Horse

Horses are an extinct equine animal in RuneScape and are considered to be mythical creatures by some of the inhabitants of Gielinor.

However, there are many references to horses in the game, and a few in the novel Return to Canifis:

• Toy horsies, which were part of an April Fools' joke in 2004. Many players had requested horses for RuneScape, and the update poked fun at them
• A painted kiteshield and banner with a horse crest on it. Players must have a toy horsey in their inventory.
• Before if players travelled between Shilo Village and Brimhaven using the Shilo Village cart system, you would get the message: "You jump into the cart and the driver urges the horses on. You take a taxing journey through the jungle to Brimhaven/Shilo Village." Even though horses are mentioned, they were never seen.
• In Horvik's shop, there are horseshoes on his wall. When examined, they say "these would make fine shoes for...um...unicorns".
• The Flying Horse Inn in East Ardougne.
• When summoning the fairy dragon K'klik, you may choose to ask him for a horse to which he replies that there are no horses in RuneScape.
• The half-man, half-horse Centaurs, and their examine information: "Horseplay".
• Unicorns, the horse-like creatures that are common in RuneScape, though mythical in the real world. The examine text for a Unicorn is in fact "horse with a horn".
• If you ask Sylas about things he has found during the Grim Tales quest, he will say that he once found a unicorn without a horn. The player will be amazed.
• Horses, a colour changing chicken seen during Halloween 2011.
• A Player-owned port update states: "Your ship (...) has passed an island where natives ride on strange beasts like hornless unicorns". This suggests that horses exist in the eastern lands.
• One of the Home Teleport animations sold in Solomon's General Store features a Pegasus mount for the player.
• Char's lore story, Twice Burnt, mentions that she tended to horses as ordered by Zamorak before being kidnapped by Fremenniks, suggesting that there may have been horses before; presumably wiped out by the the God Wars.
• In Bringing Home the Bacon, Eli Bacon mentions that all horses in Gielinor were slaughtered after it was discovered how delicious they were.