Zidane finds his first Chocograph.
Chocographs are rare stones in Final Fantasy IX that serve as "treasure maps." They guide the player to treasure chests that can only be found using chocobos.
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 contain many rare items, and even transports Choco to Chocobo's Dream World, thus giving him new abilities and a new 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 Fat Chocobo in Chocobo's Paradise.
Some versions of the game have a bug that let the player access the chocograph that turns Choco into a flying chocobo before the party has access to an airship, resulting in the Gold Chocobo Bug. In the fixed game versions, Mene will tell the player when they can no longer find more Chocographs until progressing further in the game.
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. A treasure location map can be found here
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| Streamside | Forest | "Go check where the river meets the ocean. Kupo!" | Field (Yellow) |
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| Between Mountains | Forest | "Go look near the mountains facing the ocean in the southwest side of the Mist Continent." | Field (Yellow) |
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| Uncultivated Land | Forest | "The treasure is buried near a river, kupo, but I don't think it'll be easy to find." | Field (Yellow) |
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| Healing Shore | Forest | "I've seen a beach that looks like this near a city with high winds, kupo." | Field (Yellow) |
Choco gains Reef ability |
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| Abandoned Beach | Forest | "There’s a beach near a huge dying forest. That might be it. Kupo!" | Field (Yellow) |
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| Cold Field | Forest | "Looks like a very cold place, kupo..." | Field (Yellow) |
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| Forgotten Lagoon | Lagoon | "Kupo! Why not go play in some icy-cold water?" | Reef (Blue) |
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| Faraway Lagoon | Forest | "I heard there is a long stretch of reef... That might be it, kupo." | Reef (Blue) |
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| Abandoned Lagoon | Lagoon | "I hear there's a sunken treasure near a peninsula in the southern part of the Outer Continent, kupo." | Reef (Blue) |
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| Bird's-eye Lagoon | Forest | "There are so many small islands surrounding the Mist Continent, kupo!" | Reef (Blue) |
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| Small Beach | Forest | "It's a beach on a small island! A great place to vacation, kupo." | Reef (Blue) |
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| Dawn Lagoon | Lagoon | "It's near a city where the night never ends." | Reef (Blue) |
Choco gains Mountain ability |
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| Forbidden Forest | Forest (Revisit) |
"The forest lies where many mountain ranges merge, kupo!" | Mountain (Red) |
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| Green Plains | Forest (Revisit) |
"There are treasures on the high plains too, kupo!" | Mountain (Red) |
Choco gains Sea ability |
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| Dusk Plains | Lagoon | "What a beautiful sunset, kupo!" | Mountain (Red) |
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| Forgotten Plains | Forest (Revisit) |
"The long peninsula sort of points to the location of the treasures, kupo." | Mountain (Red) |
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| Sea at Dusk | Lagoon (Revisit) |
"There must be more treasures deeper in the ocean." | Sea (Indigo) |
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| Ocean | Lagoon (Revisit) |
"Look carefully! There's a small reef, kupo." | Sea (Indigo) |
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| Cold Lagoon | Forest (Revisit) |
"What a complicated cove. The water looks very cold, kupo." | Sea (Indigo) |
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| Mist Ocean | Find all six Chocograph Pieces in the Forest and the Lagoon | "Look around the small islands located in the northeastern shore of the Mist Continent." | Sea (Indigo) |
Choco gains Sky ability |
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| Outer Island | Air Garden | "Kupo. It isn’t a very big island." | Sky (Gold) |
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| Outer Island 2 | Lagoon (Revisit) |
"I think there’s a desert nearby, Kupo." | Sky (Gold) |
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| Fairy Island | Air Garden | "There’s a mountain in the middle of the island." | Sky (Gold) |
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| Forgotten Island | Air Garden | "What a strange shape for an island, Kupo." | Sky (Gold) |
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Other Appearances
Final Fantasy XI
Chocographs are key items used in The Chocobo Hot and Cold Game. Players can use their own personal chocobo to participate after obtaining Tandjana Wildgrass.
- Prairie Chocograph - Konschtat Highlands/La Theine Plateau/Tahrongi Canyon
- Bush Chocograph - Jugner Forest/Meriphataud Mountains/Pashhow Marshlands
- Dune Chocograph - Valkurm Dunes
- Coastal Chocograph - Buburimu Peninsula
- Jungle Chocograph - Yuhtunga/Yhoator jungles
- Desert Chocograph - Altepa Desert
Dissidia Final Fantasy
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
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.
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