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11Overview22Bear mounts are one of the combat mount types available in Crimson Desert. Unlike horses, which prioritize speed and mobility, bears are built for raw offensive power and survivability. When riding a bear, the mount itself actively participates in combat with claw swipes, bite attacks, and body slams, effectively doubling your damage output during mounted combat encounters.44Bears trade speed for combat dominance. They are the slowest of the three combat mount types (bears, raptors, and direwolves), but they compensate with the highest combat and stamina ratings. A bear mount transforms Kliff into a heavy assault platform that can absorb significant punishment while dealing devastating close-range damage.5+Bear s trade speed for combat dominance. They are the slowest of the three combat mount types (bears, raptors, and direwolves), but they compensate with the highest combat and stamina ratings. A bear mount transforms Kliff into a heavy assault platform that can absorb significant punishment while dealing devastating close-range damage.66How to Tame a Bear88Bears can be obtained through two methods:1111Wilderness Taming1313Wild bears can be tamed through encounters in forested and mountainous regions. The taming process works similarly to horse taming:1515Locate a wild bear in the overworld. They spawn in forested areas, caves, and mountain regions depending on the variant.Approach the bear and initiate the taming minigame by pressing the interact button.During the minigame, move your left stick (controller) or press the direction keys (keyboard) in the opposite direction the bear is facing.Continue until the taming bar fills completely. If you fail, the bear will attack you.1717Beat Into Submission1919An alternative method involves attacking a wild bear until it stops moving. Once subdued, a prompt to ride the bear appears. This method provides a temporary mount rather than a permanent tame. Bears obtained this way will eventually buck you off after a period of time.2121Bear Mount Variants2323Four bear variants exist across the regions of Pywel:2525MountSpeedCombatStaminaAbilityLocationBlack Bear War Mount508075Intimidation roar that terrifies nearby enemies for 3 secondsCapture from Black Bear faction strongholdCrimson Grizzly457565Ground slam attack that staggers enemies in a frontal coneWild taming in Crimson Desert OasisIronhide Cave Bear409085Massive HP pool; absorbs damage to shield the riderDefeat and tame in Ironhide Den, HernandPailune Snow Bear458580Claw slashes and bite attacks while mounted; provides frost resistance auraWild taming in Pailune mountain caves2727The Ironhide Cave Bear has the highest combat rating (90) among all bear variants, making it the top choice for players who want maximum damage. The Pailune Snow Bear is notable for its frost resistance aura, which is extremely useful when exploring the cold Pailune region.2828Combat Abilities3030Bears function as independent combat partners that attack alongside their rider. The bear's attacks activate automatically during combat, though riders can also trigger specific abilities:3232AttackTypeDescriptionClaw SwipeMeleeWide horizontal attack that hits multiple enemies in front of the bearBite AttackMeleeSingle-target high-damage attack that can stagger opponentsBody SlamAoERearing up and slamming down, dealing area damage and knocking back nearby enemiesRising BiteMeleeUpward lunging bite that launches smaller enemies into the airHeavy Forward ChargeChargePowerful forward rush that tramples enemies in the bear's pathIntimidation RoarDebuffBlack Bear War Mount exclusive; terrifies enemies for 3 seconds (crowd control)3434Bear attacks deal additional damage when the rider applies elemental infusions to their weapon. All three combat mount types (bears, raptors, and direwolves) become substantially more powerful when combined with elemental effects.3535Bear vs. Other Combat Mounts3737AttributeBearRaptorDirewolfSpeedLow (40-50)High (75-90)Medium (60-70)CombatVery High (75-90)Low-Medium (35-45)Medium-High (55-65)StaminaHigh (65-85)Medium (55-70)Medium (60-75)RoleHeavy assault; tankHit-and-run; scoutBalanced fighterBest ForSustained melee brawlsDesert traversal and skirmishingGeneral combat3939Where to Find Bears4040Brown bears can be found roaming various wilderness areas throughout Pywel. The most reliable locations include:41+Brown bear s can be found roaming various wilderness areas throughout Pywel. The most reliable locations include:4242Hernand Highlands: Several brown bears roam the highland areas north of Hernand. This is one of the earliest areas where you can encounter bears, often near dense tree lines and cliff edges.Pailune Region: Bears appear in forested and mountainous zones throughout Pailune. The dense woods between settlements are prime bear territory.River Areas: Bears frequently spawn near rivers and streams across multiple regions. Check riverbanks and forest clearings.Dense Woodland Zones: Any forested area in the open world has a chance to contain bears. They spawn most commonly in areas with thick tree cover and rocky terrain.4444How to Mount a Bear4646Mounting a bear requires a different approach than horse taming. There is no taming minigame; instead, you must defeat the bear in combat first.4848Step 1: Find a bear in the wilderness and engage it in combat.Step 2: Damage the bear until it becomes exhausted and stops moving. You need to deplete a significant portion of its health bar.Step 3: When the bear is incapacitated, quickly approach it and press the ride button prompt that appears on screen.Step 4: You now control the bear as a mount. The bear is immediately rideable with no additional minigame.5050The window for mounting the bear after it collapses is short. If you take too long, the bear may recover and resume attacking you. Sprint toward it immediately once it drops.5252Important Limitations5454There are several critical limitations to keep in mind:5656Temporary Only: Bears are temporary mounts. You cannot register them at stables or summon them later. Once you dismount, the bear is no longer your mount.Hostile After Dismount: When you dismount a bear, it immediately turns hostile toward you. Move away quickly or draw your weapon to defend yourself.No Stabling: There are no known stables or facilities that accept bears. This means you cannot keep a bear as a permanent companion.Dismount on Damage: Taking enough damage from enemy attacks while riding a bear can knock you off, ending the mount session and making the bear aggressive toward you.Low Speed: Bears move significantly slower than horses. They are combat mounts, not travel mounts.5858All Temporary Mount Types6060Bears are one of several temporary mounts available in Crimson Desert. Here is a comparison of all temporary mount types:6262MountLocationHow to ObtainSpecial AbilityBrown BearForests, highlands, riversDamage until exhausted, then ridePowerful claw swipe AoE attacksKuku Bird HatchlingSteel Mountains (east of Spire of Insight)Defeat Blinding Arrow soldier riderGliding from heightsLionDemeniss (Laughing Marionette circus)Steal from circus performersCombat mount with bite attacksCowLivestock farms across PywelMount at farms (no combat needed)Slow, mainly comedicBlackstar DragonStory reward (end of Chapter 11)Automatic during main questFlying mount6464Bear vs. Horse Comparison6565FeatureBear MountHorse MountPermanenceTemporary onlyPermanent (registered at stables)Combat PowerHigh (claw swipes, AoE)Low to moderate (rear kick, Back Kick)SpeedSlowFast (especially Brianto and legendaries)After DismountTurns hostileStays nearbySummoningCannot summonCan summon anytime from stablesEquipmentNoneHorseshoes, saddles, stirrups, caparisons6767Tips6868Use bears as situational combat tools rather than primary transportation. Ride them into a fight, deal damage, then move on to your horse.If you need to dismount, make sure you are ready to sprint away or have your weapon drawn. The bear turns hostile instantly.Bears work well for clearing groups of weaker enemies at blockaded areas but may struggle against bosses that have dismount mechanics.You can find bears near rivers and forested areas throughout most regions of the game. Check the Hernand Highlands for the earliest encounters.Before engaging a bear you want to ride, clear nearby enemies first. Fighting both the bear and enemies at the same time makes the encounter harder than necessary.Bears cannot jump obstacles or swim effectively. Stick to flat, open terrain while mounted on a bear.7070Three Bear Mounts at a Glance7272The three rideable bears available after Patch 1.06.00 and Patch 1.07.00 use two completely different acquisition paths. The wild Brown Bear and the Clawed Bear are both meat-tameable through the Special Mounts trust loop, while the legendary White Bear is registered through a kill-and-craft witch consumable. The comparison table below summarises every variant the community has confirmed as registerable as of the 1.07.00 patch cycle.7474BearLocationAcquisitionFeedNotesBrown BearFast travel point above Steel Mountains near Willow River, below the Sanctum of Penitence.Lock on, Force Palm until Ride prompt, feed meat to 100 trust, Take In.Three pieces of non-bird meat. 40 trust per feed.Spawns rotate through four spots around the fast travel marker. Clear surrounding red blips if no spawn on first arrival.Clawed BearBeast Hunters Camp on the slopes of Silver Wolf Mountain.Knock off the Black Bears rider, kite the saddled bear out of the camp, Force Palm to Ride prompt, feed meat to 100 trust, Take In.Around ten Force Palms is typical. 40 trust per non-bird meat. Roughly three pieces complete the trust bar.If the camp is already liberated, enable Re-Blockade Frequency: War in Settings (see Re-Blockading) to repopulate.White BearWest of Silver Wolf Mountain, near Frostpeak Cave and the White Waste Sanctuary.Defeat the adult bear in combat, skin the carcass for the legendary reagent, take it to a witch vendor, craft the unlock consumable, then use it from the inventory.Not applicable; the legendary White Bear is not fed during taming.Spawns alongside two cubs. The only bear obtained through kill plus craft rather than meat-tame. Has its own dedicated article: White Bear.7676Feed and Trust Rules for Tameable Bears7777All non-bird meats grant 40 trust per feed when used on a Brown Bear or Clawed Bear. Lean Meat, Fine Meat, Tough Meat, and Marbled Meat are all valid.Bird Meat is rejected by both bears. Feeding bird meat consumes the inventory stack with zero trust gained.Honey has been suggested as an alternative feed but is not confirmed in the current build. Honey Tea is a player consumable and does not interact with the mount trust system.Make a manual save before engaging. The taming attempt fails permanently if the bear dies; the only recovery is reloading or waiting for the next respawn cycle.7979Force Palm From the Ground or From the Saddle8181Both rideable bears accept Force Palm from either stance. The on-foot loop produces an unambiguous on-screen Ride prompt when the bear is ready, which is the cue to mount and start feeding. The on-saddle loop avoids the bear's swing-grab attack and is gentler on player health, but the head-bow animation that signals the open feed window is much harder to read from the saddle. New players are usually better off using the on-foot loop until they recognise the head-bow timing. Either method works.8383Bear Saddles8585Bear saddles are sold at the standard Saddleries network. A single bear saddle fits any of the three rideable bears.8787VendorRegionNotesMain city stable saddleryAdjacent to the bear paddock at the central stableMost accessible early-game stop. Documented in the Saddleries directory.Out-of-town saddler near the eastern trade hubReached from the same stable network used for horse bardingAlternative purchase point for players who progressed through the eastern route first.Western city saddleryTucked behind the main stable in the western trade districtConfirmed stock for the bear saddle. Useful for players based around the western circuit.8989For the per-mount saddle list and full vendor map pointers, see All Saddles and Saddleries.9090Re-Blockading Rideable Bear Spawns9292The Beast Hunters Camp Clawed Bear rider and certain neighbouring Brown Bear spawns share state with the Liberation System. After a camp is fully cleared, the rideable rider may not respawn under normal world rules. The fix is Settings to Gameplay to Re-Blockade Frequency to War, then leave and return to the area. The trigger is random and may take more than one reload. See Re-Blockading for the full set of areas that benefit from this setting.9494White Bear vs Tameable Bears9696The legendary White Bear is the only bear mount obtained through a kill-skin-craft path rather than the Special Mounts trust loop. Treat it as part of the bear roster for completion purposes but do not bring meat for the encounter. The reagent skinned from the carcass is converted into a permanent unlock consumable at any witch crafting vendor; see Witch Locations and Witch's Workshops for vendor map pointers. The Witch's House near the main city is the most common early-game stop. The Legendary Mounts Guide covers the full legendary roster alongside the Silver Fang and Snowwhite Deer.9898Related Articles100100MountsHorse TamingMounted CombatRaptor MountsDragon RidingATAG Mech102102Bear as Animal Companion104104The permanent Polar Bear legendary mount does not just serve as a ride. When you dismount, the bear stays with you and actively fights alongside you as an animal companion. It will engage any nearby hostile creatures or enemies on its own, functioning as a second combatant during encounters.106106The bear's companion damage is extremely high. Even in late-game areas where enemies have significantly more health, the Polar Bear continues to deal what can only be described as ridiculous damage, making it one of the strongest combat assets in the game regardless of zone. This passive fighting behavior is unique among the legendary mounts; the Silver Fang wolf also fights while dismounted, but the bear's raw damage output exceeds it.108108While fighting as a companion, the bear can also use a roar ability that stuns nearby enemies. This crowd control effect hits multiple targets in a radius around the bear, temporarily incapacitating them and creating openings for you to land free hits or heal. The combination of high damage, area stuns, and independent targeting makes the bear companion extremely effective for clearing camps and handling group encounters.110110Brown Bears and Black Bears112112In addition to the permanent Polar Bear mount, wild brown bears and black bears found throughout the map can be ridden as temporary mounts. You need to stagger them first by dealing damage until they collapse, then stow your weapon and press the mount prompt that appears.114114Members of the Black Bear faction ride bears that have saddles fitted to them, implying that the game's lore supports bears as trained, long-term mounts. If you knock a Black Bear faction rider off their mount, you can steal the saddled bear and ride it yourself.116116All bear mount variants, including the wild brown and black bears, share the same attack moveset as the legendary Polar Bear. They have two attack options: a regular claw swipe and a double claw swipe on the turning slash input. The only difference is that wild bears are temporary; you cannot register them at a stable or summon them later. The existence of multiple bear color variants has led players to hope that all bear types will eventually become available as permanent mounts, giving riders the option to choose their preferred color while retaining the full bear combat functionality.118118Bears as Permanent Special Mounts (Patches 1.06 and 1.07)120120Patch 1.06.00 added bears to the Special Mounts system, converting several previously temporary bear variants into permanent registerable mounts. Patch 1.07.00 expanded the bear roster further with additional variants and added reins as a visible accessory on saddled bear mounts. The earlier sections of this article describe the pre-1.06 temporary-mount behaviour; the section below covers the permanent path.122122Bear Variants Confirmed Registerable124124The 1.06.00 launch of the system confirmed Brown Bear and Clawed Bear as rideable permanent mounts. Patch 1.07.00 added more bear variants to the rideable pool, with the patch notes confirming the change without naming every type up front. The community has been mapping the new variants to specific spawn sites as players find them; the table below covers the patch-confirmed entries.126126VariantPatchNotesBrown Bear1.06.00Standard taming target across forested wilderness; widespread.Clawed Bear1.06.00Stronger variant; same taming flow.Additional 1.07 bear variants1.07.00Confirmed in patch notes as new registerable bear types. Specific variant names and spawn sites are being mapped by the community as players find them.128128Taming Loop for Bears129129Bears use the same universal trust loop as other Special Mounts, with raw meat as the primary feed item.131131StepAction1Bring raw meat from any butchery or from skinning wild animals.2Locate a bear variant in the wild. Use Force Palm or weapon strikes to subdue without killing.3Mount when the Ride prompt appears (Square on PlayStation, X on Xbox).4Open the inventory while mounted and feed raw meat. Each feeding raises trust.5When trust reaches 100, press Take In (Triangle on PlayStation, Y on Xbox) to register the bear as a permanent mount.133133Patch 1.06.00's feed-while-riding change applies here: you no longer need to dismount to feed a freshly subdued bear. See Mounted Combat for the broader feed-while-riding note.134134Bear Saddle Vendors136136Bear saddles are sold at two saddleries. A single bear saddle fits every rideable bear variant.138138SaddleryRegionPriceNotesHernand main town stableHernand3 SilverConfirmed in patch notes. Most accessible early-game saddlery.Calphade SaddleryCalphadeNot currently confirmedDriana stocks the bear saddle for players progressing through Calphade.140140See All Saddles for the cross-mount saddle directory, Saddleries for the saddlery network, and Special Mounts for the broader trust-loop system.141141Difference From the Legendary Polar Bear (White Bear) Mount143143The 1.06/1.07 bear-mount path is separate from the legendary White Bear (Polar Bear) registered through the Sigil of Solidarity in Patch 1.01.00. The legendary White Bear remains the highest-damage bear mount and is the only bear that fights autonomously as an animal companion while you are on foot, as described in the earlier section of this article. The 1.06/1.07 special-mount bears do not provide the same dismount-companion behaviour; they follow the standard Special Mounts behaviour. Players who want both the legendary combat companion and a regular registered bear collection can pursue both paths on the same save without conflict.
