Chocobo Dye Experimentation

[Erendis]

Scope: In every stage I feed O'Ghomoro Berries until I get "Mnementh is beginning to grow new feathers!" message and then wait 6 hours.

Stable cleanliness: Good.
Chocobo rank: 10


Stage 1:
Starting colour: Desert Yellow
O'Ghomoro berries: 3

[8:48]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[8:48]Mnementh's plumage will change in 6 hours.
[8:48]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[8:49]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[8:49]Mnementh is beginning to grow new feathers!
[8:49]Mnementh's plumage will change in 5 hours and 58 minutes.

Result: Ul Brown

Stage 2:
Starting colour: Ul Brown
O'Ghomoro berries: 4

[14:58]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[14:58]Mnementh's plumage will change in 6 hours.
[14:58]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[14:58]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[14:59]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[14:59]Mnementh is beginning to grow new feathers!
[14:59]Mnementh's plumage will change in 5 hours and 58 minutes.

Result: Gobbiebag Brown

Stage 3:
Starting colour: Gobbiebag Brown
O'Ghomoro berries: 2

[21:05]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[21:05]Mnementh's plumage will change in 6 hours.
[21:07]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[21:07]Mnementh is beginning to grow new feathers!
[21:07]Mnementh's plumage will change in 5 hours and 57 minutes.

Result: Shale Brown

Stage 4:
Starting colour: Shale Brown
O'Ghomoro berries: 1

[8:25]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[8:25]Mnementh's plumage will change in 6 hours.
[8:25]Mnementh is beginning to grow new feathers!

Result: Goobbue Grey

Stage 5:
Starting colour: Goobbue Grey
O'Ghomoro berries: 3

[14:32]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[14:32]Mnementh's plumage will change in 6 hours.
[14:32]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[14:32]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[14:32]Mnementh is beginning to grow new feathers!
[14:32]Mnementh's plumage will change in 5 hours and 59 minutes.

Result: Lavender Purple

Stage 6:
Starting colour: Lavender Purple
O'Ghomoro berries: 7

[21:13]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[21:13]Mnementh's plumage will change in 6 hours.
[21:13]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[21:13]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[21:15]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[21:15]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[21:15]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[21:16]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[21:16]Mnementh is beginning to grow new feathers!
[21:16]Mnementh's plumage will change in 5 hours and 56 minutes.

Result: Raptor blue

Stage 7:
Starting colour: Raptor blue
O'Ghomoro berries: 2

[7:20]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[7:20]Mnementh's plumage will change in 6 hours.
[7:20]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[7:20]Mnementh is beginning to grow new feathers!
[7:20]Mnementh's plumage will change in 5 hours and 59 minutes.


Result: Othard Blue


Stage 8:
Starting colour: Othard Blue
Stable cleanliness: fair, clean staring with third berry.
O'Ghomoro berries: 6

17:51]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[17:51]Mnementh's plumage will change in 6 hours.
[17:51]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[17:52]The stable is now clean.
[17:53]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[17:53]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[17:53]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[17:54]Mnementh devours the bunch of O'Ghomoro berries.
[17:54]Mnementh is beginning to grow new feathers!
[17:54]Mnementh's plumage will change in 5 hours and 57 minutes.

Result: Royal Blue

Stage 9:
Starting colour: Royal Blue
O'Ghomoro berries: 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.

Here O'Ghomoro berries experiment is concluded.

[Sadana]

I've skimmed these threads and not seen this mentioned anywhere...but there's a LOT of posts, so forgive me if I'm repeating something known/debunked here. The whole "plumage will change" message does not seem to be random at all. It's just a matter of waiting 1 real time minute before feeding them the next fruit. When I just shoveled the fruit into my chocobo as fast as I could, I never got any message past the initial one until 1 minute had passed. So far, I've been waiting at least 1 minute and have yet to not see the message pop each time I feed a fruit. Again, this seems so obvious I imagine it's already been played around with, but if not, there it is.

I've waited and the "feathers" message didn't pop. I still think it's RNG.

[Zerani]

Trying plums here too, feeding until feathers message. There's definitely something going on we can't control, instead of Sylph Green I got Cream Yellow, haha. I think Cream Yellow is between Desert and Sylph, and I happened to hit that. I'm trying to get white.

1ST SESSION

Stable condition: Good
Starting color: Desert Yellow

1st plum: Devours the Doman plum. plumage will change in 6hrs
2nd plum: Devours the Doman plum.
3rd plum: Devours the Doman plum.
4th plum: Devours the Doman plum. Beginning to grow new feathers!

Result: Cream Yellow


2ND SESSION

Stable condition: Good
Starting color: Cream Yellow

1st plum: Devours the Doman plum. plumage will change in 6hrs
2nd plum: Devours the Doman plum. Beginning to grow new feathers!

Result: Bone White


3RD SESSION

Stable condition: Good
Starting color: Bone White

1st plum: Devours the Doman plum. Plumage will change in 6hrs. Beginning to grow new feathers!

Result: Sylph Green (Okay what?!)


4TH SESSION

Stable condition: Good
Starting color: Sylph Green

1st plum: Devours the Doman plum. plumage will change in 6hrs
2nd plum: Devours the Doman plum.
3rd plum: Devours the Doman plum. (went to purchase more)
4th plum: Devours the Doman plum. Beginning to grow new feathers!

Result: Snow White


Aaand I'll stop here since I got my Snow White :3 I took an interesting side route. Will inform when/if I change the color again~

[KioriBug]

My FC is very kind for offering up 2 of their chocobos for the experiment I'm going to run. When my other FC mate pops on he will feed his chocobo, Thanos, until he receives the first message. If results don't deviate from the feeding for the first two chocobos, will continue a 2nd feeding. The 3rd chocobo will then be fed mamook pears until 2 messages for feathers will appear.

My experiment is going to be single step, and multistep color changes involving one Snack Fruit at a time.

First Session
Subject 1:
Nyx / Rank 10 / Desert Yellow
Test:
Single Step
Fruit:
Mamook Pear
Stable Condition:
Good
How many attempts to receive message: "Nyx is beginning to grow new feathers!"
Mamook Pears x10
http://i.imgur.com/9UbaBTN.png
Result:
Lime Green

Subject 2:
Erytheia / Rank 6 / Desert Yellow
Test:
Single Step
Fruit:
Mamook Pear
Stable Condition:
Good
How many attempts to receive message: "Erytheia is beginning to grow new feathers!"
Mamook Pears x6
Result:
---

Subject 3:
Thanos / Rank 10 / Desert Yellow
Test:
Tripple Step
Fruit:
Mamook Pear
Stable Condition:
Good
How many attempts to receive message: "Thanos is beginning to grow new feathers!"
Mamook Pears x10 ( 8th, 9th, and 10th received messages)
Result:
Cream Yellow

Thanos was a bit of an accident, but will remain on a step 3. Will see if single steps will catch up. Will report back in the morning with results on all 3 birds.

Second Session
Subject 1:
Nyx / Rank 10 / Lime Green
Test:
Single Step
Fruit:
Mamook Pear
Stable Condition:
Good
How many attempts to receive message: "Nyx is beginning to grow new feathers!"
Mamook Pears x4
Result:
Honey Yellow

Subject 2:
Erytheia / Rank 6 / ---
Test:
Single Step
Fruit:
Mamook Pear
Stable Condition:
Good
How many attempts to receive message: "Erytheia is beginning to grow new feathers!"
Mamook Pears ---
Result:
---



Third Session
Subject 1:
Nyx / Rank 10 / Honey Yellow
Test:
Single Step
Fruit:
Mamook Pear
Stable Condition:
Good
How many attempts to recieve message: "Nyx is beginning to grow new feathers!"
Mamook Pears x3
Result:
Lime Green

[Sadana]

Trying plums here too, feeding until feathers message. There's definitely something going on we can't control, instead of Sylph Green I got Cream Yellow, haha. I think Cream Yellow is between Desert and Sylph, and I happened to hit that. Next one is possibly Sylph Green, or my chocobo may even skip that color. I'm trying to get white.

1ST SESSION

Stable condition: Good
Starting color: Desert Yellow

1st plum: Devours the Doman plum. plumage will change in 6hrs
2nd plum: Devours the Doman plum.
3rd plum: Devours the Doman plum.
4th plum: Devours the Doman plum. Beginning to grow new feathers!

Result: Cream Yellow

Frankly... that's weird. O_o
Thus far, everyone I've seen that fed their birds Plums to 1 "feathers" message got Sylph Green.

And by 'weird', I mean 'NOOOOOOOOOOOO! ARRGGGGG! *headdesk*

eta: Git yer torch and pitchfork!

[Gilgameshkun]

abyssal + apple = rolanberry red ... going to try adding a pear since others reported adding a doman makes to regal purple

[stabbitystyle]

Any idea how to get to Rose Pink from Coral Pink? Apparently people have been going through the pink progressions with Valfruit, so you'd think going one back would take me there, but I got to Coral Pink from a brown with a Valfruit, so I'm thinking the opposite would just take me back to a brown. Unless I'm totally not getting what the fruits do.

[Sadana]

Any idea how to get to Rose Pink from Coral Pink? Apparently people have been going through the pink progressions with Valfruit, so you'd think going one back would take me there, but I got to Coral Pink from a brown with a Valfruit, so I'm thinking the opposite would just take me back to a brown. Unless I'm totally not getting what the fruits do.

Rose to Coral should require Valfruits to 1 "feathers" message. Check Shoki's post.

Oh, backwards... I would think you would want the "opposite" fruit. If Valfruit is -green, you would want the +green (someone check me on this please!).

eta: See 'outlier' message about re: you getting brown with Valfruit. XDDD

[stabbitystyle]

Rose to Coral should require Valfruits to 1 "feathers" message. Check Shoki's post.

Oh, backwards... I would think you would want the "opposite" fruit.

eta: See 'outlier' message about re: you getting brown with Valfruit. XDDD

Trying to get from Coral to Rose. I guess I worded it weirdly.

[Thomasklij]

Doman Plums (lighten red), one feather message per 6h feeding session:

Desert Yellow (base)
4 Doman Plums (1 feather message)
Honey Yellow
1 Doman Plum (1 feather message)
Cream Yellow
9 Doman Plums (1 feather message)
Bone White
3 Doman Plums (1 feather message)
Snow White