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'''Horse''' is a rideable [[animal]] primarily found on [[Terrain:Steppe|steppe]] 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]]. 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 of whether your mount is taking hits. Quickly retreating will usually fix the problem. Be extra aware when disembarked from a tamed horse, since especially bears and wolves that run around a lot likes to attack these. 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.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]].

[[Image:NewHorses.jpg|thumb|750px|New Newer horse colours: "Blood Bay", "Ebony Black" (also known as "Jet Black"), "Piebald Pinto"]]

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. When riding down 20+ slopes the rider will not receive wounds like , or when walking, and mounts will go neither up nor down slopes over a certain max, so it can be wise to ride to avoid falling off mountainsbranded by whoever has [[permissions]].

The 50,70,and 90ql improvements are when the average total ql for 4 shoes reaches this threshold.

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