Skyrim:Horse Whisperer

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Purchase a map that lets you find wild horses. Quest Giver: Reading Soran's journal Location(s): The Arcanaeum Reward: Map of Wild Horses, Wild Horse Notes ID: ccBGSSSE034_WildHorsesQuest, ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse01_Chestnut, ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse02_Black, ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse03_GreyBlack, ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse04_Pale, ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse05_RedBrown, ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse06_WhiteSpotted, ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse07_BrownSpotted Added by: Wild Horses

Locate and tame wild horses

Quick Walkthrough

1. Travel to a stables.
2. Purchase a map and book for 250 gold.
3. (Optional) Track down and tame all seven wild horses.

Detailed Walkthrough

Horse Tamer

Upon reading Soran's Journal located on Urag gro-Shub's desk in the Arcanaeum, this quest will automatically begin and will direct you to the nearest stables.^{[verification needed — how is this selected?]} You will need to speak with the hostler, i.e. the NPC who sells horses. (NOTE: I received the opportunity at the Whiterun Stables in a new game to buy the map without performing any of the actions previously outlined.) You will be presented with the option to purchase a wild horse map for 250 gold. You will receive both a Map of Wild Horses and a book called Wild Horse Notes. In conjunction with reading the book, the map can be examined in your inventory in order to locate seven wild horses.

Upon making this purchase, this quest will conclude. However, you will then receive seven miscellaneous objectives tasking you with locating and taming every wild horse. The objectives themselves are rather useless as they do not provide a map marker for the individual horses. Instead, you will need to use the map and book to travel to the approximate location and search for the horse. The book itself advises that Detect Life will be useful in carrying out this task. Note that wild horses will flee if you get too close, so it may help to sneak up on them.

To tame a wild horse, you must remain mounted on the horse while it bucks. It has a chance to ragdoll you when bucking, which will force you to chase down the fleeing horse once you get back on your feet. Once mounted for a sufficient length of time, the horse becomes an owned mount. If you switch to a different mount, it will slowly make its way back to the location you originally found it.

Find and tame the Black Horse

This horse can be found northwest of Falkreath, just south of the map marker for Evergreen Grove. The book refers to nearby ruins, presumably referring to the Roadside Ruins to the southeast. This location is close to a necromancer's ritual site, and the resident necromancer might interrupt the taming process if you get too close.

Find and tame the Chestnut Horse

This horse can be found east of Helgen, along the path leading towards Falkreath Stormcloak Camp. It's off of the north side of the road, just under halfway from Helgen to the Falkreath Stormcloak Camp.

Find and tame the Dapple Brown Horse

This horse can be found in the forest south of Solitude Sawmill, across the river but before you reach the dragon mound. This can obviously be a dangerous place to tame a horse if the dragon is still nearby.

Find and tame the Grey Spotted Horse

This horse can be found up the hill to the north of Salvius Farm. Beware the nearby sabre cats who will attack you and the horse if you get too close.

Find and tame the Pale Mare

This horse can be found among a group of snowy pines just south of Yngol Barrow.

Find and tame the Red Horse

This horse can be found on the plains of Whiterun Hold, northwest of Whiterun Stables. It is a very easy mount to locate and tame, particularly at the start of the game.

Find and tame the White Spotted Horse

This horse can be found directly west of Stony Creek Cave, west of the road, on a green cliff overlooking the volcanic tundra below. (Map)

Notes

• Each wild horse can be named and saddled, which are two other mechanics added by this Creation. To do this, you must visit a stable with the horse as your active mount.
• Horses on even slight inclines will sometimes throw you further than expected, possibly causing significant damage or killing you.
• Upon arriving near them start sneaking and approach slowly until the option to ride them appears. They'll usually buck around 4-7 times. Once in awhile hard enough to buck you off but not all that often. They'll go off in another direction but as long as you sneak and don't run after them they won't go far.

Quest Stages

Horse Whisperer (ccBGSSSE034_WildHorsesQuest)
Stage	Finishes Quest	Journal Entry
0		Hostlers in Skyrim have begun taming wild horses in order to keep up with the demand. I should speak with a hostler and see if they can give me some information. Perhaps I could find and tame some of them myself. Objective 0: Purchase a map of wild horse locations
10	Finishes quest	I've acquired a map and a journal with locations of where wild horses have been known to roam. I should find and tame them. Afterward I can bring them to a stable to add a saddle or change their name.
Find Horse 01 (ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse01_Chestnut)
0		Find the horse. Objective 0: Find and tame the Chestnut Horse
10	Finishes quest
Find Horse 02 (ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse02_Black)
0		Find the horses. Objective 0: Find and tame the Black Horse
10	Finishes quest
Find Horse 03 (ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse03_GreyBlack)
0		Find the horses. Objective 0: Find and tame the Grey Spotted Horse
10	Finishes quest
Find Horse 01 (ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse04_Pale)
0		Find the horses. Objective 0: Find and tame the Pale Mare
10	Finishes quest
Find Horse 01 (ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse05_RedBrown)
0		Find the horses. Objective 0: Find and tame the Red Horse
10	Finishes quest
Find Horse 01 (ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse06_WhiteSpotted)
0		Find the horses. Objective 0: Find and tame the White Spotted Horse
10	Finishes quest
Find Horse 01 (ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse07_BrownSpotted)
0		Find the horses. Objective 0: Find and tame the Dapple Brown Horse
10	Finishes quest

Notes

• Any text displayed in angle brackets (e.g., <Alias=LocationHold>) is dynamically set by the Radiant Quest system, and will be filled in with the appropriate word(s) when seen in game.
• Not all Journal Entries may appear in your journal; which entries appear and which entries do not depends on the manner in which the quest is done.
• Stages are not always in order of progress. This is usually the case with quests that have multiple possible outcomes or quests where certain tasks may be done in any order. Some stages may therefore repeat objectives seen in other stages.
• If an entry is marked as "Finishes Quest" it means the quest disappears from the Active Quest list, but you may still receive new entries for that quest.
• On the PC, it is possible to use the console to advance through the quest by entering setstage ccBGSSSE034_WildHorsesQuest, ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse01_Chestnut, ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse02_Black, ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse03_GreyBlack, ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse04_Pale, ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse05_RedBrown, ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse06_WhiteSpotted, ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse07_BrownSpotted stage, where stage is the number of the stage you wish to complete. It is not possible to un-complete (i.e. go back) quest stages, but it is possible to clear all stages of the quest using resetquest ccBGSSSE034_WildHorsesQuest, ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse01_Chestnut, ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse02_Black, ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse03_GreyBlack, ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse04_Pale, ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse05_RedBrown, ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse06_WhiteSpotted, ccBGSSSE034_Misc_Horse07_BrownSpotted.