Chocobo-riding is a big event in every Final Fantasy that has them. Final Fantasy VII Remake kind of didnāt. However, with a wider world to travel, Final Fantasy 7 Rebirth has addressed this. Piko is your first, and this is how you find them.
If you head Southeast from Kalm, youāll eventually run into Chocobo Bill, who runs a ranch. The ranch is incredibly easy to find. You just continue Southeast, and youāll find it inland. However, you get the runaround when it comes to acquiring a Chocobo. After talking to the folks at the ranch, theyāll eventually digress that the only available Chocobo is Piko, and theyāve run off.
Youāre told you should just follow the Chocobo tracks to find Piko, which you can totally do. However, you could also just wander around a bit since theyāre located in a really conspicuous spot, and their yellow feathers light them up like beacons. Someone could ignite an emergency flare, and theyād be less noticeable. But if you want to be pointed in the right direction (and Iām assuming you do), itās directly south of the ranch.
![Final Fantasy VII FF7 Piko the Chocobo location](https://www.destructoid.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/02/Screen_FF7Rebirth18cropped.jpg?w=640&resize=640%2C360)
Youāre then forced to do a stealth section to get up to Piko. I thought this was really easy, but some of my colleagues seem to have had difficulty with it. The idea of it is that you need to creep through the undergrowth to avoid detection by the Chocobos scattered around the area. Exactly like so many other games, such as Assassinās Creed.
Hereās the thing: itās not game over if a Chocobo spots you. They go into alert mode and start filling a bar ofā¦ alertness or whatever. You just need to get back into cover before it fills, and the Chocobo will get bored. When you get close to Piko, you can distract them with a rock by holding L to aim and square to throw it just behind them so theyāll turn around. Then you just hurry up behind them and hit triangle to claim your giant bird.
Well, not quite, but after you return to Billy, youāll get the rundown on how to ride.
Published: Feb 28, 2024 11:01 pm