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

[Rjain]

Actually, default chocobo color is: R 219 / G 180 / B 87. So you can still further deepen any color, if you desire.

We have three people experimenting right now with around 100 combined food. One person is not receiving the message that their chocobo will gain new feathers when trying to deepen red or green. I started receiving the message after using several lighten reds/greens and deepened the blue.

[Blaon]

We have three people experimenting right now with around 100 combined food. One person is not receiving the message that their chocobo will gain new feathers when trying to deepen red or green. I started receiving the message after using several lighten reds/greens and deepened the blue.

Oh... thanks for telling us. I guess I will need more fruits than I thought then...
Well, depending on how much they change their respective color, that is... ><

[Rjain]

Oh... thanks for telling us. I guess I will need more fruits than I thought then...
Well, depending on how much they change their respective color, that is... ><

There's a chance that the person who is having a problem with red and green is glitched as now he's not receiving any updates for any food he gives his chocobo.

[Tahldon]

This is a rather interesting thing to keep up with, just so you all know.

I'm rather excited to see which direction things will go in regards to how to get the right values towards colors.

[Sadana]

I'm eagerly awaiting the first screenshot!
Also... guess my dark red fruit will be donated to the FC. :/

[Anonymoose]

To the people who said they had no change six hours after feeding, I'd just like to confirm, you left them in the stables the entire time after feeding, yes? Patch notes say you have to stable, feed, and leave in the stables for six hours to see the change - fetching negates the feed and cancels the timer.

[Renik]

The game only gives me the message when i feed lighten blue.

[Fyce]

[10:09]Sage devours the Cieldalaes pineapple.
[10:09]Sage is beginning to grow new feathers!
[10:09]Sage's plumage will change in 5 hours and 59 minutes.
[10:10]Sage devours the Cieldalaes pineapple.
[10:10]Sage is beginning to grow new feathers!
[10:10]Sage's plumage will change in 5 hours and 59 minutes.
[10:10]Sage devours the Cieldalaes pineapple.
[10:10]Sage is beginning to grow new feathers!
[10:10]Sage's plumage will change in 5 hours and 59 minutes.
[...]

Keep in mind that the feature is new and there might be some bugs and/or error regarding the system message display.
While it "should" means that, since the timer is not reseted after each fruit, they are cumulative, it may not be intended.

Unless you are doing it FOR SCIENCE, keeping some spare fruit seems to be a good idea.

Actually, default chocobo color is: R 219 / G 180 / B 87. So you can still further deepen any color, if you desire.

Oh... thanks for telling us. I guess I will need more fruits than I thought then...
Well, depending on how much they change their respective color, that is... ><

We don't know exactly how the values used for the RGB system works in the game, nor do we know how many "points" the fruits will add/remove.
So, actually, these values are of no use until we know how it works, comparing the changes with the number of fruits used (if multiple uses are not a bug).

However, there is a very high chance that the numbers are rounded, making it, for example, a 0/0/0 to 10/10/10 ratio.
This tend to be confirmed by Rjain, who tested with some fruits with no change at all while some R values are not maxed regarding the exact actual RGB value of the color.

So, yep, we need the first sample of data to be able to understand it better.

The thing I'm still wondering about is the number of fruit produced, which is really high. It can mean one of two things: SE wants them to be super cheap with a high availability, or, the system is more like 50/50/50 (or even higher numbers) so you need *a lot* of fruits to change the colors (implying that a fruit change a value by 1).
The only thing I know is that, in FFXIV ARR, Chocobo related content is very time consuming. It would not surprise me if SE made this process really long... ie: you won't be able to fully change the color of your chocobo in a day.

[Pterois]

It would not surprise me if SE made this process really long... ie: you won't be able to fully change the color of your chocobo in a day.

how long did it take for the first novus to pop up?

[Devee]

After being fed 2 apples