Racing Uma horse girls in Umamusume: Pretty Derby has a lot of details that you need to pay attention to in order to get her into the best possible shape to win all her races. There are stats to train up, skills to learn, and unique skills to foster.
In order to level up your Umamusume’s unique skills in Umamusume: Pretty Derby, you’ll need to focus on several things at the same time. Here is a guide for making sure you get as much as you can out of every unique skill in her arsenal.

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What Are Unique Skills in Umamusume: Pretty Derby?
Unique skills are skills that scouted Umamusume have that are automatically given when career mode begins. These can be accessed by navigating to the Enhance menu and selecting Trainee. Underneath the Potential Levels button will be a button labeled “Trainee;” click on that one as well. Select the horse, then look at her skills. The rainbow-colored skill will be her unique skill.
These all begin at level 1, and you can bring it up to level 2 permanently by raising your one- or two-star horse’s star level with star pieces in Umamusume: Pretty Derby. Three-star horses cannot raise their unique skills permanently to level 2. Level 2 is the highest level a skill can be raised to permanently; you’ll need to temporarily raise it in every career playthrough in order to get more use out of it.
How to Raise Unique Skills in Career Mode in Umamusume: Pretty Derby
In order to raise the level of your unique skill in career mode, you will need to get more fans in Umamusume: Pretty Derby. The level of the skill is raised at specific times in a playthrough, and is raised if you meet the fan-number threshold.
Below, you can find charts to explain just when you will need to worry about those fan numbers and what they have to reach to level up. As you can see, you need fewer fans to level up if the Uma has a dirt-aptitude of A or higher. At the time of writing, there is only one Uma that meets this requirement, Haru Urara, though there are plans to add more in the future.
Starting with a Level 1 Unique Skill
Level |
Year |
Month |
Number of Fans Needed |
Additional Prerequisites |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lower 1 |
Start |
Start |
– |
|
Lower 2 |
Senior |
Early February |
60,000 (40,000 dirt) |
– |
Ultimate 1 |
Senior |
Early April |
70,000 (60,000 dirt) |
60% Friendship with the President (Green Bond) |
Ultimate 2 |
Senior |
Early December |
120,000 (80,000 dirt) |
– |
Starting with a Level 2 Unique Skill
Level |
Year |
Month |
Number of Fans Needed |
Additional Prerequisites |
---|---|---|---|---|
Lower 2 |
Start |
Start |
– |
|
Ultimate 1 |
Senior |
Early February |
60,000 Fans (40,000 dirt) |
– |
Ultimate 2 |
Senior |
Early April |
70,000 Fans (60,000 dirt) |
60% Friendship with the President (Green Bond) |
Ultimate 3 |
Senior |
Early December |
120,000 Fans (80,000 dirt) |
– |

Umamusume: Pretty Derby


- Released
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February 24, 2021
- Developer(s)
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Cygames
- Publisher(s)
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Cygames
- Engine
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Unity
- Multiplayer
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Online Multiplayer
- Cross-Platform Play
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Yes – PC & Mobile
- Cross Save
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Yes – PC & Mobile
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