Breeding Horses

In Horses of Legend we do not allow mix breeding horses, this means you can not breed say a thoroughbred to an arabian. We might revisit this later on in the game but as it stands we do not allow mix breeding horses. Now a lot goes into breeding horses in the game and it is possible for covers to fail resulting in your mare not having a foal. We are doing this to try and keep things more realistic while also keeping the game fun.

### What causes covers to fail

Covers can fail due to many different factors and the % for failure and success is different across the board depending. We always recommend players check this page of the wiki when they are getting use to this game so the can better understand breeding in Horses of Legend and see how to be successful in their game.

* Lack of care - Not fully caring for your mare for the first three days of her being covered will result in a 90% success and 10% fail rate of her having a foal. We always advise players to fully care for their horses daily.
* Inbreeding - Horses that will show as inbred on their visible pedigree will have a 70% success 30% fail rate. If the mare has a foal that will be visible inbred the foal will be born with health conditions that will range in severity with the most sever being the foal is infertile.
* Health - certain health conditions of mares and stallions will result in a chance the cover will fail. The following health conditions effect mares and stallions in terms of breeding in game.
	+ Insufficient hormone levels - This means your mare was unable to produce the proper hormones to carry the foal and so the cover failed. your mare has a 10% failure rate on covers if she has this issue which can be tested at the vet in game.
	+ Uterine impairment - This is due to your mare aging. The older your mare gets after 18 years old the more she is likely to fail. Once your mare turns 18 years old she has a 15% chance to fail. This failure rate increases by 5% every year after your mare turns 18 years old and stops once she becomes sterile or has sadly passed away due to old age whichever comes first.
	+ Leptospirosis - This condition can be treated by a vet and effect horses with lower health ratings in the game. It results in a 15% fail 85% success rate in terms of breeding mares. The longer the mare, since this can be tested at the vet, goes without treatment the risk rises that her fail rate can increase.
	+ Endometriosis - This condition can be tested for at the vet and treated using antibiotics as the version of endometriosis in our game is the bacterial kind. This results in a 30% fail rate for your mare if she has this. The longer you wait to treat your mare there is risk the % can increase.
	+ Poor intrinsic fertility - This condition effects younger stallions normally until the ages of 4 to 5 years old. This results in a 10% fail rate on the stallions side in the game. This condition will go away as the horse ages and can be tested by the vet.
	+ Oligospermia - This condition is genetic in the game and effects stallions with low overall health ratings. This has a 30% fail rate on the stallions side in game and can not be treated however it can be tested for at the vet.
	+ Partial ejaculates - This condition effects stallions in the game and has a 10% fail rate. It can be tested for and treated at the vet.
* Lethal Genes - Lethal genes in Horses of legend are an automatic fail. Breeding lethal genes together like W10 x W10, W22 x W22, OLW x OLW, and more together in the game will result in a 100% failure due to it being embryonic lethal. The only way to breed these horses is to breed a W10 with a non W10 horse.

### Twins

Horses of Legends does allow for twins to be born however it's a rare chance that this occurs in game. Since twins are rare in real life we would like to keep it rare in game as well. This also comes with risk like losing one or both foals and possibly even the mare. Due to the risk of having twins there is an in game option to terminate a twin pregnancy on your mare completely.

* Twin Pregnancy - There is a 10% chance in game that you're mare could have twins, meaning become pregnant with them and it show on ultrasound, and a 90% chance she will only have one foal during her pregnancy. Now while that is a low chance it doesn't come without risk. Here are the following risk and their chances in game
	+ 10% chance that both foals and mare will die
	+ 10% chance both foals will live
	+ 30% chance both foals will die
	+ 50% chance one foal will die while one foal lives

### Gestation Period

The gestation period of your horse is counted using actual days in real life. Horses in the game age 2 months in game time for every 1 day in real life. This results in your mares gestation period lasting 6 days in real life which is 12 months game time.

* Ultrasounds - These can be done for 100 Volcanic Tokens at 6 months gestation, which is three days in real life after the cover was done.
* Fails - covers will always fail within the first 2 - 4 months gestation which is the first one or two days in real life after the cover was done.
* Foaling - Foaling is done by the vet and cost 1500 Volcanic Tokens for the vets services, this is doubled with twins. Foaling is done on day six of the gestation period.
* Vet fees - Please keep in mind vet fees my vary from 100 VT and 1500 VT if you use the game's vet which has set prices or player owned businesses in game in which another player is the vet as players set their own fees.

### Artificial Insemination

Horses of Legend allows for artificial insemination in game however it is the most expensive form of breeding in the game. This can process involves multiple options and one of which can be sold in game.

* Sperm Collection - Sperm collection is when your stallions sperm is collected in game and stored in a freezer with the vet to allow you to use it in the future even if the horse has died. Players are limited to 30 sperm vials per horse. This cost 200 VT per horse at the vet. Sperm vials can be sold to other players in game via the stud catalog in the vial section.
* Egg Collection - Egg collection is when your mares eggs are harvested in game and stored in a freezer with the vet to allow you to use in the future even after the mare has died. Doing this you can only use the eggs if you have them fertilized with the vet and then placed into a broodmare of your choice that you own. Eggs can not be sold in game. This procedure cost 5,000 VT per horse at the vet.
* Embryo Fertilizing - Embryo Fertilizing is done using harvested sperm and eggs in game. Once the embryo has been fertilized you then select which broodmare you own to place it in. This cost 100,000 VT at the vet.
* Normal Insemination - Normal insemination is where you have your mare covered using sperm vials at the vet. This process includes a hormone injection. This is the only way to guarantee 100% success in breeding unless there are lethal color genetics shared between the mare and stud. This cost 1000 VT at the vet per horse.
* Embryo Insemination - Embryo insemination is where you take a fertilized embryo and have a vet place it in a broodmare of your choice in game. Unless there are lethal color genetics shared between the stallion and mare the fertilized embryo came from this will guarantee a 100% success rate in breeding. Due to how extreme this procedure is it cost 500,000 VT per horse to have done at the in game vet.