Final Fantasy 8

The Chocobo Forests Guide

Items:
1x Aura Stone, 1x Flare Stone, 1x Shell Stone, 2x Holy Stone, 1x Protect Stone, 3x Meteor Stone, 2x Ultima Stone, 1x Chicobo Card.

Do you know that there are six Chocobo forests found at various regions of the world map? The seventh one is being surrounded by Grandidi Forests and also known as the "Chocobo Holy Region". You could reach there by crossing the shallow waters from the Chocobo Forest found at Trabia's Bika Snowfields.

What is needed to done for this sub-quest?
You needed catch to a "Mother Chocobo" at each forest without needed any help from the "Chocoboy". Next you needed to find an item (Ultima Stone, Meteor Stone, etc.) These items shows that the Chocobo have some affection to Squall it signifies that Squall was like 'one of them'.

Here is the ChocoWhis Menu. You will given a tutorial for 1,000 gil from the Chocoboy. He will typically explains what the Sonar does...

ChocoWhis Menu (Press Square to bring up the menu)

To detect: [Choco Sonar] --> explanation (1)
To catch: [Choco Ziner] --> explanation (2)
Help Me --> explanation (3)
No way, I'm not doing this --> explanation (4)

(1) Choco Sonar
This part of whistle allows you to detect the traces of Chicobos. At the lower right hand corner, you will find a red bar. That's the sonar. It will reacts tremendously to strong signals and you can activate it. Press X to select Chocobo Sonar and hold down the Triangle button and walk around the area... High signals area always produces a high pitch.

(2) Choco Ziner
This part of the whistle allows you to catch the Chicobo. Just after finding the area with the strongest signal... Press Square to activate the menu and press X to choose Choco Ziner. Press Triangle to whistle… A Chicobo will come down. If failed, Squall's ChocoWhis will be stolen. [you will find the Chicobo standing on Squall's head.) If it is stolen, talk to Chocoboy and pay 700 gil for the replacement.

(3) Help Me
This will cause Squall to ask the ChocoBoy to ask for help. You need to pay 1200 gil and the Mother Chocobo will appear. However you can't have that Mother Chocobo to dig for Stones.

(4) No way, I'm not doing this
Quit from the ChocoWhis Menu and do nothing.

Familiar with the Tutorial? Each Chocobo Forests have different requirements and your aim to capture all Chicobos so that the Mother Chocobo will appear. For those whom have summon the Mother Chocobo for the first time, you will be able to name your Chicobo for the Choco World in Pocketstation. How to load data to your Pocketstation, refer to your manual. During your detection process, you can talk to the Chocoboy and he will give the following options:

A hint - 600 gil
Gyashl Greens 5x / 10x - 3000 gil / 6000 gil
Question - Free, nah 10 gil
Forget It

Here the list of the Chocobo Forest and a Hint:

X- the spot where you can gather the stones.
C- denotes where you find the Chocoboy.

Note: Select Choco Ziner and press Triangle to dig for the stone. "Catch" means that the Chicobos will disappear from the ground.

1. Winter Island near Shumi Tribe
"The Beginner's Forest: Try to find a spot where only 1 falls down."
Item :    Aura Stone     Buy: 1x Gysahl greens
Chicobos: 4              Difficulty: Beginners
 ___________________
|             X     |  1,2 & 3 - Catch 3 Chicobos at same time.
|      4            |  
|           (2)     |  4  - The last Chicobo, talk to it press 'X' 
|                   |       only if Chicobos positioned 1,2 & 3 are not 
| C       (3) (1)   |       around, the Chicobo will call out 'Mother 
|                   |       Chocobo'
|____     __________|   
    /    /

2. Sorbald Snowfield north-west from Trabia Garden "The Basic Forest: You have to blow the whistle twice." Item: Flare Stone Buy: 1x Gysahl greens Chicobos: 5 Difficulty: Beginners _________________ | | (1&2)- Catch 2 Chicobos at same time first catch | (2) [4] | [3&4]- Catch 2 Chicobos at same time in 2nd catch | | 5 - Last Chicobo, talk to it only after Chicobos | 5 | at position 1,2,3 and 4 are not around, and | X | only after you found all spots. | (1) [3] C | | | |_____________ | \ \

3. Bika Snowfield east from Trabia Garden "The Roaming Forest: Be careful where the (sonar) reacts." Item: Shell, Holy Stone Buy: 5x Gysahl greens Chicobos: 4 Difficulty: Intermediate __________________ | X | 1 - Catch 1 Chicobo for the 1st catch | (3) | (2&3) - Catch 2 Chicobos at same time, 2nd catch | | 4 - catch 1 Chicobo last catch, talk to it | 1 | only, when Chicobos position at 1, 2 and 3 | C (2) | are being captured. | | |______ ________| / / | | | | \ \ \ 4 \

4. Nectar Peninsula north from Centra Ruins "The Forest of Solitude: Search carefully were the (sonar) reacts." Item: Protect, Meteor Stone Buy: 5x Gysahl greens Chicobo: 1 Difficulty: Intermediate ____________________ | | 1 - Look at the screen it aligned to the | 1 | head of the chocoboy walk slowly and | | watch at the Sonar for intensive reaction. | | talk to it to call for 'Mother Chocobo' and | CX | the stone is located at the feet of the | | Chocoboy press 'Square' try to play cards |_______ _______| and move him away to the location of the \ \ Stone.

5. Lenown Plains north from Edea's House "The Forest of Fun: Chocobowling with 4 bottles, 1 ball." Item: Meteor, Flare and Ultima Stone Buy: 10x Gysahl greens Chicobos: 5 Difficulty: Expert __________________ | X | (1&2) - Catch 2 Chicobos at same time first catch | | [3&4] - Catch 2 Chicobos at same time second catch | *d 5 | 5 - Catch 1 Chicobo last time | (1)a | * - After 5 Chicobos are "captured", call for | c [3] | a Chicobo here and then call (2) to release |(2) b [4] | the Chicobos behind. |___ __________| a, b, c and d - The exact locations to catch the / / Chicobo in order

6. Talle Mountains west from Cactuar Island "The Enclosed Forest: Collect on outer side, then go in." Item: Meteor, Holy & Ultima Stone Buy: 10x Gysahl greens Chicobos: 5 Difficulty: Expert _________________ | 3 4 | (1&2) - Catch 2 Chicobos in 'a' location 1st catch | | 3 - Catch 1 Chicobo and Chicobo #2 will leave | (1) 5 X | then, Catch Chicobo #2 again in 'b'. Be | b | careful and did not to catch Chicobo #5 | (2) | 4 - You can only catch him stable if you | C | done the step above | | 5 - catch only if Chicobos 1, 2, 3 & 4 are |_a __________| already caught, then Chicobo #3 will call / / for Chicobo #5, talk to #5 and it will call for the "Mother Chocobo" a, b - specified spots on where to catch the Chicobos

Now head to the Chocobo Holy Area and you will be able find all the Mother Chocobos and you will be able to view the Chocobo Dance [quite similar to "Waltz Moon" (the dancing theme at ball.)]. Check the Chicobo and it will give Squall, the Chicobo Card.

Not enough Gyshal Greens? Here is a method. Talk to the Chicobo and you will get a Gyshal Greens and at the same time, it will snatched away 600 gil! Exit and re-enter the Chocobo Holy Region and you will have the same sequence. In this way, you can also replenish your supplies regarding the Gyshal Greens

Controls

X: Disembark from Chocobo. NOTE: the Chocobo will run away immediately after you have leave it.

D-Pad: Move the Chocobo. NOTE: Normal Chocobos can't cross oceans and mountains unless special type Chocobos, not sure whether they exist in the game or not. Chocobo can cross shallow rivers, you find pebbles…

Select: World Map [Spot View, Small World Map, Main World Map]

Pocketstation: Choco World
At last, someone in this world has provided me information on the Pocketstation. Here is the list of information on this special PDA. I myself do not own a Pocketstation (well, I have a tight budget..), if you have any inquiries, just contact Zane Merrit.

Here are the list of special items that can only be found in Pocketstation:

Friendship - summon Moomba into battles...
Mog's Amulet - Allows GF to learn the MiniMog Command.

 ______________________
|      __      __      |  Well here is an ASCII art of the PDA. It is 
|     /  |====|  \     |  white in colour. Looks cute ^_^; It is an egg
|    |   ______   |    |  shaped structure and has five buttons. XX 
|    |  ||XXXX||  |    |  refers to the screen. Thanks to Zane Merritt
|    |  ||XXXX||  |    |  whom has sent three good pictures of the PDA!
|    |  ||XXXX||  |    |  This is an enlarged view of the Pocketstation.
|    |\----------/|    |  He also send me a picture of Ko-Mogri with 
|    |  []     _  |    |  the words "STANDBY" and "SLEEP"
|    |[]  []  [_] |    |  Well hopefully that I can get more help 
|    |  []        |    |  from more contributors on the Pocketstation! 
|    |\          /|    |  
|    | \  SONY  / |    |  If you have any questions on the PDA, e-mail
|    |__\______/__|    |  to Zane Merritt at inverse@ignmail.com
|______________________|

Controls of the Pocketstation

[2] ___ [1] [3] | 5 | [4] |___|

Button No.1: Moves Boko [the Chicobo that you are playing as] fast to the west and cycles through the menu.

Button No.2: Moves the Chicobo fast to the north and selects the menu options.

Button No.3: Moves the Chicobo fast to the east and cycles through the menu.

Button No.4: Moves the Chicobo fast to the south and selects the menu options.

Button No.5: Brings up the menu when being held for a while, allows you to the Chocobo RPG [it also save your game automatically]

Basic information...
You can get the remaining GF MiniMog and the Moomba from the Choco World. To begin the RPG, you must get the Chocobo from the Chocobo Forest [where you will be able to name the Chocobo!]. These summons cannot be used, unless the Choco World is loaded from the Pocketstation (the top command in the Choco World menu must be selectable for them to be used)

Enhanced Chocobo attacks?
Choco Flare
When playing the Choco World, level up to Level 50 and you will come to an event where Boko [the Chocobo that you are playing] save a female Chocobo. Afterward, it will say "Power Up" in FF8. Whenever you use the Gyashl Greens, the Chocobo will use Choco Flare instead of Choco Fire

Chocobo Meteor
First of all you need to do this:

You must get to Level 100
One of the first events, you'll run into a female Chocobo [the one which you have saved previously] and that Chocobo has been kidnapped by a wizard.
Run around a lot and after MANY, MANY battles, you will eventually run into the wizard. Kill the wizard and the female Chocobo will thank you and then leave the screen.
Run around a lot more and after many events, you meet up the female Chocobo again and Boko will receive a kiss from the female Chocobo and "POWER UP"

Chocobuckle
Same as the Chocobo Meteor. It is just after that you have gotten Chocobo Meteor. It does an outstanding of 5-digit damage!

Getting the MiniMog summon...
In order to get the MiniMog summon, you must rescue one of the Mogs in the Choco World. Once you do this when you load the Choco World data back into FF8, you will find a GF icon-based "Mog's Amulet Charm". Use this to a GF and the GF will learn the battle command "MiniMog" Use this in battle and you will summon the MiniMog and it will use "Mog's Dance" (which heals about 1,500 HP to all GFs that are equipped to the battling characters.)

Getting the Moomba summon...
You need to get an A-class item [Friendship]. For more information, contact Steven Bruck or Zane Merrit to get it.

Note: This summon will only works if, when you load the Choco World data into FF8 game and also applies if the MiniMog is in the standby position instead of sleeping.

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