Farming Simulator 25 offers a realistic farming experience, including the ability to care for and breed horses.
This guide will walk you through everything you need to know about looking after, feeding, breeding, and selling horses in the game.
Getting Started with Horses
Building a Horse Barn
To house your horses, you need to build a horse barn or pasture. Here’s how to do it:
- On PC: Press Shift + P to open the build menu.
- On Console: Use the right button to access the build menu.
Once in the build menu, click on the cow icon and then choose horses. You have two main options:
- Horse Pasture: This is a cheaper option but requires you to manually provide water.
- Horse Barn: A bit more expensive but comes with plumbing, so you don’t need to supply water.
Considering the ease of use, it’s usually better to go for a horse barn.
Placing the Horse Barn
Put your horse barn in a big area where you can add fencing and plant grass, which makes the surroundings nicer for your horses.
Buying Horses
After setting up the barn, it’s time to buy your horses. Walk to the horse barn and open the panel by pressing R (or the matching button on your console).
Here, you can pick from different horse types like Gray, Pinto, Palomino, Chestnut, Bay, Black, Seal Brown, and Dun. The only difference between them is color, so choose the ones you like best.
After picking up your horse, confirm the delivery to your barn.
Horses start as baby horses (zero months old) and will grow, have babies, and eventually be ready to sell.
Caring for Horses
Horses need regular care to stay healthy and become more valuable. Here’s a step-by-step guide:
Brushing Your Horses
- Buy a horse brush from the shop (on PC).
- Go up to your horse, choose the brush tool (usually through a tool-switch menu), and use the brush to keep your horse clean.
Riding Your Horses
Riding helps make them more valuable.
Press E to get on a horse, then use W to move in different ways (walking, trotting, running, and galloping).
Over time, riding will increase the horse’s riding percentage, showing its improved training and worth.
Feeding Your Horses
Providing Food
Horses need a balanced diet including hay, straw, and oats. Here’s how to give them these:
- Hay: You can make hay bales and bring them to the horse barn using a tractor with a front loader and a bale spike.
- Oats: Bags of oats can be bought from the shop or grown on your farm. Bring these bags to the feeding area in the barn.
- Straw: Make sure to stock your barn with straw as horses need it for bedding.
Checking Health and Needs
You can check your horses’ health and needs on the barn’s screen. Make sure they have enough hay, straw, oats, and grass to eat. Their health will get better as you meet these needs.
Breeding and Selling Horses
Horses will automatically have babies once they’re old enough and if there’s room in the barn.
It takes about 22 months for a horse to grow up.
Healthy, well-cared-for horses will have babies more easily and can be sold for more money.
Conclusion
Taking care of horses in Farming Simulator 25 requires hard work and attention to detail.
By making sure your horses are well-fed, regularly brushed, and exercised enough, you can breed and sell valuable horses, adding to a successful and fun farming experience.
Don’t forget to follow all the steps for proper care and check out other guides!
By using this detailed guide, you should be well-prepared to manage your horses effectively in Farming Simulator 25.
Enjoy the game!
