Unicorn

*This is about New Lands & Two Crowns.*

* Europe
* Shogun
* Dead Lands

The **unicorn** is a rare mount with an economic ability.

It runs faster than the original horse on open land and has the same stamina.

## Cherry tree

#Sakura tree

The unicorn's habitat is located deep in the forest.
It can be recognized by a large tree with blossoms and mushrooms on the ground, along with a magic-like chiming sound in the background.

While in *New Lands* the unicorn itself can be spotted right away along with its tree, in *Two Crowns* it remains invisible until the Monarch unlocks it.

## Unlocking

 *Kingdom: New Lands* – The unicorn is unlocked on the fifth island, after which it can be found on any island.
For details on how the unlocking process works, see Signpost.

 *Kingdom Two Crowns* – In the regular campaign the unicorn is always on the fifth island on Europe, Shogun and Dead Lands settings.
The Monarch must pay four gems at the tree to make its magic inhabitant appear, and twelve coins at the mount to ride it.
In the Trade Routes challenge island, which takes place in the Dead Lands setting, it can be found on the summer island (the second land), and it costs six coins to make it appear, and twelve coins to ride.

## Pooping coins

 *Kingdom: New Lands* – The unicorn poops out three coins every time it grazes—and it can graze every fifteen seconds (*disregard the frequency on the edited GIF*).

 *Kingdom Two Crowns* – The unicorn can graze at any time, but will only produce coins after a flashing animation much like that of the warhorse has occurred. This happens roughly every forty-five seconds, which means you're able to produce a maximum of sixteen coins in a full day-night cycle.

Usually, just by letting it on grass, the unicorn can produce coins at a good frequency, without the need of walking, or actively making it tired between one grazing and another. Due to the lack of grass, the unicorn has less value during the winter.

In Trade Routes, the sinister unicorn doesn't need fresh grass to "graze".
In fact, if it's not moving, nothing can prevent it from lowering its head and dragging energy from any type of soil.
But instead of three, it will only deliver two coins at a time.

## Appearance

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Lead your soldiers to battle atop the mythological Kirin.Raw Fury on the *Two Crowns* Steam Store page
As seen in the infobox gallery on the top of this page:

* The unicorn in Europe has a whitish coat and a light yellow (or golden) mane.
* In Shogun it is a **kirin**, the Japanese unicorn-like variant of the legendary Chinese *quilin*. It has similar colors, but it's much taller, and has a flying mane, and a backwards curving horn.
* In Dead Lands (Trade Routes) it's a robust dark purple unicorn with a pink and purple horn.

## Tutorial video

The video does not cover the unicorn in the challenge island.
For that, check the Trade Routes tutorial.

## Speedrun

On April 2021, the unicorn was used as the main mount of the speedrun world record for the five islands in *New Lands*.
It was found on the seaside of the first island, and was kept during the entire run until the departure from the fifth and last island.

## History

Back in 2016, when Monarchs could only ride regular horses, a sneak-peek of the unicorn was shown at the very end of the release trailler of *Kingdom: New Lands*.

## References

1. ↑ From Japanese 麒麟 (*hiragana* きりん, *katakana* キリン, *rōmaji* **kirin**) • From Mandarin and Middle Chinese, the original etymology, 麒麟 (麒 qí + 麟 lín, *pinyin* **qílín**) • Variant obsolete forms: 麒麐, 騏驎 or simply 驎.
2. ↑ Kingdom New Lands [3h21:55] WR Island 1 to 5 w/ unicorn, by Clara RDK on *Youtube*, on 29 April 2021.
3. ↑ Kingdom: New Lands Release Trailer on *Youtube* (jump to → 1:36). 3 August 2016.