The horse market on its permanent spot
Ferdinand's Horse Market is a market owned by Ferdinand and his wife Eddie. It is located in Moorland and is up the road that locates the Pony Championship and Fort Pinta. Goofy Lars also works there.
History[]
The horse market was released March 26, 2014, located at the Jorvik Stables Arena, with three horses (two Friesian Sport horses and an Andalusian) and exclusive gear and tack. At the time, it was hinted the market would be traveling between locations in Jorvik, but the other locations were unknown.[1]
On May 7, 2014, the horse market landed in Fort Pinta and added three more horses (Jorvik Ponies).[2]
On June 4, 2014, the horse market traveled to Steve's Farm and brought with it three Irish Cobs (at the time called Tinker Horses).[3]
On July 2, 2014, the market arrived at its final new location, Cape West Fishing Village, and brought with it two more Irish Cobs. This also marked the day when older horse models started being transferred to the market.[4] More new variations of breeds and tack were added to the market over the years.
The rotation board
On December 27, 2017, a new feature was introduced, allowing users to rotate out the horses by simply clicking on a sign at the marked by two blue horse heads in a circle. By clicking this, the user can change the available horses between different sets if the horse they are looking for is not available in the currently-displayed batch.[5]
On July 17, 2019 the market was placed in a permanent location near Doyle's Abbey. This discontinued the weekly travel feature that the horse market originally had and removed the weekly quests given each week.[6]
Traveling Market[]
The market's location in Jorvik Stables
The market previously had multiple locations that it would travel to each week: one week it would be open in a location, then the next week it would be closed and setting up in a new location, then it would be open in that location the next week, and repeat. The locations were in the Jorvik Stables Arena, on a boat docked in Fort Pinta, on a boat docked in Cape West Fishing Village, and outside of Steve's Farm.
Permanent Location[]
Eddie and Ferdinand at the permanent location
In 2019, the market was moved to a permanent location off Fort Pinta Road, near Doyle's Abbey. It stopped traveling around the map and was now open all of the time. Many of the older Generation 1/1.5 and Generation 2 models were moved to the market as well. The clothing and horse tack items that were previously scattered throughout multiple shops were now condensed into one shop, still selling all of the items. The horses can be rotated between the different sets at the board in front of the selling area.
Horses[]
Note: In 2022 a new horse buying window was introduced with a "Change Coat" option: instead of having each variation of the breeds have its own spot in the market, each breed now only has one spot but the color variation of it can be selected in the buying window.
As of November 8, 2022, there are 91 horse variations and 18 breeds in the market.
Set 1
- Danish Warmblood - 3
- Haflinger (Gen 2) - 4
- Jorvik Warmblood - 4
- Trakehner - 1
- American Paint Horse (Gen 2) - 5
- Morgan (Gen 2) - 6
- Shire Horse (Gen 2) - 8
- English Thoroughbred (Gen 2) - 1
Set 2
- Danish Warmblood - 3
- Friesian Sport Horse (Gen 1) - 3
- Friesian Horse (Gen 1) - 3
- North Swedish Horse (Gen 1) - 6
- Irish Cob (Gen 2) - 6
- Andalusian (Gen 1) - 6
- Jorvik Pony (Gen 1) - 14
- Arabian (Gen 1) - 9
Set 3
- Danish Warmblood - 3
- Jorvik Warmblood - 4
- Selle Français - 3
- Friesian Horse (Gen 1) - 3
- North Swedish Horse (Gen 1) - 6
- Oldenburg - 3
- Dutch Warmblood - 3
- English Thoroughbred (Gen 1.5) - 3
- Arabian (Gen 1) - 9
Horse Retirement[]
Retired Gen 1.5 Appaloosas and Akhal-Tekes
In 2022, older (Gen 1/1.5 and 2) horses started to be retired and removed from the game.[7] Players who purchased one before their removal can still keep and use them, however they will not receive any more work or bug fixes. As of March 2024, the following horses have been retired from the market:
- Gen 1.5 Appaloosa[8]
- Gen 1.5 Akhal-Teke[8]
- Gen 1.5 Westphalian[9]
- Gen 1 Chincoteague Pony[9]
- Gen 2 American Quarter Horse[10]
- Gen 1.5 Morgan[11]
- Gen 1.5 Morab[12]
- Gen 1.5 American Paint Horse[13]
- Gen 1.5 Oldenburg[14]
- Gen 1.5 Selle Francais[14]
- Gen 1 North Swedish Horse[15]
- Gen 1 Irish Cob[16]
- Gen 1.5 Dutch Warmblood[17]
- Gen 1.5 Danish Warmblood[17]
- Gen 2 Appaloosa[18]
- Gen 2 American Paint Horse[18]
- Gen 1 Arabian Thoroughbred[19]
- Gen 3 H&M All In[20]
- Gen 1 Friesian[21]
- Gen 1 Friesian Sport Horse[21]
Trivia[]
- The Gen 1.5 Appaloosas and Akhal-Tekes, the first of the retired market horses, were accidentally removed a week early. They returned the following week and stayed for two more weeks to make up for the lost time.[22]
- Some horses appear in multiple sets. It is unknown if this is intentional or an error.
- The retiring horses are often moved to the small pen area at the front of the market in the update where their retirement is announced.
References[]
- ↑ "Ferdinand's Horse Market!" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, March 26, 2014. https://www.starstable.com/en/article/619
- ↑ "The Horse Market has Arrived in Fort Pinta!" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, May 7, 2014. https://www.starstable.com/en/article/694
- ↑ "The Long Awaited Tinker Horses Are Here!" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, June 4, 2014. https://www.starstable.com/en/article/752
- ↑ "New Tinker Horses!" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, July 2, 2014. https://www.starstable.com/en/article/810
- ↑ "Happy New Year!" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, December 27, 2017. https://www.starstable.com/en/article/810
- ↑ "New Times for Eddie and Ferdinand!" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, July 17, 2019. https://www.starstable.com/en/article/7235
- ↑ Patch, Hanna. “Equestrian Festival, Tech Update, Horse Removal & Player Character Update.” Star Stable Entertainment. April 29, 2022. https://starstableentertainment.com/blog/equestrian-festival-tech-update-horse-removal-player-character-update/
- ↑ 8.0 8.1 "The Welsh Pony Gets a Glow Up!" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, February 16, 2022. https://www.starstable.com/en/article/11504
- ↑ 9.0 9.1 "The Baroness Racetrack Championship." Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, May 11, 2022. https://www.starstable.com/en/article/11964
- ↑ "The Rainbow Festival Returns!" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, June 8, 2022. https://www.starstable.com/en/article/12121
- ↑ "New Story Quest: One of Our Witches!" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, August 17, 2022. https://www.starstable.com/en/article/12546
- ↑ "Story Snacks, Halters, and Retrofitting!" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, September 21, 2022. https://www.starstable.com/en/article/12757
- ↑ "Get Ready for a Horrifying Halloween!" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, October 12, 2022. https://www.starstable.com/en/article/12841
- ↑ 14.0 14.1 "Snow, gymnastics jumping, story snacks and more!" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, February 1 2023. https://www.starstable.com/article/13111
- ↑ "Prancing Ponies Promenading!" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, March 1 2023. https://www.starstable.com/article/13207
- ↑ "Perfect Dressage!" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, April 12 2023. https://www.starstable.com/article/13333
- ↑ 17.0 17.1 "Bazaar Week 2" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, May 24 2023. https://www.starstable.com/article/13447
- ↑ 18.0 18.1 "The Updated Characters Arrive in Jorvik!" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, June 20 2023. https://www.starstable.com/article/13517
- ↑ "Jorvik Ranger Show Jumping!" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, August 16 2023. https://www.starstable.com/article/13673
- ↑ "Spooky Season is Nearing its End!" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, November 1 2023. https://www.starstable.com/article/13844
- ↑ 21.0 21.1 "The Path of Terra" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, January 24 2024. https://www.starstable.com/article/the-path-of-terra
- ↑ "The Equestrian Festival continues!" Star Stable. Star Stable Entertainment, April 13, 2022. https://www.starstable.com/en/article/11852.