Last year at about this same time, Howrse had the Ice Palace promotion where Roby helped you break through the ice doors to get prizes. You could upgrade him to drill longer or have more power. I liked him because he looked so cute and thought he would make a nice companion.

You can see an image of him on Howrse's Facebook page. Just scroll down to February 27, 2018.

It would mean the old companions retain most of their value while giving more players a chance at achieving the trophy. Old companions would lose some of their trophy value but retain their value as rare collectables so it wouldn't be completely disregarding the time and money players have put into gathering those collections. It would also come with the added perk of giving collectors a new set of companions to collect if they wanted to, so they could aim to have a full set of old companion coats and a full set of the new companion coats (not for trophy purposes, just for the fun of collecting).

We should just bring back the horn of gold. Even with the common pets being re-released, the previous HOG coats are going to be just as rare. Could use some more pet designs, especially with Grizzly, Weta, etc

I hope they re-introduce the Bee pet at some point. I started culling off some pets but wouldn't have if I knew they'd be re-released. My Ladybug is lonely

I realy hope they can change the companion designs to new ones. It's such a great idea for keeping everyone happy: collectors with originals still get the rarity, and everyone gets a chance at the trophies.

Realistically, I think it's probably too late to change the ones that are being tested on preprod. Though I would love to be proved wrong. However since some of the rarest companions (Bee, ghost, dragons etc) haven't been seen yet, maybe they could at least do it for them?

Heck, if they don't want to pay an artist they could have a competition for it!

I've been scanning this topic (like I usually do, because I'm such a spoiler) and I hear some rumors about companions or HoG coming back. Is this just a rumor or a a true fact? I can never be sure, or maybe I didn't read enough. If they are... I'm not sure if I should be excited or not. I think I'm mainly excited, I have one or two companions and would like to get more without spending a load of equus or passes. I can see why some people are frustrated though, their value will drop and the work of those collectors out there will be ruined. I'm not a collector myself, so my vote is... please bring them back!

I completely agree... this would solve everything. Collectors will still have their valued companions, and non-collectors or new players would have a chance at building up their own farm.

seeing the return of older companions on the test server, and there have been some images from the test server shown in the last few pages you can take a look at. But sometimes what we see on the test server does change when it reaches the live version, so it's not a guarantee we'll see everything as it's been shown (the price being the main thing that will definitely change).

The one thing that hasn't been mentioned officially on the test server is the return of the Horn of Gold, so that one is still up in the air

Oops, I forgot to complete my spoiler and it came out wrong

I am thrilled for companions to come back. I never had the chance to get one when I used to play here 5 years ago. I am hoping to be able to put one on my horses Loki and Leia.

Can you keep them in inventory too or only directly put them on horses?

applying other Black Market items. You can either add it from the horse's page, or search the horse name you want to put it on, and it goes on the horse then, not into your inventory.

The companions that are prizes in the event will go to your inventory so you can choose the horse later

Wait is the companions the next promo??

No. The companions are in a luck item currently being tested on preprod. More info can be found here: Companion Chest. It will most likely be released with the Decorations. The Decorations promo comes after Forgotten Country. Hope this helps

After reading about the return of the companions, does that mean that almost every companion comes back but the ladybug and bee??

if we'll get the bee, ladybug or "divine creatures" back (as the ghosts, dragons and phoenix aren't in the chest either). We've asked about the ones that are missing from the chest, but the news is that it's not sure if/when those will come back

Also zebras are missing from the chest