How To Use

You're probably saying "I don't want to look through all these posts!" Well, you don't have to! Just search what your looking for at the top of the page, something like "Golden Sheep Quest" or "Buried Treasure" and a post titled that should come up! If you have any questions, just comment on any of the posts.

Beauty Contest #2

Contestant Number is ABOVE the picture!
Contestant Number 1
Contestant Number 2
Contestant Number 3
Contestant Number 4


Current Winner!


Credit! and stuff

The info that Aneleh posted earlier all came from http://www.horseisle.net/beginnerguide/!

Great source, the OFFICIAL guide to horse isle. Hahaha!

But they won't give you awesometastic walkthrough and pictures like us! *wink*

Anyways, Contestant Number 2 Wont the first beauty contest! Whoooo! They will move on to the next round! I shall post it in a moment...

♥Enilorac

Contest #1! Only 2 entries.. keep entering!

Thank you to Phrixus and GoblinMoon!

Please keep entering!

You don't need to be a newbie to enter! ANYONE CAN. We haven't had much interest. You don't need a reason anymore either. So comment with your Username and server. Thanks!If you go on Horse Isle, ANY SERVER, then you are eligible for this Newbie Starter Pack! If you win, you will receive 15k, a horse with 25exp, and a companion! We will also mail you weekly quest walkthroughs and other posts that haven't gone up on the website yet for 1 month! Yes, that's four weeks of EXCLUSIVENESS! All you have to do is comment your Username and what server you're on and you could win! We will have a drawing for all who enter!

Travel

Since there are so many islands here, travelling by ship is a routine occurrence. You will find docks on all the large islands, and some of the smaller ones.
It will be a very good idea for you to keep notes on which docks have ships going to which islands, because no dock has ships which go to every other dock. The cost of trips depends upon how far away your destination is. Trips are one way only.
You can also travel, on some islands, by wagon. Wagon fares are much cheaper than boat fares, but only one wagon route crosses water. Still, they are very useful for getting around on large islands.
Some NPC's (non-player characters) have the power to teleport or "jump" you from one location to another. Make sure you write down the names and locations of these people when you find them; they are very useful!

money and banking

The very first thing you will need to do on Horse Isle is earn some money. You'll need it for food and lodging for yourself and your horses, buying tack, entering competitions and paying for travel.
MAKING MONEY.
The best way to make money is to do quests. Visit each house and shop, and talk to the people who live and work there. The vast majority will have things they need done for them, for which they will pay very well. Some people need things delivered; some people have lost things and need them found for them. Some quests are very simple and others extremely difficult; more about that on the Quests page.
As you walk around Horse Isle, you will step on and over all kinds of things you can grab and put into your inventory. All of these things can be sold.
Most of them can be sold to the various shops in the towns. All the shops in Horse Isle will buy the same kinds of things they sell. General Stores will buy food items, some articles of clothing, some miscellaneous horse items, etc. Rock Stores will buy the various ores and gems you will find. Food stores will buy the berries, apples, acorns and other edibles you come across.
Stores generally buy items for about half of what they sell the same items for, and different stores have different prices. As you travel around Horse Isle, keep notes on which stores sell for the least and buy for the most.
Items which cannot be sold in stores can usually be sold to individual NPCs throughout the game. Search for these people by going into the houses and talking to them, and seeing what they want. Keep notes on who buys what, and for how much.
Money can also be made by trading/selling items and horses to other players. However, you must be very careful when doing this. Remember, we are, and ought to be, all strangers to each other on Horse Isle. Sad as it is to say, not everyone can be trusted to make a fair deal. More on this in the section on Horses.
GROWING MONEY.
Once you have made some money, it is highly recommended that you deposit as much of it as you can in the local banks. The Horse Isle banks pay interest on money you deposit, and the more money you have in the bank, the more interest you will accrue. You can deposit as much or as little as you want, and you can withdraw any amount of money whenever you need it. All the Horse Isle banks are connected, so you have access to your money at all the banks in whichever city you find yourself.
One last note: Never, never, NEVER give anyone money for nothing! Also, never give "down-payments" on anything, as unfortunately a player who asks for a down-payment on something is unlikely ever to be seen again! If this should happen to you, there is absolutely nothing the moderators or administrators can do for you.

the game screen

This is the screen in which you play the game. It has many interesting areas, all of which you should become familiar with.
The GAME WINDOW is where all the visual action takes place. You will always be in the center of this window.
The DIALOG WINDOW tells you where you are (In Earton on Horse Isle in this case), what is at the same spot you are on, and many other things as they come up.
Directly below these windows is the BUTTON PANEL. Clicking on any of these buttons gives you different information about various aspects of the game:
STATS gives you your personal statistics: how tired, hungry and thirsty you are, what you are wearing, what awards you have won, how many quests you have finished, and so on.
INVENTORY shows what you are carrying with you. Unless you have a ranch with a shed, you can carry 40 different kinds of items, and 50 items of each kind.
PLAYERS gives you some information on the other players who are playing at the same time you are. You can see who they are, find them on a map, look at the horses in their stable, and send them a private message. Players with single stars next to their names are monthly subscribers; double stars have subscribed for three months, and red-centered stars have subscribed for a year. Green stars with an M inside denote game Moderators (Mods), and red stars with an A are game Administrators (Admins).
PROFILE allows you to change your user icon and what you have written about yourself in your player profile.
MAP is a very interesting and extremely useful feature. The Map will always show you where you are on the isles. You can find the names of other places by holding the mouse cursor over the place whose name you want to know. At the bottom of this page is a map with most of the islands labelled.
HELP brings up a quick run-down of the game in the Dialog Window.
QUIT GAME saves all your settings and gets you out of the game cleanly. Always end a game by using the quit button to avoid losing any data!
The GLOBAL CHAT WINDOW will show chat from any game character, and whatever is in this window is seen by all players. It will also show you who has logged in and who has disconnected. The PERSNAL CHAT WINDOW shows chat that only your buddies, or a single person of your choice, can see. Below this is is the chat menu and type-in area. These will be discussed more thoroughly on the Chat page. This window also shows quest progress and in-game news, so watch it carefully as you play, even if you are not chatting.
To the right of the SEND button is the Wrench/Spanners icon for your TOOLKIT. The toolkit contains a binoculars, magnifying glass, rake and shovel, as well as a volume control for game background music, a "Low Detail" control (for eliminating some special effects when playing during peak hours, to make it run slightly faster), and buttons for clearing the chat windows.
Below all of this is the name of the server you are on, how much money you have on hand, how many players are online, how much mail you have waiting for you at City Hall and the current game time and date. Clicking the four white squares allows you to change the background melody to a random tune. The FPS number (Frames Per Second) is a measure of how fast the game is running on your computer. Twenty-four frames per second is as fast as it will go; anything higher than 20 is excellent speed.

all about servers!

Servers. When you first log in to Horse Isle, your first choice will be which server you wish to be connected to. (A server is a computer which "serves" files to other computers; the various Horse Isle servers "serve" the game, via the internet, to your own computer.) When Horse Isle first "went live," there was only one server, which later became known as "Pinto" as more servers were added. Each server can handle about 150 players at a time. You may log into any server you might like, but we do recommend that new players log on to the newest server where there is more room to accommodate them. Scroll down the server list and you will see which server is the newest.
The server lists will tell you how many other players are online on each server. It also tells you important game information such as your bank balance, how much cash you have on hand, and how many quest points you have earned so far.
From time to time, a pink box will appear at the top of the server list. This will contain news about new additions to the game and other important information. Be sure to read this carefully!
Once you log in to a server, you will be directed to another screen which gives you more information about the current state of the game.

for all you newbies who dont have an account, heres what to expect!

New Player Guide:SIGNING UP AND CREATING AN ACCOUNT
When you first visit the Horse Isle page, you will see the page at right. In order to create an account, several steps are required.
The first thing to do is to check your version of Flash to make sure you have the most up-to-date version. Trying to run Horse Isle on an older version of Flash is a very vexing experience. If you can see the scene in the window and hear the background music, you have the latest version (Flash Player 9 at the time of this writing). If you cannot see and/or hear, you will need to download the latest Flash Player for your system. (Horse Isle itself is system independent and will run on all platforms supported by Flash).
To sign in, click Create an Account. Once you do this, you will be given an overview of the game rules, and then asked to answer some questions to make sure you have read and understood them, and agree to abide by them. If you do not agree to abide by the game rules, you will not be allowed to sign in! Once you do sign in, you are responsible for keeping your word and obeying the rules to which you have agreed.
You will then be required to choose a user name. Your real name is not allowed as a user name, not now, not later, not ever, never. AmyBCloony is not allowed; and you probably shouldn't even use just "Amy." Make up a name that does not contain a real name, such as Amabarl, or use something descriptive such as VinylRecord. Whatever name you choose it should be something you will remember!
User names which are real names, or user names which contain profanity of any kind will be immediately banned by the Moderators.
Passwords must consist of both letters and numerals. An acceptable password might be a1b2c3d4. Whatever it is, it should be both something you will find easy to remember and something difficult (or, hopefully, impossible) for other people to guess. Never, but NEVER, give your password to anyone under any circumstances! You will be held responsible for anything another person does while logged into your account.
You will also be asked to give us a VALID email address. If you are under 13 years of age, you must give us one of your parents' or guardians' email addresses. In order for you to continue playing, you will need to click an activation link in an email we will send you (or your parents will need to click it in their email) so that we know we have a valid address for you.
ABSOLUTELY NO MORE THAN ONE ACCOUNT PER PLAYER! Multiple accounts are not allowed and players with more than one account will have ALL accounts deleted!

Something

you all have read the Help Out thing and just comment on this post and help out and your eligible!

the starter pack contest!

we only have 2 people who commented and they can change their comments, but
i think you should comment on what kind of horse you want and if we can get that horse, or if we cant, we'll comment back to you!


-An.