Races and concerts are definitely an important part of Umamusume. However, you will spend most of your time training your trainees. Although it may seem boring, in reality, you will encounter many different events, but you should keep an eye on the mood of your trainee; otherwise, you will ruin their career. Therefore, in this guide, we will tell you all about the mood effects in Umamusume.

Each Umamusume not only has different sets of stats, but also different personalities. As a professional trainer, you need to take this into account during training. Otherwise, you will not even be able to win the debut race.

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All Mood Effects in Umamusume: Pretty Derby

Umamusume mood effects

Whether it's a casual race or a career, your trainee has a mood meter. It's easy to miss among the abundance of other stats, but you should never neglect it. There are 5 moods in Umamusume. Some of them have a positive effect on your character, while others impose debuffs. It's worth noting that some of them can easily ruin your run. For your convenience, below we have collected all the moods and their effects.

Mood Effects
Great Training efficiency increases by 20% Attributes increase by 4% while running
Good Training efficiency increases by 10% Attributes increase by 2% while running
Normal Training efficiency increases by 20% Attributes increase by 4% while running
Bad Training efficiency decreases by 10% Attributes decrease by 2% while running
Awful Training efficiency decreases by 20% Attributes decrease by 4% while running

Often, you will start the game with a Normal mood in Umamusume. As you can see in the table above, this mood does not come with buffs or debuffs. However, depending on your actions, your trainee's mood may decrease. The most common reason for this is a failed training, so keep an eye on the energy of your Umamusume and rest if they have no energy left. When an Umamusuma runs out of energy, the chance of training success falls to just 30-40%.

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Umamusume training

A great mood has a huge impact on both training and racing in Umamusume. As such, you should do everything you can to keep your trainee at this mood level. Luckily, there are several ways to increase mood in Umamusume:

  • Parfaits - Using Parfaits, you can easily raise the mood of your trainee.
  • Recreation - In addition to training and rest, do not forget to use the Recreation option. Not only can it restore some energy, but it also has a high chance of increasing your trainee's mood.
  • Support cards - Training with these characters triggers many different events, some of which can increase an Umamusume's mood.
  • Dialogue options - During dialogues, you will sometimes have a choice to make. Choose something related to health or mental care to increase your Umamusume's mood.
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Released
June 26, 2025
Developer(s)
Cygames
Publisher(s)
Cygames, Kakao Games, BiliBili
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