On request by Pikko i moved this topic from quest and mission to here. If you want to see the tread where this used to be (to look at the replies), click here.
Ok i know its a bit early to start this seeing that everyone needs to start breeding before they can start Raising there Chocobo. But even the breeding could have effect on the abillities of the Chocobo. So i wanted to open a post where everyone can put there finding so we can start to make a guide to Chocobo raising.
Information provided by SE
Index
* 1.0 About the eggs
* 2.0 About Care
* 2.1 The chocobo raising menu
* 2.1.1 The "Care for your chocobo" menu
* 2.1.2 The "Care schedule"
* 2.2 The attributes
* 2.2.1 The attributes levels
* 2.3 Chocobo Abilites
* 2.4 Chocobo Illnesses
* 2.5 Chocobo food
* 2.5.1 Growing, Crafting your own food
* 3.1 The egg fase
* 3.2 The "chick" phase
* 3.2.1 Going for a walk (short)
* 3.2.2 Feeding your chocobo
* 3.3 The adolecent phase
* 3.3.1 The colours in the adolecent phase
* 3.3.2 Tell a story
* 3.3.3 Going for a walk (regular)
* 3.3.4 Scold the Chocobo
* 3.3.5 Compete against others
* 3.4 The adult phase
* 3.4.1 Obtaining the Chocobo whistle
* 3.4.2 Going for a walk (long)
* 3.4.3 Registering your Chocobo for riding it
* 4.0 Breeding (Soon to come)
* 5.0 Links
* 6.0 Special thanks
1.0 About the eggs
Chocobo Egg (Bit)
Description:This large chocobo egg is covered by a thick shell. It is a bit warm to the touch.
Obtained:Sold from Dabih Jajalioh F-9 Ru'Lude Gardens or through the quest Chocobo on the loose
Chocobo Egg (Faintly)
Description:This large chocobo egg is covered by a thick shell. It is faintly warm to the touch.
Obtained:Sold from Dabih Jajalioh F-9 Ru'Lude Gardens
Chocobo Egg (Slightly)
Description:This large chocobo egg is covered by a thick shell. It is slightly warm to the touch.
Obtained:Sold from Dabih Jajalioh F-9 Ru'Lude Gardens
Chocobo Egg (Little)
Description:This large chocobo egg is covered by a thick shell. It is a little warm to the touch.
Obtained:100% drop in ISNM Making a Mockery
Chocobo Egg (Somewhat)
Description:This large chocobo egg is covered by a thick shell. It is somewhat warm to the touch.
Obtained:100% drop in ISNM Happy Caster and Shadows of the Mind
2.0 About Care
Ok you got an egg. Now what?
You have to turn it in, in one of the 3 towns.
Chocobo raising NPCs -
Hantileon - Is at (I-11) in Southern San d'Oria. He's the San d'Orian Chocobo Raising NPC.
Pulonono - Is at (K-12) in Windurst Walls. She's the Windurstian Chocobo Raising NPC.
Zopago - Can be found at bastok chocobo stables. This is bastoks Raising NPC
Arvilauge - is at (I-11) in Southern San d'Oria. He gives all the information about Chocobo Raising you could possibly want. And which is why i've left this so bare because you can just get the information from him.
Kiria-Romaria - Is at (K-12) in Windurst Woods. He gives information on Chocobo Raising.
Gonija - At the Bastok stables explaining Chocobo Raising
2.1 The chocobo raising menu
The Chocobo Menu
Inside the Menu there are a few options.
Care for your Chocobo -
See more info in paragraph 2.1.1
Check my Chocobo -
Here you can hear about the status of your chocobo. (gender, attributes level, affection level, personality,weather preference and if it knows any abillities.
Care Schedule -
Here you can plan what type of care you want the NPC to use for your chocobo. See paragraph 2.1.2 for more info.
Give up Chocobo Raising -
This obviously discards the egg you're currently raising.
2.1.1 The "Care for your chocobo" menu
Types of care
Watch over the Chocobo Available from egg phase
Strengthens bonds of affection. Places very little stress on the chocobo.
Go on a walk Available from chick phase
Strengthens bonds of affection, but depletes stamina. The chocobo may meet someone on its travels!
Tell a Story Available from adolesense phase
Strengthens bonds of affection and trains mental faculties. Telling various stories may have a beneficial effect for the chocobo.
Scold the Chocobo Available from chick phase
Disciplines the chocobo. Slightly weakens bonds of affection. Will also wake up your chick when it goes in to "Chocoma" when choosing the rest plan.
Compete against others Available from adolesense phase (after CS)
Strengthens bonds of affection, but depletes stamina. Entertains a bored chocobo.
2.1.2 The "Care schedule"
Care plans
As the chocobo matures you will be able to select a care plan for your chocobo. Here you can boost his stats according to your plan. If we look at the attributes and you want your choco mainly for travel you want to boost his STR and Endurance. Perhaps in the future we will find out what will be the attributes used for digging, racing etc.
Quote:
Care plan attribute overview
---------------------------------------------------------- Plan Type |Str|End|Dis|Rec|Aff|Eng|Payment| ---------------------------------------------------------- Basic Care | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |-1 |-1 | - | ---------------------------------------------------------- Resting | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | ---------------------------------------------------------- Taking a walk | 1 | 1 |-1 |-1 |-1 |-1 | - | ---------------------------------------------------------- Listening to music |-1 |-1 | 1 | 1 |-1 |-1 | - | ---------------------------------------------------------- Excercising alone | 1 | - |-1 |-1 |-1 |-1 | - | ---------------------------------------------------------- Excercising in a group | - | 1 |-1 |-1 |-1 |-1 | - | ---------------------------------------------------------- Playing with children |-1 |-1 | 1 | - |-1 |-1 | - | ---------------------------------------------------------- Playing with chocobos |-1 |-1 | - | 1 |-1 |-1 |100-200| ---------------------------------------------------------- Carrying packadges | 2 | 2 |-2 |-2 |-3 |-2 |100-200| ---------------------------------------------------------- Exhibiting to the public |-2 |-2 | 2 | 2 |-3 |-2 |100-200| ---------------------------------------------------------- Delivering messages | 3 | - | - |-2 |-3 |-3 |200-400| ---------------------------------------------------------- Digging for treasure | - |-2 | 3 | - |-3 |-3 |200-400| ---------------------------------------------------------- Acting in a play |-2 | - | - | 3 |-3 |-3 |200-400| ----------------------------------------------------------
The numbers dont represent its value the numbers are:
1 = Minor
2 = Avarage
3 = Major
We have to find out the real value of them
STR = Strengh
END = Endurance
DIS = Discernment
REC = Receptivity
AFF = Affection
ENG = Energy
2.2 The attributes
Chocobo attributes
Physical
* Strength: Affects the chocobo’s running speed.
* Endurance: Affects chocobo riding duration.
Mental
* Discernment: Affects the chocobo’s potential to learn abilities._For example chocobo digging)
* Receptivity: Affects the chocobo’s ability to communicate with fellow chocobos.
Other attributes
* Energy: The power the chocobo needs to remain active. Affects the success of care plans and the frequency of care options.
* Affection: The most important part of chocobo raising. Greatly affects the success of care plans.
* Satisfaction: Changes with feeding and affects energy recovery.
2.2.1 The attributes levels
When you start all your chocobo attributes level will be poor. Raising ypur chocobo will change these levels.
This info is datamined by Gsarivan(KI).
- Level 1 - "Poor"
- Level 2 - "Substandard"
- Level 3 - "A bit deficient"
- Level 4 - "Average"
- Level 5 - "Better than average"
- Level 6 - "Impressive"
- Level 7 - "Outstanding"
- Level 8 - "First-class"
2.3 Chocobo Abilites
Your chocobo can learn special Abilities (speculation: By reading to it, or herited from parents in breeding)
These abilities are:
- Gallop - Burst of speed Is learned from the Impatient story
- Canter - by defenition faster than trot but slower than the gallop Is learned from the curious story
- Burrow - Dig? Is learned from the Worriesome story
- Bore - Better version of dig? Is learned from the Young story
- Auto regen - Improves rate of recovery Is learned from the Happy story
(Each chocobo is limited to a maximum of 2 abilities.)
2.4 Chocobo Illnesses
Physical
Injury
Minor illness
Stomachache
Serious illness
Emotional
Loneliness
Happiness
Mental
Confusion
Spoiled chocobo
In love
Other
Crying at night
Complete stop
Runaway
Laziness
Not giving your chocobo enough affection will cause the ailment loneliness.
2.5 Chocobo food
Vegetables
Raise affection, and satisfy hunger
- Bunches of Gysahl Greens
- Bunches of Sharug Greens
- Bunches of Azouph Greens
Wildgrasses
Don't taste very good, but cure status abnormalities
- A clump of Gausebit Wildgrass ~ Cures wounds
- A clump of Tokopekko Wildgrass ~ Cures illness
- A clump of Garadiv Wildgrass ~ Cures stomachache
Carrots
High in nutrition and effect strength and discernment
- Vomp Carrots ~ Effect physical attributes
- Zegham Carrots ~ Effect mental attributes
- San d'Orian Carrots - In a different cat. then the other 2
Worms
Multiple effects Warning: Worms have side effects
- Cupid Worm ~ Raises affection
- Gregarious Worm ~ restores energy
- Parasite Worm ~ Not yet known
Medicine
- Chocolixir ~ Restores energy to full
- Celerity Salad ~ Cures most status abnormalities, restores some health.
Pastes
Food ground into paste is for chicks to eat.
Worm Paste:
This food adds a little energy to your chocobo.(will raise energy bar a bit for that extra walk ^^)
2.5.1 Growing, Crafting your own food
Save some gil by crafting those pastes!
Craft
Vegetable Paste
Cooking level 21
Water Crystal, Gyashal Greens x2, La Theine Millet, Lizard Egg, Distilled Water.
Carrot Paste
Cooking level 31
Water Crystal, Vomp Carrot x2, La Theine Millet, Lizard Egg, Distilled Water.
Herb Paste
Cooking level 11
Water Crystal, Tokopekko Wildgrass x2, La Theine Millet, Lizard Egg, Distilled Water.
Worm Paste
Cooking level 2
Water Crystal, Cupid Worm x2, La Theine Millet, Lizard Egg, Distilled Water.
Buy
The "special" items to craft these paste are bought from NPC's
- Gysahl Greens - Merchant
- Neigepance - Bastok Mines
- Ferdoulemiont - South San d'Oria
- Quesse - Windurst Woods
- Wildgrass Seeds - Merchant
- Khaf Jhifanm - Whitegate
Gardening
Cupid Worm
Brass Pot - Wildgrass Seeds, Light Crystal
Tokopekko Wildgrass
Ceramic Pot - Wildgrass Seeds, Water Crystal
Vomp Carrot
Brass Pot - Wildgrass Seeds, Earth Crystal
3.1 The egg fase
It will take 4 RL days to hatch an egg despite what kind of egg it is. All Chocobo's hatch Yellow. Im doing research about the skills of the chocobo's per egg.
While it is an egg the only thing you can do is care for your chocobo. This will raise your affection.
After your egg hatches your allowed to name your Chocobo. The names has a max. of 15 characters. You can pick your name out of a list with words. You can find the list Here. Or if you cant decide use Valadhurs Name generator
3.2 The "chick" Phase
Now that it is hatched its time to care for the little baby. You need to care for it, take it for walks and feed it. You can also set up a care plan.
3.2.1 Going for a walk (short)
Going for a walk will raise your affection level and make your "chick" stronger. But it will drain its energie/stamina. So you can only take him for so many walks a day.
When you take your chocobo for a walk you will meet the chocobo NPC with his chick (everytown has there own chocobo NPC with there chick).
We are still investigating how to get the Cut Scene with the NPC untill now it seems pretty random.
On the 3th meet you will get a key item: Chocobo story wich you can use later on.
- San Doria: Story of an Impatient Chocobo.
- Windurst: Story of a Young Chocobo.
- Bastok: Story of an Worriesome Chocobo.
Asking the chocoboy about 'Tell a Story' gives you:
'You can tell a chocobo a story you know. This will foster the animals sensibilities. I've heard that by listening to a story, the chocobo might even realise it has powers it never noticed before.'
This makes me think it will raise its attributes or learns it an ability.
3.2.2 Feeding your chocobo
Checking on your Chocobo will tell you what the hunger level is for your chocobo.
The hunger levels are:
- Level 1 - "Starving"
- Level 2 - "Quite hungry"
- Level 3 - "A little hungry"
- Level 4 - "Neither hungry nor full"
- Level 5 - "Neither hungry nor full" (no this is not a typo)
- Level 6 - "Almost full"
- Level 7 - "Quite full"
- Level 8 - "Completely full"
To feed your chocobo you trade food to the chocobo NPC.
3.3 The adolecent phase
It takes 19 days to grow your egg into a young chocobo.
3.3.1 The colours in the adolecent phase
What Feielle found out by datamining is:
Once your choco gets to the adolecent fase, there are 4 colour combinations it can have:
Yellow with white tips
Yellow with Black tips
Yellow with purplish tips
Brown with Yellow tips.
Picture here
3.3.2 Tell a Story
Strengthens bonds of affection and trains mental faculties. Telling various stories may have a beneficial effect for the chocobo. You can tell general chitchat or tell one of the Key item: Stories. I believe telling the key item stories will unlock abbilities as described in paragraph 2.3.
We have three confirmations of getting an abillity while rieading the story its:
* Auto-Regen from the Happy story
* Gallop from the impatient story
* Burrow from the worriesome story
* Canter from the curious story
* Bore from the Young strory
3.3.3 Going for a walk (regular)
Regular walks go to the teleport zones. La theine/Konshot/Tahrongi. After getting a CS with 3 other chocobo raisers you will get the option Compete against others.
Also its possible to meet up with chocobo trainers for the 2 others towns and get their story (Impatient, young, worriesome)
3.3.4 Scold chocobo
All we know so far is: "Your chocobo hangs it head with shame"
3.3.5 Compete against others
When you select this you get a race in town. The facts say that this entertainms a bored chocobo. So when you get a message that your chocobo is bored I suggest this option.
After winning 3 races you will get a new story to tell your chocobo.
Winning the race seems random at the time.
3.4 The adult phase
After 29 days you will have an adult Chocobo. It is possible to get a coloured chocobo out the 1st generation eggs. Its still under investigation how to.
Fullgrown, you have 2 sizes: Large and Medium (the largest difference being the head sizes)
Large:
Yellow
Black
Purplish
Medium:
Black
Blue
Red
Green
Here some images thanks to Feielle
Chocobo's
Legs & tails
Heads
3.4.1 Obtaining the Chocobo whistle
To obtain your chocobo whistle follow this small guide.
3.4.2 Going for a walk (long)
Long walks go one zone further than the teleport zone. You have a chance to meet up with Dietmund and Brutus (Both speculated to give you the last 2 stories).
Confirmed: Brutus will give you the Curious story, you can meet the NPC breeder from the final town here too.
3.4.3 Registering your Chocobo for riding it
In the root of the Chocobo menu you can register your chocobo to the whistle
4.0 Breeding
I want to know alot more about breeding before putting up the info. Its kind of complicated with the generic code. Altho i will put up the how to soon.
5.0 Links
Risae's theorie tread
Chocobo raising compilation By Darkffxi
Caerai's post on KI
TheHulk digging findings at the top of page 19
Chocobomatchmaker for all your breeding needs
ChocoboRaisingChart by Liltrouble and Tenfifteen from the Leviathan server (Zip file contains blank chart and example)
6.0 Special thanks
Risae
Liltrouble & TenFifteen
Caerai
Darkffxi
ShenanigansTitan
LeinadiOdin
Demetres the Charming
Dazzy
Craftermath
Captzee
Moritaru
Kirol
Sonded
Jadeskies
Gsarivan (KI)
Strangeone
Feielle
Valadhur
TheHulk
Edited, Nov 21st 2006 3:51pm by Pikko
Edited, Oct 19th 2007 1:45pm by GimliNL
