higher while running
	Quick Ride	Auto-activates while riding	you can mount the horse faster
	Quick Stop	While Riding ↓	you can stop the horse faster
	Roar	SPACE (Stirrups required)	regenerate HP and Stamina for 30 seconds
	Streak Leap	Jumps immediately after a jump	the horse can jump repeatedly without stopping
	Charge	Q (Champron required)	Horse charges enemies
	Drift	← or → + ↓ while Running	Drift resets the cooldown on Instant Accel
	Instant Accel	While Running F	The horse temporarily runs faster
	Sprint	↑+Shift (Saddle required)	the horse can temporarily run faster
	Sideways	← or →	the horse can strafe right or left
T6-T8 Horses only
	Two-seater	Guild or Party member R	allows another player to ride with you
T8+ Horses only
	S: Instant Accel	F during Instant Accel	stronger Instant Accel skill (Horse temporarily runs faster)
	S: Sideways	Speed Up in Sideways	faster Sideways skill (horse can strafe right or left)
	S: Fore Chop	AP Up with Fore Chop	stronger Fore Chop skill (Horse does a frontal AOE attack)
	S: Hind Kick	AP Up in Hind Kick	stronger Hind Kick skill (Horse does a backward AOE attack)
Tier 9 & 10 horse’s skill only
	S: Charge	Q while Charging	the horse can use Charge twice, consecutively, T9 Dream Horse only
	Courser’s Spirit	Auto-activated while unmounted	horse regenerates its HP and Stamina when it’s parked, T9 Dream Horse only
	Double Jump	SpaceBar while Jumping	Jump a second time in the air, must have Steak Leap & High Jump, T9 Dream Horse only
Dreamy Arduanatt skill only
	Wings of Wind	E while Double Jump	reduces fall damage by 100% when Arduanatt uses Double Jump, T9 Arduanatt Dream Horse skill only
	Wings of Freedom	Wings of Wind ← or →	allows Arduanatt to turn sideways while using Wings of the Wind, T9 Arduanatt Dream Horse skill only
Dreamy Dine skill only
	Earth of Life	E	heals Dine and friendly targets for 300 HP and 300 MP/WP/SP every 3 seconds for 30 seconds, max targets are 10, T9 Diné Dream Horse only skill
	Earth of Protection	Auto activates while using Earth of Life	All AP, DP, Evasion +10 for you and up to 10 party members for 30 seconds, T9 Diné Dream Horse only skill
Dreamy Doom skill only
	Dark Flame Steps	E	leaves a trail of fire to damage enemies, T9 Doom Dream Horse skill only
	Dark Sprint	F during S: Instant Accel	AOE fire damage while using S:Instant Accel. After Instant Accel and S:Instant Accel, it activates the 3rd Instant Accel.
Mythical Arduanatt skill only
	Soaring Wings	E or SpaceBar while flying	After floating into the air with elegant movement, spend some time floating mid-air.
	Mighty Leap	E after Instant Accel	It quickly jumps into the air and soars in the wind.
	Wings of Swiftness	F during Wings of Freedom	Arduanatt, dreaming of learning how to read the wind flow, can descend at high speed through the wind among the wings of freedom.
Mythical Dine skill only
	Protection of Okiara	E after jump while falling	If it falls from a height, it is not damaged due to the power of the water.
	Quicksilver	Auto use while riding	Consumes Breath of Okiara (from its 3rd bar) to run on water.
	Triple Jump	Space during Double Jump	Jump a third time in the air, must have Double Jump.
Mythical Doom skill only
	Infernal Sprint	Automatically activated when using Rush of Darkness	It is automatically activated after using Dark Sprint and moves forward athigh speed for a certain period of time, dealing damage with melee attacks.
	Infernal Legion	Prior art in use and Upper down + E	While using Charge, S: Charge, Instant Accel, S: Instant Accel, Dark Sprint, Infernal Sprint, inflicts fire damage in stages in front.
	Shadow of Hellfire	Down arrow + E	Summons 2 Dream Dooms. Allies (guild/party/unit members) can ride freely for 10 minutes.

What is a Courser then?

Coursers can be horses between tier 1 and tier 8, these are the horses that have a golden head icon , so they have learned the skills required to qualify as a courser.

The criteria are the following:

Horse	Courser Skills
Tier 6
Tier 7
Tier 8

Horse’s Death Count

The horses’ profile shows their Death Count. This number can look pretty bad, but luckily it doesn’t affect anything, especially the value of the horses! Fortunately, the counter can only be increased if the horse is killed by monsters. Falling from a height or being killed by players does not increase this counter.

If you should leave your horse alone, be sure that there aren’t any mobs near your horse, because they can kill it! The safest place for a horse is a town, so if you are grinding make sure to leave it in a safe area without monster spawns too close! If something goes wrong, the horses can be revived at the Stable Keepers.

Horse Taming and Wild Horses

Wild Horse Following You After Being Tamed, Black Desert Online

Everything You Need

If you want to tame a horse, you will need Capturing Ropes and aLump of Raw Sugar in your inventory.

You can buy ropes from the Stable Keeper for 1,500 Silver each, and one successful taming needs one rope. At the end of the minigame, you should give Lump of Raw Sugar(s) to the horse, but it’s not necessary.

The taming can be failed, in which case, you should try again. Beyond that, you need to be level 20 or above.

Ways to get Lump of Raw Sugar:

Buy it from Central Market
Craft it from 1 Mineral Water and 10 Raw Sugar at the Processing Window (L) and select Heating.

Horse Taming Locations

There are many different spots where you can find 1-4 wild horses. Their respawn time are between 30-60 minutes, there are primarily tier 6 horses, but with a small chance, you can find tier 7 ones as well. If you want to catch more horses, it’s useful to change servers on the spot.

There is a website, where you can check the wild horse locations. Open the page and select the Horse/Mounts option.

It’s alwaysworth considering how far the Stable Keeper is when you’re choosing a location, cause you should use him to register the wild horses you tame.

Why is Drieghan a good place for horse taming?

This is my personal favorite. Duvencrune is special now because only here you can find tier 7 wild horses, and it is still less popular than other places in Black Desert Online. In addition, I am attaching a picture below showing my horse-taming circuit, which includes a total of 4 wild horse locations and 2 Stable keeper NPCs to register the captured horses. If you are very lucky, you can camp only the “4.” places by changing servers. In this place, you can collect the horses brutally quickly and register with NPC Lior, while of course, the scrolls are also ticking. You can also purchase 5 additional Stable slots for CPs in Duvencrune.

Wild Horse Tiers & Appearance

The horses in the wild are Tier 6, and Drieghan is the only area with a low chance of carrying Tier 7 wild horses. If you practice their appearance well, you will know the tier of the wild horse before taming it. The gender of the horse and its skills are unknown before you register it.

Wild Horse Coats
Tier 6	Tier 6	Tier 6	Tier 6	Tier 6
Tier 6	Tier 6	Tier 6, Drieghan Exclusive	Tier 6, Drieghan Exclusive	Tier 6, Drieghan Exclusive
Tier 6, Drieghan Exclusive	Tier 6, Drieghan Exclusive		Tier 7, Drieghan Exclusive

Taming Mini-Game & How to Catch a Wild Horse

First of all, the My Little First Pony quest from Vanacil is a good way to learn how to catch a horse.

When you find a wild horse, get near to it and use the Capturing Rope (if you get too close, the horse runs away).
Aim your rope at the horse and click to the horse.
If the rope minigame starts, press your Jump button (usually this is the “Space”) when you are at the right spot.
Try to walk closer, and be ready for the next minigame.
If the horse lifts his front legs, you have a few seconds to press the space (or your Jump button). Better to hit the space when the horse’s legs will land on the ground. With this trick, you can win a few free seconds. Hit the space repeatedly and win the fight. If you win the fight, continue to try to walk closer. This mini-game may pop up again, at that time just repeat the previous instructions. If you approach the horse in this way, you get into interaction status. Now you can give the Lump of Raw Sugars to the horse. You should use 1-4 of them.
When you have fed the horse, press your Interaction (usually this is the “R”) button to ride. If the horse ran away, you will have to start from the beginning.
If you successfully tamed the horse, there’s nothing left, just register your new horse.

Registering

When you successfully tame a horse, you should register it at the closest stable. You don’t need to ride the wild horse for the whole distance, you can use your horse, and the wild horse will just follow you. Just don’t forget to ride the wild horse at least once! Only one wild horse can follow you at a time.

If you and your wild horse arrive near the Stable Keeper, select the Stable option. The “Register Wild Horse” button will appear. Here you can check its gender, and you must choose a name for the horse.

After when you give a name to it (in the future, you can change your horse’s name with a Mount Name Changing Coupon from the Pearl Shop), you can check the horse’s skills. The wild horse can be between lvl 1 and 10, and it will have a few skills depending on each tier & color. So it can turn out to a courser too!

Stable, Stable Keeper & Horse Ranch

We can store horses in Stables freely, and the Stable Keeper NPCs provide access to them. If we want to increase the number of horses that can be stored, we can rent Horse Ranches using Contribution Points. But if you cannot afford to use the CPs in this form, you can also purchase Stable Expansion Coupons from the Pearl Shop.

House Name	Stable Slots	Cost of Renting (Contribution Points)
Velia 4	2	3
Heidel 6-3	4	4
Calpheon North Gate 1	5	3
Altinova 9	4	5
Keplan 3-3	4	4
Glish 2	4	2
Trent 5	4	4
Sand Grain Bazaar 3-2	3	3
Duvencrune 1	5	8
Valencia 19-4, 2F	5	5
Grána 1	5	11
Total	45	52

Each stable belongs to an area, so all Stable Keeper NPCs in a city belong to the same, local pool. NPCs perform different tasks, for example, you can’t access the horse market for some of them (only city vendors) or you can’t use horse awakening functions. The two queens of all keepers are NPC Gula (Stonetail Horse Ranch – Dream and mythical awakening) and Melabee (Grána – Dream horse awakening).

Between cities, you can use transport functions for 100,000 Silver. Sending only takes a few minutes, and the biggest advantage is that you don’t have to visit any NPC, you can simply do it under the Stables tab in the lower right corner of the minimap. Here, by the way, you will also find an extremely clear overview of all the horses you currently own around the world.

Profit from Wild Horses

It’s all about selling your mounts, and there are two ways to go about it:

1. Sell it on the Horse Market. This is determined by the system. There is a tax of course, and the money that you receive is influenced by your Training Level (as well as the tax amount). See more: Horse Market Mechanics

2. Sell it to the Stable Keeper. At the Stable, select the horse, and press the “Sell Mount” option. It’s always lower than the Horse Market’s price of course, but as you can guess a low-tier useless horse can’t be sold easily on the Horse Market.

3. Train it to sell through Imperial Delivery. Horses above lv 15 can be traded for silver, seals, and Flower of Oblivion. See more: Imperial Training

Horse Training

Horse Training, Black Desert Online

Horse Training Basics

As I mentioned, your mount gets EXP from the traveled distance. It can be active training or AFK training. The last one is where you use auto-loop, and the horse will run automatically. When your horse runs out of stamina, you can recover it at the Stable Keeper, or you can feed it with various carrots. If you use auto-loop, you can activate the auto-consume feeding.

Never let your horse get damaged! If you jump down from high places or the monsters attack your horse, your horse can die. At the Mount Information (press P when you ride it) window, you can check your horse’s death number. If you want to reset your horse’s death count, you can purchase a [Loyalities] Mount Resurrection Reset for 100 loyalties, but you can use it only once per mount.

These things will make your Auto-Loop more effective:

Try to use straight roads, and avoid the turns. At the turn, your horse slows down and gains less EXP.
Avoid the areas with mobs, because they can kill you.
Avoid the areas with NPCs and adventurers, because they can block you (or well, even kill you as well, especially if your Guild is in a war with another Guild).

You can stack your mount EXP with the following items:

Silver Embroidered Trainer's Clothes – 5/10/15/20/25/40% Mount EXP (from 0 to +5)
Trainer's Clothes – 15 % Mount EXP (You will receive this cloth when you reach the Professional 1 Training) This cloth can be exchanged with an Equipment Tailoring Coupon (you can find this coupon at the Pearl Shop) into a costume. Don’t forget that if you use tailored Trainer’s Clothes (Costume), you can also add (double) a basic one to the simple gear slot.
Fine Horse Trainer's Clothes– 7/13/19/25/31/40% Mount EXP (from 0 to +5) This cloth can be obtained from Imperial Delivery seals.
Elixir of Training or Elixir of Expert Training – 8% or 10% Mount EXP
Venia Riding Attire – 20 % Mount EXP (You can purchase this cloth permanently from the Pearl Shop or for 7 days from the Loyalties)
Value Pack – 10 % Mount EXP
Extra Mount EXP Scroll – 20 % Mount EXP

Keep in mind that you can’t wear Venia Riding Attire and Trainer’s Clothes (turned into a costume) at the same time, and if you are going to spend the money, either way, it’s better to get Venia!

The mount EXP is also influenced by your Training Level. When your horse is leveling up, you receive training life EXP.

Below, you can see all the XP requirements from Levels 2-30, for Horse Tiers 1-8:

	Tier 1	Tier 2	Tier 3	Tier 4	Tier 5	Tier 6	Tier 7	Tier 8
Level 2	2,605	5,105	7,610	10,110	12,615	15,115	17,620	20,120
Level 3	5,120	10,140	15,160	20,180	25,200	30,220	35,240	40,260
Level 4	7,670	15,235	22,805	30,370	37,940	45,505	53,075	60,640
Level 5	10,260	20,420	30,580	40,740	50,900	61,060	71,220	81,380
Level 6	12,915	25,725	38,540	51,350	64,165	76,975	89,790	102,600
Level 7	15,640	31,180	46,720	62,260	77,800	93,340	108,880	124,420
Level 8	18,460	36,815	55,175	73,530	91,890	110,245	128,605	146,960
Level 9	21,380	42,660	63,940	85,220	106,500	127,780	149,060	170,340
Level 10	24,425	48,745	73,070	97,390	121,715	146,035	170,360	194,680
Level 11	27,600	55,100	82,600	110,100	137,600	165,100	192,600	220,100
Level 12	30,930	61,755	92,585	123,410	154,240	185,065	215,895	246,720
Level 13	34,420	68,740	103,060	137,380	171,700	206,020	240,340	274,660
Level 14	38,095	76,085	114,080	152,070	190,065	228,055	266,050	304,040
Level 15	41,960	83,820	125,680	167,540	209,400	251,260	293,120	334,980
Level 16	46,040	91,975	137,915	183,850	229,790	275,725	321,665	367,600
Level 17	50,340	100,580	150,820	201,060	251,300	301,540	351,780	402,020
Level 18	54,885	109,665	164,450	219,230	274,015	328,795	383,580	438,360
Level 19	59,680	119,260	178,840	238,420	298,000	357,580	417,160	476,740
Level 20	64,750	129,395	194,045	258,690	323,340	387,985	452,635	517,280
Level 21	70,100	140,100	210,100	280,100	350,100	420,100	490,100	560,100
Level 22	75,755	151,405	227,060	302,710	378,365	454,015	529,670	605,320
Level 23	81,720	163,340	244,960	326,580	408,200	489,820	571,440	653,060
Level 24	88,020	175,935	263,855	351,770	439,690	527,605	615,525	703,440
Level 25	94,660	189,220	283,780	378,340	472,900	567,460	662,020	756,580
Level 26	101,665	203,225	304,790	406,350	507,915	609,475	711,040	812,600
Level 27	109,040	217,980	326,920	435,860	544,800	653,740	762,680	871,620
Level 28	116,810	233,515	350,225	466,930	583,640	700,345	817,055	933,760
Level 29	124,980	249,860	374,740	499,620	624,500	749,380	874,260	999,140
Level 30	133,575	267,045	400,520	533,990	667,465	800,935	934,410	1,067,880

Before you start leveling the horse or horses, you must choose between solo training or wagon training.

If you are planning to teach more than one horse, using a wagon will be the better choice. You can connect up to 4 horses to a wagon, and train them at the same time. Each horse will get less EXP (compared to solo training), but all 4 horses will gain EXP at the same time. On the other hand, while you use wagon training, your horses ain’t running out of their stamina.

There are several types of wagons (and it’s a good idea to do some Trading as well if you are going the Wagon way):

Flimsy wagon: it has 270 LT and 6 inventory slots. Amounts of horses that can be connected: 1. It can be bought from any Stable Keeper’s shop, or it can be crafted at Wagon Workshops.
Shabby wagon: it has 360 LT and 8 inventory slots. Amounts of horses that can be connected: 1. It can be bought from any Stable Keeper’s shop, or it can be crafted at Wagon Workshops.
Strong wagon: it has 450 LT and 10 inventory slots. Amounts of horses that can be connected: 1. It can be crafted at Wagon Workshops, for example in Calpheon Workshop District 1-6, 1F.
White wagon: it has 540 LT and 12 inventory slots. Amounts of horses that can be connected: 1. It can be crafted at Wagon Workshops, for example in Altinova 5-8.
Farm wagon: it has 630 LT and 14 inventory slots. Amounts of horses that can be connected: 2. It can be bought from any Stable Keeper’s shop, or it can be crafted at Wagon Workshops.
Trade wagon: it has 720 LT and 16 inventory slots. Amounts of horses that can be connected: 2. It can be crafted at Wagon Workshops, for example in Calpheon Workshop District 1-6, 1F.
Merchant wagon: it has 810 LT and 18 inventory slots. Amounts of horses that can be connected: 4. It can be crafted at Wagon Workshops, for example in Altinova 5-8.
Noble wagon: it has 900 LT and 20 inventory slots. Amounts of horses that can be connected: 4. It can be crafted at Wagon Workshops, for example in Altinova 5-8.
Forest Path Wagon: it has 1,565 LT and 22 inventory slots. Amounts of horses that can be connected: 4. It can be crafted at Wagon Workshop in Grána 4.

The various carrots:

Carrot – +1,500 Endurance Recovery, +1,200 HP Recovery
High-Quality Carrot – +3,000 Endurance Recovery, +2,000 HP Recovery
Special Carrot – +7,500 Endurance Recovery, +3,000 HP Recovery
[Oasis] Carrot – +7,500 Stamina, + 3,000 HP Recovery (only available when the oasis event is taking place, sold by Oasis Vendors for 1 Silver)

Training Levels

Like the other Life Skills, the Training has 7 levels. These are the following:

Beginner Training (Level 1-10)
Apprentice Training (Level 11-20)
Skilled Training (Level 21-30)
Professional Training (Level 31-40)
Artisan Training (Level 41-50)
Master Training (Level 51-80)
Guru Training (Level 81-100)

Higher levels increase Horse Skill Learn Chance, Gain higher minimal movement speed when your mount gains a level, and higher silver collection when using the Horse or Breeding Markets.

When your horse levels up, you receive training life EXP. At lower levels, taming horses will give much better EXP than training horses. Taming gives you pretty good training EXP. You receive the experience when you register the wild horse at the stable, and there are a lot of ways to stack your life EXP bonus. For example:

Trainer Clothes 10% (or 20% if you wear double Trainer Clothes. The basic and the cloth to the Costume slot)
Seafood Cron Meal (10%) orStonetail Wind's Meal (20%)
GM’s Blessing 1-2-3 (10% or 15%)
Value Pack (10%)
Loyalty Scroll or Book of Life (50%)
Six Leaf Clover (8%)
Cake Buff (100%)
Secret Book of Oldmoon (50%)
[Event]Hearty Grilled Turkey (10%)
Sute Tea (8%) orWhale Meat Salad (15%)
Elixir of Time (10%) orElixir of Flowing Time (15%) orFiery Celerity Draught (30%)
Perfume of Swiftness(20%)
Villa Buff (10%)
Guild Buff (10% – 20%)
Extra Life EXP Scroll (10%)
Life Skill Mastery Increase Scroll (20%)
Pets (1-45% – heavy P2W)
Mastery Accessories (1-87%)
Lara’s Warm Black Tea (30%)
Givoan Grolin’s Support Scroll (20%)

If you reach Professional 1, you can also do the training daily quest at Stonetail Horse Ranch. The quest’s rewards are very important in Courser Training (It gives one of the following items: Rainbow Gem Fruit, Deep Blue Hoof Root, or Breezy Conch Seaweed). This is the [Training] In Search of The Finest Courser quest from Shamhain at Stonetail Horse Ranch.

Training Mastery Levels and Benefits

The higher the Training level or Mastery, the higher the chance will be to obtain a better horse through breeding or the growth of your mounts. Even if the Training level is low, you can increase the efficiency of Training by equipping gear that increases Mastery.

Training mastery gives the following bonuses: Higher Tier Horse Chance from Exchanging or Breeding, Taming Success Rate, and Mount Exp Gain. The minimum level is 50 and the maximum is 2000. At the maximum level, the bonuses received are as follows: 75% Mount Exp Gain, 10% Higher Tier Horse Chance, and 35% Taming Success Chance.

It’s important to mention the Auto-run Sprint ability, which can be used over Artisan 1 training level. Auto-run Sprint other conditions: the horse’s Sprint skill, equipped saddle, and keeping the mount inventory weight below 40%. In the desert, only the Diné can use Auto-run Sprint.

Imperial Training

15+ level horses from any tier can be traded using Imperial Training. It means you exchange your horse for Golden Seal - [Imperial Training], a large amount of Silver, and a Flower of Oblivion. You will receive the seals and the flowers based on your horse’s tier. The silver that you can obtain is influenced by your horse’s skills and tier. Flower of Oblivion is an item for tier 10 Mythical Horse Awakening.

How can I use Imperial Training?

You can use Imperial Training at stables in major cities. At the Stable, choose a horse and select the “Imperial Horse Delivery” option. This button arrives only on horses that are above level 15.

If the trade was successful, you will have received the seal(s), the silver, and the flowers. There are 3 NPCs where you can exchange your seals:

with Shamhain at Stonetail Horse Ranch	with Variel at Old Wisdom Tree	with Breesman at Calpheon City
– 1: Swaying Wind Shard – 1: Rumbling Earth Shard	– 12: Powder of Ascension	– 1: Fighting Spirit Horse Gear Box – 2: Storm Horse Gear Box – 2: Courser Training Reward Box – 5: Fine Horse Trainer’s Clothes – 12: Black Essence: Viper – 40: Stonetail Wind’s Meal – 40: Stonetail Tonic – 50: Granverre Feather Champron – 50: Granverre Leather Barding – 50: Granverre Leather Saddle – 50: Granverre Metal Horseshoe – 50: Granverre Leather Stirrups – 100: Manos Trainer’s Clothes – 100: Manos Riding Crop

You can also get aregistration for a camel from stable keepers in Valencia with 5 or 15 seals. Once you reach Training Professional 1, you can exchange 100 seals with Shamhain at Stonetail Horse Ranch to obtain a Grand Prix Vera’s Scrollonce per Family that can change your mount’s name.

Horse Market Mechanics

You can open the Horse Market from a Stable Keeper or open the map (press the “M”) and there’s a horse icon at the right bottom of the screen (here you can only browse the list). The Horse Market function is only available at certain Keepers, in major cities.

This is determined by the system. There is a tax of course, and the money that you receive is influenced by your Training Level (as well as the tax amount). Female horses usually have higher prices than male ones.

The Silver increase range depending on the Training level:

Beginner Training level 1-10:0%
Apprentice Training level 1-10:1% – 1.9%
Skilled Training level 1-10:2% – 2.9%
Professional Training Level 1-10:5% – 7.7%
Artisan Training level 1-10:10% – 15%
Master Training level 1-30:20% – 26%
Guru Training level 1-20:30%

Horses registered on the horse market will appear exactly 10 minutes after registration. You can set a notification system by Settings > General Settings > Alerts > Horse Market/Worker Exchange. If you turn this on, a notification about the horses will appear at the top of your screen every time someone registers it, making it easier for you to go and buy the horse after 10 minutes. However, horses lower than tier 8 are not indicated.

Traveler’s Horse

Ok, there’s no doubt that this is a great invention, and thanks to it, we don’t have to race a tier 1 horse at the speed of light or tame a donkey. We can simply borrow a pretty fair horse from a Stable Keeper (Lorenzo Murray – Velia, Vanacil or Izaro – Heidel, Allan – Glish, Partus – Keplan, Breesman or Gabril – Calpheon, Meisha – Altinova, Muam Mant – Tarif) for free!

This horse has 100% trained Sprint, Drift, Instant Accel (the most needed combo), and Start Accel. By definition, this horse cannot be equipped, and if you do not use it, it will automatically disappear after five minutes. Cute horsie taxi.

Breeding & Exchanging

Breeding & Exchanging Horses, Black Desert Online

If you have a male and a female horse, you can breed or exchange them.

You can breed every male horse 2 times, while a female horse can breed only once (you can reset these numbers with Horse Branding Reset from the Pearl Shop, but only once per horse).

You can breed your horses, or you can “buy” a partner from the Breeding Market.

How can I breed my horses?

Go to the Stable Keeper, and open the Stable.
Check-in both horses
Select the Male horse, and click the “Register at Breeding”
Select the “Show Only Me” option
Click your female horse, and open the Breeding Market.
Select the “My horse list”, and click the “Apply” button.

The breeding has started. After the breeding cooldown, you will receive a foal. The foal’s tier is random, but the parent’s tier and level can influence it. You have the chance to make a higher-tier horse, but it can be a lower tier too. Breeding has a 24-hour cooldown, so you can do it once a day.

What if I breed Coursers?

If you breed 2 Coursers, you will receive a foal with two starter skills. If you breed your normal horse with a Courser, you will receive a foal with one or two starter skills.

The exchange is the same as breeding, it has only a few differences: if you exchange two horses, you will receive a new horse, but the “parents” will be killed. It has the same chances as breeding, and you can exchange horses once per day. The exchange does not have a cooldown, you will receive your new horse immediately.

In general, breeding and exchange give better results, if you train the horses to higher levels before you breed or exchange them.

Here is the website where you can use the horse breeding calculator. It’s easy to use: just select the tiers and levels at the top of the screen. Your chances will appear under the horse categories, for example:

7M(29%),7F(33%),8M(28%),8F(10%)

It means you have a29% chance for a Tier 7 male, 33% for a Tier 7 female, 28% for a Tier 8 male, and 10% for a Tier 8 female foal.

Imperial Steed

These horses can be obtained only during breeding with little chance, in addition to the regular foal. Imperial Steed can be leveled up to 15 and sold at the Stable through Imperial Horse Delivery. There are many useful rewards for it, so it is very worthwhile to “wait” for such horses to arrive, and then train them to the maximum level.

Imperial Steed Rewards in maximum level:

120,000,000 Silver
Noble Stature Chest.

Noble Stature Chest contains:

x10 Mythical Feather
x100 Flower of Oblivion
x100 Royal Fern Root
x20 of each Tier 9 materials: Stonetail Fodder, Spirit Pouch of Ferocious Beast, Pure Forest Breath, Rainbow Gem Fruit, Breezy Conch Seaweed, Deep Blue Hoof Root
x50 of each Spirit Stone Fragments: Wind Spirit Stone Fragment, Earth Spirit Stone Fragment, Water Spirit Stone Fragment
x8 Golden Seal - [Imperial Training]

Imperial Steeds can be obtainable by breeding any tier of horses, but the obtaining chance is better if you breed two Tier 8 30-leveled horses. In this case, the chance of the born is 2.5%, which is getting worse for smaller-tier breedings.

Horse Gear

Horse Gear, Black Desert Online

Once we have a horse, we can equip it with various horse gears. At your Mount Information (press P while riding) you can see 5 slots under the “Mount Equipment” subtitle. These are the slots for the Barding, the Saddle, the Stirrups, the Champron, and the Horseshoe.

Each part gives various bonuses for your horse, like bonus HP, bonus Stamina, bonus DP, and so on. On the other hand, some skills require different types of equipment, for example, the Sprint skill requires a saddle to work. Some horse gear can be dyed and enhanced with Black Stone (Armor).

The horse gears have durability. You can’t use your equipment if its durability is 0. You can repair them at the closest Blacksmith (interact with the Blacksmith, choose the Repair option, and then the Repair Horse Gear) for a low amount of silver. This function is only available if your horse is nearby.

There are several types of horse armor sets. You can purchase gear pieces from the Central Market, or if it’s not possible, there are different ways to get them:

1. The basic horse armor set can be bought from any Stable Keeper’s shop. It’s cheap, but it requires Amity.

2. There are Horse Gear Workshops where you can craft a wide range of horse gears:

Heidel 6-4, 1F
Calpheon Workshop District 2-5, 2F
Altinova 2-3
Duvencrune 9-2
Stonetail Horse Ranch 3

3. The Pearl Shop offers many types of horse gear. However these are cosmetic and go into different slots, but they also provide you with some small buffs. You can read about them in detail in the Pearl Item section.

Pro Tip: TheKrogdalo Horse Set is currently the best horse gear set available in Black Desert Online at the moment, so as expected it’s also the most difficult set to acquire. If you want to know more about them, read on in our other guide:
Krogdalo’s Horse Gear Guide

Trainer Gear

If you want to place your trainer spirit on a more secure basis and spend a little more on your equipment, you can get a larger amount of profit through training sooner. In this section, we’ve collected the most important information about the equipment currently available in the game, so you can get a general idea of which pieces you should invest in.

Riding Crops

The Riding Crop has effects such as increasing Training Mastery and also increasing the automatic movement speed and the maximum speed of horses. When you think about trainer gear, this should be one of the first pieces you buy.

Item Name	Item Effect on +0	Item effect on PEN(V)	Obtainable from
Loggia Riding Crop	Training Mastery +3 Max Mount Speed 5% Max Auto Run Speed 15% Auto-run sprinted speed 10%	Training Mastery +280 Max Mount Speed +5% Max Auto-run Speed +15% Auto-run sprint speed +10%	Purchase from NPC Zaaira, Chiara Coop, or Lorenzo Murray. Tradeable on Central Market
Izaro Riding Crop	Training Mastery +4 Max Mount Speed +10% Max Auto-run Speed +30% Auto-run sprint speed +15%	Training Mastery +330 Max Mount Speed +10% Max Auto-run Speed +30% Auto-run sprint speed +15%	Purchase from NPC Zaaira or Lorenzo Murray. Tradeable on Central Market
Manos Riding Crop	Training Mastery +5 Max Mount Speed +20% Max Auto-run Speed +50% Auto-run sprint speed +20%	Training Mastery +400 Max Mount Speed +20% Max Auto-run Speed +50% Auto-run sprint speed +20%	Crafted by: 5x Manos Stone 50 x Magical Shard 15x Supreme Hard Hide 1x Krogdalo's Origin Stone Tradeable on Central Market

The Riding Crop’s increased speed effect works only when the durability is 100 or higher.

Trainer Clothes

Equippable on Armor slot:

Item Name	Item Effect on +0	Item effect on PEN(V)	Obtainable from
Loggia Trainer's Clothes	Movement Speed +1 Level Training Mastery +3	Movement Speed +2 Level Training EXP +28% Training Mastery +280	sold byCamellia Loggia atLoggia Farm or Zaaira at Velia
Izaro Trainer's Clothes	Movement Speed +1 Level Training Mastery +4	Movement Speed +2 Level Training EXP +33% Training Mastery +330	sold by Izaro at Heidel, or Vanacil at Heidel
Manos Trainer's Clothes	Movement Speed +1 Level Training Mastery +5	Movement Speed +3 Level Training EXP +40% Training Mastery +400	Crafted by: 5x Manos Stone 40x Magical Shard 1x Dusk Landen Cotton Fabric 1x Krogdalo’s Origin Stone
Silver Embroidered Trainer's Clothes	Movement Speed +1 Level Mount EXP +5%	Movement Speed +4 Level Mount EXP +40%	can be crafted in Costume Mills
Fine Horse Trainer's Clothes	Movement Speed +1 Level Mount EXP +7%	Movement Speed +4 Level Mount EXP +40%	can be exchanged from Imperial Delivery Seals and Imperial Cousine Seals

Equippable on Armor(Appearance) slot:

Icon	Item Name	Item Effect	Obtainable from
	Trainer's Clothes	Training EXP +10% Mount EXP +15% Horse Capture Rate +15% Mount Skill EXP +15%	Sold by Luxury Vendors
	Venia Riding Attire	Mount EXP +20%	Purchasable from Pearl Shop

Training Mastery Accessory Sets

We can currently choose from 3 types of life skill sets, and these have an effect on all life skills, luckily we don’t have to buy them separately for certain life skills.

Loggia Set:

Loggia Earring Life Exp +1% to +3%, All Life Skill Masteries +4 to +50
Loggia Ring Life Exp +1% to +3%,All Life Skill Masteries +4 to +50
Loggia Belt Weight Limit +30LTto 120LT,All Life Skill Masteries +5 to +60
Loggia Necklace Life Exp +1% to +3%, All Life Skill Masteries +5 to +60

Geranoa Set:

Geranoa Earring Life Exp +1% to +6%, All Life Skill Masteries +6 to +95
Geranoa Ring Life Exp +1 to +6%, All Life Skill Masteries +6 to +95
Geranoa Belt Weight Limit +50LT to +150LT, All Life Skill Masteries +8 to +110
Geranoa Necklace Exp +1 to +6%, All Life Skill Masteries +8 to +110

Manos Set:

Manos Earring Life Exp +2% to +12%, All Life Skill Masteries +10 to +125
Manos Ring Life Exp +2% to +12%, All Life Skill Masteries +10 to +125
Manos Belt Weight Limit +50LT to +200LT, All Life Skill Masteries +15 to +150
Manos Necklace Life Exp +2% to +12%, All Life Skill Masteries +15 to +150

What gear should I choose?

For horse taming, I suggest you use Trainer’s Clothes and Trainer’s Clothes (Costume). For leveling horses I suggest you use Silver Embroidered Trainer's Clothes or Fine Horse Trainer's Clothes, and a Venia Riding Attire. And in addition to these, of course (if possible) you can use life skill gear, depending on how much money you spend on it, Loggia or Manos. Out of clothes, it’s not worth going to the Training Mastery ones, because they don’t give as many bonuses as Silver Embroidered or Fine Horse Trainer's Clothes.

Mount Pearl Items

In the Pearl Shop, there are a lot of useful items for horses, with which we can get useful bonuses, or even profit from them if we use them wisely (and luckily). It is also worth checking the Loyalty shop regularly because you can often find Pearl Items here, which otherwise could only be purchased for real money.

Trainer’s Flute: It can be purchased as a permanent version, or for a certain period (1/7/30 days). This item allows you to call your horse within a 500m range.
Celestial Horse Calling Horn: This horn calls your horse without range criteria.

Alternatative option to obtain: You can obtain this without spending pearl for it: by processing (L) Trainer’s Flute (Permanent) and Celestial Horse’s Tears. There is a daily quest that available once per family and rewards you with Celestial Horse’s Tears. This quest can be obtained from Erfianso, the node manager of Atanis Pond, and you should repeat it for 15 or 30 days (based on your training skill). The dividing line is below and above Artisan 1 level, collect the x30 Atanis Confection, exchange them into a Celestial Horse’s Tear x1 by a quest, and process the Flute and the Tear into a Calling Horn. The daily quests require the following items: Hand over Sweet Honey Wine x1, Oil of Fortitude x10, Fruit of Enchantment x30, and an Energy Potion (Extra Large) x1.

Mount Skill Change Coupon: This allows you to switch one of the horse’s existing skills to another. When you use the coupon, you can see the chance of successful learning. Each failed learning increases the number of Failstacks.
Mount Skill Selection Coupon: Guarantees changing into the selected mount skill. Can only be used once per mount.
Mount Skill Training Coupon: Increases the level of skill to 100%. Available for purchase in only 1 skill version or for all abilities.
Reset Mount Growth: This item resets all of your horse’s attributes to their initial values.
Horse Breeding Reset (Male or Female): Resets the breeding count on your male or female horse. Can be used once per mount.
Mount Brand Spell Stone: Reduces recovery cost by 30%, reduces the resurrection fee, decreases the durability consumption of mount gear by 50%, and gives a 10% chance to learn a new skill when leveling up.
Horse Gear Sets: You can select from various cosmetic gears, which also add tiny buffs to your horse’s speed, turn, etc. Equip 4 pieces of any gear to increase the chance of learning a skill by 10%.
Horse Appearance Change Coupon (Basic or Premium): This allows you to change your horse’s appearance into a selected one. Also gives a 30% chance to learn a new skill when the appearance changes.
Extra Mount EXP Scrolls: You can purchase different scrolls that grant additional Mount EXP bonuses for different amounts of time.
Mount Name Change Scrolls: Select a new name for your horse.

Tier 9 Dream Horse Guide Tier 10 Mythical Horse Guide Horse Racing Guide Trainer Discord

NorellyandMoonblaze (the tier 10 beauty) wish you luck and fun!

Misc

Capturing Rope

Weight: 0.70 LT

- Personal Transaction Unavailable
- - Marketplace Information
- Market Price: 1,540 Silver
- Warehouse Capacity: 0.10 VT
- Description: A rope to catch wild horses and baby elephants.
* To use this item, you need to be at least 10m away from the target.
- How to obtain
Can be purchased from stablekeepers.
- - Price: Silver 150
- - Merchant Price: 1,500

Feed

Lump of Raw Sugar

Weight: 0.10 LT

- Personal Transaction Unavailable
- - Marketplace Information
- Market Price: 4,850 Silver
- Warehouse Capacity: 1.00 VT
- Description: When used, the chance of taming a wild horse increases.
It can only be used after catching a horse using a Capturing Rope and then moving close to the steed.
- - Price: Silver 30
- - Crafting Materials
- Raw Sugar(10)
- Mineral Water(1)

Feed

Lump of Raw Sugar

Weight: 0.10 LT

- Personal Transaction Unavailable
- - Marketplace Information
- Market Price: 4,850 Silver
- Warehouse Capacity: 1.00 VT
- Description: When used, the chance of taming a wild horse increases.
It can only be used after catching a horse using a Capturing Rope and then moving close to the steed.
- - Price: Silver 30
- - Crafting Materials
- Raw Sugar(10)
- Mineral Water(1)

Feed

Lump of Raw Sugar

Weight: 0.10 LT

- Personal Transaction Unavailable
- - Marketplace Information
- Market Price: 4,850 Silver
- Warehouse Capacity: 1.00 VT
- Description: When used, the chance of taming a wild horse increases.
It can only be used after catching a horse using a Capturing Rope and then moving close to the steed.
- - Price: Silver 30
- - Crafting Materials
- Raw Sugar(10)
- Mineral Water(1)

Crafting Material

Mineral Water

Weight: 0.01 LT

- Personal Transaction Unavailable
- Description: An ingredient used in Cooking.It can be bought from a Cooking Merchant or Innkeeper.
Using Mineral Water on a Garden will slightly increase the amount of available Water Deposit.
- - Price: Silver 2
- - Merchant Price: 30

Crafting Material

Raw Sugar

Weight: 0.01 LT

- Personal Transaction Unavailable
- Description: An ingredient used in Cooking.It can be bought from a Food Vender or Innkeeper.
- - Price: Silver 20
- - Merchant Price: 200

Misc

Capturing Rope

Weight: 0.70 LT

- Personal Transaction Unavailable
- - Marketplace Information
- Market Price: 1,540 Silver
- Warehouse Capacity: 0.10 VT
- Description: A rope to catch wild horses and baby elephants.
* To use this item, you need to be at least 10m away from the target.
- How to obtain
Can be purchased from stablekeepers.
- - Price: Silver 150
- - Merchant Price: 1,500

Feed

Lump of Raw Sugar

Weight: 0.10 LT

- Personal Transaction Unavailable
- - Marketplace Information
- Market Price: 4,850 Silver
- Warehouse Capacity: 1.00 VT
- Description: When used, the chance of taming a wild horse increases.
It can only be used after catching a horse using a Capturing Rope and then moving close to the steed.
- - Price: Silver 30
- - Crafting Materials
- Raw Sugar(10)
- Mineral Water(1)

Functional Clothes

Silver Embroidered Trainer's Clothes

DP:

- Evasion: 6(+18)

- Damage Reduction: 10

Weight: 1.50 LT

- Repairable Item
- Personal Transaction Unavailable
- Enhancement Type: Fixed
- - Marketplace Information
- Market Price: 1,360,000 Silver
- Warehouse Capacity: 50.00 VT
- Cannot be dyed
- Description: A noble outfit made for Trainers.
It can be enhanced with the same item, but if enhancement fails, both will be lost.
- Movement Speed +1
- Mount EXP +5%
- - Price: Silver 40,590
- Durability
50 / 50
- - Workload(900)
  About 180 min. based on Worker Speed 50 (with 100% Farming Resources)
- - Crafting Materials
- Flax Fabric(9)
- Trace of Battle(10)
- Black Stone Powder(15)

Trainer's Clothes

Weight: 1.50 LT

- Repairable Item
- Personal Transaction Unavailable
- Cannot be enhanced
- Cannot be dyed
- Description: Casual clothes for a horse trainer. Wearing this will increase the chance of catching and taming wild horses as well as boost Mount EXP and Mount Skill EXP.
※ If you use an Equipment Tailoring Coupon, you will get the same item as a costume. This costume can then be equipped in the Appearance slot.
If you exchange it for a costume, you cannot register it in the Marketplace.
- Training EXP +10%
- Mount EXP +15%
- Horse Capture Rate +15%
- Mount Skill EXP +15%
- - Price: Silver 450,000
- Durability
100 / 100

Functional Clothes

Fine Horse Trainer's Clothes

DP:

- Evasion: 6(+18)

- Damage Reduction: 10