Steal a Wild Horse, made by Driftstone Studios, is a ranch-building game where you lasso wild foals, bring them home, train them, and push into new zones. This guide walks you through catching your first foal, unlocking zones, handling rebirths, and protecting your ranch from other players.
In shortGetting a foal home safely is the only thing that matters when you start.
Everything in the game flows from one core loop: catch a foal, survive the trip home, and put it to work. The alpha that guards wild foals will chase you, so move quickly once you have the lasso on one.
Aim the lassotarget a wild foal nearby and throw.
Run homelead the foal back to your ranch before the alpha catches you.
Start trainingonce the foal is safe, put it on the treadmill to build speed.
Raise it upkeep training until the foal grows into a full adult horse.
Lock your gatebefore you head out again, lock the ranch gate so no one steals what you just brought in.
In shortSpeed from the treadmill is the main thing standing between you and the next zone.
The game has 29 zones in total, and higher speed is what lets you reach them. Zones include places like Gold Rush Gulch, Sunrise Chariot, Lantern Festival, Sun Pharaohs, Pegasus Heights, Geode Mine, Mount Olympus, and the Cloud Kingdom, among others. Each zone you unlock brings horses you cannot find anywhere earlier.
Tips worth knowing
Use the treadmill repeatedly — every session pushes your speed higher.
Apply trails to your treadmill — there are 20 trails available, each one multiplying the speed you gain per session.
Complete a zone's Index — collecting every horse type in a single zone is a separate goal worth aiming for.
03Live and upcoming eventsEvents
Events running now or coming soon. They have fixed dates, so check them first.
Live now –
🌈 2X MUTATIONS THURSDAY
Double mutation chance all Thursday! Wild horses are twice as likely to be Golden or Rainbow.
Live now –
💎 2X GEMS WEDNESDAY 💎
Double Gems all Wednesday from catching horses and treadmill games!
Live now –
🎃 THE NEIGHMARE 🎃
On Halloween a portal opens in the hub.
Jump in with your server, survive the haunted stages and tame the Neighmare!
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In shortSecret horses are the hardest to find, but Rainbow horses and zone completions are worth chasing too.
Not every horse you encounter is equally rare.
Standard horses
42 in total, spread across the game's zones.
Secret horses
12 in total, the rarest type in the game.
Rainbow horses
a special collectible category; finding your first one unlocks a badge.
Zone Index
completing all horses in one zone counts as its own milestone.
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The rebirth system
Step
In shortEach rebirth permanently raises how fast your speed and cash grow.
Rebirth resets your progress in exchange for a permanent multiplier on the speed and cash you earn going forward. The effect stacks every time you rebirth.
Do your first rebirthunlocking it for the first time is a milestone of its own.
Keep goingevery subsequent rebirth raises the multiplier again.
Track your countrebirth milestones at 5, 10, 25, 50, 75, and 100 each unlock a badge, giving you clear targets to aim for.
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Redeem codes
Check
In shortCodes are single-use and can expire, so enter them as soon as you have them.
The game has a code-entry screen where you can redeem codes for skins, horses, and other rewards. Codes only work inside Steal a Wild Horse and can be used only once per account.
Find the code-entry screen inside the game before you start looking for codes.
Use codes promptlysome have expiry dates and stop working once that time passes.