User:Zatias/Chocobo Raising



Overview: STILL WORKING ON THIS PAGE
I have long been sort of addicted to raising chocobos. I did not read much into how to care for them at the start, and as such my first chocobo was a complete failure. Since then I have experimented raising several birds while using wiki as a general guide. The information within this page is simply the data of those experiments, and my opinions are stated as such.

What Kind of Chocobo?
Before you start raising a bird, you must ask yourself what type of bird you are looking to achieve. A digger? A racer? A breeder? Or just a plain and simple "I need to get around" chocobo? Depending on what type, you should be looking to strengthen certain attributes. Raising these attributes will be explained later in the guide.

A look at attributes: Strength: Your chocobo's leg power. The higher this is, the faster your bird will run. Endurance: Your chocobo's vitality, directly affecting how long the bird will be able to carry you. Discernment: Your chocobo's intelligence. Smarter chocobos will be able to learn new abilities and locate items better. Receptivity: Your chocobo's ability to communicate. Receptive birds often are able to pass down abilities they learned to their young.

The Digger Please note that this type of chocobo is directly influenced by your own digging skill. You can raise a magnificent bird with all the stats that a veteran chocobo digger would drool over, but if you don't have the skill, it will be lackluster. These crafty chocobos can dig up items that normally rented birds cannot, as well as dig with higher accuracy. Diggers generally have... High Discernment High Endurance Abilities Burrow and/or Bore

The Racer These chocobos are often the most difficult to raise. When most people think of racing, they assume the physically strongest chocobo will always win. Not true. It takes a both strong body and mind to be a good racer. However, a physically superior bird with low mental strength will almost always win against a weak runner with a high intelligence. Race birds generally have... High Strength High Endurance Moderately High Discernment Decent Receptivity Abilities Gallop and Canter

The Breeder These birds are sensitive and do well around other chocobos. This will greatly affect the success of matchmaking and potentially pass down dominant traits to their offspring. Chicks from these receptive parents are often easier to raise than purchased or quested ones, as they get a head start on certain stats. The type of honeymoon also affects the outcome of the chick. Birds raised for the sole purpose of breeding will have... High Receptivity Desired Attributes for Chicks Desired Abilities for Chicks

The General Mount These chocobos are usually not spectacular in races, digging, or breeding, but are a decent way to get around. They are raised for the purpose of transporting their master around the field, and therefore have a decent running speed and endurance. Not much more to say about these birds.

The Egg
Chocobo Eggs can be obtained several ways. The easiest way is to purchase them from Dabih Jajalioh in Ru'Lude Gardens for about 1k. At times her stock is empty of eggs in which you will have to buy from her until she starts selling or wait for other people to do so.

Other ways include completing the quest Chocobo on the Loose and winning certain battlefields. In addition, you can recieve eggs from breeding chocobos. The latter is most useful if you want your chick to hatch with abilities or a chance at a certain color.

However you decide to attain your egg, you must take it to one of the 3 starting nations to be cared for in the Chocobo Stables.

Raising Your Chocobo
After trading your egg to the chocobo trainer (i.e. Hantileon in San d'Oria), you will have to wait 4 days for it to hatch. During this time, I recommend you watch over the egg at least 100 times (you don't have to do this all in one day, just before the egg hatches). This will put your chick at maximum affection, or close to it, as soon as it is born.

Care Plans and Effects on Your Bird
Looking at this chart, you can map out how you will raise your chocobo.

Keep in mind that you must have high affection for your care schedule to work. You can't just design a care plan for your bird and ignore it for the rest of its life. As such, when planning a hardcore schedule, be sure to feed your bird its favorite greens everyday to keep its stress level down.

You can calculate your chocobo's growth by studying this chart. When raising a bird, remember that all of its attributes have a combined cap of 637. This makes it impossible to have a chocobo with First-Class in everything. To get the best of your bird, plan accordingly and be prepared for setbacks.