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Being mounted provides a very substantial advantage in combat. It is usually much easier to kill a strong opponent when riding. In addition, mounts are unaffected by the rider's [[stamina]] and [[health]], which makes it possible to retreat from combat even with low stamina or critical wounds. Riding a fast mount is often the only way of successfully escaping some of the faster mobs (like aged [[troll]]s or [[crocodile]]s). This is especially true when carrying loads above a bare minimum, because horses are not slowed as much as players are when carrying heavy loads.
Horse bodies are also different depending === Body Form ===Horses have varying body types based on their traits. Horses These body types are now considered : hot -blooded (, characterised by a wiry — build and speed traits), ; warm -blooded (, with a medium — build and mixed traits), ; or cold -blooded (, featuring a husky — build and draft traits).
There are numerous Numerous traits that can positively or negatively affect the speed of a creature being ridden by a player, or pulling a [[:Category:Vehicles|vehicle]]. For horses, a player is likely to want to seek out speed traits for a horse that's ridden, or draft traits for a horse that pulls a cart or wagon.
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|meattype=Horse
|eats=[[Herbivore]], [[Grazer]]
|ridable=Yes, with 21 [[body control]].
|swim=Yes
|lair=Steppe and grass
''Horses like this one have many uses.''
Horses are rideable ridable [[creatures|animals]]. Being mounted provides a very substantial advantage in combat. It is usually much easier to kill a strong opponent when riding. In addition, mounts are unaffected by the rider's [[stamina]] and [[health]], which makes it possible to retreat from combat even with low stamina or critical wounds. Riding a fast mount is often the only way of successfully escaping some of the faster mobs (like aged [[troll]]s or [[crocodile]]s). This is especially true when carrying loads above a bare minimum because horses are not slowed as much as players are when carrying heavy loads.
==Variations==
=== Coat Colour ===
Horses come in one of 13 colour types: black, white, grey, brown, gold, blood bay, ebony black (also known as "jet black"), piebald pinto, chestnut, appaloosa, gold buckskin, skewbald pinto, and black silver.
[[Image:Horse_colors.jpg|250px|Horse colours, image provided by Malena]]
[[Image:Horse bodies.jpg|250pxthumb|none|500px|Horse body variationsfrom left to right: hot-blooded, warm-blooded & cold-blooded.]]
== Speed ==
A horse without speed -affecting traits or equipment will have a max speed of ~18 kph when riding it. Riding speed is completely unaffected by [[terrain]] type. It is the same everywhere on and off-road. [[Saddle]]s and [[horse shoe]]s will raise the maximum speed. A horse's gear can only be accessed or changed when tamed by the tamer, or when branded by whoever has [[permissions]].
Any [[Animal husbandry|traits]], the horse's [[hunger]], [[terrain]] steepness, and the rider's [[inventory]] [[weight]] can affect the speed of the horse when riding. If the speed of a horse slows suddenly, without a weight or terrain increase, then the horse is most likely hungry. Feed it something or get off and lead the horse to [[grass]] tiles. After eating or grazing the speed should be back to normal.
Ebony black horses have a slight speed boost, when both riding and pulling vehicles, over other colours. ===Speed Boosting===
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== Bred Horses ==
*Bred horses have individual (but not unique) [[horse names|names]] randomly chosen at birth. They can have traits affecting their speed and other [[animal conditions|characteristics]].
*Bred horses have 2 [[foal]] stages (young foal and adolescent foal) before they grow to into young horses.
*Color of bred horses will be inherited from their parents, with a very small chance of becoming an entirely different color at birth.
*Traits have a chance to be inherited from the parents. Both parents having a trait will help but does not guarantee that trait will be passed on.
== Traits ==
See [[Animal husbandry#Traits|animal husbandry]] for a full list of traits.
== Notes ==
*They can be [[Creatures#Leading|led]] with a rope by anybody without being tamed, but they are [[mounts|ride-ableridable]] only with 21 [[body control]].
*Horses can be [[tame]]d with [[seeds]] and some [[vegetable]]s. Be aware though that aggressive mobs occasionally attack tamed horses/mounts.
*Horses can be ridden up and down a straight 40 slope ramp or anywhere the sum of two neighbouring sides of a tile do does not exceed 40. While only turning, your horse will move forward a little. A horse will move much slower when ridden backwards or up a hill, it moves faster when riding down a hill.
*One or two horses can be used to pull a [[large cart]] or a [[ship transporter]]. Up to four horses can be hitched to a [[wagon]].
*Horses have 20 body strength.
*Breeding a female horse with a male [[donkey]] will produce a [[mule]].
*Horses, including Adult horses and foals, can be found spawned in the wild, including swimming deep in the ocean.*It IS is possible for an untamed, branded horse to be attacked by a champion aggressive animal and killed.*Ebony black speed horses have a slight speed boost over other colors.*Ebony black draft horses have a slight pulling speed boost over other colors.
== See Also ==
