Mount Breeding

Players can now breed Horses, Llamas, Desert Ostards, Forest Ostards, and Frenzied Ostards, with additional creatures potentially available in the future. Breeding allows players to create offspring with special and potentially rare hues. Each breedable creature is randomly assigned a Gender and a Fertility Rating (ranging from 0% to 100%), which can be viewed in the Animal Lore window. Only Bonded (Level 1) creatures are eligible for breeding, and creatures with a Fertility Rating of 0% cannot be used. Players can reduce a breedable mount's fertility to 0% using Sterilization Tablets, which can be crafted with Cooking.

Overview

To breed mounts, players must have a Feeding Trough (craftable via Carpentry) that is locked down inside their house. Double-clicking a locked-down Feeding Trough will open the Mount Breeding menu. Players must add both a Male and Female creature of the same species to the Feeding Trough by clicking the Add button under each gender and targeting the respective creature. Adding a creature stores it inside the Trough, and players may remove a creature at any time by clicking the Remove button (removing a creature in the middle of breeding will abort the process).

Once a Male and Female creature have been added, players can click Start Breeding to begin the process. The offspring will take several days to grow, and growth will only occur if the Feeding Trough remains locked down in a house with sufficient Food and Water. Feeding Troughs now display the Body Value of the offspring along with its Hue.

Offspring Growth

Breeding requires continuous growth over several days. Growth increases hourly as long as the following conditions are met:

• The Feeding Trough remains locked down in a house.
• The Feeding Trough has Food available.
• The Feeding Trough has Water available.

Food

Players must provide food by clicking Add Food and targeting Fruits or Vegetables, which can be purchased from Farmer NPCs in towns and wilderness farm locations. Food amounts decrease over time as the breeding process progresses.

Water

Players must also provide Water by clicking Add Water and targeting any Watering Can, Water Bucket, Water Tub, or Water Barrel from the Plant system. Water amounts decrease over time as breeding progresses.

Offspring Delivery

Once sufficient growth has occurred, players can click Deliver to receive the offspring in the game world. The hue of the offspring is determined by several factors, including the Hue of the Parents, Parent Fertility, and Item Bonuses. After each breeding, both parents lose 5% Fertility. Once a mount reaches 0% Fertility, it can no longer be bred. Offspring are automatically set to Experience Level 1 and are Bonded upon delivery.

Hue Ranges

Each breedable creature type has multiple Hue Ranges that determine possible offspring colors. When a creature spawns in the wild, it is assigned a Hue Range, which consists of:

• A Wild Spawn Hue (basic wilderness hue).
• Several Tiers of Special Hues.
• A Rare Hue.

Breeding Hues

When breeding, there is a 50% chance the offspring will use the Male parent's Hue Range and a 50% chance it will use the Female parent's Hue Range. The offspring will adopt at minimum the current hue of the selected parent unless that parent has a Rare Hue, in which case it will use the highest Special Hue Tier instead.

The offspring may upgrade to a better hue depending on its parent's Hue Tier:

• If the selected parent has a Wild Spawn Hue, there is a chance the offspring will upgrade to the first Special Hue Tier.
• If the selected parent has a Special Hue Tier hue, there is a chance the offspring will upgrade to the next Tier.
• There is a small chance the offspring will adopt the Rare Hue of the selected parent's Hue Range, with odds improving based on the parent's Special Hue Tier.

The chance for an offspring to Upgrade its hue is determined by: 10% × Effective Fertility

The chance for an offspring to receive a Rare Hue is determined by: 0.5% × Effective Fertility × (Parent Hue Tier Level / Total Parent Special Hue Tiers)

If the selected parent is already at the highest Special Hue Tier, the offspring won’t upgrade but will have double the normal Rare Hue chance.

Effective Fertility is calculated as: (Male Fertility Rating + Female Fertility Rating + Breeder Skill Bonuses + Breeding Item Bonuses)

Breeding Skill Bonuses are based on the player who clicks Begin Breeding and include:

• 5% × (Animal Taming Skill / 100)
• 5% × (Animal Lore Skill / 100)
• 5% × (Veterinary Skill / 100)
• 5% × (Herding Skill / 100)

Horses

Wild Hue	Hue Range	Rare Hue
1810	1810-1818	1920
1819	1819-1827	1921
1828	1828-1836	1922
1837	1837-1845	1923
1846	1846-1854	1924
1864	1864-1872	1926
1873	1873-1881	1927
1882	1882-1890	1928
1891	1891-1899	1929
1900	1900-1908	1930

Llamas

Wild Hue	Hue Range	Rare Hue
1828	1828-1836	1949
1873	1873-1881	1927
1891	1891-1899	1929

Forest Ostards

Wild Hue	Hue Range	Rare Hue
2201	2201-2206	1931
2207	2207-2212	1932
2213	2213-2218	1933
2219	2219-2224	1934
1249	1249-1254	1946

Frenzied Ostards

Wild Hue	Hue Range	Rare Hue
1102	1102-1109	1935
1110	1110-1117	1936
1118	1118-1125	1937
1126	1126-1133	1938
1134	1134-1141	1939
1142	1142-1149	1940

Desert Ostards

Wild Hue	Hue Range	Rare Hue
2401	2401-2406	1941
2407	2407-2412	1942
2413	2413-2418	1943
2419	2419-2424	1944
2425	2425-2430	1945

Breeding Items

Players can increase Growth Rate and Effective Fertility using Breeding Items. There are two types: 1. Consumable Items (temporary bonuses). 2. Installation Items (permanent house decorations that provide passive bonuses).

Clicking the Info button in the Breeding Item section will display a description of each item's effect.

Consumable Mount Breeding Items

Consumable items are added to the Feeding Trough via the Add Breeding Item button. These have limited durations, and players can only add one of each type at a time.

Item	Description	Obtained
Fertility Serum	Increases Effective Fertility by 10% for 30 days	NPC Farmers
Exceptional Fertility Serum	Increases Effective Fertility by 15% for 30 days	Prevalian Merchant
File:Superiorfertilityserum.jpg Superior Fertility Serum	Increases Effective Fertility by 20% for 30 days	Alchemy
Growth Tablets	Increases Daily Growth by 50 for 30 days	Prevalian Merchant

Installation Breeding Items

Players can craft Installation Breeding items that provide passive bonuses to nearby Feeding Troughs (within 8 Tiles). Having multiple of the same item does not stack bonuses.

Item	Description	Obtained
Tacking Shelf	Increases Effective Fertility by 10%	Carpentry
Stables Cart	Increases Daily Growth by 50	Carpentry
Grooming Tools	Increases Daily Growth by 25	Carpentry