Chocobo Hot & Cold Treasures
Treasures found in the game
The table below lists all the items available while playing Hot & Cold, with the locations in which they may be found (Forest, Lagoon, Air garden). It may be the case that all of the items are available in all of the venues, but we don't know for sure.
The base value is the number of points you earn for finding that item in the Forest. Items in the Lagoon are worth double the base value, and items from the Air Garden triple. Oh, and no, we don't know why 100 Gil is worth more points than 500.
| Item | F | L | A | Base value |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stone With Patterns* | Y | N | N | 20 |
| Anklet+ | Y | 16 | ||
| Chocograph Piece** | Y | Y | N | 15 |
| Chocograph | Y | Y | Y | 10 |
| Ether | Y | 8 | ||
| 100 Gil | Y | 8 | ||
| Hi-Potion | Y | Y | 4 | |
| Remedy | Y | Y | 4 | |
| Tent | Y | Y | 4 | |
| 500 Gil | Y | 4 | ||
| 200 Gil | Y | Y | Y | 2 |
| Ore | Y | Y | Y | 2 |
| Phoenix Pinion | Y | Y | Y | 2 |
| Antidote | Y | Y | 1 | |
| Dead Pepper | Y | Y | Y | 1 |
| 50 Gil | Y | Y | Y | 1 |
| Annoyntment | Y | Y | Y | 1 |
| Echo Screen | Y | Y | Y | 1 |
| Eye Drops | Y | Y | Y | 1 |
| Gysahl Greens | Y | Y | Y | 1 |
| Soft | Y | Y | Y | 1 |
| Potion | Y | Y | Y | 1 |
* The first Chocograph is referred to as a Stone With Patterns, and is worth more points.
** As all of the pieces are required to access the Air Garden, there are no more to be found there.
+ Yes, an Anklet found in the ground. I myself have only ever seen one of these over hundreds of games of Hot & Cold.
Game bonuses
Mene is a good sport, and will grant extra rewards for doing particularly impressive things. All of the points you earn (via finding items or getting more bonuses) are doubled after finding your fourth treasure. If you manage to hit the limit of eight treasures in one game, you receive a large additional reward.
| Action | Bonus |
|---|---|
| Find two treasures within five seconds | 5 points, 10 points, or 15 points (depending on venue) |
| Find four treasures in one game (unless in shallow Lagoon) | +10 seconds, double points values for the rest of the game |
| Find a patterned stone/chocograph | 5 points |
| Find a chocograph piece | 5 points |
| Find eight treasures (Forest) | 40 + (Time remaining) x 5 points |
| Find eight treasures (Lagoon) | 40 + (Time remaining) x 8 points |
| Find eight treasures (Air Garden) | Shedloads of points... (unknown) |
Points exchange
But of course, all of these lovely points would be worthless unless you could actually use them for something. Mene allows you to exchange points for prizes, but be prepared to put quite some effort into it in order to earn the best stuff.
| Item | Points |
|---|---|
| Robe of Lords | 10,000 |
| Protect Ring | 8,500 |
| Wing Edge | 3,500 |
| Viltgance Card | 1,800 |
| Ether | 450 |
| Ore | 250 |
| Phoenix Down | 150 |
| Gysahl Green | 10 |
