HOWRSE

It is time to create an account a HOWRSE and own your first virtual horse.

Click here to go the the HOWRSE site

Day 1 - Registration 1. Choose whether you would like a horse or pony, male or female, and give your horse a name. Do you want a female that will have babies or a male that will produce babies.

2. You will then be prompted to choose a breed and color. The site will show you a sample of what your baby will look like.

3. Choose a login name for yourself, and a password. You can list me as your sponsor: wpletcher. You do not need a promotion code and make sure you click that you agree to the terms of service. WRITE THIS INFO ON YOUR INDEX CARD.

4. You will now have an account and can sign in on the next page.

5. At the top of the screen you will meet OW. OW will guide you through your quests as you choose a breeding farm and learn to care for your horse. Click on start the first quest to get started working with your horse. Nursing and drinking will be your first quest. You can continue on as long as time remains.

6. Try to complete enough quests to age your pony to 6 months and choose a breeding facility for your pony to live in. Choose carefully! The amount of money you have is listed at the top of the screen. Think about this when choosing the length of your board. Also be sure you are very happy with your boarding facility if you choose to stay there for a longer time.

Continuing to work with HOWRSE

1. It is important to pay attention the the CARE section for your horse. You will not always be prompted to nurse, drink, feed, stroke, groom, carrot, or turnip your horse.

2. Also be aware of the season and weather at the top of the screen as you choose where your horse will spend its days and nights.

3. As you continue playing you will not only be a horse owner you will take a job. Your first job should be a groom.

4. When your horse is 8 months you will get to choose a companion.

5. You also have a personal page. Eventually you will be prompted to edit your page. From your page you will be able to send private messages to other classmates with their usernames.

6. Once you get your golden apple you will have some really original coat colors to choose from.

7. Keep a close eye on your horse's Energy, Health, and Morale.

8. When you need to answer questions to complete your quest use your help menu and click on the brown links which take you to the answers.

9. Be sure to also keep up with your horse's training. This will help when you start competitions.

10. Eventually OWL will leave you on your own and will give you the gift of a second horse.

Now you're on your own

1. You can use your breeding tab to access your different horses.

2. Make sure you keep putting your horse to bed, feeding him/her, exercising etc. for both your horses.

3. Use the breeding tab to access your office, horses, competitions, sales, store, black market.

4. You may now also start to work with your horse's reproduction. When your horse has enough energy you can move forward. For mares to give birth you must age your mare.

5. When you are on your horse page you can use the arrow to go back and forth between horses.

6. Be very careful monitoring your horse. They can die.

7. This game is free but they do offer passes to buy. We will not be buying passes you have to earn your items.

8. You will also not be able to access certain portions of the game until you have seniority.

9. Under your objectives in your profile pay attention to your tasks you need to complete to earn aging points etc.