PonyIsland

How do I start?

Start out by reading the "Tutorial" and then perhaps the "Advanced" section in the manual, it'll teach you the basics of the game and you'll get the hang of it much faster then if you don't =)

Is this a pay site?

Yes. Trial membership allow 20 free days of play, but following that you'll need to pay $14 for 6 months or $23 for a year. Additionally, you will be unable to interact with the paid users of the site by trading ponies or services without a paid membership. You can buy ponies from the Pony Market and also breed with the ponies in there though.

Why is it a pay site?

First and foremost it's because of our strong dislike for what internet in general has become, a big ad. We wanted to be able to fully control the content of our site to ensure that it's children friendly and that all that is displayed on our site has been approved by us. Though a place like this cost a lot to run and we've therefor decided to make it a pay site, so we can afford to keep the site up and so that we can keep it up to date with good servers and bandwidth. We also know that our users appreciate the fact that with it beeing a pay site we don't get the "internet scum" and scammers that ususally haunt free children sites.

When will my pony grow up?

20 days from when it was born. When its grown up you can tattoo, breed with it and so on.

How do I move my ponies around within my stable?

Moving your ponies is a simple drag and drop procedure. Click the pony you wish to move, hold and drag it to the spot you want within you stable and let go.

How do I see my ponies pedigree?

You simply double click on your pony's image to bring up its pedigree and also the names of its offspring.

Stable Upgrades

After purchasing the upgrade, go to your stable and click "Upgrades" below the pixie and then simply double click the upgrade you wish to add.

How do I get more starters?

Gift central is where you collect your starters, you get starters as a gift for BP. You get one starter everytime you get 10 BP, as a way to get fresh blood into the ponies pedigrees.

How do I breed paints, socks, rainbows and stripes?

The rainbow and paint will be inherited as recessive genes so if you breed two paints they'll have a double setup of the paint gene and therefore you're guaranteed a paint baby. If you breed one paint to a non paint you get carriers of the paint gene. These will look normal but can pass on the gene to their offspring if breed to a paint or a paint carrier. And if you breed two carriers of the gene together you can get paints or carriers. It works like rainbow hair but rainbowhair and stripes are a bit more complivated, but just a little: If you have two normal genes you'll get normal hair.

If you have one normal gene one for stripe, you'll get normal hair. But pony can give striped offspring with another carrier of the gene.

If you have two stripe genes you'll get a visible hair stripe.

If you have one normal gene one for rainbow, you'll get normal hair. But the pony can give rainbow offspring with another carrier of the rainbow gene.

If you have two rainbow genes you'll get a visible rainbow hair.

And if you have one rainbow gene and one stripe gene you will get a hair stripe since that is dominant over rainbow.

Who are carriers of a gene you can't know until you try.

The special genes are all described in the advanced section of the manual with illustrations.

What is the blue line in the skills section of my ponies profile?

The blue line under skills is a progress bar to easily see how far it is to next level.

How would I unequip an item a pony is wearing?

You unequip by going to your ponys item section and double click the equipped item.

Can an earth based pony breed with a water-based pony?

Yes, you can cross all the breeds.

What is my salary?

You get a salary of 1000 PG per day and 20 PG per pony per day. You have to log in once per week to get your salary.

Quests? What are they and how do they work?

You can have 3 breeding and 3 training quests going at any one time. The reward you get depends on the difficulty of the quest selected. Currently the reward structure looks like this

Newbie 3000PG
Easy 4000PG
Medium 8000PG & 1BP
Hard 15000PG & 3BP
Extremly hard 30000PG & 6BP
Impossible 70000PG & 10BBP

And occasionally it will distribute special items as well. If you choose the wrong quest you will have to wait a week to cancel it..

What is the placing bets thing about and how do I do it?

You can place a bet on any pony that is entered in a contest; the betting system then calculates the odds for the pony to win. So if you place a bet on a pony that is sure to win the odds are 1/1 which gives you back the bet with no extra funds, but if you win a bet on a pony who wins against the odds, you'll get more PG back.

How do I move ponies from my stable to my pool and vice versa?

On the pony page click the edit button and under the enclosure section use the drop down menu to select the appropriate enclosure.

Where do I find Pixies for my stable?

The pixies are located in gift central. You need to have a paid account to get one.

Why can’t I put items on babies?

The baby contests are supposed to be free of items. But you can feed your baby snacks to increase it's mood.

What does the percentage of inbreeding mean and how will it affect me?

Inbreeding currently only effects the babies level when they're born, and currently we'll most likely not add anymore drastic effects due to the very high amount of very inbred ponies on PI. So we'll give you a chance to recover the ponies from the inbreeding depression that hit PI before any more drastic effect will be put in place.

Why so many hexes on my pony page?

There are two hair hexes, one is for the color you see and the other is for the hair stripe, however if the pony does not have the gene for the stripe it won’t be visible.
What are the ‘extra’ hexes for? They are for things like wings, fins etc.

Can I set my ponies free?

Yes you can, it's a kind way to get rid of ponies you don't want anyone else to have. In the Edit section of your ponies profile there's a "Send to" drop down, there you can send ponies to either one of your sub accounts, the Merchant or release them. Released ponies can never be brought back into the game.

How do I know who’s been bred and where are my babies?

It's located in the nursery section of your stable.

How do I choose what messages are delivered to my inbox?

After you go to Profile go to Preferences than just check the boxes under Notifiers that you want on.