Chocobo dyeing R&D Thread - Post your results here!

Just checked my Chocobo. After giving it 30 Xel Apples and 10 O'Ghomoro Berries I got Dalamud Red.

I think I'll keep this for now and try for Gloom Purple once we have more concrete info on how to dye things. Time to grow a stockpile of plants.

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Originally Posted by Fadingblackroze

i will post results asap

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You can just use Edit and put it all in one post lol...
By my own theories the following will occur if the messages you gave were accurate:

chocobo 1 colour changes: 1
chocobo 2 colour changes: 1
chocobo 3 colour changes: 4
chocobo 4 colour changes: 2
chocobo 5 colour changes: 2
chocobo 6 colour changes: 5

Chocobos 1 and 2 should be same colour orange
Chocobo 4 is darker orange/red in that colour then those above
Chocobo 3 is even darker orange/red in that colour then those above
Chocobo 5 will be a light green
Chocobo 6 will be turquoise (more blue then Chocobo 5)

I look forward to your results. I have not taken Black-White into much consideration just for now.

same with mine i will know when mine are done they should all be different colors but the two control

yeah should have some of the other stuff matter but yeah,
also yeah black and white seem like they will be hard to get i don't think its a line because to much red makes then blue which would explain alot.

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Originally Posted by KarmaCha

I tried to dye her Colibri Pink with the 7x Doman, 8x Val and ended up getting Rose Pink.
I think that what matters is not how many fruit you feed it of one type, but how many times you get the "growing new feathers" message with each type of fruit.
I think she's beautiful though, what do you think? If anyone attempts for Colibri Pink, could you count how many times you get the feathers message with the Doman and Val and report back here? Although I love this color, I wouldn't mind a more vibrant pink.

http://i.imgur.com/IwREgwe.jpg

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Omg this colour is beautiful! Thehe i am so jealous right now. Still waiting for a Lotus Pink Chocobo but until then this could be great too <3

http://i.imgur.com/Yh8aiiw.jpg

Was aiming for soot black, not too far off with Midnight Blue

Idk if this picture will work, but i think it might be like this idk how the fruit effects which way it goes and the color in the box might be in the wrong spots. like it might go "unknown color" yellow red blue green http://www.baycongroup.com/win98/images/w98color.gif

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Originally Posted by Cimyr

Just checked my Chocobo. After giving it 30 Xel Apples and 10 O'Ghomoro Berries I got Dalamud Red.

I think I'll keep this for now and try for Gloom Purple once we have more concrete info on how to dye things. Time to grow a stockpile of plants.

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Just that for Dalamud Red ? I have to try this out, ty ^^

Followed spreadsheet with 7 doman plums and 8 valfruit. Ended up with rose pink instead of colibri pink. T_T

I really, really think people need to stop using the existing spreadsheet and start a new one that reflects the number of fruits that gave the 'growing new feathers' message. then if we can duplicate those results we know we have a winning formula.

These multiple colors from the same recipe obviously isn't the answer.

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Originally Posted by Percyphanie

I really, really think people need to stop using the existing spreadsheet and start a new one that reflects the number of fruits that gave the 'growing new feathers' message. then if we can duplicate those results we know we have a winning formula.

These multiple colors from the same recipe obviously isn't the answer.

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Yup, it sounds like only the fruits that give a message matter. Maybe there's some RNG to it and those who don't give a message have no impact on the chocobo's colour at all.

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Originally Posted by Percyphanie

I really, really think people need to stop using the existing spreadsheet and start a new one that reflects the number of fruits that gave the 'growing new feathers' message. then if we can duplicate those results we know we have a winning formula.

These multiple colors from the same recipe obviously isn't the answer.

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Yeah following this I think you are correct. It's the amount of "growing new feathers" messages that are what changes the colour... and feeding it has a RNG chance to do so...

This is my Blood Red White Mage Chocobo! Love it!

http://i17.photobucket.com/albums/b8...psa8f877e2.png

if anyone was able to get this color - let me know :D

i was using my custom font color thing in word and the numbers on the chart i think the reason he got a different color is because of rng and that he went over the number 255 and came back over at start. so what i did was simple. Number of fruit times 3 the most extreme possible added that to desert yellow then took away the 255 as if it wasn't there and got dalamud red so i think he got to much of another color from rng because he used so much fruit and got blue. so he got instead of like 113 22 22 he got different numbers that make midnight blue since as proven in previous post you can get different colors with different fruit and in different amount.

Can we feed multiple food at one go , so we can see more color change in 6 hours?

that would explain why they are getting different colors for same amount of fruits and why they get same color with different fruit amounts. so its all based on which way you want to take it to get it. if im right then tomarrow none of my should be super red they should all be yellow and maybe light orange. also to above post yes you can as long as after you feed fruit and it says timer it SHOULD be a different color from before so at last minute you can add lots of fruits. i dont advise doing to much unless you have spare fruit.

Peacock Blue!

21 O'ghomoro Berries, 10 Mamook Pear
http://i.imgur.com/RWTKIEt.png

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Originally Posted by missarielle

Peacock Blue!

21 O'ghomoro Berries, 10 Mamook Pear
http://i.imgur.com/RWTKIEt.png

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I did *exact* same recipe and got Turquoise Green.

I fed my choco all of them at once, instead of 2 Feeds for peacock blue as stated on spreadsheet:
O'Ghomoro Berry x2 (no change) >> O'Ghomoro Berry x19, Mamook Pear x10

Did you do yours all at once or in 2 feeds?

http://i.imgur.com/CZ1hjOB.png

Everyone keeps getting different results using just berry counts... it has to to be wrong and shouldn't be listed on the spreadsheet cuz its a total waste of money for people if they get the wrong color.

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Originally Posted by Percyphanie

I really, really think people need to stop using the existing spreadsheet and start a new one that reflects the number of fruits that gave the 'growing new feathers' message. then if we can duplicate those results we know we have a winning formula.

These multiple colors from the same recipe obviously isn't the answer.

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Do we know who controls the spreadsheet and if they can reset it and start over with 'growing feathers counts'? Perhaps we should even start a new thread???

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Originally Posted by Percyphanie

Everyone keeps getting different results using just berry counts... it has to to be wrong and shouldn't be listed on the spreadsheet cuz its a total waste of money for people if they get the wrong color.



Do we know who controls the spreadsheet and if they can reset it and start over with 'growing feathers counts'? Perhaps we should even start a new thread???

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Agreed.
It definitely is looking like you need to have the growing new feathers message to pop up and all these recipes people are posting without that information are just going to be wrong. :(
Everyone should start taking screenshots of their chat log when they add fruit to help keep track easier, too. Instead of being like 'I think I added 20 berries', we need a better way to track.

I can try to make a spreadsheet if the old one isn't reset sometime today if others are willing to help send information.

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Originally Posted by DarkEmpyrean

I did *exact* same recipe and got Turquoise Green.

I fed my choco all of them at once, instead of 2 Feeds for peacock blue as stated on spreadsheet:
O'Ghomoro Berry x2 (no change) >> O'Ghomoro Berry x19, Mamook Pear x10

Did you do yours all at once or in 2 feeds?

http://i.imgur.com/CZ1hjOB.png

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Guys? Do you remember in what order you feed what? Maybe that changes results?

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Originally Posted by OrangeChaffinch

Guys? Do you remember in what order you feed what? Maybe that changes results?

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It's probably what's people have been saying. What matters is how many "growing new feathers" message you get.

Mine's here for the research. RESULT: NOTHING. Same plain Desert Yellow.

Percival devours the valfruit.
Percival's plumage will change in 6 hours.
Percival devours the valfruit.
Percival devours the valfruit.
Percival devours the valfruit.
Percival devours the valfruit.
Percival is beginning to grow new feathers!
Percival's plumage will change in 5 hours and 58 minutes.
Percival devours the valfruit.
Percival is beginning to grow new feathers!
Percival's plumage will change in 5 hours and 58 minutes.
Percival devours the Mamook pear.
Percival is beginning to grow new feathers!
Percival's plumage will change in 5 hours and 57 minutes.
Percival devours the Mamook pear.
Percival devours the Mamook pear.
Percival devours the Mamook pear.
Percival devours the Mamook pear.
Percival devours the Mamook pear.

Just an idea, but may be the condition of the stable modify the value of each fruit, that would explain why some ppl get the message with more or less fruits and the different colors using the same combination.

Well this topic is insightful :-)

I'd like to know something, if we are adding / removing colors to our chocobo, does anyone know what's the starting point is ? Is it Desert Yellow RGB 216 175 80 ?

And another interrogation, is adding blue :
- darkening blue and so lowering Blue value in RGB notation,
OR
- adding RGB notation blue, so lightening blue ?

Thanks for sharing all this ! ^^

Mine somehow ended up bone white
Does anyone know what I should do for it to become snow white?

Somehow ended up even more confused than before..

I assume I should feed it more pineapples?

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Originally Posted by Zanhe

Mine somehow ended up bone white
Does anyone know what I should do for it to become snow white?

Somehow ended up even more confused than before..

I assume I should feed it more pineapples?

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Not pineapples i already tried that and went backwards to cream yellow from white bone.

Hopeful in a new spreadsheet being started, because the old one is just plain wrong. It's definitely based upon the new feathers message in regards to how many times it's fed. I followed the spreadsheet for raptor blue and got othard blue. Still a very nice looking blue! Anyway, in case a new spreadsheet is started which is based upon the amount of 'new feathers' messages were obtained, here is what I did.

I fed my chocobo 21 O'Ghomoro berries all in quick succession. I fed them all to my chocobo within 4 mins time. I didn't get a "new feathers" message until my 3rd feeding, and then I got the message for every single subsequent feeding, for a total of 19 "new feathers" messages. = Othard Blue.

No SS, I'm a console player and get on the forums while at work so a bit tough for me to post SS. I remembered the new feathers messages though, because I remember others posts' here yesterday about not seeing them like I did. I thought my chat log was glitched, but no.....19 consecutive new feathers messages.

I want white but thing's haven't gone as planned. My choco went from:

desert yellow > 21 berries > othard blue
othard blue > 30 pineapple (20 to to cancel above blue), 15 valfruit, 15 plum > cream yellow :S
cream yellow > 15 pineapple, 15 plum, 15 valfruit > ???

Nvm made new post

I know it's 25 pages old at this point, but here is a list of food combos posted up to about page 41 when I realized there was no way I could keep up:
http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...23#post2381623

I'm really happy I screenshotted the time, food, and messages I got (wrote them out for this thread). I wonder if it's the number of "feathers" messages we should be counting with each fruit type. For example: To get Millioncorn Yellow, you need two "feathers" messages with the apples. Or it could be the "plumage" part. I'm not sure.

12:05 Sunflower devours the Xelphatol apple.
12:05 Sunflower's plumage will change in 6 hours
12:05 Sunflower devours the Xelphatol apple.
12:06 Sunflower devours the Xelphatol apple.
12:06 Sunflower is beginning to grow new feathers!
12:06 Sunflower's plumage will change in 5 hours and 59 minutes.
12:06 Sunflower devours the Xelphatol apple.
12:06 Sunflower is beginning to grow new feathers!
12:06 Sunflower's plumage will change in 5 hours and 59 minutes.

eta: result Millioncorn Yellow

Thanks to everyone for sharing their chocobo dying experience! I wanted my bird to be a nice blue, so I fed him 21 O'Ghomoro Berries all in a row at one time (as documented in the Google spreadsheet).

I did not take a screen shot of the chat log. However, I did analyze it and after the feeding the third berry, I received the "...is beginning to grow new feathers!" message. Then I continued to receive that message after each additional berry going forward.

This morning I logged in and was delighted to discover my chocobo is now Othard Blue!

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<_<
Dozens of Gysahl greens, and still yellow.
>_>

Call me when someone figures out how to get invisible pink.

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Originally Posted by Whitefang

First feeding 25 x Mamook Pear 5 x Doman Plums 5 x Cieldalaes Pineapple turned into Apple Green

http://i.imgur.com/SJCRPe2.jpg

Second feeding 10 x Mamook Pear 5 x Xelphatol Apple x 5 O'ghomoro Berries

Got the message of him growing new feathers on first Pear and last Berry

Will post results in 5 hours time ~♪

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http://i.imgur.com/J4DpYWX.jpg

Result: Cactuar Green

I did it in 1 feeding HOWEVER I didn't do it all blue then all green.

Fed 2 O'gomorro
Fed 1 Pear
Fed 4 O'gomorro
Fed 2 Pear
then rest of the O'gomorro
then rest of the Pears

I got Peacock Blue in 1 feeding

the other problem with going by feather counts is it may be that you can skip a color. but it ifs 1 - 3 then i don't think you can skip a color but if its 4 or more you can skip colors on accident. to fix this you could use a lighten color so we need confirmation that you can get deeper tiers then use a lighten to lower it back to previous colors this is why i think they added han lemon was because of the rng since it would be hard to get back to original number to start over. if anyone takes more then 4 fruits to get the first timer please post i have yet to have this happen. also does anyone know how i know when its done? because good guessing? so yes after confirmation it needs to go by the amount of feather changes is says when you add the fruit. Since fruit is rng based but feather changes is a solid thing happening. So unfortunately the chart is mostly useless because it could take more or less fruits to get the desired color.

Ink Blue - http://imgur.com/a/CPaPU

Been trying for black. This is as close to black as I'm gonna get without actually getting black. So far I've gone from Aldgoat Brown > Abyssal Blue > Midnight Blue > Ink Blue. I think maybe if I up my red a bit I may end up with Soot Black but I'm not sure If I want to this point.

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Originally Posted by Renik

Just an idea, but may be the condition of the stable modify the value of each fruit, that would explain why some ppl get the message with more or less fruits and the different colors using the same combination.

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Chocobo level and/or point distribution could also have something to do with it. I don't actually think they'd bring character race/clan/deity/GC affiliation into it, but it's possible.

2x Plums and Two " is beginning to grow new feathers!"

4x Valfruit and Four " is beginning to grow new feathers!"

4x Pineapple and Four " is beginning to grow new feathers!"

2x Plums and Two " is beginning to grow new feathers!"

I meant to get four new feather messages for the Plum first but overlooked it and went back and added two more

Ill post back with a pic later.

in my stable that was good condition i had a person get the message with one and two with three so stable conditions doesn't seem to matter as i can tell post a few pages back says hoe at certain time you can add colors and it doesn't say plumage will change so it must be when it says this that you aquire a new color. it seems to be alot like the custom font RGB thing you can get many colors with different number it may be that people are going over color limit and going back down to like 22 and stuff or that they are getting 1,1,1,1 so they are to low