Ninian's Guide To Chocobo Raising

My dream was to have a blue chocobo, I love those. So when on my first attempt it came out yellow I thought I'd just leave it be and try with a new one. But the moment I left it was so dramatic that I still don't have the courage to start a new one. I'm still heartbroken.

because war/sam
obv
come on, we know we need at least one war/sam per thread :(

They really know how to guilt you for giving up a chocobo. >____>

:<!

You can maybe salvage it by feeding it a bunch of Cupid worms and continuing business as usual. It depends on how neglected it is. You should probably just start a new one depending on how dead it is.


I was going to raise a chocobo on my mule towards the end of my current racer's time in the stables, and it turned out it didn't have any abilities. Of course like a good breeder I was like THIS CHOCOBO SUCKS I WANT A NEW ONE, and released it. They guilt you, and ask the reasons why you didn't want to keep the baby and how horrible of a person you are. I think I said that the chocobo and I weren't compatible with each other or some nonsense. It was depressing, but I'm over it. :3 If you don't want your chocobo to be a disappointment, make sure you get good parents. @@;;


Yeaaaah.

Edit: Added adolescent stage information because I forgot that it's not exactly the same as chick stage. oops.

It's old enough to be retired like 30 times over. I logged in for the last time in February. I have no idea how much time had passed since I last checked on my chocobo.

So, I had this green chocobo male from foreeeeever ago that I only have the chocobo whistle left for (tossed all the other things). Is there any way for me to obtain a chococard for it anymore?
Also, it wasn't until you posted this guide that I decided to raise another one and try to race with it (have never done chocobo races before). Do you think capped str/end (255) and discernment as high as I can get it after those two is a good combination?

Ty in advance :D ~

I should make it clear that my goal is to get the torque D:

Basically: give me a recommended stat set up for winning such races. o:

Oh, okay. Yeah it's long since retired. :<


There's no way to recover it--I don't even think you can have SE recover it (waste of a recall anyway) because it has system data on it. Sorry. ; ;

Ah. XD I'm not a fan of STR/END onry chocobos, especially since DSC is far more useful than END for keeping up your max speed. If you're going for a Pullus Torque, SS/B/A/C with Gallop+Canter is a surefire way to obtain it. That build also does fine for cup-races, though I'm currently in the process of experimenting with a more DSC heavy build, and capping STR since my Pullus-bo is a few points away from capped.

**insert positive informercial anecdote about Niniann's Chocobo products here**

1/1 on Pullus Torque thanks to your advice, yay! :D

I kinda want a red chocobo just because I always planned to make one but never got around to it :(

FFXI please make more incentives to breed chocobos. (Chocobo Knight job for only people who have bred chocobos incoming)

I'd love to be able to name my Chocobo too

His name would be sprinkles.

Choco-Meteor >:3

:D:D:D:D:D

I have a red one named FurryFoot XD and Yeh I'd like to see some reasons to use them... as it is it even costs more to summon our own then it does to buy a choco. Only time I use it is if I'm in the middle of nowhere and not just heading back to town.

I still have the cards for two green chocobos. I have no idea what their stats were though. I just got them from a LS member cause they were green.

So much more to read :o yay

So is Sandy the best over all town for raising because of a chance to learn Gallop story early, or will I be fine raising a racer in Bastok by doing this:?


Just got the egg from my breeding yesterday. Its "somewhat warm to the touch." Come on black!!

Now to find food. If anyone on Phoenix grows Vomps, please let me know.

**Each day is one Earth day, correct? Starting after Japan Midnight?

Yay!!!!! When I next get on the game we should run around as cute chocobos in Windy~


That'd be awesome :x



You should do it! You don't need parents with great stats to make a great chocobo, but it's much easier. And don't expect any abilities/abilities you'd want. Both racers and diggers need a decent amount of discernment anyway, so they shouldn't have much of a problem learning stories on their own.


Sandy or Bastok. I personally choose Bastok because the rain weather is much more frequent in Passh than it is in La Thiene/Jugner. If you know when the rainy season is, and can match up adolescence/adulthood with it, Sandy would be better overall. Learning Gallop early doesn't make a huge difference.

Yay somewhat warm! :3

Each earth day starts the exact time you put the egg in at the stables. So if you put it in at 2:47, your day ticks over exactly that time each day. I should probably make that a little more clear in my guide.

Stop tempting me. I've been good about resisting the temptation to play again. Every time I update my FFXI (so I have the latest files when I want to do a new post to my website) I debate over just logging in for a few minutes to see who is still playing.

Nini, I was at a pig roast today and i just got home, my chocobo was due 4 hours ago, Will I survive the upcoming terror of zopago? c.c

Oooooh... :<! The game's not exactly worth coming back to, but chocobos are fun. I think if I quit XI I'd probably still log on to raise/breed chocobos. :( Also I'd utilize chatroomfantasyxi


D:! Sounds yummy. >_>; Did you take care of it yesterday? ; -; And did you ever end up feeding it cupid worms? :<

chocobo was ill yesterday, so i had to feed it some tokopekko wildgrass, I cared for it a thousandgazillion times too :)
regarding affection, chocobo seems to like you a lot... oh bless He gave me a pebble <3.. -.-

Chocobo raising makes me want to play FFVII again. I kicked *** at the chocobo racing.

Ahhh, good! :3 That's 6/8 affection, maybe feed it one more worm and you'll be good to go.

Haha pebble. The walks usually give you garbage. Sometimes I get carrots from them, but that's rare. :(


:<!


FFVII Chocobo raising/racing was fun. I loved the trick where you could hold down I think L1 or R1 and it'd replenish your stamina and you could just wreck everything.

Awesome :D

Totally :O I love how you run like a complete spazz in that costume xD

Cryst, that pig roast i went to today, It wasohsogooood, shame you live in japan!

:3 Pullus Torque + movement+ = happy fun times. xD