What is BLUP/Bold/Skilling?
BLUPing, Bolding, and Skilling are ways of training your horse. There are many different ways to do each, and with every horse you own, try to BLUP them fully at least.
What is BLUP?
First, lets talk about what BLUP is. BLUP stands for Best Linear Unbiased Prediction, and is an evaluation of how your horse will improve its offspring when bred. The BLUP starts at -100.00, and as your horse ages, trains, and wins competitions, the BLUP will move towards 100.00. To get maximum BLUP, the horse must have won 20 competitions, bolded its three best skills, and be at least 10 years old.
What is Bolding?
Bolding is a little different from BLUPing, but it's quite similar. Bolding means gaining all skills in every single skill, and once you've done this, then the skill will bold, hence the name bolding! Here is an example:
Stamina, dressage and gallop are bolded, but the rest aren't. To fully bold, all skills need bolding, and the horse must be 100 BLUP.
What is Skilling?
To skill your horse, the horse needs...
Full foal games
100 BLUP
Fully bolded
Nyx Pack & WoY and Cloud Pack/20 PoC
Boarded at 59e or 60e EC
Added 20 pieces of cloud at age 5
Has high GP and inborn skills
Both parents 100 BLUP
This is useful because to skill your horse means to give your horse *every single skill possible*. This should only be done with very good horses, or you will waste your BMIs. This helps produce the very best foals possible, which is what the top breeding groups do. Choose very carefully which horses you want to skill.
Full foal games
100 BLUP
Fully bolded
Nyx Pack & WoY and Cloud Pack/20 PoC
Boarded at 59e or 60e EC
Added 20 pieces of cloud at age 5
Has high GP and inborn skills
Both parents 100 BLUP
This is useful because to skill your horse means to give your horse *every single skill possible*. This should only be done with very good horses, or you will waste your BMIs. This helps produce the very best foals possible, which is what the top breeding groups do. Choose very carefully which horses you want to skill.