Some animals including horses, cows, bulls, pigs and pheasants can be branded using a [[branding iron]]. Branding works only when on a deed you are a member of. Once branded, examining the animal shows the village it belongs to and allows members of that village to lead it, no matter where it is.
* Rule of thumb: ''If the animal can be lead with a rope, it can be branded.'' If you can't lead the animal, you can't brand it.
* On PvE servers branded animals cannot be attacked by another player unless they have the correct [[permissions]].
* Branded horses 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.