== Description ==
''A post to hitch creatures.''
== Use ==
Lead a creature with a [[Rope]] or [[Halter rope]]. Right click the hitching post and select '''Hitch'''.
*Hitched creatures will prefer to eat from the food trough if it contains food they can eat.
*Hitched creatures that graze will eat from the trough at the same rate they would normally graze
*If the food trough is empty or does not contain suitable food, grazing animals will try to graze the tile the hitching post is on.
*A Hitching post can hold a maximum of 3 creatures
== Permissions==
Hitching posts have 3 permissions: '''Manage''', '''Open''' and '''Use'''.
* '''Manage''' grants all permissions including permission management.
* '''Open''' allows access to the food trough. Normal deed permissions apply to the contents of the food trough.
* '''Use''' allows hitching of led creatures and unhitching of '''''any''''' or '''''all''''' creatures by either:
** Right-clicking a hitched creature and selecting '''Unhitch''' to unhitch a single creature, or
** Right-clicking the hitching post and selecting '''Animals > Unhitch''' to unhitch ''all'' hitched creatures.
*Hitching posts are locked on creation with a small padlock.
*A [[Small padlock|Small]] or [[Large padlock]] is required to manage permissions.
*An unlocked Hitching post can be used by the Hitching post owner and the Deed mayor if located on a deed.
== Hitchable Animals ==
*Any creature that you can hitch to a cart such as [[Horse]], [[Hell horse]], [[Bull]], [[Bison]], [[Donkey]], and [[Mule]] (at any age)
*Aggressive creatures when controlled in some manner (tamed or dominated) such as [[Brown bear]]s, [[Wolf|Wolves]], [[Mountain lion]]s, [[Large rat]]s, [[Wild cat]]s, and [[Troll]]s
*Farm animals including [[Ram]]s, [[Sheep]], [[Pig]]s, [[Hen]]s and [[Rooster]]s
*Usually non-aggressive animals but only when tamed such as [[Dog]]s, [[Unicorn]]s, [[Pheasant]]s and [[Deer]]
*Jackal creatures such as the [[Weta]]
== Notes ==
* Any creature that can be hitched to a large cart can be Hell horses become docile when hitched to a hitching post, as well as a [[cow]], [[sheep]], [[ram]], [[pig]], [[donkey]], and tamed [[dog]]. Creatures younger than Adolescent no longer give the message "The young {name} is too weak." and can be hitched normally. * [[Hell horse]]s can be “Tied Off” to a hitching post at any age.* A hitching post can hold 3 creatures.* Creatures can eat from the trough of a hitching post as long as there is have food in it that they are normally able to eatavailable.* A creature will eat from a trough at the same rate as they would normally graze.* A hitching post cannot Cannot be picked up into player inventory. It but can only be transported. It can be loaded into a wagon but not a large cartby Wagon.* Hitching posts are lockable and spawn with a 1ql small padlock lock on creation.* Hitching post You can be locked with [[Large padlock|large]] or [[small padlock]]s* You cannot not load or move a hitching post with creatures hitched to it.* Hitching posts have 2 main permissions: Manage and Use. A player with use permissions Creatures that are '''not''' hitched can unhitch any creature by either right-clicking the creature and clicking unhitch (singular), or right-clicking the not eat from a locked hitching post and clicking Animals > Unhitch (All).* Only creature-edible items can be placed into a food trough (seed, meat, veg, fish, etc). It is up to you to ensure that the food item is edible by the particular creature you are intending to feed.
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