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11The 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:2233Leather Riding Hat (head)Riding Attire (chest)Master Trainer's Touch (gloves)Riding Boots (boots)Riding Cloak (cloak)4455Set Pieces6677SlotPieceHow 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 388Why Run the Full Set991010Each 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.11111212Stacked 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.13131414Patch 1.04.00 Tooltip Update15151616Before 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:17171818Horse 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.19192020The 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.21212222See Also23232424Leather Riding Hat - head slot, updated in 1.04.25252626Riding Attire - chest slot.27272828Master Trainer's Touch - gloves slot.29293030Riding Cloak - cloak slot.31313232Riding Boots - boots slot.33333434Horse Guide - horse system overview.35353636Patch 1.04.00 - patch that completed the bonus across all five pieces.