More Horses (Foals Herds Saddles and More)
Adds more horses, saddles, barding, herds, foals, and general horse diversity throughout Skyrim! And a new mesh for Arvak! And some ‘special’ horses!
Isn’t it weird having the same cloned horses at each stable?
Why are there no herds of wild horses? Why no baby horses in Skyrim?
Wouldn’t it be great if all these lovely saddle mods could be used on more than just my horse?
Yeeaaaah, I thought so too!
Now you can have all that, and some extra stuff too! 😀
FEATURES
Two wild herds
Six foals
Twenty+ new saddles/barding
Thirty+ new horse skin textures
Five new unique ‘special’ horses
HORSES
New enhanced vanilla skin textures for player horses
More diverse starter saddles for player horses
New textures for the carriage horse
New unsaddled horses at stables
New meshes for different horse types (Eg. Light, Draft, Warmblood)
Unique Frost textures and saddle
Unique Shadowmere
Faction horses (Companions, Bards, Thieves)
Armored horses for war camps
Forsworn horses
Hunter’s horses
New mesh for Arvak (He’s now an undead warhorse!)
Two spectral horses
A ghost horse
Unicorns
FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
Can I change the name?
Most of these horses have unique names already, but if you don’t like them try Jaxonz Renamer.
Can I tame them?
This mod does not add the ability to change ownership, own multiple horses, or make horses into permanent player horses.
For this, you’ll need a mod like Convenient Horses or Immersive Horses!
How does the ownership work?
Some horses are free for the taking.
Other horses can be tamed… If you can catch them!
Some horses are owned by NPCs.
Other horses are earned by joining a faction and/or increasing your rank with that faction.
What if I want that horse, but it belongs to someone else?
Open console, click on the horse, type setownership
Why are these horses following me…?
If you take a mare that has a foal, the foal will follow her.
If you take the stallion of a herd, the whole herd will follow…
If you don’t like this, open console, click the following horses and type disable
I have the horse, but how can I get a different saddle?
Open console, type in help saddle, help barding (for the full body armors), help bridle (for bareback), or help shadowmere (for Shadowmere’s daedric barding), pick the one you want from the list. (Use PgUp/PgDn to scroll console window)
Click on the horse, type in additem xxxxxxxx 1 ( xxxxxxxx being the FormID number of the saddle you picked), then equipitem xxxxxxx
Sometimes it doesn’t show up right away, if so, exit the console for a second, then open it again and re-enter equipitem xxxxxxx
Note: If using CH, you must first switch the horse to its ‘original equipment’, if you had previously changed it through CH menus.
Help! Why does the mount animation look odd with this horse?
Some horses in the wild herds are varied sizes. (Eg. The stallions are a little bigger.) This makes the animation a bit offset when first getting on the horse.
If using one of these horses, you can make it a normal sized horse by clicking it in the console and typing setscale 1
You ruined Arvak!
I thought these were questions?
You ruined Arvak?
…There’s an optional file under misc files to give him and Charon stick legs again. Those poor little legs! 🙁
Where exactly are the special ones?
What, you want to ruin the surprise? Go look for them!
I’ll give you some hints! If hints aren’t good enough you can click the spoilers… 😉
…Ghost horse, Charon?
He lives in a graveyard… Surprise!
Good luck catching him though, he spooks easily. (haha, get it? …Sorry.)
Where is the largest graveyard in Skyrim?
…Spectral horse, Khione?
She’s a water/ice horse, and lives in/around some shallow frigid water.
Since she’s spectral, chances are she was probably made by mages a long time ago…
…Nightingales’ horse, Veles?
He will only spawn once you’ve joined the nightingales. Near the other spectral Nightingales…
…The Unicorns, Aras and Shadhavar?
According to TES lore, unicorns are sometimes brought to Tamriel by the Daedric Lord Hircine, from his hunting grounds.
There is only one altar dedicated to Hircine in vanilla Skyrim…
MORE DIVERSE HORSE STATS
Each type of horse has been given stat bonuses based on their breed!
Here is a comparison so you can decide which horse type suits you best!
(The additional horses added by MH usually go in whichever type their coloring is closest to. Eg. Dark coat = Black, Light coat = Palomino, ect. but there are some exceptions.)
Note: Confidence levels can be changed with your horse management mod if you don’t like them!
Which Horse…?SpeedStaminaHPConfidenceDamage
Solitude, Palomino..”The Runner”+20%+50 +200Cowardly -10%
Markarth, Black’nWhite…”The Hunter”+15%+100 +250Average +5%
Riften, Grey…”The Jack-of-All-Trades”+10%+150 +300Cautious +0%
Whiterun, Black..”The Warhorse” +5%+200 +450Brave +10%
Windhelm, Brown…..”The Workhorse” +0%+250 +400Cautious -5%
The unique horses have been given more significant bonuses!
Their starting levels are vanilla, but they will also level with you at .75 the rate.
Which Horse…?SpeedStaminaHPLevelConfidenceDamage
Frost +30%30090025+ Cautious-10%
Aras +25%4001000 10+ Cautious-5%
Khione +25%3501300 10+ Average+0%
Shadhavar+20%3501500 10+ Brave +10%
Veles+15%5002000 30+ Brave +20%
Shadowmere +15%4502500 50+ Brave +30%
Arvak+5%10000 10004+ Cautious +0%
Charon +5%10000 10004+ Brave +0%
Most of the other named horses have also been given slight bonuses on top of their type bonus, but not as significant.
They will also level with you, at .5 the rate.
GIDDY UP!
This is an Optional File, to increase horse movement speed in general! IH also does this, but at different rates, and doesn’t include sprint turning.
Movement Type..VanillaIHGiddyUp
Walk 125280125
Run 450500550
Sprint600800975
Sprint Turning*90 90 200
Swim210210250
*What is Sprint Turn Speed? Get on your horse and try to do a 180 while sprinting. You can’t.
Now install Giddy Up and try again! You still can’t. That would be unrealistic! But you’ll see what I mean!
You can make significantly sharper turns than before while sprinting!
No more missing the turn when running down those bendy roads!
COMPATIBILITY AND LOAD ORDER
Load before More Horses…
Any general ‘Creature/Wildlife’ mods or anything else that may include horses but is not specifically for horses. (Eg, SkyTEST, Wild World, etc…)
Your horse management mod, either Convenient Horses or Immersive Horses.
Load after More Horses…
Any horse replacers (Be sure to also get the Allow Vanilla Retextures patch, under misc files, if replacing vanilla player horses.)
Any Arvak/Shadowmere/Frost replacer Note: These will likely overwrite MH’s custom meshes for these horses.
Load anywhere…
Craftable Horse Barding
Incompatible/Unnecessary…
Faster Horses – Compatible, But you may want to check out the Optional File Giddy up instead, it increases horse speed as well, but also includes sprint-turning speeds.
Realistic horse saddle – Nope. It would break some of the other saddles/barding that use the same textures/mesh.
Horse Armors – Not necessary. All armors(Aside from Frost’s) from this mod have been included(with fixes) in MH, and can be equipped using the console(See above).
Any mod to make Shadowmere/Frost essential – Unnecessary. They have already been made essential in v2.0+ of MH.
If there’s any other mods you’re wondering about, leave a comment and I’ll take a look!
