Chocobo forest

The chocobo forest , also known as chocobo woods, is an area in many games of the Final Fantasy series where the player can locate chocobos, large and usually yellow birds that can be used as steeds to traverse the world map.
Typically, a chocobo forest is distinct from normal forest environments. It may appear as a separate patch or hollow area within a larger forest, or as a circular stand of trees in an otherwise unforested region.
==Appearances==
===Final Fantasy II===
The chocobo forest is just south of Kashuan, north of Palamecia, and is the only place where Firion and his allies can find a chocobo. Riding a chocobo enables them to move overland much faster and not get into random encounters.
===Final Fantasy III===
In several wooded areas across the world, the player can catch a yellow chocobo and ride it. There is also a sidequest that consists in riding the chocobo all around the floating continent. Doing so gets the player a reward. The Fat Chocobo can also be summoned inside the forests.
===Final Fantasy IV===
The Chocobo Forests are located in several places, and contain a yellow chocobo to use for transportation on land. The forests also contain a single white chocobo, which restores 500 MP to the party when caught. The Fat Chocobo can be summoned in the forests if the player has a Gysahl Green in their inventory, and the forests also provide a single free Gysahl Green found in the grassy area in the middle of the clearing.
There is a Chocobo Village north of Troia. This is initially the only place where the player can find black chocobos. However, once the player enters the Lunar Whale for the first time, an additional black chocobo spawns in the Chocobo Forest located southwest of Baron and Baron Castle. The player can find three Gysahl Greens if they venture through the hidden pathways in the trees, and they can summon the Fat Chocobo by using a Gysahl Green in front of the four-tile square to the left of the entrance. The clearing itself is shaped like a chocobo.
===Final Fantasy V===
There are two chocobo forests: one on Crescent Island in the first world, inhabited by a black chocobo; and another on the island where Catoblepas is found in the second world, inhabited by a female chocobo that the party cannot ride.
===Final Fantasy VI===
Several forests can be found on the world map, where the player can rent a chocobo from a chocobo stable for a small fee of 100 gil.
===Final Fantasy VIII===
There are several chocobo forests over the world, where the player must catch a chocobo by luring a chicobo out and capturing the parent when it comes looking for it. Once caught, the player can ride the chocobo parent with the chicobo following close behind. The chicobo is Boko, whom the player can send to Chocobo World to amass items and boost its level via PocketStation or in the PC versions (Chocobo World is not accessible in Final Fantasy VIII Remastered).
There are seven forests, each with its own degree of difficulty in a minigame that involves finding buried treasure within the forest grounds. From easiest to hardest, the forests are: The Beginner's Forest, The Basics Forest, The Roaming Forest, Forest of Fun, Forest of Solitude, The Enclosed Forest and The Chocobo Sanctuary.
===Final Fantasy IX===
Chocobo's Forest, located on the Mist Continent, is where the player acquires their chocobo companion and the minigame Chocobo Hot and Cold can be played. The player can purchase Gysahl Greens in the forest and exchange points earned in the Chocobo Hot and Cold game for extra items. After leaving Lindblum for the first time, the player must cross the Ceebell River bridge to get to the forest.
===Final Fantasy XIV===
Chocobo Forest is located in the Dravanian Forelands. It is home to the largest population of wild chocobos in Eorzea, attracting hunters to capture and tame the beasts. The towering caelumtrees that make up the forest provide protection from the dragons that also call the Forelands home.
===Final Fantasy Tactics===
The Chocobo Forest is mentioned as one of the wonders.
===Final Fantasy Dimensions===
In a variety of forests, the player can gain access to the efficiency of riding a chocobo. When the player enters the forest, there are three kinds of chocobos available for capture. By capturing the yellow chocobo, the player can ride on the world map while avoiding monster confrontations.
Capturing a black chocobo grants the ability to fly across the world map, allowing the player to cross rivers and potentially allowing easy travel back and forth between previously visited locations. Capturing the white chocobo yields MP restoration. "Funk de Chocobo" is the theme for the chocobo forests.
===Final Fantasy Airborne Brigade===
FFAB Chocobo Forest FFII Special.png|Chocobo Forest [FFII].
FFAB Chocobo Village FFIV Special.png|Chocobo Village [FFIV].
===Final Fantasy Record Keeper===
The Chocobo Forest was a Daily Dungeon in Final Fantasy Record Keeper, available on Wednesdays during Series 3. The rewards for the dungeons were Gysahl Greens, used in Fat Chocobo's Gysahl Exchange to trade for rare items. Record Synergy and enemies drawn applied to units from Final Fantasy IX.
===Final Fantasy Brave Exvius===
===Other media===
In Final Fantasy XV, when the party leaves Leide after Chapter 2, they talk about Duscae and where they are headed next. Ignis says Duscae has a chocobo forest, likely referring to Wiz Chocobo Post, although it is a chocobo stable.
==Gallery==
FFII NES Chocobo Forest.png|Final Fantasy II (NES).
FFII NES Chocobo Forest WM.png|The Chocobo Forest on the world map in Final Fantasy II (NES).
FFII Chocobo Forest PS.png|Final Fantasy II (PSX).
FFII Chocobo Forest WM PS.png|Chocobo Forest on the world map in Final Fantasy II (PSX).
FFII Chocobo Forest GBA.png|Final Fantasy II (GBA).
PSP FFII Chocobo Forest.png|Final Fantasy II (PSP).
FFII PSP Chocobo Forest WM.png|Chocobo Forest on the world map in Final Fantasy II (PSP).
FFII iPod Chocobo Forest.png|Final Fantasy II (iOS).
FF3Chocobo Forest.png|Final Fantasy III (NES).
FFIII NES Chocobo Woods 1.png|A Chocobo Forest on the world map in Final Fantasy III (NES).
FF4PSPChocoboForest.png|Final Fantasy IV Complete Collection.
FFIV PSP Chocobo Forest 1 WM.png|A Chocobo Forest on the world map (PSP).
TAY Wii Chocobo Forest.jpg|Final Fantasy IV: The After Years (Wii).
FFVIII Chocobo Forest WM.png|A Chocobo Forest on the world map in Final Fantasy VIII.
FFD Chocobo Forest.png|Final Fantasy Dimensions.
FFD Chocobo Forest WM.png|A Chocobo Forest on the world map in Final Fantasy Dimensions.
FFBE Chocobo Forest.png|Final Fantasy Brave Exvius.
==Etymology==
Category:Forests
Category:Chocobo