Generations

''IMPORTANT! This information is no longer up to date, but is kept here as an archive for NIBers who may find it useful. Instead, please direct your questions to the NIB thread on Howrse, International server for more up to date answers.''

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What is a Foundation horse?

 * Your starting pair when you start a new account. (Multiaccounting is illegal on Howrse!)
 * You can puchase them on the Black Market early in your account age as Gaia Foals.
 * You can buy them off another breeder or find some in Sales.
 * If they are a new breed, you can win them during some promotions and contests.


 * Typically, when you begin NIB, you will probably want to start with howrses (or ponies or unicowrns) that have Ouranos and Gaia as their parents. This type of howrse is called a Foundation. There are a few ways to obtain Foundations.

Who are Ouranos and Gaia?

 * They are Titans on Howrse that act as the gods for all equines in the game.

What are the generation tiers?


They are the howrses that you first begin with when you start your game or are purchased from the Gaia stone. They are the result of combining two Foundations howrses They are the result of combining two 1st Generations together or you can also have the result of having one parent being 1st Generation and one parent being Foundation. They are the result of either two 2nd Generations or any Generation lower than the Highest Generation combining They are the result of the Highest Generation howrse that you have combining with either the same Generation or any Generation that is lower."
 * Foundations :
 * 1st Generations :
 * 2nd Generations :
 * 3rd Generations :
 * Generations + :

==='''Some people count the foals of the foundation howrse as the 2nd generation and the foundations as 1st generation. Which way is correct? '''===
 * The answer depends on which community you join. To count the foal of two Foundation horses as a 1st generation is the standard in the Platform NIB Community. We do this since we deal with pedigrees and lineages more so than the mainstream NIBers.


 * According to some players in the NIB thread (mainstream), it was decided to standardize counting the foals of foundation howrses as 1st generation to make things easier for everyone. This was done in an effort to make things more universal for NIBers across the board, and is especially helpful when trying to incorporate new blood into your line.


 * "Seems to be a matter preference I guess. There was a huge discussion on this very subject like 200 some pages ago. Using Foundation seem less confusing to everyone else since everyone knows what a foundation is. If they don't, it's an easier explanation I think, then calling foundies first generations."
 * - answered by Alassíeℓ, on the NIB thread


 * Be warned however, not everyone will abide by this method. If you are concerned with generations, then you are strongly advised to ask the breeder yourself if you intend to take external lines into your herd.


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