How can you tell the rarity of coat colors?

roancloud [Basic || 2 posts] on 12/21/2022 12:16 am

Hello! I am relatively new to Horse Fable, though I did play some on Eqcetera. I am a little confused as to how to tell the rarity of different coat colors. I assume it varies from breed to breed of course. I read over the Wiki and I am still lost on this (though now much more knowledgable about the in-game breeding mechanics! I've been doing many things wrong!) If I want to breed for color, how do I know what is common and what is sought after? Any advice or pointers are appreciated. Thanks!


SweetChinMusic

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12/21/2022 8:07 am

One thing you can do is use the search function and add genes to the filters, see if you get many results or not!

Roughly (and excluding grade horses):

Extremely rare: Reverse Dapple (can be found in all breeds but it's an extremely rare variation of regular dapple).

Rare and exclusive: Mushroom (only exists in Shetlands and very hard to obtain), Manchado (exists in Arabians and Thoroughbreds, very hard to obtain).

Rare: Dapple (found in all breeds, seems not too uncommon but it's an hidden gene so breeding especially for it is hard), non-grey/roan percherons (roan could exclusively be obtained from Curly's stud under conditions), non-black Friesians, roan Akhal-Teke (roan could be obtained from Curly's stud under conditions + AT are a rare breed).

Somewhat rare: W# (probably wouldn't be too much trouble to pull a horse with a White gene but hunting for a specific White # when a breed has several can be troublesome).

Uncommon for breeds which naturally have these genes: Sabino/Tobiano/Roan/Overo/Leopard patterns (except for breeds like American Paints, American Saddlebreeds, Appaloose, Irish Cobs, Knabstrupper, Shetlands and maybe Welsh and Mustangs), Cream, Flaxen, Silver.

Common for breeds which naturally have these genes: Splash White (I may be wrong, could be uncommon but definitely not rare), Dun, Champagne, Pangare, Sooty.

No one cares: Rabicano, Grey (usually, unless it's a fleabitten grey).

Note: I use 'Rare' as in 'there isn't many horses with that gene/you're lucky if you pull 1 foundation with that gene for every 100-200 pulls' (unless specified otherwise). 'Uncommon' goes for 'there is quite some horses with that gene but if you're trying to pull foundations with that gene, it might take a few dozens of pulls unless you're lucky'.

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roancloud

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12/21/2022 7:22 pm

Thank you so much, this was very helpful! I really appreciate it :)


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