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In the latter half of the game (Discs 2 and 3) it's possible to rent chocobo stables, breed chocobos, and use your own chocobos in Golden Saucer Chocobo Square racing. The earliest point in the game when this is possible is right before getting the third and fouth [[../Huge Materias]].
In the latter half of the game (Discs 2 and 3) it's possible to rent chocobo stables, breed chocobos, and use your own chocobos in Golden Saucer Chocobo Square racing. The earliest point in the game when this is possible is right before getting the third and fouth [[../Huge Materias]].


Only with special colored chocobos you can reach the four [[#Materia caves]].
The special abilities of these Chocobos allow to access Materia caves, which is the only way to get some rare materia.  


==To do nothing, press 'O'==
== Special abilities and advantages ==
There are four special Chocobos:
* Blue Chocobos  - able to cross rivers
* Green Chocobos - able to cross mountains
* Black Chocobos - able to cross rivers and mountains
* Gold Chocobos  - able to cross rivers, mountains and sea


On the PS version, if you have used the configure screen to swap the {{psx|C}} and {{psx|X}} buttons, the chocobo stable will be unusable: every time it tells you to press {{psx|C}}, pressing {{psx|C}} will cancel out of the screen, whereas pressing {{psx|X}} will do nothing.
A gold Chocobo will also allow you to get Vincent Valentine's Level 4 Limit Break before you get the submarine, and in turn see the secret "Lucrecia scene". As well as that, you can access the Ancient Forest near Cosmo Canyon before defeating Ultimate Weapon. This area is full of great weapons, as well as the Slice-All materia.


So, go swap your buttons back until you've left the chocobo stable.
You'll spend a lot of time racing Chocobos if you intend to get a Gold Chocobo. Luckily, this is not only enjoyable, but by the time you get to B/A class you're getting more GP a race than you could get in an hour in Wonder Square. This will allow you to get some of the rare items available from the women in Wonder Square.


==Advantages==
=== Materia caves ===
There are 4 special Chocobos:
These four small areas with four great prizes are probably the main reason for breeding chocobos.
* Green Chocobos - able to cross mountains
* '''Quadra Magic''' (blue): found on an island to the east of Chocobo Billy's Farm. You must have a river Chocobo (''2nd generation'') to reach it.
* Blue Chocobos  - able to cross rivers
* '''Mime''' (yellow): found on Wutai Island, on the eastern edge south of Wutai's northern peninsula. You must have a mountain Chocobo (''2nd generation'') to reach it.
* Black Chocobos - able to cross rivers and mountains
* '''HP <-> MP''' (purple): found in the cave north of North Corel (the ropeway station). You must have a black Chocobo (''3rd generation'') to reach it.
* Gold Chocobos  - able to cross rivers, mountains and sea
* '''[[Final Fantasy VII/Summon Materia#Knights of Round|Knights of Round]]''' (red): found on Circle Island, an uncharted island in the northeast part of the world map. You must have a gold Chocobo (''4th generation'') to reach it. This summon monster can inflict up to 129,987 points of damage!


The special abilities of these Chocobos allow to access Materia caves which is the only way to get some rare materia. You gain Mime from the cave south of Wutai, Quadra Magic near Mideel, HP&lt;-&gt;MP switch near Coral and  the most powerful materia on the game, Knights of the Round. This summon monster can inflict up to 129,987 points of damage!
== To do nothing, press 'O' ==


A gold Chocobo will also allow you to get Vincent Valentine's Level 4 Limit Break before you get the submarine, and in turn see the secret 'Lucrecia' scene. As well as that, you can access the Ancient Forest near Cosmo Canyon before defeating Ultimate Weapon. This area is full of great weapons, as well as the Slice-All materia.
On the PS version, if you have used the configure screen to swap the {{psx|C}} and {{psx|X}} buttons, the chocobo stable will be unusable: every time it tells you to press {{psx|C}}, pressing {{psx|C}} will cancel out of the screen, whereas pressing {{psx|X}} will do nothing.


You'll spend a lot of time racing Chocobos if you intend to get a Gold Chocobo. Luckily, this is not only enjoyable, but by the time you get to B/A class you're getting more GP a race than you could get in an hour in Wonder Square. This will allow you to get some of the rare items available from the women in Wonder Square.
So, go swap your buttons back until you've left the chocobo stable.


==Catching Chocobos==
== Catching Chocobos ==
Firstly, to catch Chocobos you will need to have the Chocobo Lure materia equipped. You can buy this from Choco Billy at the Chocobo ranch. To improve your chances, level up your Chocobo lure materia as much as possible, and try to get your luck stat as high as possible using Luck Plus materia and the Amulet accessory, which you can purchase at Mideel before it is devastated by lifestream.
Firstly, to catch Chocobos you will need to have the Chocobo Lure materia equipped. You can buy this from Choco Billy at the Chocobo ranch. To improve your chances, level up your Chocobo lure materia as much as possible, and try to get your luck stat as high as possible using Luck Plus materia and the Amulet accessory, which you can purchase at Mideel before it is devastated by lifestream.


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You can Sylkis it too, even if it won't grow much as a result. It should be pretty easy to get to S class with it or even win in S class. But if you can't stand listening to the race music any more times, try going treasure hunting. A lot of cool materia caves await you.
You can Sylkis it too, even if it won't grow much as a result. It should be pretty easy to get to S class with it or even win in S class. But if you can't stand listening to the race music any more times, try going treasure hunting. A lot of cool materia caves await you.
==Materia caves==
These four small areas with four great prizes are probably the main reason for breeding chocobos.
* '''Quadra Magic''' (blue): found on an island to the east of Chocobo Billy's Farm. You must have a river Chocobo (''2nd generation'') to reach it.
* '''Mime''' (yellow): found on Wutai Island, on the eastern edge south of Wutai's northern peninsula. You must have a mountain Chocobo (''2nd generation'') to reach it.
* '''HP <-> MP''' (purple): found in the cave north of North Corel (the ropeway station). You must have a black Chocobo (''3rd generation'') to reach it.
* '''[[Final Fantasy VII/Summon Materia#Knights of Round|Knights of Round]]''' (red): found on Circle Island, an uncharted island in the northeast part of the world map. You must have a gold Chocobo (''4th generation'') to reach it.




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