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If you go directly north from Lindblum, you will come upon an area called Qu's Marsh. When you enter the marsh, you will see a couple of familiar moogles that can give you help if you need it. Go through the entrance in the tall grass behind the moogles, then go directly north until you reach a small pond filled with frogs. At this lake, you will meet a new character by the name of Quina. Quina can be very valuable further into the game because s/he belongs to a species of Blue Mages called the Qu. The Eat ability allows Quina to obtain monsters' abilities, which s/he can later Use in battle. The catch is that, in order to Eat an enemy, it must be at 25% health or less (during Trance, Eat becomes Cook and can be used on enemies with less than 50% health remaining). The resulting abilities are cast in battle with the Use command. | If you go directly north from Lindblum, you will come upon an area called Qu's Marsh. When you enter the marsh, you will see a couple of familiar moogles that can give you help if you need it. Go through the entrance in the tall grass behind the moogles, then go directly north until you reach a small pond filled with frogs. At this lake, you will meet a new character by the name of Quina. Quina can be very valuable further into the game because s/he belongs to a species of Blue Mages called the Qu. The Eat ability allows Quina to obtain monsters' abilities, which s/he can later Use in battle. The catch is that, in order to Eat an enemy, it must be at 25% health or less (during Trance, Eat becomes Cook and can be used on enemies with less than 50% health remaining). The resulting abilities are cast in battle with the Use command. | ||
Quina will be busy catching frogs when you see her, but you can get her attention by catching one of the frogs in the pond and giving it to her. At that point, another Qu named Quan will scold Quina and convince him/her to go with you to travel the world and try different food. (Talk to Quan to get some interesting info about Vivi if you wish as well). Agree to bring Quina along, and | Quina will be busy catching frogs when you see her, but you can get her attention by catching one of the frogs in the pond and giving it to her. At that point, another Qu named Quan will scold Quina and convince him/her to go with you to travel the world and try different food. (Talk to Quan to get some interesting info about Vivi if you wish as well). Agree to bring Quina along, and head south. | ||
===Frog Catching Game=== | ===Frog Catching Game=== | ||
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Before starting, note that frog ponds are fragile ecosystems. Although frogs occasionally spontaneously join a pond, a breeding pair of frogs more quickly and reliably repopulate. To encourage frog breeding, always leave at least one male and one female in the pond (female frogs have red feet and a black stripe on each side of their body; male frogs have yellow feet and no stripes). Also, golden frogs speed up the breeding process and are no more valuable to catch, so do not keep a golden frog if one is caught. | Before starting, note that frog ponds are fragile ecosystems. Although frogs occasionally spontaneously join a pond, a breeding pair of frogs more quickly and reliably repopulate. To encourage frog breeding, always leave at least one male and one female in the pond (female frogs have red feet and a black stripe on each side of their body; male frogs have yellow feet and no stripes). Also, golden frogs speed up the breeding process and are no more valuable to catch, so do not keep a golden frog if one is caught. | ||
Once you are done catching frogs (remember, leave a few to repopulate for next time), go south to | {{FF9/Blue Magic Start}} | ||
{{FF9/Blue Magic Row| Axolotl| Aqua Breath}} | |||
{{FF9/Blue Magic Row| Gigan Toad| Frog Drop}} | |||
{{FF9/Blue Magic End}}Once you are done catching frogs (remember, leave a few to repopulate for next time), go south again. On your way out of the marsh, walk around a bit to engage a few random encounters, using the opportunity to grab Quina's first couple Abilities. Eating Axolotl teaches Aqua Breath, a water elemental attack on all enemies, and eating Gigan Toad teaches Frog Drop, a special ability that starts out rather weak, but gets more powerful when you catch more frogs in the pond. | |||
==Picking up Blue Magic== | |||
{{FF9/Blue Magic Start}} | |||
{{FF9/Blue Magic Row|Bomb|Mustard Bomb}} | |||
{{FF9/Blue Magic Row|Axe Beak|Limit Glove}} | |||
{{FF9/Blue Magic Row|Carve Spider|LV3 Def-less}} | |||
{{FF9/Blue Magic Row|Serpion|Mighty Guard}} | |||
{{FF9/Blue Magic Row|Hedgehog Pie|Pumpkin Head}} | |||
{{FF9/Blue Magic Row|Vice|Vanish}} | |||
{{FF9/Blue Magic Row|Ironite|Angel's Snack}} | |||
{{FF9/Blue Magic Row|Mandragora |Limit Glove}} | |||
{{FF9/Blue Magic End}} | |||
Though Quina is an adequate fighter for now, the character's real value comes as a caster of strange and useful abilities. To keep her useful, try to obtain abilities from the enemies in each new area. Take this opportunity to pick up abilities from the enemies around Lindblum. | |||
===Lindblum Plateau=== | |||
Some monsters are in Lindblum Plateau Head back to Lindblum through Dragon Gate and up the lift to the middle level. Take the Air Cab back to the Business District and head south onto the plateau outside the city. | |||
Start by running around in a forest until you run into a Bomb, which will teach the Mustard Bomb ability when eaten. As a low-accuracy attack that only inflicts [[../Status Effects#Heat|Heat]], it can be useful against tougher non-boss enemies, who are not smart enough to wait for the effect to wear off. Then in the plains areas, find an eat an Axe Beak (who teaches Limit Glove) and a Carve Spider (who teaches LV3 Def-less). | |||
===Below the mist=== | |||
Return to Lindblum and use the castle lift to go back below the mist. As you continue, keep a look out for Serpions, who teach the amazing protective spell Mighty Guard when eaten (you probably can't cast it yet, but ''be sure'' to grab it now for difficult battles yet to come). Also eat a Hedgehog Pie to learn the Pumpkin Drop attack. Nearer to South Gate, eat a Vice, which teaches Vanish, a spell that administers the [[../Status Effects#Vanish|status effect of the same name]], and eat an Ironite to get Angel's Snack, which for now is just a quick way to waste your precious Remedies. | |||
==Chocobo's Forest== | ==Chocobo's Forest== | ||
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Every so often while playing "Chocobo Hot & Cold", you will find ancient treasure maps etched on stone. When you find your first one, Mene decides to call it a "Chocograph". Chocographs are clues to finding buried treasure out on the world map. With each one comes a small picture, a list of chocobo abilities required to retrieve it (Choco starts with "Field" and can gain others later), and a hint that is sometimes useful and sometimes cryptic. When riding Choco on the world map, press {{psx|T}} to open the Chocograph menu and view this information. When you believe you have found the treasure's location, press {{psx|S}} to have Choco start digging. | Every so often while playing "Chocobo Hot & Cold", you will find ancient treasure maps etched on stone. When you find your first one, Mene decides to call it a "Chocograph". Chocographs are clues to finding buried treasure out on the world map. With each one comes a small picture, a list of chocobo abilities required to retrieve it (Choco starts with "Field" and can gain others later), and a hint that is sometimes useful and sometimes cryptic. When riding Choco on the world map, press {{psx|T}} to open the Chocograph menu and view this information. When you believe you have found the treasure's location, press {{psx|S}} to have Choco start digging. | ||
Here are the chocographs | For a full list of chocographs that you can find in Chocobo's Forest, see the [[Final Fantasy IX/Treasure Hunting|Treasure Hunting]] page. Here are the chocographs that you should try to find at this point in your journey, two you should find and retrieve now and one you should find now to retrieve later: | ||
{| {{prettytable}} | {| {{prettytable}} | ||
! Chocograph | ! Chocograph | ||
! Treasure | ! Treasure | ||
! Mene's Hint | ! Mene's Hint | ||
! Location | ! Location | ||
|- | |- | ||
| Streamside | | Streamside | ||
| | | | ||
* Elixir | * Elixir{{Times|2}} | ||
* Hi-Potion | * Hi-Potion{{Times|3}} | ||
* Ether | * Ether{{Times|4}} | ||
* Germinas Boots | * Germinas Boots{{Times|2}} | ||
| Go check where the river meets the ocean, kupo. (You're hopeless if you can't find this, kupo!) | | Go check where the river meets the ocean, kupo. (You're hopeless if you can't find this, kupo!) | ||
| | | {{yes2|From Chocobo's Forest, go east. When you cross the small bridge, follow the river south to the its mouth. The treasure is on the beach.}} | ||
| From Chocobo's Forest, go east. When you cross the small bridge, follow the river south to the its mouth. The treasure is on the beach. | |||
|- | |- | ||
| Between Mountains | | Between Mountains | ||
| | | | ||
* Potion | * Potion{{Times|5}} | ||
* Hi-Potion | * Hi-Potion{{Times|5}} | ||
* Tent | * Tent{{Times|2}} | ||
* Cotton Robe | * Cotton Robe{{Times|2}} | ||
| Go look near the mountains facing the ocean on the southwest side of the Mist Continent. (Try going somewhere you don't usually go, kupo.) | | Go look near the mountains facing the ocean on the southwest side of the Mist Continent. (Try going somewhere you don't usually go, kupo.) | ||
| | | {{yes2|From Lindblum's Dragon's Gate, travel west, skirting around the mountain to a valley that looks like the chocograph image.}} | ||
| From Lindblum's Dragon's Gate, travel west, skirting around the mountain to a valley that looks like the chocograph image. | |||
|- | |- | ||
| | | Healing shore | ||
| | | | ||
* | * "Reef" ability | ||
| I've seen a beach that looks like this near a city with high winds, kupo. (Kupo! You already know how to call a chocobo, right?) | | I've seen a beach that looks like this near a city with high winds, kupo. (Kupo! You already know how to call a chocobo, right?) | ||
| | | {{no2|This will become accessible after completing Gizamaluke's Grotto.}} | ||
| This will become accessible after completing Gizamaluke's Grotto | |||
|} | |} | ||
