Horses

Horse 3D renders.

In Ashes of Creation, the horse represents one of the first and fundamental animals in the animal husbandry profession. Players can expect to find a wide variety of horse species existing in both domesticated form from stable merchants, as well as in the wild with more exotic features and traits.

Horse 3D renders.

Horses are a type of animal in Ashes of Creation.

• Royal horses will be able to fly.

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  Bearded Balemane

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  Ebon Omen

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  Horses

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  Imperial Destrier

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  Midnight mare

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  Obsidian stallion

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  Radiant stallion

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  Runic steed

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  Spectral mare

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  Stallion Prime

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  Steed of the Frayed Copse

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  Twilight Courser

Stables

Alpha-1 early example of the first tier of animal husbandry stables on a freehold plot.

Players will be able to place the animals they are trying to focus on from a Husbandry perspective within the stable area and then over the course of time are going to be able to yield some type of results out of those parings. – Steven Sharif

Stables in Ashes of Creation refer to:

• A workstation used to breed animals within the Animal husbandry profession.

• A system that stores active mounts in slots that can be used local to the stable.

The active mounts are determined based on you having that active mount as part of a slot within the stable that you're within the area of. And what that means is that mounts are relevant in battle; and if you lose your mount in battle it is a detriment. There are ways for you to bring that mount back. There are active potions that you can have available to you to do fast resurrections to reduce that cooldown potentially; and you can also interface with the stable itself if you want to swap that mount out with a different mount. – Steven Sharif

• A building for displaying mounts on freeholds is not currently on the roadmap.

Q: Will you be able to keep your mounts that you've unlocked on your freeholds plot to move freely about as they please like in a stable or in a little fenced area?

A: There are a number of different types of ways that creatures can be acquired: some of them in a mount format; and can be utilized in animal husbandry/livestock placements on the freehold. But from a cosmetic perspective, we don't quite have a system in place for that yet. I'm not going to rule that out for the future of post-launch, but right now it's delegated specifically to hunting, taming, livestock, and animal husbandry. – Steven Sharif

Animal husbandry

Screenshot of Dawnbreaker variant achievable through the Animal husbandry profession. 3D model by Jessica Jennings.

Those variations that were present with the Dawnbreaker: those are examples of how Animal Husbandry surfaces subtle changes- from subtle to extreme. Those were more subtle; those are wing variations, those were fur variations, color variations, eye color variations. All of that stuff gets represented as part of the Animal husbandry system and it's cool to see what's available for players to experiment with.

Rare Flailrunner mount that can only be obtained via breeding two tamable creatures through the animal husbandry profession.

Animal husbandry is meant to be a pretty diverse profession: One that has a significant importance because players in MMOs love their mounts and we wanted to do something unique in that regard. – Steven Sharif

Animal husbandry is a profession within the processing artisan class.

• Pets, Mounts, Livestock, and Beasts of burden can be captured and tamed to breed animals with specific genetic traits.
• Stables are freehold buildings used for breeding animals within the animal husbandry profession.
  • Public spaces in nodes allow lower-tier animal husbandry and farming activities.
• Mounts, such as horses are an early gateway into the Animal husbandry profession.
  • Animal husbandry will affect aquatic mounts.
  • Animal husbandry mounts will not degrade over time.
• Animal husbandry will be an exploritative profession.

Many animals that can be tamed and bred through the animal husbandry profession can be found in herds across the lands of Verra. These herds represent a gatherable resource, of sorts, that masters of the animal husbandry profession may then use to discover lesser-known species variants with untold powers and abilities. Mounts play a large role in Ashes of Creation, and animals like the horse are an early gateway into the unlimited possibilities that await those skilled in the arts of husbandry.

Horse mount barding

Mount barding cosmetic reward for backing at the Leader of Men level.

Mount barding (also referred to as Saddles) is armor for mounts in Ashes of Creation. Mount barding is similar in concept to player armor.

• The higher the level of barding, the better looking it will be.
• Barding will have multiple components that can be equipped. Each component will increase the stats of the mount, such as hit points and speed.
• Barding cosmetics can only be applied to mounts with barding cosmetic slots.
• Cosmetic skins may only be applied to barding/saddle items that are earned in-game.
  • Barding skins can not be applied over a mount skin.

  The mount skins are applied to the mount, and barding (think of it like an accessory appearance) can not be applied over the mount skin. – Cody Peterson

  • Barding skins' appearance may differ depending on the type of mount.

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  Horse mount barding

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  Khyber's Jewel 3D render

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  Khyber's Jewel

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  Mount barding

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  Summer mount barding

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  Vanguard's Hammer

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Zie ook

• Mounts
• Mount barding
• Animal husbandry