The Brianto is one of the first horses you'll ride in Crimson Desert, and for good reason. Sleek, fast, and surprisingly capable once leveled up, it serves as Damiane's default mount when you unlock her in Chapter 3. But you don't have to wait for that story beat to get one. There are four ways to add a Brianto to your stable, and each has its own trade-offs worth knowing before you commit.
How do you get a Brianto in Crimson Desert?
There are four distinct methods, ranging from completely free to mildly criminal.
Unlock Damiane in Chapter 3
The most straightforward path: progress through the main story until Chapter 3: Howling Hill. When Damiane joins your roster, her Brianto comes with her automatically. No hunting, no silver spent. If you're following the main quest anyway, this is the path of least resistance.
Tame one in the wild
Briantos spawn in the open world and can be tamed without spending a single coin. Spot one, run up to it, and mount it. From there, a minigame starts where you need to push your movement input in the opposite direction to where the horse is currently facing. It takes a few seconds to read the horse's movement, but once you get the rhythm down, taming becomes second nature.
Buy from a stable
Stables occasionally stock Briantos for silver. Convenient if you're flush with currency and can't find a wild one, but honestly not the best use of your resources. You can tame one for free or steal one with minimal effort, so paying silver here is mostly a last resort.
Damiane's default Brianto mount
Steal from an NPC
Briantos appear on both hostile bandits and non-hostile NPCs in towns and camps. To steal one, you'll need a mask equipped first, since stealing without one flags you immediately. Keep in mind that horse theft adds to your bounty, so weigh that against the convenience.
Brianto stats: what are you actually working with?
The Brianto leans hard into speed at the cost of survivability. Here's the full stat breakdown:
That Movement Speed of 2 is the headline number, and it's genuinely high for a standard horse. The trade-off is that 300 health and 150 stamina sit at the low end of the mount pool. The Brianto is built for getting somewhere fast, not for absorbing punishment in a fight.
The in-game knowledge entry describes it as "a horse breed with a sleek, well-built body, prized as a racehorse" that "becomes loyal to its owner once tamed" and trades at a relatively high price in the world's economy. That lore tracks with the stat profile: this is a racer, not a tank.
What skills does the Brianto learn?
The Brianto's skill list is where it gets genuinely interesting. At max level, it unlocks Instant Acceleration and Consecutive Instant Acceleration, which stack on top of an already strong base speed to make it one of the faster traversal options in the game.
The Drift and Instant Acceleration combo is the reason players gravitate toward the Brianto for open-world travel. Drift into a corner, trigger Instant Acceleration out of it, and you're covering ground faster than most other standard mounts can manage. Double Jump at level 5 also adds real traversal utility for reaching elevated terrain without dismounting.
Level 5 skill unlocks
Which method should you actually use?
Here's the practical breakdown based on where you are in the game:
- Early game, following the story: Just wait for Chapter 3 and get Damiane's Brianto automatically. No effort required.
- Early game, want one sooner: Find a wild Brianto and tame it. Free, zero bounty risk, and the taming minigame takes under a minute once you understand the controls.
- Mid-game with silver to spare: The stable is an option, but it's the least efficient path. Save your silver for gear.
- Comfortable with bounty management: Stealing from a bandit camp is fast and effective, especially if you already have a mask.
Brianto as Damiane's mount
One detail worth keeping in mind: the Brianto is specifically tied to Damiane's character identity in the story. When you first unlock her during Chapter 3, the Brianto is her horse, not just a generic mount assignment. This makes it a natural fit if you're running Damiane as your primary character, since the pairing has narrative weight beyond just stat optimization.
For players building around Damiane, pairing her speed-focused playstyle with a Brianto's acceleration kit creates a consistent theme across both mounted and dismounted combat. For more tips on Crimson Desert builds and progression, browse the full guides library at GAMES.GG to find strategies across every system in the game.