FINAL FANTASY IX

Unfortunately, this trophy is not as simple as the description would suggest and actually requires a lot of effort. Simply flying around and visiting every beach in the game is not enough. You also cannot complete it until Disc 4.

Firstly, you will need to find every single hidden treasure in the game. This includes the 24 Chocographs (for details on where to find these, refer to Diggin' It), plus the hidden treasures.

The hidden treasures are split up into two sections: ocean bubbles and mountain cracks.

Ocean bubbles

Ocean bubbles are clusters of bubbles found in a few select locations once you get an Ocean Chocobo and if you eat a Dead Pepper on top of them (obtained from digging in Chocobo Lagoon once you have a Mountain Chocobo), Choco will dig underwater and emerge with treasure. The locations are as follows:

1. In a small inlet on the Southern tip of the Forgotten Continent.
2. On the east part of the Outer Continent, in the desert region, a peninsula juts south towards the Mist Continent. A little way South-West into the ocean from here, there is a cluster of bubbles.
3. Directly North or the Iifa Tree, you can see on the map that the North-East corner of the Lost Continent and the island North of the Outer Continent arc towards each other. If you imagine a hypothetical line arcing between them, go to the middle of it to find this bubble.
4. Inspect the foam in Quan's Dwelling, near Treno, to dive into it. For a more detailed explanation, see The Ultimate Racket.
5. On Disc 4, use a Dead Pepper in the exact location where Shimmering Island used to be. There are no bubbles to distinguish the location this time so this takes some trial and error. For a more detailed explanation, see The Ultimate Dual Blade.

Mountain Cracks

Once you have a Mountain Chocobo, you can find cracks in various mountains around the world. Stand in front of these and use a Dead Pepper and Choco will break through the crack and net you a treasure. The locations are as follows:

1. Once you obtain the Blue Narciss on Disc 3, travel to the Lost Continent and search the area in the North-East for a crack on the side of the mountain.
2. Once you gain access to the Forgotten Continent later in Disc 3, go to the eastern side of the continent, North of Oeilvert. There is a small enclosed area with a tiny forest and on the side of the mountain is this crack.
3. Just north-west of Oeilvert, a little south of the second crack, is a mountain area with two layers to it. Facing South-East, one of the mountain sides has a thick black line down the side of it.
4. Go to the very north-west corner of the map and you will find a small island in the middle of the ocean. You will need a Golden Chocobo to access this crack as there are no nearby tracks or beaches, just a forest to land in. In the side of the mountain here is a crack that grants access to Chocobo's Paradise.
5. North of the Outer Continent is a talon-shaped island, which has a mountain with a large crack in it. This is the entrance to Mognet Central.

Finally, when all this is done, return to Chocobo Paradise and talk to the Fat Chocobo. He will give you his Tetra Master card and some scenes involving Mene and Choco will play out. After that, return to the Fat Chocobo and press to challenge him to a card game. Instead, he will tell you to visit all of the beaches on the world map.

There are 21 beaches to visit and now when you visit one, a symbol showing an exclamation mark on top of waves will appear above Zidane's head. Press when this symbol appears, then a chime will play and the symbol will disappear. Once you've done this on all 21 beaches, a message stating "Watched the waves around the world and relaxed!" appears and the trophy will unlock. From then on, any time you visit a beach, pressing will replenish the party's HP and MP and remove any abnormal status effects.

The 21 beaches are listed below. The ones on the three continents (the Forgotten Continent mainland has no beaches) can easily be found by following the shoreline. The miscellaneous ones below require a bit more exploration.

Mist Continent

1. Derek Beach
2. Eesistern Coast
3. Makiki Beach
4. Metalark Shores
5. Nomarania Beach
6. Togull Beach
7. Tuhanda Shores

Outer Continent

1. Banyano Shores
2. Dyshnose Shores
3. Falstead Coast
4. Gegalrish Shores
5. Kognish Shores
6. Shengalasta Shores

Lost Continent

1. Quelmiera Shores
2. Ryuki Shores

Miscellaneous

1. Commure Shores - The talon shaped island North of the Outer Continent, where Mognet Central is located.
2. Everlang Island - The long island West of the Forgotten Continent.
3. Lanar Island - The island South of the Forgotten Continent where the Qu's Marsh is located.
4. Lanshake Island - The small island due South of Chocobo's Forest.
5. Palmnell Island - The island next to Daguerreo, where the Chocobo's Lagoon is found.
6. Salvage Archipelago - The island East of Daguerreo, with the chocobo tracks.

Below is a map showing the location of all 21 beaches: