Posted August 10, 2020 (edited) I am a returned horse breeder who has never touched the new coats before. Now on Harmony, based on what I see in my own horses, I am little worried about the mechanism for randomly spawning new coats. I have seen the new coats spawn from parents that are both wild grey horses. My question is this: CAN a new coat, such as chestnut, also randomly spawn from parents that are already coated, such as a mating of a brown and a black horse (or also a brown and a wild grey)? Thank you. Edited August 10, 2020 by CistaCista Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 10, 2020 (edited) Short answer, yes they can. I'm always breeding different color pairs to try to get another (after starting my herd over again after a break I no longer have all of them). It does seem very random and can take some time but yes it works. PS I have had better luck when at least one parent is a grey, since they are basically colorless. Edited August 10, 2020 by Tilda 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 10, 2020 1 hour ago, Tilda said: I have had better luck when at least one parent is a grey This is exactly what I am looking for clarification on, thank you. Does someone know if there is any game mechanism at play? Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 10, 2020 We could, indeed, use some mendelian genetics in Wurm. 1 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 15, 2020 It has been my observation that you're much more likely to get a "new coat" by breeding two new coat horses together. Even if 2x piebalds don't yield a piebald offspring, it is highly likely it'll be jet black, skewbald or the other "new coats". The reverse seems true for the "old coats". 2 Share this post Link to post Share on other sites
Posted August 15, 2020 Good point Wargasm and I find the same, when I responded above it was only on the basis of having only 'old' coats to start from Share this post Link to post Share on other sites