There are several important locations in Horses of Hoofprint Bay that you will use throughout the game. Your horse farm is where you manage your horses, build facilities, provide care, breed horses, and access different training activities. The town also has important locations, including the breeder, horse supplies store, competition arena, and ferry harbor.
As you progress, you can upgrade your farm buildings, unlock new trails, expand your stable, and improve the facilities available to your horses. Each building has its own purpose, upgrade costs, and benefits, so managing your money and prestige is important.
In this guide, we will explain the horse farm and town maps, all the main buildings, available trails, horse care mechanics, personality traits, illnesses, and boarder horses. This will help you understand what each location does and how to manage your farm more efficiently.
Horses of Hoofprint Bay Locations Guide – Farm, Town, Trails
There are two main overview maps in the game: the Horse Farm Overview and the Town Overview. Each map provides access to different locations and activities.
Horse Farm Overview
The horse farm overview is where you manage and upgrade your farm. From here, you can access several important buildings and areas, including:
- Stable and paddock
- Main house and office
- Breeding station
- Parking lot
- Riding arena
- Yearling paddock
- Feed storage
- Trails
You can also use the farm overview to enter town or start a new round.
Town Overview
The town overview gives you access to several important locations outside your farm.
| Location | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Breeder | Access horse breeding-related services |
| Horse Supplies Store | Purchase horse supplies |
| Competition Arena | Access competitions |
| Ferry Harbor | Export and import horses between different savegames |
The ferry harbor is particularly useful if you want to move horses between your savegames.
Fun Fact: Farm Soundtrack
The soundtrack playing at the farm was made by sound designer Michal Sinka. It starts out calm with only a few instruments, but gradually becomes more energetic as you build up your farm, adding more beats and instruments.
Farm Buildings and Upgrades
Your farm contains several buildings that you can construct or upgrade. These facilities help you increase your horse capacity, breed horses, train them, and manage daily farm activities.
Stable
Your stable starts as a small shed with a makeshift paddock that can house four horses. You can upgrade it to increase the capacity to a maximum of 20 horses.
The stable is designed as an open stable complex where groups of horses live together instead of being kept in individual stalls. Each stable upgrade adds another stable group.
Upgrading the stable also improves its appearance. The stable building and the background shown on the horse care screen become more elaborate with each level.
Stable Upgrade Costs and Capacity
| Level | Stable Slots | Building Cost | Daily Cost | Building Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | 0 (Already Owned) | 10 | — |
| 2 | 8 | 2,500 | 30 | 2 days |
| 3 | 14 | 10,000 | 80 | 3 days |
| 4 | 20 | 50,000 | 200 | 4 days |
The fourth upgrade allows you to keep up to 20 horses in your stable.
Pasture
The pasture is attached to your stable complex and provides horses with access to pasture areas. You can open and close the gates to control access for individual stable groups.
However, the pasture is upgraded separately from the stable.
There are two important things to understand about pasture upgrades:
- If your pasture level is lower than your stable level, not every stable group will have pasture access.
- If your pasture level is higher than your stable level, you cannot use the extra pasture capacity beyond the number of stable groups you currently have.
The pasture does not increase your stable’s total horse capacity. It only provides pasture access to the stable groups.
Main House
The main house contains three important areas:
- Office: Used for farm management.
- Library: Provides access to in-game information and books.
- Dressing Room: Allows you to manage your character’s clothing and outfits.
You will also use the office to manage activities such as accepting boarder requests.
Breeding Station
The breeding station allows you to breed your own horses and offer covering services to customer mares using your studs.
Upgrading this building unlocks additional breeding-related features. Higher levels allow you to collect fresh semen and freeze it for later sale.
Breeding Station Upgrade Costs
| Level | Building Cost | Daily Cost | Building Time | Features Unlocked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1,500 | 15 | 2 days | Live Covering |
| 2 | 5,000 | 40 | 3 days | Taking Fresh Semen, Foal Simulator |
| 3 | 15,000 | 100 | 5 days | Freezing Semen |
The breeding station is useful if you want to manage your own breeding program and eventually sell frozen semen.
Parking Lot
The parking lot is important if you want to transport horses to the breeder or competitions.
You must purchase and upgrade the parking lot at least once before you can own a trailer. Each upgrade provides a larger trailer with more space for transporting horses.
A bigger trailer also allows you to buy and sell more horses in a single day, depending on how many horses it can carry.
Parking Lot Upgrade Costs
| Level | Trailer Space | Building Cost | Daily Cost | Building Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 200 | 5 | 1 day |
| 2 | 4 | 500 | 10 | 2 days |
| 3 | 10 | 1,500 | 20 | 3 days |
The maximum parking lot upgrade provides space for 10 horses in your trailer.
Riding Arena
Building the riding arena is a mandatory quest during Round 0. You need it to train your horses.
Upgrading the arena improves its appearance and unlocks additional training courses. The obstacles and training backgrounds also become more elaborate as you upgrade.
Riding Arena Upgrade Costs and Courses
| Level | Building Cost | Daily Cost | Building Time | Courses Unlocked |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 500 | 5 | 1 day | Lessons, Cavaletti, Caprilli 1, Show Jumping 1 and 2, Lunging Walk-Trot, Lunging Walk-Trot-Canter, Lunging Transitions, Lunging Free, Leading, Confidence 1 and 2 |
| 2 | 5,000 | 20 | 2 days | Caprilli 2, Show Jumping 3, Cross Country 1, Gridwork, Rhythm, Lunging Random Short and Long |
| 3 | 10,000 | 100 | 3 days | Show Jumping 4 |
If you want access to more advanced training options, upgrading the riding arena is important.
Yearling Paddock
The yearling paddock is an additional stable group designed specifically for yearlings.
It provides extra space for young horses without using your regular stable slots. Once fully upgraded, it can house up to 13 yearlings.
Yearling Paddock Upgrade Costs
| Level | Paddock Slots | Building Cost | Daily Cost | Building Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 6 | 1,500 | 20 | 2 days |
| 2 | 13 | 10,000 | 100 | 3 days |
Upgrading the yearling paddock is useful if you have several young horses and want to keep your regular stable space available.
Feed Storage
Feed storage allows you to check approximately how much hay, grain, and treats you have available.
At the first two stable levels, feed storage is part of the main stable. From Level 3 onward, it becomes a separate building at no additional cost.
Feed Storage Capacity
| Level | Hay Storage | Grain Storage | Treat Storage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 30 | 30 | 30 |
| 2 | 65 | 70 | 40 |
| 3 | 110 | 150 | 50 |
| 4 | Unknown | Unknown | Unknown |
The Level 4 storage capacities are not specified.
Trails and Trail Areas
There are several trail areas around your farm. Some basic forest trails are available immediately, while other areas require money and a specific prestige level or competition achievement to unlock.
Trail rides also count as training. They are particularly useful for improving your horse’s endurance.
Home Forest
Requirements: None
The Home Forest contains short and basic trail routes located close to your yard. These trails are available without any additional unlock requirements.
Available trails:
- Forest Walk
- Mushroom Trail
- Mossy Trail
Advanced Forest
Requirements: 10% Prestige
Unlock Cost: 1,000
The Advanced Forest area contains longer and more challenging trails. These routes are useful for training your horse’s endurance.
Available trails:
- Lush Leaves
- Waterfall Ride
Cross Country Forest
Requirements: Win an XC Novice Competition
Unlock Cost: 2,500
This area contains a specialized cross country training course in the forest.
Available course:
- Cross Country Training in the Forest
Beach
Requirements: 30% Prestige
Unlock Cost: 1,300
The Beach area provides sandy trails along the shore of Hoofprint Bay.
Available trails:
- Beachside Stroll
- Public Beach
- Through the Dunes
Mountains
Requirements: 40% Prestige
Unlock Cost: 1,300
The Mountains area contains old hiking trails that you can explore with your horse.
Available trails:
- Mountain Hike
- Mountain Peak Trail
- By the Ravine
Horse Care
Taking care of your horses is an important part of managing your farm. During every round, your horses’ stats change as they become hungry, thirsty, dirty, and restless.
If you neglect their basic needs, they can lose trust. Horses can also lose strength and endurance if they are not exercised for several days.
You need to manage both group care and individual horse care.
Stable Group Care
From the yard overview, you can provide hay and water for your stable groups and muck out the stable.
Each horse consumes:
- Without Pasture Access: 3 portions of hay per day.
- With Pasture Access: 1 portion of hay per day.
Grain is not required for every horse. You mainly need to feed grain to horses that are being worked, pregnant, or have the Hard Keeper personality trait.
Individual Horse Care
When you select a horse from the stable overview, you can access its individual care screen.
From this screen, you can perform several activities:
- Grooming: Move the correct brushes across the dirty areas of your horse.
- Feeding: Drag grain into the feeding bowl or drag treats to your horse’s mouth.
- Treating Wounds: Select the correct medication and drag it to the wound.
- Stable Management: Manage the horse’s stable group and staff assignments.
- Tack Management: Change your horse’s equipment.
- Riding Activities: Navigate to the riding arena, lessons, or trails.
You can also access your horse’s information through the horse book and medical report.
Horse Book and Medical Report
The horse book provides information about your horse, including:
- Age
- Experience and competition levels
- Pedigree
- Offspring
The medical report provides information about your horse’s health, including possible illnesses and pregnancy.
Understanding Horse Stats
Your horse has several stats that change depending on its care, exercise, and overall condition.
Body Condition and Hunger
Hunger is represented by the body condition bar.
- Green Area: Your horse is in a healthy condition.
- Lower Orange Area: Your horse is becoming hungry.
- Malnutrition: If you do not feed your horse for several days, its condition can become malnourished.
- Upper Orange Area: Your horse is becoming overweight.
Feeding increases the body condition bar, while exercise and overnight changes lower it.
You should keep an eye on this bar to prevent your horse from becoming malnourished or overweight.
Thirst
Horses become thirsty if you do not provide water through the yard overview.
Unlike hunger, thirst does not have a visible stat bar, so you need to remember to provide water regularly.
Cleanliness
Cleanliness is represented visually through dirt patches on your horse. There is no progress bar for this stat.
You need to groom your horse to remove the visible dirt.
Confidence
Confidence is represented by a green bar and can be increased through several activities:
- Scratching your horse’s individual favorite spot
- Giving treats
- Completing confidence training
- Successfully completing jumps
- Praising your horse after a planned gait change
Confidence decreases if your horse is not trained for a while. It can also decrease after unsuccessful obstacles, including refusals, knocked rails, and falls.
There is a daily limit for confidence gained through each method. Only training can increase confidence beyond the second marker.
The first marker represents the minimum confidence needed for your horse to stop looking away from you in mistrust.
Strength and Endurance
Strength is represented by an orange bar, while endurance is represented by a blue bar.
Both stats have individual maximum values for each horse. You can increase these potential limits by breeding better horses.
Exercise
Exercise is represented by a pink bar and is determined by your horse’s current stamina.
A horse with higher stamina can handle more training.
However, be careful not to train your horse beyond the red marker. If you do, a warning icon will appear on the training options, and your horse will become exhausted the following day.
Horse Animations and Visual Conditions
Horses have different idle animations depending on their health, body condition, confidence, and interactions with you.
Their appearance also changes to reflect different conditions. For example, dirt, injuries, and illnesses are visible on the horse.
Some of the visible animations and conditions include:
- Confident horse greeting
- Mistrust
- Hungry
- Enjoying scratches
- Eating grain
- Eating a treat
- Dirty
- Showing pain when a wound is touched
- Pregnant
- Overweight
These visual details make it easier to notice how your horse is feeling and whether it needs attention.
Horse Personality Traits
Every horse has a chance to have one or several personality traits. Some traits need to be discovered by interacting with the horse, while others are inheritable or unique to that horse.
Some traits can also be tested by the vet.
Here is a list of the personality traits and what they do.
| Personality Trait | Effect |
|---|---|
| Hard Keeper | Needs more grain |
| Easy Keeper | Needs less grain |
| Snacky | Gains more confidence from treats |
| Cuddly | Gains more confidence from scratches |
| Neat Freak | Gets less dirty |
| Mud Lover | Gets more dirty |
| Sure Footed | Gets injured less |
| Injury Prone | Gets injured more |
| Good Mom | Gives the foal better current confidence, strength, and endurance |
| Good Inheritance | Foals have better potential |
| Bad Inheritance | Foals have worse potential |
| Rebellious | Randomly changes gaits even with full confidence |
| Energetic | Randomly changes gaits even with full confidence, always tries to speed up, and needs more exercise to avoid becoming explosive |
| Chill | Randomly changes gaits even with full confidence, always tries to slow down, and needs less exercise to avoid becoming explosive |
For more detailed information about these traits, you can read the in-game library book called “Traits and Quirks”.
Inheritable Traits
Some personality traits can be passed down to a foal from either its dam or sire.
However, if the parents have opposing traits, only one of them can be inherited.
For example, if one parent has Injury Prone and the other has Sure Footed, the foal can inherit only one of those opposing traits.
Illnesses and Injuries
Horses in Hoofprint Bay can develop different illnesses and injuries. Each condition requires the correct treatment, which you can obtain from your house pharmacy or the vet.
The game also makes these conditions visible on your horse, allowing you to see when something is wrong.
Some of the illnesses and injuries include:
- Cut
- Infected Cut
- Abrasion
- Infected Abrasion
- Lameness
- Saddle Sores
- Tendon Injury
- Malnourishment
- Laminitis
- Thrush with Hoof Abscess
- Hoof Abscess
You may also notice visual conditions such as a dirty and sick horse.
For more detailed information about individual conditions and their treatments, read the in-game library book called “Injuries & Illnesses”.
Boarder Horses
Taking care of boarder horses is a valuable way to earn income for your farm.
In your office, you can find a binder called “Boarders”. It provides an overview of available boarding requests that you can accept.
The number of boarders available each day depends on your prestige.
However, boarder horses also take up space in your stable. This creates a trade-off between earning money from boarding and keeping more horses of your own.
You must fulfill each boarder’s care requirements to receive the boarding fee at the end of their stay. Neglecting their needs can reduce the fee or result in receiving no payment.
There is also an important risk if you keep a stallion in the same stable group as a boarder mare. If your stallion covers the mare overnight, you will receive a fine of 500, lose your boarding fee, and lose reputation.
Types of Boarder Horses
There are three types of boarders:
- Part Board
- Full Board
- Schooling Board
Each type has different care requirements. Some only need basic stable care, while others require grooming, medical care, feeding, or training.
Boarder Types and Requirements
| Boarder Type | Grooming | Feeding | Medical Care | Training | Daily Boarding Fee |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Part Board | No | Hay only | No | No | 50 |
| Full Board | Yes | Hay and grain | Yes | No | 90 |
| Schooling Board | Yes (only necessary before training) | Hay and grain | Yes | Yes | 90? plus a one-time schooling fee of approximately 320 |
Part Board
Part Board is the simplest type of boarding arrangement.
You only need to provide stable or pasture space, hay, water, and mucking out. You do not need to groom, provide medical care, or train these horses.
The daily boarding fee is 50.
Full Board
Full Board requires more work than Part Board.
You need to groom the horse, provide hay and grain, and handle its medical care. You do not need to train the horse because its owner rides it off-screen.
The daily boarding fee is 90.
Schooling Board
Schooling Board requires the most involvement.
You need to provide grooming when necessary, feed hay and grain, handle medical care, and train the horse until it reaches the required marks for confidence, strength, and stamina.
The listed daily boarding fee is approximately 90, with an additional one-time schooling fee of around 320.
Managing your farm in Horses of Hoofprint Bay involves much more than simply keeping horses in your stable. You need to upgrade buildings, unlock new trails, manage feed storage, provide daily care, and make sure every horse stays healthy.
The town also provides important services, including the breeder, horse supplies store, competition arena, and ferry harbor. As your farm grows, you will gain access to more facilities and activities.
Remember to balance your stable capacity, farm expenses, horse care, and boarding income. With proper management, you can build a successful farm while keeping your horses healthy and well-trained.