How to get karma

OK, so karma seems to be a bit of a 'secret' topic on Howrse as you're not allowed to discuss it in the forums. We're not entirely sure why (maybe it's to stop a deluge of questions) so we've put this post together to give you the basics of how karma works, how to get it and how to lose it.

This is what Howrse says about karma:

'Karma responds to your reputation within the game. The higher your karma, the better your reputation and you gain access to more areas of the game. Likewise, negative karma is a sign of a bad reputation and may limit your access to certain areas or features of the game.'

Here's how you can earn karma:

• You get a karma point for every 30 days registration on Howrse
• You get a karma point for every set of 10 passes you buy
• You get a karma point every time 5 people you have sponsored reach their first karma point.

These are the only ways to obtain karma. Occasionally you can also win karma points in contests and promotions such as the recent jigsaw puzzle contest, although these occasions are rare.

Well, once you've got karma you can do several things with it:

• You earn 1 pass for every 5 karma points you collect
• You gain access to the private sales once you have 3 karma points (although new players can now 'buy' their way into the sales by purchasing the Business Key, even if they have less than 3 karma points)
• You can create 1 affix for your horses for every 2 karma points you collect
• You can create breeding farms once you have 3 karma points

You will find that players with higher karma command more trust and respect on the game. It is a measure that you are a longstanding and fair player. For example, if you are trading horses or BM items with another player it is usual for the player with the lower karma to fulfil their part of the trade first.

And don't forget, if you break the rules you can also lose karma in several ways:

• By posting rude or offensive messages, advertisements or spam via PM or in the forums
• Having inappropriate content on your page or in your EC forum
• Selling a horse for more than 20 passes or a divine for more than 200 passes (using other horses to do so)
• Cheating
• Having more than one account (multi-accounting)
• Trying to steal other players accounts

That's a quick overview of karma - remember if you play the game fairly you will never have any problems about losing karma.

You can check out your karma by going to profile - my account - my karma.

Lucy