The big Chocobo researchFollow

One thing I'd like people to pay attention to is the amount of energy depletion from walks depeding on what they fed the chocobo the day before. The first time I used no pastes (just carrots and greens), the next day the chocobo got tired much more quickly. I'm wondering if that is the effect of not using pastes during the chic phase. Mind you it could also be related to which foods I gave it. We'll have to see.

[EDIT:] I was apparently mistaken, because today when I looked closer, the message was NOT there after feeding him his carrots. I'll keep looking into it though.

Edited, Sep 6th 2006 at 11:52pm EDT by CrownDefender

I do think it's important not to assume that FFXI Chocobo raising will be the same as FFVII chocobo raising. SE has never been fond of making sequels that worked the same way. Even FFX-2 had a totally different magic system than FFX. About the only thing we can assume from past SE behavior is that they will make advances in the twin areas of tedious/annoying...

In regards to your chocobo having a militaristic personality...

After several days of the "going on a walk" plan, and taking my choco out for a lot of walks myself, i got this personality.

I then changed my care plan to "listen to music" and stopped taking it on walks and got a message that "your chocobo seems to have calmed down" and its back to having no personality.

I think this can be confirmation that the personalities are tied to Strength/Endurance/Discernment/Receptivity and that you can easily sway them.

Day 16... she has calmed down again aaaaaannnnnnd... is still a chick! Hurray! XD

She was starving so i gave her a veggie paste and a carrot paste... normaly when i give her the carrot paste she just eats it and while she's covered in 'flames' the screen turns black. But today the VCS trainer said twice: "I hope we can make this animal into a fine chocobo." I never had that before... the VCS trainer normaly only said that after my chocobo was eating a veggie paste... well, i think it was good that she said that twice. ;)

There were no conflicting statements made. Jeez, how hard is this to understand? It takes one month to REACH the adult stage! The next two months are spent caring for an already full-grown chocobo. Unless you think the chocobo retires right after reaching adulthood, which is just dumb. Did you retire on your 18th birthday?

Basically, it's probably something like"

Day 0-4: Egg
Day 5-16: Chick
Day 17-30: Adolescent
Day 30-90: Adult

That's a guess with the exception of the egg stage (and maybe Chick, i haven't been home to see if it's grown up yet), but it's probably close to accurate based on what S-E has told us and what we've seen.

After obtained key item 'White Handkerchief' all u need are wait to incoming night time and give back the handkerchief to the NPC and you will see a CS telling you that your chocobo can sleep well now

As an update to my most yesterday (where my choco went to substandard endurance very briefly), it seems now he's back to that level, and there permanently.

The report to day was for listening to music (I'm listening to music around 1/4 to 1/3 of the time, having him walk in town the other times). When I logged of yesterday, he was back to poor endurance. After listening to music update, he was now "very receptive" to whatever I'd give him (or however that particular message is worded). He was starving, and poor endurance.

Made two carrot pastes (it seems to take 2 carrot pastes to go from starving to completely full, and one to go from quite hungry to completely full, and every other day he's starving, followed by quite hungry the next day). Fed him one, and checked his status. He was now again up to substandard endurance (and quite full). Fed him a 2nd carrot paste, and was still at substandard endurance (and completely full).

My theory on why he dropped yesterday when I fed him, and why he rose today when I fed him, is that it wasn't the feeding that had anything to do with his drop.

Here's my theory (in sort of a timeline):

1 - Yesterday's update (which was for Walk in Town plan) happened, and as a result of the walk, his endurance rose.

2 - At this point, the care plans shift a day. Prior to the Daily update, his plan 0 would have shown as Walk in Town, because whatever you are going to get an update on during your NEXT update, doesn't appear in your plans. So, once the update happened yesterday (and he bumped to substandard endurance), the plans shifted, and Listen to Music moved from plan 0 to, let's call it, plan -1. Listening to music would seem to not encourage anything physical, so his physical stats dropped at that moment, even though I wouldn't get the report on that plan until like 23.75 hours later.

3 - Then I fed him a carrot paste (which filled him, since he wasn't starving), and then checked his abilities and endurance dropped again to poor. It only seemed to drop due to the feeding because I didn't check his stats right away, again, after getting his stats in the Daily Report.

Flash to today.

1 - Today's update was for Listen to Music (which was now at plan -1). This encouraged him to be receptive to "whatever I gave him". At the end of the update, he was still at poor endurance, and starving.

2 - Instantly after leaving the NPC, the care plans shift again. So plan 0 (which was Walk in Town) shifted to plan -1, and started taking effect. (all the rest of my plans were also Walk in Town, so nothing visually changed on my plans, except plan 3 which defaulted to Basic Care, which I later changed to 1 day of Walking). I suspect if had checked his stats right away again, after the update, he would possibly be back up to substandard endurance, but I didn't check. I made 2 more carrot pastes and

3 - Fed him one carrot paste (taking him from starving to quite full). A quick check showed him back to substandard endurance. I grinned. I fed him another (to make him completely full), and checked stats again, and still at substandard endurance, I grinned more.

So, I think what is happening, is that right after you receive the Daily Update, whatever had been in plan 0 the day before is instantly shifted to plan -1 (meaning you can't see it, and it is what your report will be about on the next Daily Report). Even though you won't see the report on it for 23 or so hours, a check of the choco's stats will show the result of it instantly. And Listen to Music will discourage physical traits (as Walk in Town will encourage them). The effect of foods probably either modifies the effects of the next care plan towards what the food stresses, or more likely directly affects the chocobo's stats.

And for the record, I have feed my chocobo a total of three vegetable pastes, 1 tokopekko grass, and the rest has solely been carrot pastes. Unfortunately I do not know the total number of carrot pastes I've feed him, but I always feed him until he's completely full, so it tends to be 2 carrot pastes one day, 1 carrot paste the next, 2 the next, then 1, then 2, etc.

I also take him for short walks 3 times daily, and then watch over him however many times I'm able, without depleting him completely (so usually 2 or 3 times a day).

My care plans have been 1 day of rest (which resulted in 2 days of actual resting), and then 2/3 to 3/4 of the time Walk in Town, with 1/4 to 1/3 the time Listen to Music. From here on out, I'm sticking with a care plan of only Walking in Town (well, at least until he hits the next stage of development).

Today my chocobo woke up. I had it on the Rest plan for two days. It was starving so I fed it one Azouph greens first. The message was, "Your chocobo gobbles up the bunch of Azouph greens in a single gulp!" I've never seen that before. Usually I feed it Gyashl greens, and it says the chocobo "munches on it contentedly." The message for Sharug greens is "eats the bunch of sharug greens." Azouph greens are their favorite food?

The thing is, my chocobo was on the Rest plan before. I think it slept for two or three days. I then fed it to get the message of "it munches on it contentedly." I'm on Day 16 now. Day 14-15 was on the Rest plan. Plus, I had to feed it twice to get it to become completely full. Usually it takes 3 food items. After I fed it the Azouph greens, I fed it the Gyashal greens. Maybe Azouph greens satisfy hunger even more.

Edited, Sep 7th 2006 at 12:32am EDT by FastFlurry

yeah, my Silby likes Sandy Carrots the best.



One of my friends was talking to a GM on siren and something came up about making a potion from carrots to change a baby chocobo's gender.... anyone else heard of this?

Edited, Sep 7th 2006 at 1:59am EDT by DemiasDrake

This is a good plan. I will add a section, stuff we are researching ^^



I see what you mean. Might be worth to investigate.





You guys are right, its been bugging me for awhile but i didnt had the time to go trough this. I still think taking a walk will raise affection and STR as it explained by the chocobo boy. But not people have discovered it, i will change it ^^.

Just to make it clear, i have never taken my chocobo off Basic Care. Because we are still investigating i want to make CartDunkle an allround chocobo. When we know more i want to grow want with lightning speed ^^.




I do apologize Feielle. When punky mentioned it i only seen the picture once where people on the board discussed if it was false or not. When i saw your post on Darkffxi topic i added it to my Fact Topic (as you can see). I even used your Words ^^.



lol, yes i was in doubt about that. Than decided to go with fase. Ill change it to Phase.



Very intresting stuff indy. I have to admit that im still a bit lost about how the care plans fit in the whole boosting abillities here. It looks like you got a better view on this. Keep up the good work.

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So thats the replies. I hope everyone likes the new format. And if i got time i will change the 1st reply that i made in the speculation and findings post.

Im doing my best to keep up to date.

Yesterday i had the strangest thing when i went to check on my chick i didnt get a daily report. It said What brngs you here Gimli. Thats what it normally says if i talk to it for a 2nd time a day. ><
So i didnt had a daily update.

My Chocobo has been on a strict diet of Taking walks and vegetable paste.

I put her on Care Plan: Taking a Walk as soon as it was available and never stopped with that. Also I have a daily routine like this:

1) Ask about Chocobo (to get updates on her condition)
2) Feed her 2 vegetable pastes (she is always starving each day, and neither hungry nor full after feeding her 2 pastes. It seems that's a good time to stop feeding, because that's when I stop eating myself)
3) Watch over Chocobo
4) Take a walk 2 or 3 times (depending on how much energy that drains)
5) Watch over Chocobo (to "tuck it in" ^^ )
6) Ask about Chocobo (to see if anything changed and confirm everything is well)

I have done this routine for like 10 days now, and my Chocobo has been: "a patient chocobo, making it ideal for carrying packages" for at least a week now. Also I had 8 cutscenes while taking a walk. Yesterday, I got 2 cutscenes in a row. The last 4 have been the same tho: "Keep up the good work with Blood". Blood is the Bastok chocochick from the VCS btw.

My theory (not sure if it's posted or said before) is that the Chocobo's Personality will determine it's race, and thus indirectly colour.

A patient chocobo, ideal for carrying packages seems like a Rounsey or possibley a Palfrey to me. And the militaristic personality some people's chicks have sounds like a Courser or Destrier.

This is just my guess tho. Could be completely wrong. ^^