This is a process that will take a lot of money, and a lot of time. Expect to spend at least 2-3 hours before attaining the Golden Chocobo. However, the time is well worth it, because when you recieve a Golden Chocobo, you can attain the most powerful Summon Materia in the game - Knights of the Round. So, if you've got plenty of Gil and have a few hours to spend, let the breeding begin. I recommend you read this ENTIRE document before you start, and you should probably print it out as well.

Additionally, you must be quite far in the game (you must have the airship) before you begin. I find that it helps to wait until much later, because you will have a lot of money.

Buying your Stalls The first thing you need is to purchase stalls (where else are your Chocobos going to stay?). Go to the Chocobo Farm (the easternmost dot on the eastern continent) and talk to the man inside the main house. When you are presented with options, the top option will be to purchase a stall for 10,000 Gil. You need to buy six of them, so keep doing this until you have six.

Capturing Chocobos There are several locations in the world where Chocobos can be found, marked by Chocobo tracks on the ground. However, each set of tracks has a certain type of Chocobo associated with it, so only 3 of the locations are of any use. The Chocobo Types will be covered in a moment. At each of these locations, while you are carrying the Attract Chocobo Purple Materia, you will have a chance of encountering a Chocobo during a random overworld battle. If you do encounter them, kill all of the enemies (make sure you don't hit the Chocobo!) and then the battle will end and you will be riding. Press X to dismount, and then it will ask you what to do with the Chocobo:

Choice
Question:	Send this Chocobo back to the farm?
#1:	Yes
#2:	No

You may capture up to four Chocobos at a time before you must go back to the farm and either keep them or get rid of them.

Chocobo Farm The boy in the farm gives you a huge list of options - here is the translation:

Buy
Ask Questions About...

Food
Mating Chocobos
Chocobos in the pen outside
Taking the Chocobos outside
Chocobo Classes
Never Mind

Put Chocobo in Stable

Put this one in
Let this one go
Pick a different Chocobo

Feed Chocobo - (Choose food, Choose Chocobo, number is amount of food)

OK, feed the chocobo
No, don't feed the chocobo
Pick a different Chocobo

Mate Chocobos - (pick two chocobos, then choose food)

Choose this chocobo
Choose another chocobo
Quit

Let a Chocobo Go
Ride a Chocobo out of the Barn
Never Mind

Chocobo Types When you are selecting Chocobos back at the farm, the way they look determines how healthy and active they are. There are several different types, but only three are useful:

Useless: Standing Chocobos (Standing & Swaying), Bad Chocobos (Walking with head down)
Walking: Head up, walking
Running: Head up, running
Dashing: Head down, running extremely fast

If they are standing still or not moving, simply get rid of them (Second choice)

Selecting Chocobos & Gender When you get a Chocobo of the type you are looking for, choose the first choice to keep him. After you do this, the boy will tell you what gender he is. (We're breeding them, so gender is *very* important). After you select them, he will tell about the Chocobo - in the second line of Japanese characters, the first character is how you determine the gender. If the character is curvy and has a line through it, it is a girl. If the character is all straight lines, it is a boy. After choosing them, you get the opportunity to name them - I also usually put a number on the end of their name denoting what level of Chocobo they are, because you will need to know the level during the breeding process - ie: "Crow2" = Running Chocobo, "Sarah3" = Dashing Chocobo

Chocobo Tracks The locations in which to find the good types of Chocobos are:

Southeast of Golden Saucer: Walking Chocobos
Southern Island (Where Cloud was in a coma): Running Chocobos
Northern Continent (Western Side): Dashing Chocobos

Although these places are the only places you can get these types of Chocobos, not every Chocobo captured there will be the correct type - you will also find some useless ones.

Chocobo Sensei On the northern continent - the one shaped like a Chocobo, oddly enough (: - there is a man who is the Chocobo Sensei. He can sell you the best feed for your Chocobos (feed is covered below). If you talk to the Green Chocobo here you will recieve an "Enemy Special" Yellow Materia. His house is near the center of the continent, and you can find it if you fly directly northwest from Bone Village - it is a house in the snow with a patch of green around it (so you can land).

Riding your Chocobos The second from the last option in the boy's menu (see translation above) is "Ride Chocobo out of Barn". When you do this, you are free to roam the entire world. You can also board your airship as you normally would, and the Chocobo will be with you when you disembark. If you dismount from a Chocobo while you are riding it, it will stay in that place until you go to it again. If you want to return it to the Farm, simply ride it back into the Farm and it will go back to its stall.

Chocobo Racing If you go back to the Golden Saucer, you may race your Chocobos to improve their class and to gain items. The way you race is to go up to the girl on the left side of the Chocobo Racing room, and talk to her. She will ask you three questions:

Choice
Question:	Do you want to race?
#1:	Yes (Select Chocobo to race from list)
#2:	No

Choice
Question:	Are you sure you want this one?
#1:	Yes
#2:	No

Choice
Question:	Which track would you like?
#1:	Short
#2:	Long

After this, you will be presented with a screen where you can find out the stats of your Chocobo and the Chocobos you're racing against. If you have one of the top 2 speeds (or are simply faster than everyone else), you will have no problem. Occasionally there will be a black racer who is incredibly hard to beat, but he won't always appear, so if he beats you just try again. During C and B classes, the computer can probably win for you, but on the A and S classes, it is helpful to race yourself. A handy tip for racing (this lets you win even if you have lower top speed than the other people) is to switch to manual control and hold down R1 & R2 & Square. This will make you run faster, and it will keep your dash meter at a constant.

Each Chocobo starts as class "C". To advance your class, you must take 1st place in three races (it does not matter which course you use). There are four classes - in order, they are: "C" - "B" - "A" - "S". Each time you advance a class the other racer's abilities increase as well.

To increase their top speed and stamina, you need to feed them. Feed can either be bought from the Chocobo Sensei, or from the boy in the barn. The Chocobo Sensei's food is much more effective (and expensive) though. Basically, stuff your Chocobos full of food to increase your stamina and top speed. The Top Speed has a limit, but you should be able to use a Dashing Chocobo and simply feed him and take him to the "S" class.

Now that I've covered the basics, here is how you breed different kinds of Chocobos. The first two kinds that you can get are Green & Blue. Green Chocobos can run over any mountain in the game, and Blue can run over any river - thus making them extremely useful for accessing some items.

To breed them, you need four Chocobos - a male & a female Walking Chocobo, and a male & female Running Chocobo. Go to each of the locations (Walking is found near Golden Saucer, Running is found on the island where Cloud was in a coma) and capture Chocobos until you have each gender of each level.

Once you have one of each, you need to find the proper seasoning. Go to the Chocobo Sensei's house, and land on the patch of grass. Now, equip the Steal Yellow Materia on one of your characters. Run around on the grass until you encouter a large red dragon (the only other enemy are Squirrels). As soon as you start fighting him, start stealing from him. Eventually, you will get the item (after stealing, you will recieve a message ending in an exclamation point indicating success). Either kill him or run from him, but you need to do it three times so you can get three pieces of seasoning.

Once you have the seasoning, go back to the Chocobo farm. Save your game before entering, and then go up to the boy and select "Breed Chocobos". (See menu translation above). Choose your male Walking Chocobo and your female Running Chocobo. Next you will be asked what kind of seasoning you're going to use, and choose the second from the bottom option (it should have a "3" by it, indicating how many you have). If you succeed, you will recieve a Green Chocobo that can cross mountains. If you were not successful, and you get another Yellow Chocobo, immediately reset your game and reload to the game that you saved before entering the farm. Once you have the Green Chocobo, go outside and save once again. Now, go back inside and pick the other two - Female Walking & Male Running, and you should recieve a Blue Chocobo that can cross rivers. If you do not, reset, reload your saved game, and continu this process until you get the desired color. It took me about 3 resets to get each kind. However, even when you get the correct color, you need to make sure that your Blue & Green Chocobos are of different genders. If they are not, keep resetting until you get the correct color and gender.

After breeding the Blue & Green Chocobos, you have to wait a while before you may breed with them. Now is an excellent time to explore the new places with your Chocobos. There is a cave on Yuffie's Continent that you can now reach, as well as one on the islands in the lower right corner. There is also a "Frog Forest" near Red XIII's hometown that you can get to with the Mountain Chocobo. You may also want to stop in at the Golden Saucer, play a few games, maybe get acquainted with Chocobo racing. After all this, you may want to go up north to the snowy tracks and capture 4 Chocobos - you're going to need them in a little while.

After a while, go back to the Chocobo farm and you should have one piece of seasoning left. Save your game, then breed using your Blue & Green Chocobos, with the same seasoning. Keep resetting your game if it does not work, and eventually you will get a Black Chocobo, who can cross both Mountains & Rivers. With this Chocobo, there is a cave on the same continent as the Golden Saucer that you can now reach.

The Golden Chocobo requires a bit more work, but once you attain him you can finally get the "Knights of the Round" Summon Materia. First, you need to go out and capture a Dashing Chocobo (Northern Snow Continent) and make sure it is the opposite gender of your Black Chocobo. Then, you need to race your Chocobos until they are at the "S" class (see Chocobo Racing, above). Once both your Black & Dashing Yellow Chocobos are in the "S" class, then you need to obtain a special seasoning. In the northwest corner of the map, there is an island (it is ON the map, not the one that does not appear on the map) with some forests and a place where you can land. Inside this forest are little goblins with boxing gloves - you can obtain the seasoning you need by stealing it from them. On the seasoning list, it will be the final choice before "Never Mind". Before attempting to breed, once again, save your game outside and reset if you don't get the Golden one (although you should get it on the first try).

Now that you have your Golden Chocobo, go to the northeastern corner of the map - there is an island there that is not shown on the map. It is circular, and has a cave at one end. In this cave is the "Knights of the Round" Summon Materia.

Also, once you have your Golden Chocobo, you may be able to win an "S" Class race. If you do, you will get a variety of nice items.