Livestock Guide
Village in the Shade Horse Guide
The Horse unlock chain starts with the Livestock Barn, then moves through a Chinana mail event and Street Vendor availability. Horse progression also connects to a separate Horse Contest and Branded Horse Tail for Greenhouse delivery progress.
Horse | Quick Answer
- Main prerequisite
- Build Livestock Barn
- Next trigger
- Chinana mail
- Where to get Horse
- Street Vendor
- Acquisition
- Foal · ¥25,000
- Adult Horse
- After 20 days
- Horse product
- Horse Tail · daily
- Branding
- Horse Contest S Rank can brand Horse
- Greenhouse
- Branded Horse Tail ×5
Unlock
How to unlock the Horse
The source-backed chain is short. The exact mail timing and Stable purchase order remain open questions.
01
Build the Livestock Barn.
02
Wait for Chinana's Horse-stock mail.
03
Visit the Street Vendor during open hours.
04
Buy the Foal for ¥25,000; it becomes an adult Horse after 20 days.
Barn reference: Small Livestock Barn, ¥2,000, 4 days, capacity 4.
Housing
Where does the Horse live?
The Barn unlocks the Horse, while Horse Stable is the separate housing record. These roles should not be conflated.
Unlock building
Livestock Barn
This is the documented prerequisite that starts Horse availability. It is not proof that the Horse consumes a Barn slot.
Open Buildings GuideHousing building
Horse Stable
A separate Horse housing record exists. Materials, cost, build time, footprint, capacity, maximum count and purchase-order role are Not verified. Do not publish a Stable-first unlock route.
Care and movement
What is verified about Horse care?
Horse-specific mechanics are intentionally kept separate from normal Livestock rules.
Adulthood
Foal to adult Horse: 20 days.
Petting
General livestock research supports once-daily petting for Affection. Horse-specific rank effects are Not verified.
Feeding
Exact Horse feeding, pasture and weather rules are Not verified.
Riding
Ride controls, unlock, speed and area restrictions are Not verified.
Horse rank
Horse does not inherit the normal Livestock formula
Normal Livestock currently uses maximum Mood plus Affection 5 for S Rank. That table is not applied to Horse.
Horse-specific answer
Horse has its own contest division, but its numeric Affection, Mood, score and rank thresholds are not verified. Horse B/A/S details remain open.
Horse Contest
Horse Contest is separate from Livestock Contest
The calendar is shared, but the division and Horse progression are distinct.
What happens?
Choose the Horse division and enter one Horse. Horse-specific controls, race mechanics, judging inputs and exact win thresholds are Not verified. Do not describe this as a riding race.
See the full Contest calendarBranding relationship
Horse Contest S Rank can brand the Horse. The exact numeric requirement and whether a single result is sufficient are not documented. A branded Horse can produce Branded Horse Tail.
Horse Tail
How to get Horse Tail
Horse Tail is the adult Horse product, with a separate branded version for the High-Quality Animal Fiber delivery.
Horse Tail
An adult Horse produces Horse Tail daily. Verified sell value: ¥275. Quality tiers beyond the ordinary product are Not verified.
Branded Horse Tail
Brand the Horse through Horse Contest S Rank, then collect Branded Horse Tail from the branded Horse. No one-result shortcut is promised.
Known uses
Horse Tail appears in the Livestock Products delivery group and verified workbench uses include Fox Mask and Straw Figure. Catalog ID is Not verified.
Greenhouse connection
Branded Horse Tail and the Greenhouse
The High-Quality Animal Fiber group requires Branded Wool ×5, Branded Cashmere ×3 and Branded Horse Tail ×5. Regular Horse Tail does not satisfy the branded requirement. Completing the group contributes to Greenhouse progression.
Open the Greenhouse unlock guideSystem boundaries
Horse versus normal Livestock
Use the separate authority pages for each system's full rules.
FAQ
Horse questions
How do I unlock the Horse?
Build the Livestock Barn, wait for Chinana's Horse-stock mail, then buy the Foal from her Street Vendor for ¥25,000.
Do I need a Livestock Barn for the Horse?
Yes. The Livestock Barn is the documented Horse unlock trigger. Its construction record is separate from the later housing question.
Where do I get the Horse?
After the mail step, buy the Foal from Chinana's Street Vendor. The vendor is open 07:00–17:00 and closed Tuesday, Thursday and Saturday.
When does Chinana send the Horse mail?
The mail is tied to Livestock Barn construction. Exact next-morning timing, mail wording and any reading requirement are not verified.
How much does the Horse cost?
The Foal is listed at ¥25,000.
Do I need a Horse Stable?
Horse Stable is a separate housing record, but the exact purchase-before-or-after order is not independently verified. Do not replace the Barn, mail and vendor unlock chain with a Stable-first claim.
Does the Horse use a Livestock Barn slot?
The interaction between Horse Stable capacity and Livestock Barn capacity is not verified.
Can you ride the Horse?
Riding, controls, speed effects and travel restrictions are not verified in the current source set.
How does Horse rank work?
Horse has a separate contest division. No Horse-specific numeric formula is verified, so the normal Livestock Mood and Affection table is not applied.
Is the Horse Contest the same as the Livestock Contest?
No. Horse is judged in its own division, separate from Livestock.
How do I get Horse Tail?
An adult Horse produces Horse Tail daily. The Foal reaches adulthood after 20 days.
How do I get Branded Horse Tail?
The verified progression is Horse Contest S Rank can brand the Horse, then a branded Horse can produce Branded Horse Tail. A one-win guarantee is not documented.
How many Branded Horse Tails do I need for the Greenhouse?
You need 5 Branded Horse Tail in the High-Quality Animal Fiber group.
Does Cow Ghost affect the Horse?
Horse-specific interaction is not verified. Do not extend the Cow Ghost's documented livestock Mood effect to Horse.
Does the Livestock Whistle call the Horse?
The Horse's whistle scope is not verified.
Related Guides
Keep the Horse systems connected
This is the authority page for Horse progression. Linked pages own the broader systems.
Written by: Village in the Shade Guide Editorial Team
Last updated: August 27, 2026
Sources: Official publisher and storefront pages, released-game research and linked source notes.