Mastering the Horse Training life skill in Black Desert Online (BDO) requires a strategic approach to maximizing experience and mastery gains. This guide details a comprehensive list of buffs and items available to enhance your training journey, from riding crops to potent elixirs and valuable pearl shop items. Understanding and utilizing these resources can significantly accelerate your progress and improve your overall efficiency in training horses.
Essential Buffs and Gear for Horse Training
Several categories of items and buffs directly impact your Horse Training experience and proficiency. These include specialized gear, consumables, and even guild benefits.
Riding Crops
Riding crops are a fundamental piece of equipment for any trainer, offering boosts to Training Mastery and mount speeds.
- Loggia’s Riding Crop: Provides +3 Training Mastery (up to 280 for PEN), with Max Mount Speed +5% and Max Auto-run Speed +15%.
- Izaro’s Riding Crop: Offers a higher bonus of +4 Training Mastery (up to 330 for PEN), along with Max Mount Speed +10% and Max Auto-run Speed +30%.
- Manos Riding Crop: The top-tier option, granting +5 Training Mastery (up to 400 for PEN), Max Mount Speed +20%, and Max Auto-run Speed +50%.
Life Mastery Jewelry and Accessories
Enhancing Life Mastery through accessories can indirectly benefit training by increasing Life EXP gains. While these do not directly boost horse leveling speed, they contribute to overall life skill progression.
- Loggia Accessories (Full Set TET): Yields +21% Life EXP and +208 Life Mastery.
- Geranoa Accessories (Full Set TET): Provides a more substantial boost of +35.5% Life EXP and +350 Life Mastery.
- Manos Accessories (Full Set TET): The ultimate choice for Life Mastery, offering +65% Life EXP and +570 Life Mastery.
Clothing for Trainers
Specialized clothing items offer direct buffs to Training EXP, Mount EXP, and other related metrics.
- Trainer’s Clothes: Grants +10% Training EXP, +15% Mount EXP, +15% Taming Success, and +15% Mount Skill EXP. This can be converted into a costume for appearance purposes.
- Silver Embroidered Trainer’s Clothes: Provides incremental Mount EXP bonuses ranging from 5% to 40% as you enhance it from 0 to +5.
- Fine Horse Trainer’s Clothes: Offers higher Mount EXP bonuses, from 7% to 40% (0 to +5), obtainable through Imperial Delivery rewards.
- Life Mastery Clothes:
- Loggia (TET): +20% Training EXP and +200 Training Mastery.
- Izaro (TET): +25% Training EXP and +250 Training Mastery.
- Manos (TET): +30% Training EXP and +300 Training Mastery.
Potent Elixirs
Elixirs are crucial consumable buffs that provide temporary but significant boosts to various aspects of training.
- Elixir of Training: +8% Horse EXP for 10 minutes.
- Elixir of Expert Training: +10% Horse EXP for 15 minutes.
- [Mix] Time-Training Elixir: A dual-purpose elixir offering 15% Life EXP and 10% Mount EXP for 8 minutes.
- Elixir of Time: +10% Life EXP for 10 minutes.
- Elixir of Flowing Time: +15% Life EXP for 15 minutes.
- Verdure Draught: +20% Life EXP for 15 minutes.
- Perfume of Swiftness: +20% Life EXP for 20 minutes, which can stack with other Life EXP elixirs.
- Celerity Draught: +15% Mount EXP and +20% Training EXP for 180 minutes.
- Unbridaled Celerity Draught: Extends the duration to 360 minutes while providing the same buffs.
- Fiery Celerity Draught: Offers the highest boost with +30% Mount EXP and +30% Training EXP for 600 minutes.
Nourishing Food
Food items can provide sustained Life EXP buffs, useful for AFK training sessions.
- Whale Meat Salad: +10% Life EXP for 75 minutes.
- Seafood Cron Meal: +10% Life EXP for 2 hours.
- Fresh Whale Meat Salad: +15% Life EXP for 90 minutes.
- Stonetail Wind’s Meal: A special reward item that grants +10% Mount EXP, +20% Training EXP, and +25 Life Skill Mastery.
- Carrot Confits: While not a direct EXP buff, these are invaluable for AFK training due to their instant stamina and HP restoration, allowing for continuous activity.
Loyalty Shop and Other Buffs
The Loyalty shop and other in-game features offer valuable buffs for trainers.
- [Event] Life Skill Mastery Increase Scroll: Provides +100 Life Skill Mastery and +20% Life EXP for 1 hour.
- Secret Book of the Old Moon (1 day): Offers a significant 50% Life EXP boost and an additional stable slot across all regions.
- Villa Life EXP Buff: A 10% Life EXP buff obtainable through specific villas.
- Guild Buffs: Guilds can provide Experienced Cry (+10% Life XP) and Complete Perfection (+20% Life XP) buffs.
- Dim Magical Crystal: Life: A challenge reward that can grant up to 18% Life EXP.
- Life Crystal: Provides up to 80% Life EXP and Vital Crystal grants up to 160 Life Mastery.
- Anniversary/Birthday Buffs: Special event cakes can provide a massive +100% Life XP boost.
- Journal of Nature: Offers a +10% Life EXP buff.
- Book of Life: A rare buff providing +50% Life Exp.
- Donkey’s Hee-Haw 5-set effect: A unique set bonus that grants +10% Life Exp.
- Trophies: Grand Prix rewards like the High Wind Trophy (+20% Mount EXP, +30% Training EXP, +25 Training Mastery) offer substantial benefits.
- Giovan Grolin’s Support Scroll: A reward from Season Graduation, providing +100 Life Skill Mastery and +20% Life EXP for 60 minutes.
- Herar in Florin: Exchanging energy can provide a +2% Mount Exp buff for 5 hours.
- Secret Book of Florin: Obtainable through various means, this grants +20% Exp and +100 Life Mastery.
Limited Time Seasonal Events and Pearl Shop
Seasonal events and the Pearl Shop offer powerful, often time-limited, buffs and items.
- Seasonal Event Buffs: Various events throughout the year provide significant Life EXP boosts, such as Pinchos, Steamed Red Seabream, and Lara’s Warm Black Tea.
- Pearl Shop Items:
- Venia Costume Set: Offers a significant +50% Mount EXP.
- Secret Book of the Old Moon (1 to 180 days): A staple for consistent Life EXP gain.
- Value Pack: Provides a balanced 30% boost to both Life and Mount EXP.
- Extra Mount EXP Scroll / Extra Life EXP Scroll: Convenient consumable buffs for targeted boosts.
- Courser’s Aura: A premium item bundle offering substantial buffs to Mount EXP, Training EXP, and Training Mastery.
- Equipment Tailoring Coupon: Allows the conversion of Trainer’s Clothes into a cosmetic costume.
- Mount Skill Coupons: Useful for rerolling or guaranteeing specific horse skills.
- Pets: Pets with Life EXP or Training EXP talents can significantly increase gains, especially when at T4.
- Horse Costumes: Provide a +10% Horse Skill Gain Chance and stat bonuses.
By strategically combining these buffs and items, trainers can optimize their experience, mastery, and overall progression in the Horse Training life skill. Remember to always check for ongoing events and new additions that may offer further advantages.
