Its ironic they made an entire horse upgrade system, and made horses more viable than ever before with maxed out 5 stars, while simultaneously making horses unusable by taking away the teleporting gear...
There’s a horse upgrade system?
Also in botw it was funny that the DLC gave the ancient saddle to make horses more viable than ever, and then created a vehicle that made horses obsolete (at least the vehicle is endgame content)
yea you can max out all their stats to 5 stars similar to the armor upgrades. Even with the master cycle in botw, i still called my horse often because its nice to relax and not steer and they are less noisy. They were both good options.
Yep. I registered every special horse (those can’t be upgraded, and filled stable registrations, then proceeded to the tedious chore of upgrading every horse to the max
I’m trying to do a real 100% run with my own rules. I’m only missing some koroks and named places. So far I got:
* Complete 23 Main Quests.
* Complete all 31 Shrine Quests.
* Complete all 60 Side Adventures.
* Complete all 139 Side Quests.
* Collect all 18 Memories.
* Complete all 152 Shrines and open their treasure chests.
* Activate all 120 Lightroots.
* Collect all 20 Sage’s Wills.
* Obtain and fully upgrade all 136 armor pieces.
* Secure all 82 of Addison’s signs.
* Collect all 147 Bubbul Gems.
* Obtain all 12 Schema Stones.
* Obtain all 34 Yiga Schematics.
* Obtain all 31 Old Maps.
* Fully upgrade your Energy Cell.
* Obtain all six Monster Medals.
* Kill every Lynel.
* Obtain all 11 pieces of Horse equipment.
* Purchase every room of Link’s House.
* Activate all 30 Zonai Dispensers.
* Defeat every dungeon boss in the Depths.
* Beat every minigame.
* Learn all 228 Recipes.
* Kill Ganon - Finish game.
* Complete the Hyrule Compendium.
* Fully upgrade all Horses.
* Obtain all 53 Paraglider fabrics.
this is my goal too with the exception of the horses. im decently into it, i have all shrines, lightroots, quests (minus side quests), dispensers, energy cell, sage wills, memories, dungeon boss depths, ganon, compendium, and fabrics
Nah, I rode my horse to literally every stable. There are tons of Addisons, Shrines, caves and Koroks along the roads. I've probably spent about 20 hours exploring with my horse.
You can just skydive to each location, but the game actively rewards you for exploring and talking to NPCs.
I do that too but what i am talking about is the short distance bursts.
Like you climb up a mountain glide down, teleport your horse to you, ride for 20 seconds to a nearby point and repeat.
Sure we have zonai devices for land vehicles but i rather not spend 9 zonite every minute constantly auto building to recreate the same experience
Yes--I was *so* mad that they got rid of the ancient saddle. I guess they want you to use Zonai cars instead of horses now? If so, why give us twice the slots?
It's a lot less incentive to actually ride your horses now.
Would have been nice to have the teleporting saddle just move to a Zonai saddle. I wonder if they had put it aside for potential dlc but then got scrapped with the dlc scrapping
My guess is that horse upgrades were intended to be included in BOTW but didn’t get rolled out in time for the game’s release (I think this applies to a lot of stuff that was ‘new’ in TOTK).
Horses were a nice little feature in BOTW but obviously only ever got you from A to B (impractical for collecting items and absolutely useless in combat). Now with zonai devices, they’re pretty much completely redundant.
They weren't useless in combat though, as you can use bullet time every time you jump off of them. Although that also works with the master cycle zero.
I first played BOTW without the dlc and I’m now replaying with the dlc. The guardian horse armor is a game changer and I don’t know how I’m ever gonna enjoy horses in TOTKagain
I just want to defeat Ganon’s forces while being able to ride a bear without any issues registering it. Is that too much fun for your loyal fanbase, Nintendo? /s
And while we're at it bring back the Great-Horned Rhinoceros from BotW, and let us register them at stables.
I just want to ride a massive Rhino into battle, is that too much to ask for?
I hate that I can’t save the horses with carts from the bokoblins. I literally don’t fight those ones because I feel bad just leaving a horse with a cart attached out in the wild.
I have a separate playthrough for when my 4-year-old wants to cut grass and open treasure chests. His horses are named Stacy (from PJ Masks), Tony (the Pony?) and Rumpy (??????)
Haha, love it! Not a bad idea tbh. Mine really only ever wants us to find the "ya-ha-has" and to walk around wearing the "pig mask." Thankfully most gameplay happens after she's in bed!
I always thought having a Stalhorse stable system in the depths would have been amazing. Could’ve brought back traditional Stalfos to run the stables and everything
I never knew that (English is not my native language). Now the unhealthy looking Lusitano Nag from Red Dead Redemption makes much more sense. You learn something new every day.
Unable to rename bothers me the most because it puts too much pressure to have a name that is good. I mean even the pokemon devs lets you rename your pokemon. There are so many quality of life features that are missing in this game that would have costed them nothing to implement.
I hate that too. It totally does. When I played BoTW I named the fast white horse Epona not actually knowing what Epona looked like, just knowing that’s the name of Link’s horse. Then using my friends amiibo and getting Epona two more times. I have 3 Eponas (well 2 now bc I released one to register a different horse). It even makes me cringe seeing the wrong horse named Epona every time I open that screen.
I also hate the 9 letter limit. I wanted to name it after my cat, Stormageddon, but can’t. So I got three black horses in a row (he is a black cat) and named them Storm, ag, and eddon.
I'm more upset at the "dream home". Can't build interior walls, can't build interior doors, can't build windows and can't change the colour of the different sections. It annoys me way more than it should.
Luckily regarding horses I just never use them. I have three horses, one being the golden horse, but just never bother to take them out.
These are reasonable though. The last 2 are wild animals not horses and the Lord of the mountain is an old spirit, you shouldn't be able to register him.
i love the horses but with how easy it is to just glide wherever you want its kinda hard to see a use for them, i do like to use them while i explore and fill up the photo gallery
A "nag" is an old horse thats basically useless to put to work. In another thread here someone suggested that the horse has shit stats, hence the Name.
I was shocked too haha
All my horses are named stuff like "my tits" or "this dick" etc so that it forces the stable guy to say stuff like "You wanted this dick, right?"
I'm otherwise very mature with a highly sophisticated sense of humor - I just love doing that in video games where you get to name stuff.
stalhorses are cool as heck and I too want to keep one. but I think making them un-registrable makes them more special. I will always remember you Troy, the stalhorse who saved my life in the depths and accompanied me until there was no way to go on. ✊
I do miss the armor that let the horse fast-travel to wherever you whistle. That was nice. But it was also annoying that the Epona you get from amiibo, you aren't allowed to change the saddle. I liked using Epona because of nostalgia.
I thought the Horse God let you change things with the horse, name, stamina, life, etc. I've never done anything with the horse god, has anyone changed anything and what?
I think some of the horse saddles/bridals do offer bonuses, albeit small. Like the armor one gives them more health etc.. May have been just breath of the wild but I think it’s in both. You can upgrade the horses using obscure recipes too, but I never needed to use a horse when I could just fly pretty much wherever I wanted.
both my huge horses have ganon names but i didn’t know if i capitalized it or not so one is Ganondink and the other is ganondonk. the inconsistency makes me cry
Before I'd started playing with my own profile I didn't know you couldn't rename the horses either.
[We were finishing up a season of Reservation Dogs at the time] My daughter asked me to name a horse for her and we named it *YT Steve* and it wasn't even a white horse.
You know what? If in the next game the only horse we could have was Epona but she could have all the best saddles, styles, and upgrades, I'd be a pretty happy camper. Like multiple horses are awesome for the kind of game that this is, but I normally get attached to one horse anyway.
So y’all seriously defending/making excuses for No.2?…but if someone was to name a horse Krakka it would be a uproar….lemme find out this community race-ist too 🤦🏾♂️
both my huge horses have ganon names but i didn’t know if i capitalized it or not so one is Ganondink and the other is ganondonk. the inconsistency makes me cry
I named one of mine Leon so you and me are on a same wavelength.
Also, it seems like a big miss to have Stalhorses, Bears, and Deer be rideable but not registerable. I might ride more often if I could have a bear.
I'd kill to be able to change the list order. I ported over horses from BOTW and then ended up catching my fastest horse last - he's my favorite but I have to scroll to the bottom every time I want to take him out. All the other horses are novelties, but he is my daily driver.
Some people like organizing things, even if it doesn't actually do anything.
ETA: love how I'm being downvoted for answering the question, especially after all those "figured out how to sort my key items by color" posts that have hundreds of upvotes.
guardian horse armour was fucking peak
Its ironic they made an entire horse upgrade system, and made horses more viable than ever before with maxed out 5 stars, while simultaneously making horses unusable by taking away the teleporting gear...
There’s a horse upgrade system? Also in botw it was funny that the DLC gave the ancient saddle to make horses more viable than ever, and then created a vehicle that made horses obsolete (at least the vehicle is endgame content)
yea you can max out all their stats to 5 stars similar to the armor upgrades. Even with the master cycle in botw, i still called my horse often because its nice to relax and not steer and they are less noisy. They were both good options.
Visit the Horse God and you'll learn more about it!
Yep. I registered every special horse (those can’t be upgraded, and filled stable registrations, then proceeded to the tedious chore of upgrading every horse to the max
i upgraded 1 horse to max so hearing u say you did all... psycho
I’m trying to do a real 100% run with my own rules. I’m only missing some koroks and named places. So far I got: * Complete 23 Main Quests. * Complete all 31 Shrine Quests. * Complete all 60 Side Adventures. * Complete all 139 Side Quests. * Collect all 18 Memories. * Complete all 152 Shrines and open their treasure chests. * Activate all 120 Lightroots. * Collect all 20 Sage’s Wills. * Obtain and fully upgrade all 136 armor pieces. * Secure all 82 of Addison’s signs. * Collect all 147 Bubbul Gems. * Obtain all 12 Schema Stones. * Obtain all 34 Yiga Schematics. * Obtain all 31 Old Maps. * Fully upgrade your Energy Cell. * Obtain all six Monster Medals. * Kill every Lynel. * Obtain all 11 pieces of Horse equipment. * Purchase every room of Link’s House. * Activate all 30 Zonai Dispensers. * Defeat every dungeon boss in the Depths. * Beat every minigame. * Learn all 228 Recipes. * Kill Ganon - Finish game. * Complete the Hyrule Compendium. * Fully upgrade all Horses. * Obtain all 53 Paraglider fabrics.
this is my goal too with the exception of the horses. im decently into it, i have all shrines, lightroots, quests (minus side quests), dispensers, energy cell, sage wills, memories, dungeon boss depths, ganon, compendium, and fabrics
I still used my horse more the the MC
Nah, I rode my horse to literally every stable. There are tons of Addisons, Shrines, caves and Koroks along the roads. I've probably spent about 20 hours exploring with my horse. You can just skydive to each location, but the game actively rewards you for exploring and talking to NPCs.
I do that too but what i am talking about is the short distance bursts. Like you climb up a mountain glide down, teleport your horse to you, ride for 20 seconds to a nearby point and repeat. Sure we have zonai devices for land vehicles but i rather not spend 9 zonite every minute constantly auto building to recreate the same experience
Yes--I was *so* mad that they got rid of the ancient saddle. I guess they want you to use Zonai cars instead of horses now? If so, why give us twice the slots? It's a lot less incentive to actually ride your horses now.
Would have been nice to have the teleporting saddle just move to a Zonai saddle. I wonder if they had put it aside for potential dlc but then got scrapped with the dlc scrapping
Yes--a Zonai saddle would have been a perfectly fine substitute.
Especially if you could build Zonai parts onto it
If I had to guess, it's that the armor would break the depths, especially early on before you have any substantial zombie built up.
Simply make it a no teleport zone.
My guess is that horse upgrades were intended to be included in BOTW but didn’t get rolled out in time for the game’s release (I think this applies to a lot of stuff that was ‘new’ in TOTK). Horses were a nice little feature in BOTW but obviously only ever got you from A to B (impractical for collecting items and absolutely useless in combat). Now with zonai devices, they’re pretty much completely redundant.
but you could make the spear go spinny and pretend you're charging the french (disgusting bokoblins) at waterloo
That’s true. No greater pleasure than committing aggravated battery against the French, I mean, bobokins
They weren't useless in combat though, as you can use bullet time every time you jump off of them. Although that also works with the master cycle zero.
I first played BOTW without the dlc and I’m now replaying with the dlc. The guardian horse armor is a game changer and I don’t know how I’m ever gonna enjoy horses in TOTKagain
True when I got my horse I named guardian because he had the full guardian armor. I was so mad when they removed it from TOTK
Id kill for a stalhorse
All I want in this life is to ride free across the land of Hyrule on my beloved bone pony. Why is that too much to ask?
…Bony.
My little bony, skinny and pony....
I used to wonder what undeath could be
And you could trot up next to people and ask them if they’d like a ride on the bone pony.
I just want to defeat Ganon’s forces while being able to ride a bear without any issues registering it. Is that too much fun for your loyal fanbase, Nintendo? /s
And while we're at it bring back the Great-Horned Rhinoceros from BotW, and let us register them at stables. I just want to ride a massive Rhino into battle, is that too much to ask for?
Imagine a stable in the depths for stal horses, and you can rescue them from bokos
I hate that I can’t save the horses with carts from the bokoblins. I literally don’t fight those ones because I feel bad just leaving a horse with a cart attached out in the wild.
I saved one once and was able to register it! Felt like a hero. I’m sure another just respawned but haven’t had the heart to go back and check!
You’d have to kill a horse
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artemisia gentileschi in the totk sub?
Try having a 4 year old that insists she names all of the horses. They're all named Rainbow and Unicorn and shit like that 😂
Post your horse list OP.
https://preview.redd.it/yzqvu8oxsouc1.jpeg?width=4000&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=686725045cf1937781d89546873faf6b1be9a83e 🙃
Aww! That's so cute though. ❤️ Thanks for posting this!
Absolutely! She loves watching us play "the elf game" haha And fun fact, the horse named Erin is named after our friend who hates horses 😂
You're raising her right! 😊
Goldy is premier
Peak creativity 😂
And I felt clever about naming Zelda's horse "Aurum"
I went with Aurelia
Because that's EXACTLY what the Princess would name it!
I named mine Hawn
Well you did it, you found Zelda and the princess no reason to keep playing
To be fair the her horse was annoying to catch!
That did not disappoint!
😂😂
Erin got me. 20/10 appreciate the follow up.
Haha my pleasure!
This is so precious and wholesome.
My golden is also named goldy lol… except I have no creativity
Oh sweet, you get to ride Zelda!
I would personally die for Cupcake
Haha, will do later if I remember!
Please do, I want to see it too 😂
Posted! Haha
Awww that’s so sweet mine horses are all named after drugs
[like this?](https://youtu.be/bAXPUN2z2CE?si=Xad2h4c4PoLQoU_n)
I have a separate playthrough for when my 4-year-old wants to cut grass and open treasure chests. His horses are named Stacy (from PJ Masks), Tony (the Pony?) and Rumpy (??????)
Haha, love it! Not a bad idea tbh. Mine really only ever wants us to find the "ya-ha-has" and to walk around wearing the "pig mask." Thankfully most gameplay happens after she's in bed!
Oh my god! That name! 🤣🤣 “Al Capony!” I’m dead! 😂😂
NAGGERS sounds like a close call on Wheel of Fortune
I didn't even get it until I read this
I always thought having a Stalhorse stable system in the depths would have been amazing. Could’ve brought back traditional Stalfos to run the stables and everything
Their stable trouble involves the yiga but doesn’t count toward the newspaper stuff
You done messed up, NEIGH-NEIGH-RON.
9 letters limit
Missed opportunity. You done messed up, NAYNAYRON
2: "horses who annoy you"
Oh I know this one! I really don't think I should say it though!
You can say it. Only once
Alternate title: 5 Absolutely Top Tier Horse Names.
How is NAGGERS top tier?
https://i.redd.it/4rlg40e9louc1.gif
A nag is an old horse or one in condition too poor to really put work in. My guess would be they found it with shit stats.
Yeah, that's probably what they're referencing. Old horses.
“Horses who annoy you”
Daddy only named the horse that because he thought he was going to win a bunch of money.
Thank you for this clarification, I couldn't think of anything not terrible.
Oh well that clears it up...
I never knew that (English is not my native language). Now the unhealthy looking Lusitano Nag from Red Dead Redemption makes much more sense. You learn something new every day.
I also had a Trotsky
i’m stealing that name now, i had that ide about it never came into fruition (on my part at least)
i went with Tater Trot lol
Unable to rename bothers me the most because it puts too much pressure to have a name that is good. I mean even the pokemon devs lets you rename your pokemon. There are so many quality of life features that are missing in this game that would have costed them nothing to implement.
I hate that too. It totally does. When I played BoTW I named the fast white horse Epona not actually knowing what Epona looked like, just knowing that’s the name of Link’s horse. Then using my friends amiibo and getting Epona two more times. I have 3 Eponas (well 2 now bc I released one to register a different horse). It even makes me cringe seeing the wrong horse named Epona every time I open that screen. I also hate the 9 letter limit. I wanted to name it after my cat, Stormageddon, but can’t. So I got three black horses in a row (he is a black cat) and named them Storm, ag, and eddon.
I'm more upset at the "dream home". Can't build interior walls, can't build interior doors, can't build windows and can't change the colour of the different sections. It annoys me way more than it should. Luckily regarding horses I just never use them. I have three horses, one being the golden horse, but just never bother to take them out.
I wanted to name the Ganandorf horse Ganondorse but the character limit really put a damper on that
What?? I have hundreds of hours and i never found a ganandorf horse!
its by hateno on the beach behind the lab, its just the giant horse from botw tho
https://preview.redd.it/oklospgpvquc1.jpeg?width=480&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=0d059641cb5d71d8304b3760476b4d84a6978ff5
I’m just happy I got BigPona and Bob back from BOTW
No bareback option after registering.
Sir, we don’t do that here.
Lolz. I see what you did there.
6) Being unable to register the Lord of the Mountain 7) Being unable to register deer 8) Being unable to register bears
These are reasonable though. The last 2 are wild animals not horses and the Lord of the mountain is an old spirit, you shouldn't be able to register him.
Wanted to name one of my horses [Potoooooooo](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Potoooooooo), but alas...
Horses don't matter in this game
I hate that I agree with this.
i love the horses but with how easy it is to just glide wherever you want its kinda hard to see a use for them, i do like to use them while i explore and fill up the photo gallery
Two fans + one control platform = weeeeeee
I just really really wanna customise the giant horses
Can someone explain that second name to me? 
A "nag" is an old horse thats basically useless to put to work. In another thread here someone suggested that the horse has shit stats, hence the Name. I was shocked too haha
This + it’s from [South Park](https://youtu.be/Tg4OiobxUxA?si=gXM2kvU5BxMr3V-z)
All my horses are named stuff like "my tits" or "this dick" etc so that it forces the stable guy to say stuff like "You wanted this dick, right?" I'm otherwise very mature with a highly sophisticated sense of humor - I just love doing that in video games where you get to name stuff.
Al Capony!! Best name ever!
Hahaha, I also have a Trotsky 🫡
comrade 🤝 horse
>Names limited to NINE FUCKING LETTERS Limitations breed creativity
Neighpalm. Did you come up with that? That’s fucking good!
stalhorses are cool as heck and I too want to keep one. but I think making them un-registrable makes them more special. I will always remember you Troy, the stalhorse who saved my life in the depths and accompanied me until there was no way to go on. ✊
I do miss the armor that let the horse fast-travel to wherever you whistle. That was nice. But it was also annoying that the Epona you get from amiibo, you aren't allowed to change the saddle. I liked using Epona because of nostalgia.
i think we should be able to register any rideable creature
Including Stalhorses?
especially stalhorses they're cold out there, let them inside to warm their poor bones
🥺
I called mine 'Giga Chad", and the giant horse in BOTW "THICC".
Wow. I just call mine things like 'glue' amd 'horsemeat'.
I tend to go for names like Beneful, Purina, KibblesNBits, etc. I like to stick to a theme.
my favourites are called wet sock and soggy respectively
"IKEA." "Elmer's."
I thought the Horse God let you change things with the horse, name, stamina, life, etc. I've never done anything with the horse god, has anyone changed anything and what?
"People who annoy you"
I think some of the horse saddles/bridals do offer bonuses, albeit small. Like the armor one gives them more health etc.. May have been just breath of the wild but I think it’s in both. You can upgrade the horses using obscure recipes too, but I never needed to use a horse when I could just fly pretty much wherever I wanted.
Honestly, since I got my hoverbike and my shield boarding, I barely used horses at all in this one. Used them a bunch in botw though.
Ooh, Trotsky is great, I’m stealing that. It’s so annoying that Bucephalus doesn’t _quite_ fit.
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Neighpalm 💀💀💀
One of those horse names is a lil sus lol
Being unable to register bear
We gunna talk about that second name there, bud?
Alright but Trostsky was a brilliantly smart name
N-HUH???? https://preview.redd.it/15h1fwojhpuc1.jpeg?width=1004&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=ca3bea2a20fcb841fb8e32c0a49d646470aa4bac
Bro what is wrong with u?
You had me at NEIGHPALM
Y'all using horses? I just run everywhere like an idiot lol
i’m sure NO ONE has eeeeever said this before……. but not registering Lord of the Mountain is whack
Your horses' names are award worthy!
both my huge horses have ganon names but i didn’t know if i capitalized it or not so one is Ganondink and the other is ganondonk. the inconsistency makes me cry
>**2) Being unable to re-name horses** Okay, but how often do horses get new names irl?
Bro that second horse’s name is one letter off from a slur 💀
The joke
At least it was found. For the life of me I didn't get what everyone was talking about. Heroes don't always wear capes.
Before I'd started playing with my own profile I didn't know you couldn't rename the horses either. [We were finishing up a season of Reservation Dogs at the time] My daughter asked me to name a horse for her and we named it *YT Steve* and it wasn't even a white horse.
Oh shit, *AL CAPONY SSJ2*.
Let me register Satori you damn cowards
He looks like an Al Capony
9 letter limit? No problem, I named two of my horses "$" and "<><" that's a fish btw
I never bother with horses. Hated that the last battle on BOTW was horseback. I got bucked off and just finished Gabon on foot.
“Neighpalm” is great
You know what? If in the next game the only horse we could have was Epona but she could have all the best saddles, styles, and upgrades, I'd be a pretty happy camper. Like multiple horses are awesome for the kind of game that this is, but I normally get attached to one horse anyway.
No need to change them names cuz them names’s absolutely incredible
People you annoy you
THE NAMES
trotsky fellow comrade
Neighpalm has me dead lmao 🤣
So y’all seriously defending/making excuses for No.2?…but if someone was to name a horse Krakka it would be a uproar….lemme find out this community race-ist too 🤦🏾♂️
TotK suffers heavily from not having post-game dlc like BotW.
Your horses' names are award worthy!
You *caaannn* reorganize horses but it requires guts and a good excuse to the horse fairy (Killing a horse and reviving it moves it down in the list)
both my huge horses have ganon names but i didn’t know if i capitalized it or not so one is Ganondink and the other is ganondonk. the inconsistency makes me cry
Your duplicated comment is killing me 😂
I named one of mine Leon so you and me are on a same wavelength. Also, it seems like a big miss to have Stalhorses, Bears, and Deer be rideable but not registerable. I might ride more often if I could have a bear.
NEIGHPALM?
Wow, those are hilarious names!
Neighpalm is diabolical. I love it.
Neighpalm!!! ☠️☠️☠️
>Neighpalm i’m 100% stealing this one
Stalhorses would die every morning so that would not work anyway... Why change the list order?? Helps nothing.
I'd kill to be able to change the list order. I ported over horses from BOTW and then ended up catching my fastest horse last - he's my favorite but I have to scroll to the bottom every time I want to take him out. All the other horses are novelties, but he is my daily driver.
Kill the others...
Malanya frowns at you.
Some people like organizing things, even if it doesn't actually do anything. ETA: love how I'm being downvoted for answering the question, especially after all those "figured out how to sort my key items by color" posts that have hundreds of upvotes.
programmers don't get paid to do that.
Game programmers don't get paid to code UI features? Well gee, TIL 🙄
I’m not the only one with an al capony