best way to level chocobo

whats the best way currently to lvl your chocobo besides feeding it krakka roots? my bird is lvl 15 trying to get it to 20 i been feeding it krakka roots every hour but that alone takes far too long to lvl it

The best way is to train your chocobo with Curiel Roots until it is his favorite food.

Then you grind monsters with the chocobo, the highest lvl ones you can find (I think that's lvl 69) and feed him with the Curiel Root so he gets the exp buff. When the Curiel Roots are his favorite food the buff will be grade 2.

Then you put him every hour into the stable and train him, take him out right after and continue grinding lvl 69 monsters. And you have to keep the stable clean, there has to be a sparkle effect in the stable to get the most exp for training sessions, sometimes you have to clean it two times in a row to get the effect.


Of course getting hands on the exp roots isn't that simple, however, grinding monsters between the feeding every hour is the best way to level.

The second best way is to find a friend who helps with training. A chocobo can actually be trained two times every hour - by yourself and by one other person. But after you put the chocobo into the stable there is a one hour cooldown on the training for other persons, wich means you can't grind monsters AND train it two times every hour at the same time.

And do the weekly challenge log.

unfortunately once you're at that level best and really only viable method without going krakka root crazy is weekly challenge logs.

do you have to grow the curiel roots yourself?

I also used to do the Daily Hunts and earned Centurio Seals whilst I was doing it.

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Originally Posted by ryouma17

do you have to grow the curiel roots yourself?

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Unfortunately, yes.

“Slowly over time” is the best answer, really. Complete the weekly challenge log for 15% of a level-up, feed it krakka roots when you can.

If you don’t have one already, organise with your FC to have a communal stable and train each other’s chocobos.

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The second best way is to find a friend who helps with training. A chocobo can actually be trained two times every hour - by yourself and by one other person. But after you put the chocobo into the stable there is a one hour cooldown on the training for other persons, wich means you can't grind monsters AND train it two times every hour at the same time.

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Or just make a 2nd character, have them join your FC, and give them half the food. DIY double-feeding.

I've been playing 3 years, and my chocobo is still only Rank 18. Granted, I haven't focused on my chocobo hard core at any point...but leveling is slow, when you are only getting 300-400xp per kill, and to level up you need 8 million or something...you start to feel defeated and wondering what the point of it all is. I am not in an FC, so I don't get to benefit from the joys of people feeding my chocobo when I'm not around.

Wow! I've had my Chocobo at 20 for years now, but I never knew about the curiel roots. Back in ARR, I use to kill those level 50 water sprites in the South Shroud and then switched to killing those level 50 Garlean robots in Northern Thanalan, because I could sell their drops. Old-timey grinding! Good times!

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Wow! I've had my Chocobo at 20 for years now, but I never knew about the curiel roots. Back in ARR, I use to kill those level 50 water sprites in the South Shroud and then switched to killing those level 50 Garlean robots in Northern Thanalan, because I could sell their drops. Old-timey grinding! Good times!

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I was so annoyed that people were competing with me over the few good grinding spots (other people with chocobos and spirit bonding partys), that I started to grind my chocobo on one of these ships you can only enter in the sahagin daylie quests ^^

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I was so annoyed that people were competing with me over the few good grinding spots (other people with chocobos and spirit bonding partys), that I started to grind my chocobo on one of these ships you can only enter in the sahagin daylie quests ^^

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Another good spot were the Garlean strongholds in Eastern La Noscea & Western Thanalan. When I wanted a change of scenery or people started to use up my mobs, I'd go there.

I actually hope Chocobos don't go beyond 20. I would dread leveling it again.

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Originally Posted by ryouma17

do you have to grow the curiel roots yourself?

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The only way they can be created is by growing them. You can do it yourself or buy them from someone who did, but they tend to be expensive, and might not be available when you want them.

You can buy a variety of chocobo food from the Vath beast tribe: https://ffxiv.gamerescape.com/wiki/Vath_Stickpeddler

I never had the patience to straight up grind mobs for my bird.
I got my chocobo to rank 20 during Heavensward through a combination of the Challenge Log, feeding Krakka Roots, and just making sure it was always summoned when I was doing something in the overworld (quests, clan hunts, FATEs, treasure map parties, ect).

Oh, I just got one and had "rank" confused with the level it shows me. I'm at "rank 3." =/

I do have it always summoned, doing fates/leves/etc. I never knew about the krakka root thing!