I've noticed that some of the newer players don't know how a Gen Check on WolfPlay is performed, and it can get pretty complicated to explain with just words, so I've made a step by step tutorial along with pictures to help you guys learn how to do this!

Simple Gen Check (Shorter Lines - 1-2 Pages):

Step 1: Go to your wolf's page and open the bloodline tab. For this example I will be using my deceased wolf, Rylan's, bloodlines.

Step 2: Now, go through the lines one by one and mark them (In your mind or literally). Start with "Lone Wolf", this will be your first line. Since lone wolves don't actually exist, and the great-grandparents are all lone wolves, this does not count as a generation. Ignore these or cross them out.

Step 3: Now take a look at the grandparents. They are both children of Lone Wolves. This makes them the first generation of wolves (G1). Mark G1 Ery and Wolf 651 as G1. Rylan's other set of grandparents are Lone Wolves and as such, they don't contribute to the line.

Step 4: You're almost done! Now look at his parents, they would be the next generation down. Queen Jo is 2nd Gen while Zephyr L. Mercy is 1st Gen. Since we are going by lines, this doesn't matter all that much. They come after G1 so mark these as G2.

Step 5: Now that we've classified all of Rylan's ancestors we can now determine his generation. Because he is the offspring of 2nd generation parents, Rylan is 3rd generation AKA a G3 wolf.

Step 1: Go to your wolf's page and open the bloodline tab. For this example I will be using my deceased wolf, Loki's, bloodlines.


Step 2: Okay, since this line is several pages, we're going to work backward, starting with Loki. If you'd like you may work through the check normally, but I find it easier to go backward in longer lines. Loki will be thought of as G1 for now.

Step 3: Since we're going backward we're going to mark Loki's parents as G2. Remember: We are going backward, Loki's parents obviously are not actually 2nd generation.

Step 4: Continue to mark each line accordingly until you reach the end of the first page.

Step 5: Now that we've marked Loki's ancestors on the first-page let's move on to his great grandparents' ancestors. Since Paris has no parents, let's take a look at the ones who do. (This is where it gets a bit messy...)

Angel Of The Pale Moon-

Killer Queen-


Shanghai Noodle Factory-

Zoe-



Step 6: Now that we have these all lined up neatly, we can cross out the next 3 lines. These are lines G5, G6, and G7, in that order. These 3 lines can be crossed out in every wolf's bloodline regardless of lone wolves or generation. To save space I'm only going to show one picture as an example.

Step 7: Repeat step 6. Lay out each wolf's bloodline and cross out the overlapping lines until one wolf's lineage remains. You will now have a number on the very last line. If you counted and did this check correctly, this will be your wolf's current generation number. Loki's generation goes back way farther than visually possible to record.

*These longer checks typically aren't practical unless you're checking for inbreeding. I, personally, don't care how many generations down a wolf is, as it doesn't affect the quality of a pup, but some people just want designer wolves. As a rule of thumb, the lower gen, the better :)

This is really helpful

That's good to hear! Lord knows how confused I was about this when I first started lol.