Dark/Run-raised chao turns into Dark/Swim? Help!

[WinterZephyr]

So I've been trying to raise a Dark/Run baby chao so when it "evolves" I can get a Shadow-esque chao. But even with its run at lvl 35 (and its swim is only at lvl 7) it keeps on changing into an adult Dark/Swim. Any ideas what's going on and how I can fix this so I can get my Shadow chao? :/

[Coffeefox]

You need to give it a lot of run animals before it evolves. Run animals are Warthogs, cheetahs, and Rabbits. Nothing else. Mythical (Dragon, Unicorn, Phoenix) and ghost animals (skel-dog, bats, half-fish) turn it into a random type. Remember, you can fix animal parts and stats after it transforms. Its that first transformation that matters.

[WinterZephyr]

I usually use just chaos drives to avoid the unwanted animal parts (I believe the skeleton dogs remove the animal parts though, right?), shouldn't the chaos drives do the same thing as the animals and evolve them to the highest stat type the chao has?

[Coffeefox]

Yes, Skeldogs do remove animal parts. But evolution type (as I understand it) is not based on stats, but rather the type of animals the Chao has been playing with recently. All the animals fit into different categories. I havent worked much with Chao drives though, so I couldnt tell you how they work. They also might assign a random type. Or, maybe you gave it yellow drives just before it evolved?

[Gnollmar]

It evolves from stats, take it from one with 2000+ hours on gamecube and 4S'es + 1A ^^ But as he before you said, animals tend to effect it more than drives do, 30+ and no other stat makes it into a stat chao, if it has other stats 13+ then you need around 40-50 in main stat. This is from chao drives though, different animals makes the stat go up more, so if you for example give bats to get rid of legs, well, you would need more run drives ^^ When you need animals though, is when you want chaos chao's, 2 times dead + 1 of each animal, (nort one more) and let him become adult, makes him invincible. After 2 deaths he would have better stats from 2 evolutions though, can also choose to keep ressurecting him and use for breeding, best way for good stats :)

[Gnollmar]

ah, also the good ol chao drive exploit still works, it still just as hard to do as before though, but i get about twice what i farm. Oh, and best map to farm chao drives is number 1 on dark side, best for rings is number 1 on hero side.

[WinterZephyr]

Oh yes, the chaos drive exploit <3 Is that the one where you drop the drive right in front of the chao and the chao gains the stat but the chaos drive remains? I assume so.
Usually I use Tails' first level at Prison Island for farming chaos drives though, rings is the 1st level for Sonic for me as well.
But thanks, I'm going to try and give my Chao some run animals and see if anything changes. At some point I'll want to make myself a Chaos Chao too (and the devil equal to it...i don't remember if there's a hero version?)...but that's in the future :D

[Gnollmar]

One of all three of them, though lotsa of work, and i am more of a all S'es breeder :P

[WinterZephyr]

Alright. I looked at that helpful Chao Island website...I hope to own one (or all of those) one day. :P
But thanks a lot, Coffeefox! The animal trick did work--I gave my chao a lot of run animals and it sucessfully transformed into a Dark/Run type! :D

[Coffeefox]

Congrats! It's rewarding, isnt it? :D