Once you’ve unlocked it, it’s not just a mode of transport either, allowing you to participate in Chocobo Racing, allowing you to customise it with new colours and medals for you and your teammates. From there, you’ll be given the Chocobo Whistle, allowing you to call a Chocobo you have rented to your location. To rent a Chocobo, go to an outpost and find the Rent-A-Bird kiosk (it’s a Chocobo on the mini-map, and a small yellow and blue terminal usually next to a diner or mechanics) and pay 50 Gil a day. For the duration of your rental, the Chocobo will be at your calling whenever you use the whistle by pressing R2 / right trigger, then using the D-pad left and right until the option appears. When it ends, you have to return to a kiosk and hand over more cash. If your allowance ends mid-ride, then the Chocobo will scarper off when you next disembark. Unlocks include mid-battle abilities through to increases in stamina bar, recovery rate, top speed and jump height. There are a total of 30 colours to unlock, and you can get more by collecting Pears - which are hidden during Chocobo Races, which you can find the locations of in our Chocobo Racing page - and from specific quests from Wiz at the Chocobo Post after you’ve taken down Deadeye:

Yellow - Automatically unlocked White - Automatically unlocked Green - Complete ‘Where the Wild Chocobos Are’ from Wiz Lime- Complete ‘Where the Wild Chocobos Are’ from Wiz Teal - Complete ‘Where the Wild Chocobos Are’ from Wiz Turquoise - Complete ‘Where the Wild Chocobos Are’ from Wiz Fuchsia - Complete ‘Where the Wild Chocobos Are’ from Wiz Ruby - Complete ‘Where the Wild Chocobos Are’ from Wiz Amber - Complete ‘Chase That Chocobo!’ from Wiz Honey - Complete ‘Chase That Chocobo!’ from Wiz Periwinkle - Complete ‘Chase That Chocobo!’ from Wiz Sapphire - Complete ‘Chase That Chocobo!’ from Wiz Royal Blue - Complete ‘Chase That Chocobo!’ from Wiz Mauve - Complete ‘Chase That Chocobo!’ from Wiz Violet - Complete ‘Chase That Chocobo!’ from Wiz Pale Gray - Complete ‘Chase That Chocobo!’ from Wiz Pale Purple - Complete ‘Chase That Chocobo!’ from Wiz Lemon - Cieldalaes Pear Chartreuse - Cieldalaes Pear Royal Blue - O ‘Ghomoro Pear Indigo - O ‘Ghomoro Pear Crimson - Xelphatol Pear Cinnabar - Xelphatol Pear Cerulean - Doman Pear Sky Blue - Doman Pear Emerald - Mamook Pear Seafoam - - Mamook Pear Pale Blue - Han Pear Pale Green - Han Pear Lavender - Val Pear Magenta - Val Pear

Need more help? Our Final Fantasy 15 guide and walkthrough can provide tips on main story, as well as the open-world’s many quests and activities. Learning how to get AP fast, EXP fast and money or Gil fast will aid you in many optional dungeons and tombs - including how to open and explore their locked doors. There’s also plenty of interesting side-quests, too, such as the Scraps of Mystery and Professors Protege frog locations. And if you want to get around easier, you can rent a Chocobo, learn the infinite sprint trick and later in the game, get the flying car Regalia Type F. There’s also more to see and do with DLC, such as Episode Gladiolus and Episode Prompto. Medals, meanwhile, are unlocked when you win each Chocobo Races. If you need strategies or advice, our Chocobo Racing page can help:

Replica Medal - complete ‘A Behemoth Undertaking’ sidequest Rounsey Medal - win “Against Prompto’ Destria Medal - win ‘Against Gladio’ Courser Medal - win ‘Against Ignis’ Fat Chocobo - win ‘Full Field Long Course Medal - complete ‘Chocobo Hoops: Rocky Road’ Jennet Medal - ‘win ‘Against Iris’ Final Fantasy 15 Chocobos   How to unlock the Chocobo rent quest  find new colours and skills - 92Final Fantasy 15 Chocobos   How to unlock the Chocobo rent quest  find new colours and skills - 94