Guide
Horses and riding
Every horse in the game was tamed from the wild or bred by a player. No vendor sells or rents horses.
- Horses are tamed from the wild or bred. An ordinary horse needs no Animal Husbandry to tame; tamed and bred horses may still be better.
- A player may sell a horse to another player directly, or sell it to a stablemaster, who resells only player-supplied horses.
- Riding is its own skill. Each horse requires a riding level, and taming is never needed to ride.
- A tamed horse starts bareback. The saddle is an item made by leatherworkers and is put on and taken off from the horse's menu; barding and saddlebags follow.
- A mount moves at walk, trot, canter and gallop. Fast gaits tire it, and a tired horse slows.
- Quality and bloodline set a mount's speed, which is what breeding is for. Neglect (hunger, poor health, unhappiness) slows a mount.
- A horse that is not being ridden must be kept in a pasture you own or tied to a hitching post.
- An owned animal takes damage only from its owner, so another player cannot kill your horse.
- Taking damage while mounted can throw the rider.
- Animals age through five stages: newborn, juvenile, adult, veteran and elder. They are never killed by age, and offspring inherit potential, never training or loyalty.