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''These are said to bring luck! Apart from improving horse mounted animals speed and safety, of course.''

'''Horse shoes''' are U-shaped [[metal]] [[item]]s which can be equipped on a [[horse]]an animal's hooves to help it move somewhat faster. Can be made of any [[Metal lump|metal]]. Can be stowed in a [[Large chest|large chest]].

* [[Horse]]* [[Hell horse]]* [[Donkey]]* [[Mule]]* [[Unicorn]] ''(can only wear gold, silver, or electrum horse shoes)''

== Equiping Equipping ==* [[Tame ]] or [[branding|brand]] the animal you want to put the Horseshoehorseshoe(s) on to.

* Open the Torso, Legs, and Forelegs.* Drag and drop a individual Horseshoe horseshoe to each hoof.Note: Horseshoes MUST be cold before putting them on!

== Notes Speed Boost ==*4 horse shoes are needed per Horseshoes increase the speed of a horse. (tested with one horse shoe and still got How much speed is gained is a speed bonus)factor of:*The horse must be [[tame]]d or [[brand]]ed before attaching horse shoes and other equipment, the horse shoes need to be cool before attaching. After equipping it can be untamed.*Horse shoes are damaged with every step QL of the horse takes while mounted. Horse shoes are not damaged on horses being led.horseshoe*The speed enhancement depends on the quality of the equipped horseshoes. 50 QL is required for any bonus {New information suggest that this is no longer the case, more research needed, see http://forum.wurmonline.com/index.php?/topic/77108-horse-gearspeed-test/ for more info}. A bonus casted power of .24 km/hr is gained for each shoe at QL50, another .24 km/hr at QL70, and a final .24 km/hr at QL90. *Enchantment with [[Wind of Ages|WoAages]] will increase the efficiency or [[Blessings of the horse shoes. The same bonus is added as for the QL: a bonus of .24 km/hr at 50 WoA, another bonus of .24 km/hr at 70 WoA, and a bonus of .24 km/hr at 90 WoA.dark]]*Speed bonuses are only at each threshhold. For example, a QL70 horse shoe will give the same bonus as the same shoe improved to QL89, and a horse shoe with 50 WoA will give rarity of the same bonus as the same shoe with 69 WoA.

== Speed Testing ==* The following speed results were done using a wild horse - no traits effects of any kind on March 04, 2015. * The rider weighted 85.6 kg. * The base speed of this horse, with no shoes was 13.69 kph on a '''flat cobbled road'''. * The testing was a continuous non-stop process and did not afford the horse a chance to graze. During testing at the 140 Total Shoe Quality level, the horse became hungry, resulting in a prompt speed reduction, from 15.11 kph to 12.2 kph. Feeding the horse restored its speed performance.* It was found that the '''sum of the qualities''' of the shoes had an effect on the speed of the horse as seen below.* Shoes of various qualities were mixed in order to provide quality sums in increments of 10 - for example, 70 QL total = 1 shoe at 30 QL and 1 shoe at 40 QL. * Testing for total shoe quality above 200 was not possible due to lack each of higher quality shoes for testing at this timethese factors is additive.

{| class="wikitable"= Notes ==*Horseshoes take damage while the horse is mounted. Horseshoes are not damaged on horses being led.*Horseshoes made out of [[gold]], [[silver]], or [[electrum]] use [[jewelry smithing]] skill to improve instead of [[blacksmithing]] skill. Blacksmithing skill is still used to create them, and determines quality level at creation.! Total Shoe Quality*Horseshoes cannot be worn by horses still in the foal stage.

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