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Chapter 2: Mi'ihen, Mushroom Rock and Djose

Story mode. Written for a first playthrough and kept free of spoilers — it will not tell you what happens here, only what the game is asking of you.

10 things here are lost permanently. Everything below is worth taking as you pass it. The completionist tab lists every one of them with the exact moment it stops being obtainable.

Three stops up the road, one mission each. Only the first one can go wrong, and only if you are in a hurry.

The Highroad: chests first

Walk the Highroad north from the Luca end and open everything. There are chests on almost every stretch, one behind the travel agency, and four more down on the Oldroad. Do this before you go into the travel agency. Once the mission there starts, most of the road is off limits until it is over.

Save at the Save Sphere outside the agency, then go in.

The chocobo chase

A girl outside on the hill wants a chocobo. Say you will help.

Follow Rikku and run over the feathers on the ground as you go. Each time she stops and points at a side path, say “Not this time” until the third stop, then take the chest. More feathers, better chest.

Then comes the rodeo: Yuna has to guess which way the bird will dodge. The first few are pure guesses; after that, watch where it looks. Don’t try to win this. The story only continues if the bird gets past you, so a mix of hits and misses is what you want. Catch it outright, or miss so often it runs off for good, and the mission ends early with less to show for it.

Follow the scenes, chase it once more, and talk to the woman with the hover at the start of the road. The second time, answer “Please, yes!”

Then hurry. Someone needs rescuing, and there is a timer: down into the gorge, north over the bridge, toward the Mushroom Rock entrance, then right and down the slope. If time runs out, reload the save by the agency.

The boss at the end is weak to fire, and silencing it shuts down most of what it does. It hits whoever has the most HP, so keep that person topped up.

Afterwards, fly back to the Highroad, find the girl at the north end and invite her aboard, along with anyone waiting with her.

Mushroom Rock Road

The Youth League walk with you this time, and staying close to them keeps fights away. Walk rather than run past the sleeping plants.

Two chests sit on the path north to the statue, past the first lift. Then head down into the Ravine when Buddy calls in, three more chests on the way to the sealed door at the end. You are given something there; watch it from Shinra’s Treasure Spheres menu when you are back on the ship.

Before the lift up to headquarters, open the chest on the left. Behind the headquarters, drop to the narrow ledge on the right for one more. Talk to both officers outside the building.

Djose

Three chests: the left side room inside the temple, behind the travel agency, and on the bridge in front of the temple.

Then head down the Djose Highroad from the fork. Halfway down there is a glowing sphere on the road. Pick it up. It is a new dressphere for Yuna.

The fight that follows is easy. Take out the weakest one first, because she casts at the whole party, then the one who blinds and silences you. What you win is one of the three things you need. Two to go.

Worth doing on a first run

Muscle Belt (first section)accessoryThe first stretch north of the Luca end holds three chests: this, 1,000 gil and Phoenix Down x3. Most of the Highroad closes once the chocobo mission starts, so take everything on this stretch first.
Mission: Cuckoo for Chocobos!sidequestSave outside Rin's Travel Agency first; a mistake here is cheapest to fix with a reload. Inside, watch Calli get turned away, then find her on the hill outside and agree to help ("Of course!").
The rodeo: let the chocobo get past youprogressionYuna has to guess which way the bird bolts (left, right, or hold still). The first four are blind guesses; after that, watch which way it looks. For 100%, end with four to six good blocks. Catch it outright and the mission ends early; miss five times and it gets away and the mission fails. Either way you lose Story Completion and the Chapter 5 mystery changes.
Scene: reach Calli in timesceneA timer starts after the scene: about two and a half minutes. Down into the gorge, north over the bridge, toward the Mushroom Rock entrance, then right and south down the slope.
Selene Guard (mission reward)garment-gridPaid for saving Calli and finishing the mission.
Scene: invite Calli and Clasko aboardsceneAfter the mission you are put back on the Celsius. Fly back to the Highroad and find Calli with the chocobo at the north exit. Clasko is with her if you invited him aboard in Chapter 1. Talk to both and let them come. This keeps the chocobo ranch chain going. Worth part of the Highroad's 1.4%.
Mission: Two Birds, One StoneprogressionGo to the fork between the temple, the Highroad and the Moonflow, head down the Djose Highroad and keep walking until two Leblanc goons start talking.
Floral FallaldressphereThe glowing sphere on the road about halfway down. Yuna's special dressphere. Picking it up starts the fight.
Syndicate Uniformkey-itemThe Fem-Goon leaves hers behind when the fight is over. One of the three you need.

How this page was made

Researched across 6 community walkthroughs and written from scratch — no source’s wording appears here.

How we decide what to print

Completionist mode. Full spoilers, in play order, with every permanent loss called out before you reach it. 4 entries below are marked where our sources disagree with each other — we have not picked a winner for you.

10 things here are lost permanently. Point of no return: Starting "Cuckoo for Chocobos!" closes most of the Mi'ihen Highroad until the mission is over, so open its chests and do the first round of campaign talks before you walk into Rin's Travel Agency. Ending the chocobo rodeo early, by catching the bird on the spot or letting it escape five times, or failing to reach Calli in time, costs Story Completion. All the scenes here close with the end of Chapter 2. Everything is listed on the missables page.

Spoilers from here.

This page assumes you gave the Awesome Sphere to the Youth League. On the New Yevon route Mushroom Rock Road is a hostile mission instead, with a fight against Elma at the lift; the chests are the same.

Mi’ihen Highroad: before the agency

Walking into Rin’s Travel Agency starts the chocobo mission, and the mission closes most of the Highroad until it ends. Clear the road first.

Fourteen chests:

First stretch north of Luca: Muscle Belt, 1,000 gil, Phoenix Down x3.
Second stretch: Antidote x3.
Third stretch: Potion x3, Silver Bracer, Holy Water x3.
Behind the agency: Eye Drops x3.
North of the agency: Phoenix Down x3, and Grenade x2 on the last stretch before Mushroom Rock.
Oldroad: Ether, Potion x2 by the Save Sphere, and Soft x3 with Echo Screen x3 at the dead end.

The Oldroad stays open from the Mushroom Rock end after the mission, so those four can wait. The rest cannot.

If you are still building Publicity and Marriage points, the first group of Highroad talkers is only around now: the woman on the Newroad bridge, the boy under the ruins by the Mushroom Rock exit, the man in purple on the Newroad, the woman in purple near the Save Sphere and machina, and the two men sitting on the ground. A second group appears after the mission.

Save outside the agency.

Cuckoo for Chocobos!

Inside, Calli is turned away. Find her on the hill outside and agree to help. Saying no, or failing the mission, changes who can be blamed in the Chapter 5 Highroad mystery, so take it and finish it.

The chase. Follow Rikku south and run over the feathers. She stops three times at side areas; answer “Not this time” twice and take the chest at the third, when your feather count is highest:

Feathers	Side-area chest	Bonus as you leave
1–3	Chocobo Feather x2	Gold Hourglass
4–8	Chocobo Feather x3	Gold Hourglass
9–14	Chocobo Feather x3	Chocobo Feather
15	Chocobo Wing x2	Chocobo Feather
16–17	Chocobo Wing x2	Chocobo Feather x2
18+	Chocobo Wing x3	Chocobo Feather x2

None of these is valuable enough to replay for.

The rodeo. This is the step that costs people 100%. Yuna blocks the chocobo’s dash eight times: left, right, or hold still. The first four are blind guesses; for the last four, watch which way it looks. Do not catch it. A near-perfect run (seven good blocks) catches it on the spot and ends the mission early; five misses and it escapes and the mission fails. Both lose the rest of the mission and its Story Completion. End anywhere in between, four to six good blocks, and it jumps Rikku and the story carries on.

After Rikku’s fall from the ruins, chase it once more, then return to the Al Bhed woman with the hover at the start of the road. Talk to her twice and answer “Please, yes!” She blocks the road and the bird is yours.

Calli. A timer of about 150 seconds starts after the next scene. Down the gorge, north over the bridge, toward the Mushroom Rock Road entrance, right, then south down the slope. Running out of time loses a line that counts for Story Completion and the mission reward. Reload at the agency if it happens.

Boss: Chocobo Eater

2,350 HP, weak to fire, immune to Gravity, not immune to Silence. Silence it first (Samba of Silence or a Silence Grenade) and most of its spell list goes away. Its physical attack always targets the character with the most HP, so keep that one healed, or let a White Mage Pray through it. Black Mage fire or Firestrike finishes it fast. Steal an X-Potion (rare: two); it drops a Wall Ring.

You get the Selene Guard grid for saving Calli. The Highroad is worth 1.4% in all.

Back on the Celsius, fly straight back to the Highroad. Calli is at the north exit with the chocobo, and Clasko is with her if you invited him in Chapter 1. Talk to both and let them aboard. That is part of the 1.4% and keeps the chocobo ranch and Alchemist chain alive. The second group of campaign talkers is out now too: the women in blue and yellow by the statue, the man in the alcove beside them, the Al Bhed woman by the hover on the Oldroad, the man leaning on the ruins, the man on the hill facing the agency, and the couple inside the agency.

Mushroom Rock Road

Youth League guards escort you and their presence keeps random battles down. They warn you about the sleeping Ochus; walk, don’t run, and you can slip past.

Chests: past the first lift and north toward the Mi’ihen statue, 1,500 gil and a Mega-Potion (it was a Hi-Potion in Chapter 1). When Buddy reports sphere waves, take the Ravine down: Turbo Ether x2, Phoenix Down, Ether.

At the sealed Den of Woe door, Nooj gives you Crimson Sphere 7. The door needs all ten. That scene, talking to Lucil and Elma outside headquarters, and watching Crimson Record 7 from Shinra’s Treasure Spheres menu are the 1% here. Watch the record this chapter.

Two more chests: a Shining Bracer to the left of the lift up to headquarters, and a Mythril Bangle on a ledge down to the right behind the headquarters building.

Djose

Three chests: Echo Screen x2 in the temple’s left side room, Phoenix Down x2 behind the travel agency, Potion x3 on the bridge in front of the temple. Djose has eight campaign talkers this chapter (see the checklist).

“Two Birds, One Stone” starts when you walk down the Djose Highroad from the fork. Two Fem-Goons gossip; halfway down, the glowing sphere on the road is Floral Fallal, Yuna’s special dressphere. Taking it brings Ormi and Logos.

Boss: Ormi, Logos and a Fem-Goon

Ormi 1,150 HP, Logos 1,030 HP, Fem-Goon 167 HP. Kill the Fem-Goon first: she throws Fira, Thundara, Blizzara and Watera at the whole party. Then Logos, whose Flash Bomb and Hush Grenade blind and silence everyone. Ormi hits hard but slowly; leave him for last. Steal from both: Logos has a Mega-Potion and Ormi an X-Potion or Mega-Potion, with an Elixir as the rare steal on each.

The Fem-Goon runs off without her clothes and you have the first Syndicate Uniform. Worth 0.4%. Running total if nothing was missed: about 33.8%.

Everything in this area

Mi'ihen Highroad: before the agency

Muscle Belt (first section)accessoryThe first stretch north of the Luca end holds three chests: this, 1,000 gil and Phoenix Down x3. Most of the Highroad closes once the chocobo mission starts, so take everything on this stretch first.
1,000 gil (first section)item
Phoenix Down x3 (first section)item
Antidote x3 (second section)item
Potion x3 (third section)itemThe third stretch has three chests, this, the Silver Bracer and Holy Water x3.
Silver Bracer (third section)accessory
Holy Water x3 (third section)item
Eye Drops x3 (behind the travel agency)item
Phoenix Down x3 (north of the agency)item
Grenade x2 (last stretch before Mushroom Rock)item
Ether (Oldroad)itemThe Oldroad stays open from the Mushroom Rock end after the mission, so its four chests can wait if you have to.
Potion x2 (Oldroad, by the Save Sphere)item
Soft x3 (Oldroad dead end)item
Echo Screen x3 (Oldroad dead end)item
Publicity and Marriage campaign talks (Highroad, first group)sidequestDo these before the mission, while the whole road is open: the woman on the Newroad bridge, the boy under the ruins near the Mushroom Rock exit, the man in purple on the Newroad, the woman in purple by the Save Sphere and machina further south, and the two men sitting on the ground.

Cuckoo for Chocobos!

Mission: Cuckoo for Chocobos!MissablesidequestSave outside Rin's Travel Agency first; a mistake here is cheapest to fix with a reload. Inside, watch Calli get turned away, then find her on the hill outside and agree to help ("Of course!").Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.
Chase chest: Chocobo Feather x2 / x3 or Chocobo Wing x2 / x3MissableitemRun over the feathers on the ground while you follow Rikku. When she stops at a side area, answer "Not this time" until the third stop, then take the chest. 1–3 feathers gives Chocobo Feather x2, 4–14 gives Chocobo Feather x3, 15–17 gives Chocobo Wing x2 and 18 or more gives Chocobo Wing x3.Lost after: Finishing Cuckoo for Chocobos!
Chase bonus: Gold Hourglass or Chocobo FeathersMissableitemPaid on your feather total as the chase leaves the area. 1–8 feathers gives a Gold Hourglass, 9–15 gives a Chocobo Feather and 16 or more gives Chocobo Feather x2. The Gold Hourglass is the rarer item, so a low count is not a bad result.Lost after: Finishing Cuckoo for Chocobos!
The rodeo: let the chocobo get past youSources disagreeprogressionYuna has to guess which way the bird bolts (left, right, or hold still). The first four are blind guesses; after that, watch which way it looks. For 100%, end with four to six good blocks. Catch it outright and the mission ends early; miss five times and it gets away and the mission fails. Either way you lose Story Completion and the Chapter 5 mystery changes.Sources disagree: One walkthrough counts eight blocks and says seven good ones catch the bird on the spot. Another says two or three good guesses catch it. They agree on the point: do not catch it here.
Scene: the hover pilot blocks the roadMissablesceneAfter Rikku's fall from the ruins, chase the bird once more, then go back to the Al Bhed woman with the hover near the start. Talk to her twice and answer "Please, yes!" the second time.Lost after: Catching or losing the chocobo during the rodeo.
Scene: reach Calli in timeMissablesceneA timer starts after the scene: about two and a half minutes. Down into the gorge, north over the bridge, toward the Mushroom Rock entrance, then right and south down the slope.Lost after: The timer running out. Reload the save outside the agency.
Boss: Chocobo Eaterboss2,350 HP. Weak to fire, immune to Gravity. Silence stops most of its spells. Its physical attack goes for whoever has the most HP. Steal X-Potion (rare: X-Potion x2). Drops a Wall Ring.
Selene Guard (mission reward)Missablegarment-gridPaid for saving Calli and finishing the mission.Lost after: Failing or ending Cuckoo for Chocobos! early.
Scene: invite Calli and Clasko aboardMissablesceneAfter the mission you are put back on the Celsius. Fly back to the Highroad and find Calli with the chocobo at the north exit. Clasko is with her if you invited him aboard in Chapter 1. Talk to both and let them come. This keeps the chocobo ranch chain going. Worth part of the Highroad's 1.4%.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.

Mi'ihen Highroad: after the mission

Publicity and Marriage campaign talks (Highroad, after the mission)sidequestA second set appears: the women in blue and yellow by the statue, the man in the alcove next to them, the Al Bhed woman by the hover on the Oldroad, the man leaning on the ruins, the man on the hill facing the agency, and the couple seated inside the agency.

Mushroom Rock Road

1,500 gil (north path to the statue)itemUp the lift from the entrance and north along the path to the Mi'ihen statue. Two chests.
Mega-Potion (north path to the statue)Sources disagreeitemSources disagree: Walkthroughs give a Hi-Potion, which was this chest's Chapter 1 contents.
Turbo Ether x2 (the Ravine)itemBuddy picks up sphere waves near the Ravine. Head down and collect three chests on the way to the Den of Woe entrance.
Phoenix Down (the Ravine)item
Ether (the Ravine)item
Scene: Nooj at the Den of WoeMissablesceneAt the sealed door at the end of the Ravine.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.
Crimson Sphere 7key-itemNooj hands it over at the Den of Woe entrance. The sealed door needs all ten Crimson Spheres.
Shining Bracer (before the lift to headquarters)accessoryThe chest to the left of the lift up to Youth League headquarters.
Mythril Bangle (behind headquarters)accessoryGo east past the headquarters and drop down to a narrow ledge on the right.
Scene: Lucil and Elma at headquartersMissablesceneTalk to both outside the headquarters building.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.
Scene: watch Crimson Record 7MissablesceneBack on the Celsius, talk to Shinra, open Treasure Spheres and play Crimson Record 7. The Mushroom Rock scenes are worth 1% together.Lost after: The end of Chapter 2.

Djose

Echo Screen x2 (temple, left room)itemInside the temple, the side room on the left (northwest).
Phoenix Down x2 (behind the travel agency)Sources disagreeitemNortheast of the temple, behind the travel agency, near the Save Sphere.Sources disagree: One walkthrough gives three Phoenix Downs.
Potion x3 (bridge in front of the temple)item
Publicity and Marriage campaign talks (Djose)sidequestEight people: the woman in yellow by the Save Sphere, the Al Bhed woman outside the reception tent, the man talking to the older woman by the temple door, the Al Bhed woman on the Pilgrimage Road, and on the bridge the men in green, orange-and-green and yellow and the woman in purple.

Djose Highroad

Mission: Two Birds, One StoneprogressionGo to the fork between the temple, the Highroad and the Moonflow, head down the Djose Highroad and keep walking until two Leblanc goons start talking.
Floral FallaldressphereThe glowing sphere on the road about halfway down. Yuna's special dressphere. Picking it up starts the fight.
Boss: Ormi, Logos and a Fem-GoonSources disagreebossOrmi 1,150 HP, Logos 1,030 HP, Fem-Goon 167 HP. Drop the Fem-Goon first, or her elemental spells keep hitting the whole party, then Logos, whose Flash Bomb and Hush Grenade blind and silence everyone. Ormi last.Sources disagree: Walkthroughs disagree on Ormi's common steal: X-Potion or Mega-Potion. Logos's common steal is a Mega-Potion; both carry an Elixir as the rare steal.
Syndicate Uniformkey-itemThe Fem-Goon leaves hers behind when the fight is over. One of the three you need.
Scene: the first uniformsceneMandatory. Finishing the mission is worth 0.4%.

How this page was made

Researched across 14 community walkthroughs and written from scratch — no source’s wording appears here. 4 are marked where sources disagree with each other — we have not picked a winner for you.

How we decide what to print