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Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn – How To Get Your Chocobo Mount!

W elcome to yet another Final Fantasy XIV: A Realm Reborn Guide and this time the focus is upon the iconic Chocobo and more importantly how to be able to get one of your own in Final Fantasy XIV!

What Are The Requirements to own a Chocobo in FFXIV?

Once you have chosen a Grand Company and have completed the quest ‘Hero in the Making’ you then have another quest open up called ‘My Little Chocobo’ however in order to complete that quest you must obtain a Chocobo License from your Grand Company, this costs 2000 Grand Company Seals. *PLEASE NOTE THAT ALL MOUNTS REQUIRE A CHOCOBO LICENSE*

But How Do I Get 2000 Grand Company Seals!?

There are two effective methods of achieving 2000 Grand Company Seals: FATE’s and Grand Company Levequests.

Once you have joined a Grand Company you will notice that FATE’s now give Grand Company Seals in addition to Gil and EXP. You can if you wish farm level appropriate FATE’s until you acquire 2000 Seals.

Alternatively you can if you have the allowance perform Grand Company Levequests which become available once you have joined a Grand Company. These Levequests can be found at the following:

How Do Summon My Chocobo!?

Once you have completed the quest ‘My Little Chocobo‘ you will receive the quest reward.

The Chocobo Whistle is finally yours!

Additional Notes

In Final Fantasy XIV Chocobo’s are not only used as mounts however …

Your Chocobo as a ‘Companion’

In Final Fantasy XIV your Chocobo can be summoned to fight alongside you and becomes a member of your Party. This too requires some steps to access this particular feature. Firstly you must be a Level 30 Combat class to unlock the quest ‘My Feisty Little Chocobo‘ which is available in Camp Tranquil in the South Shroud. Once you have completed this quest you will require a particular item to summon your Chocobo into combat:

Buy Gysahl from vendors in any city

Now you have a handy Companion to assist you in your adventures. Your Chocobo can still be used as a mount when it is in combat and has a limited use (30 minutes real time) before you have to re-summon him with more Gysahl Greens. The Gysahl Greens can be purchased from vendors in each City.

You will notice that as you fight and kill enemies with your Chocobo in your Party that the Chocobo will also gain EXP. This EXP can be used to gain new abilities for your Chocobo so he/she can be more efficient in combat. Here is a more detailed summary of the Companion System and how it works in a very useful video from mrhappy:

And that is it for this time. Remember to leave and questions or feedback in the comment section below. See you guys and girls in the next Final Fantasy XIV Guide!

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Chocobo

In A Realm Reborn, Chocobos serve not only as a form of transportation, but also as a companion that will fight alongside you. Players will acquire their own Chocobo Mount at level 20+ through the Main Scenario Quests. At level 30+ players will unlock their Chocobo Companion that will fight alongside the player. Players can customize the looks of their players chocobo by equipping Chocobo Barding or changing their Colors. Players can further improve and personalize their chocobos through Chocobo Raising. In Gold Saucer, players can partake in Chocobo Racing with special, race-bred birds.

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Chocobo Mount

To obtain your chocobo mount, you must be level 20+ and have progressed through the main story enough that you have joined a Grand Company. To unlock the mount, you need to complete the quest My Little Chocobo. In the quest, you need to purchase a Chocobo Issuance from your Grand Company Quartermaster for 200 Company Seals. The game now gives you enough seals for the issuance directly.

Players can summon their mounts by dragging and activating the mount icon from Mounts Menu.

Chocobo Companion

Companions are pets that will fight alongside you. Players will not only be able to level up his or her Chocobo companion but also customize their looks and abilities. Players can specialize their personal Chocobos into tanks, healers or damage dealers by allocating their skill points into the Defender, Attacker or Healer skill trees.

To unlock the Companion, players must have completed the level 30 quest My Feisty Little Chocobo.

Chocobo Racing

Chocobo Racing is a Gold Saucer mini-game introduced in patch 2.51, allowing you to breed, train and race your own chocobo against other players in return for Manderville Gold Saucer Points and other rewards.
Note that your Racing Chocobo is NOT the same as your Mount/Companion Chocobo.

Chocobo Raising

Chocobo Colors

Chocobo Coloring allows the player to change the colors of their Mount/Companion Chocobo while stabled.

Chocobo Barding

Chocobo Bardings are customization items that can change the look of your chocobo. They do not give speed or stat bonuses.

Note that Chocobo Barding will change the looks of both your Mount/Companion Chocobo and your Racing Chocobo.

Chocobo Porter

Known for their masks modeled after the ever-faithful chocobo, Chocobokeeps can be found at outposts across Eorzea offering adventurers use of their chocobo porter service.

Mounted on one of their specially bred chocobo’s, travel swiftly and safely to one of several nearby stables. These chocobo have been trained to travel specific routes to their destinations, so relax, enjoy the view, and let these trustworthy taxis handle the rest.

The map icon for Chocobokeeps is

Despite the emergence of airships, chocobos have retained their place as a traveler’s best friend. Be it as bearers of a merchant’s wares, steeds for battle-bound soldiers, or an adventurer’s means of locomotion; the long-legged avian creatures are still very much a common sight.

These flightless birds have sturdy legs with which to bear you across great distances swiftly.

Chocobo is also a server in the Japanese Mana Data Center.

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The beginning of Final Fantasy 14 Online involves running everywhere on foot. While you can fast travel through the Aetheryte you find, you still need to visit them in person first. The quickest way to get around without teleporting is to get a mount.

In this FFXIV guide, we’ll explain how to unlock your chocobo mount. We’ll show you the quests that lead up to it, as well as the requirements to get one.

When can you get the chocobo mount?

You will get the opportunity to receive a chocobo mount at Lv. 20.

As you progress through the main story, you’ll be asked to join one of the game’s three Grand Companies: The Immortal Flames from Ul’dah, The Maelstrom from Limsa Lominsa, or The Order of the Twin Adder in Gridiania.

Once you figure out which Grand Company to choose, you’ll get a company-specific version of the a quest called “The Company You Keep.”

Completing the quest puts you in the ranks of a Grand Company. From there, you’ll have to complete several quests for them to unlock Grand Company-specific currency, with which you can unlock your mount.

How to get the chocobo mount

After you become a part of a Grand Company, accept the quest called “My Little Chocobo.” The reward for this small mission is an item that will let you summon your own chocobo.

This quest requires you to give an item called a Chocobo Issuance to a character in your Grand Company. You can buy this item from your Grand Company’s Quartermaster for 200 Company Seals.

Grand Companies don’t accept gil. You have to pay in Grand Company Seals. Image: Square Enix via Polygon

To get Company Seals, you can:

Once you buy the Chocobo Issuance, give the item to the character in your Grand Company. Afterwards, you’ll receive the Chocobo Whistle, which you can use to summon your chocobo.

As you progress through different areas of the game and complete quests, your chocobo will run faster through those areas. Once you finish A Realm Reborn, you’ll unlock the ability to fly with your chocobo.

At Lv. 30, you’ll receive the quest called “My Feisty Little Chocobo.” Complete that, and your chocobo can fight alongside you, level up, and learn new skills.

FFXIV Chocobo Guide | Unlocking Battle Companion & Mount

Well, you’re playing a Final Fantasy game – you’re bound to get a Chocobo some time, right? Well, if you’re here – then you’re well on your way to a feathered friend. In our FFXIV Chocobo Guide, you’ll learn a few things about them, primarily How to Unlock and get your Chocobo (Mount), and how to get your Battle Chocobo Companion.

FFXIV Chocobo Guide – Navigation
Initial unlock & Mount | Battle Chocobo

How to Unlock Chocobo Mount

It all starts here! This quest starts pretty much everything chocobo-centric.

The quest is “My Little Chocobo”, location depends on which Grand Company you’re in. It’s always in your GC Headquarters!

So that’s Limsa for Maelstrom, Gridania for Twin Adder, and Ul’dah for Immortal Flames.

My Little Chocobo Requirements:

Completing “My Little Chocobo” Quest

After pledging allegiance to your chosen Grand Company, speak to your Grand Company Commander to get the quest

Nowadays, you only need 200 company seals to purchase a Chocobo Issuance.

The quickest way to earn seals is Grand Company Leves, it takes only a few to earn 1,000 seals, if you maximize the bonuses. Company Leve locations (near this level) are as follows:

FATES are a great way to farm seals and EXP! Never pass up on a FATE!

If you have started crafting, you can also submit crafted items to earn seals through Delivery Missions.

To see how many seals you have, click on your currency indicator and it will show your Seals.

After you get 200 seals, purchase a Chocobo Issuance from your Grand Company Quartermaster.

Present the Chocobo Issuance to the stablemaster at the Chocobo Stable located in the city of your allegiance and receive a Chocobo Whistle.

Name your new Chocobo, and there you have it!

Congratulations! You’re now the proud owner of your very own Chocobo!

The Chocobo mount is likely one of the first mounts most players get. You can access this mount, and others, from the Character > Mount Guide menu, where you can place your mount into your hotbar for easy access.

Customize your Chocobo’s look via the barding system!
Character > Compation > Appearance tab.

How to unlock battle Chocobo?

While mounting your Chocobo is one thing – fighting alongside your plumed buddy is certainly another! Not all new players know about this, but it’s here! Formally, the “Battle Chocobo” system is called the “Companion” system.

The quest to unlock the companion system is called
“My Feisty Little Chocobo”, located at
Gridania, South Shroud – Camp Tranquil (17,28).

My Feisty Little Chocobo Requirements

Quest Completion notes

Where do you buy Gysahl Greens? To complete the quest AND use your Chocobo in battle, you’re gonna need to use these. Here’s a basic example of where to buy ’em.

Basically, these “basic vendor NPCs” sell them, and pretty much every major questing hub in the future.

Combat Chocobo Companion FAQ

How to summon your chocobo, or how to fight with a Chocobo?

Back in the day, Chocobo companions had a lot of BS surrounding it. You can’t queue up and they take up a party space! Plus other little annoyances that thankfully they patched out!

Can a Chocobo gain EXP and skills? What’s the best way to level them up?

Yes they gain EXP and skills. Discussion about these is found below. Best EXP for chocobos? Honestly, I can list down all the ways, in terms of “value”, in my perspective.

Combat Chocobo FAQ: Best Skills?

Well, this question was bound to come up. Chocobo skills are hard to come by as the game progresses, as they level up super slowly. This makes Chocobo SP (Skill Points, presumably) pretty valuable. If I was to give you a ROUGH GUIDELINE:

Healer (up to a point) > DPS (up to a point) > Tank (up to a point)

Why this priority? Healer is useful to almost every class, Tanks and DPS moreso. The times they are useful are SUPER NOTICEABLE. Allowing you to possibly solo content you previously could not have.

DPS is of course, “basic as it gets” since any extra DPS is welcome. However, this doesn’t come close to the potential upside of a healer chocobo. A tiny fraction faster with DPS chocobo is a lot worse than “making something previously impossible, possible” which is the ceiling for a healer chocobo.

Primarily invest in Healer and DPS Chocobo skills nodes!

Tank is almost utterly useless in its current state. It’s a junk version of DPS. I only traverse this tree for the stats. Try it out if you don’t believe me. Or maybe try it out for research sake. Every time I’ve gone back and did it – the tank tree sucked badly. Basically, they can’t take / hold aggro for the life of ’em!

I can place my own personalized skill order here in the future, but honestly… is it even needed…

Chocobo Flying Quest? (Discontinued)

Back in the day you needed a quest to unlock flight functionality on your GC issued chocobo. Now, I don’t think this is the case.

The quest was removed from the game and I’m pretty sure they give the GC chocobo flight by the time you’re allowed to fly on any mount at the map you’re in.

Typically, this unlocks for A Realm Reborn tier content at L50 MSQ, and for each expansion and map afterward after attuning to their respective “Aether Current” system.

Summary & Closing

Well that’s about it regarding Chocobos in FFXIV. Good luck leveling ’em up, coloring ’em up, and dressing ’em up! If you think we should be adding or correcting something on here, feel free to let us know!

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The user interface, or UI for short, refers to the various on-screen elements and menus through which a player interacts with the game. The UI in FFXIV can be adjusted in myriad ways to ensure an enjoyable gaming experience.

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Frequently Asked Questions / Mounts

How can I get a mount?

Mounts can be acquired through various quests and in-game events, but the ability to use them must first be unlocked by reaching level 20, joining a Grand Company, and acquiring a personal chocobo.

Acquiring a Personal Chocobo

* If you have already joined a Grand Company, proceed to «Speak with the company commander.»

Select a Grand Company

Upon reaching level 20, you will be able to accept one of three main scenario questsв”ЂThe Company You Keep (Twin Adder), The Company You Keep (Maelstrom), or The Company You Keep (Immortal Flames). The quest you accept will determine which of the three Grand Companies you join.

Join a Grand Company

Depending on the initial Grand Company quest completed, you will be able to proceed to one of three questsв”ЂWood’s Will Be Done, Till Sea Swallows All, or For Coin and Country. Upon completing one of these three quests, you will become a Grand Company member.

* Completing this quest will also yield a reward of company seals, which is required to obtain a personal chocobo.

Speak with the company commander

After joining a Grand Company, speak with the company commander to receive the quest My Little Chocobo (Twin Adder), My Little Chocobo (Maelstrom), or My Little Chocobo (Immortal Flames) depending on your Grand Company allegiance.

Receive a chocobo issuance

Using the company seals you received previously, you can purchase a chocobo issuance from the grand company quartermaster.

* Company seals can also be used to purchase certain items, and is require to increase your rank in the Grand Company.

Receive your chocobo

Proceed to the chocobokeep associated with your Grand Company, and present them your chocobo issuance to receive a chocobo.

Name your chocobo

Immediately after receiving your chocobo, speak with it and you can assign it a name. Names must be between two and twenty characters, using any combination of letters and apostrophes. Furthermore, it is possible for more than one chocobo to share the same name, so there is no need to worry about your ideal name being taken.

Receive your chocobo whistle

Once you have named your chocobo, speak with the chocobokeep once more to complete the quest and receive a chocobo whistle.

* You must use this item before you can ride your chocobo.

Call your chocobo

Open the mount guide and right-click the chocobo icon to open the subcommand menu. Select Summon and you will be able to mount your chocobo.

* The chocobo icon can also be placed on a hotbar or cross hotbar.

Open the mount guide, select the chocobo icon, and press X (в–Ў on PS5в„ў/PS4в„ў) to open the subcommand menu. Select Summon and you will be able to mount your chocobo.

* The chocobo icon can also be placed on a hotbar or cross hotbar.

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