Free Run

What Are Free Runs?

Free Runs are one of the three types of Chocobo Races available to players. Free Races serve as a way for you to practice for Official Races. They also reward players with chocobucks. Unlike Official Races, there is no limit to how many times you can do free races in one day.

Cost

Free runs are not exactly free, they require gil to be entered. The entry fee goes up after each race, but the fee resets at midnight (Japan).

Entry Fee:

1. 100 gil
2. 150 gil
3. 200 gil
4. 300 gil
5. 400 gil
6. 600 gil
7. 800 gil
8. 1000 gil

Note: After the 8th race the gil will rise by 500 each time until it reaches 10,000 at which point it will rise by 1,000 gil until it reaches 100,000 gil, which is the cap.

Chocobucks

Free Races reward players with chocobucks. The amount of chocobucks given depends on how well the chocobo does in the race.

• First place will reward you with 5 chocobucks.
• Second place will reward you with 3 chocobucks.
• Third place through seventh place will reward you will 1 chocobuck.
• Last place (8th) has no reward.

Chocobucks can be traded at Chocobuck Exchange Centers for prizes. Prizes include food, items, and special training sessions for your chocobo.

Chocobuck Exchange Centers:

Southern San d’Oria – Palabelle
Bastok Mines – Gavoroi
Windurst Woods - Toppi-Meppi

Note: Your final placement in Free Runs will improve as your bird's stats improve until eventually hitting a wall. You will get a repeating loop of 8 finishes regardless of strategy: 5 x 2nd Place, 2x 1st Place, and 1x 4th Place. This totals to 26 Chocobucks per 8 free runs. If you are starting from 0 Chocobucks at the beginning of the cycle, you should expect to do 25 Free Runs, with a total cost of 97,050 gil, to earn 81 Chocobucks. If you were to spread this out over two days, it would take 13 Runs, total cost 16,050 gil, for 41 Chocobucks.

How Do I Participate?

First, players must be raising an adult chocobo and have obtained a CRA racing form (available from a trainer) or have a chocobo out to pasture and possess its VCS registration card. Next, players must visit one of the CRA branches located in San d’Oria, Bastok, and Windurst, and register their chocobo to race.

CRA officials have been dispatched to the following locations:

San d’Oria

• Southern San d’Oria – Alangriche
• Northern San d’Oria – Monteverle
• Port San d’Oria – Ramiene

Bastok

• Bastok Mines – Jazgeh
• Bastok Markets – Galienne
• Port Bastok – Salvador

Windurst

• Windurst Waters - Turumi-Byrumi
• Port Windurst - Lhimo Keanyohn
• Windurst Woods - Rungaga

Register Your Chocobo

Chocobos can be registered at any of the aforementioned CRA branches by trading to the representative either of the two documents (obtainable from a chocobo trainer):

• VCS Registration Card
• CRA Racing Form (free)

Notes:

• Only adult chocobos can participate in races.
• Players may only register one chocobo at a time.
• If a chocobo’s attributes change after CRA registration, players must re-register their chocobo for those changes to be reflected.

Novice Races

Before you can race you must use the "Race Against Others" option while raising a chocobo. After you complete the race you will be invited to the Novice Races. Once you've completed all three, the Free Runs option unlocks.

Race Name	Objective	Number of Opponents	Fee	Reward(s)
Novice Race I	3rd or higher	4	Free	500 gil
Novice Race II	3rd or higher	6	Free	1000 gil
Novice Race III	3rd or higher	8	Free	1500 gil, 3 chocobucks

Note: Once you have completed the novice races you will not have to do it again for any subsequent chocobos you raise.

Notable Opponents

These three opponents the most difficult to beat and are frequently seen during free runs. They are unofficially known as the Super Chocobo's. If one of them is present for a race, it will be racing out of lane 3. On rare occasions, all three will enter one race together.

Name			Affiliation			Gender
StarOnion			Windurst			Female
Strength		Endurance		Discernment		Receptivity
First-Class		Better than average		Average		Average
Orders		Abilities		Weather	Likes	Clear days
Keep Pace		Gallop & Canter			Dislikes	None
Notes			Ringer. Likes to use Speed Apples.

Name			Affiliation			Gender
InvincibleLeg			Bastok			Female
Strength		Endurance		Discernment		Receptivity
First-class		Impressive		Average		Average
Orders		Abilities		Weather	Likes	Clear days
Keep Pace		Keep Pace			Dislikes	None
Notes			Ringer. Likes to use Speed Apples.

Name			Affiliation			Gender
MeteorBrain			San d'Oria			Female
Strength		Endurance		Discernment		Receptivity
First-class		Better than average		Average		Average
Orders		Abilities		Weather	Likes	Clear days
Keep Pace		Gallop & Canter			Dislikes	None
Notes			Ringer. Likes to use Speed Apples.

Regular Chocobos

Name			Affiliation			Gender
Astraeall			San d'Oria			Male
Strength		Endurance		Discernment		Receptivity
Average		A bit deficient		A bit deficient		A bit deficient
Orders		Abilities		Weather	Likes	Clear days
Keep Pace		None			Dislikes	None
Notes

Name			Affiliation			Gender
TwinRidill			Windurst			Male
Strength		Endurance		Discernment		Receptivity
A bit deficient		A bit deficient		A bit deficient		A bit deficient
Orders		Abilities		Weather	Likes	Clear days
Keep pace		None			Dislikes	None
Notes			Always appears with StarOnion and always uses Gysahl Bombs.

Name			Affiliation			Gender
Musashi			Bastok			Male
Strength		Endurance		Discernment		Receptivity
A bit deficient		Average		A bit deficient		A bit deficient
Orders		Abilities		Weather	Likes	Clear days
Keep pace		None			Dislikes	None
Notes			Likes to use Stamina Apples.