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Shortly after starting your adventures in Final Fantasy 14, you will be able to join one of the three Grand Companies of Eorzea, and thus receive your Chocobo companion. You can ride your Chocobo to get around quicker, or train them to aid you in combat.

Related: Final Fantasy 14: How To Change The Color Of Your Chocobo

Through the use of bardings, you can customize the outfits your Chocobo can wear. There are dozens of bardings to be found and obtained, so let's take a look at how to get every single one of them.

Grand Company Bardings

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Barding Name

How To Get It

Ul'dahn Half Barding

  • Purchase for 4,000 Flame Seals

Ul'dahn Barding

  • Purchase for 6,000 Flame Seals

Ul'dahn Crested Barding

  • Purchase for 8,000 Flame Seals

Ul'dahn Saddle

  • Earned by joining the Immortal Flames

Lominsan Half Barding

  • Purchase for 4,000 Storm Seals

Lominsan Barding

  • Purchase for 6,000 Storm Seals

Lominsan Crested Barding

  • Purchase for 8,000 Storm Seals

Lominsan Saddle

  • Earned by joining the Maelstrom

Gridanian Half Barding

  • Purchase for 4,000 Serpent Seals

Gridanian Barding

  • Purchase for 6,000 Serpent Seals

Gridanian Crested Barding

  • Purchase for 8,000 Serpent Seals

Gridanian Saddle

  • Earned by joining the Twin Adders

Chocobo Skill Bardings

chocobo equipped with white mage barding

Barding Name

How To Get It

Paladin Barding

  • Have a Rank 10 Chocobo with all 10 Defender skills unlocked

White Mage Barding

  • Have a Rank 10 Chocobo with all 10 Healer skills unlocked

Dragoon Barding

  • Have a Rank 10 Chocobo with all 10 Attacker skills unlocked

Fate Bardings

chocobo equipped with sleipnir barding

Barding Name

How To Get It

Sleipnir Barding

  • Purchase from Aelina in Mor Dhona for 5 Odin's Mantles
    • Earned from the FATE 'Steel Reign' in Central Shroud

Ishgardian Half Barding

  • Earn from the FATE 'Vedrfolnir Devoteth' in The Churning Mists

Ala Mhigan Barding

  • Earn from the FATE 'Rattle and Humbaba' in The Peaks

Ixion Barding

  • Purchase from Eschina in Rhalgr's Reach for 5 Ixion Horns

Thavnairian Barding

Crafted Bardings

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Barding Name

How To Get It

Tidal Barding

  • Crafted by Lv. 50 Armorer
    • 1x Leviathan's Barb
    • 1x Gold Ingot
    • 1x Darksteel Plate
    • 1x Hippogryph Leather
  • Heaven-on-High
  • Fête Present

Expanse Barding

  • Crafted by Lv. 60 Armorer
    • 1x Bismarkc's Baleen
    • 4x Titanium Ingot
    • 1x Aurum Regis Nugget
    • 2x Hallowed Ramie Cloth
  • Heaven-on-High
  • Fête Present
  • Zadnor Lockbox

Hive Barding

  • Crafted by Lv. 60 Armorer
    • 1x Ravana's Forewing
    • 4x Adamantite Nugget
    • 1x Aurum Regis Nugget
    • 2x Dhalmel Leather
  • Heaven-on-High
  • Fête Present
  • Zadnor Lockbox

Zurvanite Barding

  • Crafted by Lv. 60 Armorer
    • 1x Zurvanite Carapace Fragment
    • 3x Heavy Metal Ingot
    • 1x Hemicyon Leather
    • 1x Griffin Leather Strap
  • Heaven-on-High
  • Fête Present
  • Zadnor Lockbox

Reveler's Barding

  • Crafted by Lv. 70 Armorer
    • 1x Blade of Revelry
    • 3x Molybdenum Ingot
    • 1x Gazelle Leather
    • 2x Kyanite
    • 3x Halgai Mane
  • Heaven-on-High
  • Zadnor Lockbox

Shinryu Barding

  • Crafted by Lv. 70 Armorer
    • 1x Shinryu's Scale
    • 2x Chromite Ingot
    • 2x Molybdenum Ingot
    • 1x Palladium Nugget
    • 1x Gazelle Leather
  • Southern Front Lockbox

Suzaku Barding

  • Crafted by Lv. 70 Armorer
    • 1x Scarlet Tailfeather
    • 2x Silvergrace Ingot
    • 2x Nightsteel Ingot
    • 1x Marid Leather
  • Southern Front Lockbox

Seiryu Barding

  • Crafted by Lv. 70 Armorer
    • 1x Seiryu's Scale
    • 2x Chigusa Ingot
    • 2x Evergleam Ingot
    • 1x Gazelle Leather
  • Southern Front Lockbox

Titania Barding

  • Crafted by Lv. 80 Armorer
    • 1x Dancing Wing
    • 1x Mythrite Nugget
    • 3x Bluespirit Tile
    • 1x Atrociraptor Leather
    • 2x Halgai Mane

Innocence Barding

  • Crafted by Lv. 80 Armorer
    • 1x Immaculate Wingblade
    • 2x Mythrite Ingot
    • 1x Stonegold Ingot
    • 1x Dwarven Cotton

Hades Barding

  • Crafted by Lv. 80 Armorer
    • 1x Hades's Auricite
    • 2x Tungsten Steel Ingot
    • 1x Dwarven Mythril Nugget
    • 1x Dwarven Cotton

Ruby Barding

  • Crafted by Lv. 80 Armorer
    • 1x Ruby Plating
    • 2x Tungsten Steel Ingot
    • 1x Dwarven Mythril Ingot
    • 1x Dwarven Cotton

True Barding of Light

  • Crafted by Lv. 80 Armorer
    • 1x Plate of Light
    • 3x Cobolt Alloy Ingot
    • 2x Purpure Bead
    • 2x Dwarven Mythril Ingot

Emerald Barding

  • Crafted by Lv. 80 Armorer
    • 1x Emerald Plating
    • 2x Brashgold Plate
    • 1x Defthand's Dissolvent
    • 2x Dwarven Cotton

Diamond Barding

  • Crafted by Lv. 80 Armorer
    • 1x Diamond Plating
    • 2x Duraluminium Ingot
    • 1x Solstice Ingot
    • 2x Dwarven Cotton

Barding of Eternal Darkness

  • Crafted by Lv. 90 Armorer
    • 1x Crystal of Eternal Darkness
    • 2x Duraluminium Ingot
    • 1x Saffron Cloth
    • 2x Chondrite Ingot

Bluefeather Barding

  • Crafted by Lv. 90 Armorer
    • 1x Blue Feather
    • 2x Lunar Adamantite Ingot
    • 1x Amynodon Leather
    • 2x Chondrite Ingot

Sophic Barding

  • Crafted by Lv. 60 Goldsmith
    • 1x Sophic Bead Fragment
    • 1x Scintillant Ingot
    • 3x Gold Ingot
    • 2x Cashmere Cloth
  • Heaven-on-High
  • Fête Present
  • Zadnor Lockbox

Blissful Barding

  • Crafted by Lv. 70 Goldsmith
    • 1x Blissful Shroud
    • 2x Palladium Nugget
    • 2x Twinsilk
    • 1x Twinthread
    • 2x Azurite
  • Heaven-on-High

Byakko Barding

  • Crafted by Lv. 70 Goldsmith
    • 1x Byakko's Mane
    • 3x Chromite Ingot
    • 1x Palladium Ingot
    • 1x Tiger Leather
  • Southern Front Lockbox
  • Zadnor Lockbox

Highland Barding

  • Crafted by Lv. 40 Leatherworker
    • 2x Blue Fox Hide
    • 2x Undyed Woolen Cloth
    • 3x Woolen Yarn
    • 1x Elm Lumber

Levin Barding

  • Crafted by Lv. 50 Leatherworker
    • 1x Levin Orb
    • 1x Saurian Leather
    • 1x Rose Gold Nugget
    • 4x Silk Thread
  • Heaven-on-High
  • Fête Present

Ice Barding

  • Crafted by Lv. 50 Leatherworker
    • 1x Diamond Tear
    • 1x Allagan Leather
    • 1x Cashmere Cloth
    • 1x Platinum Nugget
  • Heaven-on-High
  • Fête Present

Sephirotic Barding

  • Crafted by Lv. 60 Leatherworker
    • 1x Sephirot Sap
    • 4x Dinosaur Leather
    • 1x Star Sapphire
    • 1x Star Ruby
  • Heaven-on-High
  • Fête Present
  • Zadnor Lockbox

Horde Barding

  • Crafted by Lv. 60 Leatherworker
    • 3x Nidgogg's Scale
    • 4x Eikon Leather
    • 1x Griffin Leather Strap
    • 1x Eikon Iron Ingot
    • 2x Beastkin Horn
  • Heaven-on-High
  • Fête Present
  • Zadnor Lockbox

Orthodox Barding

  • Crafted by Lv. 56 Weaver
    • 4x Ramie Cloth
    • 1x Dhalmel Leather
    • 1x Electrum Ingot
    • 2x Larimar

Lunar Barding

  • Crafted by Lv. 70 Weaver
    • 1x Celestial Kimono Remnant
    • 3x True Linen
    • 1x Silvergrace Ingot
    • 1x Tiger Leather
  • Southern Front Lockbox
  • Zadnor Lockbox

Barding of Divine Light

  • Crafted by Lv. 90 Weaver
    • 1x Crystal of Divine Light
    • 2x Saffron Cloth
    • 1x Thylacoleo Leather
    • 2x AR-Caean Velvet

Achievement Bardings

player standing next to chocobo with black mage barding
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Barding Name

How To Get It

Black Mage Barding

  • Purchase from Jonathas in Old Gridania for 3 Achievement Certificates

Barding of Light

  • Purchase from Jonathas in Old Gridania for 3 Achievement Certificates

Flyer Shaffron

  • Purchase from Jonathas in Old Gridania for 3 Achievement Certificates

Wild Rose Barding

  • Purchase from Jonathas in Old Gridania for 3 Achievement Certificates

Sovereign Barding

  • Achieve 'Leaving a Good Impression IV'
    • Receive 300 player commendations

Plumed Barding

Race Barding

  • Achieve 'Ride to the Challenge I
    • Complete the first 15 Chocobo Challenge races

Eureka and Bozja Bardings

samurai barding in yanxia

Barding Name

How To Get It

Samurai Barding

  • Eureka Pyros - Heat-warped Lockbox

Red Mage Barding

  • Eureka Anemos - Anemos Lockbox

Queen's Guard Barding

  • Delebrum Reginae

Bozjan Barding

  • Zadnor - Zadnor Lockbox

Other Bardings

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Barding Name

How To Get It

Behemoth Barding

  • Purchase A Realm Reborn Collecter's Edition

Gambler Barding

  • Purchase for 20,000 MGP in the Gold Saucer

Mandervillian Barding

  • Purchase for 150,000 MGP in the Gold Saucer

Ishgardian Barding

  • Purchase for 350 Centurio Seals from Ardolain in Foundation

Noble Barding

  • Awarded for winning Square Enix community contests

Round Table Barding

  • Purchase for 15 Heavens' War Helm Fragments from Bertana in Idyllshire

Abigail Barding

  • Silver-trimmed Sack
    • Obtained from the Accursed Horde in the Palace of the Dead
  • Gold-trimmed Sack
    • Obtained from the Accursed Horde in the Palace of the Dead

Machinist Barding

  • Purchase for 1,200 Skybuilders' Scrips in the Firmament
  • Fête Present

Hingan Barding

  • Purchase for 4 Veteran's CLan Mark logs from Eschina in Rhalgr's Reach
    • Purchased for 500 Centurio Seals each from Billebaut in Rhalgr's Reach or Satsuya in Kugane

Chocobo Raincoat

  • Purchase for 800 White Gatherers' Scrips at various Scrip Exchanges

Yojimbo Barding

  • Earned from the Kugane Ohashi Duty

Dancer Barding

  • Purchase for 350 Bicolor Gemstones in Eulmore

Deepshadow Barding

  • Purchase for 350 Bicolor Gemstones in Lakeland

Wolf Barding

  • Purchase for 1,000 Trophy Crystals from Crystal Quartermaster in Wolves' Den Pier

Isle Pioneer's Barding

  • Purchase for 4,000 Seafarer's Cowries on the Island Sanctuary

Mog Station Bardings

chocobo with starlight barding in ishgard

Barding Name

How To Get It

Far Eastern Barding

  • Purchase from Mog Station

Butlery Barding

  • Purchase from Mog Station

Starlight Barding

  • The Starlight Celebration (2013)
  • Purchase from Mog Station

Egg Barding

  • Hatching Tide (2014)
  • Purchase from Mog Station

Eerie Barding

  • All Saints' Wake (2014)
  • Purchase from Mog Station

Paramour Barding

  • Valentione's Day (2015)
  • Purchase from Mog Station

Egg Hunter Barding

  • Hatching-Tide (2016)
  • Purchase from Mog Station

Angelic Barding

  • Purchase from Mog Station

Demonic Barding

  • Purchase from Mog Station

Oriental Barding

  • Purchase from Mog Station (exclusive to China)

Nezha Barding

  • Purchase from Mog Station

Saintly Barding

  • The Starlight Celebration (2019)
  • Purchase from Mog Station

Postmoogle Barding

  • Valentione's Day (2022)

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