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First chocograph

Zidane finds his first Chocograph.

A stone slab buried in the forest.

Chocographs (チョコグラフ, Chokogurafu?) are rare stones in Final Fantasy IX that serve as "treasure maps". They guide the player to treasure chests that can only be found when riding on Choco.

Chocographs are found by digging in the minigame Chocobo Hot and Cold played in Chocobo's Forest, Chocobo's Lagoon and Chocobo's Air Garden. There are 24 in total, and they appear randomly at dig sites. Treasure boxes found via the Chocographs contain many rare items, and sometimes transport Choco to Chocobo's Dream World giving him new abilities and color. If the treasure contains a Tetra Master card and the player's card quota is full, the card appears to have been discarded. However, if the player collects all Chocograph treasures, they can reclaim the discarded cards from the Fat Chocobo in Chocobo's Paradise.

List of Chocographs[]

Click on location images to see larger versions. If the location that the Chocograph is found in is listed as Forest (Revisit) or Lagoon (Revisit), this means that the Chocograph only appears there after gaining the Mountain and Sea abilities respectively.

Name Obtained Ability Required Treasure
Streamside Streamside Chocograph menu from FFIX
ChocographLoc01
Forest
FFIX Chocobo Ability Field Icon HD
"Go check where the river meets the ocean. Kupo!"
Between Mountains Between Mountains Chocograph from FFIX
ChocographLoc02
Forest
FFIX Chocobo Ability Field Icon HD
"Go look near the mountains facing the ocean in the southwest side of the Mist Continent."
Uncultivated Land Uncultivated Land Chocograph from FFIX Remastered
ChocographLoc03
Forest
FFIX Chocobo Ability Field Icon HD
"The treasure is buried near a river, kupo, but I don't think it'll be easy to find."
Healing Shore Healing Shore Chocograph from FFIX
ChocographLoc04
Forest
FFIX Chocobo Ability Field Icon HD
  • Choco gains
    Reef ability
"I've seen a beach that looks like this near a city with high winds, kupo."
Abandoned Beach Abandoned beach Chocograph from FFIX Remastered
ChocographLoc05
Forest
FFIX Chocobo Ability Field Icon HD
"There's a beach near a huge dying forest. That might be it. Kupo!"
Cold Field Cold Field Chocograph from FFIX Remastered
ChocographLoc06
Forest
FFIX Chocobo Ability Field Icon HD
"Looks like a very cold place, kupo..."
Forgotten Lagoon Forgotten Lagoon Chocograph from FFIX Remastered
ChocographLoc07
Lagoon
FFIX Chocobo Ability Reef Icon HD
"Kupo! Why not go play in some icy-cold water?"
Faraway Lagoon Faraway Lagoon Chocograph from FFIX Remastered
ChocographLoc08
Forest
FFIX Chocobo Ability Reef Icon HD
"I heard there is a long stretch of reef... That might be it, kupo."
Abandoned Lagoon Abandoned Lagoon Chocograph from FFIX Remastered
ChocographLoc09
Lagoon
FFIX Chocobo Ability Reef Icon HD
"I hear there's a sunken treasure near a peninsula in the southern part of the Outer Continent, kupo."
Bird's-eye Lagoon
ChocographLoc10
Forest
FFIX Chocobo Ability Reef Icon HD
"There are so many small islands surrounding the Mist Continent, kupo!"
Small Beach Small Beach Chocograph from FFIX
ChocographLoc11
Forest
FFIX Chocobo Ability Reef Icon HD
"It's a beach on a small island! A great place to vacation, kupo."
Dawn Lagoon Dawn Lagoon Chocograph from FFIX Remastered
ChocographLoc12
Lagoon
FFIX Chocobo Ability Reef Icon HD
  • Choco gains
    Mountain ability
"It's near a city where the night never ends."
Forbidden Forest Forbidden Forest Chocograph from FFIX Remastered
ChocographLoc13
Forest (Revisit)
FFIX Chocobo Ability Mountain Icon HD
"The forest lies where many mountain ranges merge, kupo!"
Green Plains Green Plains Chocograph from FFIX Remastered
ChocographLoc14
Forest (Revisit)
FFIX Chocobo Ability Mountain Icon HD
  • Choco gains
    Sea ability
"There are treasures on the high plains too, kupo!"
Dusk Plains Dusk Plains Chocograph from FFIX Remastered
ChocographLoc15
Lagoon
FFIX Chocobo Ability Mountain Icon HD
"What a beautiful sunset, kupo!"
Forgotten Plains Forgotten Plains Chocograph from FFIX Remastered
ChocographLoc16
Forest (Revisit)
FFIX Chocobo Ability Mountain Icon HD
"The long peninsula sort of points to the location of the treasures, kupo."
Sea at Dusk Sea at dusk Chocograph from FFIX Remastered
ChocographLoc17
Lagoon (Revisit)
FFIX Chocobo Ability Sea Icon HD
"There must be more treasures deeper in the ocean."
Ocean Ocean Chocograph from FFIX Remastered
ChocographLoc18
Lagoon (Revisit)
FFIX Chocobo Ability Sea Icon HD
"Look carefully! There's a small reef, kupo."
Cold Lagoon Cold Lagoon Chocograph from FFIX Remastered
ChocographLoc19
Forest (Revisit)
FFIX Chocobo Ability Sea Icon HD
"What a complicated cove. The water looks very cold, kupo."
Mist Ocean Mist Ocean Chocograph from FFIX Remastered
ChocographLoc20
Find all six Chocograph Pieces in the Forest and the Lagoon
FFIX Chocobo Ability Sea Icon HD
  • Choco gains
    Sky ability
"Look around the small islands located in the northeastern shore of the Mist Continent."
Outer Island Outer Island Chocograph from FFIX Remastered
ChocographLoc21
Air Garden
FFIX Chocobo Ability Sky Icon HD
"Kupo. It isn't a very big island."
Outer Island 2 Outer Island 2 Chocograph from FFIX Remastered
ChocographLoc22
Lagoon (Revisit)
FFIX Chocobo Ability Sky Icon HD
"I think there's a desert nearby, Kupo."
Fairy Island Fairy Island Chocograph from FFIX Remastered
ChocographLoc23
Air Garden
FFIX Chocobo Ability Sky Icon HD
"There's a mountain in the middle of the island."
Forgotten Island Forgotten Island Chocograph from FFIX Remastered
ChocographLoc24
Air Garden
FFIX Chocobo Ability Sky Icon HD
"What a strange shape for an island, Kupo."

Chocograph Pieces[]

Chocobo Air Garden-location map

Chocobo's Air Garden locations on the world map.

Chocograph Pieces hint at the locations of the Chocobo's Air Garden on the world map. They become progressively available as the player meets certain requirements and, unlike Chocographs, are not assigned to a specific place, meaning that any Chocograph Piece can be dug up in either the Forest or the Lagoon. The writings on them, which are attributed to Cid Fabool I, appear in a predetermined order: thus, the first Chocograph Piece uncovered by the player will always display the first hint shown in the table below, the second Piece will display the second hint, and so on.

Piece Requirements Hints
Chocograph Piece 1 No special requirements There...danger in the sky. If you dar...to face it, use this rec...to find your way.
Chocograph Piece 2 After unlocking  Reef ability Tho...who do not fear death, find one...the islands in Salvage... See what lies there.
Chocograph Piece 3 After unlocking Mountain ability Courageous one, head southea...on the Outer...to reach Kuentis Peninsula. See what lies there.
Chocograph Piece 4 After unlocking Mountain ability Noble one, head northea...the Mist Continent...reach Alexandria Plains. See what lies there.
Chocograph Piece 5 After unlocking Sea ability and Hilda Garde III Dreamer, Head to the ocean in the center...all continents. See what awaits you.
Chocograph Piece 6 After unlocking Sea ability and Hilda Garde III Cautious one, head to the east of...aways Canyon on the Forgotten Continent... See what lies there.

Map[]

Chocographmap

Other appearances[]

Final Fantasy XI[]

Chocographs are key items used in The Chocobo Hot and Cold Game. The player can use their own personal chocobo to participate after obtaining Tandjana Wildgrass.

Dissidia Final Fantasy (2008)[]

The Chocograph is a special trade accessory that can only be obtained via using the Steiner Friend Card on Battlegen, and is used to create the Excalipoor.

Dissidia 012 Final Fantasy[]

A map detailing the riches of a man who conquered all.

Description

The Chocograph is a special trade accessory that provides +4 Luck when equipped, and can be found in two parts of the Confessions of the Creator.

Gallery[]

Etymology[]

"Choco" is short for "chocobo". The name "chocobo" derives from a Japanese brand of chocolate malt ball by Morinaga, ChocoBall (チョコボール, Chokobōru?). The mascot for this product is Kyoro-chan (キョロちゃん?), a bird who says "kweh".

食う / くう / kuu is a rough way to say "eat", whose volitional casual form is 食え / くえ / kue ("let's scoff 'em down!"), leading to Kweh!

The "graph" suffix, from Greek meaning "to write; to draw; to show; to scratch; to scrape", is used in words such as "photograph" or "cartograph".


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