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**Horse** is the first type of mount available in the *Kingdom* series, and the only one in *Kingdom: Classic*.
A horse has, according to its type, varied speed and amount of stamina.
It grazes normally on plains, and has no special ability.

## Standard horse

* Classic / NL
* Two Crowns
* Dead Lands

### Walk speed

Average
(slightly slower in forest)

### Run speed

Average
(also slower in forest)

### Ability

None

**Standard horse** is the starter mount in all campaigns of the *Kingdom* series. It has average speed and stamina, and no special ability. Regarding its appearance, as shown in the infobox aboveon the right, the starter horse is:

The undead horse in Dead Lands—unlike in the Halloween event—is similar to any other standard horse: it has a limited, average stamina that is recharged by grazing.

In *Classic* monarchs can find and swap to a faster horse.

In *New Lands* and *Two Crowns* this horse can be replaced by a variety of mounts—each one with its unique preset advantages and disadvantages—as soon as they are found and/or unlocked.

## Superior horse

* Classic
* New Lands
* Two Crowns

### Speed

Varied
*(see tables on the leftbelow)*

### Unlocked on

available from start in
2nd island in
3rd island in

### Cost

3  in  and
1  + 3  in

A **superior horse** or **wild horse** is found on an open field with a fence. It has no special ability and has varied speed and stamina, which are listed below, always compared to the values featured by the starter horse of each game.

 The black horse can be found deep in the wilderness.

 All superior horse variations are unlocked on the second island, after which they may spawn by pairs of two random horses (including the starter, light brown one) on any given island.

 The draft horse is unlocked on the third island. It is sandy with a dark brown mane in Europe and it is dark brown with a sandy mane in Shogun.

## Trivia

While the black horse was being tested in a beta branch, as the first alternative mount in the *Kingdom* series, the developer Gordon has posted the following poem while replying to a player who was asking for a confirmation if the new horse was indeed faster:

I ride the night sky

I see the world through a much different eye

Power, beauty

Strength and grace

I feel the spirits of ancestral space

Pride of herd

Sisters and brothers

I live ever watchful standing by others

A rainbow of colors

No two ever the same

The short, the tall, the long of mane

I know the chance

I know the fear

I live on the edge for death crouches near

On my back I carry a load

Through storm and calm

Ever vigilant and bold

I have died in battle

Killed by man

Hunted by predator as I roamed the land

No more room

Not enough grazing

Captured, shot, sold by pound on bills of lading

Yet I survive

Sometimes an insurmountable course

Who am I, Black Beauty the Horse

The black horse is no longer available in *Kingdom Two Crowns*, but developers have honored its legacy by using its image in a rearing position to represent the achievement called "I am an Equestrian" in which the Monarch has to ride four different steeds in a single island.

## References

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Tested for *Two Crows* only (v.1.1.14).
2. ↑ Also known as default horse, basic horse, starter horse, light brown horse (in *Classic* and *New Lands*), grey horse (in *Two Crowns*), or regular horse ("Horse Regular" in game files).
3. ↑ "Superior horses" is a generic—and still meaningful—name adopted by the community during the *New Lands* first years (e.g.1 and 2) to designate alternative horses. The adjective "superior" is generic because in *New Lands* the standard horse may also be found on the superior horses' habitat. The expression remains relevant if considering that the simple availability of this equine mount group found on plains, puts the Monarch on a "superior" situation if compared to that of only having the starter horse and no choice.
4. ↑ 4.0 4.1 "Horse Fast" in game files.
5. ↑ "Horse Burst" in game files.
6. ↑ "Horse Stamina" in game files.
7. ↑ Called "stamina steed" by developer Gordon, on 14 September 2018 on *Twitter*, and "stamina horse" by developers as of the first game update. Also known as workhorse, hairy horse, or chunky horse. Invoked in game files as "strong horse"
8. ↑ On *Reddit*, 28 March 2016. The text is an adaptation of Wild Horse, a poem by Trish Beckwith.