Banned from Equestria Guide
Everything a new player needs: the controls, the three pony forms and what each unlocks, the day-night clock, the three-day limit, and a first-run walkthrough.
Banned from Equestria controls
- Point and click with the mouse. Click the edges of the screen to walk between locations and click characters or objects to interact.
- Some mini-games need fast left-click spamming - Applejack's tree-bucking, Rainbow Dash's race and Luna's shield battle all reward speed.
- It plays best on desktop with a mouse, but Ruffle also works with touch on mobile.
The three forms in Banned from Equestria
Talk to Trixie during the day to switch form. Each one opens different paths:
Earth Pony
Earns bits by bucking trees - click until the force meter passes about 40 for ~40 bits. Bits buy the train ticket (50), a muffin (3) and spa scenes (100/300).
Unicorn
Casts spells: Magic Attack A (break Applejack's rock), Magic Attack B (Rarity's fabric and window) and Shield Breaker A (Trixie and the Luna fight). Be a unicorn at night for Trixie.
Pegasus
Flight. Fly up in the daytime to reach Rainbow Dash's cloud and Canterlot for Celestia, and use it for Twilight's window and the Luna endgame. Beating Luna grants the Alicorn form.
Day, night and time in Banned from Equestria
- Each day has a daytime and a nighttime phase. Some characters only appear at one of them - the in-game cast list marks day and night characters separately.
- Your run lasts three in-game days and nights, and story actions burn time. A few events are locked to night 3, including Luna and the Lyra / Bon Bon / Berry Punch group scene, so plan your route.
- In 1.4 returning Trixie's book to Twilight granted three extra days; that reward was removed in 1.5.
A Banned from Equestria walkthrough for new players
- Talk to Trixie to learn you have three days - she is also how you switch forms during the day.
- Become a unicorn and read the floor book in Twilight's library to learn Magic Attack A and Shield Breaker A.
- Become an earth pony and buck trees until you have about 80 bits.
- Easy first scene: as a unicorn break the rock to reach Applejack, then work for her as an earth pony.
- Night 1: as a unicorn at night, break Trixie's shield and grab her book so you can start Twilight's Experiment later.
- Become a pegasus and fly up during the day to reach Rainbow Dash and Celestia.
- Save the hard ones for last: Luna needs night 3 as a pegasus plus several earlier scenes - arrive at her platform on the final night and win the shield battle for the alicorn form.