Hello all and happy early Thanksgiving! We’ve got some exciting things for today so let’s jump right into today's update!

🍂 A Herd of Turkey!

It's that time of year when we welcome our turkey friends back to HoFa. Word has it that the usual  wild turkey herd is quite large this year which means, plenty to go around! A few have already been spotted in Hoofbeat Plains with some flying your way as a thanks from us. Based on our calculations, the wild turkey herd will be migrating in Hoofbeat Plains from now until December 8th at 11:59PM EST/game time. Gallop out there and collect you a new turkey friend, or two…or 10…

🐴 November Breed Update!

Surprise surprise! Today's update also comes with our November breed redo and its….

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Arabians!

Standing in their sassy and commanding pose, our new Arabians have been designed to show off the best of the breed. The breed has a petite yet well muscled body frame, small attentive ears, a sassily raised tail, and expressive attentive eyes. To keep true to the breed standard and the iconic look of the breed, Arabians also have a dished face that finds a happy medium between too much or too little. 

✨ NEW: Grooming!

As mentioned previously, with our new breed bases we have planned to expand mane and tail options. This has often been mentioned by players as a nice feature to have, but previously we were unable to do so. As new breed bases are completed, mane and tail lengths, braids, and special breed-specific variations will be possible.

The Grooming Station

The new grooming station is located under the Horses tab. The grooming station allows you to select a horse and view all your available options for styling your horse's mane and tail. To preview mane and tail styles you need to first  buy the tools in the General Store. In the grooming station you: Select a horse, select mane or tail, select cut, grow, or braid and view changes in the preview.

Grooming Tools

Tools used to groom and change your horse's mane and tail can be bought from Will at the General Store. There are items to cut, grow, and braid your horse's mane and tail. Items include:

NOTE: Premium grooming tools had price and uses updated 11/27/2024 at 3:52PM. If you purchased prior to this, those have been fixed.

Shears: Shears are used to cut your horse's mane and tail. Regular and Premium shears can be bought and add to your total uses in your grooming station. You can also use shears directly from your storage room. Shears can cut your horse's mane and tail from its current length and can cut to the short and roached mane length or the short and extra short tail length.

Growth Serum: Growth Serums grow your horse's mane and tail. Regular and Premium serums can be bought and add to your total uses in your grooming station or you can also use shears directly from your storage room. The growth serum can grow your horse's tail from its current length up to the long length.

Braiding Guide: The braiding guides are 250 ingots each and can be bought in the General Store. They last for 24-hours once equipped. These allow you to braid your horse's mane and tail to their currently available braids.

Notes on Grooming

- Only breeds with updated art can be used in the grooming station. Current breeds are: TB, Welsh C, Clyd, and Arabian.

- If you cut or grow a braided mane or tail the horse will have the wavy mane or hair style.

- Cutting a wavy mane or tail will result in a medium length. Growing a wavy mane or tail will result in a long length.
- In a future update, horses will have their mane and tails naturally grow every 4 weeks since their mane or tail was cut with a maximum natural growth length of medium.

- Also in a future update, braids that reach the 4 week growth mark fall out and turn the horses mane or tail wavy.

- Another addition to braiding has been hinted at before will also be included in our next update. 👀

We hope you all have a wonderful time with our new Arabians and playing with the grooming station! Have a wonderful rest of the week everyone!

Cheers,

Bedouin & Curly