Sleipnir frenzy

Well it's been a while since we've seen such excitement on Howrse. The announcement that it would (for a few days at least) be possible to win a Sleipnir in a Horn of Plenty has seen sales of 'Instant Pass Horses' go through the roof, with them selling for up to 50,000 equus. Crazy money. But great for players who were selling them and making huge amounts of money.

One or two interesting facts about the current 'special offer'. Firstly, many of the Sleipnir's seem to have gone to either players who have been on the game for a very long time, or, players who have only been on a few days. Hmmm. Also, it seems that the number of passes you buy doesn't increase your chances of getting one. I know one person who spent 61 passes and got nothing whilst another bought just one, single pass and got one! Maybe it's just luck.....

Patsy

Sleipnir crazy! update 2

Six million equus and it's a done deal! So, today, Sunny Sunshine paid a record amount for a horse. The huge bid for the Divine, fire Sleipnir simply wasn't challenged in the final hours before the auction ended.

So, Sunny Sunshine has a second Sleipnir and loonytoones59 is considerably richer!




Update: I sold my black Sleipnir recently for 8 million equus! How prices have gone up in recent months. We are just waiting for the first 10 million equus Sleipnir now....

Patsy

Sleipnir crazy! update 1

Says it all really.

The Howrse Helper

Sleipnir crazy!

As we write, there are 5 hours to go on the most amazing sale we've seen on Howrse. A Sleipnir is for sale in the auctions. The current price for this eight-legged, Divine horse is 6 million equus! The highest price we've seen a Sleipnir sell for previously was around 4.5 million equus.

Admittedly, it's a fire Sleipnir which are the most sought after, but this is still an immense amount of equus to pay for a horse - however rare and special.

So LucyLou and Patsy will be glued to their PC's (well, one PC and one Mac actually)as the auction reaches it's climax.

We'll post the final figure this 'mega' Sleipnir sells for, soon. Oh and if you want to buy one - start saving. Now!

Patsy

UPDATE:

horseegirl22 has asked if anyone has a screenshot of an 'Invoke' button on a Sleipnir's page. Well we have found one, courtesy of Inner Chorus. And here it is:

Howrse Riding Level 1 - Answers and info

Once you've been registered for 1 day on Howrse (your first day is known as day 0), you can begin to take your riding levels. These are a series of questions that, if answered correctly, give you certain bonuses. Passing Riding Level 1 entitles you to your first job - a groom.

You need to get 100% of the answers correct to pass.

Riding Level 1 - questions and answers

- An adult female horse is called a:

Mare

- Horses primarily eat:

Grass

- If a horse is afraid, it's first instinct is to:

Flee

- Horses usually live how long?

25-30 years

- A horse can learn to mimic basic human speech:

False

- Horses can provide their owners with exercise and companionship:

True

- Horses can live happily with goats, cows and sheep:

True


- If a horse is under 14.2hh, it is called a:

Pony

- Horses are not herd animals:

False

- Horses can learn to do simple tricks:

True

- Which of these is not a gait?

Skip

- Horses have how many nostrils?

2

Lucy

Unicorns - Handy Hint

Breeding a Unicorn is very exciting. But did you know that if want to try and breed a Unicorn, you MUST breed at exactly 6.23am or 6.23pm Game Time? You have just the time between 6.23(am/pm) and 6.24(am/pm) to breed and if you miss it, you'll have to wait a whole 12 hours until you can tray again.

Now, you're still not guaranteed to produce a Unicorn foal when you breed at 6.23(am/pm), but if you don't breed at these times, you will definitely never produce a Unicorn foal.

It's believed that you have a one in six chance of producing a Unicorn foal, so be patient. However, someone I know bred their Unicorn 20 times and never produced a Unicorn foal!
UPDATE: As of 20 April 2011, you now have a 1 in 5 chance.

So good luck. You might need it.


Patsy

Do I Need to Look After My Horses Every Day?

Did you know that you don't have to look after all your horses every day? This is very good news, because if you have more than one or two horses, looking after them all, every day, would become impossible.

If you don't wake your horse up, it will just remain where it was when you put it to bed. In fact, even if it's woken up, as long as you don't do anything with it, like put it in the meadow, give a salt stone ot train it, it will come to no harm.

Imagine that your horse is frozen in time. If you had 1,000 horses, you couldn't posssibly look after each and every one of them on a daily basis! So Howrse understands that the horses are just 'on hold' until you decide to do something with them. Which is good news for you!

One final thing - if you don't look after any of our horses, and you have a job - you won't get paid!

Patsy