Chocobo World Guide

A complete guide to chocobo world

Basics

The basics of the game are simple, you must move Boko to the event squares on the map, beat any enemies in combat and level up to level 100.
The game is not punishing as losing a battle pushes you down to 1HP with all items and levels remaining untouched.
All Items found in the game can be transferred to the main game and some Items can only be found in Chocobo World.

How to play

Chocobo world only uses a few buttons for controls.
The arrow keys move Boko, the ctrl key brings up the menu and the esc key closes the game.

Menu

The menu in chocobo world has 6 sections, each cover a different aspect.

Map The map shows Boko's current location (flashing black square) the event locations (black squares)
Below the map shows Boko's current level and the total gametime.

ItemsThe Item screen shows you how many items you have and in what rank.

Status
The status screen shows Boko's current weapon stats, his current level and HP and his ID number.

Move
The move screen lets you change the move setting. The move setting controls how long it will take Boko to reach an event without player input.

Event Wait The event wait screen lets you choose if you want the game to wait for you to hit ctrl to start an event or trigger them automaticly.

Mog
After finding Mog you get this setting, if you have him set to standby he will help Boko in a fight.

Battles

Battles uses a time counter to decide who attacks, with the number on the left being the enemies timer and the one on the right is Boko’s.
The first timer to reach 0 attacks and then the timers are reset.
By pressing the left and right arrows alternately you can increase the speed your timer decreases.

Weapons

Weapons in Chocobo World decide the amount of damage dealt when Boko attacks, each weapon has 4 different numbers, these numbers are the amount of damage Boko will deal, with one number being chosen at random when Boko attacks to decide the amount of damage dealt.
You can get new weapons from encountering Moomba.

Levels

Instead of experience, after each battle Boko gains a magic stone that is randomly placed on a 3x3 grid and when three line up in a row, Boko levels up.

Events

Events occur whenever you reach a black spot on the map, there are 4 types of event:

Event	Info
Battle	Boko fights a monster
Moomba	Moomba will offer a new weapon to Boko
Cactuar	Cactuar will give Boko an Item
Special	A Special event will occur, see the special event section for more

There is also a random healing event that occurs just by walking around the map, when this triggers, touch a button to stop healing and continue playing.

Monsters

There are four regular monsters and one boss monster in Chocobo World.

Monster	HP	First appearance
Creep	Level/5+6	Level 1
Red bat	Level/5+8	Level 10
Blobra	Level/5+10	Level 30
Wendigo	Level/5+16	Level 70
Demon King	99	Level 100 after Koko kidnapped

Special Events

There are several special events in Chocobo World, all of them can only occur after you reach a certain level.

Event	Level needed	Info
Meet Koko	Level 20	Boko falls in love, allows Rescue Koko event to occur. After Rescue meeting Koko will give Boko another power-up.
Meet Mog	Level 25	Mog joins Boko, when all HP is lost mog attacks the enemy, if not defeated mog leaves and must be found again.
Rescue Koko/Fall down hole	Level 50	Rescuing Koko gives Boko the first power-up and allows you to encounter Koko twice more to increase it again, must have event wait ON otherwise Boko will fall down a hole and lose the chance to get any power-ups.
Watch fireworks with Cactuar and Moomba	Level 75	No special effect.
Koko Kidnapped	Level 100	Koko will be kidnapped allowing the Demon King fight to occur.
Demon King fight	Level 100	Beating the Demon King will give Boko the last power-up if you don’t already have it.

Power ups

Meeting Koko gives Boko power ups, these effect Bokos summon attack in the main game, his attacks are:

Attack	Info
ChocoFire	Bokos default attack
ChocoFlare	Unlocks after first power up
ChocoMetoer	Unlocks after second power up
ChocoBuckle	Bokos ulitmate attack, Unlocks after third power up

Items

Cactuar will give you various items when you see him, each one marked with a different rank, the next few section list each item in each rank.

Rank A items

These are all the rank A items you can get in Chocobo World

Friendship
Aegis Amulet
Elem Atk
Elem Guard
Status Atk
Status Guard
Bomb Spirit
Hungry Cookpot
Rocket Engine
Moon Curtain
Steel Curtain
Monk's Code
Hundred Needles
Three Stars
Ribbon
Dark Matter
Shaman Stone

Rank B items

These are all the rank B items you can get in Chocobo World


Hero
Ultima Stone
Gysahl Greens
Friendship
Tent
Cottage
G-Hi-Potion
G-Returner
Amnesia Greens
Str-J Scroll
Mag-J Scroll
Spd-J Scroll
Aegis Amulet
Elem Atk
Elem Guard
Status Atk
Status Guard
Rosetta Stone
Magic Scroll
Draw Scroll
Gambler Spirit
Phoenix Spirit
Hungry Cookpot
Mog's Amulet
Star Fragment
Samantha Soul
Silver Mail
Diamond Armor
Giant's Ring
Power Wrist
Orihalcon
Force Armlet
Hypno Crown
Jet Engine
Rocket Engine
Steel Curtain
Accelerator
Hundred Needles
Ribbon
"Girl Next Door"
Pet Nametag
Magical Lamp
HP Up
Str Up
Vit Up
Mag Up
Spr Up
Spd Up
Luck Up
LuvLuvG

Rank C items

These are all the rank C items you can get in Chocobo World

Potion
Hi-Potion
X-Potion
Mega-Potion
Phoenix Down
Mega Phoenix
Elixir
Megalixir
Remedy
Remedy+
Shell Stone
Protect Stone
Death Stone
Holy Stone
Meteor Stone
Rename Card
Regen Ring
Turtle Shell
Doc's Code
Ochu Tentacle
Cockatrice Pinion
Zombie Powder
Lightweight
Sharp Spike
Screw
Mesmerize Blade
Fury Fragment
Betrayal Sword
Sleep Powder
Life Ring
Dragon Fang
Spider Web
Coral Fragment
Curse Spike
Black Hole
Water Crystal
Missile
Mystery Fluid
Running Fire
Inferno Fang
Malboro Tentacle
Whisper
Laser Cannon
Barrier
Red Fang
Arctic Wind
North Wing
Dynamo Stone
Shear Feather
Venom Fang
Steel Orb
Moon Stone
Dino Bone
Windmill
Dragon Skin
Dragon Fin
Poison Powder
Dead Spirit
Chef's Knife
Cactus Thorn
Chocobo's Tag
Pet Nametag

Rank D items

These are all the rank D items you can get in Chocobo World

Antidote
Soft
Eye Drops
Echo Screen
Holy Water
Normal Ammo
Dark Ammo
Demolition Ammo
AP Ammo
M-Stone Piece
Magic Stone
Wizard Stone
Screw
Mesmerize Blade
Coral Fragment
Arctic Wind
Dragon Skin
Poison Powder

Exploits and Cheats

This part will be updated when I learn more...

[Marcycle]

- Apparently the Chocobo with ID 211 is OPed. You can recycle "DO OVER" a bunch of times to get that ID, or can just download it from the Chocobo World wiki (tiny mediafire link at the bottom of the page...you'll need to rename the file to "chocorpg.ff8" to make it work with the current savegame file name though)
- When playing manually, if you HOLD DOWN the direction key, you move faster. This may be obvious to other players, but was not obvious to me. I did not learn this until after my chocobo reached lv. 100
- In order to fight the Demon King, you MUST change the movement to 1 , and I think event to ON, and manually hit a dot. You cannot meet the Demon King while the Chocobo wanders on autopilot.

[Marcycle]

- The items are not set in Chocobo World. They are randomized when you send your Chocobo HOME. This means that if you save your Chocobo World game, and send your Chocobo HOME, the items may be different if you load it and then send your Chocobo HOME a second time.
- Yup, there's an exploit. Run both Chocobo World and FFVIII simultaneously, Alt-Tab to FFVIII, Send your Chocobo HOME to collect items, then back to the WORLD, then Alt-Tab to Chocobo World and hit Ctrl twice (bring up the menu, exit menu), then Alt-Tab to FFVIII and repeat to collect the same items a second time. Occasionally, you may screw up and be unable to send your Chocobo back to the WORLD. Not a problem. Just hit DO OVER, HOME, WORLD, then Alt-Tab, bit Ctrl twice, Alt-Tab back to FFVII, and you're good to go.

[Marcycle]

Thx for the guide! I just wanted to add a few clarifications here for future me that was not clear when I first read your guide:
- Ctrl is used for ALL actions in the game. Not only to bring up the menu, but also to enter an event, and to wake up the Chicobo if it's resting/eating/fishing/etc.
- The MOVE option is great if you want the game to auto-play. Move 6 means the Chocobo can wander and hit any event without input. Move 1 means you manually control the direction of the Chocobo at all times.
- EVENT OFF is a great option for auto-playing, but be careful when you approach lv. 50. If you hit lv. 50-51 while EVENT OFF is enabled, you may miss a one-time only event that can only be played if you have EVENT ON
- The loot table is incomplete. There are more items we can get.

[Dragos Drakkar]

Same as Ariga almost 6 years ago, I did not get the final upgrade when beating the Demon King. Still going to wander around to find Koko to see if that does it.

Also, it might be in an old comment or something, but I could not find the Demon King after he kidnapped Koko. I let the game run for more than 12 hours without finding him once. Not sure if it was just bad RNG, but based on a tip I found on the wiki, I set the Move option to 1, and the very next fight was the King. So if anyone else is having trouble finding him, try doing the same and see if that helps you.

[ReaperAbove]

Thank christ you made this simplified for steam users because this mode was originally like for people in Japan people in the US couldn't really play this

[armywannabe]

@Nesmuelm having gotten to lvl 100, I've found it's just RNG, I get as many rank A compared to rank D as in earlier levels

[Nesmuelm]

First time I've played this in a long time.

Does the level/map have any bearing on the rarity of the items that are available from the cactaur dude?

IE will I get more rank "A" items on level 99 vs level 1?

[Rashkavar]

@TimeTurner The only danger of Event Wait Off is your first encounter at level 50. Leave it running and monitor it increasingly as you approach level 50. You'll want to switch it off sometime around level 45-49 - getting 1-5 levels isn't too much time actively playing (running, swapping left and right to speed up the ATB, waking up the bird, and intelligently using the map to go to the nearest event blips saves a LOT of time over AFKing the game) and the reward is at least somewhat worthwhile. After you get that first event at level 50 (you'll get a kiss from a female chocobo that you rescue), you're golden.

[Sharticus:DestroyerOfToilets]

Also, when is it safe to turn Event Wait off so I can leave it running in the background?

[Sharticus:DestroyerOfToilets]

When you get an item from Cactuar, is it just one item, or are there multiple? Because I swear, I got like 4 bags, and when I brought them into FF8, it was like a full page of loot. I'm currently trying to figure out what happened there.