Black chocobo glitch

280px|thumb|The glitch in action
The black chocobo glitch occurs in the SNES version of Final Fantasy V once the player has access to the black chocobo in the merged world. Landing the black chocobo in the middle of the small grove surrounding the Guardian Tree will make it impossible to retrieve because the player cannot traverse the grove itself on the world map; touching the grove from either side causes the party to enter it, and its exits leave the party on either side of the grove as well. This is a harmful glitch, since the black chocobo is the only way to get to North Mountain and the Phoenix Tower.
The same glitch happens if the player dismounts Boko in the middle of the grove, making him irretrievable. Losing Boko is not as harmful as losing the black chocobo, but it does make the Magic Lamp unobtainable.
The glitch was fixed in the PlayStation and subsequent releases by making it impossible to land the black chocobo or dismount Boko in the grove.
Category:Bugs in Final Fantasy V