Bear (race)

Bears are a species of animal native to Hyrule that appear in The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild.

Like Wolves, they are hostile towards Link and will attack him. They are among some of the most dangerous wild animals in Hyrule due to their size. However like wolves they may also flee from Link. Like most wild animals in Breath of the Wild, Link can hunt them for food to obtain high grade meats such as Raw Prime Meat and Raw Gourmet Meat. Bears also occasionally drop Courser Bee Honey when killed as well.

Interestingly, Bears are one of the wild animals that Link can mount and ride like a Horse. Link can either sneak up on Bears like he does with Horses, or he can mount them while they are trying to flee. Once mounted, Link can tame it by soothing it much like he does when taming wild horses. Once tamed, Link can ride it like a horse, though it lacks Spurs preventing it from galloping and they are generally slower than horses and can't sidestep like Horses can. Being wild animals they will occasionally try to throw Link off, forcing him to soothe them again to regain control.

As they are not horses, Bears cannot be registered at Stables and the Stable clerks will refuse to register it. Also if Link gets off the bear it will run away, forcing Link to mount and tame it again to use it as a mount.