How to Beat Fat Chocobo | Boss Fight Guide

This is a guide to beating the Boss Fat Chocobo in the game Final Fantasy 7 Remake. This article explains Fat Chocobo's attack patterns, weaknesses, and tips and strategies for defeating it.

Fat Chocobo Stats and Information

Basic Information

Fat Chocobo
Species	Movement	Type
Unreadable	Grounded	Boss

Description

A pleasingly plump summon recreated in virtual reality. It is the manifestation of the legendary chocobo, a symbol of fertility and good fortune. Fat chocobos appear in many a beloved fairy tale.

Assess (Tips)

Tactical data not available.

Fat Chocobo Stats

	Easy	Normal	Hard
HP	26070~46063	47400~83750	117900
Attack	125~209		328
Magic Attack	125~209		328
Defense	59~103		148
Magic Defense	59~103		148

Fat Chocobo Weaknesses & Resistances

Weakness / Status Ailments	-
Lesser Resistances	Physical
Greater Resistances	Fixed Damage, Proportional Damage
Immunities	Poison, Silence, Sleep, Slow, Stop, Berserk
Absorbed Elements	-

Stagger Rates

Melee	Ranged	Magic	Fire
×0.5	×0.25	×1.5	×1
Ice	Lightning	Wind	-
×1	×1	×1	-

Stagger Length

Stagger Length	20 seconds

Clear Battle Intel Reports 1-9 to Fight it

You can challenge Fat Chocobo after you clear 1 to 9 of Chadley's Battle Intel Reports.

Once of those include defeating Shiva, so fight her first if you haven't already.

How to Beat Shiva

Get the Fat Chocobo Materia

Once you defeat the Fat Chocobo's Battle Simulation, you'll get the Fat Chocobo Materia and become able to summon it.

The summon Materia can only be obtained this way, so we recommend doing this challenge early if you're up for it!

Fat Chocobo Level Increases by Chapter

Chapter	Level
Chapter 8	Level16
Chapter 9	Level 18
Chapter 13 Chapter 14	Level 25
Chapter 16	Level 30
Post Game	Level 32

Rewards

	Easy/Normal	Hard
Gil	0	0
AP	10	30
Exp	0	0
Items Dropped	-
Rare Items Dropped	-
Steal	-

Learnable Enemy Skills

No Enemy Skills can be learned from Fat Chocobo.

List of Enemy Skills

Fat Chocobo Boss Fight Guide

Fat Chocobo Abilities and Attack Patterns

Name	Element	Blockable?	Knockdown?	Status
Wark	-	Yes	Yes	-
	Throws a variety of items at a target.
Boom	-	Yes	Yes	-
	Flutters into the air slightly and smashes back down.
Kaboom	-	Yes	Yes	-
	Flutters into the air slightly and smashes back down, causing a large shockwave.
Whack	-	Yes	Yes	-
	Rolls forward and smashes its wings into the ground.
Thwack	-	Yes	Yes	-
	Rolls forward and smashes its wings into the ground, causing a large shockwave.
Roly-Poly	-	Yes	Yes	-
	Rolls in forwards or backwards. Rolling backwards does less damage.
Kweh kweh!	-	Yes	Yes	-
	Turns onto its side and rolls across the arena at high speed followed by bouncing 3 times on party members.
Bombs Away	-	Yes	Yes	-
	Throw a large bomb (2-3 at low HP) onto the arena that explodes after 4 seconds.
Kerplunk	-	No	Yes	-
	Lifts itself up into the air and crashes back down, causing an arena-wide shockwave.
Ruby Light (Carbuncle)	-	-	-	(60 sec)
	Casts Barrier on all party members.
Choco Cure (Chocobo Chick)	-	-	-	-
	Casts Choco Cure on all party members.

*Status Effects and Ailments Guide

Moogle Attack Pattern

Name	Description
Fingers crossed, kupo!	Throws a pink bomb that summons a random monster ・Tonberry ・Carbuncle ・Bomb ・Cactaur ・Baby Chocobo

Best Characters for This Boss\

Available Characters

Cloud

Aerith

Fat Chocobo is first encountered in Chapter 9. During this chapter, Cloud and Aerith are available.

Best Equipment for Characters

Cloud	Role: Attacker Weapon: Hardedge Armor: Caliginous Bracelet Accessory: Power Wristguards
Aerith	Role: Mage Weapon: Silver Staff Armor: Caliginous Bracelet Accessory: Bulletproof Vest

Best Materia for Cloud

Weapon (3 Slots)
First Strike	MP Up
Assess
Armor (3 Slots)
Healing + Magnify
Barrier
Summon
Shiva

At this point, you probably have unlocked Regen already, so cast it immediately at the beginning of the battle. Since it is magnified, both Cloud and Aerith will be given the Regen buff. Use Cure when you need more healing and Barrier on your active character. Triple Slash the minions that the moogles will summon to quickly remove them since they may cause you problems if left unnoticed. Have 2 ATB bars ready before staggering Fat Chocobo so you can maximize the damage of Infinity's End.

Best Materia for Aerith

Weapon (3 Slots)
Lightning	HP Up
Magic Up
Armor (3 Slots)
MP Up	Prayer
MP Up
Summon
Chocobo & Moogle

Since Fat Chocobo has lesser resistance to physical attacks, have Aerith spam Thunder (or higher) until she runs out of MP, since this is the only spell equipped on her. You can also switch the Lightning materia with Fire, Ice, or Wind. Be sure to have reserve ATB charges for Pray.

Fat Chocobo Attack Phases

Phase 1

	Phase Point Summary
1	Moogles will summon random monsters
2	Fat Chocobo will use all attacks but Kweh kweh!, Wark wark and Kerplunk

Phase 2

	Phase Point Summary
1	Starts when Fat Chocobo uses Kweh kweh!
2	The amount of bombs thrown by Bombs Away increase to 3
3	Fat Chocobo will become pressured and easy to Stagger
4	It will speed up for a while after Kweh kweh!
5	At around 10% HP it will use Kerplunk

Tips & Strategies for Beating Fat Chocobo

★ Strategy Checklist ★ (Click to jump)
You Can't Attack the Moogles Don't Forget the Summoned Monsters Stick to the Middle Attack Relentlessly Chance to Stagger it after Kweh kweh! Heal Immediately when you see Kweh...

You Can't Attack the Moogles

Moogles will be flying around in the Fat Chocobo fight but you can't target or attack them. They'll assist the Fat Chocobo by summoning random monsters with their Fingers crossed, kupo! ability.

Don't Forget the Summoned Monsters

You'll be wiped out before you know it if the monsters summoned by the Moogles become too many, so try to deal with them little by little and keep their numbers down.

If there are only one or two, you can leave it to your party members to deal with it, but if there are 3 more more you'll want to focus on them yourself until you've defeated enough.

Stick to the Middle

In the fight against Fat Chocobo, try not to stay away from the walls as much as possible. If you're near the wall, the Chocobo's Roly-Poly attack will hit you multiple times, dealing dangerous amounts of damage.

If you stay in the middle of the map, you should only get hit once and shouldn't have to worry too much about your HP.

Attack Relentlessly

Fat Chocobo will get Pressured easily, so we recommend going at it full power. If you can get in Focused thrusts or Braver in after a normal attack combo, it should become pressured, so don't hold back.

Chance to Stagger it after Kweh kweh!

After going Kweh kweh!, the Chocobo will become Pressured and greatly speed up. It will roll around on the ground quickly and then jump around at the end.

Since it also becomes Pressured, it's a great chance to Stagger it. Especially Focused Thrust should work well, so get in there and give it all you've got!

Heal Immediately when you see Kweh...

When the Fat Chocobo says Kweh..., after you've got it down to 25% HP, you'll get hit by its Ultimate attack, Kerplunk. On Normal it dealt more than 3000 damage, so immediately heal up when you see it.

Fat Chocobo: Hard Mode Guide

Use Triple Slash to Take Out Adds

When the Moogle begins to summon other enemies, have Cloud use Triple Slash to take them out quickly and get back to hurting Fat Chocobo. When only a few are on the battelfield things won't be too bad, but if left alone they will increase and may cause your demise.

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