The Chocobo Hot and Cold Game

Starting the game

Talk to one of these NPCs:

NPC Name	Location
Collione	Southern San d'Oria (I-10)
Keturah	Bastok Mines (I-9)
Bwi Kaghonsa	Windurst Woods (K-12)

The NPC will talk to you at length about the game. Eventually, you should receive a Tandjana Wildgrass item and some Key Items.

• Key Items: A Prairie Chocograph and a Bush Chocograph.
  
  

After receiving these items, take a look at your Key Items to determine what area you would like to search for treasure in. Go to that area and use your Tandjana Wildgrass. After using it, you will be placed on your chocobo and you will be shown a map with a ??? marker. You can review the location of the ??? marker on your area map (/map) by switching to the green marker tab. Proceed to that general vicinity and proceed to dig. You do not need any Gysahl Greens to dig.

• Note: You cannot change area with your chocobo while doing the Hot and Cold game.
• Note: Be careful not to dismount while digging for treasure.
  • You can not continue digging by using your Chocobo Whistle to remount.
• Note: You can only receive the Tandjana Wildgrass once per day.
  • Need to verify if this is a 24 real life timer from the time of your last game or if the timer resets at a certain time each day.
  • "After your chocobo rests long enough" -- which did not feel like 24 hours to me. Could be a time of day reset.
  • Seems to have nothing to do with how long your chocobo has been resting after digging, but when you picked up your last Tandjana Wildgrass.

Digging Messages

You will receive one of four messages when digging:

Message	Meaning
...	"Very Cold"
Kweh.	"Cold"
Kwehhhh!?	"Hot"
K-KWEHHH!!!	"Keep Digging"

After 5 or 6 dig attempts of the fourth message you will receive the following message:

• Kweh! Kweh! Kwehhh!
  (You've found a treasure chest!)

A "VCS Crate" will spawn where you dug. You need to dismount from your chocobo to open the chest.

Notes:
After 13-14 dig attempts, you may receive the following message:

• Your chocobo seems a little fatigued. (Was able to dig at least 5 more times after receiving said message)

After 19 dig attempts, you may receive the following message:

• Your chocobo refuses to dig any more. Perhaps you should try another day.

Possible "VCS Crate" Treasure

Treasure from the Prairie Chocograph areas

La Theine Plateau Photoanima Fresh Mugwort Celerity Salad Parasite Worm Moorish Idol Aluminum Ore

Konschtat Highlands Armored Pisces Red Terrapin Mushroom Locust Zebra Eel Celerity Salad

Tahrongi Canyon Armored Pisces Helmet Mole Parasite Worm Red Terrapin Aluminum Ore Mushroom Locust Celerity Salad King Truffle Giant Bird Plume Raxa Zebra Eel

Treasure from the Bush Chocograph areas

Jugner Forest Dragon Scales Dragon Talon Rhinochimera Parasite Worm Celerity Salad Titanictus

Pashhow Marshlands Chocolixir Dragon Scales Whistle Coupon Parasite Worm Rhinochimera

Meriphataud Mountains Chocolixir Dragon Scales Parasite Worm Silver Shark