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1-The Riding Set is the four-piece riding outfit in Crimson Desert: Riding Hat, Riding Attire, Riding Cloak, and Riding Boots. After Patch 1.04.00 each piece grants +1 Horse XP Gain, bringing the full-set bonus to +4 Horse XP Gain, roughly doubling the pre-patch total.
1+The Riding Set is the five-piece riding outfit in Crimson Desert that grants stacked Horse XP Gain and Horse Taming Difficulty bonuses for players focused on raising and taming horses. The set is equippable by Kliff only and consists of five non-upgradeable pieces: 
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3+Leather Riding Hat (head)Riding Attire (chest)Master Trainer's Touch (gloves)Riding Boots (boots)Riding Cloak (cloak)
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35 Set Pieces
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5-SlotPieceBonusHeadRiding Hat+1 Horse XP Gain (added in 1.04)ChestRiding Attire+1 Horse XP GainCloakRiding Cloak+1 Horse XP GainBootsRiding Boots+1 Horse XP Gain
7+SlotPieceHow to ObtainBonusHeadLeather Riding HatPurchased from Fiona at the Saddlery in Demeniss for 37.18 Silver Coins; requires +100 Trust with Fiona.+1 Horse XP Gain (added in Patch 1.04.00)ChestRiding AttireReward for completing the Darkhorse Grand Prix race at the Golden Plains in Demeniss.+1 Horse XP Gain; reduces Horse Taming Difficulty (Whip active skill)GlovesMaster Trainer's TouchReward for completing the Race in Hernand faction quest for House Serkis.+1 Horse XP GainBootsRiding BootsReward for completing the Horse Fair Races faction quest for House Byron in Demeniss.+1 Horse XP GainCloakRiding CloakPurchased from the Back Alley Shop at Saddlewind Ranch (east of the Hill of No Return) for 76.88 Silver Coins; requires +100 Trust with Sunmore.+1 Horse XP Gain; Ice Resistance Lv 3
6-What the Set Does
8+Why Run the Full Set
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8-Each piece carries Horse Taming Difficulty and Horse XP Gain modifiers, both surfaced explicitly on tooltips after Patch 1.04.00. With all four pieces equipped the +1 bonuses stack additively to a +4 total, which noticeably shortens the in-game time required to reach full trust with a horse and to level a horse's skill set. Pre-1.04 the set capped at +3 because the hat tooltip did not list a Horse XP modifier; the patch closed that gap and rebalanced the set as a unified four-piece bonus.
10+Each piece carries Horse Taming Difficulty and Horse XP Gain modifiers, both surfaced explicitly on tooltips after Patch 1.04.00. With all five pieces equipped, the +1 Horse XP Gain bonuses stack additively for a +5 total, which noticeably shortens the in-game time required to reach full trust with a horse and to level a horse's skill set.
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10-Where to Get the Pieces
12+Stacked Horse XP Gain. The +5 from the full set is the single most cost-effective horse-progression buff currently in the game.Reduced taming difficulty. The Riding Attire chest piece's Whip active skill plus the set's combined Horse Taming Difficulty modifiers make initial taming attempts more forgiving, especially for the high-tier wild horses found in late-game regions.Cosmetic cohesion. The five pieces share a visual style; players who care about outfit silhouettes get a clean look without mixing armor families.
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12-Riding Cloak: sold at the Back Alley Shop in Pailune once trust with that vendor reaches level 100. This is the most reliable path to closing out the set in late game.The remaining pieces (hat, chest, boots) are obtainable through standard riding-outfit channels: world drops, horse-themed quest rewards, and the same vendor rotations that carry other riding-themed gear.
14+Patch 1.04.00 Tooltip Update
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14-Why Run the Full Set
16+Before Patch 1.04.00 only the Riding Attire chest piece displayed its Horse Taming Difficulty bonus explicitly; the other pieces carried their contributions silently. The patch rewrote tooltips on every piece so that two stats now appear in plain view on each item card:
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16-Stacked +4 Horse XP Gain. Each saved point of horse XP per gameplay tick compounds quickly while riding, which makes the full set the single most cost-effective horse-progression buff currently in the game.Reduced taming difficulty. The Horse Taming Difficulty modifier on the riding pieces makes initial taming attempts more forgiving, which is especially helpful for the high-tier wild horses found in late-game regions.Cosmetic cohesion. The four pieces share a visual style; players who care about outfit silhouettes get a clean look without mixing armor families.
18+Horse Taming Difficulty, applied during the taming minigame on any untamed wild horse.Horse XP Gain, applied while riding any mount the player already owns; drives Horse Leveling and Companion Trust progress.
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20+The patch also added +1 Horse XP Gain to the Leather Riding Hat tooltip. Prior to the patch the hat carried no Horse XP Gain value at all, so the set's effective total came only from the cloak, attire chest, gloves, and boots. With the hat update, the full set total moved from +4 to +5 Horse XP Gain.
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20-Riding Hat - head slot, updated in 1.04.
24+Leather Riding Hat - head slot, updated in 1.04.
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2226 Riding Attire - chest slot.
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28+Master Trainer's Touch - gloves slot.
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2430 Riding Cloak - cloak slot.
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32+Riding Boots - boots slot.
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2634 Horse Guide - horse system overview.
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28-Patch 1.04.00 - patch that completed the bonus across all four pieces.
36+Patch 1.04.00 - patch that completed the bonus across all five pieces.