Quote Originally Posted by Snootles View Post

Speculation:
1) Stable condition may influence amount of fruit needed - Does not seem to be the case so far

6) Amount of fruits vary somewhat. Not sure what threshold there is to get the proper 'beginning to grow new feathers!' message for a colour change
8) Does the RNG feather proc also make you 'skip' to a colour normally received from another type of fruit? But still stays within in the same range to go down
the normal line. Example: Default -> Doman plum -> Cream Yellow -> Doman Plum -> Sylph Green.

Thoughts?
I've been thinking about the weather being a factor, as many others.
Lets say like;
Sunrise/Sunset - increase the value of apples
Fair Midday - increase value of plums
Clear Midnight - Increase value of berries
Rain - increase value of valefruit
Clear Midday - increase value of pineapple

just an example, but the weather seems to effect a lot of of things already in the game, wouldn't surprise me if it had a role here as well.