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Chocobo Hot & Cold

After leaving the Dragons Gate at Lindblum you can head East over land to the Chocobo Forest. Here you will meet a man called Mene and his friend Choco. They are in need of help to reach Chocobos Paradise. This section tells you how this can be achieved...

Your party will not be able to reach certain areas or find some powerful items until you have obtained certain vehicles and Choco has acquired the necessary skills to swim, climb mountains, or fly.

Every time you pay the 60 gil fee to Mene you get 60 seconds to rummage around the forests for items, gil, and chocographs. Whilst riding Choco you push Square to dig, Choco makes a "kweh" sound to tell you how close or far you are from an item Choco makes 4 different "Kweh" sounds to tell you the rough distance from you to the nearest item. This is explained as follows:
Kweh - there is nothing near

Kweh!? - you are quite close to the nearest item

Kwehhh!? - you are very close to an item

K-KWEHHH!!! - you are standing right on one so start digging

For each item or amount of Gil you find, you receive points. If you find four items in one sixty-second game, Mene will add 10 seconds to the clock and double your points for each item found thereafter. If you dig up two items within five seconds of one another, you receive additional bonus points.

Choco's beak level will increase occasionally, depending on the total number of points you've earned. As Choco improves, finding items and digging them up become much easier and faster.

Chocographs
There are certain items buried deep beneath the ground in the forest called Chocographs. Chocographs provide clues to the whereabouts of treasures around the world map. During you're first visit to the chocobo forest it is rather easy to find the first chocograph (streamside). This chocograph allows you to dig up a treasure chest buried on the beach near the river, not far from the chocobo forest.

To use a chocograph to find buried treasure, leave the Chocobo Forest riding Choco. Press the Triangle button to open the Chocograph menu, select the treasure you want to search for, and exit the menu. Now toggle the Select button until the mini-map appears in the lower right-hand corner of the screen. The picture of the treasure's location should appear just above the mini-map. Ride Choco to that location and begin searching for the treasure by pressing the Square button. Choco will make similar sounds as in the "Chocobo Hot and Cold Game" to indicate how near you are to the treasure.

A chocograph also lists the required skills a chocobo must have in order to obtain the treasure shown. The chocograph in your menu will be grey until you obtain the abilities to get that treasure.

Chocobo Abilities
A few Chocographs provide hints about locations where Choco can dig up a "Power Up." In this case, instead of finding treasures, Choco will fall asleep and go to Chocobo's Dream World for a moment.

Here, Fat Chocobo (god of all Chocobos) bestows upon Choco a new ability, which in turn changes Choco's colour. Each color indicates that Choco has attained a new ability. The abilities are cumulative, so Choco will not lose a previously gained ability just because he has turned a new colour.

When Choco turns light-blue he can search light-blue areas of the ocean(reef ability). When he is red he has the mountain ability and can pass mountains and ridges that you couldn't pass before. This also enables Choco to search the high ledges to the left and to the right in the Chocobo's Forest area. A dark-blue chocobo has the sea ability and can cross any part of the ocean. Last but not least is everyone's favourite chocobo, the gold one : this (as in the older Final Fantasies) can go anywhere in the world map but new to Final Fantasy IX they can also fly, with this ability you can access areas even unreachable in the airship.

Chocobo's Lagoon
Continue digging up Chocographs in the Chocobo's Forest until Choco tells Mene that there are no more Chocographs to find. Once the party has a vehicle, pilot the party to the small strip of islands south of the western Forgotten Continent. Land on the island where you see chocobo tracks, and use a Gysahl Green to summon Choco.

Choco must have the REEF ability to travel in the light blue colored water areas to find Chocobo's Lagoon. Ride Choco north across the reefs in this area, curving south until you reach an island with a cave visible in the side, close to the reef. When you see the "?" appear, ride in on Choco. This is Chocobo's Lagoon.

Mene appears and offers to let you search the area for 30 seconds at 30 Gil a shot. With the REEF ability, the light blue colored chocobo can only search the shallow portions of the area. Once he earns the SEA ability, the dark blue chocobo can search the entire area for 60 seconds at 60 Gil. Note that, you must have a red chocobo before you can have the ocean chocobo. To acquire the ocean chocobo, you must return to Chocobo Forest with the red chocobo.

Chocobo Air Garden
After finding all of the Chocographs in Chocobo's Lagoon, Mene indicates that it's time to find Chocobo's Air Garden. The whereabouts of this mysterious place is indicated by the clues inscribed on the back of the six Chocograph Pieces. You must dig up all six of these pieces in the "Chocobo Hot and Cold game." After finding them all, the Chocograph that leads you to the gold-colored chocobo SKY ability immediately becomes available.

Most of the Chocograph Pieces indicate a location on the World Map. Fly to each location with the gold Choco and search for a small black shadow on the ground.

When you find the shadow, hover Choco directly over it and then take Choco up into the sky. Feed Choco a Dead Pepper, which temporarily increases Choco's abilities, to find the Air Garden. After Mene arrives, you can play the "Chocobo Hot and Cold Game" here to find the remaining Chocographs. Search along the two islands floating among the clouds, but don't hop to the other one until you're sure there are no more treasures on the island you're currently on.

Chocobo Paradise
After finding all of the Chocographs and digging up their corresponding treasures, it's time to head to Chocobo's Paradise. You'll need a Dead Pepper, an item you can find while playing "Chocobo Hot and Cold."

Pilot your gold chocobo to the most northwestern part of the World Map, where you'll find a hidden island. There's a forest for Choco to land in and a small mountain nearby. Look for a large crack on the side of the mountain. Move Choco across the ground to the crack, and then open the menu (press the Triangle button) and use a Dead Pepper. Choco will dig open the entrance to Chocobo's Paradise.

Now ride Choco to the right, where he will use the fountain as a springboard to leap up to the high platform. This is where Fat Chocobo presides. At this stage, the Fat Chocobo will indicate that there are still treasures to find on the World Map. Also, you are now able to understand all of the chocobos when they speak. The chocobo seated to the left of Fat Chocobo will give you 99 Dead Peppers. All the rest of the chocobos, including the two near the entrance, provide clues as to the whereabouts of treasures hidden in the world that you can find by using Dead Peppers.

If you've found all of the treasures, Fat Chocobo dictates that Choco must stay in Chocobo's Paradise. He gives you the ultra-rare Fat Chocobo Card, as if it's any consolation. But don't worry, Choco won't abandon his friends. When you move back to the entrance, Choco rejoins you for more adventures!

Chocobo Locations and Treasures
Listed in the following table are all of the Chocographs in the game in
Chocobo Revitalizing Ability
As an added bonus for completing the "Chocobo Hot and Cold" game, Choco can learn to completely restore your party's HP and MP, as well as remove any status abnormalities. All you need to do is visit a beach.

First, find every treasure on the World Map and all of the Chocographs. Then visit Chocobo's Paradise and challenge Fat Chocobo to a card game. When you challenge Fat Chocobo to a card game, he will give you clues to the beaches. It isn't necessary to even play against him, as long as you challenge him.

Ride Choco to a beach and dismount. Then press the Circle button and you will hear a chime. After you repeat this process on every single beach, you will heal your entire party. You can now heal your party completely just by visiting any beach and pressing the Circle button! the order they appear in the Chocograph menu.

Name	Treasures found
Streamside	2 Elixir, 3 Hi-Potion, 4 Ethers, 2 GerminasBoots
Between Mountains	5 Potion, 5 Hi-Potion, 2 Tent, 2 Cotton Robe
Uncultivated Land	10 Antidote, 1 Jade Armlet, 3 Wing Edge, 1Cargo Ship Card
Healing Shore	Chocobo upgrade to light blue Choco
Abandoned Beach	9 Phoenix Pinion, 5 Phoenix Down, 12 Peridot,1 Diamond Gloves
Cold Field	5 Echo Screen, 7 Hi-Potion, 3 Tent, 1 Theater Ship Card
Forgotten Lagoon	8 Gysahl Greens, 5 Ether, 7 Hi-Potion, 1 Dragon's Claws
Faraway Lagoon	37 Potion, 6 Magic Tag, 1 Shield Armor, 1 Gaia Gear
Abandoned Lagoon	6 Soft, 4 Ether, 1 Feather Boots, 1 N-Kai Armlet
Birds-eye Lagoon	8 Potion, 4 Phoenix Down, 3 Ether, 1 Magician Robe
Small Beach	Remedy, 2 Elixir, 8 Rising Sun, 1 Oak Staff
Dawn Lagoon	Chocobo upgrade to red Choco
Forbidden Forest	7 Ether, 2 Elixir, 10 Wing Edge, 1 High Mage Staff
Green Plains	Chocobo upgrade to dark blue Choco
Dusk Plains	12 Phoenix Down, 14 Ore, 1 Kaiser Knuckles, 1 Iron Man Card
Forgotten Plains	17 Ore, 5 Ether, 14 Opal, 1 Demon's Mail
Sea at Dusk	15 Phoenix Pinion, 1 White Robe, 1 Diamond, 1 Masamune Card
Ocean	27 Ore, 1 Light Robe, 1 Whale Whisker, 1 Alexander Card
Cold Lagoon	11 Peridot, 9 Opal, 15 Sapphire, 19 Topaz
Mist Ocean	Chocobo upgrade to gold Choco
Outer Island	21 Amethyst, 16 Garnet, 1 Genji Armor, 1 Ragnarok
Outer Island	2 11 Sapphire, 1 Circlet, 1 Pumice Piece, 1 Hilda Garde 3 Card
Fairy Island	33 Potion, 15 Annoyntment, 1 Holy Miter, 1 Dark Matter Card
Forgotten Island	1 Ribbon, 1 Rebirth Ring, 13 Amethyst, 1 Ark Card

Chocobo secret item(s) locations

Chocograph locations

Here's a few pictures of Chocobo merchandise I have found