BotW Hunt for the Giant Horse: Location and How to Tame

Hunt for the Giant Horse is a side quest in the Lake region of The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild. Straia, who studies wild animals, has heard of a giant horse found nowhere else, but there are too many monsters ahead for his study to go on, so he asks you to catch it. The horse itself is the real prize: it is huge and has 5-star strength. For horses in general see the horse guide, and for the full list of side quests see the side quest list.

How do you start Hunt for the Giant Horse?

The Mounted Archery Camp is west of Highland Stable: follow the road from the stable west to its end. Straia sits by the campfire. Talk to him:

“Hey there! It’s not every day that I see someone all the way out here! We’re doing an ecological study on the wild animals in the area. We’d heard that there was a giant horse living in this region. Apparently it can’t be found anywhere else…”

Ask “Monsters?” and he tells you there was a monster that looked a lot like a horse; he first took it for the giant horse, and getting close went badly. Choose “Leave it to me.” to take the quest, and he points the way:

“They say that the giant horse lives around the Taobab Grassland… That’d be northwest of here.”

Where is the Giant Horse?

Taobab Grassland is northwest of the camp, on the high ground west of Lake Hylia, dotted with tall baobab-like trees. A herd of wild horses grazes there, and the one much bigger than the rest is the Giant Horse: black body, orange mane and tail. You cannot miss it.

How do you tame the Giant Horse?

1. Bring stamina. Once you mount it, the Giant Horse bucks until you have soothed it 30 times (most wild horses take 15, the white horse 25), and your stamina drains the whole time. Have at least two stamina wheels, or eat stamina-restoring or stamina-boosting food or an elixir first.
2. Crouch and sneak up. Approach from behind without spooking the herd, then mount.
3. Keep soothing until it stops bucking.

For more stamina see hearts or stamina.

What about the Lynels on the way back?

Once you have the horse, ride it back to the Mounted Archery Camp. Around the Oseira Plains on the way there are two Lynels (Show on map: first, second). They are most likely the horse-like monster Straia ran into.

• If you are not ready for them, ride around them rather than through the middle.
• You can reportedly ride the Giant Horse straight past them.
• To fight them, read Lynel locations first.

What is the reward?

Ride back to the camp and Straia is stunned:

“That horse… It’s huge… I’ve never seen one that big! That is definitely an endemic species!”

Let him take a good look; he is pleased (“It’s definitely different, seeing something with your own eyes rather than just reading about it.”) and gives you a Silver Rupee (100 rupees) as thanks. The quest is complete.

Is the Giant Horse worth keeping?

Once registered it is your horse, with a few things to know:

• Stats: 5-star strength, 2-star speed, no stamina, and it cannot gallop.
• Its saddle and bridle are fixed and its mane cannot be changed.
• The Adventure Log says it “could probably trample monsters with ease.”

To compare horses see the horse guide; for an even harder mount see Lord of the Mountain.

Related guides

• Horses: stables, taming, gear and the Giant Horse’s stats.
• Lord of the Mountain: the one mount that needs even more soothing.
• Lynel locations: the Lynels on the way back.
• Side quest list: all 76 side quests, by region.