The White Arabian horse

[PinkDaddySasquatch]

Is there any way to get rid of the skittishness? I've got it to level 4 bonding but it didnt seem to make a difference. Is it just forever an unruly horse? are the other arabians as skittish?

[Safari Joe]

They are the fastest horse but also the most easily scared to my understanding, in contrast the shire is the slowest with the most health, but also least likely to frighten.

[D. Edwards]

I have the black one and it's not very skittish. I don't know of they both have the same temperament? What I do know is if you ride a horse for too long their temperament declines causing them to get skittish easily.

I personally have four horses, The ♥♥♥♥♥ Horse, The Black Arabian, The Norfolk, and the Breton. All four of the horses rarely ever buck me, hell my Black Arabian was surrounded by wolves and still didn't buck me.

Though I did have one experience of my ♥♥♥♥♥ horse bucking me while I was in the swamp swimming next to a gator. But after swimming and literally running over countless gators it only happened once and Its probably due to riding it too long as I literally rode it for days trying to level it to 4.

Moral of the story, have at least 2 or 3 horses and rotate them if you don't want to get bucked.

[Safari Joe]

Originally posted by Auby.👻:

The black arabian has better stats doesnt it? maybe thats better

I honestly hadnt noticed the skittishness I just figured all the horses were that way. I know like if you whistle randomly the horses will get really confused and the commands will bottleneck while you're riding

If you ride the horse (and whistle*) you comfort it if it is spooked and regain some stamina by comforting it, takes about a half a minute before you can comfort it again for a stamina boost.

[PinkDaddySasquatch]

I might try rotating horses, if that doesn't work then that white arabian is getting sold lol. cant even trot down the road with it throwing it's head around

[Safari Joe]

Originally posted by PinkDaddySasquatch:

I might try rotating horses, if that doesn't work then that white arabian is getting sold lol. cant even trot down the road with it throwing it's head around

I'd let it sit in the stable at least if you're having issues with it, maybe its having buggy issues with the latest update, because I can't play at all right now and I just hear about crazy things going on for people who are able to play. You don't get any money selling it and it's the most expensive horse and only costs 75c per day for stable upkeep per horse

[Safari Joe]

Originally posted by ZER0_K%:

all horses scare the same

That is not true, there is a bravery stat that is not the same across all horse breeds, it is a stat not shown on any screen however. Which makes me pretty salty that I can't show any actual screencap to back this up, only conjecture and here-say

I know that a turkoman and a shire won't freak out over a snake unless you try to stand on top of it for about 5 seconds, but an arabian would be halfway to tumbleweed if you're within 10 foot of it.

[PinkDaddySasquatch]

Switched to one of my old horses and the difference is immediately noticeable so something is definitely going on, I also noticed a big difference when I first broke the arabian which I thought might go away. Maybe it's just the white arabian which would make sense as it is the only wild arabian in the game and I imagine the best riding horses tend to be the most temperamental.

[Safari Joe]

Originally posted by PinkDaddySasquatch:

Switched to one of my old horses and the difference is immediately noticeable so something is definitely going on, I also noticed a big difference when I first broke the horse which I thought might go away. Maybe it's just the white arabian which would make sense as it is the only wild arabian in the game and I imagine the best riding horses tend to be the most temperamental.

I know wild horses cannot be bonded with so they'll be more prone to run off than an owned one.

[PinkDaddySasquatch]

Originally posted by Safari Joe:

Originally posted by PinkDaddySasquatch:

Switched to one of my old horses and the difference is immediately noticeable so something is definitely going on, I also noticed a big difference when I first broke the horse which I thought might go away. Maybe it's just the white arabian which would make sense as it is the only wild arabian in the game and I imagine the best riding horses tend to be the most temperamental.

I know wild horses cannot be bonded with so they'll be more prone to run off than an owned one.

you can bond a wild horse, how do you think I made it my main horse? :P

EDIT: here is a pic to show I have it at level 4 bonding

https://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=2196817083

[Ratnab]

Arabians by nature are just that way, in game and in IRL, thay are fast but not the fastest, the Missouri Fox Trotter is the fastest horse in game when you can afford one I suggest it, they are far more tolerant than the Arabian.

[DaddyJokee]

Ya, I hear you. I rode hard into camp, and upon dismounting, my horse was being all snorty and rearing, and trotting in place. It's a fun animal. But I never rode a different horse, so I don't know if any one of them is more chill.

[Erynar]

Originally posted by ZER0_K%:

Sometimes horses can bug out and not react to danger in time. All horses react the same way. My Arabian never drops me because I press G all the time

It varies from horse to horse, but if you buy enough horses you can easily see that different horses act differently to predators, but it does seem that each breed is more or less likely to be brave. I've bought quite a few Black Arabians online, and they've all been super skittish, with several of them throwing me as soon as the predator appeared as a red dot, before I could even calm it. They weren't all quite that skittish, but they were all very skittish. On the other hand, I've had horses that will actually keep you on for a while even if you don't calm them at all.

There are definitely people who get lucky and are able to get a Black Arabian which is brave, but most of them aren't. Arabians in general are usually (but not always) on the skittish side.

In general, calming your horse definitely helps, and if you're always calming your horse while you ride it (which occasionally restores part of its stamina), then the odds are better that you're horse will keep you on longer when you encounter a predator, but too many horses act way too differently from other horses when it comes to predators for it to make any sense to claim that they all act the same. It's well-known that Arabians are usually more skittish, and you can find a lot of people on reddit who have had that exact experience, whereas they've found that other horses (such as the Turkomans) have been far braver in general. You can also find some people who have had brave Black Arabians or skittish Turkomans. So, it does vary from horse to horse rather than all horses in a breed being the same, but in general, Arabians are among the most skittish horses in the game.

[Dr. Peeper]

That thing has not left it's stall in months. Hated it!

[Erynar]

Originally posted by ZER0_K%:

All the more, all horses behave the same in terms of bravery. There is no hidden stat. Reddit testers written long guides on that. I have 1000+ across ps4 and pc. I know my horses

Well, my experience is the complete opposite of yours. Bravery most definitely varies from horse to horse. I've seen it many times. Given that there is no visible stat for it, I guess that we'll just have to agree to disagree.

[Dr. Peeper]

Take an Arabian Horse and a War Horse. Go do the Wolf Man Legendary Bounty with each and come back. That Arabian will buck you before the wolves are even near meanwhile the Warhorse is encircled by them and lets you run them over.

Originally posted by ZER0_K%:

Originally posted by Erynar:

This right here is where I call the BS. This is a videogame. Horses have the same stats, no matter how you buy it. There is no random gen. If one person gets "brave" Arabian, it just means the game decided to be "stupid" or glitchy when it was around danger or they press G.

All the more, all horses behave the same in terms of bravery. There is no hidden stat. Reddit testers written long guides on that. I have 1000+ across ps4 and pc. I know my horses

Take an Arabian Horse and a War Horse. Go do the Wolf Man Legendary Bounty with each and come back. That Arabian will buck you before the wolves are even near meanwhile the Warhorse is encircled by them and lets you run them over.