Horse Disappearing

Aeslabelle · Post Posted: Aug 31, 2015 8:56 pm

Is this a glitch or am I doing something to cause this to happen? Like 90% of the times that it occurs is when I'm in the mine, but it doesn't always happen. Anybody know?

one99five · Post Posted: Aug 31, 2015 9:59 pm

I've found your horse just tends to wander home if you leave it alone for a while. It's supposed to return to the barn after being left out for some time, so if you dismount and go inside somewhere you kind of just have to hope it stays put until you come back. It's most likely to go home by itself later in the day in my experience.

Aeslabelle · Post Posted: Sep 01, 2015 3:12 pm

I keep trying to see if there is a pattern to it, like X amount of time spent "inside" somewhere or maybe certain times of day like when night falls or maybe dinner time when people's locations on the map trigger a reset because they all go home for dinner, but nothing I've noticed seems consistent. So it seems to be random and uncontrollable. Which means, unavoidable ultimately. I'm hoping I'm wrong!!

one99five · Post Posted: Sep 01, 2015 4:06 pm

It's pretty unavoidable. Just collect the Azure Fragments as soon as you can, that doesn't return to your house until you go to bed, or after you enter Edit mode.

Melody Muse · Post Posted: Sep 01, 2015 5:10 pm

There's also a lot of places it can walk to and "hide". It might just be wandering behind a tree or building, depending on where it vanishes. I know my animals like to hide behind the barn, so I imagine the horse probably often wanders behind trees/buildings/etc as well.

one99five · Post Posted: Sep 01, 2015 5:20 pm

Oh, is that so? I know the horse can wander around if you leave it on your farm yard, but if I dismount outside my farm, it either stays still or goes home. Either way, it's pretty tedious to look for it

I had to give allowances to my horse wandering off in my schedule before I could get the buggy because of it.

One of the most annoying parts has got to be when I bring it outside the barn to feed it and when I dismount, it just ... goes back inside the barn? >___> It doesn't always happen, but sheesh.

Shan O 123 · Post Posted: Sep 01, 2015 5:29 pm

I don't have a horse, (yet) so this is a good thing to know I guess... XD

Aeslabelle · Post Posted: Sep 01, 2015 6:10 pm

Melody Muse wrote:There's also a lot of places it can walk to and "hide". It might just be wandering behind a tree or building, depending on where it vanishes. I know my animals like to hide behind the barn, so I imagine the horse probably often wanders behind trees/buildings/etc as well.

I've done a few circles looking for it because I did find it that way at least once. It doesn't help that my horse is white and I was using it mostly in the winter, either. LMAO