Oritsuru » Final Fantasy IX » Chocobo Hot and Cold

Chocobo Hot and Cold is probably the largest sidequest you can play in Final Fantasy IX. After you are finished with Lindblum near the end of Disc 1, Zidane and party are able to get themselves a chocobo if they are to visit the Chocobo Forest that is on the right side of the bridge on the map outside of Lindblum. There you must follow the scenes where the Moogle tells Zidane how to get the chocobo. After getting the chocobo, you can head into the chocobo forest at any time you wish and play Chocobo Hot and Cold for a mere 60 gil per game.

How does Chocobo Hot and Cold work? It's simple. Each time you pay for a game 60 seconds will be put up on the clock. During these 60 seconds, you must navigate your chocobo through the forest and dig up items. Press the Square button to dig. When you do so, the chocobo will give one of the following:

Kweh - Meaning there is No treasure nearby.
Kweh!? - Meaning You're getting closer to the treasure.
Kwehhh!? - You're very close to the treasure.

When you get a "Kwehhh!?" keep digging around that area until you find the treasure. Depending on what it is, you might have to dig for a few seconds before uncovering it. After you uncover it, you can dig for more treasure until all the time on the clock runs out. For each item you find in the game you'll recieve some points which can go towards getting prizes from the Moogle, you'll also get to keep the items you find. Not a bad deal, eh?

Along with regular items like tents and potions, there are others known as Chocographs. The first time you find one the Moogle will explain exactly how to use them. You can find the locations on the Choco Graph on the world map in the game and if you use your chocobo to dig there, you'll get even better prizes in boxes around the world! However, at first, you won't be able to find the locations of all the treasures on the world map, so make sure to start off simple. For example, if something requires the "Streamside" ability, you won't be able to use the normal, default chocobo to locate the Chocograph.

Power Up!!

As you hunt down Chocobographs you will eventually locate boxes that send the Chocobo somewhere to level up their abilities. When it happens the chocobo will change colors and then have a new ability.

Other Hot and Cold Locations

The Chocobo Hot and Cold location isn't limited to just the Chocobo Forest Area! There are two other locations that you can play the game and dig up items and Chocographs. Chocobo's Lagoon and Chocobo Air Garden. In order to go to Chocobo Lagoon, you'll need a chocobo with the Reef ability, and for the Air Garden, you'll need a Gold Chocobo. Remember, at the Air Garden you'll be able to fight the boss, Ozma, one of the hardest in FF history!

Chocograph Locations

Below are the locations of all the chocographs, the hints the moogle gives, what you get from them, and what chocobo you need in order to reach them. You can click on the thumbnail if you want to see where on the world map you can find the chocoograph!

The abilities are as followed:

F - Field. The normal ability.
R - Reef, able to walk through rivers/shallow water.
M - Montain, Able to walk over mountains.
S - Sea, Able to walk through the ocean and anywhere on the map.
S- Sky, The chocobo is able to fly. Gold Chocobos can only land and start flying in a forest area.

#	Name	Description	Ability needed	Choco color	Items you get	Exact Location
1	Streamside	"Go check where the river meets the ocean. Kupo!"	F	Yellow	2 Elixirs, 3 Hi-Potions, 4 Ethers, 2 Germinas Boots
2	Between Mountains	"Go look near the mountains facing the ocean in the southwest side of the Mist Continent."	F	Yellow	5 Potions, 5 Hi-Potions, 2 Tents, 2 Cotton Robes
3	Uncultivated Land	"The treasure is buried near a river, kupo!"	F	Yellow	10 Antidotes, 1 Jade Armlet, 3 Wing Edges, 1 Cargo Ship Card
4	Healing Shore	"I’ve seen a beach that looks like this near a city with high winds, kupo."	F	Yellow	Chocobo's ability (shallow; color=light blue)
5	Abandoned Beach	"There’s a beach near a huge dying forest. That might be it. Kupo!"	F	Yellow	9 Phoenix Pinions, 5 Phoenix Downs, 12 Peridot Gems, 1 Diamond Gloves
6	Cold Field	"Looks like a very cold place, kupo..."	F	Yellow	5 Echo Screens, 7 Hi-Potions, 3 Tents, 1 Theater Ship Card
7	Forgotten Lagoon	"Kupo! Why not go play in icy-cold water!"	F R	Light blue	8 Gysahl Greens, 5 Ethers, 7 Hi-Potions, 1 Dragon’s Claws
8	Far Away Lagoon	"I heard there is a long stretch of reef.. That might be it, kupo."	F R	Light blue	37 Potions, 6 Magic Tags, 1 Shield Armor, 1 Gaia Gear
9	Abandoned Lagoon	"I hear there’s a sunken treasure near a peninsula in the southern part of the Outer Continent, kupo."	F R	Light blue	6 Softs, 4 Ethers, 1 Feather Boots, 1 N-Kai Armlet
10	Bird's Eye Lagoon	"There are so many small islands surrounding the Mist Continent, Kupo!” "	F R	Light blue	8 Potions, 4 Phoenix Downs, 3 Ethers, 1 Magician Robe
11	Small Beach	"It’s a beach on a small island! A right place to vacation, kupo."	F R	Light blue	4 Remedies, 2 Elixir, 8 Rising Sun, 1 Oak Staff
12	Dawn Lagoon	"It’s near a city where the night never ends"	F R	Light blue	Chocobo ability; Mountain(red)
13	Dusk Plains	"What a beautiful sunset, Kupo!"	F R M	Red	12 Phoenix Downs, 14 Ores, 1 Kaiser Knuckles, 1 Iron Man Card
14	Green Plains	"There are treasures on the high plains too, Kupo!"	F R M	Red	Chocobo ability; Sea(blue)
15	Forbidden Forest	"The forest lies where many mountain ranges merge, Kupo !"	F R M	Red	7 Ethers, 2 Elixir, 10 Wing Edge, 1 High Mage Staff
16	Forgotten Plains	"The long peninsula sort of points to the location of the treasures, Kupo!"	F R M	Red	17 Ores, 5 Ethers, 14 Opals, 1 Demon’s Mail
17	Sea at Dusk	"There must be more treasures deeper at the ocean."	F R M S	Blue	15 Phoenix Pinions, 1 White Robe, 1 Diamond, 1 Masamune Card
18	Ocean	"Look carefully! There’s a small reef, Kupo!"	F R M S	Blue	27 Ores, 1 Light Robe, 1 Whale Whisker, 1 Alexander Card
19	Cold Lagoon	"What a complicated cove, the water looks very cold, Kupo!"	F R M S	Blue	11 Peridot Gems, 9 Opals, 15 Sapphires, 19 Topaz
20	Mist Ocean	"Look around the small islands located in the northeastern shore of Mist Continent."	F R M S	Blue	Chocobo ability; sky (golden)
21	Outer island	"Kupo. It isn’t a very big island."	F R M S S	Golden	21 Amethyst, 16 Garnet, 1 Genji Armor, 1 Ragnarok
22	Outer island II	"I think there’s a desert nearby, Kupo."	F R M S S	Golden	11 Sapphires, 1 Circlet, 1 Pumice Piece, 1 Hilda Garde 3 Card
23	Fairy Island	"There’s a mountain in the middle of the island"	F R M S S	Golden	33 Potions, 15 Annoyntments, 1 Holy Miter, 1 Dark Matter Card
24	Forgotten Island	"What a strange place for an island, Kupo."	F R M S S	Golden	1 Ribbon, 1 Rebirth Ring, 13 Amethyst, 1 Ark Card

Chocobo Paradise

Once you complete the Entire Chocobo Hot and Cold sidequest it's not over! A chocobo dreams of heading to Chocobo Paradise, so you'll need to locate it. With a dead pepper, head to the most Northwestern part of the map. There you should find a hidden island with a mountain on it. Look around for a crack in the mountain. When you find it, use the dead pepper and the chocobo will enter Chocobo's Paradise!

Talk to the Fat Chocobo and you'll recieve the Fat Chocobo Card! Also your chocobo has a healing ability!

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!

MEDIA

Animated Gifs
Artwork
Fan Wallpaper
Midis
Official Wallpaper
Screenshots

AFFILIATES

Creative Uncut
FinalFantasy-XIII.net
Square Haven
Zelda Dungeon

SITE RANK