Chocobo Raising

See also: Chocobo, Chocobo Companion and Chocobo Colors

Chocobo Raising will allow players to improve and customize their Chocobo Companions. With chocobo raising, players will be able to increase their chocobo companions beyond Rank 10 and up to Rank 20.

Note that this is NOT the Chocobo Racing's Raising or Breeding. That is a separate system using separate birds. See Chocobo Racing for more Info.

Unlock

Quest

Players must complete the level 30 quest Bird in Hand. Players can begin the quest by talking to Luquelot in Central Shroud (X:20, Y:21).

Players need to complete My Feisty Little Chocobo and have access to either a House, an Apartment, or a Free Company House for use of a Chocobo Stable. Once you actually get your bird via the quest at the Grand Company, go do My Feisty Chocobo then Bird in Hand.

Stable

To begin raising a chocobo, players must first acquire access to a Chocobo Stable, which can be purchased from the housing merchant NPC in any residential area. The stable available to apartment owners outside their apartment building, or one at a Free Company house will also work.

When your chocobo is in the Stable, you cannot mount him or summon him to battle. The companion menu is also not available when your chocobo is stabled.

Training

Your Chocobo, as well as those of your free company members, can be trained while stabled to earn experience points. Chocobos can be trained once per hour, and will demand one of the following fruits or vegetables as a reward for their efforts:

Experience granted will be the same regardless of the item selected, though stable conditions will affect experience gains. These fruits and vegetables can be obtained through gardening or bought from specific vendors.
There are two separate 1-hour cooldowns for training your Chocobo - the timer when you do it, and the timer when anyone else does it. These are managed separately.

If you reward your Chocobo with the same food 10 times in a row, that will become the Chocobo's favorite feed.

You may change your Chocobo's favorite feed by giving them a different food 10 times in a row.
Once a favorite feed is established, giving a non-favorite food 1 time will break the streak, reverting the Chocobo to having no favorite feed.
Krakka Roots and Thavnairian Onions cannot be a favorite feed, and they do not break the favorite feed streak.
Only you can change your Chocobo's favorite feed - anyone else that trains your Chocobo cannot influence this.

Food Effects

For Snacks that change your Chocobo's color, see Chocobo Colors

When feeding the below foods to a summoned Chocobo Companion, they will gain a boost to their stats for as long as they remain summoned.

Buffs will persist while: the player is using a mount, or the player is in a city where the Chocobo does not follow them.
Buffs will disappear if: the Chocobo's timer runs out, the Chocobo is defeated in combat, the "Withdraw" action is performed, or the player logs out of the game.
Only one of these buffs can be active at a time. If a new buff is cast, it will overwrite the old one.
If the food is a Chocobo's favorite, the buff will be upgraded to level 2.
Curiel Root's EXP bonus only affects EXP from battle, not EXP from stable training. The Chocobo companion must be "withdrawn" in order to be put into a stable anyway, so it would not be possible to have the Curiel Root's buff while in a stable.

Food	Normal Effect	Favorite Effect	Source
Curiel Root	Companion EXP Up	Companion EXP Up II	Gardening
Sylkis Bud	Companion Attack Up	Companion Attack Up II	Gardening or Vendor
Mimett Gourd	Companion Healing Potency Up	Companion Healing Potency Up II	Gardening or Vendor
Tantalplant	Companion Maximum HP Up	Companion Maximum HP Up II	Gardening or Vendor
Pahsana Fruit	Companion Enmity Up	Companion Enmity Up II	Gardening or Vendor

Ranking up

A Chocobo's current rank is displayed in the stable menu.

If the number is white, the Chocobo's EXP bar is not yet full, so it can still gain EXP from training.
If the number is orange, the EXP bar is full, and the Chocobo cannot gain further EXP. The Chocobo must be removed from the stable and taken into combat to rank up.

If the number is orange and rank is 10 or above, then the Chocobo can be fed a Thavnairian Onion to increase their maximum rank by 1. The highest rank achievable is Rank 20.

An onion can be fed to the Chocobo in the stable or while summoned in the field, and the effect will be the same.
An onion can only be used if the Chocobo's current Rank EXP bar is at maximum. This means it is not possible to feed multiple onions at once, for example.
Only you can increase your Chocobo's maximum rank - anyone else that trains your Chocobo cannot do this.

Stable Maintenance

As you and your free company members continue to use the chocobo stable, it will begin to accumulate dirt and grime. Stable cleanliness is reflected by one of three conditions: good, fair, or poor. The conditions of the stable can be confirmed by accessing the stable. Keep your stable clean to ensure that chocobo training is effective, yielding the most experience.

To clean the stable, access the chocobo stable interface and select Clean Stable. You will need a Magicked Stable Broom to perform this action.

Experience gain

Assuming the maximum stable condition of "good", Chocobos rank 1-9 will earn 1% of the EXP for their current bar per training session.

Chocobos rank 10-19 will earn 0.05% less exp per rank. For example: rank 10 will earn 0.95% of their EXP bar per training, rank 11 will earn 0.90%, and so on until rank 19, which earns 0.50%.^[1]

Achievements

Chocobo Raising is associated with the following achievements:

Name	Points	Task	Reward	Patch
Bosom Buddies I	5	See your companion chocobo to rank 1.	-	2.1
Bosom Buddies II	10	See your companion chocobo to rank 5.	-	2.1
Bosom Buddies III	20	See your companion chocobo to rank 10.	Chocobo Suit	2.1
Breaking Bo	5	Train another player's chocobo companion 30 times.	Plumed Barding	2.3

References

↑ Stabled chocobo EXP

[1] Stabled chocobo EXP

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