Lame Horses

[RangerTempest]

Why do my horses keep becoming lame?

[one piece]

If they die they have a chance to become lame

[RangerTempest]

Oh, that sucks. My horses are epensive too. Each one costs me 7 thousand.

[AxeKnight]

They get better if you let them rest.

[RangerTempest]

I just keep it until I find a new courser of any kind, then sell that one when I find a spirited courser.

[Yotz]

As said, when you're riding you're horse in a battle or in an arena in some cases, and it gets "killed" three possible things happen. One, it dies and is removed from you, Two, it's crippled and gets say, lame, and three nothing happens. If it gets crippled and becomes lame or something, the only way to get it to a normal state is to let it sit for a little while. After some time it will heal and go to normal.

[|AyyLmao|]

What they said is correct, but if you get a spirited courser and it goes lame, when it recovers it won't be spirited anymore, just a regular courser. To avoid that with expensive horses try to dismount when it is low on hp (tho coursers sometimes get 1 hit kill).

[Tuidjy]

The time it takes for a horse to go from lame to normal seems to depend on one of the medical skills. Which one it is, I do not know, because I usually have them at the same level. But it certainly take a lot less time when you have a good medic in the party.

Also, I am not sure I have ever seen a horse that was not lame die when it runs out of hit points. I am pretty sure it works like this:
When a horse is not lame, running out of hit points may make it lame.
When a horse is lame, running out of hit points may kill it.
The stronger the final blow, the more likely it seems it will produce a nasty result.

[RangerTempest]

Well, I dont use lame horses for long and Ive never had a horse dissapear on me, so I think Tuidjy is right. Well, thanks for the help. Ill try to avoid my horse dying from now on.

[Phoenix VII]

Best to always have a spare horse in your inventory so when your horse gets wounded you can switch to another while it heals but you need a companion (or yourself) with Wound Treatment for horses in inventory to heal, iIRC.

Also, as said before, I don't think a horse that's not lame can die. If it can happen then it must be very rare since I never saw it happen.

[thomas-pelzer]

I know I'm late to the party ;)
But I just thouht of this:
Spirited horses become regular after they were Lame and healed up. Does the same hold true for Swaybacked Horses?
Can Horses become Lame if you chop them down yourselve?
Does killing a Horse still have the chance of it becoming Lame after the battle is won and I haven't tabbed out of the battle?

If so: Find some simple looters, ride into battle with any Swaybacked Horse and after the fight end that slow Beasts life to turn it into a regular one.

Maybe this is comon knowledge and I'm just stupid. If so: sorry for bringing this up, but I just didn't find any info on it elswere

Cheers and enjoy your Journey to the Throne ;)

[Ashina]

Originally posted by thomas-pelzer:

I know I'm late to the party ;)
But I just thouht of this:
Spirited horses become regular after they were Lame and healed up. Does the same hold true for Swaybacked Horses?
Can Horses become Lame if you chop them down yourselve?
Does killing a Horse still have the chance of it becoming Lame after the battle is won and I haven't tabbed out of the battle?

If so: Find some simple looters, ride into battle with any Swaybacked Horse and after the fight end that slow Beasts life to turn it into a regular one.

Maybe this is comon knowledge and I'm just stupid. If so: sorry for bringing this up, but I just didn't find any info on it elswere

Cheers and enjoy your Journey to the Throne ;)

Horses can only become lame or killed when you're riding on it when that happened.

So killing it yourself would not make it lame just a heads up.


Sometimes I buy lame horses because they're cheap, Lame Charger and Lame Hunter are pretty cheap, and you just need some time for them to be usable.

[thomas-pelzer]

@Ashina
Thanks for the reply, that is good to know - saved me from creating pointless Horse-Sausages ;)

[Tuidjy]

Another thing you may want to know: No horse can be lamed or killed unless it started the battle as your mount.

What does this do for you?

You could give your companions horses with positive modifiers, and make them dismount at the start of the fight, for example, because you want them to stay with the party's archers. Then you can mount their abandoned horses, and use them without fear of the modifier being lost.

[Ashina]

Originally posted by Tuidjy:

Another thing you may want to know: No horse can be lamed or killed unless it started the battle as your mount.

What does this do for you?

You could give your companions horses with positive modifiers, and make them dismount at the start of the fight, for example, because you want them to stay with the party's archers. Then you can mount their abandoned horses, and use them without fear of the modifier being lost.

Weird flex of knowing the game deep mechanic but ok

[thomas-pelzer]

:D Makes you feel more like a King if you have a companion bring you the horse that you ride to battle on.
Almost worth putting one companion wit the best horse in his on division - caling it "Stableboy" - so that just one companion dismounts ;)