Chocobo breeding 101:

[Aeyis]

I don't think there is huge benefit to only using G-9 coverings unless you have a pedigree 9 chocobo otherwise there would be no reason to have different graded coverings without there being a negative effect from mixing and matching them.

More expensive? G-9 covering seems the best to me, untill you get your own breeds up to high stars.

[Syrellaris]

So can you breed just 2 chocobo's of your own, instead of using the coverage?

[Fealow]

So can you breed just 2 chocobo's of your own, instead of using the coverage?

Yes you can, however if all fledgling chocobos you can buy at the stable always start with 2 stars in every parameter, you'll never be able to get higher or lower star ratings unless you use a covering at some point.

[Syrellaris]

Yes you can, however if all fledgling chocobos you can buy at the stable always start with 2 stars in every parameter, you'll never be able to get higher or lower star ratings unless you use a covering at some point.

Hmm so in that regard, its simply better to just buy coverage from a nother chocobo.

[Niqote]

So if I am understanding this right - There is no real way to progress... Simply put its all a game of chance with every single statistic?

That might be too blunt... 'The only way to progress is by getting lucky and then retaining that luck by refusing to breed the lucky Chocobo with another that could potentially give it a low star statistic'?

[YakushiHinata]

So I tried my luck again with my old G2 M with a bought G2 F ...and I dont belive this outcome.



Maybe I've understood it wrong, but I was under the impression that the father passed on *it's* fathers gene and mother did the same for her mother down to child and it then mixes the stars based on % how many stars the stats have.
So I guess it takes a mix of both parents parents to give to the child.

[rappa]

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Your retired male gave 2 star inherit by his father and her mother. It's obvious because stats are the same.

To get your mother's stats, the game did random and created your parentage, took Speed(3), Sta(4) and Cunning(4) from mother's father and acc(4), Endurance(4) from mother's mother. we could say you got a perfect

Your objective now is level that chocobo and retire.
The next step is stop that bloodline, don't breed that chocobo until next step.
Breed the retired chocobo male with other covering female to get a female chocobo pedigree(3) with high chance of 4 stars on Speed and Acc(others 4 stars are welcomed) .

Something similar to:

Parentage
Father Mother
speed 3 or 4 star 3 or 4 star
acc 3 or 4 star 3 or 4 star

Level to 40 and retire it.
Cover your chocobos (pedigree 3) until you get the perfect stats 4 (stars on both parentage sides). Sometimes you would get 4 stars on child, but still getting 2 star on parentage. Keep that chocobo, but try again other breed. Level your chocobo to get MGP or do GATES and TT for MGP farm until next child.

Don't forget you can retire a chocobo before it reach rank 40, but you lose the chocobo. Useful when the child hasn't good stats for breeding purpose (a lot of 2 stars on parentage).

Why may you do this?
- Lower covering grades are more cheap, and you can buy and throw away useless cover.
- Once you create the perfect bloodline, you will breed them all time to get 4 stars on all stats early pedigree.
- If you level that nice chocobo with other not good chocobo, maybe you destroy the bloodline and you effort would be crashed.

Charles Darwin should approve this thread

[Aphel]

Yeah it's a mix, and for your case the G2-F was lucky to have inherited all the good stats. Then fortune shined on you again and the fledgling inherited 4 out of 5 good set of stats from the parents.