Are horses really worth it ?

[Citizen_1245]

Are they actually faster than sprinting ? It doesn't seem like it to me but maybe I'm wrong

[Docsprock]

Use Convenient Horses mod, otherwise no, they are not worth it.

[ayrtep]

I never use them, but if you want to role-play riding horses then I would say yes they are.

[Ihateeverybody]

Originally posted by Docsprock:

Use Convenient Horses mod, otherwise no, they are not worth it.

Second that recommendation. If only because it makes them non comative. I hate horses butting into the fight. Still happens when I roll the merchant vs Bandit/Forsworn Random encounter.

[steventirey]

Horses are faster than you, especially when you are encumbered (you may be slow, but get on the horse and you can still move faster and even fast travel). They have more stamina so can also sprint longer. They are also better climbers than you, so you may go over mountains instead of around them.

Now are they actually worth it? I would say its a definite maybe. As long as you have one that doesn't die. The ones you can summon with a spell are better. If the spell duration runs out while you are still on the horse, the horse will not disappear until you get off. And since the summonable ones are summonable, you always have access to a horse when you want one.

[Citizen_1245]

I'm not sure if horses will have more stamina than me, I have 450 with my character and I have the restoration perk allowing me to recover stamina with fast healing
I also have 360 carry weight so I'm never encumbered
and since I play on survival there's no fast travel anyway

So yeah I'm not gonna bother

[LostME]

Unicorn from cc. Health 1637 Stamina 698

Sprinting forward raw 500 f/sec23.4
Horse sprinting forward raw 600 f/sec28.1

[Sairek Ceareste]

Unless there's a vertical mountain you really need to climb and there's no other option to scale it, then no, not really.


If you really want to go places fast, collect the Ring of Wind which you can get for free by just fishing, which you'll get eventually by just fishing in the same place after the fish expire. Then once the ring is acquired, simply drink a fortify illusion potion, and then equip the ring. The longer you fish junk in a spot, the better the drops you get.

Ring of Wind applies a fortify speed effect on you, with a base of 15% from the ring. This, for some reason, is considered an illusion effect. Drinking a vanilla 100% fortify illusion elixir will put a 30% fortify speed effect on you permanently until the ring is removed, even once the fortify effect expires instead of the usual 15%.
200% fortify illusion will be 45% movement speed.
300% illusion = +60% movement speed...
...etc.

[alexander_dougherty]

Horses sprint slower, but they can keep running for far longer.
But unless you are avoiding using fast travel for some reason, this is a minor blessing at most.

The only reason to use horses is they allow you to carry more, but unless you use mods that's only from the dungeon/cave to town, not much use in a dungeon.... and if you use mods you can get a Dremora merchant to sell to on the spot, rendering the amount you carry academic.

[vee-kay]

Shhh, guys... don't reveal the secret.

Don't tell OP that we prefer the adorable stubborn little Skyrim horses, not for their speed (meh, a khajiit on skooma can run faster than that pony pretending to be a horse), but for their incredible agility in scaling up seemingly impassable mountain surfaces!

Because if OP comes to know of this secret, he will cheat his way up High Hrothgar, and his cutesy little horsey friend will be snatched and eaten by the hideous troll waiting in ambush on that mountain pass!

Of course, it might be a better fate for the aforementioned horsey than to struggle daily under the stinky butt and painful weight of the overencumbered greedy OP who has looted every carcass he encountered (or caused to become a carcass)!

Mwaha haha haaaa!!!

[Citizen_1245]

Brother I've been playing this game for 13 years now, I've learned how to climb mountains on my own. My question was solely about speed and sprint efficiency

[Rez Elwin]

Well, if you have AE the Dwemer Horse can sprint forever, it has infinite stamina, and it's also invulnerable to any form of damage.

[worm_master]

an after 13 years? u haven't answered ya own question? ,wot u been doin?

[Citizen_1245]

I haven't been using horses that's for sure
I just never understood the appeal, and the fact they can easily climb just seemed useless for me because of the way the game is designed (there's is always a road)
I just considered them for the first time since I am playing on survival mode and speed now matters

[worm_master]

yes there may be a road, but it takes u 600KM outta ya way, much easier, just to hop over that mountain in ya way, botto mention all the fights, you have to go though, adds more time, and possibly loss of resources.

[vee-kay]

Originally posted by worm_master:

an after 13 years? u haven't answered ya own question? ,wot u been doin?

He's been breeding the Skyrim horses for 13 years, but he's never ridden them himself.