MGSV: D-Horse - A Rider's Guide

[@CsubAzUrmedve]

I love it how the guards just shoo away a heavily armored horse/dog without any suspicion.

[@somedude6833]

The local wildlife is strange, especially with all the empty magazines leaping out of the grass.

[@lionbolt2136]

@@somedude6833 Snake in 2022: "can't have infinite magazines anymore, there seems to be a supply shortage"

[@bencesalamon2908]

Csuuub

[@SinnerBeta]

Wish they gave him some more utility, like all those holsters on his armor holding weapons you can swap during the mission without requesting supplies each time.

[@yunpeiyang4904]

That's a pretty good idea.

[@lucashoffman9823]

You anticipated Red Dead Redemption 2, congrats mate

[@dohickey7184]

That's actually genius, you can switch tactics on the fly if you could do that

[@rochambeau7197]

Manon Lemieux lol

[@thothheartmaat2833]

@ONI i usually do all the side ops on the map before leaving. going back to the helicopter costs 60,000 each pick up. supply drops are also expensive but i only need 2 or 3 for a whole map.

[@andrewboyer8700]

You forgot to mention he can teleport to your location no matter where he or you are which is an ability none of the other vehicles have which is honestly super bueno and needed to be said

[@pigeon_mccoo]

"super bueno" haha im done

[@saedimic]

which... includes anything dhorse carries at the moment. having to exfiltrate an area, but cant fulton them? slap them on the horse. run where you need to be. call him to your side. done!

[@roryookane]

@@saedimic When planning to teleport a prisoner to you, though, you have to make sure to leave D-Horse in a place that no enemies will stumble upon him. I once left D-Horse with a prisoner within sight of a road outside a camp. While I was exploring the camp, I heard voices saying they found the prisoner - some road patrols had found D-Horse. I whistled for D-Horse and he teleported to me unharmed, but the prisoner was gone from his back. (It’s kind of stupid of the soldiers to not kill or tie up the horse that was carrying the escaped prisoner…)

[@javierortiz82]

In the begining I was expecting him to behave a lot like the horses on Breath Of The Wild, where they can't hear you if you stray too far from them, it's a good thing he can teleport like Quiet.

[@natphil8377]

Wrong. D walker does it too.

[@AdmiralBison]

D-Horse can actually force guards to tell you everything if you have it defacate on them apparently. Missed ability opportunities for D-Horse + Storage armor - hold extra ammo, and utilities (as mentioned by another poster) + cybernetic armor - allow D-Horse to jump higher over obstacles + allow D-Horse to kick vehicles over and soldiers on command + create way point commands, so D-Horse can walk/trot/run automatically while you can aim and fire independently on horse back.

[@DJack276]

It's actually possible to juggle with one hand. You should've said "like asking Kaz to play a fiddle"

[@DugdoesDigging]

THEY PLAYED US LIKE A FIDDLE!

[@Nitro_Blitzen]

late but with the furicorn set, d-horse travels noticeably faster than his other sets, about roughly 1.4 times faster and a staggering 1.50 faster gallop while retaining half the armor properties of the battle dress.

[@declicitous1763]

But it looks a little weird for immersion

[@pepekovallin]

Didn't knew about that

[@darthvaderreviews6926]

D-Horse will always be my personal favourite companion to use and is ideal for solitary play. He doesn't give you free wallhacks like D-Dog, he doesn't give you covering fire like Quiet, and he doesn't give you the massive toolbox that D-Walker has, but D-Horse will always be ready to teleport to your side and get you across the map at breakneck pace, which is exactly what someone like me who prefers working alone wants. D-Horse gets a somewhat bad rap for being a really simple buddy, but he's definitely the least intrusive companion.

[@zzodysseuszz]

He’s shit. Stop coping. The others are better

[@chopedman]

There is a point where you dont need the horse cause you have so many vehicles that ot becomes useless xd

[@pepekovallin]

​@@chopedmannot really tho, the only objective advantage most vehicles have over D-horse is their ability to hold more than 1 guard, and that's only the cars, trucks give you only 1 space and it's slower, and armored vehicles give you none whatsoever, and even cars are more clunky and risky to ride since as pointed out in the video you can't react if someone sees you. And most importantly, D-horse is cheaper than a car and controls much more smoothly than a car It's also really funny how you can stop every vehicle without wasting a single bullet if you put D-horse on their way

[@BigBossStatus1]

D walker is "I chose violence" Quiet is peak, D Dog is best buddy

[@KoalaTContent]

D-Horse's ability to appear literally anywhere with the whistle has saved my booty. Once I was cornered and completely suppressed by the Soviets, but D Horse came to my little corner when I needed him deep in the enemy base and we were able to yeet on outta there

[@leykaus7199]

Metal Gear Redemption

[@boone4531]

I got a plan big boss we just need some moneh and we can go to tahiti

[@atechocolateinpublicbathro5817]

Plot twist: the parasite quiet has is actually lumbago

[@BigBossultrastealth]

Friend: what's MGR :Me an intellectual:

[@windlegendz3570]

Well, D-Horse is good for transportation and time. Which is important for trying to get an S rank in a good chunk of missions, but for boss fights I'd take Quiet or D-Walker

[@dannejoon]

The most effective thing about D-Horse is the ability to stash VIPs on that can't be fultoned. Since you can just call on D-horse at anytime, missions like Codtalker is easy because you don't have to carry him and can focus on engagement or stealth.

[@NeonCyberSamurai]

Lmao Poor Kaz

[@Max-fj2fd]

ru i

[@raysacaro2067]

ru

[@toysouldier1]

Thanks for this video, it's reminded me of just how useful D-Horse really is. He can also be used as a distraction for enemy vehicles by parking him on the road like in backup, back down so that way you can sneak up behind the vehicle and extract it. It makes backup, back down (a mission which is otherwise a nightmare; especially on extreme) a cakewalk. And like you said, he's still the most effective means of transport in the game with his ability to jump over small rocks, the fact that you can hide on him and use your guns on him plus he costs nothing to use too.

[@DickieDangling]

Aldonos I remember one particularly bad run on "back up ,back down", D-Horse actually died when I got spotted by a APV. Before I restarted the mission I noticed that if I lay behind D-Horse's body, it became a very useful piece of cover against the APV's guns. Even in death, D-Horse was helping me out.

[@texasgent4694]

When I was horse riding through the Afghanistan portion, of course i instantly thought of "I been through the desert on a horse with no name!!"😂😂

[@yunpeiyang4904]

I sometimes call him an anti-tank horse. The first reason is that it can keep up a moving vehicle and allow snake use launchers against it. He can also be placed in the middle of the road to block the path of enemy vehicles. Enemies will normally try to shoo him off while you sneak up from behind and Fulton them.

[@RHenry92]

I would say D horse is good for stealth, depending on how you like to play. I love using the stealth camo and you can just pop it on D horse and to the guards he just looks like a normal horse. You have mobility, offence and defence with an excellent cloak, as long as you play carefully.

[@cayden520]

Robert Henry how do you use stealth camo on d horse? when I use it it doesn't work and guards can still see me.

[@maverickloggins5470]

You can use D Horse to basically S rank backup back down entirely by stopping the vehicles. Just hide behind something and leave him on the road, one after the other every IFV stops, honks at him, and then gets extracted by snake lol. He’s so useful for getting enemy vehicles to cooperate, and the poop is honestly clutch. Have him poop in front of Malak’s 4wd and you can extract both the IFV and the jeep before the guards recover, and if you do that right outside the palace you’ll even still have time to rescue the other prisoners

[@cinder3591]

4:53 "Hey"

[@jeremyharris246]

"Kept you waiting huh?"

[@conradandrew825]

One very useful thing about him is that if you have to fight helicopters or tanks etc you can reload your rocket launcher whilst quickly dodging your enemies. Really increased survivability Edit: lol at 3:45 he points this out. Love this guy. Great reviews. And a great pair of ti-

[@stinkymonke3622]

Ideas for more buddies Ocelot - human bud that has various commands. Uses revolver. Aquired pretty early D Bear - aquired after catching the legendary bear Fireteam - combat unit of 3 people that you control similar to ocelot

[@pepekovallin]

The fireteam reminded me a game, I think it's ghost recon, where you could target enemies and kill 4 people at the same time by synching your shots with the team

[@TheBarlettano]

A thing worth mentioning in my opinion is how you can use him to block roads to easily stop and extract vehicles

[@swaggery]

Another useful function is that if you gallop at enemy soldiers backsides, D-Horse will always be able to knock them out before they can alert others in the area if you charge at them.

[@monkeyjoey98]

"Only mode of transport that allows drive-bys." Guess driving a tank through an outpost isn't a drive-by then

[@tungsten8332]

They get alerted too quickly from a tank. While on d-horse you can get pretty close

[@BigBossStatus1]

That's a party starter

[@zuzu091]

btw the furicon increase d-horse speed and make him move more silent

[@MatrixMiles17]

4:27 Damn! D-Horse, let's go on a mission, in particular one with jeeps.

[@hiror4in349]

He also has two dlc outfits "western tack" and "parade tack" you can get them with the definitive edition of the game or you can buy them in the online store

[@jewpac8034]

He also glitches out when jumping but I think that’s a plus because there’s something to watch wile traveling

[@chesement4131]

d horse can also be left in the path of oncoming vehicles, which makes them stop and shoo him away, which makes it easy to run over and throw some c4 on them or fulton them. its a great strategy for both the normal and extreme versions of that vehicle destruction mission

[@Chick2106]

Backup back down

[@drewpeackoc386]

really understated content. helped me realize why dwalker isn't as good as I thought he was, because I play pretty much all stealth for main missions

[@angelromero9726]

Olahcomestasimiahjuanmartines hola estoy bien y tú? :D

[@nathanielthomson3455]

D-Horse can actually catch up to a Jeep that's fleeing from you, though I'm not entirely sure if it was driving it's top speed

[@MarkArandjus]

Thanks for these vids, they're really informative, I was not ready for MGSV to be this full of features!

[@RisingJericho]

I've watched the other guides by now, and I just wanna say your shit is super insightful and really helping me play MGS5. And yes, I am just now playing the game even after getting super immersed in the series years ago. Not having a PS4 helped with that.

[@ntrunnrracl]

hey, i just started playing 2 months ago lol

[@codyrhodes2473]

D-Walker is just a better version of D-Horse so :P Also there is another command to give to D-Horse: "Do It" which critically wounds an enemy.

[@DickieDangling]

That's up to personal preference. Personally I've found d horse to handle a lot more naturally than d walker. I didn't even know about the "do it" command for d horse. I'll look into that the next chance I get. That being said, I've never taken or would even think of taking d horse into a combat situation.

[@codyrhodes2473]

Dickie Dangling It's one of his dress commands. It works the same way as D-Dog's Kill or Stun commands work, but with a Horse :P

[@leatherhead333]

D Walker really sucks in Afghanistan. Can't jump over small rocks or anything so when I'm trying to travel it feels like he's constantly just bumping into everything which isn't a problem for D-horse. There are a lot of guard posts you can't really avoid in Afghanistan and since it's easier to stealthfully avoid them at full speed with D horse I feel he's much better there. D-Walker is great for Africa though since you can freely move wherever you want without worrying about guard posts and he drives right through trees.

[@MrLuna2414]

D-Walker can get expensive too, close to 50000 GMP requirement (upgraded) on top of what Venom uses. Im cheap lol

[@Tripledashhh_]

Abraham Luna lol same , since i have snakes arm upgraded i just run around like a maniac playing music cassette tapes to make traveling by foot seem less boring and plus his running and avoiding obstacles animation is so seamless and beautiful that i just have an eye candy for the animation, having d-dog around with you just adds icing to the cake coz he just follows you almost about everywhere lol

[@-Runo]

man, the 5 headshots while riding dhorse was pretty epic :D

[@kingartison]

The headshot while in the air was 🤯

[@Sausagey2]

Isiac Artison literally

[@awfulknight3344]

Hey man i just wanna say your editing is really nice, i like it a lot and you get to the point with information on all these buddy vids, keep up the work and you should get all the subs in the world

[@aeoncalcos7830]

Ahh D Horse! My favorite and best buddy! Whether it's a stealth mission, a firefight or chilling in the sunset, Me and D Horse can't be separated If he dies and forced to be extracted, I die too

[@papa_rambo]

U can literally make the d horse fall down by dodging onto it😂

[@KevinLam86]

I wish the player can take control of D-Horse and be able to hind kick enemies.

[@bornavenger896]

nice guide, definitely learned some new things about Dhorse :) but Dhorse has still got me killed more times than other vehicles.

[@TheCrimsonSpork]

Swapping your buddies for D-Horse is absolutely amazing when you need to exfiltrate- just dismiss your current buddy, air drop D-horse in, whistle, then ride off into the sunset

[@birdbrain691]

It would be cool to have d-dog ride d-horse with snake

[@PrimoX379]

Was looking for advice on controls but I guess i'm not missing anything. I'm used to the Red Dead Redemption horse controls and find it hard to (virtually) ride any other games' horses. D-horse seems "clunky" in comparison.. How do you do the 180 turn though?

[@DickieDangling]

I've heard people complain about the horse in Shadow of the Colossus and it's awkward controls, but I've never got around to playing it so I couldn't possibly comment. The quick 180 turn isn't really a special manoeuvre. You just pull back on the left stick. I only bought it up because vehicles like jeeps and trucks can't take evasive actions like that as well as D-Horse.

[@AtreideSardaukar]

Like the gameplay itself, Agro(the horse in Shadow of the Colossus) takes some practice, but you can do some pretty neat tricks with her. You can accelerate from a dead stop, do a 180 in the middle of a full gallop, even stand up or hang off the side. She'll also automatically navigate to an extent and refuse to jump off ledges that are too high. The animators spent a lot of time making Agro look and act like an authentic horse. So much so, that if you abuse her by getting too close to a Colossus, shooting her, or giving her too many commands in a short period of time she will ignore you for a bit.

[@Harv-E]

Ever heard about roach from witcher3 now tell me if D-Horse is cluncky out of all the games with mounts I found D-Horse handles better in my opinion right next to read dead redemption.

[@kingcodester1112]

Primo X Earlier this year I've been playing this, RDR2, and AC Odyssey which all have horses as the main way of transportation. Each horse has their own set of controls so I've been having to adapt a lot

[@MachoMaamRandallSandwich]

The height iD-horse provides is good for shooting over high walls/cover!

[@yakuzajoe]

I think D-Walker can match D-Horse's cornering when you hold the aim button while traversing.

[@Oaksloves]

They should have given D-Horse more offensive and passive abilities. Horses have an incredibly well tuned sense of smell and hearing. He could mark enemies or creatures on the map. Also horses are quite capable of trampling people, could have added an option for d horse to attack guards and whatnot

[@XFactorDN]

Kaz may not be able to juggle but he was certainly played like a damn fiddle. Thank you I'll leave now

[@blip3337]

You can knock out enemy targets, put them on d-horses back and send them away, allowing you to escape a gunfight and later call the horse with your target on him.

[@SG-ix3ly]

Underappreciated. Period.

[@gewawdypooh]

4:53 Peek a boo!

[@jasonoverman9679]

To stop a tank or armored vehicle with d horse simply dismount in the path they'll take and keep ordering him to take a crap before they blow their horn

[@compromisedreality8827]

*Activated: Drive-By Mode*

[@asgardninja9674]

I'd make D-Horse brown with a white bit on his face like Erik the Viking, a horse I liked

[@bloozism]

He's a must for tank killing missions

[@jeph115]

you forgot one thing about D-horse, if he hits any walls, he will literally stop and stay at a standstill for half a fucking year (like 5 seconds) and you can't move him, basically making you swiss cheese.

[@thothheartmaat2833]

we should be able to use the horse, the dog and quiet at the same time.. and d walker should have a head that has all of his abilities and should be able to outfit him with more guns. also we should have a base on each map so we dont have to return to acc so supply drops can be cheaper. also ive captured 1000s of guards.. youd think we'd have a bunch of enemy uniforms in my size to fool the enemy with.

[@lionbolt2136]

Kojima could of added an offensive capability like commanding D-Horse to go up to a soldier and kicking him. Come on that's not a far fetched option, I mean you have D-dog take a knife and slit a mans throat with it.

[@TMHedgehog]

You can hide landmines in the plop, enemies won't check for them to my knowledge.

[@petrospago3515]

dude D horse saved me from the skulls on one mission i didnt have any explosives and my cover was blown so i use d horse to run around keeping my distance as much as possible and emptying loads of bullets on them until they die

[@Malcirus]

D Walker is better for drive-by shootings because you can drift past and spray them with the Gatling gun

[@armandgamingchannel7783]

this old game really awesome

[@zero5496]

It’s the buddy for you to escape and nothing more

[@lordclangtheintolorable2094]

ARE YOU DISSING MY TANK'S!!!!

[@presofcamelot]

D-Horse is the buddy I use the most...well... *until I got Flamethrower D-walker*

[@adrianmeresciu2823]

How did u get a black D-horse i started with a white D-horse

[@kinamiya1]

Horse best anti armored vehicle Ok?

[@joaquilin]

Fun fact: raiden suit has the same velocity

[@rightful4973]

Cant stop laughing at 4:52 😂

[@cyberwar5949]

As a hardcore stealth player D-Horse is the most useless buddy sadly i usually use D-Dog all he way or in certain missions Quit or Walker but D Horse has only been useful early game before i had any other companion which is pretty sad

[@lolmanmagee2785]

D horse best buddy

[@Poopdealer-ct4hs]

4:52 Hey! V-Sauce. Michael here.

[@VikingVern7]

idk if was available at the time, but shoulda done his dlc skins

[@doomblackdragon]

awww the fire skin should at less make the enemy infantry run away and terror and not raise an alarm. Sadly I only found D-horse to be extremely useful on one mission. Backup, Back Down. Though Fulton Launcher D-Walker hurts D-horse usefulness in this mission. All and all. It the only companion I have never got to max bond.

[@bardaaa1483]

D-Horse is cute but Quiet and D-Walker are the best.

[@fowl839]

D-Walker can do drive by's too

[@BigBossStatus1]

That's a secret

[@mid3895]

I know you made this video 5 years ago but how is d horse black I’m new to the game and I just wanted to know is it a skin for him or it a mod

[@tungsten8332]

You have to unlock that feature.

[@jeice3714]

I never bother with the buddy system so the only buddy i use is D horse which i have devolped a connection him.

[@theforgottenera7145]

On steam using an xbox controller my horse wont run when I use the x button or square on playstation he woahs and the horse stops I can not make the horse go faster than a Trott why is this ?

[@ShaddoII]

Sometimes, simple is better.

[@CalvinMagnusMusic]

4:53 lmao

[@luisitor6]

Great video...thanks

[@wapiti7151]

5:40 "There's no downside" he says as the GMP usage requirement is seen on the screen to be 500 more than deploying with D-horse naked.

[@jakubkisiel4798]

camper channel oh no !! Not a whole FIVE HUNDRED GMP fuck sake I was about to equip it but not anymore after seeing that massive fuck off number

[@Chili_Taker]

So what's the coat called, since I'm not a horse expert.

[@hotbeekslab]

D-horse is still my favorite companion. D-dog(my least favorite companion) just spots EVERYTHING taking the purpose and fun out of sneaking around a base. D-walker is loud, really visible, really awful at making elaborate maneuvers, and really limited in terms of firepower, so I just find it to be the worst companion. Quiet, I have not yet gotten to actually try her, but seeing the partner's guide on her she seems like a kill stealer, maybe good for if you dont have reflex and try to stealth a base. I dont want to use the inconvenient vehicles either so d horse is the obvious choice.

[@whyVevo]

"Is that what it's come to now? Cracking jokes about cripples?" hnngh, kaz. You know what i always say : every hole's a goal. And you just got 2 brand new holes for me to use...

[@amarildopires2979]

can be used as a roadblock

[@exilehell6521]

I cant sprint for some reason with horse how can i do it??

[@MrCharliefreak85]

The horse

[@tangy2783]

How did you get a black d-horse?

[@Ham_CheeseSandwich]

Patriotic Pig Get 100% bond

[@MiketheEye]

You and he were...buddies weren't you?

[@hieroprotoganist3440]

should have been done in ocelot's voice.

[@michaelj.caboose4204]

3:08 how did you do to make your NVG so smooth? At first it was like that for me but the next day it wasnt

[@blackgold754]

U upgrade it as h level up your base facilities

[@kin767]

He has a deck

[@mostafaarmand7182]

How can equip him

[@Daniel-nn4eg]

I’m trying to run from thsoe zombie dudes with a dude I’ve rescued and damb horse refuses to sprint which is completely making the game un playable

[@pimpnamedness434]

My horse doesn't run ??

[@meadowlawson1308]

How do you summon him tho

[@thetravelerformallyknowasw7912]

But can D-Horse jump over Sonic The hedgehog?

[@sprinklepics8474]

Thanks

[@TeddyBelcher4kultrawide]

Better then elden ring