How to Do an Umamusume Legacy Loop
Find which four characters form the strongest Umamusume legacy loop.
What is a legacy loop?
In Umamusume Pretty Derby, a legacy loop is a set of four characters that rotate through trainee and legacy (parent) roles. Players also call this a parent loop, breeding loop, or inheritance loop. The goal is to keep affinity high every career while each member becomes a stronger parent for the others.
How to find characters for a legacy loop
Strong loops need mutual compatibility — ideally 〇 or ◎ on every step once sub-legacies fill in. Instead of testing pairs by hand, open Find Loops on UmaLoops, set aptitude filters and (optionally) your collection, then pick a high-scoring four-character order. Required and excluded characters let you lock favorites or drop characters you do not want to train.
How to do a legacy loop (make parents)
- Pick four characters with strong mutual compatibility — or choose a ranked loop from the planner.
- Train the first trainee using two other loop members as legacies (parents). Save that veteran build.
- Rotate roles so the next character trains with two loop members as legacies. Repeat until all four have solid veterans.
- Keep making better parents — after the first full rotation, always use your strongest veterans, not early weak careers.
On UmaLoops, load a loop into Your Loop to walk each career step, see lineage slots, and check the compatibility breakdown before you spend a run.
Why four characters?
Four members fill trainee + two legacy slots while the fourth sits idle, then the roles shift so everyone takes a turn. That pattern is what most English guides mean by a classic Umamusume legacy loop. Three-character shortcuts exist in some strategies, but this planner ranks distinct four-character ordered loops.
FAQ
What is a legacy loop in Umamusume?
A legacy loop (also called a parent loop, breeding loop, or inheritance loop) is a fixed set of usually four characters that take turns as trainee and legacies. You reuse the same quartet so compatibility stays high while you build stronger parents each career.
How do I find characters for a legacy loop?
UmaLoops ranks ordered four-character loops by compatibility across all four career steps. Filter by surface, distance, strategy, and the characters you own, then pick a high-scoring loop instead of guessing pairs by hand.
How do I do a legacy loop?
Pick four compatible characters, train one as the trainee with two others as legacies (parents), save that veteran, then rotate roles so each character trains in turn. After one full rotation, keep using your strongest veterans as parents.
What does "make parents" mean?
Making parents means finishing careers so those characters become strong legacies for the next trainee. In a loop, each trained veteran becomes a better parent for the other three members.
How is UmaLoops different from GameTora?
UmaLoops focuses on finding and ranking full four-character legacy loops for your filters and collection. GameTora remains the reference encyclopedia and affinity calculator; this planner is a fan tool built to answer which quartet to run.
Start finding loops
Ready to pick a quartet? Open the legacy loop finder, browse character loop pages, check aptitude hubs, or read how the planner works.
UmaLoops is an unofficial fan tool and is not affiliated with Cygames, Inc.