Through the course of Final Fantasy 9, you'll find Stellazio coins. In case you're stuck, here's a full list of where they can be found...

Present each and every Stellazio coin to Queen Stella (in Treno). For each one, she'll give you a prize. Here's the list (in order)...

After presenting her with the first 12 coins, she'll return them to you and ask that you use them as hints to find the last Stellazio coin, the Ophiuchus. After collecting all 13 Stellazio coins, give them back and you'll recieve the Hammer.

One of the big secrets of the game is that Princess Garnet's true name is engraved on the Eidolon Wall at Madain Sari. There is a very complicated way to reveal the truth at the beginning of Disc 4.

First, form a party with Dagger and visit Lani who is standing on Eiko's back porch. Upon arriving Lani will run away. Exit the village and return with anyone except Dagger or Amarant and talk to Lani twice. Exit the village and return with anyone except Dagger or Amarant and talk to Lani twice. Read the message and go to the Eidolon Wall. Walk clockwise from the entrance (heading to the right) until you return to the entrance. Move just past the "!" until you hear a chime. Then walk counterclockwise back to the entrance, just past the "!" again. Repeat this 9 times, going back and forth. Make sure you hear a chime each time. On the ninth round, your HP/MP will be recovered and all status abnormalities removed.

Now read the paintings. You can read them in any order, as long as you read them all. A whole slew of extra messages appear this time. At the end, return to the Ifrit drawing and look for an extra message, revealing Dagger's true name.

Occasionally when a random encounter is triggered, you may notice the battle music has changed from the default to something more calm and sweet. This is basically your cue to know you're in a battle against a "friendly monster." The creatue won't attack you, but will instead ask for an item. If you agree to give them the items, you'll recieve a reward of AP and an item or two. Nine of these "friendly monsters" can be found throughout the world of Final Fantasy IX. Monster Location Request Reward Brown Mu Plains/forest between Ice Cavern and Dali 1 Ore 10 AP 1 Potion White Ghost Plains outside of Treno 1 Ore 10 AP 1 Hi-Potion Color Ladybug Forest ouside Black Mage Village 2 Ores 20 AP Ether Green Yeti Large forest outside of Madain Sari 2 Ores 20 AP Elixer Green Nymph Forest near Iifa Tree 3 Ores 30 AP Emerald Purple Jabberwock Forest east of Oeilvert Emerald 40 AP Moonstone Green Feather Circle Lost Continent near Chocobo-track. Moonstone 30 AP Lapis Lazuli Rainbow Garuda Forest on the east near plateau after climbing rope inside Gizamaluke's Grotto Lapis Lazuli 40 AP Diamond Friendly Yan Island south-west of Iifa Tree Diamond 50 AP Rosetta Ring Fighting the monsters in the order provided is strongly suggested; the rewards from the previous monster will help fulfill the requests for the next encounter. Also note that the Friendly Yan can not be "defeated" until you finish the requests from the other eight friendly monsters, he'll just run away. So what do you get for supplying these friendly monsters with all these gifts? The AP is quite decent (be sure to equip Ability Up before the fights). Apart from that, once the quest is completed you'll gain a huge bonus for when you decide to fight Ozma: your range will be increased, so your phsyical attacks will be able to reach him. "Non-friendly" Versions and the Gimmie Cat It's possible to encounter the enemies listed above, but in "non-friendly" mode. The regular battle music will play, they won't request anything from you, and you'll just have to fight them like a regular enemy. There's also an enemy called a Gimmie Cat that will request a diamond from you. Do not give the diamong to the Gimmie Cat, you'll recieve nothing in return. As this isn't a friendly monster at all, the friendly music won't play. If you've accidentally given the Gimmie Cat your diamond, your best bet would be to restart the game without saving.

FROG CATCHING

When you enter the frog pond area of any Qu's Marsh, Quina asks to spend some time catching frogs. Quina must be in your party for this to occur. If you agree to let him/her catch frogs, you can control Quina as s/he runs around the pond attempting to catch the frogs that leap onto the ground out of the water. There's no real strategy to this; you just need to be swift.

As Quina catches more and more frogs, Quale appears occasionally and congratulates Quina on his/her progress. The master Qu then bestows items upon Quina as rewards for catching frogs. If you can catch 99 frogs, Quale challenges your party to a battle.The trick to this side quest is to always leave a male and a female frog in the pond. Otherwise, it will take an incredibly long time for the pond to repopulate with frogs. The spawning rate is also much faster if you leave the Golden Frog with a male and a female frog.

One strategy for chasing the frogs is to learn the differences in color. Female frogs are usually a much brighter color than males, while baby frogs are smaller and more olive-toned. You may want to change the Contrast on your television or monitor to distinguish more easily. Avoid chasing baby frogs, because they will grow up to become adults and will be much easier to catch then.

Quina can learn Blue Magic abilities by eating Sahagins or Gigan Toads in Qu's Marsh. You can learn the reliable Frog Drop ability by eating a Gigan Toad. Frog Drop has a 100% success rate and the strength of this ability is determined in part by how many frogs Quina has caught. The damage follows this formula:

Quina's Level x (amount of frogs) x 100 = HP Damage

For example: If Quina is at level 50 and s/he has caught 100 frogs, Frog Drop will cause 5000 HP damage.

Frog Capture Prizes

· 2 Frogs: Ore
· 5 Frogs: Ether
· 9 Frogs: Silk Robe
· 15 Frogs: Elixir
· 23 Frogs: Silver Fork
· 33 Frogs: Bistro Fork
· 45 Frogs: Battle Boots
· 99 Frogs: Gastro Fork

There are four figurines scattered through the game. Collecting all of them will increase your treasure hunting rating. You'll need to complete the Mr Morrid's Coffee section to find two of the four figurines.

Figurine	Location
Mini-Cid	Purchase from the Treno Auction house.
Mini-Burmecia	Inside the Tantalus troupe's play-house inside the city of house in Lindblum.
Mini-Brahne	See either the Mr. Morrid's Coffee section or the tip below.
Mini-Prima Vista	Complete the Mr. Morrid's Coffee quest then travel to the Hideout in Lindblum.

Note: Although the most direct way to get the Mini-Brahne figurine would be to do so during the Mr. Morrid's coffee quest, you can also go back during disc four and climb a ladder in the mayor's house that will lead up to Mini-Brahne.

Mognet Central The "Chocobo Hot and Cold" game, along with all the treasure hunting it entails, is by far the most complex side quest in FINAL FANTASY IX. Yet completing the side quest and getting the gold Choco is essential to unlocking so many other side quests. One such quest that depends on the gold Choco is the revival of Mognet. On your way through Esto Gaza to Mount Gulug, delivering a letter to Mogrika the moogle causes her to indicate that Mognet is shutting down because of an accident. From this point on, most of the moogles will not have any letters to deliver and won't ask you to deliver any due to problems at the home office, Mognet Central. You can reach Mognet Central with a light-blue chocobo (REEF chocobo) on Disc 3. On the east side of this island, you can find a crack in the mountain. Feed Choco a Dead Pepper to make him open the crack, revealing Mognet Central. Inside, the moogle Artemicion confesses that he used too much of a certain "thing" to make his fur glossy, and there wasn't enough left to use on the machine that keeps Mognet running. Leave Mognet Central and travel south to Alexandria. Then speak to Kupo at the bell tower ruins, and he'll give you a letter to Atla. Thus begins a chain of letters that MUST be delivered from moogle to moogle in order to revive the Mognet. Although the moogles tell you which moogle to deliver to, they don't mention where that moogle is located! Kupo Nut Overflow Each time you deliver a letter during this sequence, the moogles give you Kupo Nuts if you don't already have one in your Key Items inventory. Return to the moogle family at Gizamaluke's Grotto each time you get one, and exchange each Kupo Nut for an item. By the time you're through, there should be four or five new little moogles running around! Atla is the moogle at Burmecia. Return there now and deliver the letter. Atla wants you to take a letter to Mogryo, the moogle standing outside the chocobo farm at the Black Mage Village. Mogryo has a letter for Kumool. Return to Ipsen's Castle and exchange letters with Kumool in the courtyard. You receive a letter for Mois, the moogle from the Ice Cavern, in return.   However, the Ice Cavern is now blocked by roots that have grown over each entrance. Mois has moved to Qu's Marsh on the Mist Continent, and now stands outside the former entrance to Fossil Roo. Make sure you have Quina in your party, or else you won't have access to Fossil Roo. Mois has a letter for Noggy, the moogle at Daguerreo. Noggy, in turn, sends you back to Kupo in Alexandria with a final letter. When Kupo reads the letter, you'll notice that it says someone in Alexandria has the item needed. Kupo isn't any help, but we'll save you the trouble! Talk to Ruby in the Alexandria Mini-Theater, and she immediately hands over some of her hair gel, otherwise known as Superslick. Return to Mognet Central and turn over the item to Artemicion. The Mognet gets back to business, and you receive a Protect Ring for helping restore Mognet.