Tchita Uplands The Tchita Uplands ( ) is a location in the land of Ivalice in " Final Fantasy XII " . The landscape is grassy , and the weather is often rainy . Old ruins are scattered around the Uplands , often inhabited by Malboro Overking s . Some wealthy Archadia ns who are afraid of the Mandragoras in the Sochen Cave Palace camp out in the Uplands and give the party a key to access the place . Location . The Tchita Uplands are located between the Phon Coast and the Cerobi Steppe , and have a passageway to the Sochen Cave Palace . To cross to Cerobi Steppe , the player must ride a chocobo over the Uplands all the way from Phon Coast . There is also an area called Tchita Downs , where apparently the finest chocobos are bred . A family of chocobo breeders live here and have been breeding chocobos for generations . A couple of these chocobos can be seen before Vayne ' s speech at Rabanastre ; two white pedigree paraders that costs ten of thousands of gil . It is not clear where Tchita Downs is exactly located . Weather . Tchita Uplands has three different weather conditions : The weather is either sunny or cloudy / rain . When the weather is cloudy / rain , the weather can change when zoning between the areas within the Uplands . The best chance of cloudy / rain weather is when entering the Uplands from the Phon Coast . During rain , Fire attacks deal half damage , and Lightning attacks ' power is boosted . Earth Elemental comes out during cloudy weather in Realm of the Elder Dream and Sundered Earth areas . The Mark Lindwyrm appears only during cloudy weather in Garden of Life ' s Circle . Treasures . Tchita Uplands is a unique area what it comes to treasures , and many players may have played through the game multiple times without ever having come across a treasure on the Uplands . The Uplands does have treasures , but only one treasure spawns per area , and the spawn rates are among the lowest — mere 10 % chance per entry . All of the treasures have a chance of containing equipment . All the treasures have 10 % chance to spawn , and when they have spawn they have 50 % chance of being either gil or items , and when the treasure is items , it has 50 % chance of being an equipment treasure . The other treasure is either Hi - Ether or a gambit . With the Diamond Armlet equipped the item treasures are 90 % Hi - Ether and 10 % Megalixir , and if the treasure is gil when opened with the Diamond Armlet equipped , the amount of gil is upped to 10 , 000 from the default 2 , 000 . In the Realm of the Elder Dream area the treasure spawns straight to north from the southeast exit , right at the edge of the map . It can have the Maduin Gear . In the Oliphzak Rise the treasure is in along the southwest border of the area and may have the Battle Harness . In the Garden of Life ' s Circle the treasure spawns near the middle of the southern border of the map and may have the Diamond Armlet . In the Lost Way area the treasure spawns on the southern border on the map , near to the exit to Garden of Life ' s Circle . It may have the Armguard . In Uazcuff Hills the treasure spawns on the southern border and may have a Dark Matter . In Sundered Earth the treasure spawns near the exit to Uazcuff Hills and may have the Perseus Bow . In the Highlands the treasure spawns in the west part of the area , a bit south of some ruins , and may have the Shell Shield . In the Fields of Eternity the treasure spawns to the southeast when entering from south , and it may have the Francisca . Quests . ? ? ? Hunt . To the east of The Skytrail , there is an area called Chosen Path with a Gate Crystal and an Archadian Wayfarer next to a fallen bangaa who will petition the party to dispose some mandragoras in the Sochen Cave Palace . This is an unofficial hunt not listed in the Clan Primer , but must be accepted to advance in the main story , as the Wayfarer gives the player the Soulward Key to access the cave palace . The hunt can also be accepted from the boy ' s father in The Nameless Spring area to the south . Talking to the petitioner after completing the hunt earns the player 1000 gil and three Remedies . Defeating the mandragoras also impresses the hunt club in Phon Coast who will let Vaan hunt Rare Game enemies after talking to them after the events in Draklor Laboratory . The mandragoras hunted are Onion Queen , Alraune King , Pumpkin Star , Topstalk and Mandragora Prince . Hunts . The Lindwyrm is a Rank V Mark whose hunt can be undertaken after the events in Draklor Laboratory are complete . The Lindwyrm is located in the Garden of Life ' s Circle area when the weather is cloudy ( no blue sky showing ) , but not when it is raining . If the weather is not cloudy or raining , the player must leave the Uplands completely and return to the zone . The easiest way to do this is zone between the Phon Coast and the Uplands until it ' s either cloudy or raining . If the weather is raining , the player can zone in and out of the area until the weather changes . The hunt is petitioned by Fermon in Old Archades . Rare Game . The Tarasque appears in the Garden of Life ' s Circle area , but for it to appear , the player must chain at least 22 Serpents or Malboro Overking s while in the Uplands . The easiest way to do this is to circle around the Garden of Life , killing all the Serpents ( leaving the Lizard alone ) , then move two areas away ( through Nameless Spring without saving the game , then north to Oliphzak Rise , then back again ) to respawn the Serpents . After chaining the kills , the player can walk near the pond at the northern end of the area , next to the Lizard , and the Tarasque should jump out . The Grimalkin is a Trophy Rare Game enemy that carries a rare item , Coeurl Whisker , needed for Orochi , the second strongest ninja sword . If the player wants to farm the Whiskers , they must not kill the Grimalkin , only steal and then exit , as once killed , Grimalkin , as all trophy monsters , will never spawn again . To find the Grimalkin the player must have spoken to the " Huntmaster " in Phon Coast and defeated Thalassinon , which will trigger the start of the Rare Game quest . Grimalkin then has a 10 % chance of replacing one of the Coeurls in the Uazcuff Hills area of the Tchita Uplands . Zoning out two areas ( most easily done by going east to the Cerobi Steppe ) and checking each Coeurl for the spawn is necessary every trip . The trophy enemy Kris has a 40 % chance of spawning in one of two locations in the Highlands area , east of the Gate Crystal . Both locations are near the two large circular stone buildings . Musical themes . In the original and " International " releases of the game , the " Giza Plains " plays as the background theme for the Tchita Uplands . In the " Zodiac Age " remaster for the PlayStation 4 , the Tchita Uplands will have an entirely new original track composed for its area theme . Both tracks were composed by Hitoshi Sakimoto . Etymology . The word " cheetah " is derived from the Sanskrit word " citrakāyaḥ " , meaning " variegated " , via the Hindi ' चीता ' ( " cītā " ) . A common trait of the " Final Fantasy ' s " enemy Coeurl ( present in the Tchita Uplands ) is the resemblance of cheetahs .