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

[Iya]

How many times did you get a message regarding the chocobo growing new feathers? We've already had reason to believe that fruit that do not give the new feathers message don't result in anything at all.

The message I got was "Your chocobo's plumage will change in 6 hours"--which it didn't. This line of text is an outright lie. (And again, this was followed by a 6 hour countdown to nothing within the stable interface.)

I appreciate your desire to help me, but I don't need help. I just posted info so as to make people aware that this can be a complete waste of their time and resources, if they don't proceed carefully.

[Ravenguard]

following that amount of fruit landed my bird on royal blue which is only two steps down from storm blue. maybe that will be some help for the calculations you are working on.

Alright! Let's take look at the current colors:

Original: Storm Blue
30R 58G 107B

Current: Royal Blue
34R 42G 96B

Desired: Soot Black
37R 35G 30B

You're on the right path, and now need to continue reducing BLUEs. You want the RED to change as little as possible in the process. Try this for your next feed:

x5 Mamook Pear
x5 Xelphatol Apple

Whileyour REDs and GREENs should stay relatively even, it will again drastically reduce your BLUEs (which is the goal as you move toward Soot Black).

[GavarKhai]

The message I got was "Your chocobo's plumage will change in 6 hours"--which it didn't. This line of text is an outright lie. (And again, this was followed by a 6 hour countdown to nothing within the stable interface.)

I appreciate your desire to help me, but I don't need help. I just posted info so as to make people aware that this can be a complete waste of their time and resources, if they don't proceed carefully.

if you don't see the message saying your chocobo is growing new feathers then your chocobo will not change colors.

[Tashigi]

Was Coral Pink, added 2 Apples and 1 Berry. Only 1 of the Apples triggered the feather message, the Berry triggered too.
So 1 Apple + 1 Berry with feather proc = Sunset Orange.
Theorically speaking, then, adding 3+ feather proc on each (Apple and Berry) should give me Rolanberry Red?
Any suggestions?

Following the above example, it went from Sunset Orange to Blood Red.
I gave it several Berries until I got 1 feather proc.
Will update later with new color.

Result was Dalamud Red.

I've been trying to replicate this so hard. How many berries did you have to feed your chocobo to get 1 plumage proc? I fed mine 18+ and got nothing.

I only had to do around 6 before I got the feather message. But my room mate was in a similar situation as yours. She had to wait for over 15+ before it triggered.

I am doing this in reverse.. rolan to sunset and I cannot get it done. Any suggestions would be welcome. Rolanberry Red to Sunset Orange.

I am no expert at this, so it's mostly guesswork.
At Dalamud Red, I think I am 1 berry away from Rolanberry (Although I've decided to keep Dalamud Red; I like it).
So with that in mind... I think it'd have to go like this...

+3 Plum feather procs and +4 Pineapple feather procs.

I'd do it in that order if possible, too.
That would yield -3 feather procs to your Reds and -4 to your Blues.
You might need to feed it a few Plums until the first feather message comes up. I've been running into this issue, as well as others (See above).

[MushyMune]

1st feed; starting point Desert Yellow
18 berries (feathers message after first 4 then on every feed afterward)
6 pears

Result: Seafog Blue 93,122,154



2nd Feed; starting point Seafog Blue
24 apples (new feathers message after 5 feeds)
11 pears
5 berries

Result: Mesa Red 118,51,4



3rd Feed; Starting point Mesa Red
16 berries (new feathers message on all berries)
6 pears
3 apples

Result: Midnight Blue 21,20,49



Total fed to date WITH new feathers:
35 berries
23 pears
27 apples

My goal from here is Soot Black 37,35,30 .. with Midnight Blue being SO close I am inclined to use one pear and one apple to nudge the red and green up while dropping the blue value. Any thoughts before i go through with it?

[AlexisRose]

Hey,

I've been having a heck of a time trying to get black. Currently my chocobo is Othard Blue. Can anyone shed some light to point me in the right direction? Thanks!

[corticarte]

feed 1 (changes to salmon pink)
x2 pineapple x3 Velfruit x1 Xel apple

feed 2 (changes to coral pink)
x3 berries x3 velfruit

[Ronove]

Another Snow White.

I have a Snow White as well! I pretty much did what mero-ix did! From default, I fed my chocobo 4 Doman Plums (that was what it took to get the new feathers growing message), waited for 6 hours and saw the wonderful Slyphic Green. Then I fed my chocobo 8 more Doman Plums this morning and ta-da! Snow White. Easiest color to get by far.



So 4 Doman Plums, then 8 Doman Plums.

[Syrehn]

Kobold Brown + Doman Plums = Ink Blue -_-
No black for me, im stuck in this never ending blue-brown loop. ]:

Going to try to get out of it somehow..

If you're sitting at Ink Blue try this combo:

x2 Pineapples
x1 Valfruit

This should *knockonwood* put your end values roughly around 37R, 31G, 29B (assuming +/- 5 average integer) which is almost bang on to Soot Black; RNG is still a factor depending on where you're at in the Ink Blue values so mileage may vary.

[Philio]

Hey guys i'm at Deepwood Green... According to the google doc that is R25 G36 B28. I need to know what else to feed to get soot black or if anyone has a suggestion on what to feed next. Pleas elet me know >.< really want black.