Character Bond
 A chao with a high bond with Sonic will be happy being held by him. | |
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Character Bond is how much a Chao likes or dislikes a particular character. This is set up as a value between +100 to -100, with a separate bond value allocated to each playable character (Sonic, Tails, Knuckles, etc.). A Chao is born with a bond of 0 by default at the beginning. However may retain Character Bond after reincarnation.
Chao may react to the different characters that you use, and these interactions can be positive or negative. Its Character Bond value with the character you are using will go up each time you pet, pick up, feed, and give animals or Chaos Drives. Whenever a heart appears resulting from a character interaction, character bond will increase by 1. If the Character Bond is greater than 50, Chao will act favourably towards the Character.
For example, if you always look after the Chao with Tails, and you treat it well, then it will begin to like Tails more than the other characters. It will run up to him and look for attention, come when whistled, look happy when being held, and even draw pictures of him if it owns crayons won from the Onyx race.
On the other hand, if you are very mean to a Chao (either on purpose or by accident), then it will start to despise the character that you used. A Character Bond of less than -50 will make the Chao stick out their tongue at you (making an eb-BAH sound), squirm when being held, and may even attempt to attack the character. Much like how happiness is reduced, throwing the Chao will add -5 bond to the character doing the action, and -30 bond if you hit, attack, drill or jump on the Chao.
It can be a good idea to choose a single Hero character and Dark character to raise your Chao with. This way, the Chao can get used to seeing those two character all the time, making them always feel happy around them. Alternatively, you may also choose to raise Chao extensively with all characters so they do not dislike anyone.