Chocobo Racing Mask

I joined a couple months ago and was mortified that I wasn't able to obtain this amazing mask. However, I now see it is available as a Chocobo racing reward and desperately want it.

I've looked online a bit and the guides to racing are confusing. Apparently, I need to obtain a level 9 pedigree Chocobo to get the mask.

The guides seem to state that one gains pedigree by breeding chocobos... But that option seems to be unavailable to me right now. Are there any tips from the pros of this mini game that may lead to the mask?

If all u are worried about is getting the mask then buy a chocobo registration from the npc in central shroud then back to the racing desk to reg the bird race it till 40 and retire it buy a equal ped covering back to npc in central shroud breed it that will give u ped 2 bird then do it all again till u get to ped 9.If you have a male bird then you buy a female covering.

If you haven't done the quest yet to get to GS you have to do that stuff 1st then once u go to chocobo square their will be a quest that sends you to central shroud where you will find the npcs.1 is for breeding the other sells grade 1 items for stats and the registrations for your 1st racing chocobo also if i rem right once you race ur 1st bird to rank 40 and retire it another quest opens at the desk which kinda explains the breeding

Thanks for the info!

As bear says, you need to level you bird up to rank 40, then you can retire it for breeding. Each generation can advance pedigree by 1. As pedigree goes up, the XP needed to progress to the next pedigree increases too.

In all - presently, it takes about 1,500 to 2,000 races to reach pedigree 9. Though this number will likely drop significantly as of tommorow since they're boosting XP gains in racing. At any rate it's not something that'll happen overnight :p

Awesome. I've wanted this mask ever since I joined — it reminds me of something out of Majora's Mask. It's just great.

And tbh, I don't have too much to focus on in the game before 3.0. I refuse to do the relic and I dislike the DoH classes, so this'll be a neat goal. :)

Oh, and there are TONS of racing guides online. Do you have one you'd recommend above others?