the latest in FFXI fashion

With every FFXI fan festival in Japan or America, we see a new item to be given out to attendees.  This time, the lucky attendees of Vanafest and winners in the official Vanafest twitter contest received a Chocobo Beret.  Details of what the cap does have been hard to find.

In the latest issue of Dengeki PlayStation, they revealed the secret behind this cute piece of equipment.  First, when you activate the cap, it will turn all of your party members into Chocobo Eggs!  You can’t move around while in this state though.  If you deactivate the costume effect, you’ll be turned into an randomly colored Adolescent Chocobo.  In chocobo raising, this is the stage that comes after the chick stage.

While in the Adolescent Chocobo costume, your movement speed increases.  The longer you stay in the egg state, the faster you’ll be as an Adolescent Chocobo.  The maximum amount of time you need to wait is 30 seconds.

I’m so envious of people that get to wear this adorable hat!  Winners of the twitter contest are being contacted soon but they’ll have to wait until the next version update (supposedly scheduled for March 23rd in Japan) to claim their prize.