How many horses am I allowed to have?

You are allowed 14 horses. Horse cannot be stored in mob balls. Mob balls can be used for transportation only. You can increase your horse cap here (facilities) or (kofi).

How do I see my horse's breed, age and registry page?

Run the command /swem info while on or near your horse to view a popup in chat with more information. Click it's registry link to view more details, please note the registry updates every 30 minutes providing your horse is in render - staff may force update this if needed.

How do I breed my horse?

Horses are only bred via breeding tokens in our configuration. Players may choose to breed their horse at a certified breeding facility, purchase breeding tokens outright in our store, get them via rank perks or in the future gain them from quest/server event rewards. Players may not purchase breeding tokens from a facility.

Vanilla Horses:

Vanilla horse spawns bug occasionally and still spawn in villages or previously loaded chunks, they are not to be kept and should be killed if you come across one.

Due to our configurations / breeding, SWEM horses progress through their gestation instantly, along with their foal having no cooldown. Due to this, the dam is housed with a “full size” SWEM horse, despite the foal needing to stay with it's dam for 4 months. Vets may offer to temporarily resize the horse for roleplay purposes in order for it to look like a foal, the horse may be kept at this height until ~1 year old - after this it must be a height within it's breed specifications

Horse Aging

• Foal - 4 months:

  Activities: Foals are just beginning their journey and must stay with their mother until they turn 4 months old.

  Restrictions: No tack or riding is allowed. They can wear a halter for basic handling and bonding.

• 1 Year Old:

  Activities: In their early stages, 1-year-old horses can wear a halter for basic training and groundwork.

  Restrictions: No tack or riding is allowed at this age.

• 2 Years Old:

  Activities: At 2 years, your horse can start wearing tack and participate in light riding.

  Restrictions: Activities should still be limited to ensure proper growth and development.

• 3+ Years Old:

  Activities: Horses are now fully mature and have full access to all activities. They can compete, breed, and perform at their best.

• 25 Years Old:

  Retirement Phase: At 25 years old, horses officially retire. They can no longer compete or breed but can enjoy their golden years with you.

  Visual Cue: Your horse's name will be marked in yellow when retired at 25 years.

• 25+ Years Old:

  Chance of Death: From age 25 onward, horses have a 10% chance of passing away each year. This chance increases by 10% annually (e.g., 50% at age 30).

  Visual Cue: Your horse's name will be marked in orange 3 days before death anywhere from 25-34 years.

• 35 Years Old:

  Guaranteed Death: By age 35, all horses reach the end of their lifespan and pass away peacefully. You’ll need to schedule this in game with a vet when the time comes.

  Visual Cue: Your horse's name will be marked in red when dead between 25-35 years.
  
  Basic Welfare

• Food & Water: Horses should always have access to food and fresh water when stalled or out in the pasture. Water should always be accessible via a trough, half barrel or naturally replenishing source (eg. a lake running through a pasture). Food should always be accessible via natural forage (grazing on grass), or provided forage (timothy bales, alfalfa bales and quality bales). Hard feed is not a requirement however is encouraged for horses that are in work or are currently underweight.
• Stalls: A stall for a horse should be adequately sized, allowing the horse to eat, drink and rest comfortably.
• Size: The bare minimum stall size for a SWEM horse is 7(l)x7(w), this is to ensure horses have adequate space. Stall sizes do not include walls, however decoration and essentials inside of the stall do not take away from their floor space. We encourage you to provide as much space as possible for your horse. Please note some stall decorations may take up a fraction of a block and therefore remove eligible stall space, we count full blocks.
• Foaling: A foaling stall housing a mare and dam should be at least 10(l)x10(w), this is to ensure dam and foal have adequate space.
• Footing: Stalls should have comfortable footing, with at least 50% of the stall being some form of bedding material (shavings are recommended, however substitutes such as straw are also permitted). The remainder of the stall floor should be a safe, non-slip material such as mats.
• Security: A secure stall should have no escape points for the horse to exit the stall, bar the exception of entryways/exits.Players may use barriers to block up small, cosmetic spaces where horses could escape.
• Occupancy: Horses are not allowed to be housed in the same stall with the exception of a dam and her foal(s), a foal should be removed from the stall / weaned from it's dam at 4 months old.
• Divides: Stallions and mares present in the same barn should have a clear division in the stable with space between their stalls (totalling at least 20b from the outside front of each stall). Ideally, players should house stallions in a separate barn or dedicate them a different “wing” of the barn. Stallions should not be turned out with mares.
• Runs: A run may be attached to a stall to provide a horse time outside, allowing them to socialize and graze without a pasture. Horse runs must be a minimum of 6(l)x6(w).
  
  Pastures
   
• Pastures offer a safe space for your horse(s) to be turned out and allow them to graze and socialize freely.
• Security: All pastures must be secured through suitable gates, all entrances must be at least 2b wide. Pasture fences must be at least 1.5b+ tall to prevent horses from escaping or other animals from entering.
• Size: Pastures must be a suitable size for the number of horses it keeps. The base size for a pasture containing a single horse must be at least 15b(l)x15b(w), each horse added to the pasture requires an additional 225b of space. Floorspace counts as any usable space including feeders, decoration and enrichment, but excludes walls/fences.
• Footing: Suitable footing for pastures consists of natural and soft blocks (e.g., grass/dirt). Pastures may incorporate small amounts of harder blocks into the soil for decoration purposes but this should not make up the majority of the animals' available area.
• Terrain: Pastures should avoid having any harsh slopes or terrain that could potentially injure your horse unless it is appropriately fenced or barricaded off.
• Shelter: Regardless of use, all pastures must provide at least 4b(w)x4b(l) of shelter. Each horse present in the pasture requires an additional 16b of shelter. Shelter may be built or natural (trees, caves, overhangs, etc.).
• Occupancy: Pastures may house as many horses as they have adequate space and shelter for. Stallions should not be turned out with mares. Horses may be turned out with docile animals (e.g., cows/sheep) permitting you meet the welfare needs for all animals present in the pasture.
• Calculating Pasture Area:
• You will need to calculate the area of your pasture to determine how many horses can be turned out. Length x Width (excluding fences) = the area of your pasture.
• Divided by 225 = how many horses you may turn out into that pasture. For example, a pasture measures 30b x 30b, this equals 900b of space - to calculate how many horses I can store in this pasture I would divide the 900 by 225. This means I can adequately house 4 horses in this pasture. If an answer does not equal a whole number, you must use the previous whole number. Eg. 4.2 means I can still only have 4 horses turned out, as I cannot have part of a horse.