Many of the side quests described in this section depend entirely upon your progress in FF9, and in particular your progress within the Chocobo Hot and Cold mini-game. Finally, you can visit Chocobos's Paradise, which can only be reached after you've found all of the Chocograph pieces.įamiliarize yourself with the map above - and then get ready to get into the meat of the Chocobo mini-games in FF9! Chocobo Hot and Cold - the core of the Chocobo Side Quest You'll visit Chocobo's Forest first, later followed by Chocobo's Lagoon, and then the hidden-away - Chocobo's Air Garden. If you're tackling this side quest as you go throughout FF9, you'll visit these forests in a set order piecemeal as you go. You can see the visual version above, a lovely, simple map of the FF9 Chocobo Forest Locations. While we explain how to reach each of the Chocobo Forests in detail below, for the avoidance of any doubt, we figured we'd also kick off this comprehensive guide with a simple map of where to find each of FF9's Chocobo Forests.

Finding Chocographs & Chocograph PiecesįF9 Chocobo Forest Locations - where to find each of the Chocobo Forests.

This guide covers how to get there, though you'll find it also links out to a few separate pages on similar topics.

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This is where you get to meet Mene and his pal Choco. Upon setting out from Lindblum's Dragon's Gate part-way through disc 1 of FF9's sprawling adventure, you can venture off away from your story objective, due east just a little way on foot - and there you'll find the Chocobo's Forest. This Chocobo side quest carries some significant rewards - and it all begins with a little mini-game called Chocobo Hot and Cold. It wouldn't be a true FF with out plenty of Chocobo action, and in Final Fantasy IX, there's a major Chocobo Side Quest that spans a number of different locations and mini-games.

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