#Heat the branding iron to searing "it is hot" or glowing hothotter. Doesn't require heating if the branding iron has Crystal Brass Jackal rune attached to it.
#Make sure you and the animal are within the deed you are a member of.
#Activate the branding iron, right-click the animal, and select ''Brand''.
== Notes ==
* Removal of the brand uses the same procedure as listed above.
* When examining the animal after branding, it will say: "It has been been branded by and belongs to the settlement of [Settlement]."'* Once branded, members of that village can lead the animal, no matter where it is.* Branding a horse also allows you to set riding permissions, as well as equip an animal without needing to [[tame]] it first, though only on PVE servers and deeds. Denial of permissions here overrides deed permissions.* Branded horses also have the same protection when dead as when alive (until the next server restart), meaning only those who have permissions may take items from the corpse.
* Can only be used on animals that are leadable.
* Only the deed that created the brand can remove it.
* A settlement cannot remove or overwrite a brand from a different settlement.
* '''PVE''': The maximum number of branded animals per deed is (number of tiles)/11. This does not include perimeter tiles.** You can see the number of branded animals in '''Settlement info''': ''The tile per creature ratio of this deed is 45.621952. Optimal is 15.0 or more. This is a good figure. There are 35 creatures currently branded.''== Reference ==[[wikipedia:* Failure to create a branding iron|Branding iron]]uses .03 of the lump.