Chocobo Companion

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Your personal chocobo can be called to fight by your side after completing the quest My Feisty Little Chocobo. Upon being called using Gysahl Greens, your companion will be of equal level to your job/class. Your companion has its own separate leveling curve, with increased companion levels leading to increased skills/abilities. Companion EXP Companion EXP.png is gained simply by killing mobs with your Chocobo companion out, and from certain challenges in the Challenge Log.

Experience Points[edit]

Your chocobo will max out its level when it reaches rank 10. To get it past 10, you will need to unlock the ability for it to earn experience for its current level by using a Thavnairian Onion. You'll know if a chocobo is maxed on experience when its "Rank" and "Exp Value" in the Companion Details window changed to a different color. When it is changed, select "Train" from the Chocobo Stable menu and select a Thavnairian Onion as the reward (do not select "Feed" as it is not Chocobo Feed) and the color will change back to normal, allowing it to receive EXP again. Every level it needs to gain in this method (10 -> 11, 11 -> 12, 12 -> 13, etc. up to 20) requires an onion. If your chocobo reaches maximum experience while in your Free Company or Personal Housing Chocobo Stable, you'll need to take it out, summon it with a Gysahl Greens and kill something to earn 1 exp in order to properly level it. After it levels from that experience, feed it an Onion to let it unlock experience for its new level!

Rank 1-10[edit]

Rank Exp
Rank 1 4,000
Rank 2 38,000
Rank 3 82,000
Rank 4 158,000
Rank 5 294,000
Rank 6 490,000
Rank 7 700,000
Rank 8 940,000
Rank 9 1,200,000
Rank 10 1,458,000
 

Rank 11-20[edit]

Rank Exp
Rank 11 1,714,000
Rank 12 1,967,000
Rank 13 2,217,000
Rank 14 2,463,000
Rank 15 2,705,000
Rank 16 2,942,000
Rank 17 3,174,000
Rank 18 3,400,000
Rank 19 3,620,000
Rank 20 0

Training your Chocobo[edit]

To unlock Chocobo Raising you first need to complete Bird in Hand. You will then be able to train your chocobo once per hour while stabled to earn experience points.

  • Chocobo experience gained is the same for any item selected. Poorly tended stables, however, will reduce experience gains.
  • Depending on the feed used, your chocobo will gain a special effect when called in the field. If you train your chocobo on the same feed for a certain period of time, that feed will become its favorite and yield added benefits while called.
  • You can change your chocobo's favorite feed by feeding a different feed for a period of time.
Feed Normal Effect Favorite Effect
Tantalplant Companion Maximum HP Up Companion Maximum HP Up II
Sylkis Bud Companion Attack Up Companion Attack Up II
Pahsana Fruit Companion Enmity Up Companion Enmity Up II
Mimett Gourd Companion Healing Potency Up Companion Healing Potency Up II
Curiel Root Companion EXP Up Companion EXP Up II

Commands[edit]

Follow Icon.png Follow Order your companion to follow you.
Free Stance Icon.png Free Stance Allow your companion to make his own decisions in battle.
Defender stance icon.png Defender Stance Order your companion to focus on defensive maneuvers, using only actions learned from the Defender skill tree.
Attacker stance icon.png Attacker Stance Order your companion to focus more on offensive maneuvers, using only actions learned from the Attacker skill tree.
Healer stance icon.png Healer Stance Order your companion to stop fighting and concentrate on healing maneuvers, using only actions learned from the Healer skill tree.

Skills[edit]

Killing mobs with your Chocobo grants Companion EXP Companion EXP.png, which leads to increased ranks. With each rank up that your Chocobo receives, you will be granted a certain amount of SP (Skill Points) that you can use in order to unlock a new ability or trait in either the Defender, Attacker or Healer roles.

  • Chocobo skills can be reset by using a Reagan Pepper, which is purchased from your Grand Company's Billmaster for 20 Allied Seals or 48,000 Grand Company seals from the Quartermaster.
SP Defender stance icon.pngDefender Attacker stance icon.pngAttacker Healer stance icon.pngHealer
1 Choco Drop Icon.png Choco Drop Choco Slash Icon.png Choco Slash Choco Regen Icon.png Choco Regen
2 Enhanced Strength (Chocobo) Icon.png Enhanced Strength Enhanced Strength (Chocobo) Icon.png Enhanced Strength Enhanced Mind (Chocobo) Icon.png Enhanced Mind
3 Increased HP (Chocobo) Icon.png Increased HP Increased HP (Chocobo) Icon.png Increased HP Increased HP (Chocobo) Icon.png Increased HP
4 Choco Kick Icon.png Choco Kick Choco Beak Icon.png Choco Beak Choco Cure (Companion Ability) Icon.png Choco Cure (Companion Ability)
5 Enhanced Accuracy (Chocobo) Icon.png Enhanced Accuracy Enhanced Accuracy (Chocobo) Icon.png Enhanced Accuracy Enhanced Accuracy (Chocobo) Icon.png Enhanced Accuracy
6 Enhanced Critical Hit Rate (Chocobo) Icon.png Enhanced Critical Hit Rate Enhanced Critical Hit Rate (Chocobo) Icon.png Enhanced Critical Hit Rate Enhanced Critical Hit Rate (Chocobo) Icon.png Enhanced Critical Hit Rate
7 Choco Guard Icon.png Choco Guard Choco Rush Icon.png Choco Rush Choco Surge Icon.png Choco Surge
8 Enhanced Strength (Chocobo) Icon.png Enhanced Strength Enhanced Strength (Chocobo) Icon.png Enhanced Strength Enhanced Mind (Chocobo) Icon.png Enhanced Mind
9 Increased HP (Chocobo) Icon.png Increased HP Increased Attack Speed (Chocobo).png Increased Attack Speed Increased HP (Chocobo) Icon.png Increased HP
10 Choco Strike Icon.png Choco Strike Choco Blast Icon.png Choco Blast Choco Medica Icon.png Choco Medica

Skill Points (SP) Earned Per Rank[edit]

Rank 1-10[edit]

Rank SP Total
Rank 1 1 1
Rank 2 2 3
Rank 3 3 6
Rank 4 4 10
Rank 5 5 15
Rank 6 6 21
Rank 7 7 28
Rank 8 8 36
Rank 9 9 45
Rank 10 10 55
 

Rank 11-20[edit]

Rank SP Total
Rank 11 10 65
Rank 12 10 75
Rank 13 10 85
Rank 14 10 95
Rank 15 10 105
Rank 16 10 115
Rank 17 11 126
Rank 18 12 138
Rank 19 13 151
Rank 20 14 165

Auto-Attack[edit]

At level 50

  • Base 108-119*
  • With +5% Strength from traits #
  • With +10% Strength from traits 118-131
  • With +15% Strength from traits #

All numbers non critical vs training dummy*

Healing[edit]

At level 50

  • Base Choco Regen
  • With +10% Mind 29-31* per tic
  • With +10% Mind and Choco Surge # per tic
  • With +25% Mind # per tic
  • With +25% Mind and Choco Surge 44-49 per tic

All numbers non critical*

Dyeing[edit]

Main Article: Chocobo Dyeing

Chocobo Dyeing is the most common name attributed by players to the system of coloring the plumage of Chocobo Companions by feeding them certain snacks. The system is a heavily customized RGB color model in which deeper colors have lower values and approach black, whereas lighter colors have higher values and approach white.

Barding[edit]

Main Article: Chocobo Barding

Chocobo gear known as 'barding' has been issued by the Grand Companies, and is also separately available through other means, is said to protect these avian mounts on and off the turmoils of the battlefield.

  • Barding does not affect a chocobo in any way aside from changing its appearance.
  • Barding cannot be lost, damaged, or discarded.


Racing[edit]

Main Article: Chocobo Racing
See also: Guide:Chocobo Covering

Players can participate in chocobo racing via the Manderville Gold Saucer using specially trained race chocobos (chocobo companions are not eligible). From improving their abilities through rigorous training to breeding retired chocobos for their traits, you can raise the champion chocobo you’ve always wanted.

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