Have you ever been doing FATEs or main story missions and wished you had your own personal tank, healer, or damage dealer to make things go faster? FFXIV has thought of this! So, let’s meet your Chocobo Companion.

How To Unlock Chocobo Companion?

To unlock your Chocobo Companion, you’ll need to first complete this My Feisty Little Chocobo Quest. This quest is located in South Shroud, in Camp Tranquil. You need to talk with Docette. She will start your Chocobo journey!

Chocobo Companion is unlocked when you reach level 30 in any class and complete My Feisty Little Chocobo Quest with your Grand Company.

Gysahl Greens

You now have a lifelong companion, you just need to feed him Gysahl Greens. You can get Gysahl Greens by spending 36 FFXIV Gil at the merchants in the three major cities.

Not only is your Chocobo a great sidekick, but you can also use it in battle. You can use Gysahl Greens to summon your Chocobo to fight by your side. A Gysahl Green lasts for 30 minutes, but you can give them up to 2 Gysahl Greens at a time for a full hour of fun.

Chocobo Stable

As it gains experience, it levels up. Alternatively, you can train it in a Chocobo Stable to level up quickly. Chocobo Stable is located outside apartment buildings in Uptown, but you can also add it to private and company homes for free.

You only need to complete Bird in Hand to unlock Chocobo training. Luquelot in Central Shroud at (x:20.3, y:21.6) will give you the quest. We can train Chocobo with Stable once an hour. You’ll need to bring Krakka Root, or something equally delicious.

But remember, if your Chocobo is in Stable, it won’t come when you use Gysahl Greens. So don’t get yourself stranded in the wild with no friends to help you. Remember to put it in the stable before you go hunting.

How To Upgrade Chocobo?

Also, Chocobo cannot be upgraded in stable. Their experience points will be 1 less than their level, and their level will turn green. This means you have to kill them in order to gain experience to move on to the next level.

Your Chocobo Companion will normally level up to level 10. Starting at level 10, you must feed your Chocobo Thavnairian Onion in order for it to progress to the next level.

You can choose to spend FFXIV Gil from the market to get them, grow them in the garden, or see if your Free Companies have them.

Chocobo Companion’s max level is 20. With each level, your Chocobo gains Skill Points, which you can assign to defender, attacker, or healer abilities. You can find this menu by going to Characters tab, selecting “Companion,” then going to Skills tab. You can also reset your skill tree by feeding Chocobo Reagan Pepper.

Other Tips

If you want to make your Chocobo more beautiful, you can dye it in different colors and put different bardings on it. There are 85 colors here, so the options are endless. You can also change Chocobo’s color by feeding specific combinations of treats in sequence.

To give your Chocobo full flair, give it a gorgeous Barding. The primary sources of Barding are Crafting Recipes, Quartermasters, Gold Saucer Vendors, Dungeon Chests, and FATEs. You can find most of these on this Market Board under Registrable Miscellaneous.

By the way, if you want to rename your Chocobo, talk to Chocobo boss in any of the three major cities and select “Chocobo Renaming.”

Overall, I would say that your gaming experience will definitely be different if you have Chocobo following you. Hope everyone is riding in the saddle in style now! As always, we’ll see you in-game.