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|meattype=Horse|eats=Grain[[Herbivore]], seeds and vegetables; grazer[[Grazer]]|ridable=Yes, with 21 [[body control]].

'''Horse''' is a rideable [[animal]] primarily found on Horses are ridable [[Terrain:Steppecreatures|steppeanimals]] or [[Grass tiles|grass]] land. Horses come in one of 8 known colour types: black, white, grey, brown, gold, "Blood Bay", "Ebony Black" (also known as "Jet Black"), and "Piebald Pinto".

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.

They can be [[lead]] with a rope by anybody without being tamed, but they are [[mounts|ride-able]] only with 21 [[body control]]. ==Variations===== Coat Colour ===Horses can be [[tame]]d with [[seeds]] and some [[vegetable]]s. Be aware though that aggressive mobs occasionally attacks tamed horses/mounts. For this reason always be aware come in one of whether your mount is taking hits. Quickly retreating will usually fix the problem. Be extra aware when disembarked from a tamed horse13 colour types: black, white, grey, brown, gold, blood bay, ebony black (also known as "jet black"), piebald pinto, chestnut, appaloosa, gold buckskin, skewbald pinto, since especially bears and wolves that run around a lot likes to attack theseblack silver.

Horses can be ridden up and down a straight 40 slope ramp or anywhere the sum of two neighbouring sides of a tile do not exceed 40[[Image:Horse_Colours.While only turningpng|thumb|none|1350px|Horse colours, 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 hillimage provided by Malena.]]

One or two horses can be used to pull === Body Form ===Horses have varying body types based on their traits. These body types are: hot-blooded, characterised by a wiry build and speed traits; warm-blooded, with a [[large cart]] medium build and mixed traits; or a [[ship transporter]]cold-blooded, up to four horses can be hitched to featuring a [[wagon]]husky build and draft traits.

[[Image:HorseColors.png|thumb|750px|Horse colours]][[Image:NewHorsesbodies.jpg|thumb|750pxnone|New horse colours500px|Horse body variations from left to right: "Blood Bay"hot-blooded, "Ebony Black" (also known as "Jet Black"), "Piebald Pinto"warm-blooded & cold-blooded.]]

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, and only by the tamer, or when branded by whoever has [[permissions]]. When riding down 20+ slopes  Any [[Animal husbandry|traits]], the horse's [[hunger]], [[terrain]] steepness, and the rider will not receive wounds like 's [[inventory]] [[weight]] can affect the speed of the horse when walkingriding. If the speed of a horse slows suddenly, and mounts will go neither up nor down slopes over without a certain maxweight or terrain increase, so then the horse is most likely hungry. Feed it can something or get off and lead the horse to [[grass]] tiles. After eating or grazing the speed should be wise back to ride to avoid falling off mountainsnormal.

Any [[Animal husbandry|traits]], the horse's [[hunger]]Ebony black horses have a slight speed boost, [[terrain]] steepness and the rider's [[inventory]] [[weight]] can affect the speed of the horse when both riding. If the speed of a horse slows suddenly and without a weight or terrain increasepulling vehicles, 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 normalover other colours.

===Speed Boosting===

!scope="row" | [[Horse_shoeHorse shoe]] set of 4

!scope="row" | [[Wind of Agesages]]

The Equipment speeds aren't determined at 50,70or 90 quality thresholds,90ql improvements they are when the average total ql for 4 shoes reaches this threshold Thus a horse with 4 x 90ql horseshoes, a 90ql saddle linear and 90 WoA on them all will get a speed bonus of 7.2km/h* '''See Also:''' Speed Testing results on the wiki page [[Horse shoe]] Note: Recent use of a 69ql unenchanted saddle provided a speedbonus of 1.46km/h. Horseshoes provided the boost stated. There seems scale according to be a change in saddles, further testing requiredquality.

*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. All foals are bred, not wild. Colour *Color of bred horses will be inherited from their parents, with a very small chance of becoming an entirely different colour 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.

Speed related Numerous traits will turn on and off at random intervals can positively or negatively affect the speed of a creature being ridden by design. Traits that increase speeda player, or pulling a [[:Category:*'''"It has fleeter movement than normalVehicles|vehicle]]."''' - This trait For horses, a player is known likely to create a small want to seek out speed boost.*'''"It has lightning movement."''' - This causes traits for a much higher speed boost.*'''"It can carry more than average." ''' - The rider's inventory will affect the horsethat's speed less.*'''"It has very strong leg muscles." ''' - Slopes affect the horses speed less.*'''"It has ridden, or draft traits for a strong body." ''' - Bonus to maintaining top speed. Some traits can decrease speed:*'''"The legs are of different length." ''' - This causes horse that pulls a very severe speed penaltycart or wagon.

See [[Animal husbandry#Traits|animal husbandry]] for a full listof traits.

*[[Cloth barding]], [[dyeable cloth barding]], [[leather barding]], and [[chain barding]] == Notes == *They can be [[Creatures#Leading|Clothled]]with a rope by anybody without being tamed, but they are [[Leather bardingmounts|Leatherridable]] 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 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]].*Adult horses and foals can be found in the wild, including swimming deep in the ocean.*It is possible for an untamed, branded horse to be attacked by a champion aggressive animal and killed. == See Also == [[Chain bardingHorse names]]