Nightmare

The mounts of the Calvary of the Fallen are nightmares. With their riders, they are fell beasts, killing at the behest of their masters. Without a hell-wrought bridle, nightmares serve only their own wild lusts and rages. Unlike normal horses, nightmares are intelligent and use their form, that of a normal horse, to confuse the unwary. Able to snort fire and rend flesh with their savage bite, a nightmare should never be approached as a mount, lest the rider is prepared for the longest journey.

A popular mount for Tamers. (Animal Taming) They are very aggressive, and like a Dragon have the ability to breathe fire.

Control slots

While pre-Publish 97 nightmares always spawned with a requirement of two control slots, fresh tames now require either two or three control slots. Data gathered from 94 nightmares in the Ki-Rin Passage on Europa (April 26th 2018) suggests that the spawn rate of two-slot nightmares is about 30%. Although both the two and the three slot variants were seen spawning with similar Hit Point values, ranging from 298-315, there was a considerable difference in their Strength values. Two slot nightmares spawned with 251-319 STR, whereas the three slot ones were seen with 309-524 STR.

Hues

During the Shadow's Awakening, Echoes of the Blighted Realm event in 2024 five new hues were added and only available during the event.

These five hues had five variations within that hue making it more like thirty specialty hues.

Statistics

Basic Information

Property	Value
Spawn Locations	Corrupted Forest, Ki-Rin Passage, Wind, Terathan Keep Underground
Fame	14000
Karma	-14000
Alignment	EVIL
First Seen	The Second Age

Loot

Property	Value
Gold	400-500
Special Loot	3 Sulfurous Ash, 1 Low Level Scroll, 1 Potion
Cut Up Loot	10 Barbed Leather, 5 Raw Rib

Attributes

Property	Value
Strength	496-525
Hit Points	298-315
Dexterity	86-125
Stamina	86-105
Intelligence	86-125
Mana	86-125

Combat Stats

Property	Value
Base Damage	16-22
Barding Difficulty	85.2
Taming Difficulty	95.1
Preferred Foods	Meat

Skills

Property	Value
Wrestling	80.5-92.5
Tactics	97.6-100.0
Magic Resist	85.3-100.0
Magery	10.4-50.0
Eval Int	10.4-50.0

Special Abilities

Fire Breath

Resistances

Property	Value
Physical	55-65
Fire	30-40
Cold	30-40
Poison	30-40
Energy	20-30

Damage Output

Property	Value
Physical	40%
Fire	40%
Energy	20%