Unicorn

Unicorns are passive creatures produced from breeding donkeys. They are faster and better jumpers than donkeys, and when tamed may be ridden to speed up a blockhead's travel. They were introduced in version 1.7.

Appearance

Unicorns are large creatures of similar size to a donkey but with thinner legs and a single horn on their head. All unicorns are overall whitish in color, with their breed color noticeable as shading.

Small/young unicorns are very similar in appearance, but shorter and slightly less bulky.

Where Found

Unicorns can only be produced as offspring of rainbow donkeys or other unicorns. See Breeding (below).

Behavior

Unicorns typically wander aimlessly over the ground. A unicorn's behavior usually consists of a few steps of movement then stopping to look at its surroundings before resuming its aimless movement. When stopped, a unicorn will sometimes lower its head as if grazing and, at random, whinny. Younger unicorns have a higher tone than when mature. Unicorns do not have a particular pattern to their movement and are able to climb blocks that are at most a one-block change in height.

While unicorns have no innate fear of blockheads, they will attempt to flee from one that has attacked them. Adult unicorns seem to be slower than young ones and actually "run" slower than a blockhead can pursue.

Hunger

Unicorns have a hunger bar that steadily decreases. Spawning a baby unicorn will sharply reduce a unicorn's hunger bar. It is restored a large amount when the unicorn eats a rainbow cake, either by moving over one that is loose on the ground, being fed one, or passing a Feeder Chest that contains a one. A tamed unicorn's hunger bar may be viewed by tapping on it and selecting the button with its name, but will also be visible over a tamed unicorn that is sufficiently hungry.

Taming

See also: Pet

Unicorns are tamed by feeding them rainbow cakes; both baby and adult unicorns may be tamed, although it should take less time for a unicorn to mature than to be tamed. Once tamed, a unicorn will be assigned a random name that will appear over it. It can then be tapped on to show a menu with three buttons: Set Free, Ride, and the unicorn's name.

Tapping "Set Free" will make the unicorn no longer tamed, prompting it to whinny and jump. It usually can be re-tamed by feeding it at least once.

Tapping "Ride" will cause the active blockhead to climb up on the selected unicorn and ride it. See Riding (below).

Tapping the unicorn's name button will call up a window displaying the unicorn's health and hunger bars as well as the unicorn's name. The unicorn can be renamed by tapping on the pencil button to the right of the unicorn's name.

Health

See also: Creature Hit Chart

Unicorns are reasonably sturdy creatures, typically taking two to four hits from a weapon or tool to be killed. Small unicorns have as much health as the larger ones. Whether dying on its own or killed, a dying unicorn makes a distinctive whinnying sound before falling to the ground. A tamed unicorn's health bar may be viewed by tapping on it and selecting the button with its name, although it will also be displayed under its name if low enough.

Uses

Unicorns are a source of three things:

• Travel - Tapping a tamed adult unicorn will allow a blockhead to mount the unicorn and ride it, allowing for quicker travel over land.
• Rainbow Essence - Randomly dropped by a unicorn when it dies.
• Baby unicorns - Via breeding.

Only full-sized unicorns will drop items.

Riding

For a quicker method of traveling on land, blockheads are able to mount and ride unicorns.

Tamed unicorns may be ridden by tapping on the unicorn and selecting "Ride". The unicorn walks at a faster pace than a blockhead by foot and is controlled by tilting the game device in the direction of travel. Unicorns are also able to jump over small obstacles and over changes of height that are up to at least three blocks high by swiping the game device UP while tilting the game device in the direction of travel. Unicorns are both faster and better jumpers than donkeys. If bred to the rainbow stage, it will also have the ability to fly.

Version 1.7 introduces an optional d-pad controller for moving while riding.

Dismounting is done by tapping anywhere but on a control. Beginning with version 1.7, this calls up a button instead of automatically dismounting.

A unicorn can be ridden through any space at least two blocks high, but not through doors. If there is a solid block above the unicorn, the rider's head will appear to be inside the block but will take no harm.

While riding a unicorn, a blockhead will continue to pick up loose items it passes in front of. While its mount is jumping, a riding Blockhead will pick up loose items in the spaces it intersects.

Unicorns will swim if ridden into water. They aren't terribly fast swimmers, and sometimes appear to be completely submerged. It may be necessary to make a unicorn "jump" to clear an underwater rise or keep its head in air.

Riding a tamed unicorn may partially restore its health.

Riding any unicorn over a loose rainbow cake or feeding box containing one may allow the unicorn to eat it. This may prompt the unicorn to jump and whinny as well.

Breeding

Rainbow donkeys may produce gray unicorns when spawning babies. A baby unicorn will normally be the same breed as its parent, but will sometimes be the next breed in the sequence -- or the previous.

• Gray (original)
• Brown
• Black
• Blue
• Green
• Yellow
• Orange
• Red
• Purple
• Pink
• White
• Rainbow

Trivia

Unicorns are legendary creatures described as a beast with a single horn coming from its head.