# Horses

With the BetterHorses plugin, you have the opportunity to develop a real passion for horses and breeding! While much of the detailed information can be found in the video.

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* Genetics & Mutation\
  Horses pass down Health, Speed, and Jump Strength to their offspring.\
  A configurable mutation factor adds random variation to keep things interesting and realistic.
* Gender System\
  Every horse has a gender (♂ / ♀) assigned at spawn or birth. Two horses of the same gender cannot breed
* Growth System\
  Horses now realistically grow up and increase in size over time, making the transition from baby to adult seemless, the final size of a horse as well as the time it takes to grow up.
* Castration System\
  Players can use /horse neuter to castrate a horse item.\
  Castrated horses are marked and cannot breed, just like same-gender pairs.\
  The status is permanently stored in the item and displayed in the lore.
* Horse Traits (Abilities)\
  Horses can be born or created with special traits that provide passive or active effects such as:

  * Hellmare – Leaves a trail of fire when the ability is used
  * Fireheart – The horse and its rider are immune to fire
  * Feather Hooves – The horse and its rider can glide
  * Frost Hooves – Freezes water below the horse
  * Dashboost - Increases the horse's movement speed significantly for a short amount of time when the ability is used
  * Kickback - The horse knocks away all enemies when the ability is used
  * Ghosthorse - You and the horse enter the realm of the undead and become invisible for a short amount of time when the ability is used
  * Revenant Curse - When the ability is used, attackers get paralyzed
  * Skyburst - When the horse jumps, enemies around it are thrown into the air
  * Heaven Hooves - When jumping the horse begins to fly, similar to flappy bird

  Active traits can be used by pressing F (or the swap hands keybind).<br>
* `/horse despawn`\
  Converts a tamed horse you're riding into a saddle item that stores:

  * All core stats (including current HP)
  * Gender
  * Owner UUID
  * Saddle & Armor
  * Color & Style
  * Trait
  * Neutered status
  * Custom name (if set)
  * Growth Stage

  A horse can only be despawned by its owner.<br>
* `/horse neuter`\
  Castrates the horse item in your mainhand. Castration is permanent and cannot be undone.<br>
* `/horse spawn`\
  Spawns a horse identical to the original using the stored data in the saddle item.

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