How to summon and change mounts in Crimson Desert

Published Apr 23, 2026, 12:03 PM EDT

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Summoning mounts is crucial to travel, and considering there are a lot of great mounts out there right now Crimson Desertyou may want to know how to summon and replace them. Fortunately, it's a very simple process and we'll explain it below.

If you're having trouble accessing your mounts, we've got a solution too. Everything you could possibly need to know about summoning mounts is right here in this guide, so read on and find the solution you're looking for to continue your adventure on the back of a mighty beast.

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How to get all legendary mounts in Crimson Desert

Here's a full list of all Crimson Desert Legendary Beasts you can keep as permanent mounts, including their locations and stats!

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You can summon your active mount by pressing Up on the D-Pad (H on keyboard)
It doesn't matter how far you are from your mount, as you summon it by simply pressing the Up button on the D-Pad.
Once summoned, the horse will instantly teleport behind you, allowing you to ride it immediately.

How to change mounts in Crimson Desert

In order to change the mounts, you need to open the character wheel.
The A character's wheel can be opened by holding the Up button on the D-Pad.
On the character wheel, you can use the right stick to highlight the selected mount.
You can trade your horse for one of the legendary animalslike the Silver Fang or the White Bear, by highlighting the horse and pressing R2/RT.
Once you highlight the selected mount, it becomes an active mount that you can summon at any time.
When it comes to changing horses, you will need to visit the stables located northeast of Hernand town.

When it comes to summoning the dragon, you'll need to highlight the dragon on the left using the right stick on the character wheel instead.

How to summon new Mounties in Crimson Desert

Legendary beasts like the Rock Tusk Warthog and the Icicle Edge Alpine weren't always stakes.
In order to summon these animals once you kill them, you must first do so skin is that will reward you with a key item.
You can now head to any witch like the one in the Witch Woods of Hernand and choose to “Craft Abyss Gears”.
From “Craft Abyss Gears”, press R2/RT to enter the “Special Item” tab.where you can exchange a key item for a Sigil of Solidarity.
After obtaining the Sigil of Solidarity, enter your inventory and select “Key Items | Treasure” to find the Sigil of Solidarity that can be consumed.
This will now add a new mount to the character's wheel.

Why can't I summon my mountain in Crimson Desert?

Patch version 1.04.00 of Crimson Desert had an unexpected bug where you couldn't summon your mounts.
This has since been fixed by the 1.04.01 hotfix on April 23rd:

If you're still having trouble summoning your mount, make sure you give it enough space to spawn.
Mounts cannot spawn in tight areas, nor can they spawn on top of Abyss Nexuses.
If one of the legendary mounts (non-horse) can't be summoned, then it's probably on cooldown because it could have been injured.