At some point I accidentally ran off a cliff with my War Horse which resulted in a death. After respawning, I noticed my War Horse was gone and the default Tennessee Walker was my main horse.
How did the War Horse disappear and is it possible to retrieve it?
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Unfortunately, you cannot get it back. Once a horse dies, it stays dead permanently.
This has been confirmed by several external resources, such as:
As described in the first link:
1The situations described above can lead to one of the two results:
Your horse is gravely injured. You can still safe (sic) the animal if you have the item described below.
Your horse has died. You can't bring the animal back to life.
When it comes to the War Horse, Dappled Black Thoroughbred and Black Chestnut Thoroughbred, the "Special Edition Red Dead Redemption 2 Official Strategy Guide" says:
1Note that horses exclusive to the pre-order, Special and Ultimate editions of the game are unique in that they respawn at the Valentine stable when they die.
My war horse got shot. And was replaced by a Tennessee walker. It had both sandal and stirrups, which I had upgraded. Go to stables, (there will be a number next to it, signifying at least one of your horses is there) Choose buy. Your war horse should be there, for free. It also says cannot be sold. But your horse bonding needs to be restarted. Incidentally I also seemed to have purchased another horse, maybe a glitch or free. I don't know, but I seem to have 3 horses now.
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