[dev1082] Rental and Personal Chocobos

*The following feature, planned for patch 1.19, is still in development, and therefore subject to change.

Patch 1.19 will see the implementation of rental and personal chocobos.
Personal chocobos will boast a speed advantage over their rental counterparts.

≪Rental Chocobos≫

• Renting a Chocobo
  To rent a chocobo, simply speak to one of the NPCs listed below and pay the fee in gil.
  • Isleen: Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (7, 5)
  • Fruhdhem: Gridania (6, 5)
  • Rururaji: Ul'dah Merchant Strip (6, 3)
  Upon confirming payment, you will be taken to an area immediately outside the bounds of the city-state to commence your journey.
  
  <table width="350" border="0" cellpadding="4" cellspacing="1" align="center" class="ta01"><tr valign="middle" align="center" class="th01"><td width="200" bgcolor="#f5cca2" class="th01">Requirement</td><td width="400" bgcolor="#f6efe5" class="th01" align="left">Attaining level 10 in any one class.</td><tr valign="middle" align="center" class="th01"><td bgcolor="#f5cca2">Fee</td><td bgcolor="#fffaf3" align="left">800 gil</td></tr><tr valign="middle" align="center" class="th01"><td bgcolor="#f5cca2">Rental duration</td><td bgcolor="#f6efe5" align="left">10 minutes (Earth time)*At the end of ten minutes, you will automatically dismount the chocobo, and the bird will then make its own way back to the stable.</td></tr></table> * The fee and rental duration are subject to change.

≪Personal Mounts≫

• Acquiring Your Steed
  In order to acquire a personal chocobo, adventurers must:
  1. Officially enlist in a Grand Company (achieve a rank higher than recruit).
  2. Acquire a chocobo issuance for 3,000 company seals (price subject to change).
  3. Speak with the stablemaster NPC representing your Grand Company at one of the locations below to be issued a chocobo and a summoning whistle.
  • Isleen: Limsa Lominsa Lower Decks (7, 5)
  • Fruhdhem: Gridania (6, 5)
  • Rururaji: Ul'dah Merchant Strip (6, 3)
  At the time you acquire your chocobo, you will be given the opportunity to name your new adventuring companion.
  * All company chocobos are male.<br>
  
• Calling Your Steed
  Your chocobo can be called by using the chocobo whistle via the micro menu.
  However, you cannot call your chocobo when:
  
  • Inside a city-state or dungeon.
  • Incurring enmity from an enemy.
    * No recast time is imposed upon the chocobo whistle.

≪While Riding a Chocobo≫

The following applies to both rental and personal chocobos:

• You can be detected by enemies.
• You can take damage from enemy attacks.
• Chocobo movement speed may decrease if you are attacked from behind.
• A chocobo that has incurred too much damage will throw its rider and return to the stable.
• Players can dismount by clicking the chocobo icon in the micro menu. The chocobo will then return to the stable.
• The following actions are unavailable while on chocoback:

  Attacking, using actions, casting spells, gathering, crafting, making repairs, using items, talking to NPCs, and targeting aethrytes

• Chocobos cannot enter certain areas, such as city-states and dungeons.

Rental Chocobos

• Dismounting a rental chocobo ends the lease.
• At the end of the rental duration, you will automatically dismount the chocobo, and the bird will make its way back to the stable.

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