Chocobo Dye Experimentation

[Niota]

Starting Color - Salmon Pink
Target Color - Snow White

So far I've gone from Desert Yellow > Cream Yellow > Salmon Pink.
EDIT:
Going to play it safe and go through 2 phases. This feeding SHOULD land me on Bone White:

1. apple x2 (241, 165, 133)
2. pineapple x10 (255, 215, 83)
3. plum x12 (195, 255, 143)

Then I'll just need to give it the following in the 2nd feeding to go from Bone White --> Snow White

Valfruit x1
Plum x4

Success! I only did steps 1-3 and did not have to do a second feeding to get Snow White!

[Ravenloft]

Success! I only did steps 1-3 and did not have to do a second feeding to get Snow White!

With a little research you could have found that feeding only plums will get you snow white. That's been confirmed initially ages ago and many times since then. Oh well, glad you still got what you wanted.

[Ravenloft]

Little update on me. My Old Post with all of my experimentation recorded.

I successfully got back to Rolanberry Red using the established apples > berries route. I fed pears once there and I expect to hit Russet Brown in about 1 1/2 hrs. From Russet Brown I will fed Berries, perhaps landing on Grape Purple, making that a step shorter if I do. After that step, Apples will be next, some time late tonight. Wine Red has GB numbers lower than soot black so it's probably going to be rough to land on.

[FJerome]

Starting Colour - Apple Green
Feed - 17 Plums
Result - Celeste Green

Starting Colour - Celeste Green
Feed - 2 Pears
Result - Apple Green

Starting Colour - Apple Green
Feed - 1 Berry
Result - Celeste Green

. . . This bird really, really doesn't want to be Meadow Green. He's digesting another pear right now, we'll see how he feels about things in the morning.

[Anonymoose]

I successfully got back to Rolanberry Red using the established apples > berries route. I fed pears once there and I expect to hit Russet Brown in about 1 1/2 hrs. From Russet Brown I will fed Berries, perhaps landing on Grape Purple, making that a step shorter if I do.

Hmmm, in that case, I'll watch your progress closely but experiment with a less conventional attempted route to Wine. Berries from Blood to Dalamud, but then pears out of Dalamud. If there's not some Square Enix number voodoo like with the apple path, I'm thinking that'll lead to a stable Rust Red-ish area, and, if so, I might be able to berry out of that back into Wine territory ... again, assuming no number voodoo. Preparing myself for soulcrushing disappointment this time, however - even cautious optimism got me kicked in the rolanberries with how small of a window grape turned out to be.

[Erendis]

I have updated my O'Ghomoro berries experiment. I have obtained Royal Blue as expected.

Staring new experiment now:

Scope: I fed my chocobo not more than 20 of each fruit not yet in the chart, to see if I will be able to achieve any colour change. I stopped after the first "Mnementh is beginning to grow new feathers!" message.

Starting colour: Royal Blue
Stable cleanliness: Good.
Chocobo rank: 10

Step 1: O'Ghomoro berries:
Total fruit: 20

[6:14]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[6:14]Mnementh's plumage will change in 6 hours.
[6:14]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[6:15]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[6:15]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[6:15]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[6:15]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[6:15]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[6:16]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[6:16]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[6:16]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[6:17]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[6:17]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[6:17]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[6:17]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[6:17]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[6:18]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[6:18]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[6:19]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[6:19]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[6:19]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[6:22]You fetch Mnementh from his stable.
[6:22]Mnementh has forgotten all about his food.

Result: after 20 O'Ghomoro berries no "New feathers" message. Chocobo was taken out of the stable.

Step 2: Valfruit:
Total fruit: 17

[6:24]Mnementh devours the valfruit.
[6:24]Mnementh's plumage will change in 6 hours.
[6:25]Mnementh devours the valfruit.
[6:25]Mnementh devours the valfruit.
[6:25]Mnementh devours the valfruit.
[6:25]Mnementh devours the valfruit.
[6:25]Mnementh devours the valfruit.
[6:26]Mnementh devours the valfruit.
[6:26]Mnementh devours the valfruit.
[6:27]Mnementh devours the valfruit.
[6:28]Mnementh devours the valfruit.
[6:33]Mnementh devours the valfruit.
[6:33]Mnementh devours the valfruit.
[6:33]Mnementh devours the valfruit.
[6:33]Mnementh devours the valfruit.
[6:50]Mnementh devours the valfruit.
[6:50]Mnementh devours the valfruit.
[6:50]Mnementh devours the valfruit.
[6:50]Mnementh is beginning to grow new feathers!
[6:50]Mnementh's plumage will change in 5 hours and 33 minutes.

Result: Regal Purple

Step 3: Back to Royal Blue?
Step 3A: Cieldalaes Pineapple:
Total fruit: 6

[18:18]Mnementh devours the Cieldalaes pineapple.
[18:18]Mnementh's plumage will change in 6 hours.
[18:18]Mnementh devours the Cieldalaes pineapple.
[18:18]Mnementh devours the Cieldalaes pineapple.
[18:18]Mnementh devours the Cieldalaes pineapple.
[18:19]Mnementh devours the Cieldalaes pineapple.
[18:19]Mnementh devours the Cieldalaes pineapple.
[18:19]Mnementh is beginning to grow new feathers!
[18:19]Mnementh's plumage will change in 5 hours and 58 minutes.

Result: Plum Purple

Step 3B: O'Ghomoro Berries:
Total fruit: 2
Total proc: 2 (I hoped to cheat )

[7:07]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[7:07]Mnementh's plumage will change in 6 hours.
[7:07]Mnementh is beginning to grow new feathers!
[7:08]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[7:08]Mnementh is beginning to grow new feathers!
[7:08]Mnementh's plumage will change in 5 hours and 59 minutes.

Result: Regal Purple

Step 3C: O'Ghomoro Berries:
Total fruit: 5

[18:14]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[18:14]Mnementh's plumage will change in 6 hours.
[18:14]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[18:14]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[18:14]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[18:14]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[18:14]Mnementh is beginning to grow new feathers!
[18:14]Mnementh's plumage will change in 5 hours and 59 minutes.

Result: Royal Blue

Step 4: Cieldalaes Pineapple:
Total fruit: 1
[0:32]Mnementh devours the Cieldalaes pineapple.
[0:32]Mnementh's plumage will change in 6 hours.
[0:32]Mnementh is beginning to grow new feathers!

Result: Regal Purple

Step 5: Back to Royal Blue?

Step 5A: O'Ghomoro Berries:
Total fruit: 1

[6:43]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[6:43]Mnementh's plumage will change in 6 hours.
[6:43]Mnementh is beginning to grow new feathers!

Result: Royal Blue

Step 6: Doman Plums
Total fruit: 9

[17:46]Mnementh devours the Doman plum.
[17:46]Mnementh's plumage will change in 6 hours.
[17:47]Mnementh devours the Doman plum.
[17:47]Mnementh devours the Doman plum.
[17:47]Mnementh devours the Doman plum.
[17:47]Mnementh devours the Doman plum.
[17:48]Mnementh devours the Doman plum.
[17:48]Mnementh devours the Doman plum.
[17:48]Mnementh devours the Doman plum.
[17:49]Mnementh devours the Doman plum.
[17:49]Mnementh is beginning to grow new feathers!
[17:49]Mnementh's plumage will change in 5 hours and 57 minutes.

Result: Pending

[dragonflie]

So, Dalamud red + mamook pear = Blood red

Trying to get to Wine red from there, I guess I'll have to use berries for a bit.

[Anonymoose]

I'll <...> experiment with <...> pears out of Dalamud. <...> I'm thinking that'll lead to a stable Rust Red-ish area.

So, Dalamud red + mamook pear = Blood red

Aw, nuts. What were your earlier steps? Did you go the standard Desert > Millioncorn > Pumpkin > Blood > Dalamud route before that? May have to re-evaluate my approach... minus one for the simulator, too, if that's the case.

Blood Red (143 63 39)
Dalamud Red (127 31 31)
Rust Red (103 39 7)

Maybe I should take a blue route out of Dalamud/Rolanberry/Regal and lots of apples back towards Wine, instead... Ah, well. One step at a time.

[Ravenloft]

assuming no number voodoo. Preparing myself for soulcrushing disappointment this time

Yeah.. so I just got hit with major number voodoo, but found Bark Brown. Why I'm on there, I really have no idea.

My Old Post with all of my experimentation recorded.

I successfully got back to Rolanberry Red using the established apples > berries route. I fed pears once there and I expect to hit Russet Brown in about 1 1/2 hrs.

Pears from Rolanberry Red did NOT take me to Russet Brown. They took me to Regal Purple AGAIN. So I went with pears again.. now I'm on Bark Brown.

Think I'm about to start alternating fruit in the same method I was going to attempt Soot Black with.

And a new feathers message with ONE apple... >.>

[Anonymoose]

Pears from Rolanberry Red did NOT take me to Russet Brown.

It feels as if Regal Purple is a large, stable pit surrounded by slippery inclines to other colors. Moreover, I feel like Rolanberry Red in particular is very small, icy pedestal surrounded by slippery descents (with one, of course, headed right back to the aforementioned regal pit (Hm, Regal Pit is not a terrible band name)). Bark Brown is like feeding valfruit at Blood Red if you go by the raw numbers, which is both confusing and depressing. It also makes me feel a little more like the "blue overload" approach might not just be a safer option, but the only one that hasn't blown up in our face so far ... aside from pretending that we're going for soot black and then yelling "SUCKER" and loading up on apples at the last second. Any idea what you're going to try next?