Color changing your chocobo

I haven't changed the color of my chocobo (companion) since it was first introduced and have forgotten a lot of the steps, anyone have any good links that provide help on changing the color of your chocobo? I imagine it's changed to some degree since it was first made available.

As far as I know the process is the same. You feed fruits until you get a colour change message and it works in the RGB scale.

This calculator should help.

It'll tell you how to feed them too. (It's best to spread the different fruit colours out so you do not risk capping one value before you reach your intended colour.)

Think is a huge help, thanks :)

Thanks. That is great.

The only problem is getting hold of the fruit and veg.

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Originally Posted by Nighthawk4

Thanks. That is great.

The only problem is getting hold of the fruit and veg.

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It's been a while since I've changed the color in mine and maxed it so I could be wrong. I recall having my retainers gather some of them and purchased some from NPC. I know currently the Vath beastman sell some if your trust is high enough.

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Originally Posted by Nighthawk4

The only problem is getting hold of the fruit and veg.

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Unless it's changed you can purchase the seeds from your Grand Company using Allied Seals (Hunts). There may be other ways to get them now too.

Then if you have access to any sort of garden you can plant/grow them. You don't need a full garden, pots within apartment/FC rooms will work too (but obviously more restricted on how many can grow at once).

You can grow them in a pot in the Apartment?

That is great news. Thanks.

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Originally Posted by Nighthawk4

You can grow them in a pot in the Apartment?

That is great news. Thanks.

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Just make sure to water once a day until they pop and using grade 3 shroud soil will give you maximum yield. :)

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Originally Posted by Nighthawk4

You can grow them in a pot in the Apartment?

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Yep you can grow any regular seeds in the pots inside, they just won't crossbreed.

Ideally with the chocobo colour foods you want to use Grade 3 Shroud Topsoil as well (or 2 or 1 instead of standard potting soil) as those soils can increase how many items you get at the end. Not all crops work with it, but from memory these chocobo food/seeds do (someone please correct me if I'm wrong!)

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Originally Posted by worldofneil

Not all crops work with it, but from memory these chocobo food/seeds do (someone please correct me if I'm wrong!)

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All crops can be grown (just not crossbred) in the flower pots. The only seeds with growth restrictions I know of are for growing the vase flowers and those require a flower pot (cannot be grown in a normal garden).

The only way to get the seeds to grow the color food is via Allied Seals and the seeds are bound to the character that buys them. So you have to grow them with the person who buys the seed. The finished product can be sold on the market board. The Vath only sell the buff foods for chocobos not the color food. The only other source was a few quests that only gave a few fruit and were not repeatable.

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Originally Posted by Dustytome

All crops can be grown (just not crossbred) in the flower pots.

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Sorry, I appreciate I wasn't very clear, but I was talking about the Shroud topsoil and it's ability to increase likelihood of receiving more crops back (and that this soil doesn't work with all crops - Thavnairian Onions for example always yield only 1 each time).

Apologies for the confusion!

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Originally Posted by worldofneil

Sorry, I appreciate I wasn't very clear, but I was talking about the Shroud topsoil and it's ability to increase likelihood of receiving more crops back (and that this soil doesn't work with all crops - Thavnairian Onions for example always yield only 1 each time).

Apologies for the confusion!

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Oh, thought you meant the flower pot! Yes you're correct about the soil then, works great for the chocobo food seeds. :)