Design Guide

Overview:

• Presents as small white spots dispersed around the body.
• Should be small and sparse, not to exceed approximately the size of the pupil.​
• Mane/Tail: No effect
• Skin: No effect
• Eyes: No effect

Primitive Smoky Grullo + Gemstone, Birdcatcher Spots

Sooty Primitive Grullo Tuxedo + Wulf, Gemstone, Birdcatcher Spots

Pangare Seal Bay Merle Roan Tobiano + Wulf, Birdcatcher Spots

Overview:

• Creates dark spots dispersed throughout the coat, roughly the size of the eye or smaller.
• Should be a few shades darker than the coat beneath. 
• Mane/Tail: No effect
• Skin: No effect
• Eyes: No effect

Bay Roan + Grease Spots

Silver Blueberry Tobiano + Grease Spots

Grullo + Grease Spots

Overview:

• Causes small, dark freckle-like spots to cluster along the curves of the body.
• Spots should be a few shades darker than the coat beneath, but not overly dark.
• Requires spots to be individually distinct (no patches), same opacity, and have a clear area of concentration.
• Should not be strewn randomly across the body, perfectly evenly spaced, all exactly the same size, or extremely sparse.
• Flecked should be most dense along the curve, and have some stray spots spreading from there to create a density gradient.
• Clusters should create an elongated curved shape, not a circle, swirl, or other design.​
• Mane/Tail: No effect
• Skin: No effect
• Eyes: No effect

Acceptable Range/Areas:

• Chart below shows acceptable areas of effect.
• The lines drawn are intended to give a vague idea of the flow/shape, but are not precise limits.
• Clusters should not be in other areas (i.e. legs), but can vary a bit within the areas given.

Range:

• Minimum: 
  • One small cluster of spots in any acceptable area.
  • There should be enough spots to clearly indicate a clustered area of effect, not just one or two random spots.
• Maximum: 
  
  • One cluster of spots on the head and two clusters of spots on the body.
  • Body clusters may join two areas together if adjacent, but shouldn't branch across the whole body.

Flaxen Pangare Flame + Wulf, Flecked

Pangare Amber Champagne Plum + Flecked, Wulf

Grey on Sooty Bay + Flecked, Wulf

Overview:

• Causes markings to partially "fail," producing an extended mapping effect (low-opacity white around the marking).
• Mapping should represent a correct placement of the marking, but with solid white not fully coming out to the edges.
• Halo may affect some or all of the markings, including natural white, but should still leave a significant amount of solid white in each area (i.e. no areas that are fully just low-opacity / mapping).
• Mane/Tail: No effect
• Skin: No effect
• Eyes: No effect

Interactions:

• Halo interacts with Patchwork to cause low-opacity mapping that shows the Patchwork coat rather than being low-opacity white.
• When paired with Marbled, all Halo mapping will become dark instead of low-opacity.
  
  

Sooty Bay Roan Tobiano + Halo, Grease Spots

Palomino Roan Overo Snowcap + Halo

Blue Roan Sabino Splash + Halo

Overview:

• Causes the eyes to be any non-greyscale color. They must have a noticeable hue, and cannot contain more than two colors.
• Bicolored gemstone presents like Heterochromia but doesn't have to be blue; first color goes on as normal, then a second color may fully color an eye and/or cause patches in one or both.

Interactions:

• Rift: When paired with Rift, the eye color must be light/pale, with a typical blind pupil for Rift.
• Reaper: When paired with Reaper, the sclera (eye white) will turn black, while the iris will be affected by Gemstone.
   

Overview:

• Vitiligo causes spotted white pigment that originates from the mouth/nose, eyes, armpit, and groin. ​
• Spots should be small and numerous, and will be pink in skin areas (nose/mouth/eyes/groin).
• May cause some stray spots on the body as well, but should be very sparse.
• Mane/Tail: No effect
• Skin: Pink where touching.
• Eyes: No effect
  
  

Bay Primitive Dun Roan Rabicano + Vitiligo

Black Corset Splash + Vitiligo

Sooty Flaxen Chestnut Plum Dun + Masked, Vitiligo, Wulf

Overview:

• ​Causes the head to be the same color or slightly darker than the darkest point of the coat.
• Should not be overly dark in comparison to the coat color, and should follow similar levels of saturation.
• Must cover at least the area from poll to eyes, eyes to nostril, and nostril to chin.
• Edges should be blended out, not solid.​
• Mane/Tail: No effect
• Skin: No effect
• Eyes: No effect
  
  

Sooty Bay + Masked

Sooty Pangare Sangria + Masked, Rift, Brindle

Hazelnut Rabicano Sabino (Carries Rapunzel) + Masked, Gemstone, Wulf

Overview:

• Causes the appearance of feathering on the neck.
• Markings may be slightly lighter or slightly darker than the coat below them.
• Should mostly consist of curved/scalloped markings (1-3 "bumps"), but may also have some spots, especially at the top and bottom.
• Must cover most/all of the neck, from behind the ears to the shoulder line. May taper off slightly at the end.
• Mane/Tail: No effect
• Skin: No effect
• Eyes: No effect
  
  

Grey on Black Pearl Splash Rapunzel + Plumage

Pangare Spice Fawn Rapunzel + Plumage

Stained Pangare Black Pearl Tobiano Rapunzel + Wulf, Plumage

Overview:

• ​Causes patches of another color on the coat, according to the specifications below.
  • On foals, Chimera may be anything genetically possible from the parents. In breedings, it is automatically rolled for color. 
  • On imports, Chimera is based on the main phenotype. You may remove genes found in the base pheno, switch the base color (e/a genes), and add up to 1 natural marking/modifier.
• Rapunzel, oddities, and carried genes are not listed in the Chimera pheno.
• Ranges in size and shape of coverage, but should be no smaller than the hoof and no larger than half of each separate side of the body.
• Each area of coverage should be a distinct patch, not striping/brindling, a geometric/special shape, etc. Edges are somewhat irregular.
• May have up to 3 different patches total. Each should have a main area of concentration, not branch all the way across the body.
• Markings should not line up perfectly at the edges between base coat and Chimera patches. This includes continuous stripes, white markings, etc. 
• Chimera and Patchwork cannot exist on the same horse.
• Effect on Mane/Tail: 
  • Neck patches should continue into the mane.
  • If a Chimera patch covers the dock of the tail, the tail must be affected (partial or full coverage).
  • If no patch is present at the dock of the tail, up to half of the tail can optionally be affected by Chimera on its own.

Interactions:

• Oddities* found on the base coat may also show on the Chimera coat without being in the Chimera pheno.
  
  • *This excludes Chimera/Patchwork itself. To add an additional layer of Chimera inside the existing Chimera patches, you'll need to use a Tornado item.

Range:

• Minimum: One visible patch at least as large as the hoof.
• Maximum: Three patches on the body and one patch in the tail.
  
  

Black Rapunzel + Chimera (Grey on Black)

Latte Tobiano Splash Corset + Wulf, Halo, Chimera (Espresso Tobiano Splash)

Chestnut Rapunzel + Chimera (Black)

Overview:

• Brindle may be present on some or all of the body.
• Can be darker than the base (normal) or light/white ("Reverse Brindle")
• Stripes should be relatively thin and textured, not to resemble zebra striping, primitive dun/bengal, etc.
• Stripes should follow the flow/curves of the body, not be perfectly straight nor overly curvy/swirled.
• Thickness will vary and ends should taper.
• Mane/Tail: No effect
• Skin: No effect
• Eyes: No effect

Grey on Onyx + Brindle

Amber Champagne + Brindle

Black Plum Roan Tobiano + Gemstone, Birdcatcher Spots, Brindle

Overview:

• Causes a dark marking with striped edges that runs from the topline to the underside.
• Marking shape should be a smooth line from end to end, not be jagged, peaked, or double back on itself.
• Edges of the marking should be striped/brindled, following the flow of the marking and staying close to edge.
• Markings will start and end at the same place on both sides of the horse, and should thus be fairly symmetrical.
• Rift will always be darker than the darkest point of the base coat, including areas hidden by white.​​
• Head Markings: 
  • ​Should start in the green area of the chart on the right, and end somewhere in the red. 
  • Must cross at least half of the eye, and should not be wider than about 1/3 of the head length.
• Body Markings: 
  • ​Should start in the blue area of the chart, and end in the orange.​​ Should not be wider than the length of the head.
  • If marking reaches the legs, it can either cover the entirety of the leg or end diagonally/horizontally (should not "split" leg vertically).

• Mane/Tail: No effect
• Skin: Darkens the skin where crossing if Rift is black, otherwise keeps normal skin color
• Eyes: Causes blindness; should be pale blue* with the pupil lowered in opacity.
  • *When Gemstone is present, eye may be any pale shade, but should still be blind.
  • When accompanied by Grey, it will desaturate as the coat does, but may or may not lighten.​

Range:

• Minimum: 
  • One marking on either the head or body.
  • Blind eyes.
• Maximum: 
  
  • One marking on the head.
  • One marking on the body.
  • Blind eyes.

Smoky Blue Roan + Rift

Grey on Black + Rift

Blueberry + Rift

Overview:

• Inspired by African Wild Dogs, Marbled causes the mapping around white markings to become dark instead.
• The border can be fairly uniform in thickness or can vary.
• Marbled must be noticeably darker than all areas of the coat that it crosses, and should be one solid color throughout.
• Affects everything listed under "White Markings" on the Visual Hierarchy page, with the following exceptions:
  • Marbled acts on solid edges ONLY. it will not border powdery/blended textures like Rabicano, Varnish Roan, or some Sabinos.
• When paired with Halo, the Marbled color will take over the entire Halo coverage, making all extended mapping dark.
• Mane/Tail: No effect
• Skin: No effect
• Eyes: No effect

Perlino Tobiano (Carries Rapunzel) + Marbled

Hyacinth Tobiano Rapunzel + Marbled

Stained Sooty Pangare Cypress Tobiano Rapunzel + Marbled, Wulf

Overview:

• Lightened marking that presents on the muzzle, over the eye, and optionally along the centerline of each side of the body.
• Each section should be clearly tapered/sharp. The longer a section is, the wider it should be in the middle.
• Markings should always flow in the following ways/directions:
  • Muzzle - tapers between nostril and mouth, pointing toward inner eye corner.
  • Eye - follows the top of the eye (should not wrap around underside), tapering out toward the neck.
  • Neck/Body - follows the flow of the body, curving especially noticeably on the shoulder and hindquarters.
• Mane/Tail: No effect
• Skin: 
  • Muzzle skin is tinted pink. On dark skin, it becomes a desaturated dark pink, only slightly lighter than the skin below it. On skin that is already pink, it becomes a slightly lighter shade of pink.
  • Eye skin is unaffected by Capensis, and will remain the same color as the base already causes.
• Eyes: Causes orange or gold (may have slight peachy hue).

Range:

• Minimum:
  • Muzzle marking that crosses between the nostrils and under the chin. Taper should reach at least halfway between nostril and eye. Muzzle spots are optional, but may be present. 
  • Eye marking that lines the top of the eye, big enough to be clearly visible with a slight "wing" at the outer corner.
• Maximum: 
  • Muzzle marking that crosses just over the top of the nostrils and covers the entire chin. May connect to eye marking.
  • Eye marking covers everything but the underside, tapering out to the edge of the jaw.
  • Stripe that follows the center of the body, broken into at least two segments, but no more than four.

Black Pearl Plum Sabino Rapunzel + Capensis

Ginger Rapunzel + Capensis

Cremello Splash Rapunzel + Capensis

Overview:

• Causes an overgrowth of hair. The mane does not shed out at one year, instead growing fuller and longer.
• The coat also becomes distinctly more fluffy, often with tufts of fluff/feathering at the fetlocks, jaw/chin, and underside of barrel.
• Can be minimal overall (mane only, with little body fluff) or very significant (long feathering/shaggy appearance), but does not change the build of the horse to become more draft-like; should still retain the same body type, just with extra hair.
  
  

Flaxen Chestnut Fawn + Flecked, Wulf, Gemstone

Dark Bay + Wulf

Sooty Pangare Hazelnut + Wulf

Overview:

• Causes the secondary phenotype to display in the areas where all white markings would be.
  • On foals, Patchwork may be anything genetically possible from the parents. In breedings, it is automatically rolled for color. 
  • On imports, Patchwork is based on the main phenotype. You may remove genes found in the base geno, switch the base color (e/a genes), and add up to 1 natural marking/modifier.
• Rapunzel, carried genes, and oddities are not listed in the Patchwork phenotype.
• Coverage is determined by how much white the horse would have, rather than being subject to normal Chimera rules.
• The base coat will not have white markings, but the Patchwork coat may have white markings and show them that way.
• Affects everything listed under "White Markings" on the Visual Hierarchy page.
• Chimera and Patchwork cannot be on the same horse.​​

Interactions:

• Oddities* found on the base coat may also show on the Patchwork coat without being in the Patchwork pheno.
  
  • *This excludes Chimera/Patchwork itself - no Patchwork-ception, sorry!
• Marbled: When paired with Patchwork, Marbled will be present around the Patchwork areas as if it were still a white marking.
  
  

Grey on Lilac Tobiano Rapunzel + Grease Spots, Patchwork (Grey on Lilac Tobiano)

Chestnut Splash Corset + Patchwork (Black Splash)

Ginger Tobiano Rapunzel + Wulf, Patchwork (Flaxen Chestnut)

Overview:

• Causes the iris and sclera to be pure black (leave eye shine on). Oddly enough, it appears most still have full vision.
• When designing Reaper, please be sure to color the sclera (eye white) layer black as well as the iris itself. The entire eyeball should be fully black.

Interactions:

• Gemstone: When paired with Gemstone, only the sclera (eye white) will turn black, while the iris will be affected by Gemstone.

Overview:

• Spiderweb patterns that appear along the topline of the horse, or in between/in the "corners" of markings.
• Can connect two nearby markings together, or appear independently on the topline
• May be partial if between markings, otherwise should form a full web when viewed from both sides/top.
• May have up to 3 webs total, as long as they do not touch or overlap.
• Mane/Tail: No effect
• Skin: No effect
• Eyes: No effect
  
  

Sooty Ginger Tuxedo Tobiano Sabino Overo Snowflake Appaloosa Ghoul Rapunzel + Gemstone, Cobweb, Wulf, Chimera (Black Tuxedo Ghoul)

Grey on Dawn Husky Tobiano Blanket Appaloosa Rapunzel + Cobweb, Wulf, Glittered

Grey on Blueberry Husky Snowflake Appaloosa (Carries Rapunzel) + Cobweb, Wulf

Overview:

• ​Causes light skeletal markings on the body, head, and legs.
• Skeleton does not necessarily need to be anatomically correct, but should be at least believable (no random ribcages on the neck, please!).
• Should only be a few shades lighter than the coat beneath, with blended/blurred edges.
• May exhibit slight lightening beneath the markings as well (must be blended out, not just a halo around the bones).
• Mane/Tail: No effect
• Skin: No effect
• Eyes: No effect
  
  

Malbec Rabicano Rapunzel + Wulf, Masked, Phantom

Grey on Slate Overo Rapunzel + Phantom

Silver Malbec Roan Tobiano Rapunzel + Gemstone, Phantom

Overview:

• Causes small, colorful, freckle-like spots to cluster along the curves of the body.
• Spots must be visibly colored, not greyscale, and may contain up to three different colors at most. 
  • Slight differences in opacity are acceptable, but should not be so extreme as to suggest additional colors beyond the limit.
• Requires spots to be individually distinct (no patches) and have a clear area of concentration.
• Should not be strewn randomly across the body, perfectly evenly spaced, all exactly the same size, or extremely sparse.
• Glittered should be most dense along the curve, and have some stray spots spreading from there to create a density gradient.
• Clusters should not create shapes like circles, swirls, or other designs.​
• Mane/Tail: No effect
• Skin: No effect
• Eyes: No effect

Acceptable Range/Areas:

• Chart below shows acceptable areas of effect.
• The lines drawn are intended to give a vague idea of the flow/shape, but are not precise limits.
• Clusters should not be in other areas (i.e. legs), but can vary a bit within the general areas given.

Range:

• Minimum: 
  • One small cluster of spots in any acceptable area.
  • There should be enough spots to clearly indicate a clustered area of effect, not just one or two random spots.
• Maximum: 
  
  • One cluster of spots on the head and two clusters of spots on the body.
  • Body clusters may join two areas together if adjacent, but shouldn't branch across the whole body.

Liver Chestnut + Glittered

Silver Smoky Cream Dun Tobiano Overo Rabicano Snowfall (Carries Rapunzel) + Wulf, Glittered

Blotted Pangare Buttermilk Buckskin Tobiano + Glittered

Overview:

• Causes a white stripe that follows the shape of a smooth-edged marking, similar to gingerbread cookie icing.
• Interacts only with natural white, Tobiano, Splash, Corset, Hooded, Tuxedo, and Dutch Lapin. Will not interact with jagged or textured markings; if applicable genes are altered by other genes that make them more irregular/textured, Gingerbread will not act on them. 
• May affect some or all of the applicable markings, but must follow a given edge all the way around rather than stopping/tapering halfway.
• Width may vary slightly, generally being thicker on larger markings. Should not be thicker than the marking it borders.
• Should stay reasonably the same in terms of distance and width all the way around, following the shape closely.
• May only be fully hidden if the horse has no applicable markings. If it has any applicable marking, it must border at least one.
• Mane/Tail: No effect
• Skin: No effect
• Eyes: No effect
  
  

Grey on Stained Sooty Glacier Tuxedo Splash Rapunzel + Chimera (Dawn), Glittered, Gingerbread

Blotted Silver Sooty Bay Tuxedo Snowcap Appaloosa Rapunzel + Birdcatcher Spots, Gingerbread, Gemstone

Ginger Tobiano Splash Rapunzel + Gingerbread