MGS 5: The Phantom Pain - D-Horse Buddy guide

D-Horse is your first companion in MGS 5: The Phantom Pain and available to use after the prologue. It guarantees you a quick progress in the vast areas of Afghanistan and Africa, and can also be used as a diversionary tactic to stop enemy vehicles. Here we explain you everything you need to know about your Buddy D-Horse.

MGS 5 - The Phantom Pain: D-Horse Buddy Guide

D-Horse has 12,000 hit points and stamina 6,000 points. If one of these values drop to 50%, the horse has to lie down and rest. During this time, you don’t ride on D-Horse. Otherwise, you should try to ride on D-Horse as long as possible, because every 36 seconds you gained + 1% relationship value with the horse, where the additional command lot provided for you from 50% Relationship Status (bowel movements / poop).

D-Horse Ability at a glance

Commands	Condition	Effect
Backwardness	-	You command D-Horse to move away from you.
Whistle	-	Your calls D-Horse to your position
Do it (Poop/ bowel movement)	Relationship: 50%	D-Horse will poop at its current position. Light vehicles skid when driving on them and the occupants stunned.

You can also move sideways by pressing the X or A button so that the enemies won’t notice you.

D-Horse Buddy Equipment 

D-Horse can endure longer in the battle, and you can also develop Battle Dress and other equipment for the horse at the Mother Base. This includes Furicorn, a pitch-black variant. 

Equipment	Rank	Effect	Prerequisites	GMP Costs
Normal	1	-	-	0
Battledress (DH)	2	-	- R & D: Lv 5	50,000
Battledress (DH)	3	Defense improved 1	- R & D: Lv 15 - Combat unit: Lv 15 - Electrospinning specialist	150,000
Battledress (DH)	4	Defense improved 2	- R & D: Lv 29 - Combat unit: Lv 29 - Material Technician	350,000
Furicorn	4	-	- R & D: Lv 35 - Burning Man (corpse) (Important Subject)	410,000

D-Horse battle dress location