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

[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.

[Glazwyb]

I think you can't reach those colors with chocobos yet, if someone can confirm would be great but I assume that they will add them in a future patch.

Currently Deepwood Green, Ink Blue and Kolbold Brown are the darkest colors you can reach with a chocobo - Ink Blue is darkest on most color charts, but it may be different in game. If Jet Black were possible, then people would eventually normalize to that color instead of getting stuck on the color loop trying to reach Soot Black. (Soot Black is lighter than all 3 - so to reach it from the loop you generally want to use a lightening fruit that neutralizes the strong color - plums for Kobold Brown, valfruit for Deepwood Green or pineapple for Ink Blue).

[Raph]

Start Point
Desert Yellow (Defualt Color)
First feed: O'Ghomoro Berry x3, Mamook Pear x1, Xelphatol Apple x1
Second Feed : >> O'Ghomoro Berry x20, Mamook Pear x10, Xelphatol Apple x8 = Gloom Purple
Third Feed: >> O'Ghomoro Berry x5, Mamoon Pear x5, Xelphatol Apple x5 = Midnight Blue
Fourth Feed:>> 1 Cieladlaes Pineapple = Ink Blue
And Final Feed >> 1 Cieladlaes Pineapple = Soot Black

Hope you all get your color and enjoy FF \o and later
And Special Thanks To Kara Rahz who helped me with the mathamatic calculations and advice and my fc focus for helping provide some of the feed and support \o

So I tried this today, started from desert yellow. I have now ended up at gloom purple. I am trying to reach Soot Black. Can anyone help me, please?

[Glazwyb]

So I tried this today, started from desert yellow. I have now ended up at gloom purple. I am trying to reach Soot Black. Can anyone help me, please?

You've encountered the RNG - in your case you're still lighter than your target color. Starting at Gloom Purple, feeding pears should result in ~Charcoal Grey, which is close but not quite there. I would unstable and restable your chocobo, then try Xelphatol Apple x5, Mamook Pear x6, O'Ghomoro Berry x3. Increment from there as needed. If you hit Kobold Brown, Deepwood Green or Ink Blue you've gone too far and need to lighten your color.

[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.