[Question] Mounts / Chocobos

[Mnejing]

Standard mounts are the same speed as rental chocobos. The chocobo you can register as a mount can be faster, but you have to raise its stats accordingly within chocobo raising.

[Voidstorm]

Standard mounts are the same speed as rental chocobos. The chocobo you can register as a mount can be faster, but you have to raise its stats accordingly within chocobo raising.

The max movement speed is rental chocobo speed. Raised chocobo can be significantly slower though. Not really an issue if you only use chocobo for digging.


EDIT: Flee speed is the same speed. And so are all mounts aside from your personal chocobo.

[trashpanda]

Do a lot of people use chocobos for other things than travel? I see they have a ton of features, but I think I've only seen one person who was using one so far.

I'm still learning about features that some people never seem to use anymore and other little-known features that can completely change your gameplay.

[Sodaru]

Not sure if you ever found your answer, but the way renting chocobos works is simply going to the stable in town, and paying a fee in gil. You get them for a certain amount of time, and when that runs out you dismount automatically and the chocobo runs back to town.

There is a quest to get a mount, which you can call for free after you complete the quest. It has limitations like it can't be used in dungeons, so only in open areas. The base one you get is a raptor, but you can unlock lots of others like a chocobo, a crab, adamantoise, etc.

Renting/riding does require a license though, which you need to be level 20 and do a quest in Jeuno to acquire. I believe the quickest way is to join a unity and then use the unity warp to get "close" to Jeuno. However, having played at the game's launch, I can say the most satisfying experience is to hoof it from a starting town. You might die, but it's defiantly fun. Reraise scrolls are your friend

[trashpanda]

Standard mounts are the same speed as rental chocobos. The chocobo you can register as a mount can be faster, but you have to raise its stats accordingly within chocobo raising.

Ah I see... So you can just rent/buy chocobos? Do they also die at some point and is it expensive to be constantly renting them? How long do they last for?

And is there an easy way to get to Jeuno? I'm totally new-ish so since I'm starting out in Bastok... Do you know if it's a long journey from Bastok? :P