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The Sims 4: Horse Ranchgives you quite a few options for bringing horses home to join your family. Those of you who created a brand new four-hooved friend when starting your ranch may have noticed that the default age created is an adult. This may not be surprising to veteran Sims players, as the default age for Sims is also a young adult.
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Having an adult horse right off the bat may be preferred by most because it gives you the most options for activities to enjoy with your neigh-borly family members, but do not fret if you would prefer to raise a horse fromfoal to elder! You have plenty of options to gain a young foal.
How To Make A Foal In Create a Sim
Thequickest wayto bring a foal to your ranch is tocreate one when creating a household. While the default age of a horse is an adult, you may change their starting age in theidentity menu.
When you are inCreate a Sim,add a horse as a family memberin the bottom left corner. Once loaded,click the crystalin the top left corner of your screen to open the identity menu. From here,choose the small, standing horse iconto change your adult horse to a foal. Once you begin your new adventure, your foal will already be a member of the family.
How To Rescue A Foal
If you have already started your household and are not interested in starting over, you do not need to! Yourcheapest option is to rescuea horsein need of a good home.
Doing so allows you tochoose an available horse, featuring horses of all ages, including foals.There are three ways to get to the rescue screen.
The first is to click on yourcell phonein the bottom left corner, selectHome, and choose toCall Ranch Animal Exchange. This will bring up a menu with aRescue Horseoption.
The second way to get to this menu is to click theAnimal Feederon your ranch if you have one. From here, you can selectCall Ranch Animal Exchangeand selectRescue Horse.
When you are in the rescue menu,hover your cursor over a horse to see their age, gender, and traits. This process is the same if you click on a horse bed, but using this method will also assign the new horse to the bed you selected.
Rescuing a horse will only cost you250 Simoleons, but remember to have patience with your rescue, asthey may come with traits that make it more difficult to raise them.
How To Purchase a Foal
If you would rather start fresh with a horse that might be easier to raise, and you are willing to spend the extra cash, you canpurchase a horsefor1000 Simoleonsand select a foal as your chosen horse. you may purchase a horse by following the same steps as rescuing one.
Your two options are toopen your cellphonein the bottom left corner or click theAnimal Feederon your ranch. In your cell phone, selectHomeandCall Ranch Animal Exchange. In theAnimal Feeder or Horse Bedmenus, simply selectCall Ranch Animal Exchange.
Once you arein the animal exchange menu,choosePurchase Horse. Like rescuing a horse, you can see information about each horse by hovering your cursor over them.
How To Breed Horses
Your final option to obtain a foal is tobreed two adult horses.To get to this option, click one of your adult horses, selectMore Choices,Friendly, andEncourage to. Once here, if theEncourage to Breedoption is available, select it andchoose another horse to breed with. The option will not be available if you recently selected the option or if your horse is already pregnant.
You may see hearts pop up around the two horses’ heads. If successful, you will receive a purple notification that yourhorse is expecting within 3-4 in-game hours. After roughly30 in-game hours, you will receive another notification stating that your horse has gone into labor. You will have the opportunity toname the new foal,and they will join your household as a member of the family.
