Tuesday, August 16, 2011

Holsteiner - the new breed of horse

A new breed of horse has appeared today - The Holsteiner. Details are a little thin on the ground right now, but this is a picture of one of the first adults on Howrse. A quick look at the genetics shows that their top three skills, in order, are Jumping , Gallop and Dressage.

At the moment, you can only get a Holsteiner when you win one as part of the bonus puzzle - see below.

Patsy

UPDATE: They are already appearing in the sales at rather immense prices!

Jigsaw Puzzle: Bonus puzzle

Just when we thought it would be an 'ordinary' contest, things have changed. Howrse have just introduced Horns of Plenty with which you can win missing pieces for your jigsaw puzzle.

It appears that you can (actually NEED to) use HoP's to complete the bonus puzzle. This means that some of the Balios's have already been won.

We're not quite sure how some people have managed to get their third login for puzzle no.4, but they have and have then used HoP's to help complete the bonus puzzle.

According to one player (NOT confirmed by ultimate Howrse), the bonus puzzle has the following objectives:

  • Objective Gift
    1. First login of the day 1 x Holsteiner foal
    2. First login of the day 1 x Diamond
    3. Use a Philosopher's Stone 1 x Diamond
    4. Give birth to twins 1 x Diamond
    5. Give birth to a Unicorn 1 x Diamond
    6. Open Horns of Plenty 1 x Diamond
    7. Open Horns of Plenty 5 x Diamonds
    8. Open Horns of Plenty 5 x Diamonds
    9. Be the original breeder of
    a 40 year old, non-immortal horse 5 x Diamonds

So, we don't yet know how some players have managed to complete the Jigsaw Puzzle Contest, but they certainly have and those Balios's are disappearing fast!

More news as and when we have it.

UPDATE: Players are reporting that they used over 40 passes to buy HoP's, to complete the bonus puzzle.

UPDATE 2: All of the Balios's have now been won.

Patsy

Sunday, August 14, 2011

Jigsaw Puzzle No.4

Howrse's jigsaw puzzle contest continues and we've now reached puzzle no.4. as you'll see, it's essentially the same as most of the others.

The prize for completing the whole puzzle is a Dragon, which some players will find pretty useful. OK, enough chit chat. You want answers and we have them for you.


Here are the objectives and the gifts for puzzle no.4:


Objective                                                       Gift
1. First login of the day                          Posiedon's Saddle
2. First login of the day                          150 x turnips
3. First login of the day                          20 x Energy Mash
4. Win 30 competitions                          1 x 4000 equus
5. Be congratulated 3 times                    1 x Dog
6.Take part in the Grand Prix                 1 x Daphne's Laurels
7.Find the hidden piece                          1 x 6000 equus
8. Groom xx horses                                1 x Apollo's Lyre
9. Go to contest page at (TIME)            1 x Pandora's Box

So there you have it. The latest round of objectives and gifts. We're still seeing dozens of questions about the contest. Our advice? Read the other postings on here because all your answers are there. Trust me!

Well good luck for this round of the contest. And, as always, we will be back with news on jigsaw puzzle no.5 as soon as it's available.

Patsy