Male vs Female
Males now have longer head tufts, and accent colors on their tails and chests (left)
Royal Chocobo
If you reach the end of the specialty breeding chain but don't have a Zeio nut, you can obtain a Royal Chocobo instead of a Gold Chocobo! It can't fly, but it has all the other special abilities.
Rider position
The rider's position on a chocobo has been improved.
Village Stable
The chocobo stable will generate in some villages
Village Stablehand
The new Stablehand villager, found in village stables
New GUI
Example of the new GUI stats readout, accessible when you right-click a tamed chocobo with the Chocopedia
Specialty breeds
An example of a white and a blue chocobo, bred under the right conditions—check your Chocopedia!
Transfer owner
You can now transfer chocobo ownership to players via their explicit UUID, allowing offline transfer!
Texture revision
Revised chocobo and item textures
Feeding time
Example of feeding a chocobo to increase its stats
Achievements
Introducing: Achievements!
New random names
This is an example of the new random name generator. Chocobos no longer spawn with names, but you can give them a random name in their GUI.
New foods!
The Gysahl/Loverly/Golden Greens have been replaced with eight new veggies (for healing and increasing stats), and eight new nuts (for breeding). They are human-edible, too!