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''These are said to bring luck! Apart from improving horse mounted animals speed and safety, of course.''

'''Horse shoes''' are U-shaped [[metal]] [[item]]s which can be equipped on a [[horse]]an animal's hooves to help it move somewhat faster. Can be made of any [[Metal lump|metal]].

* [[Horse]]* [[Hell horse]]* [[Donkey]]* [[Mule]]* [[Unicorn]] ''(can only wear gold, silver, or electrum horse shoes)'' == Equipping ==* [[Tame]] or [[branding|brand]] the animal you want to put the horseshoe(s) on to.* Right click the animal and choose ''look>equipment''.* Open the Torso, Legs, and Forelegs.* Drag and drop a individual horseshoe to each hoof.Note: Horseshoes MUST be cold before putting them on! == Speed Boost ==Horseshoes increase the speed of a horse. How much speed is gained is a factor of:* QL of the horseshoe* the casted power of [[Wind of ages]] or [[Blessings of the dark]]* the rarity of the shoe The effects of each of these factors is additive.

*4 horse shoes are needed per horse. (tested with one horse shoe and still got a speed bonus)*The horse must be [[tame]]d before attaching horse shoes and other equipment, Horseshoes take damage while the horse shoes need to be cool before attaching. After equipping it can be untamed.*Horse shoes are damaged with every step the horse takes while is mounted. Horse shoes Horseshoes are not damaged on horses being led.*The speed enhancement depends on the quality Horseshoes made out of the equipped horseshoes. 50 QL is required for any bonus {New information suggest that this is no longer the case[[gold]], more research needed[[silver]], see http://forum.wurmonline.com/index.php?/topic/77108-horse-gearspeed-test/ for more info}. A bonus or [[electrum]] use [[jewelry smithing]] skill to improve instead of .24 km/hr is gained for each shoe at QL50, another .24 km/hr at QL70, and a final .24 km/hr at QL90. *Enchantment with [[Wind of Ages|WoAblacksmithing]] will increase the efficiency of the horse shoesskill. The same bonus Blacksmithing skill is added as for the QL: a bonus of .24 km/hr at 50 WoA, another bonus of .24 km/hr at 70 WoAstill used to create them, and a bonus of .24 km/hr determines quality level at 90 WoAcreation.*Speed bonuses are only at each threshhold. For example, a QL70 horse shoe will give the same bonus as the same shoe improved to QL89, and a horse shoe with 50 WoA will give the same bonus as Horseshoes cannot be worn by horses still in the same shoe with 69 WoA.*Does not carry a signaturefoal stage.

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