# Brush **Description:** a Brush is an item used to raise affinity with your horse. --- **Details:**
**Rarity color:**Common
**Renewable:**Yes
**Stackable:**Yes (64)
**Durability**None
--- #### **Obtaining** **Crafting** Brushes come in a single (brown) color. A brush can be crafted by using 1 Plank Block (vanilla - any type) and 1 Dried Kelp. ![image-1686280520721.png](https://wiki.swequestrian.com/uploads/images/gallery/2023-06/scaled-1680-/image-1686280520721.png) --- #### **Usage** Right clicking a horse with a brush to use it. You can brush your horse up to 7 times per Minecraft day, with varying particles to indicate the horse's enjoyment. Daily brushing is a small way to increase a horse's affinity. After brushing a horse 7 times in a single day, they will display Red (Bad / Angry) particles, indicating affinity is no longer increasing. Currently there is no negative effect to affinity to keep brushing your horse beyond this point.
**Brushing****Particles****Affinity**
1st Purple (Woot)+9
2nd Purple (Woot)+8
3rd Purple (Woot)+7
4th Green (Yay)+6
5th Green (Yay)+5
6th Gray (Meh)+4
7th Gray (Meh)+3
8th Red (Bad)+/- 0
--- #### **Gallery** ![2022-08-30_11.13.16.png](https://wiki.swequestrian.com/uploads/images/gallery/2022-08/scaled-1680-/2022-08-30-11-13-16.png) --- #### **Known Issues** If you find an issue, please report it to our bugs channel on [Discord](https://discord.com/channels/715626418893095012/898242623716855868). We ask that you look to see if your issue was reported first! --- #### **Changelog**
View Changes

This is not a complete list of version changes / fixes. It is a changelog of relevant wiki-related version information.

**MC Version****Release****Notes**
1.18.21.18.2-1.2.3 \[Beta\]Changed recipe to slab + dried kelp to avoid SWDM crafting conflict
--- #### **Data values** swem:brush