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

[BennyB]

Referencing the calculator it tells me to feed:
1x pineapple
3x pears
4x apples

This will supposedly help me hit Currant, was shooting for Grape but imma just gamble Currant at this point, it suggests to microfeed. So how would that be?
1x pineapple
2x pears
2x apples
1x pear
2x apples

something like that?

[Glazwyb]

Referencing the calculator it tells me to feed:
1x pineapple
3x pears
4x apples

This will supposedly help me hit Currant, was shooting for Grape but imma just gamble Currant at this point, it suggests to microfeed. So how would that be?
1x pineapple
2x pears
2x apples
1x pear
2x apples

something like that?

If you're at Royal Blue, depending on your exact RGB value, then Grape Purple should just require apples - maybe about 6? (Royal Blue - Abyssal Blue - Grape Purple). It might help if you take your Chocobo out of the stable before feeding again - I haven't been able to test enough to determine if that normalizes the color value.

If you went ahead and got Currant Purple, then Grape Purple should just require a couple of more apples from there.

[MageBlack]

Is there a Wiki or some site that has a comprehensive rundown of the choco colouring? at least to the best of our knowledge so far. And can the OP put it in the OP of his thread? easier than sifting through all 200+ pages of posts. Thanks!

[govtcheeze]

I have not read this whole thread but instead skimmed for deepwood, since this is the cycle I am stuck in. I decided to try something and I haven't seen it mentioned anywhere. If you unstable prior to a change it "resets" the timer and the color. So I fed him 1x valfruit and 1x pineapple but surprisingly I got no proc message. I played around some more and decided to unstable and re-stable to reset him and try again. So I started by feeding 1x valfruit and 1x pineapple (the same thing I did first, with no proc) and got a proc.

lolwut

All I can come up with is each rbg value is rolled per feed and is limited by a range. Perhaps it randoms between 3-5, or there is a chance to "crit" a +1 or -1 to the feed?

[Limecat]

Randomized, probably a range of 3 to 7, 5 being the average value shift. Someone may have gone full-Ulillillia with spreadsheets for concrete numbers by now.

[Xila]

I need help with my chocobo. I didn't read the whole thread since it's 292 pages. I tried searching this question all over the internet but I can't seem to find anyone else having this issue.

I've stopped getting messages when I feed my chocobo. It says "<Chocobo> devours the <fruit>" and that's it.

I right now have my chocobo at Coral Pink and am trying to get to Regal Purple. When I feed him any fruit of any kind I don't get the "chocobo plumage will be ready for change in 6 hours" or the "the chocobo is growing new feathers" messages. It's been like this for a couple of days now. Sometimes the first fruit will give me the plumage message, but then no others. I don't want to use fruit only to buy more. I don't know if this is a bug. Can anyone tell me if they've had this issue?

[Niqote]

I've stopped getting messages when I feed my chocobo. It says "<Chocobo> devours the <fruit>" and that's it.

If you feed it 1 of every fruit randomly there is a chance you are simply going around in circles and gaining nothing.

If you like - I happen to have a little data about getting him Regal Purple from Default

Desert yellow
3 apple = millicorn yellow
8 apple = pumpkin orange
3 berry = sunset orange
6 berry = blood red
5 berry = regal purple

Every step here gave only 1 'new feathers' message - so the number of fruit needed might vary a little.
If you wanted to just use a lemon - there is that.

Otherwise you could try here http://ffxivchocobo.com/

[Xila]

If you feed it 1 of every fruit randomly there is a chance you are simply going around in circles and gaining nothing.

Thank you, I have been following a guide, and never fed my chocobo outside the guide. The guide I'm following said to feed him 17 berries, 15 apples, and 18 valfruit. So far over the span of a few days I had fed him 11 berries, 4 apples, and that was all. I got Coral Pink. That day I tried to feed him more apples. The first one gave me the plumage message, the next 3 gave me no message so I stopped. I didn't feed him again until the next day.) I fed him 1 berry and got the plumage message, the next one I got no message. So I decided to try valfruit since it's a different color. I fed him 3 fruit and got no message each time. Maybe it is a bug.

If it starts working again I will try your guide instead, though.

[Erendis]

You will not get colour change unless there is a "new feathers" message, plumage message means only that timer started.

From what you describe it still seems that you are feeding random fruit. What colour do you have now and what are you trying to get?

Also, remember, that quite often fruit number to get "new feather message" would differ, so what worked for someone else might not work for you.

[Xila]

You will not get colour change unless there is a "new feathers" message, plumage message means only that timer started.

From what you describe it still seems that you are feeding random fruit. What colour do you have now and what are you trying to get?

Also, remember, that quite often fruit number to get "new feather message" would differ, so what worked for someone else might not work for you.

Yes, I know about the color message being "growing new feathers." I'm trying to get Regal Purple and now I have Coral Pink. My issue is I don't get any message except "<chocobo> devours the <fruit>" I'm not feeding him random fruit, just the xelphatol apples, O'ghomoro berries. I tried the valfruit to see if it would cause either plumage or feathers message but it didn't cause either. I'm now guessing it's bugged.