Horseshoes

[Tony Liberatto]

Do I need 4 horseshoes? Or just one?

[Fel]

Just one as far as I can tell (I never tried to equip the horse with more though).

[Werric]

I'm not 100% sure but I think when you craft 1 horseshoe you actually get 4 but it only shows as 1. I think it's similar to firewood and wood demand. When you make firewood you get 4 pieces from 1 log and those 4 pieces = 20 wood demand.

[Roast Beef]

Originally posted by Werric:

I'm not 100% sure but I think when you craft 1 horseshoe you actually get 4 but it only shows as 1. I think it's similar to firewood and wood demand. When you make firewood you get 4 pieces from 1 log and those 4 pieces = 20 wood demand.

horseshoes is simply an item that goes into one of the 3 equipment slots of the horse. the game doesnt detail that much as to say theres 4; the in game horse 3d model could as well have 450 legs and this mechanics would still work.

now for firewood (and logs and sticks), it's actually like coins IRL. some coins are worth 1. others are worth 0.50, 0.25, and so on. so firewood is like a coin that is worth 5; logs is worth 10; and sticks is worth 1.

[invivo4u]

Do horseshoes add anything? I've never equipped them but my horse doesn't seem to suffer due to the lack of them.

[Capuzzi09]

Originally posted by invivo4u:

Do horseshoes add anything? I've never equipped them but my horse doesn't seem to suffer due to the lack of them.

Less stamina loss while sprinting, when you equip horseshoes to your horse or donkey.
You can also see that in the object description, there it's written in plain text. :P

[invivo4u]

OK, but I've never seen stamina loss even though I roam all over the map, completing quests.

[Roast Beef]

Originally posted by invivo4u:

OK, but I've never seen stamina loss even though I roam all over the map, completing quests.

youve been going around by horse and never holding shift? or pressing space?

[invivo4u]

I double tap shift for the long treks. I'd love to see some quest related to distance traveled .. ;)) Thanks for the response!

[Roast Beef]

Originally posted by invivo4u:

I double tap shift for the long treks. I'd love to see some quest related to distance traveled .. ;)) Thanks for the response!

double tap is slower. but each to their own.

[richardmgoldsmith]

A horseshoe is really one set of four - all or nothing.

[Fel]

Originally posted by Roast Beef:

double tap is slower. but each to their own.

Not really, if you double tap from a still position it goes into sprint mode on top of going forward and you can toggle between normal and sprint by hitting shift at any time.

The only difference is that you don't have to hold the forward key.

[Dracon]

Since they are specifically named "Iron Horseshoes" are there any known plans to add steel (pretty please :D), or at least horseshoes made from other metals?

[d9r9k9]

To use the horseshoes you need to equip then on your characters page it will place the 1 shoe on a horse that has a saddle. If you keep adding shoes nothing will happen it will just go into your horses inventory.

[Roast Beef]

since its been more than a year, and a lot of people have explained how to use horseshoes already, im not sure youll be helping anyone.....
especially since little, if anything, has changed in mechanics regarding horseshoes.

[Strawberry Jam]

Originally posted by Roast Beef:

since its been more than a year, and a lot of people have explained how to use horseshoes already, im not sure youll be helping anyone.....
especially since little, if anything, has changed in mechanics regarding horseshoes.

Except that some of us just started playing this game and d9r9k9 gives us exactly what we came here looking for.