Crimson Desert Mounts: Horses & Confirmed Animal Rewards

Start with a mount your save actually offers, then plan the trip around the active quest. Pearl Abyss explicitly named five additional summonable mounts in 1.01.00: three Legendary Animals and two Boss' Mounts. Those are a documented update batch, not the total number of mounts in the current game. Official 1.01.00 announcement.

Reviewed October 3–4, 2026. This guide uses the official names and rules below. It does not claim a complete current roster, a fresh acquisition test or a speed ranking. Check the requirements and controls your save presents before pursuing a specific mount.

Horses: Check the Ride You Have

Try your available horse on a short route before committing to a distant objective. Check the sprint and dismount prompts for your input preset; avoid copying a fixed button from another preset.

1.01.00 changed horse movement so a press or hold can increase speed without continuously holding the run input. Maintaining full sprint still requires periodic input. Watch the actual movement and control prompt rather than assuming every horse shares a made-up speed score.

For an early outing, use the Hernand exploration route to pair the ride with an available town, camp or academy objective and a usable return point. Reaching a destination does not satisfy its quest predecessor or outfit requirement.

Animal Mounts Explicitly Added in 1.01.00

Official category	Names in that update	What the announcement establishes
Legendary Animals	White Bear; Silver Fang; Snowwhite Deer	Can be obtained and summoned after the required conditions
Boss' Mounts	Rock Tusk Warthog; Icicle Edge Alpine Ibex	Can be obtained and summoned after the required conditions

Official mount list. The announcement does not enumerate those conditions or supply a complete location route. A creature appearing in the world is not by itself proof that you have unlocked its summon.

For someone who had already caught a listed Legendary Animal before that update, Pearl Abyss specified a retroactive reward in the Extra Rewards List on entering the game. That is a historical migration rule, not a promise that every newly caught animal now grants a summon.

The notice permits travel through towns with the added tamed mounts without frightening the residents. That does not establish their suitability for every companion quest.

Other Transport Named in Official Updates

1.04.00 made the cloudcart a permanent mount and changed its crafting mission to be completed only once. The same notice references riding Marni's Mechahorse when documenting movement fixes.

Use an available quest or recipe to inspect your own next step. These official mentions do not supply a full mechanical-mount catalog, a fuel rule or the cloudcart's complete acquisition recipe.

Before Planning a Story or Special-Mount Route

Give the trip a specific objective before leaving:

1. Check the name and availability. Use the mount or summon your current game offers; a name in an old list is not an unlock condition.
2. Read the relevant objective. Check the active quest's requirements and reward notice. Do not assume ordinary horse acquisition, a Legendary Animal reward and a story transport use the same method.
3. Test its controls nearby. Try riding and dismounting before depending on it in an encounter or difficult terrain.
4. Prepare the carried load. Use the inventory and storage guide to move reserves, retain the required tools and leave room for the outing's loot.

If a quest needs an NPC to ride with you, check its transport prompt before choosing a Legendary Animal. The published Known Issues, last updated September 21 and read here October 3, lists quest NPCs being unable to ride together on Legendary Animal mounts. A working personal summon is not proof of passenger support.

How to Acquire Mounts

For the five 1.01.00 additions, the official announcement confirms condition-based rewards and summoning without naming a universal catch or taming procedure. Pursue a condition only when it is identified by your game or a source specific to that mount; after completing it, check the reward notice and the available summon.

For a cloudcart mission, inspect its actual recipe and quest requirements before gathering materials. For a story-gated transport, continue the named objective. This guide does not prescribe a Beastmaster skill, generic bait or one boss-drop method for every mount.

October 4, 2026 revision: removed the unsupported 29-mount total, invented breed names and ratings, purported dinosaur/raptor/lizard lists and universal taming/fuel rules. Retained official mount names, dated update boundaries and trip checks. Original date and old section links retained.