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Horse

Main mount bought at stables with bucks; stats, traits and bond level shape how it rides.

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Where Horse comes from.

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Stables Sold byDev build Video: The Legend of California Dev Livestream (June) at 3:21:28 (opens in a new tab)

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Patch history

5 versions

Every fact about Horse by game version, newest first.

VersionWhat we know
Planned
  • Developers plan to add more horse content.
  • Some max-bond traits, like bonus bond XP, are useless at max level; devs want horse care to always have value.
  • Plan: a horse perk where the horse fights alongside you or acts as an aggressor. Unconfirmed
  • Two riders on one horse is wanted; unclear if via a double saddle or any horse. Unconfirmed
  • A wheel for feeding, petting and other horse actions is wanted, as is horse petting.
  • Horse petting is not in yet; the developer wants it added.
Dev build
  • Horse trample works in PvP; a downed player can be finished with it.
  • A really good horse costs between 700 and 900 bucks.
  • Press H to call your horse or mule.
  • A dead mount takes about five minutes to return and loses bond experience.
  • Bond level two lets you name your mount; more horse features are planned.
  • Horses have strength and agility stats; a high strength, low agility horse tramples hard but turns poorly.
  • Players can own several horses and mules once a stable is built; horses level up slowly.
  • Killing an enemy player's horse puts it on a 5 minute cooldown.
  • Good horses start around 500 bucks in stables.
  • A very good horse can cost around 1,500 bucks.
  • Buying a horse asks whether to make it your active mount; a bought horse is gone from stock until the next day.
  • A new horse needs a bond level-up before it can be named; you can feed it bought food.
  • A five-star speed Roadrunner Nocturnal horse outruns a stagecoach by a wide margin.
  • Horses roll stat stars (strength) and traits; a five-star strength horse with the Brute trait was kept.
  • Horses have two speeds: canter lets you fire guns, full gallop does not.
  • Bond level 8 grants a new trait; horse bags are unlocked through bond.
  • A dead horse is not permanent: it goes on a five-minute cooldown and loses some bond XP.
  • All horses are currently Mustangs; breeds are not in yet.
  • Dismounting in midair to survive a fall is possible but hurts the horse and its bond.
  • A dead horse takes 5 minutes to return, so players prefer dying themselves to losing the horse.
  • Horses level stats that can be spent on agility or health; low agility means a wide turn radius. Unconfirmed
  • Better horses can be bought later in the game.
  • Horses get random traits when obtained.
  • Horse is a much better mount than a mule and costs bucks.
  • Cheapest decent horse is around 400 bucks; typical buys are 600 to 800 bucks.
  • Horses get skittish and run off when danger is near; developers want more reactions.
  • Horse bonding levels up the horse; higher bond lets players name it and equip more items.
  • Horse stats include speed and brute; stats shown on the horse panel. Unconfirmed
  • Riding on flat ground covers roughly 10 to 12 m per second.
  • Horses can die and ragdoll; a 5-minute respawn cooldown exists, shortened for test bots.
  • Horses have star-rated stats; strength is one of them.
  • A horse with low agility turns poorly and struggles to change direction.
  • Players can be shot off their horse.
  • Each horse has its own stats, such as speed and strength.
  • A max-strength horse deals very high trample damage.
  • Horses have their own leveling system with a maximum level.
Alpha 5
  • Horse panel was redone with a clearer UI and a bond stat that rises slowly.
  • All horses are Mustangs in different colours; breed is flavour only, while stats vary per horse.
Alpha 4
  • Players have horses managed through a horse panel, now on Y (was L).
  • Mountaineer trait lets a horse climb the steepest slopes; some developers call it the best trait.
  • Brute trait raises horse trample damage.
  • Loyal trait helps bond level faster; a level 8 perk gives 50 percent less bond experience loss when injured.
  • Horses have star ratings for stats like strength and agility.
  • Horses sometimes fail to come when called under server load.
  • Bug: a horse sometimes cannot be mounted until you dismount and interact again.
March alpha
  • A mount makes climbing hills much easier; it can be called when you are struggling on slopes.

Sources

11

Official posts, videos and game data this page is built from.

SourceDateUsed
The Legend of California Dev Livestream (October) (opens in a new tab) VideoOct 17, 20262
Alpha Weekend Livestream - Jeff & Tim Play on Dread Rock (PvP server) (opens in a new tab) VideoSep 20, 20266
Alpha 4 Patch Notes (opens in a new tab) Steam postSep 16, 20261
The Legend of California Dev Livestream (August) (opens in a new tab) VideoAug 15, 20268
The Legend of California Dev Livestream (July) (opens in a new tab) VideoJul 18, 20264
The Legend of California Dev Livestream (June) (opens in a new tab) VideoJun 6, 202610
The Legend of California Dev Livestream (May) (opens in a new tab) VideoMay 2, 20262
Jeff Kaplan vs. Horse (opens in a new tab) VideoApr 17, 20264
Jeff Kaplan + Esfand Play The Legend of California Alpha (opens in a new tab) VideoMar 30, 20261
Jeff Kaplan + Tim Ford Play 10 MORE HOURS of The Legend of California (opens in a new tab) VideoMar 22, 202614
Jeff Kaplan's Horse Rosie (opens in a new tab) VideoMar 20, 20264

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