Frog catching



Frog Catching is a minigame in Final Fantasy IX. The player must have Quina Quen in the party to play. Frog catching can be played at any Qu's Marsh and requires the player to try to catch as many frogs as possible. Catching frogs powers up Quina's Blue Magic spell Frog Drop, and can yield many rewards. After 99 frogs have been caught the player can battle Quale for Quina's ultimate weapon, the Gastro Fork. Leaving a male and female frog at each marsh ensures that the population will regenerate quickly and leaving a Golden Frog will further boost the rate the frogs will spawn. There can be only one Golden Frog at one time.

Frogs display sexual dimorphism in a number of ways. Female frogs have a black stripe running the length of their bodies, which males lack. Females also have red feet while males have yellow. In addition, females are a slightly lighter shade of green (although this can be hard to distinguish). Baby frogs are genderless. Tadpoles cannot be caught.

Rewards

 * 2 Frogs: Ore
 * 5 Frogs: Ether
 * 9 Frogs: Silk Robe
 * 15 Frogs: Elixir
 * 23 Frogs: Silver Fork
 * 33 Frogs: Bistro Fork
 * 45 Frogs: Battle Boots
 * 99 Frogs: Gastro Fork and battle with Quale

Musical Themes
"Quina's Theme" plays whenever the player plays frog catching.