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FFVII Chocobo Breeding Guide
Capturing a Chocobo
Buy a 'Chocobo Lure'-materia from Choco Billy in the Chocobo Farm
and equip it. Also, buy some greens, it doesn't matter which ones
(though the Ghysahl Greens prove to be good). There are many Chocobo
tracks on the World Map, but if you just want a Chocobo then go to
the tracks near Chocobo Farm, after you have got the 'Chocobo Lure'-materia.
Keep walking on the tracks and you'll eventually encounter a Chocobo
surrounded by some enemies. Give the Chocobo one Green, by using the
Item command and then defeat the other enemies. Make sure the Chocobo
is still eating. If it isn't, then it might run away while you're fighting.
Be careful with that. After the battle, and if the Chocobo is still
there, you have now obtained a Chocobo!
Raising Chocobos
You're going to need a lot of money, patience and luck if you want to
raise Chocobos. The payoff is that you can breed Chocobos that can swim
over rivers or over oceans, climb over mountains and go to places normal
vehicles can't reach.
Here are some brief instructions for breeding Chocobos and how to get these 'Gold'-Chocobos. Remember, there's a random element to Chocobo breeding, so it may take couple of tries to get the kind of Chocobo you desire. Also, be sure to save after correctly completing a step as you'll undoubtedtly have to reset a couple of times during the breeding proces. Here it goes:
After getting the Highwind in Disc 2, return to the Chocobo Farm. You can purchase stalls from Choco Bill for 10,000 Gil per stall, and you'll need at least 4 stalls (you can purchase 6 in total). Remember, after you don't need Chocobos anymore, you should just let them go to make room.
Before you can start breeding, though, you need to stock up on supplies. Fly either to Bone Village or the Chocobo Sage's house. If you run around on the grass, you'll eventually fight an enemy called Brachioladus. Fight it 3 times, stealing a Carob Nut from it each time (you'll need the 'Steal'-materia first). Then, go to the Goblin Island (in the north of the map) or Knights of the Round Island (hidden on the map; go to northeast corner of the map) and steal a Zeio Nut from the Goblins that live there. Finally, go to the Chocobo Sage's house and purchase 40 Sylkis Greens from him. Equip a 'Chocobo Lure'-materia. Fly to the Chocobo tracks near Gold Saucer (at the shore) and capture a Chocobo. Press X to dismount from the Chocobo and choose the option to return it to the Chocobo Farm. You need to capture 2 Chocobos from here, although you can get the other Chocobo later or not get it at all, if you wish.
Now, fly to the Chocobo tracks near Mideel. Capture a Chocobo here and send it back to the Chocobo Farm. Once again, you can capture a second Chocobo here, but you don't have to.
Important Note:
The gender of a Chocobo isn't determined until you return to the Chocobo Farm and name them. Therefore, it's advised that you save your game before naming them. That way, if you don't get the kinds you want (see below), then you can reset and try naming them again and seeing if their gender changed.
Return to the Chocobo Farm and talk to Choco Billy. Name your Chocobos (this will put them in the stalls). Now, go up to your Chocobos and examine them by pressing Circle. Make sure that you have one male and one female (or two males and females, if you have caught four Chocobos). Furthermore, one of them should be the running kind (usually the females ones), and the other should be the walking kind (usually the males).
So, you have at least one male and female, and one is a walker and the other is a runner, right? If not, you'll have to release the Chocobos that aren't the ones you want and go and capture more (or reset, if you heeded the important note). Choose to mate the Chocobos and tell Choco Billy that you want to feed them a Carob Nut as well. Hopefully, you'll get a coloured Chocobo the next day! It should be green or blue. If not, you'll have to reset and give it another go. Keep note of your baby Chocobo's gender: it's very crucial later on.
Important Note 2:
Later on this process, it's required that you race Chocobos at Gold Saucer (see below). However, if you have trouble getting the correct type of Chocobo during these few steps, you can optionally choose to race them. The better your Chocobo's race class is, the higher the chance you have of getting the needed colour type of Chocobo.
At this point, you have three options:
First option: You can repeat the last few steps (get a Chocobo from Gold Saucer, from Mideel. Make sure they're both from the correct type and breed them using a Carob Nut).
Second option: If you got two other Chocobos the first time around, you can then breed them together.
Third option: Use the same pair of Chocobos that you just bred. In that case, you'll have to waste some game time, as Chocobo that have just mated can't do it immediately again. In any case, you must breed your Chocobos together and get a blue Chocobo, using the steps outlined above. Your blue Chocobo must be the opposite gender of your green Chocobo, or else you can't mate them. Feed the blue chick and the green chick 10 Sylkis Greens each.
Get in the Highwind and go to the Gold Saucer via North Corel's ropeway. Go to the Chocobo Square and talk to Esther. Tell her that you want to race using either your green or blue Chocobo. The goal here is to keep racing until your Chocobo's race level reaches A.
After one Chocobo has hit rank A, do the whole racing process again with the other one. Once your green and blue Chocobos are both rank A, return to the Chocobo Farm. Mate the two Chocobo together, using your last Carob Nut. If everything worked out, you'll have a Black Chocobo!
Fly to the Northern Continent (the snowy one) and look for Chocobo tracks on the Western edge of the continent. Land and then capture a Chocobo at the tracks. Return to the Chocobo Farm and name it (it should be the opposite gender of your Black Chocobo and should be the 'dashing' kind, i.e. it runs very fast with its head down). Feed 10 Sylkis Greens to the Black Chocobo and the dashing Yellow Chocobo, which is a Wonderful Chocobo. Then go back to the Gold Saucer and race both Chocobos up to race class A again! When they're both at rank A, go back to the Chocobo Farm and tell Choco Billy that you want to mate them, using the Zeio Nut this time around. With a little luck, you'll get the Gold Chocobo!
Unlike wild Chocobos that you can catch, the ones you've named, are tamer and if you get off them, they'll stay where you left them until you get back on. You can also ride a tame Chocobo into the Highwind and transport them around with you on the airship.
Yellow Chocobos
They can go anywhere you can normally get to on foot. The sole advantage is that a Chocobo is a lot quicker than walking and you don't get any random encounters.
Blue Chocobos
They can walk along rivers, but they can't go past waterfalls. They can also walk in shallow water, just like Cid's Tiny Bronco, his small aeroplane, could.
Green Chocobos
They can run over mountains, even the pointed mountains at Nibelheim. They can also dash over most cliffs and drops.
Black Chocobos
They can walk along rivers and move around in shallow water. They can also run over mountains and cliffs. Unlike the Blue or Green Chocobos, the Black variety can go over any cliff or drop: even walk up or down waterfalls, enter the canyon surrounding the Ancient City, or walk over the Ice Forest that you have to traverse in Disc 2 after the snowboard scene.
Gold Chocobos
They can do everything Black Chocobos can - they can also walk in the ocean, allowing you to go anywhere you want, even in to the dirt pit surrounding Gold Saucer (just like the Gold Saucer vehicle, the buggy). Truly the ultimate in transportation!
I would like to thank Final Gaming for the for this information!
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