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DayZ Horse

by Hunterz · for DayZ

Description This mod adds rideable horses to the game. Horses can be found in fields like in the real world. The horse can walk, trot, gallop, jump over fences and swim. They can also walk backwards.…

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266 MBFile size
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About DayZ Horse

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Description This mod adds rideable horses to the game. Horses can be found in fields like in the real world. The horse can walk, trot, gallop, jump over fences and swim. They can also walk backwards.…

Description

This mod adds rideable horses to the game. Horses can be found in fields like in the real world. The horse can walk, trot, gallop, jump over fences and swim. They can also walk backwards. Horses can be killed and skinned. There are lots of color variants.

How It Works

For riding the horse, you need a Saddle and a Bridle. Put the saddle into your hands and then attach it to the horse to set ownership.

Control movement by using WSAD, mouse wheel and Space for jump. You can also build a stable for your horses. Craft the stable base building kit and then build the stable. Horses have their own stamina, so their speed is limited by time. When you hit obstacles, you will be dismounted from the horse. You can call your owned horse by using an apple. You can also use an apple as bait for a horse when you do not have a saddle, but want take a horse to your base.

This mod is far from complete, but basic features are already working. Lots of players have been waiting a long time for this mod, so this is my summer gift to the community. Development will continue.

Territory files for various maps are included together with a manual of how to set up the mod.

Known Issues

- incompatible mod: Expansion Animations - not all animations are imported yet (kicking and so on) - sometimes horse dont want go to water ( https://feedback.bistudio.com/T181744 ) - the mod is very complex and of course there may be a lot of issues

Story

This mod was started more than two years ago. I started with a reskinned cow made by Sajid. Then, when KAMO and Nazzgy figured out survivor animations, KAMO did the first rider animations. Later, I found great model of a horse with animations, so I started making a custom animgraph and step by step added more features. It was a very long journey and it is still not at the end. This mod still holds a lot of potential and a lot of ideas and features can be added. Of course, a lot of issues and bugs should be fixed, but I just publish this mod right now as is, because something is better than nothing. I hope you enjoy it. Any feedback or constructive criticism helps me improve and continue on development of this mod.

Further Info

No repacks allowed. Don't ask. Repacking is cancer of DayZ community.

You are allowed to look into the mod for learning purposes, or if you want to know how it works.

Discord: https://discord.gg/49FvN7rRpF

Any feedback welcome!

-Hunterz-

Credits

Kamo - did all the animations of the horse rider MarioE - general animation lessons Mrtea101 - lot of hints in Blender and anims Van - provided horse sounds and explanations Rag Tyson - helped me with models, rvmats and especially with the saddle Lugge - imported and prepared stable model and scripts Nazzgy - help with rvmats and edible base Fenwichs - testing, territory files Windstride - horse retextures Dave - IK animations for items Malbers Animations - horse model with anims ta.holovan - stable model (Sketchfab) nimikko - modular stable assets (cgtrader) srikanthsamba - horse obstacles (cgtrader) novoGOD - importing and preparing assets dustypeek - saddlebags model Survivalist - help with models Tawny - another saddle model import Admiral - bugfixes & testing

Highlights

From source data

Footprint

A 266 MB download, rated a light load on a server.

Last update

Its author last shipped an update 4 mo ago.

DayZ Horse on Nxeon

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One-click install
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Server load
light
Smallest plan we suggest
DayZ — 6 GB (6 GB RAM). This follows our own load rating above, not a benchmark.
Latest build
2026-06-26, released 2026-06-26, 266 MB

Game versions by loader

LoaderGame versionsNewest
Workshop

From 1 recorded build of DayZ Horse.

Dependencies

Declared by the newest build that lists any. Required ones are installed with it on one-click installs.

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What kind of mod it is

From the catalog
Listed on Steam Workshop as “QoL”

Quality of life & UI

Small conveniences, tweaks and interface improvements players notice straight away.

Compatibility

Game
DayZ
File size
266 MB

Verified at the source

  • ✓Steam WorkshopOfficial listing, checked 2026-10-10Open ↗
  • ✓AuthorHunterz, as published on Steam Workshop
  • ✓LicenseNot published by the sourceFree

DayZ Horse, answered

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Is it free?

Yes. DayZ Horse is free to download from Steam Workshop.

How do I add it to my Nxeon server?

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