Better Horses

Introducing the Better Horses Mod, a comprehensive addition to your gaming experience, featuring the world's most beloved horse breeds. Our mission? To provide players with a diverse array of coat options and unique mechanics tailored to each breed. With a focus on enriching the roleplaying community within Ark, our mod aims to immerse players in the joys and intricacies of horse ownership, elevating gameplay to new heights.

In-Development Mod

Please note, the mod is currently in Public Beta. Not all planned features are available, and there may be bugs. If you find any bugs (that are NOT listed at the bottom of this page!), please report them in our Discord so that we can fix them!

Breeds

Better Horses currently features the following breeds:

Mustang
Arabian
Friesian
Vanner
Draft

Configuration Options

Mod Menu Integration: Change your settings live in-game using Mod Menu. Simply install the mod onto your Singleplayer game or Server, log-in as admin (if applicable) and select Mod Menu from the pause menu.
ini Config: Config can be done via ini if Mod Menu is not present. We recommend using Mod Menu as it's quicker, more efficient, and allows for instantaneous changes. If you wish to use ini instead, ini options can be found here. Note: ini will NOT function if Mod Menu is present!

Unique Features

Patterns

Better Horses features inter-breedable patterns. Not every breed of horse has the same patterns, but some do share coat patterns with other breeds. A list of patterns per-breed is [ Coming Soon ].

Horse Handling

The Horse Handling feature makes Saddles and Harness important; Riding a horse without these is possible, but horses are much more responsive when a Harness or Saddle is equipped!

Saddlebags

There are three types of equip-able Saddlebags that enable your horses to carry more stacks of items! Saddlebags require a Saddle to equip. Note: Not all saddlebags can be used on all horses!

Wagons / Carts

[ Planned Feature ]

Carriages

[ Planned Feature ]

Works In Progress

Seating locations for various horses
Seating locations when saddled
Death Animations/Poses
Patterns
Beacon integration
Pattern Selection System (Admins)
Configuration Options (Everything will be configurable soon!)
& More

Known Bugs

Some Hair meshes have bald spots

Please report any bugs you find in our Discord server so that we can fix them!