Zelda: Breath of the Wild - Taming Horses & Other Secret Mounts

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The world of Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild is enormous. In order to get by faster, you can use horses and other animals as mounts. You’d need to tame them first, but that’s the easy part. Taming horses & other mounts in Zelda: BoTW is simple – it’s keeping onto them and discovering what they can do that takes time. We’ve compiled a bunch of info from preview footage and reports.

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Breath of The Wild horses & other mounts

In order to tame a horse, you need to approach it and press the mount button. Once you’ve mounted it, quickly mash the soothe button. If you succeed, the horse will be yours. If not, it will throw you off. Once you’ve got a horse, you can register it at a stable, to make it officially yours. You can use stables to switch between horses whenever you like.

Mounts cannot gallop forever – you’ve got three chances to spur your horse before it grows tired. When you’re out and about, you can whistle to call the horse. If you feed it apples, your bond will become stronger. When the horse does something you approve of, press the soothe button – this should affect the bond as well. We still don’t know what strengthening the bond does – it may unlock new abilities for the horse, or increase its stats.

Where to Find Horses in Zelda: Breath of the Wild

Horses can be found in several places in the wild all across Hyrule. In fact, there’s one location that is fairly near the beginning of the game. It’s very easy to find, and you should be zooming around Hyrule on your new steed in no time.


Head to Dueling Peaks Stable it the southwest of Necluda, just under and to the left of the letter N in Necluda on the map. Head to the north from there, and you should run into a herd of wild horses, one spotted and three black. Sneak to one, mount and soothe it as described above, and it’s all yours. You can then ride back to the stable and register and name your horse. It seems that spotted horses are a little easier to tame than one-colored ones, so take your pick.

5-Star Horse Locations in Breath of the Wild

Wild horses that you can tame in Zelda BOTW can vary a lot based on their stats – strength, speed and stamina. It seems that they’re strewn about mostly randomly, but there is one spot on the map that seems to consistently spawn very powerful, five-star horses. The area is on the southern side of Tanagar Canyon, in the northern and western part of Upland Lindor. It’s the Highland Plateau west of Salari Plains. Look around the area until you find them.


Keep in mind, these horses are really fast and strong, and they’re easy to scare. You’ll probably want to use the stealth armor if you have it, and/or stamina and speed boosting elixirs or food. If you want to sneak up on them, you can only approach if none of them are looking your way, otherwise, they’ll run away. Alternatively, you can corral them towards the cliff (using speed and stamina boosts) and jump on them as they stop and try to turn around. And, since they’re harder to tame, you’ll want to keep those stamina boosts coming until the horse is fully tamed.

Secret mounts in Zelda BoTW

Horses aren’t the only animals that can be tamed – we’ve seen a player riding an elk in one video even a Skeleton horse. The taming process is the same as with horses, but there are some key differences. You can’t register wild mounts, which means they’ll be off as soon as you dismount them. They also have unique characteristics – they may be slower, but provide something else in return. We’ve seen one player mounting a bear. He said he couldn’t make the bear attack, but it did seem to scare a lot of the enemies away, so there’s that.

Lord of The Mountain secret mount

lord of the mountain secret mount zelda botwLord of the Mountain is a secret mount you can find at Satori Mountain. It cannot be registered, but it looks amazing and has great stats. If you’d like to look for it, check out our Lord of the Mountain location guide.

Royal Stallion – fastest horse in Zelda BoTW

The Royal Stallion is a white horse you can get as a quest reward. It’s the fastest horse in the game, even faster than Epona. Go to the Outskirts Stable and look for an old man called Toffa. He’ll give you a quest called Royal White Stallion, which will lead you towards this mount.

Giant Horse – strongest mount in Zelda BoTW

The Giant Horse is much larger than regular horses. He’s black, with an orange mane. He isn’t fast, but has maximum strenght, and can trample many enemies with ease. You can find him in the Taobab Grassland, just south from the Great Plateau.

Thanks to Melanie S for the info!

How to resurrect mounts in Zelda Breath of The Wild

If any of your horses died, you probably felt terrible about it. Who wouldn’t? Thankfully, there’s a way to bring your horsie back from the dead. All you have to do is visit the Horse Fairy, and prepare 1000 rupees before you can even talk to her honestly. It’s not cheap, but you can’t really put a price on friendship, can you?

Source: A huge thank you to Reddit user FloppyKitties for the great tips on five-star horses
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