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

I'm confused

my chocobo was apple green, I gave him a plum, now he's celeste green

he got -5 red , +10 green , +88 blue at the rgb scale ~_~

the plum lightens red, shouldnt that mean it should give (+) red and (-) green/blue?

in the end the red became deeper and both other colors lighter o_O

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Originally Posted by reivaxe

Got Plum Purple here, anyone know how to get to soot Black or Ink Blue from there?

Figured I should just feed it a good amount of green, a few blue and some red even things out to being Soot but I want to see of anyone here has gone through that.

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Plum Purple is around (114, 75, 101). You need reach Soot Black (37, 35, 30), so you need to decrease numbers across the board towards 0, and then bring the green back up a little.

I would try feeding it Apples, Pears and Berry x5 to bring the numbers down towards 0 more. Depending on what it brings you to, you might need to bring the green back up by feeding it a Pear or two.

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Originally Posted by DemonAura

http://i.imgur.com/WJcIRdR.jpg?1

can anyone help me get from here to turquoise?

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Check out my method. Page 125. Post #1247.

http://forum.square-enix.com/ffxiv/t...=1#post2387649

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Originally Posted by ServerCollaps

I'm confused

my chocobo was apple green, I gave him a plum, now he's celeste green

he got -5 red , +10 green , +88 blue at the rgb scale ~_~

the plum lightens red, shouldnt that mean it should give (+) red and (-) green/blue?

in the end the red became deeper and bother other colors lighter o_O

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Lightening red means -red and +green + blue. Deepening red means +red and -green -blue. What you got was correct but weirdly the blue moved a lot.

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Originally Posted by Leonesaurus

Soot Black Theory Snippet

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I fed my Kobold Brown chocobo one message's worth of plums and also ended up back with Ink Blue. I'll try your theory by feeding my chocobo one more message's worth of plums and report tomorrow. Hopefully you're right, because this is really frustrating.

currant purple + pear = marsh green

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Originally Posted by mercenarri

Plum Purple is around (114, 75, 101). You need reach Soot Black (37, 35, 30), so you need to decrease numbers across the board towards 0, and then bring the green back up a little.

I would try feeding it Apples, Pears and Berry x5 to bring the numbers down towards 0 more. Depending on what it brings you to, you might need to bring the green back up by feeding it a Pear or two.

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Ok, tried this.

5 of each.
Red- 5/5 message
Blue- 5/5 message
Green- 4/5 message
Rank 4- Stable is Good

Lets see how this looks in the morning!

To clarify:

Apple (deepens red) - increases red towards 255, decreases green and blue towards 0.
Plum (lightens red) - decreases red towards 0, increases green and blue towards 255.

Pear (deepens green) - increases green towards 255, decreases red and blue towards 0.
Valfruit (lightens green) - decreases green towards 0, increases red and blue towards 255.

Berry (deepens blue) - increases blue towards 255, decreases red and green towards 0.
Pineapple (lightens blue) - decreases blue towards 0, increases red and green towards 255.

Apple, Pear and Berry (fed at same time) - decreases all colours towards 0.
Plum, Valfruit, Pineapple (fed at same time) - increases all colours towards 255.

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Originally Posted by mercenarri

To clarify:

Apple (deepens red) - increases red towards 255, decreases green and blue towards 0.
Plum (lightens red) - decreases red towards 0, increases green and blue towards 255.

Pear (deepens green) - increases green towards 255, decreases red and blue towards 0.
Valfruit (lightens green) - decreases green towards 0, increases red and blue towards 255.

Berry (deepens blue) - increases blue towards 255, decreases red and green towards 0.
Pineapple (lightens blue) - decreases blue towards 0, increases red and green towards 255.

Apple, Pear and Berry (fed at same time) - decreases all colours towards 0.
Plum, Valfruit, Pineapple (fed at same time) - increases all colours towards 255.

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can't be true, how did so many ppl get from desert yellow to snow white by just feeding 7 or 8 plums?
desert yellow: 216 175 80
snow white: 226 221 205

i don't have to speculate about it, neither do have to do big math on rgb values or what ever. i just pick the color most of the ppl wanted early on: snow white. then i take into account the serious reports where ppl say somth about fruits fed, messages got, maybe stable condition:

a) there are a few reports, where they did multiple sessions (like 2-4), just feeding plums and got variations of cream yellow, bone white or sylph green before they end up with snow white.
b) then there are reports, where they did it in 1 single session, straight from desert yellow to snow white, by 7 plums (like mentioned above).
c) i just ignore the reports, where they fed multiple type of fruits to get to snow white (just keep it simple ;) )

now pls, try to prove me all your theories at this simple example of desert yellow --> snow white.

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Originally Posted by ServerCollaps

I'm confused

my chocobo was apple green, I gave him a plum, now he's celeste green

he got -5 red , +10 green , +88 blue at the rgb scale ~_~

the plum lightens red, shouldnt that mean it should give (+) red and (-) green/blue?

in the end the red became deeper and both other colors lighter o_O

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It lighten the amount of red = make it less red

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Originally Posted by Neoxn

I fed my Kobold Brown chocobo one message's worth of plums and also ended up back with Ink Blue. I'll try your theory by feeding my chocobo one more message's worth of plums and report tomorrow. Hopefully you're right, because this is really frustrating.

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Yeah, believe me, I know exactly how you feel. If I posted my data log in total, you'd probably want to jump out a window due to how many times I've had the chance to hit Soot Black. Since I typed my theory out last, I came up with another equation. I'm testing it and taking another 6 hour+ risk with it, so hopefully I don't screw this up. In any case, if I'm right about my Kobold Brown theory, then I'll have you to thank specifically for proving if it actually works or not. Apologies in advance if I'm wrong. I just don't know what else to do.

Anyway, the new equation I came up with is for me whom is currently sitting at Ink Blue as I type this. My new equation involves skipping Kobold Brown altogether with. This is my best solution for making the jump via the +5/-5 equation that Noctis Umbra brought to my attention. I still don't know if this is legit or not, but if he got a Soot Black, it's either he was extremely lucky, or he knows what he's talking about.

Here's the fruits I came up with for making the jump from Ink Blue --> Soot Black (theory equation) (Only "beginning to grow new feathers" fruits count for this to work)

x2 Cieldalaes Pineapple
x1 Valfruit
x1 Doman Plum

Why did I choose these fruit? I'll explain. As you know from my previous posts, as well as other fellow players in this thread, we've found a loop of Kobold Brown -> Ink Blue -> Kobold Brown -> Ink Blue -> (sometimes) Midnight Blue -> Ink Blue -> Kobold Brown -> ???

Well, the Pineapple is your ticket from Ink Blue --> Kobold Brown. Tested this twice. Others can back me up on this.
Secondly, the Plum people keep telling me takes you from Kobold Brown --> Soot Black, are either extremely lucky, smart, or they're not telling me (us) the full story. I tested this and I went straight back to Ink Blue.

In my equation, putting in the both of these negates one another so you don't get one or the other as a result. Instead, my theory equation should "hopefully" instead re-direct you across to Soot Black by using x1 Valfruit. The reason I use x2 Pineapples and not x1 is because according to Noctis Umbra's equation of using +5/-5, the second Pineapple helps raise Red and Green back into the 30's, and nestles Blue down to the mid 30's as well. I have yet to see anyone claim they got Soot Black from Ink Blue, but I think if someone can get Bark Brown --> Soot Black, then anything has to be in the realm of possibility. If I'm wrong, then at least Neox can test my other theory that I wanted to try out initially. If all else fails... It's back to getting to Deepwood Green from where I am now, or will be eventually, and testing out the Valfruit strategy.

Here's what my mathematical equation looks like though for anyone that wants a visual learning experience from this to understand where I'm coming from for my idea. I don't know for sure if this will actually work.

Ink Blue: 22 (R) / 26 (G) / 34 (B)
Soot Black: 37 (R) / 35 (G) / 30 (B)

22 + 5 = 27
26 + 5 = 31
34 - 5 = 29

NEXT STEP

27 - 5 = 22
31 + 5 = 36
29 + 5 = 34

NEXT STEP

22 + 5 = 27
36 - 5 = 31
34 + 5 = 39

LAST STEP

27 + 5 = "32"
31 + 5 = "36"
39 - 5 = "34"

Your Score: 32 (R) / 36 (G) / 34 (B)
Soot Black: 37 (R) / 35 (G) / 30 (B)

And there you have it. That should get you in the 30's IF the +5/-5 technique actually works, acccording to Noctis Umbra. I've not received results for this but I'm attempting this currently to see if this is correct. Apologies in advance if this is yet another waste of time!

Plum Purple took 8 Valfruit to get to Regal Purple

You know, I don't have any fancy math, but I did talk to a guy with Soot Black (that qualifies me to chime in right?) In order to get Soot Black he kept feeding deepening fruits, never lightening fruits.

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Originally Posted by Leonesaurus

And there you have it. That should get you in the 30's IF the +5/-5 technique actually works, acccording to Noctis Umbra. I've not received results for this but I'm attempting this currently to see if this is correct. Apologies in advance if this is yet another waste of time!

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Please report back here as soon as you find out. I've been in the Ink,Kobold,Deepwood loop trying to get black and currently at Ink. Someone had suggested doing 2x Pineapple and 1x Valfruit, which is what I just did 5 mins ago. It sounds like your 6 hour session will end about 15 minutes before mine so if yours works, I'm gonna try that extra Plum on the end.

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Originally Posted by NoctisUmbra

Soot Black!

http://i.gyazo.com/8d5f502fc3033e121d0479e0053f087a.png

Last color I was at was Bark Brown.

I worked out on paper what fruits I had to give using +/- 5 points per fruit, and counting only the feeds that give the new feather message.

From Bark Brown it was 9 Berries, 8 Pears, 6 Apples, 1 Plum.

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i did the same from bark brown, however i ended up at rolanberry red.

I tried giving my chocobo only Doman Plumes until the new feathers message appeared once, then stop and wait for 6 hours. This is what I got:

Desert Yellow + 4 Doman Plumes = Lime Green
Lime green + 1 Doman Plume = Sylph Green (weirdly enough, Sylph Green should have more red than Lime Green)
Sylph Green + 7 Doman Plumes = Celeste Green

I read that someone else got Celeste Green with 28 Doman Plumes, while I used in total just 12 of them, maybe it has something to do with the fact that I waited for each step... or maybe it's just RNG.

Anyway, my final goal is turquoise green, do you think I should continue with the doman plumes or try something else?

OK so I didn't wait and I knew I went into the wrong direction with the food lolol

Soo I'm back at coral pink and I just had to break out the note pad and mathematically plot what I needed to do so that I can reach Soot Black. SO....

From Coral Pink I did -- Pear, Berries, Plums x7 (new feather messages) Stable in good condition Also in the same 6 hours I did --- Pear, Apple, Berries x7


basically I did the first series so that I could drop red down and keep blue and green stable. Then once I thought it red was in range, I brought them all down evenly.

Time will tell but I work all day so.



My 2nd chocobo was at Ochu Green. SO I used a similar method above to lower green down while keeping the others stable.

So I did -- Valifruit, Apples, Berries (3/3/3) (new feather messages for all of them)
and then Pear, Apple, Berries 4/4/4 (new feather messages for all 4 as well)

Im excited because I REALLY think I have it this time.

Yesterday I did 4 Apples, 4 Berries and 4 Pears (Aiming for Dalamud Red). I got 8 new feathers messages while feeding. When I checked after the 6 hours, I got no cutscene and colour stayed the same... gutted. I must of managed to cancel each other out.

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Originally Posted by Shyluv

Thank you very much. :) I will try this and update how it goes.

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Went back to regal purple. Apples with one feather change might do it?

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Originally Posted by Ravenguard

Alright, here's where it gets very tricky and will possible require some tweaking.

Current: Grape Purple
52R 26G 34B

Desired: Soot Black
37R 35G 30B

I would personally try:

x2 Mamook Pear
x1 O'Ghomoro Berry

Going off an average that the fruits will give +/-5 (which all I've used in all my past posts for ease of calculations) you should end up around 37R 31G 29B, give or take a few points.
If you don't receive "plumage color change" message, then we need to analyze were you might be in the dyes "color range".

Good luck!

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getting a bit closer i think. that ended up giving me currant purple.

Hey guys, i had my chocobo at blood red last night, then gave it berries until i got 1 msg like it was said in this thread. But now its Plum Purple. Any Idea how to get to Dalamung from there?


thanks in advance!

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Originally Posted by GavarKhai

getting a bit closer i think. that ended up giving me currant purple.

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I would do one round of messages for these -- Pineapple, Apple, Pear ( 1 new feather messages for each to lower blue down 10) and then one round of Pear, Berry, Apple

I decided that I wanted to play with my chocobo's color some more so from her color of Lavender Purple I gave 2 berries with the second one giving the feather message and the result was Raptor Blue.

I am starting to think it's a bit different then we originally thought. I gave mine plums until it gave the feathers message waited. It turned sylph green. I did the same thing again and it turned bone white. Did the same thing again and it went back to sylph green. Did it one more time to get bone white.

Current theory is there is only so many colors per feather change. For example 1 feather change using plums will only give you bone white and sylph green. If you do two feather changes in one feeding session it might put you into another color selection.

I did not continue the pattern I gave it some berries and it turned Celestial Green from Sylph green. This was only one feather growth. I gave more berries this morning until it gave the message. We will see what the next color is.

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Originally Posted by SinisterIsBack

I would do one round of messages for these -- Pineapple, Apple, Pear ( 1 new feather messages for each to lower blue down 10) and then one round of Pear, Berry, Apple

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Would you feed them all at the same time or feed the first ones and wait six hours then feed the next set?

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Originally Posted by AutumnsHollow

Yesterday I gave my chocobo five apples, three of them procced. Woke up the next day to a milicorn yellow chocobo.

Today I gave my chocobo 19 apples, and 10 of them procced. Later I ended up with a pumpkin orange chocobo.

I'm trying for a dalamund red chocobo, so hopefully I'm on the right path. ^_^

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I decided to try for sunset orange instead, so I gave my chocobo 3 valfruit today, and got one feather message, so later today I'll see what I get.

On another note I found out that another friend is also trying for a dalamund red chocobo! He fed his chocobo 40 apples, and got 26 feather procs, and 5 berries and got one feather proc. He was following this spread sheet. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets...#gid=215539068

It must be wrong though, because in the end he got a sunset orange chocobo.

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Originally Posted by Totorro

I hit Lime Green with my first color change, but then I got antsy and added too many Mamook Pears, some Xelphatol Apples, and maybe a Valfruit or two, and it ended up Honey Yellow >_>;

I added some Domam Plums to lighten red since I think all of the hex numbers have to be lower to hit Marsh Green, and I ended up with Cream Yellow.
Added a few more Domam Plums and now I'm at Lime Green again.
Now I don't know what to do because going from Cream Yellow to Lime Green only took about 4~6 Domam Plums.

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Fed another 4 Plums, got 1 feather message and now he's Apple Green >_>;
I don't know what to do to get to Marsh Green.
I have to lighten all three values but when I last fed him apples and such he ended up in the yellows and I don't want that :C

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Originally Posted by GavarKhai

Would you feed them all at the same time or feed the first ones and wait six hours then feed the next set?

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I would feed them all in one sitting

Fed by 22 Apples and 4 Grapes and go sunset orange. I fed them to him all at once.

Anybody know how to get from Plum purple to Iris Purple? Any help would be greatly appreciated.

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Originally Posted by SinisterIsBack

I would feed them all in one sitting

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And what about the second set? Should I make sure I see the new feathers message for each one or just feed one of each?

Did people discover yet some surefire way to get a black Chocobo when starting from Desert Yellow?
If not, what should I feed him to work my way towards black from Desert Yellow?

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Originally Posted by Tatsuo

Did people discover yet some surefire way to get a black Chocobo when starting from Desert Yellow?
If not, what should I feed him to work my way towards black from Desert Yellow?

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all the "deepen hues" fruits

At the moment, my chocobo doesn't accept plums, pears and berries :|
I think he wants to stay apple green /sigh

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Originally Posted by SetoKaiba

Result: Apple Green once more.
Fed 1 Valfruit, got feather message.

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Ul Brown
Fed: 5 Doman Plums, got the feather message after 2nd.

SO HAPPY!

http://i.imgur.com/W8clE7m.png

From Abyssal to Ink/Midnight or Black, any help ?

Next feed is: 8 pears + 1 Apple = result in 6h

My history with chocobo

I dont see listed on the Excel: Storm Blue

1st feed: 30 X O'Ghomoro Berry + 10 x Mamook Pear
2nd feed: 10 x Xelphatol Apple

I am going toward Black or Midnight/Ink blue. I would love some tips on how to achieve that color from StormBlue.

Thanks!

http://i.imgur.com/fnemKj2.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/fnemKj2.jpg

Storm blue + 4 APples = Royal BLue

Royal Blue + 13 Apples = Abyssal Blue

http://i.imgur.com/jX6YjGH.jpg

Just confirming the result I take from google doc are in fact reliable. Just made mine: ^^

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

Suits my Levin barding too. :D

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Originally Posted by BobbinT

Just confirming the result I take from google doc are in fact reliable. Just made mine: ^^

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

Suits my Levin barding too. :D

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a sample of 2 is in no way "reliable". Gratz though for your luck ^^

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Originally Posted by Y4mamoto

From Abyssal to Ink/Midnight or Black, any help ?

Next feed is: 8 pears + 1 Apple = result in 6h

My history with chocobo

I dont see listed on the Excel: Storm Blue

1st feed: 30 X O'Ghomoro Berry + 10 x Mamook Pear
2nd feed: 10 x Xelphatol Apple

I am going toward Black or Midnight/Ink blue. I would love some tips on how to achieve that color from StormBlue.

Thanks!

http://i.imgur.com/fnemKj2.jpg

http://i.imgur.com/fnemKj2.jpg

Storm blue + 4 APples = Royal BLue

Royal Blue + 13 Apples = Abyssal Blue

http://i.imgur.com/jX6YjGH.jpg

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Abysal RGB 43 39 80
Midnight RGB 20 21 49

Try 3 apple, 3 pears, 5 berries.

You need to deepen all of them, blue slightly more so.