BotW Horses: All 15 Stables, Special Horses and Horse Gear

Horses are the fastest way across Hyrule Field before you have many travel points. This page shows where every stable is, how to catch and register a horse, what the three stats do, where the special horses live, and how to get every saddle and bridle.

Where are all the stables?

Click a coordinate to show that spot on the map above. In the game, move the map cursor until the X, Y readout matches, then drop a pin.

Positions are the game’s own stable markers, X, Y as the in-game map shows them. Horses cannot go into the Gerudo Desert or up Death Mountain, so neither has a stable.

At any stable you can register a horse, take one out or board it. Registering costs 20 rupees and you can keep five horses at a time. The stable hands at Highland, Outskirt, South Akkala and Woodland stables change gear and manes, once the horse’s bond is at the maximum.

How do you catch and register a horse?

1. Sneak up from behind. Crouch and approach slowly; horses bolt if they notice you. Gliding onto one from a cliff also works.
2. Soothe it until it calms down. Two-toned (spotted) horses are Gentle and need no soothing. Solid-coloured horses are Wild: press the soothe button while your stamina lasts; most need 15 presses, the White Horse 25 and the Giant Horse 30 (the game’s horse files).
3. Ride it to a stable and register it. Talk to the attendant at the desk, pay 20 rupees and name it. The horse gets a saddle and bridle and its stats become visible.
4. Build the bond. Soothe it after a gallop and feed it apples; at a bond of 100 it follows roads on its own and a stable hand will change its gear.

What do horse stats mean?

Gentle horses top out at three stars and are easy to ride; Wild horses have the better stats but must be tamed. An Endura Carrot gives three extra temporary spurs.

Where do you find the best wild horses?

In Taobab Grassland, south of the Great Plateau, and Upland Lindor on Hyrule Ridge. The herds there can have a horse with 4 Strength, 4 Speed and 5 Stamina, the highest total a normal horse gets; 5/3/5 and 2/5/3 horses also appear. No normal horse has five stars in everything. A useful trick: save on the cliff above Taobab Grassland, glide onto the solid-coloured leader, register it at Highland Stable, and reload if the stats disappoint.

Where are the special horses?

Positions, HP and spurs are from the game’s placement data and horse parameter files.

• Giant Horse: the side quest Hunt for the Giant Horse from Straia at the Mounted Archery Camp: ride it back to him for a Silver Rupee. It cannot gallop, though its canter is said to be faster than a 2-star horse’s gallop.
• White Horse: the side quest The Royal White Stallion from Toffa at Outskirt Stable; show him the registered White Horse for the Royal Saddle and Royal Bridle.
• Lord of the Mountain: only there when the summit glows; stables refuse it.
• Epona: scan the Super Smash Bros. Link or Twilight Princess Link amiibo; see amiibo rewards. Her gallop lasts longer than any other horse’s: the game data gives her 120 frames per spur against 90.

How do you get every saddle and bridle?

Everything except the Ancient pair is cosmetic. For the Knight’s gear, hit 20 targets for the bridle and 23 for the saddle; for the Extravagant gear, beat the course in under 1:30 for the bridle and under 1:15 for the saddle.

How do you revive a dead horse?

Malanya, the Horse God, sits in a flower bud at Malanya Spring, over Horse God Bridge southeast of Highland Stable. Pay 1,000 rupees to wake him; after that he revives any registered horse that died. The first revival is reportedly free, with later ones costing an Endura Carrot. Reloading a save from before the horse died also works.

See also

More: all side quests, Enduring recipes with the Endura Carrot and the Tears of the Kingdom horse guide.