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Cottonwoods · Aug 29, 2025 7:21 AM

How is white factor inherited in the game?

Seems like foals are more likely to inherit “minimal” if one or both parents has it?

Thanks :)

Seraphim falls · Aug 29, 2025 7:24 AM

I searched and searched for an answer to this a little while ago and from what I could gather, it's random. I'm happy to be corrected though :))

Ammit · Aug 29, 2025 7:59 AM

It's inherited from the parents and some genes can increase or decrease it.

Cottonwoods · Aug 29, 2025 8:13 AM

Ammit if you’re able to do a longer explanation I would appreciate it. :)

Seaswell · Aug 29, 2025 10:56 AM

I'm going to try to take a stab at this as I understand it. Community please correct me where I'm wrong.

White factor at it's most simple level in the game is how much dna has been damaged by turning white. I don't know how this relates to real genetics because I don't know real genetics. But it does mean parents can give up to all of theirs.

So we will get foals that won't make it by WF.

Things like splashes and kit genes and even some dilutes add to the number, and darkening genes tend to make it stay still.

I don't know the math cause I didn't write the program, but if I want most of my horses to express in the minimal range it's best if my foundations are none.

This is the most recent WF chart link, but w20 has been changed to have less impact.
https://wiki.horsegeneticsgame.com/books/genetics-101/page/lethal-white-why-did-my-foal-not-survive-under-construction-by-stormwood

Seraphim falls · Sep 1, 2025 2:51 PM

Thanks for the info @seaswell and good to know it can potentially be influenced by choosing parents with certain genes/wf

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