Unicorn breeding Walkthrough

Having trouble breeding unicorns? All your answers are here!

Before you start, you will need:

 - at least one unicorn. You can't purchase a 'horn' like you could with medusa's blood. You can buy them from the sales. If you're not fussed with breed, go for whatever is cheapest, if you are wanting a particular breed it may cost you more. Some people will only ask for equus and others will want a mix of equuses and passes. Totalhowrse hint: Many moderators who breed unicorns will sell them for only equus. If possible, look at some mods' pages and see if they have any for sale. 
-time, patience and money.

Step one - finding a suitable covering.

Many first time unicorn breeders may think that unicorns can be cross bred - false! All unicorns are ppurebred and must be bred with a unicorn of the same breed. We reccommend buying a female but if there aren't any in your price range, purchase a male (check he isn't gelded) and use a Zeus' lightning bolt on him. You can then cover her. It wont hurt you just to look at the public coverings to see what is available, even if it's not time to cover. Like always, the horse with the higher GP and who is BLUPed will set you back more, so if it isn't your goal to have high class unicorns, then look for a less experienced horse. (Who doesn't love a shiny new unicorn, regardless of his or her abilities?!)

Step two - waiting until the right time.

This is the bit that must be done precisely. The original time set for unicorn coverings is 07:00 and 19:00, however you can choose to change this once every thirty days. Remember this is game time, not local time. An example of this may be that game time may be 18:12 and my time is 6:12pm. Remember this local time as a conversion for game time. So when my local time hits 7.00pm, I know that it's time to cover. It is important to have already picked a covering by this time to save precious seconds.. Do not press cover yet! Just because local time has become the right time, it doesn't mean howrse time is right. refresh the page and look at the game time. if it says '19:00' you're free to cover. If it says 18:59 - refresh again and then press cover. 

Note: If a horse has been covered within 10 hours of you attempting to cover him/her it will not produce a uni - foal. Nor will it if the horse you're attempting to cover was conceived within the last 10 hours. 

Did I get it right?

After you have returned to the horse's page, scroll down to the reproduction tab, click general. If it says covered in the right conditions - you got it right. If it says was not covered in the right conditions, then you need to figure out what went wrong. Was the horse previously covered that day?, did you refresh the page and cover at the right time? Was the unicorn you're trying to cover concieved in the last ten hours?. Try again at the next opportunity, after giving birth to the foal you're carrying. 

Please, please be a unicorn - Step three.

It's at this point where it gets exciting! You can either age your horse until it is ready to give birth, or let her go naturally. Remember to keep 200 equus on hand for the vet, and an extra 50 if you'd like an ultrasound to reveal coat and gender. (The ultrasound will not tell you if it's a unicorn or not)
When the time arrives, get your unicorn to the vet and with a stroke of luck (you have a 1 in 5 chance) You'll have a unicorn foal! If not, don't be disheartened, just keep trying.