The Shifting Sands DLC dropped three new mounts into Soulmask, and each one fills a different role on the road. Donkeys are easy pickups for early carry capacity, camels are your workhorse for desert travel, and rhinos are the closest thing to a battering ram you can saddle up. Here's exactly where to find each one and what you need to do to actually ride them.
How many mounts are in Soulmask Shifting Sands?
Shifting Sands adds three rideable mounts: donkeys, camels, and rhinos. The update also introduced big cats into the wild, but they can't be tamed as mounts. This guide covers the three you can actually ride.
What's the best mount in Soulmask Shifting Sands?
The answer depends entirely on what you need from a mount. Here's how they stack up:
The rhino hits hardest and has the most health. The camel moves faster and hauls more than a donkey. The donkey wins on accessibility since you can find one almost anywhere on the map.
How to get every mount in Soulmask Shifting Sands
Donkeys
Donkeys are the easiest mount to grab. They spawn all over the map, especially near water sources in oasis areas.
You need a baby donkey, not an adult. Pick up the baby (watch out for any adults nearby, as they will react), then raise it with food and water until it's fully grown. Once grown, the donkey's inventory lets you carry extra items on your travels, making it a solid early-game pack animal.
Pick up baby donkeys carefully
Camels
Camels are faster and carry more than donkeys. You can find them across different parts of the desert in the Shifting Sands region. To capture one, you need a medium trap to snare a young camel.
Once you have a young camel secured, feed it water and figs to raise it to adulthood. After it's fully grown, you'll need a saddle to ride it. The camel is the practical choice for long desert runs where you need to move quickly and haul a lot.
Medium trap needed for camels
Rhinos
Rhinos don't have a pinned spawn location, but you can find them around water bodies in oasis areas, similar to donkeys. There's a second option worth knowing: young rhinos can also drop from barbarian camps, so raiding camps is a viable alternative if oasis hunting comes up empty.
Feed the young rhino the required items along with water to raise it, then attach a saddle to ride it. The rhino is the combat mount of the three, boasting the highest damage and base health among all available mounts in the DLC. Whipping it triggers a speed boost, so it's not purely a slow tank.
Core taming steps that apply to all three mounts
Regardless of which mount you're going after, the process follows the same structure:
- Locate a young or baby version of the animal (adults can't be tamed).
- Use the appropriate capture method: pick up babies by hand (donkeys), use a medium trap (camels), or trap young ones near oasis areas or loot them from barbarian camps (rhinos).
- Feed the young animal its required food and water until it reaches adulthood.
- Equip a saddle to unlock riding.
- Access the mount's inventory to carry additional items during travel.
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