Table of contents
- Things you'll need and how to get them.
- How the quality of a chocobo is determined.
- How to obtain a Mountain Chocobo (Green).
- How to obtain a River chocobo (Blue).
- How to obtain a river- mountain chocobo (black.
- How to obtain an ocean chocobo (Gold).
Chocobo racing tips.
Things you'll need:
- 3 Carob nuts
- 1 Zeio nut
- Lots of Sylkis greens
- Chocolure Materia
- At least 4 stables
- A golden ticket*
- The air ship
This item is optional but highly suggested.
- Carob nuts: Carob nuts are not sold any where, you must steal them, or win them from Vladorakos, a big monster that kind of looks like a lizard, in the area where bone village is, walk around and you'll encounter him. The other way to get one is to buy it from the wonder square at the gold saucer for 500GP.
- Zeio nuts: The only way to get a Zeio nut is to steal or win it from a goblin. You can find goblins on a forested island to the north east.
- Sylkis greens: The only way to get Sylkis greens is to buy them from the chocosage on the northern continent, you need the airship because it's that place surrounded by mountains with a tiny patch of grass in the middle, along with a little house.
- Chocolure Materia: you have to buy chocolure Materia when you first get to the chocobo farm on the eastern continent, pretty early in the game. There is another one on the third disc at the bottom of the Choco-pen thing.
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- Chocobo stables: You should rent at least 4 stables at the chocobo farm for 10000 Gil each.
- Golden ticket: The best time to get a golden ticket is when you first go to the gold saucer; it saves you a lot of money as time goes on.
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- The Airship: you get the air ship on the second disc as part of the story.
I don't suggest you start raising Chocobos until the third disc because then you don't have to worry about the story a whole lot.
How the quality of a chocobo is determined
The quality of a chocobo is determined by the monsters it's with when you capture it. Here is a list of the seven areas and the monsters that go with the quality.
Area 1: Chocobo Ranch Area
Description: The Chocobos you find here are pretty weak and useless. The only reason to encounter Chocobos here is that they are the only Chocobos that use Chocobuckle. Refer to section 10 on how to get Chocobuckle Enemy Skill attack.
2 Mandragoras
"This one doesn't seem very good"
Poor
1 Mandragora & 1 Levikron
As above
Poor
2 Levikron
"I really can't recommend this one"
Weak
2 Elfadunk
As above
Weak
Area 2: Junon Area
Description: Completely useless. The Chocobos you find here are not good at anything.
2 Capparwire (front-view)
"This one doesn't seem very good"
Poor
2 Nerosuferoth
As above
Poor
3 Capparwire
"Mmmm, this one's not bad"
Fair
2 Capparwire (side-view)
As above
Fair
Area 3: Gold Saucer Area
Description: One of the components for the River and Mountain Chocobo comes from this Area, so watch closely :D
1 Harpy
"This is a pretty average Chocobo"
Average
2 Flapbeats
As above
Average
2 Spencer
"Mmmm, this seems like a good Chocobo"
Good
Area 4 : Rocket Town Area
Description : useless. You can find the same Chocobo you need for the River and Mountain Chocobo in Mideel, where you also gain more EXP and AP.
1 Velcher Task & 1 Kyuvilduns
"This Chocobo's so-so"
Mediocre
2 Velcher Task
As above
Mediocre
2 Valron
"This is a great Chocobo"
Great
2 Kyuvilduns
As above
Great
Area 5 : Wutai Area
Description : Completely useless. You might want to control Razor Weeds to gain the Magic Hammer Enemy Skill, but this doesn't concern Chocobo hunting :D
3 Tail Vault
"This is a pretty average Chocobo"
Average
2 Tail Vault (front-view)
As above
Average
2 Tail Vault (side-view)
"Mmmm, this one's not bad"
Fair
3 Razor Weeds
As above
Fair
Area 6 : Mideel Area
Description : One of the components for the River and Mountain Chocobo comes from this Area, so watch closely :D
3 Headhunters
"Mmmm, this one's not bad"
Fair
2 Headhunters
As above
Fair
1 Spiral
"This is a great Chocobo"
Great
2 Spirals
As above
Great
Area 7 : Icicle Area
Description : It's the only area where you can hope to find the components for the Gold Chocobo...
2 Bandersnatch
"I really can't recommend this one"
Weak
1 Bandersnatch & 1 Jumping
As above
Weak
1 Jumping
"This... is a wonderful Chocobo!"
Wonderful
2 Jumping
As above
Wonderful
How to obtain a Mountain Chocobo (Green)
