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

[Alcifer]

I'm stuck on Apple and Celeste green. I keep looping... any advice to get to Cactuar or Hunter green?

From memory I think I fed mine a heap of pears to go from Celeste Green to Apple Green (sorry it's been a long time since that step and I didn't write it down, I think I just dumped a dozen or so into) From there with the calculator and the colour chart I fed it enough to go Cactuar Green.

Hunter Green was a little... weird. I was trying to get to Nophica Green so I fed it enough to go from Cactuar Green to Turquoise Green. Now for probably 4-5 days straight I used the calculator and the spreadsheet to try and get Nophica Green but every answer they both gave me just made the Chocobo go Hunter Green and then loop back and forth.

If anyone wants the Nophica Green I ended up making the Hunter Green deliberately go Shadow Blue and then from there finally got it to go Nophica Green.

[Kaelah]

I stumbled across this link on tumblr, don't know if its actually guaranteed to work - with the calculator. But maybe someone wants to try and give it a go..

http://ffxivchocobo.com/

Does anyone know if these calculators are looking for the feather message for every fruit to count? For instance if it says use 5 pears would you need to see 5 feather messages?

[Alcifer]

Does anyone know if these calculators are looking for the feather message for every fruit to count? For instance if it says use 5 pears would you need to see 5 feather messages?

It's the fruit count. However due to the way the fruits work its with a few caveats. Sometimes the message may come early, sometimes late. My path through shadow blue said it wanted two of one particular fruit. I fed it three before I got the message then gave it another for good measure and got the message again. If it says lots of fruit you're better off to take it in stages. Get one colour, then the next, the next rather then just trying to skip ahead a heap of colours.

[Kaelah]

It's the fruit count. However due to the way the fruits work its with a few caveats. Sometimes the message may come early, sometimes late. My path through shadow blue said it wanted two of one particular fruit. I fed it three before I got the message then gave it another for good measure and got the message again. If it says lots of fruit you're better off to take it in stages. Get one colour, then the next, the next rather then just trying to skip ahead a heap of colours.

Makes sense, I'm not sure how to even get close to Cactuar green though. xD The calculator says feed 8 apples, 9 pears and 11 berries. hmm.

[Alcifer]

Makes sense, I'm not sure how to even get close to Cactuar green though. xD The calculator says feed 8 apples, 9 pears and 11 berries. hmm.

Do it in slow steps, one or two colours at a time. It's frustrating but its less frustrating then trying to jump a huge way along the scale and ending up at some random colour your didn't intend because you accidentally maxed out one colour at some point and messed yourself up. It'll save you a lot of time, hassle and fruit down the track. You're really not that far off according to https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/18...661/vBZmlD.png

If you're on Celeste Green take it back to Apple Green. From there it's only 2 pears, 2 apples and 4 berries to Meadow Green. From there take it to Cactuar Green. Or just ignore my hindsight and do it as I did and just ram a heap of crap down its throat trying to end up at Adamantoise Green and end up at Cactuar Green by mistake. :P

[Kaelah]

Do it in slow steps, one or two colours at a time. It's frustrating but its less frustrating then trying to jump a huge way along the scale and ending up at some random colour your didn't intend because you accidentally maxed out one colour at some point and messed yourself up. It'll save you a lot of time, hassle and fruit down the track. You're really not that far off according to https://imagizer.imageshack.us/v2/18...661/vBZmlD.png

If you're on Celeste Green take it back to Apple Green. From there it's only 2 pears, 2 apples and 4 berries to Meadow Green. From there take it to Cactuar Green. Or just ignore my hindsight and do it as I did and just ram a heap of crap down its throat trying to end up at Adamantoise Green and end up at Cactuar Green by mistake. :P

Thankoo, I'm on Apple now so I'll try that! Just gotta get some apples and pears. Wasted all my pears doing my to and fro Celeste>Apple lol. Doh.

[Chopski]

Does anyone know if these calculators are looking for the feather message for every fruit to count?

Not sure about any of the others but ffxivchocobo.com is calculating how much fruit on average you would need to move into that colour space. You will need to feed all of the fruit it recommends and wait. It will sometimes land on a neighbouring colour space due to the RNG, but it's just a case of tweaking after that with a low amount of fruit. However, if it recommends a very very low amount of fruit or you're tweaking eg; 1-2 and you don't get the feather message at all, then repeat the same recipe until you do.

Just make sure that if you have a large amount of fruit to give, alternate them. Split the right amount up in your inv and feed one of each type until you run out. You can jump from one end of the scale to the other in one sitting if you stick to this method. I went from Dalamud Red to Lavender Purple this morning for testing without any issue and it was quite a large recipe.

[Chopski]

Hello! Any advice how to get from Morbol Green to Soot Black? The last sheet I found doesn't have Morbol Green listed x_x

From ffxivchocobo.com

Morbol Green » Soot Black
RGB(31, 71, 71) » RGB(47, 47, 39)
Difference: Red: 16, Green: -24, Blue: -32
Feed the following to change to your desired colour:
1 × Pears, 5 × Apples

[AttacKat]

I stumbled across this link on tumblr, don't know if its actually guaranteed to work - with the calculator. But maybe someone wants to try and give it a go..

Does anyone know if these calculators are looking for the feather message for every fruit to count? For instance if it says use 5 pears would you need to see 5 feather messages?

It's the fruit count. ... If it says lots of fruit you're better off to take it in stages. Get one colour, then the next, the next rather then just trying to skip ahead a heap of colours.

Makes sense, I'm not sure how to even get close to Cactuar green though. xD

... You will need to feed all of the fruit it recommends and wait. It will sometimes land on a neighbouring colour space due to the RNG, but it's just a case of tweaking after that with a low amount of fruit.

The process is explained here:
Microfeeding: The Way to Chocobo Color Dyeing

[Chopski]

The process is explained here: Microfeeding: The Way to Chocobo Color Dyeing

Yes, I remembered that's why I originally had the calculator have opposing fruits, so that other values wouldnt be affected and no walls would be hit, but it still required people to alternate them anyway. Thought the additional note at the bottom would be enough after the changes, but probably not. Your thread definitely explains it in more detail.