About BDO |
||
|---|---|---|
|
|
||
| Release Date Oct 17, 2013 |
||
|
Developer Pearl Abyss |
|
|
|
Publisher Pearl Abyss |
|
 |
Country of Origin South Korea |
|
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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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 |
|||||||
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 | |
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.
Wild Horse Following You After Being Tamed, Black Desert Online
If you want to tame a horse, you will need 
Capturing Ropes and a 
Lump 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:
Mineral Water and 10 
Raw Sugar at the Processing Window (L) and select Heating.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 always worth 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.
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 |
|||||||
First of all, the My Little First Pony quest from Vanacil is a good way to learn how to catch a horse.
Capturing Rope (if you get too close, the horse runs away).
Lump of Raw Sugars to the horse. You should use 1-4 of them.
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!
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.
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, Black Desert Online
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:
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 EXPKeep 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):
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 RecoveryLike the other Life Skills, the Training has 7 levels. These are the following:
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:
Seafood Cron Meal (10%) or 
Stonetail Wind's Meal (20%)
Sute Tea (8%) or 
Whale Meat Salad (15%)
Elixir of Time (10%) or 
Elixir of Flowing Time (15%) or 
Fiery Celerity Draught (30%)
Perfume of Swiftness (20%)
Extra Life EXP Scroll (10%)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.
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.
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?
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 a registration 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 Scroll once per Family that can change your mount’s name.
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:
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.
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 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?
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?
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 a 29% 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.
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:
Noble Stature Chest.Noble Stature Chest contains:
- x10
Mythical Feather
- x100
- x100
Royal Fern Root
- x20 of each Tier 9 materials:
Stonetail Fodder,
Spirit Pouch of Ferocious Beast,
Pure Forest Breath,
- x50 of each Spirit Stone Fragments:
Wind Spirit Stone Fragment,
Earth Spirit Stone Fragment,
Water Spirit Stone Fragment
- x8
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, 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:
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: The Krogdalo 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:
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.
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 Stone50 x  Magical Shard15x  Supreme Hard Hide1x  Krogdalo's Origin StoneTradeable on Central Market |
The Riding Crop’s increased speed effect works only when the durability is 100 or higher.
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 by Camellia Loggia at Loggia 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 |
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 +30LT to 120LT, All Life Skill Masteries +5 to +60
Loggia Necklace Life Exp +1% to +3%, All Life Skill Masteries +5 to +60Geranoa 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 +110Manos 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 +150What 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.
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
Norelly and Moonblaze (the tier 10 beauty) wish you luck and fun!
Raw Sugar(10)
Mineral Water(1) Raw Sugar(10) Mineral Water(1) Raw Sugar(10) Mineral Water(1)
Raw Sugar(10) Mineral Water(1)
Flax Fabric(9)
Trace of Battle(10)
Black Stone Powder(15)
> It can be produced by using Alchemy Tool in your residence if Apprentice Lv.1 or up in Alchemy.
> There is a slight chance of obtaining Elixir of Experienced Training when producing Elixir of Training if alchemy level is Professional Lv.1 or up.
Legendary Beast's Blood(1)
Silver Azalea(7)
Pine Sap(4)
Powder of Rifts(2)
Crude Crystal Fragment ( Beginner 1 )
Elixir of Expert Training ( Professional 1 )
There is a slight chance of obtaining Elixir of Experienced Training when producing Elixir of Training if alchemy level is Professional Lv. 1 or up.
Elixir of Training ( Apprentice 1 )
Use simple cooking in the Processing window (L) to combine Balenos Meal x3, Calpheon Meal x3, Margoria Seafood x1, Ancient Cron Spice x1.
Use Simple Cooking in the Processing window (L) to combine Savory Steak x1, Balenos Meal x3, Sute Tea x3, Ancient Cron Spice x1.
* Higher-grade versions of the same food item can be used as a substitute at a 1:3 ratio.
* While this item is in effect the effects of other food items will not be applied, except Health EXP gain.
* Only the effects of the last Cron Meal used will be applied (e.g. Seafood Cron Meal, Simple Cron Meal, Exquisite Cron Meal).
Balenos Meal(3)
Calpheon Meal(3)
Margoria Seafood Meal(1)
Ancient Cron Spice(1)
Stonetail Horse Ranch - Gula
Exchange with Old Moon Grand Prix Coin x40
* While this item is in effect, the effects of other food items will not be applied except Health EXP gain.
* Only the effects of the last Cron Meal used will be applied (e.g. Seafood Cron Meal, Simple Cron Meal, Exquisite Cron Meal).
> It can be produced by using the Cooking Utensil in your residence if your cooking level is Skilled Lv.1 or up.
> There is a slight chance of obtaining Healthy Sute Tea when making Sute Tea if your cooking level is Professional Lv.7 or up.
Tea With Fine Scent(2)
Butter(2)
Milk(3)
Salt(1)
Healthy Sute Tea ( Professional 7 )
> You can produce this item through Cooking Utensils at your residence if your cooking level is Skilled Lv.1 or up.
> There is a slight chance of obtaining Fresh Whale Meat Salad when making Whale Meat Salad if your cooking level is Professional Lv.1 or up.
Blue Whale Meat(1)
Dressing(2)
Egg(3)
Pepper(4)
Fresh Whale Meat Salad ( Professional 1 )
> It can be produced by using Alchemy Tool in your residence if Apprentice Lv.1 or up in Alchemy.
> There is a slight chance of obtaining Elixir of Flowing Time when producing Elixir of Time if alchemy level is Professional Lv.1 or up.
Wise Man's Blood(1)
Fire Flake Flower(6)
Powder of Time(2)
Maple Sap(5)
Elixir of Flowing Time ( Professional 1 ) Crude Crystal Fragment ( Beginner 1 )
There is a slight chance of obtaining Elixir of Flowing Time when producing Elixir of Time if alchemy level is Professional Lv. 1 or up.
Elixir of Time ( Apprentice 1 )
Processing (L) - Simple Alchemy with the following materials
- Crafting Materials #1:
Stonetail Tonic x1
Celerity Draught x4
- Crafting Materials #2:
Stonetail Tonic x1
Unbridled Celerity Draught x2
※ Type: Draught
※ While the draught's effects are active, only the effects of perfumes, Whale Tendon Elixirs, and Tough Whale Tendon Elixirs will be stacked.
※ Only the effects of the last draught used will be applied.
Stonetail Tonic(1)
Celerity Draught(4)
> It can be produced by using Alchemy Tool in your residence if Skilled Lv. 1 or up in Alchemy.
* Only the effects of the last elixir used will be applied (e.g. Perfume of Courage, Perfume of Swiftness, Khalk's Elixir, Elixir of Deep Sea, Spirit Perfume Elixir, Perfume of Charm).
Blue Whale Oil(1) Powder of Time(4)
Everlasting Herb(6)
Purified Water(4)
Clear Liquid Reagent(2)
Exchange Shiny Golden Seal - [Imperial Delivery] x10
Low chance to obtain through all Gathering activities.
Low chance to obtain through Fishing.
Imperial Horse Delivery
Imperial Horse Delivery of each tier excluding Dream Horses
- Press RMB to obtain the following items:
Mythical Feather x10
Flower of Oblivion x100
Royal Fern Root x100
Stonetail Fodder x20
Spirit Pouch of Ferocious Beast x20
Pure Forest Breath x20
Rainbow Gem Fruit x20
Breezy Conch Seaweed x20
Deep Blue Hoof Root x20
Wind Spirit Stone Fragment x50
Earth Spirit Stone Fragment x50
Water Spirit Stone Fragment x50
Golden Seal - [Imperial Training] x8
Quests, Gathering, and Exchange
Imperial Horse Delivery of each tier excluding Dream Horses
Complete quests "[Weekly] Fly Like the Wind,"
"[Beginner to Guru] No Worries for the Prepared"
Mutant Plant(20)
Premature Fruit(20)
Low chance to obtain through Hunting Blue Whale or Khalk.
Wind Spirit Stone Fragment(10)
Earth Spirit Stone Fragment(10)Exchange Shiny Golden Seal - [Imperial Delivery] x10
Low chance to obtain through Fishing.
Low chance to obtain through all Gathering activities.
Imperial Horse Delivery
- Required Enhancement Materials
+1 to +15: Black Stone (Weapon)
PRI (I) to PEN (V): Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Weapon)
- If the item's durability is at least 100, a horse speed buff will be applied.
※ Go to My Information (P) > Life Skill tab to read more about Training Mastery.
- Required Enhancement Materials
+1 to +15: Black Stone (Weapon)
PRI (I) to PEN (V): Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Weapon)
- Durability must be 100 to receive the horse movement speed increase effect.
※ Details of Training Mastery can be found in My Information (P) - Life Skill tab.
- Required Enhancement Materials
+1 to +15: Black Stone (Weapon)
PRI (I) to PEN (V): Concentrated Magical Black Stone (Weapon)
- If the item's durability is at least 100, a horse speed buff will be applied.
※ Go to My Information (P) > Life Skill tab to read more about Training Mastery.
Krogdalo's Origin Stone(1)
Supreme Hard Hide(15)
Manos Stone(5)
Magical Shard(50)
Can be purchased from crystal vendors.
Processing (L) - Heating with the following materials
- Crafting Materials:
Yellow-grade Black Magic Crystal x1
Yellow Grade Black Magic Crystals(1)
It can be obtained by Shaking Fine Hard Hide and Leather Glaze, an ingredient made through Alchemy. It requires the knowledge of Shaking: Skilled.
* Shaking: Skilled can be obtained as a challenge reward after achieving Processing Artisan Level 1.
Fine Hard Hide(3)
Leather Glaze(5)
Swaying Wind Shards X25 and Rumbling Earth Shards X25 required to produce Krogdalo's Origin Stone through Simple Alchemy from the Processing tab (L).
Swaying Wind Shard(25)
Rumbling Earth Shard(25)
- Required Enhancement Materials
+1 to +15: Black Gem
PRI (I) to PEN (V): Concentrated Magical Black Gem
※ Go to My Information (P) > Life Skill tab to read more about Training Mastery.
- Required Enhancement Materials
+1 to +15: Black Gem
PRI (I) to PEN (V): Concentrated Magical Black Gem
※ Go to My Information (P) > Life Skill tab to read more about Training Mastery.
- Required Enhancement Materials
+1 to +15: Black Gem
PRI (I) to PEN (V): Concentrated Magical Black Gem
※ Go to My Information (P) > Life Skill tab to read more about Training Mastery.
Krogdalo's Origin Stone(1)
Dusk Laden Cotton Fabric(1) Manos Stone(5) Magical Shard(40) Flax Fabric(9) Trace of Battle(10) Black Stone Powder(15)
Essence of Enchantment(10)
Pure Vanadium Crystal(100) Manos Stone(5) Magical Shard(40)
Essence of Abundance(10) Pure Vanadium Crystal(100) Manos Stone(5) Magical Shard(40)
Essence of Crimson Flame(10)
Pure Titanium Crystal(100) Manos Stone(5) Magical Shard(40)
Essence of the Sun(10) Pure Titanium Crystal(100) Manos Stone(5) Magical Shard(40) Flax Fabric(9) Trace of Battle(10) Black Stone Powder(15)
 |
Norelly
Grew up in the world of games, studied journalism & programming, so I'm here to unite my passions! Currently a big fan of Black Desert Online and League of Legends. Probably still training horses at BDO.
|
Heidel 6-1 (Adds 4 Stable Slots) is wrong. Heidel 6-3 has the stable slots
Thank you for your comment, corrected! 😉